INTRO: Frank Sinatra From The (MOVIE) "It Happened in Brooklyn" 1947
Jule Styne (Music) & Sammy Cahn (Lyrics)
"The Chop Suey Murder Case" (Aired December 30, 1949)
The fact that no one sees the criminal, or the artist, actu'lly at work, is wholly incons'quential." Thankfully, the radio series uses only the name, and makes Philo a pretty normal, though very intelligent and extremely courteous gumshoe. Jose Ferrer played him in 1945. From 1948-1950, the fine radio actor Jackson Beck makes Vance as good as he gets. George Petrie plays Vance's constantly impressed public servant, District Attorney Markham. Joan Alexander is Ellen Deering, Vance's secretary and right-hand woman. The organist for the show is really working those ivories, and fans of old time radio organ will especially enjoy this series. Perhaps one reason the organist "pulls out all the stops" is because there seems to be little, if any, sound effects on the show. Philo Vance, the radio series, does pay homage to the original books in that both were, even in their own time, a bit out of date and stilted. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group.
THIS EPISODE:
December 30, 1949. Program #76. ZIV Syndication. "The Chop Suey Murder Case". Commercials added locally. After a robbery and murder in Chinatown, Vance gets a jive-talking you Chinese assistant (who sounds like Charlie Chan's "Number One" son). The killer asks for an order of Din Yip Har...at $15,000 a dish! Jackson Beck, George Petrie, Joan Alexander. 30:00. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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