 Most Saturdays at this time we spend an exciting half-hour adventure and action with America's public hero number one hop along Cassidy Well, even two-fisted cowboys take summer vacations when they can and hoppy is no exception But hop along and topper will be back with us riding the CBS airtrails again four weeks from tonight September 22nd Get this and get it straight Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave There's no other end They never learn From the pen of Raymond Chandler outstanding author of crime fiction comes his most famous character in the adventures of Philip Marlowe Now with Gerald Moore starred as Philip Marlowe, we bring you tonight's transcribe story air for G string There's nothing really wrong with a hot summer But if some sadist really wanted to bring out the worst in anybody particularly me after a steaming day All he has to do is expose me to air conditioning Take for instance the Broadview Hotel, which was on Olive Street in downtown L.A It ground out alternating currents of cold air from what could laughingly be called the lobby I'd revolved through the usual doors and stood squinting into the icy darkness When my eyes leveled off again, I made my way to the elevators Sinking into the deep pile carpeting after my hot and cold ankles By the time I reached room 972. I was in the first stages of a chill Yeah, our conditioning is a marvelous invention Guarantees the summer cold for life You're mr. Marlowe. That's right. That makes you mr. Allman, huh? Come on. I'm all man. Come in sure Yeah, you're nothing like I'd pictured you mr. Allman sit down, please mr. Marlowe Pictured me. I don't understand Well, all my life I'd heard about Philadelphia lawyers Somewhere along the line. I drew up a mental 8 by 10 of a Yeah, well, it doesn't matter. You just don't look the prototype perhaps that's because I'm only a junior partner in the firm mr. Yeah, maybe that's it. You know, it's an odd thing about prototypes mr. Marlowe. They'll trick you Oh, for example, I've always had the idea that men in your Well, I'll call it a profession. That's nice of you that men in your profession always wore trench coats Yeah, well, let's cause Bogart looks so good in them. Yes Well about our business together I'll be here in Los Angeles a few days representing the firm in a number of ways But while I'm here, I hope to locate a man by the name of buff Ryan. Did you say that first name was buff? Yes, odd name, isn't it? Yeah, but that's beside the point This buff Ryan it seems has inherited a small amount of money from a maiden that who passed away some time ago in Philadelphia According to our information my firm is executor of her estate Mr. Ryan came west about a year ago and until approximately six months ago He could be reached at a wearing street address in care of a C8 Douglas But our correspondence to him there has been returned marked unknown at this address. That's the last record you have on him Yes, that's the last we've written to this C8 Douglas but receive no answer from him. I've called him since I arrived in town. There's been no answer Well, maybe they've both left town moved away. No, that's possible, of course But perhaps you'll find that out when you get to checking on mr. Ryan I see. Well, I'm to find him if I can and tell him about this inheritance, huh? By the way, how much is it five thousand dollars just about misleaders and tire estate misleaders sounds like a comment Full name. You may want that was Julie leader Julie leading I'm sorry. I can't show you a picture of mr. Ryan I'm expecting one to be sent out to me while I'm here expected that this morning is a matter of fact Yeah, well, maybe a description of him will do Have you ever seen him? No But we were able to find out that he's slightly less than six feet tall like brown hair straight Blue eyes wait about 180 pounds when he left Philadelphia a year ago No distinguishing marks about him according to our description Oh, yes, and uh, he's about 35 years old. Well, that's pretty complete Oh, uh, you better let me have the last address you have on Ryan's. Oh, of course Yeah I've written it down for you with the phone number I've been calling I'll be handling most of my business affairs right here at the hotel mr. Milo I'll appreciate it if you'll check in occasionally. Let me know your progress. Oh sure. I'll be glad to say around three o'clock this afternoon Okay, tell you everything I know about then Yeah, but then it might not be a thing. I know your reputation. Mr. Milo. You'll find him. I'm sure I don't get me wrong It needs to be found I'll probably find him But I have missed you know It's why I should want to rock the confidence of a Philadelphia lawyer. I don't know Maybe it was because Martin Allman for all his conservative Brooks Brothers attire looked too much or not enough like what he was supposed to be Maybe it was because the east los angeles address he'd handed me for buff ryan was a cinch to be 30 degrees hotter It was too Wearing street was lined with gray little houses surrounded by small gray lawns that it would straggling gray trees The color scheme was the direct result of long years of constant neglect I knocked a long time on the door of the c.a. Douglas residence The porch was littered with old papers and assortment of throwaways and leaves The only response I got was from a scrawny cat also gray Who leaped up on the porch rail a spit and yowled at me I yowled back and walked off the porch in the general direction of my car That's when I noticed a smaller grayer house behind this one on the same lot And I thought I saw a curtain at the front window move slightly The cat dog my steps back to sea Oh, pardon me, but I'm trying to locate c.a. Douglas. Does he still live in the house in front of you? I don't know. I haven't seen mr. Douglas in quite a while. Oh You uh, you think he moved away Maybe I don't know How would I know I don't know Well, look, I'm I'm in kind of a hurry. I'm getting dressed to go to work. How long have you lived here? What difference does it make did you ever know a guy named buff Ryan? Of course not Why of course not why not just know listen? I don't know hardly anybody and I don't know you it Now it's the phone go away. Will you please mr? No, no, I don't think I will honey She was tall very blonde very good to look at A fresh blue house coat wrapped around just the way it should And even after I entered the spotless little living room the faint aura of her cologne lingered on I couldn't tell anything about the phone conversation. She was having the next room, but I could tell a lot about her by the several scantily clad pictures of her that greeted me from various points of the room Yeah, I could tell a lot about her Hey, what's the idea? You just can't walk in here. Do you want me to call the police? Not especially I'm just admiring your pictures So Yeah, you have exceptional handwriting You're pretty nosy, aren't you? I particularly like this sample where it says For buff darling my love blossom. Listen, mr. I got things to do so run along. How long have you known buff, honey? You think I'm kidding about calling the cops Well, I do it all right only Only what Only I'm I'm do downtown at work I Oh honest, mr. I'm not going to talk to you anymore. You got no right to ask me questions about anything And nothing says I got answer. That's right. That's right, honey. You sure don't now. Where's buff? I don't know. I'll drive you downtown and you can tell me all about it, huh? You're driving me nowhere, but out of my mind. Now. Look, I got good news for your boy. You'd want to see me get out Okay, blossom. Okay What time's your first show to a How did you know? Yeah, I read the papers And occasionally I've been known to contribute to the cultural progress of los angeles. You know Save the burlesque houses The pictures she'd autographed the buff have been propped up between my sugar bowl and the soul shake of the sunday morning before And the theatrical section of the sunday paper Yeah, I didn't recognize it with a house coat on And all the way back downtown I reflected on the advantages of being well read Well, I parked in a lot on a side street to the north end of skid row and stopped for lunch at a newspaper man's hangout nearby It was almost time for blossom's first show when I felt Fortified enough to walk along the street past the blank stairs of the winos and the dank air of the muscatel missions Blossoms flag flew above the marquee blossom the flower of burlesque How many please one, huh? There you are, sir. Thanks Say do you think I can get in to see blossom? I don't see how you can miss with buying the ticket and all No, no, no. I mean, I'd like to see her personally in a dressing room. I'd like to talk to her Well, I'm sure you have my permission whether or not to get blossoms is strictly between her and her moral fiber You know something you're not much help. You know something. I don't try to be I'll miss you With the purchase of every box of this delicious chocolate candy with the nuts Inside He wasn't going to make a killing exactly they weren't more than six guys in the place I wanted down the side isle to the door to one side of the stage and push through I found myself in a dark narrow catwalk of a hallway Show is going to be out front back. You guys can't come back here. Well, this guy did. Where can I find blossom? Uh out front about 10 minutes. I'll wait for her back here. Thanks. Look I can make myself clear if I wish you would your lighting system is very bad back here Lights out front where it counts Mack. Come on. Get out. Take it easy fellow. This is business. I don't like being pushed That can happen. You won't like if you don't get out of here You're costing too much commotion. I'll get out front where you belong Now look, I don't know who you are. I can clear that up for you quick friend I'm the manager of this theater and I'll run along like he did. Where can we talk in your office? Why should I talk to you because I'm a booking agent. I want to talk to you about blossom She's booked. Okay. We'll talk about something else. Where's your office? The show's starting. We can't stay back here. Follow me You sure have a bunch of art lovers in the audience. Sure. Sure. It's a class show Come on through this door Now then you're no booking agent. So what's on your mind blossom and what's your name blue george blue? Why Would it mean anything to you if I told you that buff friars aunt julie died in philadelphia? And left him 5 000 bucks Wouldn't mean a thing Wouldn't huh? No That's funny because you're the first one who'd fit the picture What picture? Slightly under six feet tall light brown hair straight blue eyes About 35 years old Way about 180 and what are you trying to prove that you can see me? Maybe So my philadelphia message doesn't interest you Nothing about you interest me except how you got in here in the first place For the ticket then go on out and see the show. I think I will I also think I'll stick around and see blossom after her uh Performance I wouldn't do that far with you. I'd see the show and get out I don't want any trouble around here. I don't either And if you see buff before the show is over tell him i'm out front. Will you I said I don't want any trouble You're in a rut I walked down the aisle and lived backstage of course I'd already chartered Blossom's costume was less demure than her blue house coat It was a school of thought surrounding me that this was more effective Near the door. I stopped the moment in silent appreciation Don't look at her like that I didn't know I was you know get any more ideas about going back to your dressing room I'm gonna like that now look look go back to your seat live it up blue said it was okay He wouldn't say that he knows better all right go tell him he knows better Yeah You stay here is the same voice I met backstage the first time The same pungent odor of muscatel Before he'd lurched back up the aisle. I had a good look at a twisted face and a pair of watery blue eyes Backstage I waited for blossom's act to conclude It did In just a moment we'll return to the second act of philip marlowe But first Love that monday through friday night session of smiles Bula is back with haddie mcdaniel again starring as an over generous over anxious to be wed overweight damsel holding forth over cbs radio Starting this monday night listen for bula and the henderson family in a new season of delightful day-to-day doings Bula joins the fall parade of stars back to cbs radio on most of these stations beginning monday night Now with our star gerald more the second act of philip marlowe and tonight's story air for g string I couldn't have been out long About eight bars of imagination unless i'd missed a full chorus At some point i was fuzzly aware of being carried sack style somewhere Then being dropped not too gently under was said of the noisiest springs i'd ever heard This music lulled me for a while and then i heard a door slam And my head rolled off on the floor and broke Come on marlowe. You're not dead Is that official how'd you get in here anyway? You wouldn't believe me if i told you I hardly believe it myself. You're not supposed to be i know i know i know i know I've had that pointed out to me several times now Yeah, and i didn't think i told you my name Your wallet was on the floor i can read Oh, yeah, well good for you Who hit me and with what size sandbag? I don't know you never know anything do you listen mr. Marlowe you've been barging in all day where you're not wanted Why didn't you tell me buff was a wino? Hey look look that's what's left of my head, huh? I hope it hurt I hope it hurt awful how'd you get your hope it did Hey listen you i'm pretty fed up with you know just how you feel balloon i told you before i know what you told me You don't want any trouble Okay Okay, i'm going I'll blossom what about buff i don't know never mind Now don't tell me you want another ticket not me kid i've taken the cure How is your moral fiber liked your brawler? You know a guy named buff ryan For free i don't know my own mother You don't huh? See your point Here Here's mine memory getting any better It's um clearing up a little thought it would Well, uh when he ain't here which he ain't right now. He's um usually a mother morris's that's for one mother morris's, huh? Flop house three doors down or for two tritillies four doors down a saloon. Thank you Mother morris couldn't help me lovable old lush that she was And a penetrating search of the 25 cent bed she saw revealed a lot of things But no buff ryan Tillie's downstairs next door didn't look very promising at first but That was before i saw the twisted face with the watery blue eyes at the far end of the bar beside him the unofficial dean and philosopher of skid row jay fenton prentice I started told them but a cordon of wino surrounded me before i could reach him That's him prentice. That's the one yeah prentice. I'm the one Will you call the brothers here off make them breathe in another direction and let me talk the buff We're a close association here mr. Malo Outsiders are not well. Oh come on prentice. You know me well enough perhaps mr. Malo But we know each other better My associates and I My young friend buff here quite obviously does not wish to talk with you We are nearly respecting his wishes In our own way. Oh come on. Look, this is kaka. Maybe this isn't the place to say it, but you've inherited money buff That's all I came to tell you Your aunt julie I'm saying any more prentice. Don't let him get to me. I gotta get out of here. If you gentlemen will Resting mr. Malo off your crazy fool Listen to me. There's a lawyer here from Philadelphia to see it He's at the broad view. Will you if I haven't said get in touch with it Listen to me The lawyer's name is martin alman. You idiot go see him. Let go of me. You stupid dolt Thanks prentice Buff was nowhere to be seen when I hit the street Didn't matter. It was three o'clock. I delivered my message from martin alman Buff could take it from there No, I may be wrong, but most guys like to inherit dough Still you can never tell with a wino The buff was as they say bonafide Martin alman was glad to see me. That was a nice change of pace I told him all I knew didn't take long. I'm afraid you've had quite a bad experience. Mr. Malo. I'm sorry I'm sorry too. Oh by the way This picture arrived special delivery from philadelphia about an hour ago Is uh, this the reluctant chap you tracked down. Let me see that Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's buff before muscatel Oh, you've done a fine job. Mr. Malo. I made your checkout for you. Thanks So you're gonna try to get in touch with buff yourself and perhaps and not personally of course You're certain that wearing street address the little house and back should reach him. Yeah. Yeah Or I suppose you could get in touch with him through blossom at the burlesque theater Well, we've done all we can for now Unfortunately, I've been called back to philadelphia. I'm taking your plane out in an hour What about buffing the inheritance? Well now that I know he can be reached. We'll mail it to him after all we can force it I'm not can we mr. Malo? Oh Doesn't look like we can Yeah, well, he's all yours mr. Allman Martin Allman seems satisfied that we've done our job So I left wishing someone would come up to me and tell me aunt. What's her name? It left me 5000 clams When I got back to my car I had it all figured how I'd go home and forget what Martin had called quite a bad experience One look inside my car told me it wasn't going to work out that way at all You weren't as long as I thought you'd be mr. Malo And you get here from skid row apprentice fly I always taxi how nice for you After you left tillies I felt a thinking mr. Malo quite a fall It occurred to me that perhaps You were telling buff the truth all the time. I was That's not important now. Is it? Oh, yes I should say it's quite important really You mustn't be too hard on buff mr. Malo He's like most men on the row He probably has his reasons for running Running from life perhaps running from himself or others Are you trying to tell me something apprentice now that would be presumptuous of me mr. Malo tempered justice with mercy That much I say to you I tell you buff Ryan is running and with reason If his reason interests you then I suggest you set about Finding out what it is Well, is there any reason why I should no No, there isn't but This much I do know He has left the row And he is running I saved jay frenton apprentice's taxi fare back to what he affectionately referred to as the row Yeah, he wouldn't have followed me if he hadn't wanted me to know something peculiar about buff And yet his odd code kept him from telling me himself And I knew that code well enough to know that it had something to do with the police Yeah, well, like I say, I'm a curious fellow. Oh now phil, um, is this a big time or small time crook this ryan? He's pretty small sergeant mooney if he is one Eleases no, not that I know of Well, we'll try ryan just for size, huh Buffs a crazy name. He's a crazy guy We'll have to look for it in the moniker file if we don't have it here Uh, uh, hold it here Uh, is your guy where oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Let's see that one. Take it out of there. Yeah Let's see. Not much of a reckon suspect. I'm robbery charges dropped Suspect extortion charges problems wonder why they bothered to take his picture. I don't know aliases aliases Buff raglan bob Rutledge c.a. Doug C.a. Douglas Hello, what takes care of one question mark does it? Yeah, I take my word for it kid. It does I see Last question in connection with the slaying of julie leader fill it up. You Wait a minute Aunt julie holy smoke I knew I didn't like this martin allman. I didn't bother to check his record. I got the picture No wonder buff ran for me like the plague Martin had suckered me into setting buff up for the kill marlowe the finger man. That's great Now I got back to the theater and practically nothing flat yank blossom practically offstage shoved her into my control Like mad at the little gray house behind the little gray house Frontier said buff had left skid roll If he wasn't on wearing street, he might be anywhere including dead Martin was paying off a cab driver in front of the house Blossom cued me to the alley entrance and back Please god, please don't let anything happen to him. I'll crack now honey. We'll make it in time If you just let us in he's got to mr. Marlowe. He's my husband. Okay. Okay. Take it easy, baby Stand away from a blossom. I'll kill you too. No buff. No listen buff martin's coming in the front You can't waste time with us. I don't believe you marlowe. You're part of the deal Hey, what is this you should have listened to me buff? I'm sorry blossom. I had to he's all right. He's just out Now listen, you got to answer that front door. No answer it. I'll be right behind the door He won't do anything to you just come in but i'm afraid so am I come on How do you do? I Was looking for a gentleman by the name of buff ryan. I'm an old friend of his I understood he lived here. Yes Yes, he does Is he at home now? Yes, won't you come in? Thank you Marlowe thank Kevin thank me. I got his gun. Are you all right? Never felt better You'll throw some water on your boy and get him in here. Maybe you'll talk now. Yeah Yeah, maybe I will Now buff darling, you're not hurt. Not any more honey I don't figure you I guess marlowe I thought you were on martin's team. I was at first when I thought the business about you inheriting the 5000 bucks was legitimate What's he got against you? I saw too much once about a year ago I saw martin kill julie leader I was the only one who saw it. I knew he'd give me the same thing if you ever got the chance He he can't do that now Kenny. Not if you'll talk when we get the law here buff. Why didn't you tell me? Silly question, honey Sure marlowe call the law It'll be almost a pleasure to talk So much for that buff and blossom are doing fine Every once in a while we sit in the third row and yell down in front Yeah, he's got a good job now And soon they'll have enough for the traditional vine covered respectability Oh, by the way He's taken a wearing brooks brothers type suits You know what? He looks just like a philadelphia lawyer How do you like that? The adventures of philip marlowe bringing you raymond chandler's most famous character starring jerald moore Are produced and transcribed by norman mcdonnell and written for radio by kathleen height Featured in the cast where jack moore's is buff ryan michael ann barrett has blossom and john stevensson as martin allman with sydney miller as mr. Balloo Norman field as jay fenton prentice grace landard as gloria b Sargent moony is played by jack crucian Gerald moore may currently be seen in the santana production saraco The special music for philip marlowe is composed by pierre garagank and conducted by wilbur hatch Be sure to listen next week at the same time when philip marlowe says This time she was lovely and i was engaged Engaged to help a beautiful shepherd who had a flock of trouble We found a lost sheep And something else she didn't know she lost This coming monday night keep the evening free because the great fall parade of stars and shows back to cbs radio will begin in earnest Enjoy suspense moving into monday evening raising the curtain with william holen in the leading role of a brand new spine tingler Enjoy lux radio theaters the mudlark starring iran dun and sir cedric hardwick Enjoy the bob hawk show back in business with three thousand dollars to start the season's quiz bang fun Yes, they're all coming back to cbs radio this monday night yours on most of the same cbs stations Today with the country rising to meet the challenge of aggression The red cross has been asked by the government to undertake tremendous tasks By giving generously to the red cross You will help mobilize for the defense of your families your community and the nation give as much as you can today Clarence casel speaking This is the cbs radio network