Van Heflin
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Oct 4, 2026
Kevin NicholsonHOST
Yeah, and I've seen it, the storyline in film, my being a big Western fan, this is off on a tangent a little bit.
Kevin NicholsonHOST
There's a film from the late 1950s called Gunman's Walk with Van Heflin and James Darin and so forth.
Kevin NicholsonHOST
And it's about a rancher who raises, raising two sons.
Kevin NicholsonHOST
One of which is definitely leaning towards being, you know, towards the Christian side being the good son.
William KeeleyNARRATOR
The prestige production of Noel Coward's Brief Encounter.
William KeeleyNARRATOR
And the stars, I need only say, they're Greer Garson and Van Heflin.
William KeeleyNARRATOR
This is the story of a strange romance.
William KeeleyNARRATOR
Two people who found love in a chance meeting with a cast a producer dreams about in Greer Garson and Van Heflin.
Ray MillandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That sounds wonderful.
Ray MillandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Good night.
Ray MillandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Good night
William KeeleyNARRATOR
and come back soon.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
On a sweltering Los Angeles night, private detective Philip Marlowe steps into a bar for a beer and witnesses a killing.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
This is The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Episode 1, Red Wind, first heard on NBC June 17, 1947, with Van Heflin as Marlowe and Lorene Tuttle as Lola Barsley.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Adapted for radio by Milton Geiger from Raymond Chandler's story, the premiere of the summer series finds Marlowe
Wendell NilesNARRATOR
drawn toward a frightened armed woman, a missing pearl necklace, and a wealthy engineer as violence spreads through the city.
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Wendell NilesNARRATOR
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Wendell NilesNARRATOR
We continue with the adventures of Philip Marlowe, created by Raymond Chandler and starring Van Heflin, who appears by arrangement with Metro-Golden-Mare, producers of the Technicolor musical Fiesta, starring Esther Williams.
Van HeflinVOICE_ACTOR
I sat with Lola Barsley in her car listening to that jittery, infuriating desert wind gallop around in the midnight streets.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
August 2nd, 1948, brings us to Suspense, Episode 6, Song of the Heart.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Van Heflin stars in a drama centered on a man living under the influence of an overbearing aunt, with Lorene Tuttle and Betty Lou Gerson in the supporting cast.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
An encounter at a company picnic introduces a possible new romantic connection, and the pressures and resentments in the man's home life begin to come forward.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Elliot Lewis wrote this CBS presentation for the Autolite-sponsored run.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
We now take you back to the original broadcast.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
In just a moment, suspense with Van Heflin.
FrankADVERTISER
Hi, Mr. Martin.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
Hello, Frank.
JeffHOST
But, so the movie we watched for today's episode, the very first, this is probably a good segue, the very first movie that I would show someone if they were getting into Westerns is this movie, Shane.
JeffHOST
So Shane is a movie from 1953, directed by George Stevens, starring Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Gene Arthur.
JeffHOST
It's Gene Arthur's last film role.
JeffHOST
Shout out.
JeffHOST
So like one of the key things.
JeffHOST
If one of the key things is kleos, it's also another of the thing that's sort of lurking within, which is why I call it the most American genre, that's lurking within the genre is the idea of how this country was built by using these people who are these ultimate badass hombres who live on the edges of society, who can do violence.
JeffHOST
And who are the ones who sort of initially settle a place like it's a very tied up in colonialism and like how we settled the West and how we you know basically conquered the people and the idea is like when you're conquering people you don't want people like Van Heflin's character in this like Joe like because he has to like worry about his wife and kids and he can't he can't live about that life but.
JeffHOST
Yeah.
speaker_5HOST
On September 26th, 1948, one of radio's greatest detective shows went on the air when the Adventures of Philip Marlowe premiered on CBS.
speaker_5HOST
The series starred Gerald Mohr as Raymond Chandler's private eye, a character who'd been played on the big screen by Dick Powell and Humphrey Bogart, and previously on radio by Van Heflin.
speaker_5HOST
The series starring Mohr as Marlowe was the second weekly show built around the detective.
speaker_5HOST
Heflin played him in a series that aired on NBC in the summer of 1947.
speaker_5HOST
One area where the two shows are similar is they both have great supporting casts.
speaker_5HOST
The players opposite Gerald Mohr include Peggy Webber, who we did a spotlight episode about just a few weeks ago.
speaker_5HOST
Today, we'll hear both versions of Red Wind, the Van Heflin show from June 17th, 1947, and the Gerald Mohr episode from September 26th, 1948.
speaker_5HOST
And as a bonus, we'll hear both radio Marloes acting opposite each other in The King in Yellow, a Van Heflin Philip Marlowe episode and an adaptation of another Chandler story.
William KeeleyHOST
We'll have the two original stars of the picture...
William KeeleyHOST
That's Lana Turner and Van Heflin.
William KeeleyHOST
And with them, a third star, Peter Lawford.
William KeeleyHOST
Green Dolphin Street was a best-selling novel and a thrilling motion picture.
William KeeleyHOST
So with such stars as Lana Turner, Van Heflin, and Peter Lawford, we have an attraction you'll all enjoy next Monday night.
William KeeleyHOST
You can't miss with that one, Bill.
William KeeleyHOST
Good night.
William KeeleyHOST
Remember, this is an emergency, so please send your contribution now to polio in care of your local post office.
Larry DobkinVOICE_ACTOR
The unpredictable Tallulah will emcee with a host of leading stars of stage, screen, and radio, including Ken Murray, Gloria Swanson, Margaret O'Brien, Jose Ferrer, and many more.
Larry DobkinVOICE_ACTOR
And there's a carnival of fun with Theater Guild on the Air, also this Sunday, when the sparkling Lockhart family, Gene, Kathleen, and daughter June, co-star with Van Heflin in Theater Guild's presentation of the exciting story, State Fair.
Larry DobkinVOICE_ACTOR
[phone ringing] Ladies and gentlemen, the ringing of that phone bell means mystery, adventure.
Larry DobkinVOICE_ACTOR
Nero Wolf's office, Archie Goodwin speaking.
Kate WestworthHOST
He died eight months later on June 8, 1969 at the age of 57 at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.
Kate WestworthHOST
Friends like Robert Stack, Van Heflin, Eva Marie Saint, Walter Pitchin, Keenan Wynn, Mickey Rooney, George Murphy, Audrey Totter, Taylor's former wife, Barbara Stanwyck, and of course his close friend Ronald Reagan, who held the eulogy, were in attendance at his funeral.
Kate WestworthHOST
Robert Taylor's most famous relationship was that with Barbara Stanwyck, Hollywood's sharpest dame and one of its finest actresses.
Kate WestworthHOST
In 1939, 38-year-old Taylor married Stanwyck, who was three years his senior, after a three-year-long courtship.
Mark LavonierHOST
Straight ahead, an adaptation of the motion picture, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers.
Mark LavonierHOST
which was released in 1946, being Kirk Douglas' film debut, and starred Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, and Elizabeth Scott.
Mark LavonierHOST
All four of those movie actors brought their roles to radio in different episodes, and this is the one that featured Elizabeth Scott.
Mark LavonierHOST
Heard on CBS on April 17, 1952.
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