Lux Radio Theater: The Fallen Sparrow (EP5000s)
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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
1h 8m
7 speakers
8 chapters
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What happens when John McKittrick returns to New York?
Pääkaupunkiseudulla oli ennen vain kolme välilmansuuntaa. Kaakko, Luode ja Koillinen. Asiat saivat nykyisen muotonsa vuonna 1971, jolloin Helsinkiin avattiin ensimmäinen Alepa. Kulinaristeille kauppa sijaitsi etelän ja lännen välissä, joten päiväsaikaan vakiintui sanonta, eiköhän käydä lounaalla. Muut kaupunkilaiset seurasivat nopeasti trendin perässä.
How does McKittrick investigate his friend's suspicious death?
Alepa. Urbaani legenda. Kun elämä yllättää, mehiläisen tapaturmapäivystys auttaa. Töölön, Tapiolan, Tikkurilan ja Itäkeskuksen mehiläisen tapaturmapäivystykset palvelevat joka päivä ilman ajanvarausta.
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What role does Inspector Tobin play in the investigation?
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you our 5,000th episode special. But first, I want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. Finding a special to celebrate 5,000 episodes is a bit of a challenge, particularly with those that we played in the past, but I hope today's episode rises to that standard.
Who are the key characters involved in the espionage plot?
We're going to the Lux Radio Theater. Original air date, February 14th, 1944, and the title is The Fallen Sparrow.
Lux presents Hollywood.
The Lux Radio Theater brings you Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, and Walter Slazek in The Fallen Sparrow. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille.
What secrets from McKittrick's past resurface during the investigation?
Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Deep in the heart of most of us, There must be a suppressed longing to emulate Sherlock Holmes and the other masters of his profession. How else can you explain the appeal of the mystery story to farmer and financier, haberdasher and housewife, chorus girl or clergyman? A shiver running down the spine is no respecter of persons, and I, for one, look forward with gusto to these manhunting excursions.
How does the tension build around the murder mystery?
Tonight we have one of the best, RKO's object lesson in suspense, Fallen Sparrow. And our guides on this trail of intrigue, romance, and murder are Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, and Walter Slazek. Bob Young had just returned to Hollywood after a tour of Army hospitals. RKO provided Maureen O'Hara and Walter Slazek, both of whom starred in the film production of The Fallen Sparrow.
What revelations occur during the climax of the story?
It takes all kinds of people to make a world and all kinds of plays to make a theater. But I think this play will please young and old alike. those who've just tried Luxe Flakes and those who've been using it for years. We had a letter last week from a woman who, at 62, is doing her bit in a war plant in Chicago. She says she first started buying Luxe in a little textile town in Lancashire, England, about 1901.
What conclusions does McKittrick reach by the end of the episode?
Since then, she's used our product in Switzerland and Canada and for the last 25 years in the United States. She wonders if anyone else beats her record of 43 years in four countries. I can't answer for that, but she must be mighty sure about Lux Flakes by this time. And this time is curtain time for Dorothy Hughes' mystery thriller, The Fallen Sparrow, starring Robert Young as Kit, Maureen O'Hara as Elmer Doan, and Walter Slezak as Dr. Scouse.
In a world at war, many sparrows must fall. 1940, long after the fascist... In 1940, long after the fascist victory, which ended the war in Spain, an American volunteer returned to New York. His name is John McKittrick. He had fought in the Loyalist Army, and after its defeat, spent two years in the horrors of a Spanish prison. Then he escaped. Broken in body and spirit, John McKittrick goes to Arizona. And there, on a ranch, slowly is forgetting the nightmare of the war and his imprisonment. One day, he runs across an old newspaper. And what he reads in that paper sends him rushing back to New York to police headquarters and the office of Inspector Tobin. Inspector Tobin? Yeah, head of homicide? That's right.
Why did you give out that Lieutenant Lepitino was accidentally killed? Because his death was accidental. Who are you, mister? My name is John McKittrick. Oh, yeah. Old Chris's boy. Yeah, I used to work with your father in the old East Side days. You came into a lot of money after Chris died.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happens when John McKittrick returns to New York?
0:00–0:27
2
How does McKittrick investigate his friend's suspicious death?
0:27–1:13
3
What role does Inspector Tobin play in the investigation?
1:13–1:51
4
Who are the key characters involved in the espionage plot?
1:51–3:07
5
What secrets from McKittrick's past resurface during the investigation?
3:07–3:37
6
How does the tension build around the murder mystery?
3:37–4:03
7
What revelations occur during the climax of the story?
4:03–4:30
8
What conclusions does McKittrick reach by the end of the episode?
4:30–1:08:25