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The Whistler

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The Whistler is an American radio mystery drama which ran from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955, on the west-coast regional CBS radio network. [1]

51 relations: AlliedSignal, American Forces Network, Betty Lou Gerson, Campbell Soup Company, Cathy Lewis, CBS, Chicago, Columbia Pictures, D. Ross Lederman, Elliott Lewis (radio), Film noir, Gale Gordon, George Sherman, Gerald Mohr, Gerald Nachman, Golden Age of Radio, Greek chorus, Hans Conried, HSBC Finance, Internet Archive, Jack Webb, Joseph Kearns, Lew Landers, Lurene Tuttle, Marvin Miller (actor), Miller Lite, Mysterious Intruder, Orchestra, Radio drama, Richard Dix, The Bickersons, The Mark of the Whistler, The Millionaire (TV series), The Mysterious Traveler, The Power of the Whistler, The Return of the Whistler, The Saint (Simon Templar), The Secret of the Whistler, The Shadow, The Thirteenth Hour (1947 film), The Two Jakes, The Whistler (1944 film), The Whistler (TV series), United States, Vincent Price, Voice of the Whistler, WBBM (AM), Whistle, Wilbur Hatch, William Castle, ..., William Clemens (film director). Expand index (1 more) »

AlliedSignal

AlliedSignal was an American aerospace, automotive and engineering company created through the 1985 merger of Allied Corp. and Signal Companies.

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American Forces Network

The American Forces Network (AFN) is the broadcast service operated by the United States Armed Forces' American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS, commonly pronounced "A-farts") for its entertainment and command internal information networks worldwide.

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Betty Lou Gerson

Betty Lou Gerson (April 20, 1914 – January 12, 1999) was an American actress, predominantly active in radio, but also in film and television, and as a voice actress.

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Campbell Soup Company

The Campbell Soup Company, also known as just Campbell's, is an American producer of canned soups and related products that are sold in 120 countries around the world.

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Cathy Lewis

Cathy Lewis (December 27, 1916, Spokane, Washington – November 20, 1968) was an American actress remembered best for numerous radio appearances but also noted for making a number of film and television appearances in the last decade of her life.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (commonly known as Columbia Pictures and Columbia, formerly CBC Film Sales Corporation, and stylized as COLUMBIA) is an American film studio, production company and film distributor that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures subsidiary of the Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Corporation.

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D. Ross Lederman

David Ross Lederman (December 12, 1894 – August 24, 1972) was an American film director noted for his Western/action/adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Elliott Lewis (radio)

Elliott Lewis (November 28, 1917 – May 23, 1990) was active during the Golden Age of Radio as an actor, producer and director, proficient in both comedy and drama.

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Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those which emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations.

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Gale Gordon

Gale Gordon (born Charles Thomas Aldrich, Jr., February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball's longtime television foil—and particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television situation comedy, The Lucy Show.

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George Sherman

George Sherman (July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low-budget Western films.

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Gerald Mohr

Gerald Mohr (June 11, 1914 – November 9, 1968) was an American radio, film, and television character actor and frequent leading man, who appeared in more than 500 radio plays, 73 films, and over 100 television shows.

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Gerald Nachman

Gerald Weil Nachman (January 13, 1938 – April 14, 2018) was an American journalist and author from San Francisco.

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Golden Age of Radio

The old-time radio era, sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Radio, was an era of radio programming in the United States during which radio was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium.

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Greek chorus

A Greek chorus, or simply chorus (χορός, khoros) in the context of Ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, and modern works inspired by them, is a homogeneous, non-individualised group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action.

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Hans Conried

Hans Georg Conried, Jr. (April 15, 1917January 5, 1982), was an American actor, voice actor and comedian, who was very active in voice-over roles and known for providing the voices of Walt Disney's Mr. George Darling, and Captain Hook in Peter Pan (1953), for playing the title role in The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, Dr.

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HSBC Finance

HSBC Finance Corporation is a financial services company and a member of the British HSBC Group.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

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Jack Webb

John Randolph Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sgt. Joe Friday in the ''Dragnet'' franchise (which he also created).

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Joseph Kearns

Joseph Sherrard Kearns, TV Guide (om the July 15–21, 1961_, Savetheorgan.org; retrieved September 28, 2011. (February 12, 1907 – February 17, 1962) was an American actor, who is best remembered for his role as George Wilson ("Mr. Wilson") in the CBS television series Dennis the Menace from 1959 until his death in 1962, and for providing the voice of the Doorknob in the animated Disney film, Alice in Wonderland.

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Lew Landers

Lew Landers (born Louis Friedlander, January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was an American independent film and television director.

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Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle (August 29, 1907 – May 28, 1986) was an American character actress and acting coach, who made the transition from vaudeville to radio, and later films and television.

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Marvin Miller (actor)

Marvin Elliott Miller (July 18, 1913 – February 8, 1985) was an American radio, film, and voice-over actor.

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Miller Lite

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Mysterious Intruder

Mysterious Intruder is a 1946 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.

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Radio drama

Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theater, or audio theater) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance.

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Richard Dix

Richard Dix (July 18, 1893 – September 20, 1949) was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent and sound film.

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The Bickersons

The Bickersons was a radio comedy sketch series that began September 8, 1946, on NBC, moving the following year to CBS where it continued until August 28, 1951.

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The Mark of the Whistler

The Mark of the Whistler is a 1944 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler.

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The Millionaire (TV series)

The Millionaire is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1955 to 1960.

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The Mysterious Traveler

The Mysterious Traveler was an anthology radio series, a magazine, and a comic book.

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The Power of the Whistler

The Power of the Whistler is a 1945 mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler.

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The Return of the Whistler

The Return of the Whistler is a 1948 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler.

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The Saint (Simon Templar)

Simon Templar is a fictional character known as The Saint.

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The Secret of the Whistler

The Secret of the Whistler is a 1946 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler.

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The Shadow

The Shadow is the name of a collection of serialized dramas, originally in 1930s pulp novels, and then in a wide variety of media, and it is also used to refer to the character featured in The Shadow media.

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The Thirteenth Hour (1947 film)

The Thirteenth Hour is a 1947 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler.

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The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes is a 1990 American neo-noir mystery film, and the sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown.

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The Whistler (1944 film)

The Whistler is a 1944 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler.

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The Whistler (TV series)

The Whistler is a 30-minute U.S. television anthology mystery series, based on the radio series of the same name.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vincent Price

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and performances in horror films.

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Voice of the Whistler

Voice of the Whistler is a 1945 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler.

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WBBM (AM)

WBBM (780 AM) is an all-news radio station located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Whistle

A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air.

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Wilbur Hatch

Wilbur Hatch (May 24, 1902 – December 22, 1969), was an American music composer who worked primarily in radio and television.

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William Castle

William Castle (April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.

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William Clemens (film director)

William Clemens (September 10, 1905 – April 29, 1980) was an American film director.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whistler

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