<p>Join host, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024042/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carl Amari</a>, for a radio re-broadcast of <em>Philo Vance, Detective</em>. Featuring vocal talent by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065159/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Beck</a>.</p><br><p>Originally appearing as a fictional amateur detective featured in 12&nbsp;crime novels&nbsp;by&nbsp;S. S. Van Dine&nbsp;in the 1920s and 1930s, the radio adventures of Detective Philo Vance were first broadcast to listeners across the airwaves in 1945. Did you know that three&nbsp;radio drama&nbsp;series were created with Philo Vance as the title character? The first series, broadcast by NBC, starred&nbsp;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001207/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">José Ferrer</a>. A summer replacement series in 1946 starred&nbsp;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256305/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Emery</a>&nbsp;as Vance, and the best-known series (and the one of which most episodes survived) ran from 1948 to 1950 in&nbsp;Frederick Ziv syndication&nbsp;and starred&nbsp;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065159/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Beck</a>.</p><br><p>Originally airing 1/1/1949, gather around for this week's episode in "The Magic Murder Case," with Philo Vance!</p><br><p>Enjoying The Film Detective?</p><p>You can watch this episode&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-5ECAa16oA&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p><p>Or connect with us here:</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/filmdetective" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thefilmdetective/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Instagram</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/FilmDetective" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/filmdetectivevid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>YouTube</strong></a></p><p>Want even more? Subscribe to our Newsletter&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thefilmdetective.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>