&sq=&lang=&file=File:Santos_Ortega_Hugh_Marlowe_Marian_Shockley_Ellery_Queen_on_radio_1939.JPG) From left: Santos Ortega as Richard Queen, Hugh Marlowe as Ellery Queen and Marian Shockley as Nikki Porter in 1939. | |
| Genre | Mystery |
|---|---|
| Running time | 1 hour for first 7 months 30 minutes thereafter |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Syndicates | CBS NBC ABC |
| Starring | Hugh Marlowe Carleton Young Sydney Smith Lawrence Dobkin Howard Culver |
| Announcer | Ken Roberts Bert Parks Ernest Chappell Don Hancock Paul Masterson |
| Created by | Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee |
| Written by | Frederic Dannay Manfred Lee Anthony Boucher |
| Directed by | George Zachary Tom Victor Dick Woolen Dwight Hauser |
| Produced by | George Zachary |
| Original release | June 18, 1939 – May 27, 1948 |
| Sponsored by | Gulf Oil Bromo Seltzer Anacin |
The Adventures of Ellery Queen was a radio detective program in the United States. Several iterations of the program appeared on different networks, with the first one broadcast on CBS on June 18, 1939, and the last on ABC on May 27, 1948.[1]
The Adventures of Ellery Queen grew out of the combined efforts of producer-director George Zachary and writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. Dannay and Lee, who were cousins, originated the Ellery Queen character. Initially they wrote the program's scripts, and Zachary handled production. Beginning in 1945, Anthony Boucher replaced Dannay and worked with Lee writing scripts.[2]
During the program's first season, Radio Guide magazine called it "a CBS drama that will keep you on the edge of your chair." It added "You will find Ellery Queen both brave and brilliant and you will find yourself participating joyously in the ageless thrill of the manhunt."[3]
- ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. pp. 8-9. ISBN 0-19-507678-8. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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dunningotawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The Good Luck Club Presents "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" -- and We Make a Correction" (PDF). Radio Guide. 9 (17): 2. February 9, 1940. Retrieved 6 June 2014.