The Shadow Knight of Darkness

Reseña del editor

Radio Spirits is very pleased to present radio's greatest crime fighter, The Shadow, in this new collection of eighteen digitally restored and remastered episodes selected from the classic series. Featuring Orson Welles, William Johnstone and Bret Morrison each in the title role, this set also includes the first release of two newly discovered and previously lost episodes starring Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and The Shadow - "The Old People" and "The Trumpet of Death". Also starring in this collection are Agnes Moorehead, Marjorie Andersen and Grace Matthews as The Shadow's lovely companion Margot Lane, and a supporting cast including Kenny Delmar, Alan Reed, Everett Sloane and more! One of the 20th century's most iconic fictional characters, listen to the sinister laugh and discover "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" Included in this collection is a Program Guide by radio historian Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. with photographs and background information about the shows.INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING EPISODES: CD 1 Hounds in the Hills - 2/20/1938 and The Creeper - 5/29/1938 CD 2 The Old People - 6/26/1938 and The Voice of the Trumpet - 7/3/1938 CD 3 Horror in Wax - 2/26/1939 and Sabotage in the Air - 3/5/1939 CD 4 Appointment with Death - 3/12/1939 and Can the Dead Talk? - 3/19/1939 CD 5 The Return of Carnation Charlie - 2/4/1940 and Death is an Art - 2/11/1940 CD 6 Carnival of Death - 11/10/1940 and Death to the Shadow - 3/12/1944 CD 7 Blood Money - 10/20/1946 and The Ruby of Karvahl - 10/19/1947 CD 8 Terrible Legend of Crownshield Castle - 12/28/1947 and Terror at Wolf's Head Knoll - 2/15/1948 CD 9 The Man Who Was Death - 2/29/1948 and Stake Out - 3/14/1948

Biografía del autor

Orson Welles (1915-1985) was an Academy Award-winning director, writer, actor, and producer for film, stage, radio, and television.

William R. Johnston is Associate Director and Curator of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art at The Walters Art Museum.