Welcome to Down These Mean Streets, one of the most famous of the literary and radio detectives.

Previously we've heard Marlow played by Gerald Moore and by Van Heflin,

but on today's show we'll hear both actors appearing together in an adaptation of one of Chandler's own short stories, The King in Yellow.

In this episode, Heflin plays Marlow. At the time it aired he was about a month into his summer run as the detective on NBC.

The episode is very faithful to Chandler's short story where Marlow is tied up in a mystery involving King Lea Party, a hot-headed trumpeter whose colorful wardrobe earns him the titular nickname.

Gerald Moore plays the King, and a little over a year after this episode aired he would begin his own run as Marlow on CBS.

While Heflin had only 13 weeks in the role, More played the character in multiple runs from

1948 until 1951.

So now let's listen to The King in Yellow, starring Van Heflin as Philip Marlow, with Gerald

Moore as the title character.

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