First published at 00:41 UTC on March 28th, 2023.
It's a rainy Tuesday evening in New York and the city streets are deserted save for a dark red convertible that is parked at the curb. At the wheel sits Brenda Sinclair...
"Drexel Drake" (a pseudonym of Charles H. Huff) created Micha…
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It's a rainy Tuesday evening in New York and the city streets are deserted save for a dark red convertible that is parked at the curb. At the wheel sits Brenda Sinclair...
"Drexel Drake" (a pseudonym of Charles H. Huff) created Michael Waring, alias the Falcon, a free-lance investigator and troubleshooter, in his 1936 novel, The Falcon's Prey. It was followed by two more novels (The Falcon Cuts In, 1937 and The Falcon Meets a Lady, 1938) and a 1938 short story. In 1941, RKO Radio Pictures launched a Falcon movie series, but that was based on a different character (Gay Lawrence) by a different author (Michael Arlen). Only the popularity of the film series prompted the radio series; the film and radio series were otherwise unrelated. The radio series was based on the Drexel Drake character. No explanation for the nickname was ever mentioned in any of the dramatizations.
The Michael Waring Falcon was also the hero in three late 1940s movies starring John Calvert, and a television series starring Charles McGraw. The Falcon radio series premiered on the Blue Network on April 10, 1943, continuing on NBC and Mutual until November 27, 1954. Some 70 episodes were produced. (Wikipedia)
Originally Broadcast 11/27/1945
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