Alias Jimmy Valentine is an old-time radio crime drama in the United States. It was broadcast on NBC-Blue January 18, 1938 - February 27, 1939. [1]
The concept for Alias Jimmy Valentine came from writer O. Henry in his short story " A Retrieved Reformation". [1] That story was adapted into the 1909 play Alias Jimmy Valentine by Paul Armstrong. [2] [3]
The program's stories focused on Lee Randall, described by Jim Cox in his book, Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age as "an ex-con and reformed safecracker [who] applied his talents and enormous underworld contacts to abet the forces of law and order". [1] While doing so, he became an honest bank clerk and fell in love with the daughter of the banker. [4]
The series was produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, who were described by Jim Cox in his book, Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio Factory: The Programs and Personalities of Broadcasting's Most Prolific Producers as "the most prolific creatives in eight decades of broadcast history". [5] They originated more than 100 radio series, about half of which were soap operas. [5]
Cox wrote that Alias Jimmy Valentine episodes raised "the never-to-be-resolved query: 'Can a protagonist go straight and overcome his impasse?'" [1] That query, Cox wrote, "was true formulaic Hummert". [1]
Bert Lytell and James Meighan each played the lead at different times. [6] William Bennett Kilpack [7] and Earle Latimore also appeared on the program. [8]
Dick Joy was the announcer. Doris Halman was the writer. [1] Ford Bond narrated. [9]
Alias Jimmy Valentine is an old-time radio crime drama in the United States. It was broadcast on NBC-Blue January 18, 1938 - February 27, 1939. [1]
The concept for Alias Jimmy Valentine came from writer O. Henry in his short story " A Retrieved Reformation". [1] That story was adapted into the 1909 play Alias Jimmy Valentine by Paul Armstrong. [2] [3]
The program's stories focused on Lee Randall, described by Jim Cox in his book, Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age as "an ex-con and reformed safecracker [who] applied his talents and enormous underworld contacts to abet the forces of law and order". [1] While doing so, he became an honest bank clerk and fell in love with the daughter of the banker. [4]
The series was produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, who were described by Jim Cox in his book, Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio Factory: The Programs and Personalities of Broadcasting's Most Prolific Producers as "the most prolific creatives in eight decades of broadcast history". [5] They originated more than 100 radio series, about half of which were soap operas. [5]
Cox wrote that Alias Jimmy Valentine episodes raised "the never-to-be-resolved query: 'Can a protagonist go straight and overcome his impasse?'" [1] That query, Cox wrote, "was true formulaic Hummert". [1]
Bert Lytell and James Meighan each played the lead at different times. [6] William Bennett Kilpack [7] and Earle Latimore also appeared on the program. [8]
Dick Joy was the announcer. Doris Halman was the writer. [1] Ford Bond narrated. [9]