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+ The Adventures of the Thin Man radio series, initially starring Les Damon, was broadcast on all four major radio networks during the years 1941 to 1950. Claudia Morgan had the female lead role of Nora Charles throughout the program's entire nine-year run. The radio series was modeled after the film series which was based on the 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel. The first series, sponsored by Woodbury Soap, aired on NBC Wednesdays at 8pm from July 2, 1941 to December 23, 1942. Les Damon portrayed detective Nick Charles, and he continued in the role into 1943. Sponsored by General Foods (Post Toasties, Maxwell House Coffee, Sanka), the next series began on CBS January 8, 1943, airing on Fridays at 8:30pm and some Sunday timeslots and continuing until December 26, 1947. Les Tremayne and David Gothard were heard as Nick Charles in 1944-45, with Tremayne still in the role in 1945-46. Les Damon returned as Nick in 1946-47, with Tremayne back in 1948-49. The last actor to do the part was Joseph Curtin in 1950.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Thin Man, The

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
07.13.1948	the adventure of the haunted hams	+ Every once in a while a man’ wife gets the idea that her husband needs a change. Of course the c...
07.06.1948	the adventure of the passionate palooka	+ Nick and Nora Charles have promised to find Jojo the mongrel pooch whose mysterious disappearance ...
02.09.1945	the boogie woogie murder	+ This episode of The Thin Man entitled Murder In The Record Shop was actually presented by the Myst...
12.01.1944	case of the all american menace	+ In the apartment of Joan Winslow an attractive young thing just out of bobby socks Plunger Belson ...
10.06.1944	noras night out	+ Nick is up and dressed early in the morning and very worried because Nora didn’t return home aft...
06.16.1944	the caprini necklace
10.10.1943	the case of the wandering corpse	+ According to Nora this was going to be the most wonderful wedding anniversary ever, that is if Nic...
N/A	strange case of professor wainger

Over the years, Nick Charles was played by Lester Damon, Les Tremayne, Joseph Curtin, and David Gothard. Nora Charles was played by Claudia Morgan. Sheriff of Crabtree was played by Parker Fennelly. Announcers included Ron Rawson, and Ed Herlihy. Producer and director for the series was Himan Brown. Writers include Milton Lewis, Eugene Wang, Robert Newman, and Louis Vittes. Sound Effects by Hal Reid. The Thing Man was based on the Dashiell Hammett character. The Adventures of the Thin Man was broadcast on NBC starring Les Tremayne as Charles sponsored by Woodbury (7/2/1941-12/23/1942); CBS starring Les Tremayne as Charles sponsored by Post (1/8/1943-2/1944); CBS starring David Gothard as Charles sponsored by Post (2/1944 to 1/26/1945); CBS starring Les Tremayne as Charles sponsored by Post (1/5/19459/ to 7/1945); CBS starring Lester Damon as Charles sponsored by Sanka (5/5/1946-12/26/1947). The New Adventures of the Thin Man was broadcast on NBC starring Les Tremayne as Charles sponsored by Pabst (6/22/1948- 7/20/1948); Mutual starring Les Tremayne as Charles (10/28/1948-1/20/1949). The series was on ABC as a summer replacement for The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet starring Joseph Curtin sponsored by Heinz (6/23/1950-9/1/1950).

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