Camera Obscure: The Green Hornet (May 13, 1947)

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“Camera Obscure” is an episode of The Green Hornet, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 13, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Young newspaper publisher Britt Reid, with his secretary Lenore Case and photographer Clicker Benny, opens a campaign in the Daily Sentinel against nightclub owner Rex Tinsley and his lawyer Phil Crane, who keep escaping the law. Political boss Bransford Valion denies any link to them and threatens to sue. Reid, Axford and Clicker Benny go to the Eldorado Club for a meeting with Tinsley, where they hear the men plan a private deal. The episode is part of The Green Hornet radio series, first broadcast on May 13, 1947.

The city of the Daily Sentinel newspaper, including its offices, police headquarters, the Eldorado Club and the suburban home of Bransford Valion.

Characters: Britt Reid, Lenore Case, Clicker Benny, Gunnegan, Michael Axford, Kato, Rex Tinsley, Phil Crane

Listen for: Listen for the Daily Sentinel campaign against Rex Tinsley and the overheard meeting at the Eldorado Club.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.