The Ladies Night: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (February 21, 1950)

“The Ladies Night” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 21, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by Gigi Onsby, a magazine editor, to find a missing woman named Clarice Lawrence who has disappeared from her hotel and hasn't been seen in two days. Marlowe's search leads him to Annie Stringer's Hollywood Health Club for women, where he discovers Clarice has been spending mysterious time and possibly meeting with a man.

Hollywood, California, including Marlowe's apartment, the Tulip Room nightclub, a hotel, and Annie Stringer's Hollywood Health Club

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Gigi Onsby, Clarice Lawrence, Annie Stringer

Listen for: Marlowe's investigation into Clarice Lawrence's disappearance and his encounters with the various women involved in the case

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.