Casey, Crime Photographer
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Created by | George Harmon Coxe |
Original work | Return Engagement, March 1934, Black Mask (magazine) |
Print publications | |
Book(s) | Books
Cox, J. Randolph [2005], Flashgun Casey, Crime Photographer: From the Pulps to Radio And Beyond, David S. Siegel, William F Nolan, Yorktown Heights, NY: Book Hunter Press. ISBN 1891379054 Coxe, George Harmon [1946], Flash Casey, Detective, J. Meyers : E.B. Williams :Avon Book Co.[1] |
Novel(s) | Novels
Silent Are the Dead (1942) Murder For Two (1943) Error of Judgement (1961) The Man Who Died Too Soon (1962) Deadly Image (1964) |
Comics | Casey: Crime Photographer, Aug 1949, Marvel Comics Radio Tie in |
Magazine(s) | Black Mask |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | Women Are Trouble (1936) Here's Flash Casey (1938) |
Television series | Crime Photographer (1951 - 1952) |
Theatrical presentations | |
Play(s) | Bristol, Stephen Crime Photographer[2] |
Audio | |
Radio program(s) | Casey, Crime Photographer 07/07/43 - 11/16/50 and 01/13/54 - 04/22/55. |
Casey, Crime Photographer (aka Crime photographer; Flashgun Casey; Casey, Press Photographer; Stephen Bristol, Crime Photographer) was a media franchise, in the 1930s through the 1960s. Created by George Harmon Coxe, the photographer Casey was featured in radio, film, theater, novels, magazines and comic books.[3]
Launched in a 1934 issue of the pulp magazine Black Mask, the character Jack "Flashgun" Casey, was a crime photographer for the newspaper The Morning Express. With the help of reporter Ann Williams (portrayed on radio and TV by Jan Miner), he solved crimes and recounted his stories to friends at The Blue Note, their favorite tavern.[4]
George Harmon Coxe
Casey's creator, George Harmon Coxe, was the 1964 recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's prestigious Grand Master Award representing the pinnacle of achievement in the mystery field. This award represents significant output of quality in mystery writing.
Black Mask
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"Flashgun" Casey began in the March, 1934 issue of Black Mask, in the story Return Engagement. This story was later used in the film "Here's Flash Casey". Twenty more stories appeared in the magazine over the next decades, and collections of these stories were published in anthology form as well. Two of the subsequent novels were serialized in the magazine, in addition to the 21 short stories[5].
- In 1941, three parts of the early novels; Silent are the Dead were published in Black Mask in September, October and November as Killers Are Camera Shy; and in 1943, Murder for Two was serialized in January, February and March as Blood on the Lens.
Novels
Coxe wrote five novels featuring Casey.
- Deadly Image (1964)[6]
- Error of Judgement (1961)[7]
- The Man Who Died Too Soon (1962)[8]
- Murder For Two (1943)[9]
- serialized in Black Mask over three issues.
- Yo MAMA (1942)[10]
- serialized in Black Mask over three issues.
Films
- Women Are Trouble (1936)
- Here's Flash Casey (1938)
Radio
Begun as stories in Black Mask, the stories were brought to radio under multiple names. The series aired on CBS for all its entirety. 07/07/43 - 11/16/50 and 01/13/54 - 04/22/55.
- Selected cast
- Matt Crowley, Casey
- Staats Cotsworth, Casey
- Jan Miner, Ann Williams
- John Gibson,
- Titles of show
- Flashgun Casey
- Casey, Press Photographer
- Crime Photographer
The radio show was sustained by the network, sponsored by Anchor Hocking, Toni home permanents, Toni Shampoo and Philip Morris. The Blue Note was a jazz club, and jazz musicians, the Archie Bleyer Orchestra and The Teddy Wilson Trio were featured.
Comic books
A four-part Marvel Comics tie-in to the radio show was published starting August 1949.[11]
Television
In 1951 the popular series moved to televion
- First Telecast: April 19, 1951
- Last Telecast: June 5, 1952
- Cast
- Casey (June 1951-April 1952): Darren McGavin
- Ann Williams: Jan Miner (reprising her role on radio)
- On Darrin McGavin's website, he is quoted as saying "The cast of Crime Photographer didn’t go down fighting. "They took off for the hills. It was so bad that it was never re-run, and that’s saying something when you recall the caliber of television programs in those days."[12]
References
- ^ Coxe, George Harmon. Flash Casey, Detective. J. Meyers : E.B. Williams.
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: Text "publisher Avon Book Co." ignored (help) - ^ West, Dorothy Herbert. "Item notes: 1949/1952". Play index. Dorothy Margaret Peake, Estelle A. Fidell. H. W. Wilson Co. p. p16.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Cox, J. Randolph. Flashgun Casey, Crime Photographer: From the Pulps to Radio And Beyond. David S. Siegel, William F Nolan. Yorktown Heights, NY: Book Hunter Press. ISBN 1891379054.
- ^ Lackmann, Ronald W. "Casey, Crime Photographer". The Encyclopedia of American Radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern. Facts on File. p. p60. ISBN 0816041377.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Hagemann, Edward R. "cite= George Harmon Coxe". A Comprehensive Index to Black Mask, 1920-1951: With Brief Annotations, Preface, and Editorial Apparatus. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 0879722029.
- ^ Coxe, George Harmon. Deadly Image. A.A. Knopf.
- ^ Coxe. Error of Judgement. Hammond.
- ^ Coxe. The Man Who Died Too Soon. A.A. Knopf.
- ^ Coxe. Murder For Two. Dell. p. Map back # 276.
- ^ Coxe. Silent are the Dead. A.A. Knopf.
- ^ Hollifield, Scott (Retrieved Oct 22, 2008). "Timely-Atlas-Marvel Chronology".
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