The episodes were drawn from the Detective Story Magazine issued by Street & Smith, "the nation's oldest and largest publisher of pulp magazines." Although the latter company had hoped the radio broadcasts would boost the declining sales of Detective Story Magazine, the result was quite different. The narrator was initially voiced by James LaCurto, who was replaced after four months by prolific character actor Frank Readick Jr. Thus, beginning on July 31, 1930, "The Shadow" was the name given to the mysterious narrator of the Detective Story Hour radio program. One of their scriptwriters, Harry Engman Charlot, suggested various possibilities, such as "The Inspector" or "The Sleuth." Charlot then proposed the ideal name for the phantom announcer: "The Shadow."
SHADOW ERA IN LATIN SERIES
Chrisman and Sweets thought the upcoming series should be narrated by a mysterious storyteller with a sinister voice and began searching for a suitable name. To boost the sales of its Detective Story Magazine, Street & Smith Publications hired David Chrisman, of the Ruthrauff & Ryan advertising agency, and writer-director William Sweets to adapt the magazine's stories into a radio series. See also: List of The Shadow stories Origin of the character's name Some early episodes used the alternate statement, "As you sow evil, so shall you reap evil! Crime does not pay.The Shadow knows!" The Shadow, at the end of each episode, reminded listeners, "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit! Crime does not pay.The Shadow knows!" These words were accompanied by an ominous laugh and a musical theme, Camille Saint-Saëns' Le Rouet d'Omphale ("Omphale's Spinning Wheel," composed in 1872). The introductory line from the radio adaptation of The Shadow – "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" – spoken by actor Frank Readick, has earned a place in the American idiom. In the magazine stories, The Shadow did not become literally invisible.
On September 26, 1937, The Shadow, a new radio drama based on the character as created by Gibson for the pulp magazine, premiered with the story "The Death House Rescue", in which The Shadow was characterized as having "the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds so they cannot see him". The first issue of the pulp series The Shadow Magazine went on sale April 1, 1931. When listeners of the program began asking at newsstands for copies of "that Shadow detective magazine", Street & Smith launched a magazine based on the character, and hired Gibson to create a concept to fit the name and voice and to write a story featuring him. The Shadow debuted on July 31, 1930, as the mysterious narrator of the radio program Detective Story Hour, which was developed to boost sales of Street & Smith's monthly pulp Detective Story Magazine. The Shadow, originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, was developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter B. The radio drama include episodes voiced by Orson Welles. Originating in pulp novels of the 1930s, he was later adapted into other forms of media, including on radio, in American comic books, comic strips, television, serials, video games, and at least five feature films. The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B.
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