{"id":16317,"date":"2017-01-16T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?page_id=16317"},"modified":"2022-01-17T22:24:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T04:24:55","slug":"private-files-rex-saunders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/private-files-rex-saunders\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Files of Rex Saunders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listen to “The Gentlemen Detectives of Old Time Radio” on Spreaker.<\/a><\/p>\n

Rex Harrison was a popular actor in the 1950s (though he’s most-remembered for his work in the 1960s) and so NBC gave him his own radio series, as they did to many well-known stars during the first few years of the 1950s. In many ways, the series bore a strong similarity to the previous Bulldog Drummond series as Rex Saunders travels the world with an assistant helping out damsels in distress. Rex Saunders even has the same foghorn opening.<\/p>\n

The series lasted fourteen weeks and ended abruptly with the final episode announcing details of a fifteenth week program that would never be aired. The strength of the series is Harrison’s charisma and a few clever writing touches.<\/p>\n

Star Bio:<\/p>\n

\"Rex Rex Harrison (1908-1990): Harrison had a seven decade long career on the stage, in film, as well as on television and radio. Harrison broke into Hollywood with a critically-acclaimed performance in 1946’s Anna and the King of Siam.<\/em>. His career peak came in the mid-1960s when he won an Oscar and Golden Globe Award for his performance as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady<\/em> (1964). During this time, he also turned in great performances in Cleopatra <\/em>(1963), The Agony and the Ecstasy<\/em> (1965), and Doctor Doolittle<\/em> (1967).<\/p>\n

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Episode Log (Courtesy of Digital Deli FTP<\/a>):<\/p>\n