Ep. 1048, The Five Orange Pips, by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Can Sherlock Holmes discover why a letter containing five orange pips, strikes John Openshaw with such terror? Arthur Conan Doyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Audiobook Library Card is now available, and folks are having a blast. Subscribe monthly, and stream or download any title in entire Classic Tales Library for $6.99. This offer is only good until July 20th, so get yours now! Go to or follow the link in the show notes. It’s an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics...
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Ep. 1047, The Ghost of Captain Brand, by Howard Pyle
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Pirates, ghosts, and buried treasure on the Spanish Main – it’s time for another Pirate Summer with a tale from the Book of Pirates. Howard Pyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Audiobook Library Card is now available, and folks are having a blast. Subscribe monthly, and stream or download any title in entire Classic Tales Library for $6.99. This offer is only good until July 20th, so get yours now! Go to or follow the link in the show notes. It’s an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics...
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Ep. 1046, The Man Who Lived Backwards, by Charles F. Hall VINTAGE
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Where can you find a world where raindrops cut through you like bullets, and the sandwiches are as hard as concrete? Charles F. Hall details the intricacies of living in the past, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Audiobook Library Card is now live. For a limited time, you can get unlimited download and streaming access to the entire Classic Tales Library for $6.99. This offer is only good for this first month, so get yours now! Go to or follow the link in the show notes. It will be...
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Ep. 1045, Indiscretions of Archie, Part 8 of 8, by P.G. Wodehouse
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Now, Archie isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, but he does have a good edge to him. At least he thought so, until he forgot the one thing a newly married man should never forget. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Audiobook Library Card is now live. For a limited time, you can get access to the entire Classic Tales Library for $6.99. This offer is only good for this first month, so get yours now! Go to or follow the link in the show notes. It will be an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord...
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Ep. 1044, Deep Waters, by P.G. Wodehouse VINTAGE
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George Callendar is an excellent swimmer – until it’s suddenly convenient not to be… P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. We are in the final stages of developing the Audiobook Library Card. The database is now complete, and we are working out the final kinks of the product now. Go to for the latest updates. It will be an all-you-can-hear, streamable plan for the entire The Classic Tales library. That’s right - you’ll be able to stream or download all you want....
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Ep. 1043, Indiscretions of Archie, Part 7 of 8, by P.G. Wodehouse
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Food flies at the Hotel Cosmopolis! Archie skillfully exploits the vagaries of dietary warfare. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. We are in the final stages of developing the Audiobook Library Card. The database is now complete, and we are working out the final kinks of the product now. Go to for the latest updates. It will be an all-you-can-hear, streamable plan for the entire The Classic Tales library. That’s right - you’ll be able to stream or download all you want. We are also...
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Ep. 1042, The Red-Headed League, by Arthur Conan Doyle VINTAGE
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Can Sherlock Holmes discover why the cushiest job in the world suddenly dried up? Arthur Conan Doyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. We are in the final stages of developing the Audiobook Library Card. The database is now complete, and we are working out the final kinks of the product now. Go to for the latest updates. It will be an all-you-can-hear, streamable plan for the entire The Classic Tales library. That’s right - you’ll be able to stream or download all you want. ...
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Ep. 1041, Indiscretions of Archie, Part 6 of 8, by P.G. Wodehouse
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Announcing Bill’s betrothed isn’t going to sit well with the old dad. Can Archie rally round and lend a hand? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. We are in the final stages of developing the Audiobook Library Card. The database is now complete, and we are working out the final kinks of the product now. Go to for the latest updates. It will be an all-you-can-hear, streamable plan for the entire The Classic Tales library. That’s right - you’ll be able to stream or download all you...
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Ep. 1040, In Letters of Fire, by Gason Leroux VINTAGE
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In the hollow of a terrible storm, four hunters meet a melancholy madman who offers them shelter. But has this man really lost his mind, or is he laboring under the burden of a terrible curse? Gaston Leroux, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The audiobook library card is moving forward nicely, and if you’d like to see, you can go to . It will be an all-you-can-hear, streamable plan for The Classic Tales. In just a few weeks, there will be a subscription that will give you on demand...
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Ep. 1039, Indiscretions of Archie, Part 5 of 8, by P.G. Wodehouse
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A topping bet on a baseball game puts Archie in the money. But is the double-or-nothing option really the best way to go? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The audiobook library card is moving forward nicely, and if you’d like to see, you can go to . It will be an all-you-can-hear, streamable plan for The Classic Tales. In just a few weeks, there will be a subscription that will give you on demand access to the entire Classic Tales Audiobooks library. The library contains dozens of...
info_outlineCan a movie be better than the story it’s based on? Let’s take a journey from short story to Academy Award Nominated film, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.
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Ok, off the top of your head, what movies are better than the books they are based on? Whenever I consider this, I tend to come back to The Wizard of Oz and Ben-Hur. I think in these two instances especially, they expanded on the original material beautifully, to fit the medium of film. It’s a transformative process, to move from story told only in print, to a story told by actors, artists, costumers, directors, set designers, stunt people, special effects artists, and all the other hundreds of people it takes to make a motion picture. I recently discovered I’m going to have to add the film Meet John Doe to my list.
Meet John Doe is a film released in 1941, directed by Frank Capra. It stars Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyk and Edward Arnold. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story, and it was ranked No. 49 in the American Film Institutes 100 years, 100 cheers list. It entered the public domain in 1969, and you can watch it for free many places on the internet, also on Amazon Prime.
The film is based on the story “A Reputation”, by Richard Connell. Connell also wrote “A Friend of Napoleon” that we’ve heard recently, and is most famous for his short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”.
So first, let’s hear the story “A Reputation”, and then look at what elements were modified and expanded on to create the acclaimed motion picture, Meet John Doe. Just a heads up – this story deals with suicide.
And now, “A Reputation”, by Richard Connell.
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