{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Presenting the Transcription Feature 187: RAFFLES","description":"The character of A.J. Raffles was created by E.W. Hornung in 1898.  Hornung was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s brother-in-law, and he was inspired to write about a sort of anti-Sherlock Holmes.  His Raffles is thief, to be sure, but one who was charming.  Raffles an \u201can amateur cracksman,\u201d who lives the life of a gentleman.  But if you don\u2019t actually have an independent income, you have to be able to finance your lifestyle somehow.  \u201cScreen Directors\u2019 Playhouse\u201d adapted popular films to radio, often with the movie\u2019s same stars and directors.  There had been several silent film adaptations of Hornung\u2019s tales, as well as a 1930 film starring Ronald Colman and a 1939 film starring David Niven.  This broadcast adapts the 1939 film and features the equally suave-voiced Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.   Episode Screen Directors\u2019 Playhouse September 14, 1951  \u201cRaffles\u201d 3:30 ","author_name":"The Chronic Rift Network","author_url":"http:\/\/chronicriftnetwork.libsyn.com","html":"