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Philip Marlowe - The Hiding Place - Mothers' Day Episode

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1950
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The Greatest Sorrow The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe - The Hiding Place May 9, 1950 It is said that there is no greater sorrow than when a parent outlives their child. Rose Kennedy, matriarch of America's first family of politics in the mid-twentieth century, lived to see four of her children perish, two at the hands of assassins: "It has been said time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind protecting its sanity covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it's never gone." ~ Rose Kennedy (1890-1995) This episode of The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe aired just five days before Mothers' Day, 1950. All the usual detective story elements are there: the crime, the betrayal, the greed, the retribution. What makes this story stand out is that it also reveals the ripple effect, the repercussions of crime that touch the lives of the innocent. None of the characters in The Hiding Place have profited, insomuch that their lives have been vastly improved by the proceeds of the original crime. All of those involved have suffered to some degree, whether it is death, disfigurement, or simply the prolonging of an inevitable collapse. Our sympathy does not extend to any of these characters, nor is it meant to. The person for whom we feel the most is the innocent mother of one of those involved in the crime. Mrs. Bryant's son is dead. We know this at the beginning of the story. How does Marlowe break the news to a mother "full of hope and quiet…

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  1. The Hiding Place (May 9, 1950)

    · 30 min

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