Paul Temple

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Paul Temple is a fictional detective writer and private investigator in the novels of the British writer Francis Durbridge (1912-1998). Some novels were written together with John Thewes , Douglas Rutherford or Charles Hatten . The novels written with Rutherford appeared under the common pseudonym "Paul Temple", so that the protagonist himself appears as the actual "novelist".

Together with his wife, the journalist Louise, who mainly appears under her nom de plume Steve Trent, he solves his cases with creativity and intelligence and, from today's perspective, relatively little "action". The characteristics of the typical “ Whodunit ” stories (“Who was it?”) Include polished dialogues and a subtle sense of humor.

Movies

Paul Temple was “born” as a radio detective in the 1930s and was only later adapted for the medium of film, for the first time in 1946 in “Send for Paul Temple”. There were a total of four films about Paul Temple:

Durbridge licensed the character to the BBC , which turned the stories into a 52-part television series from 1969, of which 39 episodes were shot in the first international co-production in television history, together with ZDF . The main role in the series played by the British actor Francis Matthews (also known as Lieutenant Compton in the Miss Marple film killer Ahoy! (Murder Ahoy) , 1964). Ros Drinkwater played the role of Steve (often in German dubbing: Stiefelchen ) . The German voice actors were Gert Günther Hoffmann and Margot Leonard . The theme music was by Ron Grainer .

Radio plays

From 1938 to 1968 the British BBC produced 29 Paul Temple cases as radio plays , the best-known cast being that with Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve. Since 2005, some of the radio plays in this series have been re-broadcast by the BBC and published on CD and cassette.

From 1949 to the 1960s, the NWDR Cologne and the WDR produced German versions of some radio plays. Paul Temple was spoken here by René Deltgen and Paul Klinger (in the last case, the Alex case ). Steve lent her voice to actresses Annemarie Cordes (in eight episodes), Elisabeth Scherer , Margot Leonard , Ursula Langrock and Irmgard Först . Charlie, servant of the Temples, was portrayed by Herbert Hennies , Otto Daue and Eric Schildkraut . Sir Graham Forbes was spoken by Kurt Lieck and once by Georg Eilert (Gregory affair). Well-known German actors appeared as other actors, such as Kerstin de Ahna , Gerd Baltus , Frank Barufski , Friedrich W. Bauschulte , Karl Heinz Bender , Pinkas Braun , Karl Brückel , Kaspar Brüninghaus , Heinz von Cleve , Wolfgang Eichberger , Wolfgang Engels , Walter Giller , Arno Görke , Magda Hennings , Ernst Hilbich , P. Walter Jacob , Walter Jokisch , Marianne Kehlau , Paul Klinger, Gustav Knuth , Peter René Körner , Edith Lechtape , Fritzleo Liertz , Werner Lieven , Jürgen von Manger , Alf Marholm , Kurt Meister , Alwin Joachim Meyer , Lola Müthel , Hermann Pfeiffer , Ursula von Reibnitz , Werner Rundshagen , Alwin Michael Rueffer , Heinz Schacht , Franz Schafheitlin , Heinz Schimmelpfennig , Karl-Maria Schley , Herbert Steinmetz , Lilly Towska , Gisela Trowe , Elke Twiesselmann , Günther Ungeheuer , Wolfgang Wahl , Siegfried Wischnewski and others. Peter René Körner alone appeared in nine of the twelve productions between 1949 and 1961 in a wide variety of roles. Mostly as a shady figure, either as the main culprit or a person involved in the matter. Only once in the Lawrence case did he play a detective ( Inspector Ivor ). Margot Leonard, who spoke the role of Steve Temple in the Alex case in 1968 , then took on this role again in the television series of the same name , this time as the German dubbing voice of Ros Drinkwater.

The directors were Eduard Hermann in 10 episodes from 1949 to 1963, Otto Düben in the last two productions and Fritz Schröder-Jahn in Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair (1949), together with Eduard Hermann. The music for all radio plays comes from Hans Jönsson . In most cases Marianne de Barde was responsible for the translation of the English original .

Also the BR ( Paul Temple and the Conrad case , directed by Willy Purucker , with Karl John and Rosemarie Fendel as the Temple couple, Adolf Ziegler as Sir Graham Forbes and Jürgen Arndt as the servant Charlie, as well as Fritz Straßner , Elinor von Wallerstein , Horst Tappert , Heidi Brühl , Erik Jelde , Wolfgang Büttner , Hans Cossy , Jürgen Goslar , Ernst Ginsberg and many others) as well as the SR ( Paul Temple and the Fall in Geneva , director: Wilm ten Haaf ) tried their hand at Paul Temple radio plays in 1959 and 1966 however not as successful as the Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

In 2014, the annotated reconstruction of the episode Paul Temple and the Gregory Case , believed to be lost, was performed on stage by Bastian Pastewka + accomplices and published as a radio play on CD and on the radio.

In the Netherlands , too , the radio station AVRO produced and broadcast numerous radio plays about the London private investigator between 1939 and 1969. However, most of the productions are no longer preserved. A special feature is the changed naming for the title hero. At the initiative of the AVRO director at the time, Willem Vogt , Paul Temple became Paul Vlaanderen and his wife Steve Ina . The first radio play was broadcast in February 1939 under the title Spreek met Vlaanderen en het komt in orde . The conclusion in January 1969 was Paul Vlaanderen en het Alex-mysterie .

The German radio plays

In production order, re-releases are given in brackets:

  • NWDR 1949: Paul Temple and the Gregory affair (missing, reconstructed in 2014 by Bastian Pastewka using recovered fragments and the Norwegian radio version)
  • NWDR 1950/1951: A case for Paul Temple (this is in all likelihood a radio play that was (only) broadcast before the Gregory case , as the Curzon case refers to "Gregory" several times, which only makes sense results if this is the direct precursor.)

The British radio plays

(The years refer to the date of first broadcast)

  • 1938: Send for Paul Temple (Paul Temple: Hugh Morton , Steve: Bernadette Hodgson )
  • 1938: Paul Temple and the front page Men (with Hugh Morton and Bernadette Hodgson)
  • 1939: News of Paul Temple (with Hugh Morton and Bernadette Hodgson)
  • 1941: Send for Paul Temple (new recording with Carl Bernard and Thea Holme )
  • 1942: Paul Temple Intervenes (with Carl Bernard and Bernadette Hodgson) (CD: ISBN 0563527943 , MC: ISBN 0563527897 )
  • 1944: News of Paul Temple (new recording with Richard Williams and Lucille Lisle )
  • 1945: Send for Paul Temple again (with Barry Morse , from here on Steve is spoken by Marjorie Westbury)
  • 1946: A Case for Paul Temple (with Howard Marion-Crawford as Paul Temple)
  • 1946: Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair (from here Kim Peacock plays Paul Temple)
  • 1947: Paul Temple and Steve
  • 1947: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Temple
  • 1947: Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
  • 1948: Paul Temple and the Curzon Case
  • 1949: Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery
  • 1949: The Night of the Twenty Seventh (Christmas episode)
  • 1950: Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair
  • 1951: Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
  • 1953: Paul Temple and Steve again
  • 1954: Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case (from then on with Peter Coke as Paul Temple)
  • 1955: Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery (new recording)
  • 1956: Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
  • 1957: Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
  • 1959: Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair (new recording)
  • 1959: Paul Temple and the Conrad Case
  • 1959: Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case (new recording)
  • 1961: Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
  • 1963: Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery (new recording)
  • 1965: Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
  • 1968: Paul Temple and the Alex Affair
  • 2006: Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery (new recording, original recording from 1947 no longer exists)
  • 2008: Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery (new recording)
  • 2010: Paul Temple and Steve (new recording)
  • 2011: A Case for Paul Temple (new recording)
  • 2013: Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair (new recording)

The Dutch radio plays

  • 1939: Spreek met Vlaanderen en het komt in orde
  • 1939: Paul Vlaanderen en de mannen van de frontpagina
  • 1940: Paul Vlaanderen en het Z4 mystery
  • 1946: Paul Vlaanderen en het Rex-mysterie
  • 1946: Haal Paul Vlaanderen he weer bij
  • 1947: Paul Vlaanderen contra de markies
  • 1947: Paul Vlaanderen wordt onthaald
  • 1947: Paul Vlaanderen en het Gregory-mysterie
  • 1948: Paul Vlaanderen en Ina
  • 1949: Paul Vlaanderen grijpt in
  • 1949: Paul Vlaanderen en het Sullivan mystery
  • 1950: Paul Vlaanderen en het Carson mystery
  • 1951: Paul Vlaanderen en het Madison mystery
  • 1951: Paul Vlaanderen en het Van Dyke-mysterie
  • 1953: Paul Vlaanderen en het Jonathan-mysterie
  • 1954: Paul Vlaanderen en het Gilbert-mysterie
  • 1956: Paul Vlaanderen en het Lawrence-mysterie (only part 7 is still preserved)
  • 1958: Paul Vlaanderen en het Spencer-mysterie
  • 1959: Paul en Ina Vlaanderen Incognito
  • 1959: Paul Vlaanderen en het Conrad-mysterie (completely preserved)
  • 1962: Paul Vlaanderen en het Margo-mysterie (completely preserved)
  • 1966: Paul Vlaanderen en het Milbourne-mysterie (completely preserved)
  • 1969: Paul Vlaanderen en het Alex-mysterie (completely preserved)
  • 1998: Paul Vlaanderen en het media-mysterie (not an original Durbridge work)
  • 2011: Paul Vlaanderen en het mysterie van de verzonnen dood (a play adapted for radio , which is not based on a Durbridge model)

comics

In various editions of the Luna Kriminal Roman by Walter Lehning Verlag , Temple's adventures were printed in comic form. With the numbers # 705 and # 709, two issues of the comic book screen detective from the Aachen-based Bildschriftverlag were dedicated to Temple . Today, the booklets are among the most sought-after items on the collector's market.

Books

  • The shoes - Weiss-Verlag , Berlin (1967)
  • Paul Temple and the Headline Men - Goldmann Verlag , Munich (1969)
  • Paul Temple, Bank robbery in Harkdale - Goldmann Verlag, Munich (1970)
  • Paul Temple, the Kelby case - Goldmann Verlag, Munich (1971)
  • Too Young to Die - Goldmann Verlag (1971)
  • Der Hehler - Goldmann Verlag, Munich (1986)
  • Paul Temple and the Margo Case / Paul Temple and the Madison Case ( ISBN 978-3-7466-2236-1 )
  • Paul Temple and the Z Case ( ISBN 978-3-7466-2284-2 )
  • Paul Temple: The Lost Cases (Pidax, 2018) ( ISBN 978-3959881098 )

Short stories translated into German

  • Paul Temple and the ventriloquist's doll (by Francis Durbridge, first appeared in the booklet for the DVD Paul Temple - Hunt for "Z" (Pidax media))
  • A gift from Paul Temple (by Francis Durbridge, first appeared in the booklet for the DVD Paul Temple and the Marquis case (Pidax media))
  • Paul Temple and the Nightingale (by Francis Durbridge, first appeared in the booklet for the DVD Paul Temple - The Green Finger (Pidax media))
  • Paul Temple and the Thief (by Francis Durbridge, first appeared in the booklet for the DVD Paul Temple - Who is Rex? (Pidax media))
  • A present for Paul (by Francis Durbridge, first published in the booklet for the DVD The Elegant Turn (Pidax media, April 2017))

20 short stories will appear in 2018 as an anthology under the title Paul Temple: The Lost Cases . These are the following short stories:

  • Paul Temple's White Christmas (1946)
  • A Present for Paul (1946)
  • Paul Temple and the Elusive Mr. Wade, 1947
  • Paul Temple and the Elstree Affair, 1947
  • Paul Temple and 'The Colonel', 1947
  • Paul Temple and the Granville Sisters (1947)
  • Paul Temple and the Crawford Case (1947)
  • Paul Temple Meets an Old Friend (1947)
  • Paul Temple and the Eccentric Millionairess (1947)
  • Paul Temple and the Girl in Gray, 1947
  • Paul Temple and the Garage Mystery (1947)
  • Paul Temple and the Blonde Cashier (1947)
  • Paul Temple and the Car Robberies, 1947
  • Paul Temple and the Dark Stranger, 1947
  • Paul Temple and the Thief (Light-Fingers, 1950)
  • A Present from Paul Temple, 1951
  • Paul Temple and the Ventriloquist's Doll, 1952
  • Paul Temple and the Nightingale (1952)

See also

For more information on films based on works by Francis Durbridge , see:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Temple. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 2, 2013 .
  2. ^ Francis Durbridge homepage
  3. ^ Francis Durbridge: Paul Temple and the Conrad Case , PiDax Film, accessed October 10, 2014
  4. ↑ Luna Krinminalroman , Romanhefte Info, accessed March 30, 2020
  5. ↑ Screen detective archive extract , BSV , accessed March 30, 2020