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The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen
The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen
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The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen

Mutual

Mutual · 1947–1948

Broadcasts

37

Cadence

Seasonal

Rated

PG

Since

1947

The run

Network
Mutual
Years active
1947–1948
Surviving broadcasts
37
Genre
detective

From July 3, 1947 to February 25, 1948, The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen brought listeners the weekly adventures of Philip Karney, master of the namesake ketch the Scarlet Queen , and his crew as they traveled around the seas of southeast Asia. Created by Command Radio Productions, the show was purchased for broadcasting by the Mutual network. While Howard Duff played Karney in the audition episode and Alan Ladd was approached about the part, Elliott Lewis took over the role for the entirety of the series’ run on Mutual. Ed Max played Karney’s first mate, Red Gallagher. Gil Doud and Bob Tallman, who…

Source collection

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Voyage_Scarlet_Queen_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

7 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Episodes

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Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1947, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. The Death of David Malone (Audition) · 2 Feb 1947
  2. 2. Report of the White Jade Buddha (AFRTS) · 10 Jul 1947
  3. 3. The Boston Geisha and Chesapeake Bay · 24 Jul 1947
  • 01

    The Death of David Malone (Audition)

    2 Feb 1947 · 29 min

    Broadcast 2 February 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 02

    Report of the White Jade Buddha (AFRTS)

    10 Jul 1947 · 30 min

    Broadcast 10 July 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 03

    The Boston Geisha and Chesapeake Bay

    24 Jul 1947 · 29 min

    Broadcast 24 July 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 04

    The White Cargo Act and Ah Sin (AFRTS)

    7 Aug 1947 · 27 min

    Broadcast 7 August 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 05

    The Barefoot Nymph and the Mother Hubbard Jacket (AFRTS)

    28 Aug 1947 · 28 min

    Broadcast 28 August 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 06

    The Courtship of Anna May Lamour (AFRTS)

    18 Sep 1947 · 28 min

    Broadcast 18 September 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 07

    The Fat Trader and the Sword from Apo Kayan (AFRTS)

    2 Oct 1947 · 27 min

    Broadcast 2 October 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 08

    Ah Sin and the Balinese Beaux Arts Ball

    16 Oct 1947 · 25 min

    Broadcast 16 October 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Same night on the air

18 Sep 1947

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 18 Sep 1947.

Transmission

18 September

1947

Mystery in the Air

The Black Cat

Network

NBC

Slot

Thursday

Running time

25 min

Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.

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Transmission

18 September

1947

The Clock

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Network

ABC

Slot

Thursday

Running time

26 min

Broadcast on Syndicated.

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