Adventure Parade was a 15-minute daily radioanthology series which was broadcast onMutual from 1946 to 1949,[1] produced and directed by Robert and Jessica Maxwell.
The show opened with announcer George Hogan calling, "Adventurers attention! Fall in forAdventure Parade!" With liberal doses of action and adventure, the program adapted such classics of literature asMoby-Dick,The Last of the Mohicans, andSwiss Family Robinson, with each tale lasting about a week.[2]
AWMIK Radio-Gram for January 17, 1949, noted:
Radio Life magazine stated that host-storyteller John Drake brought "compelling suspense" to the program. Drake did all the voices in each serialized drama while organist John Gart provided background music.