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Adventure Parade

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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:

An hour of entertainment for the kids: Jules Verne’sMysterious Island is air adapted on theAdventure Parade this week. Also there isSuperman,Captain Midnight andTom Mix.[3]

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.

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  1. ^Terrace, Vincent (1999).Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc.ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4. Pp. 8-9.
  2. ^Dunning, John (1998).On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. p. 6.ISBN 0-19-507678-8. RetrievedApril 9, 2020.
  3. ^WMIK Radio-Grams

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