The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1947–1948
- Surviving broadcasts
- 40
- 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
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
9 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1947, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Death of David Malone (Audition) · 2 Feb 1947
- 2. The Boston Geisha and Chesapeake Bay · 24 Jul 1947
- 3. Story of the Eight Historic Periods (AFRTS) · 21 Aug 1947
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.
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.
Story of the Eight Historic Periods (AFRTS)
21 Aug 1947 · 27 min
Broadcast 21 August 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Shore Leave and the Unhappy Wife (AFRTS)
25 Sep 1947 · 28 min
Broadcast 25 September 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
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.
Kang's Treasure and the Ghost of Tangolan (AFRTS)
13 Nov 1947 · 24 min
Broadcast 13 November 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Green Tourist and the Temple Bell
3 Dec 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 3 December 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Red Beard and the Bag of Pearls
17 Dec 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 17 December 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on Mutual
Mutual in 1947–1948
Other series the network carried while The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen was on the air.
Same seasons
detective on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The private eye at the microphone
First-person narration, a case that walks in the door, and a city that talks back. Marlowe, Sam Spade and Johnny Dollar turned detection into a listening form.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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