The Drums of Jeopardy


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The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1920 American novel by Harold MacGrath. The story was serialized by the The Saturday Evening Post beginning in January of 1920.

In 1922 the book was made into a Broadway play and the following year a motion picture. A second film version appeared in 1931.
It is said that a young Boris Karloff, who previously had a few uncredited film roles, chose his stage name for his first screen credit in 1920 from a Russian mad scientist character named "Boris Karlov" in this novel. The name "Boris Karlov" was used from MacGrath's book for the 1922 Broadway play, but by 1923 with actor Boris Karloff using the similar sounding variation, the film version renamed the character, played by Wallace Beery, "Gregor Karlov." In the 1931 film version, however, with Warner Oland playing the character, the mad scientist's name is restored to "Boris Karlov," less than a year before Frankenstein would make Boris Karloff a household word for generations. Ironically, Boris Karloff would play many mad scientists on screen, but never "Boris Karlov." (Wikipedia) (9 hr 52 min)

Chapters

Chapter 01 20:47 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 02 8:52 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 03 16:38 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 04 37:10 Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Chapter 05 17:31 Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Chapter 06 13:20 Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Chapter 07 15:27 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter 08 13:17 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 09 9:57 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 10 18:13 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 11 22:27 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 12 9:06 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 13 21:09 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 14 13:54 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 15 24:16 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 16 13:10 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 17 21:18 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 18 15:02 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 19 24:41 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 20 19:48 Read by Nathalie J.
Chapter 21 11:09 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter 22 13:40 Read by Christine Blachford
Chapter 23 9:59 Read by Christine Blachford
Chapter 24 22:42 Read by Vin Reilly
Chapter 25 16:05 Read by Vin Reilly
Chapter 26 20:43 Read by Vin Reilly
Chapter 27 23:30 Read by Vin Reilly
Chapter 28 13:12 Read by Roger Melin
Chapter 29 23:11 Read by RK Wilcox
Chapter 30 25:57 Read by RK Wilcox
Chapter 31 20:22 Read by RK Wilcox
Chapter 32 14:32 Read by Katie Gibboney
Chapter 33 21:44 Read by RK Wilcox

Reviews

Great story, too many readers


(3 stars)

Excellent, well paced international mystery. Starts out with good male reader for a gentleman's hero tale, then switches over to high-pitched voice female chapter readers just when the physical action heats up. Equates to distracting and limp narration from then on. Stlll, story worth a listen; suggest a future audio re-do with just one strong reader from beginning to end.

Great


(5 stars)

Several readers. Great story. Keeps you listening till the very end.