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Magic Island was a science-fantasy radio serial syndicated in 1935. The series had 130 15-minute episodes, and all episodes have survived. The storyline followed wealthy Patricia Gregory as she ended her 14-year search in the South Pacific for her long lost daughter Joan. When Joan was one-year-old, the Gregory yacht was shipwrecked near the 30th parallel south . Lashed to a lifeboat, Joan was presumed lost by all but Patricia. In the opening episode, she receives a tip about a white girl living on a mysterious island populated by scientifically advanced people in the Pacific. After the reunion of mother and daughter, the program dramatized their subsequent adventures on the island which could submerge to escape detection. Targeted at a juvenile audience, Magic Island featured Sally Creighton as Patricia Gregory, Rosa Barcelo as Joan Gregory, Tommy Carr as Jerry Hall and Will H. Reynolds as Capt. Tex Bradford. The producer-writer was Perry Crandall, who was also the program's announcer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Island_%28radio%29
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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Actually rather entertaining
kristinmak
Audio excellent, taping very good. By the plot points it is obviously aimed at juvenile audiences, but today's children would most likely be stumped & would need explanation by a smarter adult as youths during the era of these recordings (1930s) had more expected of them & were much more sophisticated than today (watch any 'children's programming' of today to compare) This show reminds me of "1984" for its prescience- beware of Technocracy! The mother character on the show was shocked, Shocked! that her shipwrecked daughter marooned on the technocrat mad scientist's Magic Island had never been taught "her prayers- the one thing that gives man happiness". The show not only instructs in physical sciences but *grammar* and etiquette as well. From digitaldeliftp site: "Magic Island may well have been targeted to a juvenile audience but it becomes more obvious as the Magic Island adventures progress that the science described throughout Magic Island is not only compelling but quite sophisticated and accurate for the genre and era. In fact Producer/Director/Writer Perry Crandall's scripts were chock full of educational scientific information for Magic Island's audiences. In the course of the 130 episodes of Magic Island listeners learn about: How to convert fathoms to feet. How to convert latitude and longitude degrees to miles. Respective power levels and ranges of mobile and stationary Radio stations. Ham Radio enthusiasts The characteristics of magnetic, light, sound, infra-red, ultra-violet, and radio waves. Ancient and modern alchemy. The range and speed of homing pigeons. Hydroplane technology. The altitude range of the stratosphere. The history of Greek mathematicians. The theory behind radio triangulation. The emerging theory of over the horizon (OTH) radar and bouncing radio waves off of the stratosphere. Submarine technology, speed and range. Early Television technology. Nautical navigation. The emerging theory of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) technology and weapons. Hydrogen as a power source. The theory of binary chemical weapons. Thin-film Copper technology. "
Just listen and enjoy the fun...
Engaine
Too good for words....