15 minute adventure/educational
Magic Island was a science-fantasy radio serial syndicated
in 1936. The series had 130 12-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. 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.
CHARACTERS
Mrs. Patricia Gregory (Sally Creighton) - a wealthy widow searching
for her shipwrecked daughter, Joan. It is implied in the series
that she is a highly-connected U.S. government agent.
Cleostra/Joan Gregory (Rosa Barcelo) - the 15-year-old daughter
of Patricia found alive and well on the island of Euclidia.
Captain Tex Bradford - Mrs. Gregory's right-hand man in her search
for Joan. It is implied in the series that he is a highly-connected
U.S. government agent as well as being an inventor.
Jerry Hall - the boy who overheard a radio message from Euclidia
regarding Joan; accompanies the Gregory party to the Magic Island.
G-47 - the scientist who rules Euclidia.
"Girl Submarine Commander"/Elaine (voiced by the same
actor as Carmen Bandini in Jerry of the Circus) - the commander
of the submarine fleet of Euclidia who becomes a member of the Gregory
party during the series.
Text from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Island_(radio)
Text from Wikipedia
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Episode List
magic-island_006-010.mp3
magic-island_011-015.mp3
magic-island_016-020.mp3
magic-island_021-025.mp3
magic-island_026-030.mp3
magic-island_031-035.mp3
magic-island_036-040.mp3
magic-island_041-045.mp3
magic-island_046-050.mp3
magic-island_051-055.mp3
magic-island_056-060.mp3
magic-island_061-065.mp3
magic-island_066-070.mp3
magic-island_071-075.mp3
magic-island_076-080.mp3
magic-island_081-085.mp3
magic-island_086-090.mp3
magic-island_091-095.mp3
magic-island_096-100.mp3
magic-island_101-105.mp3
magic-island_106-110.mp3
magic-island_111-115.mp3
magic-island_116-120.mp3
magic-island_121-125.mp3
magic-island_126-128.mp3
