The Shadow of Fu Manchu
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Series Description:
THE SHADOW OF FU MANCHU presented, in serial form, the novels "The
Insidious Fu Manchu", "The Hand of Fu Manchu", and "The Return of
Fu Manchu". The three novels were dramatized in 39 15-minute
episodes. "The Insidious Fu Manchu" was covered in 24 episodes,
the bulk of series. "The Hand of Fu Manchu" took only 3 episodes
while "The Return of Fu Manchu" to the remaining 12 episodes. The
complete serial ran Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, for 13 weeks.
Main members of the cast were Gale Gordon, Hanley Stafford and
Gerald Mohr.
More episodes were produced beyond the 39 mentioned above. It has
been reported that the actual number of episodes is 156. A single
episode, entitles "The Purple Spot" is in circulation that appears to
match the opening chapter of "Fu Manchu's Bride", the sixth novel
published. The 2 interviening novels are "The Daughter of Fu Manchu"
and "The Mask of Fu Manchu". Perhaps these 2 novels are covered by
the 116 episodes that are not currently in circulation.
Log Comments:
The episodes were untitled, so there is much disagreement in the
catalogs I found these shows. I've decided to use the titles from
Steve Kelez' Radio Showcase catalog, since I felt they were simple
and descriptive. Steve also included novel titles and actors'
names.
Since the serial was syndicated, broadcast dates differ in different
parts of the country. The dates from the Radio Memories, RHAC
catalogs and Jerry Hanediges' log were the earliest found and are
used here.
During the early part of January 2001, there was some discussion in
the Internet OTR digest that Ted Davenport (Radio Memories) had
acquired a large number of the missing episodes. Bravo, Ted! Keep
an eye on his web site (http://www.old-time.com) for updates.
According to Ted's information, there were four serials. All
episodes in current circulation come from the first serial, except
the one odd episode mentioned in the Description. For this log, I've
assumed all four serials ran contigious, all aired Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. Hopefully, this can be verified or corrected as more
information becomes available.
Information from: https://www.old-time.com/otrlogs2/sfm_fp.log.txt
- Insidious Dr Fu Manchu (6.2Mb)
- Red Hand of Death (6.8Mb)
- Death List (6.8Mb)
- In Clutches of Fu Manchu (6.8Mb)
- Al Ally of Love (6.8Mb)
- Creature in the Night (6.7Mb)
- Terror at Greymoat (6.8Mb)
- Green Mist of Death (6.6Mb)
- Nocturnal Visit (6.6Mb)
- Prisoner's of Fu Manchu (6.5Mb)
- Call of Siva (6.6Mb)
- Karmaneh's Story (6.7Mb)
- Deadly Bargain (6.5Mb)
- Plans of Destruction (6.4Mb)
- Ship of Spies (6.6Mb)
- Karmeneh's Plea (6.5Mb)
- Undead (6.6Mb)
- Back to Life (6.7Mb)
- Poison Pit (6.8Mb)
- Last Laugh (6.8Mb)
- Into the Flames (6.9Mb)
- Mystery of Sifan (6.8Mb)
- Flower of Silence (6.6Mb)
- Man with Limp (6.4Mb)
- Treasure of Sifan (6.8Mb)
- Return of Nyland Smith (6.7Mb)
- Golden Pomegranite (6.7Mb)
- Kidnapped (6.7Mb)
- Double for Murder (6.7Mb)
- A Slave Once More (6.9Mb)
- Conversation in the Dark (6.6Mb)
- Snake's Head (6.9Mb)
- Riddle of the White Peacock (6.8Mb)
- Sacred Order of the White Peacock (6.7Mb)
- Coughing Horror (6.8Mb)
- In the Grip of Death (6.7Mb)
- In the Lair of Fu Manchu (6.7Mb)
- Ghost of Gables (6.6Mb)
- Sword of the Samurai (6.8Mb)
- Purple Spot (7Mb)
- Sign of the Whie Peacock Discovered (6.9Mb)
- Opening Sarcophagus (6.9Mb)
- Black Magic (6.9Mb)
- Council of the Seven (6.9Mb)
- Grebble Under Ingamar's Spell (6.9Mb)
- Grebble and Smith Prisoners (6.9Mb)
- Fu Manchu Appears (6.9Mb)
- Arrow for Nayand Smith (6.9Mb)
- Theft of the Relics Attempted (6.9Mb)
- The Joy Shop (7.2Mb)
- Nyaland Smith Tortured (6.9Mb)
- Five Hour Old Corpse (6.9Mb)
- Sean Greebie Disappears (6.9Mb)
- Rima Kidnapped (6.9Mb)
- Fu Manchu Releases Sean (6.9Mb)
- Midnight Meeting at the Great Pyramid (6.9Mb)
- Trapped in the King's Chamber (6.9Mb)
- Death to the Infidels (6.9Mb)
- Nyland Denounces the Relics as Fakes (6.9Mb)
- Message from Damascus (6.9Mb)
- Mysterious Sea Plane (6.9Mb)
- Imitation Relics (6.9Mb)
- Wedding Present (6.9Mb)
- Secret Television Transmitter (6.9Mb)
- Green Death (6.9Mb)
- Kerrigan sees a Zombie (6.9Mb)
- Beating the Drums (6.9Mb)
- Deadly Gas (6.9Mb)
- Man-Eating Fish (6.9Mb)
- Silver Heels Explode (6.9Mb)
- Murder on Camera (6.9Mb)
- A Strange Animal Attacks (6.9Mb)
- A Visit from Florette (6.9Mb)
- Smith Sterling: Zombies (6.9Mb)
- Nyland Smith (Science Fan) (6.9Mb)
- Orchid of Life (6.9Mb)
- Formula for 654 (6.9Mb)
- Fu Whips Fa Lo Swee (6.9Mb)
- Fu Recaptures Nyland Smith (6.9Mb)
- Death Dealing Flies (6.9Mb)
- Message from Fus Submarine (6.9Mb)
- Secret Hideout Explodes (6.9Mb)
- Secret Room (6.9Mb)
- Dr Petrie Lives (6.9Mb)
- Is Fu in the Hospital? (6.9Mb)
- Fu Surrenders (6.9Mb)
- Fu Escapes (Final Episode) (6.9Mb)
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