The Modern Adventures of Casanova

The Modern Adventures of Casanova was a 1952 Mutual radio show starring Errol Flynn.[2] Flynn played a modern-day descendant of Casanova who actually works for Interpol.[3] The program was written, produced, and directed by William N. Robson. Walter Schumann provided the music.[4]

The Modern Adventures of Casanova
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
SyndicatesMutual Broadcasting System in cooperation with M-G-M Radio Attractions
StarringErrol Flynn
Created byErrol Flynn
Written byPeter Dixon
Harold Swanton
Directed byWilliam Robson
Produced byWilliam Robson
Original release3 January 1952[1] – 8 January 1953
No. of series2
No. of episodes39

Selected episodes
  • Episode 1 – premiere – 3 January 1952 – set in Venice Italy
  • Episode 2 – "The Phony Count" – 10 January 1952 – Casanova saves a woman from a phony count
  • Episode 3 – "Family Vendetta" – 17 January 1952 – Casanova visits Venice and deals with the Marchetties, enemies of the Casanovas
  • Episode 4–24 January 1952 – while skiing in Switzerland, Casanova helps play cupid for a younger couple
  • Episode 5–31 January 1952
  • Episode 6–7 February 1952
  • Episode 7–14 February 1952 – Casanova helps on Valentine's Day
  • Episode 8–21 February 1952
  • Episode 9–28 February 1952
  • Episode 10–6 March 1952
  • Episode 11–13 March 1952
  • Episode 12–20 March 1952
  • Episode 13–27 March 1952 – Casanova tracks down a dope smuggling ring in Paris
  • Episode 14 – "The Bride of the Rain God" – 3 April 1952 – Casanova investigates a cursed relic from the Mayan civilisation responsible for killing people
  • Episode 15–10 April 1952 – Casanova investigates a pair of con artists on the French riviera
  • Episode 16–17 April 1952 – Casanova smashes a gold smuggling syndicate
  • Episode 17 – "The Black Dowry Pearls" – 24 April 1952 – Casanova goes to Venice to retrieve some pearls from Phillip II
  • Episode 18–1 May 1952
  • Episode 19–8 May 1952
  • Episode 20–15 May 1952 – Casanova goes to Egypt to stop a drug smuggling ring
  • Episode 21 – "The Missing Arm of Venus de Milo" – 22 May 1952 – Christopher Casanova is sent to Jamaica to recover the missing arm of the Venus de Milo.
  • Episode 22–29 May 1952
  • Episode 23–5 June 1952
  • Episode 24–12 June 1952
  • Episode 25–19 June 1952
  • Episode 26–26 June 1952 – Casanova investigates the murder of a beauty in Paris
  • Episode 27 – first of season two – 2 October 1952
  • Episode 28 – "The Sumatra Adventure" – 9 October 1952
  • Episode 29–16 October 1952
  • Episode 30–23 October 1952
  • Episode 31 – "The Gold Brick Swindle" – 30 October 1952 – Casanova goes to Karachi
  • Episode 32–6 November 1952
  • Episode 33–13 November 1952
  • Episode 34–20 November 1952
  • Episode 35 – "The Star of Thessaly" – 27 November 1952 – Casanova guards an old Greek millionaire who is visiting Paris with a diamond
  • Episode 36–4 December 1952
  • Episode 37–11 December 1952
  • Episode 38
  • Episode 39

Reception

The critic from the Chicago Daily Tribune said that "this swashbuckling mademoiselle chaser reads a script loaded with improbable situations, double entendres and what I suppose is Riviera playboy talk."[5]

References
  1. Ames, Walter (January 3, 1952). "Viewers Complain About TV Slight to Favorites; Vaughn Monroe May Do Local Show". Los Angeles Times. p. 28.
  2. John Crosby (16 January 1952). "Film Stars Feeding At the Radio Table". The Washington Post. p. B13 – via ProQuest.
  3. "MUTUAL GETS NEW SHOWS OUT OF RADIO PACT". Chicago Daily Tribune. 22 December 1951. p. c4.
  4. Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920–1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc., p. 13. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4.#
  5. Remenih, Anton (January 9, 1952). "AGING LOTHARIO NOT SO GAY AS RADIO CASANOVA: He Sounds Exactly Like an Errol Flynn". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. a6.
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