{
  "title": "DR. DRAGONETTE",
  "category": "[RADIO-SERIAL]",
  "article": "Another Fran Striker serial. “From east of the rising sun came the spell of the awful Dr.\nDragonette. Stark terror was found wherever his power was felt. He never was seen, never heard,\nbut his influence seemed unlimited. He was first heard of in this country at the house party of Dr.\nLee, a retired elderly physician.”",
  "origination": "WEBR, Buffalo, New York; KFWB, Hollywood, California.",
  "duration": "November 15, 1931-January 17, 1932 (WEBR); March 10-May 13, 1932 (KFWB).",
  "personnel": "Cliff Howell (sound effects—KFWB), Jack Joys (producer—KFWB), Fran Striker\n(scriptwriter).\nCAST: [WEBR, Buffalo] Mary Barrett, Betty Haskell, Bradley Haskell, Jack McLean, Harry Shaler, Frank\nStockwell.\nCAST: [KFWB, Hollywood] Harold de Bray, Gloria Gordon (Mrs. Vandevoort), Gene Gowing (Tad\nComstock), Ella Houghton (Jean, the Maid), Jack Joy (Peter Strange), Frank La Rue, Barbara Luddy (Boots),\nMora Martin (Zelda), Roy Joseph Regnier (Woo Sing), Anders Van Haydn (Dr. Lee).",
  "extant_recordings": "None.\n[PROGRAM LOG]\nDR. DRAGONETTE (WEBR, BUFFALO)\n[Sunday—7:00-7:30 PM]\nNovember 15, 1931\n[1]\nNovember 22, 1931\n[2]\nNovember 29, 1931\n[3]\nDecember 6, 1931\n[4]\nDecember 13, 1931\n[5]\nDecember 20, 1931\n[6]\nDecember 27, 1931\n[7]\nJanuary 3, 1932\n[8]\nJanuary 10, 1932\n[9]\nJanuary 17, 1932\n[10]\nDR. DRAGONETTE (KFWB, HOLLYWOOD)\n[Thursday—9:00-9:30 PM]\nMarch 10, 1932\n[1]\n[“…The first episode told of the murder of one of the guests at a Long\nIsland house party. It seems she had been warned that she would die at\n10 o’clock and die she did…”]\nMarch 17, 1932\n[2]\n[“…a strange discovery in the room of Zelda, a Persian servant, will be\nmade by Tad Comstock…”]\nMarch 24, 1932\n[3]\nMarch 31, 1932\n[4]\n[“…Want your hair to stand on end? Jack Joy’s ‘Dr. Dragonette,’ mystery\nserial, should serve this purpose. A power unseen—horrible happenings\nguaranteed…”]\nApril 7, 1932\n[5]\n[“…Peter Strange, a detective, has unearthed some important clues to the\nmurders which have taken place but will the criminal allow Peter to live\nlong enough to impart his information to others?…”]\nApril 14, 1932\n[6]\n[“…Last week, Peter Strange, the detective, was killed when on the verge\nof disclosing what he knew about the tragedies. The fingerprints on one\nof the cards of warning seem to be those of Tad Comstock but is he the\ncriminal?… Zelda, the Persian girl is hypnotized as she worships an idol\nin her room…”]\nApril 21, 1932\n[7] “Low Bridge”\n[“…Boots and Mrs. Vandervoort are found locked in their room with\ndeath threatening them and Tad, a young doctor. Zelda, the Persian\nservant, is in one of her trances which make her as putty in the hands of\nthe criminal… Men are exploring a mysterious tunnel. Another bank\nrobbery…”]\nApril 28, 1932\n[8]\n[“…Last week Zelda was found in a state of death clasped by the arms of\nthe idol she has in her room. She had been hypnotized by someone\nstanding behind the idol…”]\nMay 5, 1932\n[9]\n[“…Suffering from fright. Barbara St. Clair. Hypnotic trances ‘n’\neverything…”]\n[Friday—8:30-9:00 PM]\nMay 13, 1932\n[10]\n[“…Just as she is about to denounce him, there is a shot… The\nculmination of the events that led up to the capture of Dr. Dragonette…”]\nSources of log information: Hollywood Citizen-News, Los Angeles Times.",
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}