Black Hood (radio)

Black Hood
Genre adventure radio serial, crime serial
Running time 15 minutes
Country United States
Language(s) English
Home station Mutual Broadcasting System
Starring Scott Douglas, Marjorie Cramer
Air dates July 7, 1943 (1943-07-07) to January 14, 1944 (1944-01-14)
No. of episodes 120.
Opening theme The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas)
Sponsor(s) none.

Black Hood was an American radio serial based on the popularity of the US superhero comics series Black Hood. It was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1943 until 1944.[1]

Concept

The American comics series Black Hood had been a popular comic strip since its first appearance in the ninth issue Top-Notch Comics in October 1940. On July 7, 1943 a radio serial debuted on the Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS). It aired in episodes of 15 minutes and five times a week, at 17:15 in the afternoon.[2] The opening theme music was a snippet from Paul Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice.[3]

Compared to the source material the radio serial was less violent and sexually suggestive. The show also introduced a third character, Police Sergeant McGinty.[4]

120 episodes were recorded. Because it failed to find a sponsor it was cancelled in January 14,[5] 1944. Only one audio copy has survived, the initial episode "Emerald Voodoo Ring" which was recorded as the audition disk.[6]

Cast

Sources

  1. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=GoneCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=black+hood+radio&source=bl&ots=F6Rt6-oUEC&sig=KwFkDr8aEbM3zVPVfoTQWYpLBMo&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAjgKahUKEwjr-YmW-d_IAhVGvRoKHduBDp0#v=onepage&q=black%20hood%20radio&f=false
  2. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=black+hood+radio&source=bl&ots=jSajSWQcnt&sig=aVAe6FnEfHxXImkoYaMbU_vO5IE&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CEwQ6AEwCDgKahUKEwjr-YmW-d_IAhVGvRoKHduBDp0#v=onepage&q=black%20hood%20radio&f=false
  3. ↑ http://www.mightycrusaders.net/radio.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.mightycrusaders.net/radio.htm
  5. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=black+hood+radio&source=bl&ots=jSajSWQcnt&sig=aVAe6FnEfHxXImkoYaMbU_vO5IE&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CEwQ6AEwCDgKahUKEwjr-YmW-d_IAhVGvRoKHduBDp0#v=onepage&q=black%20hood%20radio&f=false
  6. ↑ http://www.mightycrusaders.net/radio.htm
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