The Drums of Jeopardy
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Harold Macgrath
(4 Sterne; 9 Bewertungen)
The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1920 American novel by Harold MacGrath. The story was serialized by the The Saturday Evening Post beginning in January of 1920.
In 1922 the book was made into a Broadway play and the following year a motion picture. A second film version appeared in 1931.
It is said that a young Boris Karloff, who previously had a few uncredited film roles, chose his stage name for his first screen credit in 1920 from a Russian mad scientist character named "Boris Karlov" in this novel. The name "Boris Karlov" was used from MacGrath's book for the 1922 Broadway play, but by 1923 with actor Boris Karloff using the similar sounding variation, the film version renamed the character, played by Wallace Beery, "Gregor Karlov." In the 1931 film version, however, with Warner Oland playing the character, the mad scientist's name is restored to "Boris Karlov," less than a year before Frankenstein would make Boris Karloff a household word for generations. Ironically, Boris Karloff would play many mad scientists on screen, but never "Boris Karlov." (Wikipedia) (9 hr 52 min)
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Great story, too many readers
The Outlier
(3 Sterne)
Excellent, well paced international mystery. Starts out with good male reader for a gentleman's hero tale, then switches over to high-pitched voice female chapter readers just when the physical action heats up. Equates to distracting and limp narration from then on. Stlll, story worth a listen; suggest a future audio re-do with just one strong reader from beginning to end.
Great
Rai
(5 Sterne)
Several readers. Great story. Keeps you listening till the very end.