The Modern Adventures of Casanova

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

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."

References

External links

• Episode log at The Digital Deli