Sunday, March 12, 2017

Land Of The Lost (No...Not That 70's Show!) Radio Program and Animated Short

An illustration by Olive Bailey for the 1945 Land Of The Lost book written by Isabel Manning Hewson. 


Isabel Manning Hewson's great radio fantasy series about her childhood adventures with her brother Billy and the talking fish Red Lantern in various underwater kingdoms should not be confused with the 1970s TV adventures series in a dinosaur world. It was and still is thought of as one of the Golden Age of Radio's best children's programs and it is a shame that only 7 episodes are available today.

If you have never heard of this series, the newest video on the CMA YouTube channel is a great place to start of with this 1945 episode followed by the first of three cartoons made by the Paramount/Famous Studios in 1947.



The Land Of The Lost [radio]. Land Of The Knives Of The Square Table. October 28, 1945. Mutual Network. Isabel Manning Hewson (hostess).
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Land of the Lost (1948)
8 minute animated short. June 7, 1948

Jackson Beck - Red Lantern / King Knife / Dirty Dirk (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer - Knives of the Round Table (voice) (uncredited)
Mae Questel - Isabel (voice) (uncredited)
Cecil Roy - Billy (voice) (uncredited)