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Series I. Scripts

(1939-1952, n.d.), 4 linear feet

I Love a Mystery - (1939-1944), (1949-1952) - 4.0 linear ft.

"I Love a Myster" was the story of three adventurers, Jack Packard, Doc Long and Reggie Yorke wandering the world solving cases for the A-1 Detective Agency. "I Love a Mystery" first aired on the NBC West Coast network as a daily 15-minute serial. In October, 1939, it became sponsored by Fleishmann’s Yeast and was broadcast nationally. In 1940, it became a 30-minute weekly program airing Monday evenings on NBC’s Blue Network. In 1943 the show changed back to a 15- minute serial for CBS and was sponsored by Proctor and Gamble until 1944 when it left the air for five years. In 1949 "I Love a Mystery" was back on the Mutual network as a 15- minute serial, broadcasting week nights from New York. It ran until 1952.

The cast included Michael Raffetto, Barton Yarborough, Walter Paterson, and Gloria Blondell as the lead performers during the West Coast run from 1939 to 1944. In New York, Jim Boles, Russell Thorson, Tony Randall, and Mercedes McCambride performed reruns of previous scripts from 1949 until 1952.

Adventures by Morse - (1944) - 6 folders

"Adventures by Morse" was a 52-week run of mysteries written by Carlton E. Morse after his series "I Love a Mystery" was cancelled by NBC. It broadcast as a transcribed syndication from 1944 to 1945 in 30-minute weekly episodes. The series was divided into major stories which ran for ten weeks followed by a three-week story line. The show recounted the adventures of Captain Bart Friday, a San Francisco detective, and his assistant, Skip Turner.

Elliott Lewis, David Ellis and Russell Thorson alternately played the role of Captain Friday while Jack Edwards played Skip Turner.


I Love Adventure - (1948) - 3 folders

"I Love Adventure," also written and directed by Carlton Morse, continued the story of Jack, Doc and Reggie. It was broadcast in 13 episodes as a 30-minute serial on ABC in 1948 on Sundays from April 25 to July 18. Actors Michael Raffetto and Barton Yarborough played their original roles as Jack and Doc, and Tom Collins played Reggie.

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Adventures by Morse
Box
(Call Number)		 Folder Title, Episode, Copyright Registration No. Date
1 (RPA 00195) 1 “You’ll Be Dead in a Week,” (Also titled “You’ll Be Dead in a Month”)
PA 582-632		 n.d.
1 (RPA 00195) 2 “A Coffin for the Lady,” PA 582-673 n.d.
1 (RPA 00195) 3 “The City of the Dead,” Episodes 1 - 5, PA 582-638 9/26 - 10/24/1930
1 (RPA 00195) 4 “The City of the Dead,” Episodes 6 - 10, PA 582-638 10/31 - 11/28/1930
1 (RPA 00195) 5 “Dead Men Prowl,” Episodes 1 - 5, PA 582-636 10/28 - 11/25/1931
1 (RPA 00195) 6 “Dead Men Prowl,” Episodes 6 - 10, PA 582-636 12/2 - 12/30/1931

 

I Love a Mystery
Box
(Call Number)		 Folder Title, Episode, Copyright Registration No. Date
2 (RPA 00196) 1 “The Snake with the Diamond Eyes,” Chapters 1 - 6, PA 582-629 4/4 - 5/9/1940
2 (RPA 00196) 2 “The Snake with the Diamond Eyes,” Chapters 7 - 13, PA 582-629 5/9 - 6/27/1940
2 (RPA 00196) 3 “The Twenty Traitors of Timbuktu,” Episodes 196 - 207, PA 582-635 12/17/1943 - 1/5/1944
2 (RPA 00196) 4 “The Twenty Traitors of Timbuktu,” Episodes 208 - 219, PA 582-635 1/6 - 2/1/1944
2 (RPA 00196) 5 “The Twenty Traitors of Timbuktu,” Episodes 220 - 232, PA 582-635 1/24 - 2/9/1944
2 (RPA 00196) 6 “The Twenty Traitors of Timbuktu,” Episodes 233 - 244, PA 582-635 2/10 - 2/25/1944
2 (RPA 00196) 7 “You Can’t Pin a Murder on Nevada,” Episodes 300 - 306, PA 582-633 5/15 - 5/23/1944
2 (RPA 00196) 8 “You Can’t Pin a Murder on Nevada,” Episodes 307 - 314, PA 582-633 5/24 - 6/2/1944
3 (RPA 00197) 1 The Corpse in Compartment C, Car 76," Episodes 315 - 319,
PA 582-676 		6/5 - 6/9/1944
3 (RPA 00197) 2 “The Thing Wouldn’t Die,” Episodes 320 - 328, PA 582-662 6/12 - 6/23/1944
3 (RPA 00197) 3 “The Thing Wouldn’t Die,” Episodes 329 - 338, PA 582-662 6/26 - 7/7/1944
3 (RPA 00197) 4 “Portrait of a Murderess,” Episodes 428 - 437, PA 582-655 11/10 - 11/23/1944
3 (RPA 00197) 5 “Portrait of a Murderess,” Episodes 438 - 447, PA 582-65 11/24 - 12/7/1944
3 (RPA 00197) 6 “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” Episodes 1, 235 - 240, PA 582-671 11/21/1949, 12/12 - 12/19/1939
3 (RPA 00197) 7 “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” Episodes 241 - 148, PA 582-671 12/20 - 12/29/1939
3 (RPA 00197) 8 “The Million Dollar Curse” - Story No. 4,Episodes 1 - 7, PA 548-185 12/12 - 12/20/1949
3 (RPA 00197) 9 “The Million Dollar Curse” - Story No. 4,Episodes 8 - 15, PA 548-185 12/21 - 12/30/1949
4 (RPA 00198) 1 “The Temple of Vampires” - Story No. 5, Episodes 1 - 10, PA 582-667 1/2 - 1/13/1950
4 (RPA 00198) 2 “The Temple of Vampires” - Story No. 5, Episodes 11 - 20, PA 582-667 1/16 - 1/27/1950
4 (RPA 00198) 3 “The Battle of the Century” - Story No. 6, Episodes 1 - 9, PA 582 - 630 1/30 - 2/9/1950
4 (RPA 00198) 4 “The Battle of the Century” - Story No. 6, Episodes 10 - 22, PA 582-630 2/10 - 22/1950
4 (RPA 00198) 5 “The Tropics Don’t Call It Murder” - Story No. 7, Episodes, PA 582-643 1 - 82/23 - 3/6 1950
4 (RPA 00198) 6 “The Tropics Don’t Call It Murder” - Story No. 7, Episodes 9 - 17,
PA 582-643		 3/7 - 3/17 1950
4 (RPA 00198) 7 “The Tropics Don’t Call It Murder” - Story No. 7, Episodes 18 - 26,
PA 582-643 		3/20 - 3/30 1950
5 (RPA 00199) 1 “The Case of the Nevada Man Killer” - Story No. 8, Episodes 1 - 12,
PA 582-651 		3/31 - 4/17/1950
5 (RPA 00199) 2 “The Case of the Nevada Man Killer” - Story No. 8, Episodes 13 - 25,
PA 582-651 		4/18 - 5/4/1950
5 (RPA 00199) 3 “The Turn of the Wheel” - Story No. 9,Episodes 1 - 10, PA 582 - 674 5/5 - 5/18/1950
5 (RPA 00199) 4 “The Turn of the Wheel” - Story No. 9, Episodes 11 - 20, PA 582 - 674 5/19 - 6/1/1950
5 (RPA 00199) 5 “The Blue Phantom Murders” - Story No. 10, Episodes 1 - 7,
PA 582 - 650 		6/2 - 6/12/1950
5 (RPA 00199) 6 “The Blue Phantom Murders” - Story No. 10, Episodes 8-15,
PA 582 - 650 		6/13 - 6/22/1950
6 (RPA 00200) 1 “The Flight to Death” - Story No. 12, Episodes 1 - 7, PA 582 - 659 7/30 - 8/8/1950
6 (RPA 00200) 2 “The Flight to Death” - Story No. 12, Episodes 8 - 15, PA 582 - 659 8/9 - 8/18/1950
6 (RPA 00200) 3 “Murder in Turquoise Pass” - Story No. 13, Episodes 1 - 7,
PA 582 - 653 		8/21 - 8/29/1950
6 (RPA 00200) 4 “Murder in Turquoise Pass” - Story No. 13, Episodes 8 - 15,
PA 582 - 653		 8/30 - 9/8/1950
6 (RPA 00200) 5 “Whose Body Got Buried?” - Story No. 14, Episodes 1 - 7, PA 582-669 9/11 - 9/19/1950
6 (RPA 00200) 6 “Whose Body Got Buried?” - Story No. 14, Episodes 8 - 15 PA 582-669 9/20 - 9/29/1950
6 (RPA 00200) 7 “Escapade of the Desert Hag” - Story No. 15, Episodes 1, 92 - 97,
PA 582-672 		10/2/1950,5/23 - 5/30/1939
6 (RPA 00200) 8 “Escapade of the Desert Hag” - Story No. 15,Episodes 98 -105,
PA 582-672 		5/31 - 6/9/1939
7 (RPA 00201) 1 “Trouble at Sea” - Story No. 17, Episodes 1 - 6, PA 582 - 675 11/13 - 11/20/1950
7 (RPA 00201) 2 “Trouble at Sea” - Story No. 17, Episodes 7 - 12, PA 582 - 675 11/21 - 11/28/1950
7 (RPA 00201) 3 “Incident Concerning Death” - Story No. 18, Episodes 1 - 7,
PA 582 - 654 		11/29 - 12/7/1950
7 (RPA 00201) 4 “Incident Concerning Death” - Story No. 18, Episodes 8 - 15,
PA 582 - 654 		12/8 - 12/19/1950
7 (RPA 00201) 5 “The Case of the Roxy Mob” - Story No. 19, Episodes 1 - 7,
PA 582 - 648 		12/20 - 12/28/1950
7 (RPA 00201) 6 “The Case of the Roxy Mob” - Story No. 19, Episodes 8 - 14,
PA 582 - 648 		12/29 - 1/8/1951
7 (RPA 00201) 7 “The Case of the Transplanted Castle”-Story No. 20, Episodes 1 - 9,
PA 582 - 649		 1/9 - 1/19/1951
7 (RPA 00201) 8 “The Case of the Transplanted Castle”-Story No. 20, Episodes 10 - 18,
PA 582 - 649 		1/22 - 2/1/1951
7 (RPA 00201) 1 “Murder on February Island” - Story No. 21, Episodes 1 - 9,
PA 582 - 646 		2/2 - 2/14/1951
7 (RPA 00201) 2 “Murder on February Island” - Story No. 21, Episodes 10 -18,
PA 582 - 646 		2/15 - 2/27/1951
7 (RPA 00201) 3 “The Monster in the Mansion” - Story No. 22, Episodes 1 - 11,
PA 582 - 657 		2/28 - 3/14/1951
8 (RPA 00202) 4 “The Monster in the Mansion” - Story No. 22, Episodes 12 - 23,
PA 582 - 657 		3/15 - 3/30/1951
8 (RPA 00202) 5 “Eight Kinds of Murder” - Story No. 23, Episodes 1 - 8, PA 582 - 664 4/2 - 4/11/1951
8 (RPA 00202) 6 “Eight Kinds of Murder” - Story No. 23, Episodes 9 - 16, PA 582 - 664 4/12 - 4/23/1951
9 (RPA 00203) 1 “Secret Passage to Death” - Story No. 24, Episodes 1 - 10,
PA 582 - 645 		4/24 - 5/7/1951
9 (RPA 00203) 2 “Secret Passage to Death” - Story No. 24, Episodes 11 - 20,
PA 582 - 645 		5/8 - 5/21/1951
9 (RPA 00203) 3 “Terror at Frozen Corpse Lodge” - Story No. 25, Episodes 1 - 9,
PA 582 - 668 		5/22 - 6/1/1951
9 (RPA 00203) 4 “Terror at Frozen Corpse Lodge” - Story No. 25, ; Episodes 10 - 18,
PA 582 - 668		 6/4 - 6/14/1951
9 (RPA 00203) 5 "The Pirate Loot of the Island of Skulls” - Story No. 26, Episodes 1 - 12,
PA 582 - 663		 6/15 - 7/2/1951
9 (RPA 00203) 6 The Pirate Loot of the Island of Skulls” - Story No. 26, Episodes 13 - 24,
PA 582 - 663		 7/3 - 7/18/1951
10 (RPA 00204) 1 “Brooks Kidnapping” - Story No. 27, Episodes 1 - 7, PA 582 - 670 7/19 - 7/27/1951
10 (RPA 00204) 2 “Brooks Kidnapping” - Story No. 27, Episodes 8 - 15, PA 582 - 670 7/30 - 8/8/1951
10 (RPA 00204) 3 “Murder Hollywood Style” - Story No. 28, Episodes 1 - 7, PA 582 - 640 8/9 - 8/17/1951
10 (RPA 00204) 4 “Murder Hollywood Style” - Story No. 28, Episodes 8 - 15, PA 582 - 640 8/20 - 8/29/1951
10 (RPA 00204) 5 “The Gird in the Gilded Cage” - Story No. 29, Episodes 1 - 7,
PA 582 - 641		 8/30 - 9/7/1951
10 (RPA 00204) 6 “The Gird in the Gilded Cage” - Story No. 29, Episodes 8 - 15,
PA 582 - 641		 9/10 - 9/19/1951
10 (RPA 00204) 7 “Blood on the Cat” - Story No. 30, Episodes 1 - 10, PA 582 - 666, 9/20 - 10/3/1951
10 (RPA 00204) 8 “Blood on the Cat” - Story No. 30, Episodes 11- 20, PA 582 - 666 10/4 - 10/17/1951
11 (RPA 00205) 1 “The Case of the Terrified Comedian” - Story No. 31, Episodes 1 - 10,
PA 582 - 644		 10/18 - 10/31/1951
11 (RPA 00205) 2 “The Case of the Terrified Comedian” - Story No. 31, Episodes 11 - 21,
PA 582 - 644		 11/1 - 11/16/1951
11 (RPA 00205) 3 “The Killer of the Circle M” - Story No. 32, Episodes 1 - 10, PA 582 - 658 11/19 - 11/30/1951
11 (RPA 00205) 4 “The Killer of the Circle M” - Story No. 32, Episodes 11 - 20,
PA 582 - 658		 12/2 - 12/14
11 (RPA 00205) 5 “Murder Is the Word for It” - Story No. 33, Episodes 1 - 7, PA 582 - 637 12/17 - 12/25/1951
11 (RPA 00205) 6 “Murder Is the Word for It” - Story No. 33, Episodes 8 - 15, PA 582 - 637 12/26/1951 - 1/4/1952
12 (RPA 00206) 1 "Stairway to the Sun” - Story No. 34, Episodes 1 - 10, PA 582 - 677 1/7 - 1/18/1952
12 (RPA 00206) 2 “Stairway to the Sun” - Story No. 34, Episodes 11-20, PA 582-677 1/21-2/1/1952
12 (RPA 00206) 3 “Stairway to the Sun” - Story No. 34, Episodes 21-30, PA 582-677 2/4-2/15/1952
12 (RPA 00206) 4 “The Graves of Whamperjaw, Texas” - Story No. 35, Episodes 1-7,
PA 582-639		 2/18-2/26/1952
12 (RPA 00206) 5 “The Graves of Whamperjaw, Texas” - Story No. 35,Episodes 8-15,
PA 582-639		 2/27-3/7/1952
12 (RPA 00206) 6 “The Decapitation of Jefferson Monk,” Episodes 1-12 PA 582-652 3/10-3/23/1952
12 (RPA 00206) 7 “The Decapitation of Jefferson Monk” - Story No. 36, Episodes 13-25,
PA 582-652		 3/26-4/11/1952
13 (RPA 00207) 1 “The Hermit of San Felipe, Atabapo,” Episodes 1-10, PA 582-656 5/19-5/30/1952
13 (RPA 00207) 2 “The Hermit of San Felipe, Atabapo” - Story No. 38, Episodes 11-20,
PA 582-656		 6/2-6/13/1952
13 (RPA 00207) 3 “The Deadly Sin of Sir Richard Coyle” - Story No. 39, Episodes 1-7,
PA 548-184		 6/16-6/24/1952
13 (RPA 00207) 4 “The Deadly Sin of Sir Richard Coyle” - Story No. 39, Episodes 8-15,
PA 548-184		 6/25-7/4/1952
13 (RPA 00207) 5 “The Man Who Hated to Shave” - Story No. 40, Episodes 1-10,
PA 548-647		 7/7-7/18/1952
13 (RPA 00207) 6 “The African Jungle Mystery” - Story No. 41, Episodes 1-10,
PA 582-661		 7/14-8/1/1952
13 (RPA 00207) 7 “The African Jungle Mystery” - Story No. 41, Episodes 11-20,
PA 582-661		 8/4-8/15/1952
14 (RPA 00208) 1 “The Cobra King Strikes Back” - Story No. 42, Episodes 1-10,
PA 582-628		 9/1-9/12/1952
14 (RPA 00208) 2 “The Cobra King Strikes Back” - Story No. 42, Episodes 11-20,
PA 582-628		 9/15-9/26/1952
14 (RPA 00208) 3 “The Widow with the Amputation” - Story No. 43, Episodes 1-10,
PA 582-665		 9/30-10/13/1952
14 (RPA 00208) 4 “The Widow with the Amputation” - Story No. 43, Episodes 11-20,
PA 582-665		 10/14-10/27/1952
14 (RPA 00208) 5 “I Am a Destroyer of Women”-Story No. 44,Episodes 1-7, PA 582-660 10/28-11/6/1952
14 (RPA 00208) 6 “I Am a Destroyer of Women”-Story No. 44, Episodes 8-15, PA 582-660 11/10-11/19/1952
15 (RPA 00209) 1 “The Bride of the Werewolf”-Story No. 45, Episodes 1-7, PA 582-634 11/20-11/28/1952
15 (RPA 00209) 2 “The Bride of the Werewolf”-Story No. 45, Episodes 8-15, PA 582-634 12/1-12/10/1952
15 (RPA 00209) 3 “Find Elsa Holberg, Dead or Alive”-Story No. 46, Episodes 1-6,
PA 582-642		 12/11-12/18/1952
15 (RPA 00209) 4 “Find Elsa Holberg, Dead or Alive”-Story No. 46, Episodes 7-12,
PA 582-642		 12/19-12/26/1952

 

I Love Adventure
Box
(Call Number)		 Folder Title, Episode, Copyright Registration No. Date
15 (RPA 00209) 5 “China Coast Incident,” Episode 1, PA 582-631 4/25/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 5 “Great Air Mail Robbery,” Incident 2, PA 582-631 5/2/1958
15 (RPA 00209) 5 “The Devil’s Sanctuary,” Incident 3, PA 582-631 5/9/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 5 “The Pearl of Great Price,” Incident 4, PA 582-631 5/16/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 6 “The Hundred Million Dollar Manhunt,” Incident 5, PA 582-631 5/23/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 6 “The Girl’s Finishing School Kidnapping,” Incident 6, PA 582-631 5/30/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 6 “But Grandma, What Big Teeth You Have,” Incident 7, PA 582-631 6/6/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 6 “The Man with the Third Green Eye,” Incident 8, PA 582-631 6/13/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 6 “Girl in the Street,” Incident 9, PA 582-631 6/20/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 7 “The Kwan-Moon Dagger,” Incident 10, PA 582-631 6/27/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 7 “The Assignment with a Displaced Person,” Incident 11,
PA 582-631		 7/4/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 7 “The Hearse on the Highway,” Incident 12, PA 582-631 7/11/1948
15 (RPA 00209) 7 “The Ambassador Ricardo Santos Affair,” Incident 13, PA 582-631 7/18/1948

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