Scarlet Rhapsody

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ABC Weekly 19 July 1947

Scarlet Rhapsody is a 1947 Australian radio serial by Sumner Locke Elliott for the George Edwards Players. [1] [2]

Contents

The serial was one of the most successful from Edwards. [3]

It was produced again in 1949. [4]

Premise

"The story of a girl born to become a musical genius but whose life was shadowed by tragedy." [5]

Cast

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References

  1. "Advertising", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 19 July 1947, nla.obj-1425136519, retrieved 20 February 2024 via Trove
  2. "New 5 AD Evening Feature". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 2 July 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 20 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "THE MAN WITH 1000 VOICES", The Bulletin., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 22 July 1980, retrieved 20 February 2024 via Trove
  4. "STATION 7DY". North-eastern Advertiser . Vol. XL, no. 38. Tasmania, Australia. 20 May 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "NEW SOUTH WALES COMMERCIAL PROGRAMMES", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 28 June 1947, nla.obj-1379235173, retrieved 20 February 2024 via Trove