The Drums of Jeopardy

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.

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1920 - American - Harold MacGrath - The Saturday Evening Post

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In 1922 the book was made into a Broadway play and the following year a motion picture. A second film version appeared in 1931.

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Broadway - Motion picture

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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 as "Gregor Karlov."

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Boris Karloff - Stage name - Screen credit - Russian - Mad scientist

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