Cruise of the Poll Parrot — 1938
25 episodes broadcast in 1938.
Altesti and Red Mulhooley break loose and slip away from the Poll Parrot's crew.
Ashore on volcanic Galto Island, Red stumbles onto Ezekial Kipp, co-discoverer of a secret diamond mine.
With Dicken taken hostage, the island's volcano -- 'Old Smokey Mouth' -- begins to stir.
The parrot Poll helps the crew reach and free the captive Dicken as the eruption builds.
Captain Dalton searches out the cave where Ezekial Kipp has gone to ground.
Kipp is cornered and taken inside his cave, and the diamond treasure comes to light.
Bound for Ascension Island, the Poll Parrot is raided by privateers and Sue is shot by their leader, Dirk.
The privateer Dirk reaches Galto Island and Red Mulhooley, and learns the secret of the treasure.
Explosions rock the sea as the Poll Parrot draws near the volcanic Galto Island.
Dirk's privateers seize Captain Dalton and hold him hostage.
Sue and Johnny engineer Captain Dalton's escape from the privateers.
Galto Island sinks beneath the sea and the crew, treasure aboard, sets sail for home, ending the second adventure.
Homeward bound in 1860, the Poll Parrot puts in at Tristan da Cunha to reprovision, and word of the Civil War reaches the crew.
A hurricane drives Captain Bruno Karsh of the Afrikaner aboard the storm-battered Poll Parrot.
The bark strikes bottom and grounds on a strange, uncharted island.
Captain Dalton vanishes into the island's jungle.
Johnny and Sue overhear Mysto, the self-styled 'world's greatest magician,' conspiring with Captain Karsh.
Searching for Karsh, the youngsters come face to face with Mysto's black leopard, Blackie.
Johnny and Sue free Captain Dalton just as Mysto carries off Annabelle, Karsh's fiancee.
While the mate Briny hunts down the diamonds, Captain Dalton holds off Mysto's island warriors.
Johnny exposes the trick behind Mysto's magic cage and wins the islanders over.
The children befriend and help an injured jaguar, Jaggie.
Briny's privateers make a last bid to seize the Poll Parrot.
Johnny recovers the diamonds and the beaten privateers finally give up the fight.
With the Afrikaner's help the crew wins free at last and turns the bark homeward, ending the voyage.
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Other seasons: 1937 ·