Race was a two-fisted adventurer and investigator. Although his office was in New York, he and his sidekick, Mark Donovan, would travel to exotic locations in search of crooks trying to rip off insurance companies. The show intro pretty much sums up the premise: "Before the war, Frank Race worked as an attorney, but he traded his law books for the cloak-and-dagger of the OSS. When the war was over, his former life was over too. Adventure became his business!" The program was written by Joel Murcott and Buckley Angel and the organ music was composed and performed by Ivan Ditmar. I'm a fan of film noir and detective radio shows, so "Frank Race" was a fun program to transfer to digital. The shows are always action packed - Race gets into at least a couple of fists fights and gets shot at a time or two in each episode. It sounds like the sound effects guys were having a fun time with this one. Program 1 in the series is titled "Audition" in the vinyl trail-off. The story concerns Race's investigation of some disappearing ships, so in some listings the story is called "Victory Ship Adventure", "The Adventure of the Hackensack Victory" or other titles. The show was transferred from an original Bruce Eells Productions vinyl transcription, matrix numbers U-133761 and U-133763. Next week: The Adventure of the Darling Debutante!
1952 Hudson Auto Show
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 305, October 5, 1931
Basketball - WHBC Lehman v Lincoln January 9, 1948 - excerpt
American Family Robinson - Pgm 122
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 14
Basketball - Canton vs Central Catholic - January 1948 - excerpts
American Family Robinson - Pgm 47
This Is Your FBI - September 28, 1951 - syndication version
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 304 - October 3, 1931
Sammy Kaye Showroom - Pgm 28
Peter Potter’s Platter Parade excerpt - unknown date
American Family Robinson - Pgm 46
Ohio Story - Apri 20, 1948
Louie's Hungry Five - Pgm 303, October 2, 1931
Carol Adams - July 4, 1949
This is Your FBI - August 10, 1951 - Syndication version
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 302 - October 1, 1931
Fishing and Hunting Club - July 7, 1949 - part two
Curtis Springer for Acidine - Pgm 3
Fraternal Order of Eagles speech - August 8, 1935
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