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!
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 311 - October 12, 1931
Yankee Doodle - Pgm 5
Guest Star - Pgm 682 - April 17, 1960
American Family Robinson - Pgm 256
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 13
American Radio Newsreel - Pgm 4
All Aboard for Adventure - Series III - Pgm 10
Yankee Doodle - Pgm 4
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 310 - October 10, 1931
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 4
Safe at Home - Pgm 5
Hymns and Their Romance - April 2, 1950
Louie’s Hungry five - Pgm 309 - October 9, 1931
Hymns and Their Romance - January 21, 1950
For Your Consideration - Pgm 4 - November 26, 1941
This Is Your FBI - August 15, 1952 - syndication version
Guest Star - Pgm 681 - April 10, 1960
American Family Robinson - Pgm 205 - outtake
American Family Robinson - Pgm 205 - lacquer master
Union Leader Tobacco - April 1, 1940
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