Adventures of Frank Merriwell collection

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Creator

Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945.

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Extent

• 101 sound discs ; analog, mono. : 16 in.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public. Users never directly handle sound recordings. Listening selections are transmitted through a playback system.

Scope/Contents Note

The collection consists of fifty one episodes from the 1946-1947 season. Most items are off-air recordings from WEAF or WNBC, New York. Episode titles are unknown unless specified.

Biographical/Historical Note

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell was a juvenile adventureradio program based on the novels by Gilbert S. Patten, written under the name Burt L. Standish. It was broadcast from March 26, 1934 until June 22, 1934, and again from Oct. 5, 1946 until June 4, 1949 on NBC. The later series (of which this collection is comprised) consisted of complete thirty minute episodes whose featured character was Frank Merriwell, Yale University athlete. The cast of the later series included: Lawson Zerbe as Frank Merriwell; Elaine Rost, as his girlfriend, Inza Burrage; Hal Studer as Bart Hodge; Patricia Hosley as Elsie Bellwood. The announcer was Mel Brant. The music was performed by Paul Taubman, and the writers were Ruth and Gilbert Brann, with William Welch.

Controlled Access Terms

• Radio programs.
• Crime or mystery programs -- Radio.
• Sound recordings.

Additional Creator Names

• Zerbe, Lawson. prf
• Rost, Elaine. prf
• Studer, Hal. prf
• Hosley, Patricia. prf
• Brant, Mel. cmm
• Taubman, Paul. mus
• Brann, Ruth. adp
• Brann, Gilbert. adp
• Welch, William. adp