Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1951 — Page 11

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tioned anywhere, whose faces and pictures are hardly ever

seen and who, in spite of this, have developed the largest audience in the history of entertainment, : Such an unusual and incongruous state of affairs has resulted in one of the most fantastic structures of lies, inaccuracies and legends ever erected around two people—the whole topped, of course, by an air of mystery and Machiavellian complication. ” » ”» ; I WOULD repeat some of them here but for fear that even an honest illustration might serve to continue the nonsense at the expense not only of the public but of two of the grandest people in all of show business—Frank and Anne Hiummert. Suffice it to say they are normal, although extremely talented, hard-working people. Frank is in his early sixties;

and together, for 20 years of | radio, they have averaged about 6,000,000 words annually; the equivalent of 60 good-sized novels. They are currently responsible for the staggering total of oneeighth of all network radio time every day of the week!

|Patch,” “Backstage Wife,” “The

» » o INDIVIDUAL SHOWS that go to make up this Herculean broadcast ‘chore—of which the Hummerts are authors, adaptors or originators—include, or have included from time to time, “Our {Gal Sunday,” ‘Life Can Be Beau-| vat hi Plain Bill” “John's Other Wife,” “Second Husband,” “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage

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| AS TO this, I can’t ‘honestly {say they did not, although I don’t {think they did. It has been my

merts and, "ds James Thurber) lonce pointed out, the idea very| probably “was in the air” in the early days of radio “and no one| person deserves full credit.” however, the Hummerts are cer-| tainly its masters as of now and

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIME

Pair Turn Out Ei Of Day’s Radio Script

Hummerts Produce Copy Each Year Equivalent to 60 Good-Sized Novels

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On the Air n the Air HOLLYWOOD STAR PLAYHOUSE—Howard Duff will star in “The Unknown,” as a man who masquerades as his dead double to inherit a large amount of money .., WFBM, 7 p. m, RAILROAD HOUR — Irra Pe-| tina will join Gordon-Mac¢Rae in an adaptation of Rudolph Friml's|

NEW YORK, Mar. 5—Strangely enough, many of the| The Vagabond King”... WIRE, biggest and most influential people in the world are barely known to the general public and, sometimes, not at all. This is true at every level of life and radio is no excep- plan to cash in on his uncles intion, as evidencéd by the fact that the king and queen of

that medium are two people whose names are rarely men- uncle, they're dismayed to learn n -

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“THEY MAY be very successful (Policy . . . WISH, 7 p. m,

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VOICE OF FIRESTONE Rise

they manage to help their neigh-|Stevens, mezzo-soprano, will sing bors and friends,” says Hummert, “Alice Blue Gown” and other se“Our stories are about the every-|lections during her guest appearday people—stories that can be ance with Howard Barlow and

understood and appreciated onthe orchestra . Park Avenue and on the prairie. | “Take ‘Just Plain Bill, for ex-| vy ample, He's a village barber, | /Jmark and | married away beyond his station. His wife died in childbirth and the wife's sister, a society matron, brought up their daughter.| . te { {Bill didn’t see her until she came | TELEPHONE HOUR — Nelson

back from -finishing" school.

problem then was: Will she look De tonight's special guests in a down ‘on her Pa or will she ac-|/oth anniversary celebration of cept him and adjust’ herself to the telephone .

his simple mode of living?

Bill about 18 years ago.

| . ! SFTHBAT'S WHERE we started oar and Bonita Granville. Since co-star {n “Not Guilty—of Much,”

.. WIRE, Tp. m RADIO THEATER —— Richard

portray ‘officials in search of a pair of murderers who are carry-| ing deadly plague germs in “Panic {in the Streets” ... WFBM, 8 p. m. |

His [Eddy and Walter Hampden will]

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then plenty of water has flown|in which Clark fs a struggling through his old shaving mug.” YOUng lawyer looking for his first |

“Quiet, tiring folk,

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World War 1 got Frank's slog

“Bonds or Bondage,” filled the government's coffens as none before it—shrink from personal publicity because, as Frank |

says, “I am old and have been experiences in a series of unusual

ill a long time.” + « WFBM-TV, 9|

For that reason and because p m, several writers have given them YT ss ®» “fearful run-arounds,” the Hummerts are extremely difficult tog interview or contact for information—but once made accessible 4:00 Comic Strip are easily the sweetest couple in| 4:15 Gabby Hayes

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