Adventures of Frank Merriwell - Old Time Radio
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 The Adventures of Frank Merriwell was a juvenile adventure first broadcast from March to June in 1934. Frank Merriwell was the fictional creation of Gilbert Patten, who wrote under the pseudonym Burt L. Standish. Donald Briggs played Frank Merriwell, a star athlete at Yale University at the turn of the century. After a 12-year gap, the series was revived in 1946 as a 30-minute NBC Saturday morning show, continuing until June 4, 1949. Lawson Zerbe took over the lead role Merriwell. Frank Merriwell became a model for subsequent American juvenile sports fiction. |
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Frank Merriwell excels at football, baseball, basketball, crew, and track at Yale University. The plots follow Frank's campus life as he takes to solve mysteries and rights wrongs. Each show opens with a memorable, nostalgic signature, "There it is, an echo of the past - an exciting past, a romantic past - the era of the horse and carriage, gas-lit streets and free-for-all football games: the era of one of the most beloved characters in American fiction, Frank Merriwell." |
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