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Edward Frank Hummert, Jr. (June 2, 1884 – March 12, 1966), professionally known as Frank Hummert and sometimes credited as E. Frank Hummert, was an American advertising agent originally but was best known for writing/producing episodes of nearly 100 daytime/primetime radio serials between the 1930s and the 1950s. Hummert, along with his wife Anne Hummert, became the monarchs of daytime radio with dramas such as ''Just Plain Bill'' (1932–55), ''The Romance of Helen Trent'' (1933–60), ''Ma Perkins'' (1933–60), and ''Backstage Wife'' (1935–59).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Radio’s Most Essential People Countdown: #75-#71: 71) Anne and Frank Hummert )〕 After the success of these dramas, the Hummerts formed Hummert Radio Productions. Under Hummert Productions, creating the basic plots and assigning an assembly line of writers to complete the scripts, they produced more than 40 radio shows, including the soap operas ''Stella Dallas'' (1938–55) and ''Young Widder Brown'' (1938–56); the mystery shows ''Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons'' (1937–54), and ''Mr. Chameleon'' (1948–51); and the musical programs ''The American Album of Familiar Music'' (1931–51) and ''Manhattan Merry-Go-Round'' (1933–49).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anne and Frank Hummert: American radio producers )〕 In all, the Hummerts are credited with the creation/production of 61 radio soap operas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frank and Anne Hummert )〕 By 1937, with his success on radio and potential advertisers lining up to become clients, Hummert had become advertisers' highest paid executive.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frank Hummert (1879-1966) Blackett-Sample-Hummert, Chicago )〕 ==Early life== Edward Frank Hummert, Jr. was born to parents Edward F. and Carrie Hummert〔Cox (2003), p. 41〕 in St. Louis, Missouri on June 2 in the disputed year of 1884.〔〔Hummert Radio Factory: Ann and Frank Hummert Collection〕 According to a majority of sources and public records on Frank Hummert, Hummert was born June 2, 1884. However, this date is disputed against many sources and radio historians. For example, the Encyclopedia Britannica lists Hummert's birth year as 1879,〔 while media historian Christopher H. Sterling lists Hummert's birth year as 1885. Even radio historian Jim Cox lists two different birth years in two separate books. In ''The Great Radio Soap Operas'', published in 1999, Cox lists Hummert's birth year as 1882. But in ''Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio Factory'', published in 2003, he gives the birth year as 1884. Hummert's mother cane from French ancestry and his father was English. The latter was a mercantilist in lace manufacturing and importing who traveled extensively for Rice, Stix & Co.〔 As a result, Hummert and his family were accustomed to moving around. Hummert, in his early years, lived in various places across the United States and Europe before his father began operating his own merchandising-exporting venture under the label "Hummert Hatfield Co." and the family permanently settled in St. Louis.〔Cox (2003), p. 13〕 Hummert, hoping to take over his father's business, began preparatory studies at the Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, England. By the age of 20, Hummert decided against his father's business and after finishing studies at Stonyhurst, Hummert returned to Missouri and graduated from Saint Louis University.〔 Hummert turned to public media and soon landed a reporting assignment with the ''Saint Louis Post-Dispatch'' and after that assignment ended, Hummert landed reporting jobs for the news journal of the Catholic Archdiocese in Chicago, ''New World'' and the International News Syndicate of ''The New York Times''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Hummert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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