ILLUSION

FRANK BARTON

"Illusion" (subtitled "Run, Man, Run") was a 1949 dramatic action anthology radio series with announcer Frank Barton. The series was written and directed by Arch Oboler; who resigned after the first episode was aired; due to conflict with the series' main actors James Mason & Pamela Mason. William Spier took over as director; but the show only lasted about 6 weeks. There are no known surviving episodes. FRANK BARTON Frank Barton was born on 21 July 1909 in Alameda County, California, USA and passed away on 11 January 1995 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Barton, who is the dean of the NBC Burbank announcers staff, is a native Californian who became an announcer because of a gabby orchestra leader. Frank was a singer and trumpeter with a band in Denver when he got his first chance to announce on radio. The local radio station used to announce the orchestra's music, but threatened to quit doing so unless the orchestra leader, who talked too much, didn't let someone else do the announcing. That's when Barton's career started. He became a "pro" in 1936 when hired by NBC's station in San Francisco. He came to Hollywood in 1942 and he's been here ever since.

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Internet Movie Data Base "Frank Barton"	Sperdav "Frank Burton"	Radio Horror Hosts "Illusion"
Old Tie Radio Downloads "Frank Burton"		University of Wyoming "Frank D. Barton Collection"

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