someday i'll find you is the name of the mr. keen, tracer of lost persons theme song.
what is the name of the mr. keen, tracer of lost persons theme song?
someday i'll find you
richard leonard directed scripts by barbara bates, stedman coles, frank hummert, lawrence klee and bob shaw. james fleming and larry elliott were the announcers. al rickey's band provided the background music, including the program's theme, "someday i'll find you."





























section::::satires.





























the cliches, stereotypes and simplistic dialogue provided much fodder for bob and ray's parody, "mr. trace, keener than most persons", broadcast in numerous variations. it was also combined with rival detective show "martin kane, private eye" and satirized by harvey kurtzman and jack davis in "mad" magazine's fifth issue (june-july 1953), as "kane keen! private eye".
mr. keen, tracer of lost persons
mr. keen, tracer of lost persons





























mr. keen, tracer of lost persons was one of radio's longest running shows, airing october 12, 1937 to april 19, 1955, continuing well into the television era. it was produced by frank and anne hummert, who based it upon robert w. chambers' 1906 novel "the tracer of lost persons". the sponsors included whitehall pharmacal (as in anacin, kolynos toothpaste, bisodol antacid mints, hill's cold tablets and heet liniment), dentyne, aerowax, rca victor and chesterfield cigarettes. it aired on the nbc blue network until 1947, when it switched to cbs.





























section::::characters and story.
mr. keen, tracer of lost persons