Anne Hummert and Frank Hummert

Quick Facts Anne Hummert and Frank Hummert were American radio producers. In 1927 Anne Schumacher began working as a copywriter for the Chicago advertising agency co-owned by Frank Hummert; they married in 1934. As radio entered its golden age, the Hummerts began to write soap operas. Their Just Plain Bill (1932–55), The Romance of Helen Trent (1933–60), Ma Perkins (1933–60), and Backstage Wife (1935–59) became such hits that they formed Hummert Radio Productions. Creating the...