Out of New York, 1944-1958 There were many different sponsors and many different time slots. Producer/directors: Max Marcin in the 1940s, Betty Manville circa 1949, Writers: Louis Pelletier and Jack Finke. Theme: Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev. Martin Blaine starred as Field Agent Sheppard of the FBI.
Dunning's Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio: Comparing The FBI in Peace and War with This is Your FBI: in 1947, Radio Life found little to choose between them.
- Honed to the same high standards of playing down the attractions of criminal life and playing up the infallibility of the Bureau.
- Both sold as completely "authentic"
- Both original authors visited the FBI academy
- Both shows were packed with rousing march music
However, Peace and War was not blessed with Bureau approval, while its rival was sanctioned.
Peace and War was virtually an anthology, bound only by acts of crime and by the sometimes-thin FBI involvement. The main characters were usually the criminals.
"The Three Time Loser" as a script came from Ivan Cury's files, one that he performed on. It was broadcast on June 16, 1949, a Thursday, from 8:00 to 8:30 PM EDST, West Coast repeat at 12:00 to 12:30 AM EDST.
