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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2011 : Issue 86
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Chuck Schaden Website                 [ Ronald Reeland <ronreeland@[removed]; ]
  6-2 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Radio's Best Years special episode    [ Tony Baechler <tony@[removed]; ]
  'Lost' wartime BBC discs found        [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]

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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:34:08 -0400
From: Ronald Reeland <ronreeland@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Chuck Schaden Website
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 Chuck Schaden of "Those Were The Days" fame has a new website featuring
 recordings of his interviews with many radio actors and actresses. They
range
 from Ameche to Winslowe. He also presents encore performances of TWTD.
 Excellent material. Here is a link: [removed]

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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:34:15 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  6-2 births/deaths

June 2nd births

06-02-1879 - Florence Edney - London, England - d. 11-24-1950
actor: Aunt Maizie "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
06-02-1884 - Frank Hummert - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-12-1966
producer: "Backstage Wife"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
06-02-1889 - Martha Wentworth - NYC - d. 3-8-1974
actor: Wintergreen Witch "Cinnamon Bear"; Nancy "Witch's Tale"
06-02-1891 - Joe Schenck - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-28-1930
singer, comedian, dancer: (Gus Van and Joe Schenck) "The Eveready Hour"
06-02-1896 - Katherine Bacon - Chesterfield, England - d. 1-30-1982
pianist: WOR New York
06-02-1900 - Charles Tazewell - d. 6-26-1972
writer: "The Columbia Workshop"; "Tom Mix"; "Mayor of the Town"
06-02-1901 - Lou Shoobe - d. 7-14-1989
bassist: "The Saturday Night Swing Club"
06-02-1902 - Jimmie Lunceford - Fulton, MO - d. 7-12-1947
bandeader: "Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra"
06-02-1902 - Rosa Rio - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-13-2010
organist: "Rosa Rio Rhythms"; "The Shadow"
06-02-1904 - Johnny Weissmuller - Windber, PA - d. 1-20-1984
actor: Movie Tarzan and Jungle Jim
06-02-1908 - Ben Grauer - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-31-1977
announcer, emcee: "Walter Winchell"; "Information, Please"; "Boston
Symphony"
06-02-1909 - June MacCloy - Sturgis, MI - d. 5-5-2005
vocalist: "Griff Williams and Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra"
06-02-1909 - Martin Ashe - Bradford, IL - d. 4-15-1991
actor: "Grand Central Station"
06-02-1910 - Ward Byron - NYC - d. 2-4-1996
announcer: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
06-02-1913 - Burt Farber - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-27-2005
orchestra leader: "Curtain Time"
06-02-1913 - Nicholas Saunders - Kiev, Russia - d. 8-16-2006
actor: Sergeant Ross "Martin Kane, Private Eye"
06-02-1915 - Lionel Murton - London, England - d. 9-26-2006
Began career in radio with Montreal Repertory Company
06-02-1915 - Walter Tetley - NYC - d. 9-4-1975
actor: Julius Abbruzio "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"; LeRoy Forrester
"Great Gildersleeve"
06-02-1920 - Johnny Speight - London, England - d. 7-5-1998
comedy writer: "Frankie Howerd Show"
06-02-1920 - Toni Gilman - Chicago, IL
actor: (Sister of Lucy Gilman) "Young Widder Brown"
06-02-1921 - Awdrey Hewlett - Maidenhead, England - d. 9-3-1995
writer: "Clever Wife"
06-02-1921 - Bob Arthur - Kansas - d. 3-25-1997
newscaster: "Bob Arthur Show"
06-02-1922 - Gil Stratton, Jr. - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-11-2008
actor: "Billy Webster "Those Websters"; Jimmy "Life with Luigi";
Freddie "My Little Margie"
06-02-1924 - Peter Hackes - NYC - d. 4-17-1994
newscaster: "News of the World"; "Meet the Press"
06-02-1928 - Bob Amsberry - Boring, OR - d. 11-27-1957
actor: KEX Portland, Oregon
06-02-1929 - Perry Beaumont - d. 6-26-2005
disk jockey: WLOK Lima, Ohio
06-02-1934 - John E. Carter - Chicago, IL - d. 8-21-2009
singer: (The Dells; The Flamingoes) "Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"
06-02-1941 - Stacy Keach, Jr. - Savannah, GA
actor, narrator: "Twilight Zone"
06-02-1942 - Marie Cheatham - Oklahoma
actor" "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

June 2nd deaths

01-14-1930 - Johnny Grande - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-2-2006
pianist: (Bill Haley and The Comets) "Stars for Defense"
01-16-1928 - Pilar Lorengar - Zaragoza, Spain - d. 6-2-1996
soprano: "Ondas Infantiles"
01-24-1915 - Evie Juster - d. 6-2-1988
actor: "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"; "Our Gal Sunday"
02-11-1908 - Philip Dunne - NYC - d. 6-2-1992
screenwriter, director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-18-1894 - Andres Segovia - Linares, Spain - d. 6-2-1987
classical guitarist: "The Magic Key"; "Theatre [removed]"; "Concert Hall"
03-05-1908 - Rex Harrison - Huyton, England - d. 6-2-1990
actor: Rex Saunders "Private Files of Rex Saunders"
03-13-1910 - Sammy Kaye - Lakewood, OH - d. 6-2-1987
bandleader: (Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye) "Sunday Serenade"
04-04-1897 - Erno Balogh - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-2-1989
pianist: WEAF New York City
05-04-1886 - Earl Lee - Topeka, KS - d. 6-2-1955
actor: Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
05-11-1899 - Forrest Lewis - Knightstown, IN - d. 6-2-1977
actor: Richard Q. Peavey "Great Gildersleeve"; Roy Delfeeno "Vic and
Sade"
05-29-1883 - Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe - Canada - d. 6-2-1943
doctor who attended Dionne quintuplets birth: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie
McCarthy Show"
06-03-1917 - Leo Gorcey - NYC - d. 6-2-1969
actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
06-13-1905 - Doc Cheatham - Nashville, TN - d. 6-2-1997
jazz trumpeter: "Benny Goodman and His Sextet/Orchestra"; "Benny
Goodman Quintet"
06-19-1903 - Lou Gehrig - NYC - d. 6-2-1941
baseball iron man: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-12-1886 - Jean Hersholt - Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 6-2-1956
actor: Dr. Paul Christian "Dr. Christian"
07-25-1900 - Al Pearce - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-2-1961
comedian: Elmer Blurt "Here Comes Elmer"; "Al Pearce Show"
08-02-1892 - Karolyn Wells Bassett - Derby, CT - d. 6-2-1931
was very popular in early radio
08-13-1907 - Mabel Todd - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-2-1977
vocalist: "The Al Pearce Show"; "Your Hollywood Parade"
08-25-1917 - Mel Ferrer - Elberon, NJ - d. 6-2-2008
actor: "Eternal Light"; "Cloak and Dagger"; "MGM Theatre of the Air"
09-12-1927 - Helen Carter - Maces Springs, VA - d. 6-2-1998
singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
10-05-1879 - John Erskine - NYC - d. 6-2-1951
writer: "Information Please"
10-24-1901 - Harry Breuer - Brooklyn, NY - D. 6-2-1989
percussionist: "A&P Gypsies"; "Bert Hirsch's Novelty Dance Orchestra"
11-02-1908 - Bunny Berrigan - Hilbert, WI - d. 6-2-1942
bandleader: "Saturday Night Swing Club"; "Tim and Irene"
11-16-1889 - George S. Kaufman - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-2-1961
panelist: "Information, Please"; "This Is Broadway"; "Who Said That?"
11-18-1908 - Imogene Coca - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-2-2001
comedian: "Big Show"
12-06-1924 - Eric Merriman - Golders Green, England - d. 6-2-2003
writer, creator: "Beyond Our Ken"
12-20-1897 - Felix Holt - Calloway County, KY - d. 6-2-1954
writer: "Challenge of the Yukon"; "Cimarron Tavern"; "The One Ranger"
xx-xx-1903 - Lyndall Hadow - Kalgooarlie, Australia - d. 6-2-1976
writer: "A World to Gain"

Ron
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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:34:20 -0400
From: Tony Baechler <tony@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Radio's Best Years special episode

All,

I don't normally post podcast announcements to the lists as I figure you can
either grab them from the site (1) or the feed, but since this is a special
episode, I'm posting the announcement here.  Enjoy the shows!

[1.] [removed]

Welcome to the first special episode of Radio's Best Years.  Special
episodes will not be produced on a regular basis and will not have the usual
length and format of regular episodes.  Rather, they'll relate to a specific
aspect of classic radio, a certain show, or a particular date.  They will
often go over the usual two hour length.

On this first special episode, we take a look at what was arguably one of
the most influential shows on radio.  In October, 1934, a new show came to
New York.  It was a dramatic show, mostly adapting Broadway plays and some
novels.  While they primarily used New York stars, they might use a
Hollywood star who happened to be passing through New York.  Other shows,
like the Cavalcade of America did the same thing, but eventually moved to
Hollywood to get more star talent.  That was the case with this show as
well, but with a difference.  While most shows which moved to Hollywood
changed very little and often kept almost the same cast such as Fibber McGee
and Molly and This is Your FBI, this show completely changed.  It got a new
announcer, a new host, a new musical director and a new format.  It was
probably one of the most listened to shows on radio and the most expensive
to produce.  It had a weekly budget of $100,000.  Instead of having one New
York star, it had two, three and sometimes even four Hollywood movie stars
on each episode.  It required a week of rehearsal because the stars weren't
used to doing radio work.  During its long Hollywood run, (1936-1955) it
had, at least once, almost every major movie star of the era and even many
minor ones.

Of course the show was Lux Radio Theater.  On June 1, 1936, it moved to
Hollywood where it remained until 1955, a very long run indeed.  June 1st,
2011 is the 75th anniversary of the first Hollywood show.  There were many
programs over the years which copied the same format, some better than
others, but there was only one Lux Radio Theater.  Therefore, to celebrate
the 75th anniversary, we will first be hearing the June 1, 1936 show,
episode #83 of the series.

In the second hour, we'll be hearing another special program.  This program
was made possible thanks to Jerry Haendiges.  I literally couldn't have
produced this podcast without his help.  Please visit his web site and
consider buying from him.  Also check out his weekly shows at the <a
href="[removed]">Vintage Radio Place</a>.
Also browse <a href="[removed]">Jerry's main site</a>.  He was a
good friend to me over the years, even when I wasn't a friend to him.

The second special program is the 10th anniversary episode.  Both the
rehearsal and complete broadcast exist and I have both.  We will hear the
rehearsal due to the better sound quality.  Jerry Haendiges sent me both.
Note that the circulating broadcast runs 47:55 and is _NOT_ complete.  The
complete broadcast runs 59:53 and seems to be hard to find.  The rehearsal
seems to not be in circulation at all.  Please don't copy, trade, or pirate
the rehearsal.  Please support Jerry and buy it from him instead.  It is
episode #454, as originally broadcast on 10-16-44, but we'll be hearing the
10-15-44 rehearsal.  The show is Seventh Heaven which was the first show
they did in 1934.

I hope you enjoy the first of what will hopefully be two special episodes
looking at Lux Radio Theater.  If all goes well, we'll have two more shows
next week, one from 1942 and one from 1946, also a rehearsal.  We'll see
what happens.  Your comments and feedback are always appreciated.

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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:34:45 -0400
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  'Lost' wartime BBC discs found
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Hi Folks.
Hundreds of old wartime BBC discs have been found at the Czech Foreign
Ministry.
Best way to see the article is just to Google the title:
'Unique WWII recordings found in attic Radio Prague'.

Cheers ! Graeme (ORCA /UK )

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