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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2011 : Issue 171
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
#OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [ charlie@[removed] ]
Re:OTR on WiFi [ Tim Lones <tlones1@[removed]; ]
Norman Corwin Move free on-line [ mschmid@[removed] ]
10-28 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
new Lone Ranger comics [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
War of the Worlds [ James Yellen <jjyellen@[removed]; ]
10-29 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 30 Octobe [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
10-30 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
The Halloween myth of the War of the [ "Bob Scherago - Verizon" <scherago@ ]
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 02:12:01 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!
A weekly [removed]
For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio. We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!
Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!
For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:46:28 -0400
From: Tim Lones <tlones1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:OTR on WiFi
I use An IPod Touch with Home Wifi and powered [removed] couple of
IPod Radio Apps (TuneIn and ShoutCast) have more than enough OTR
[removed] would like to get one of those WiFi Radios and try it sometime
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:46:37 -0400
From: mschmid@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Norman Corwin Move free on-line
[removed]
I have new respect for the acting abilities of William Shatner after
viewing this. It's a full-length documentary on Corwin, with lots of
great photos, interviews, and recreations done for PBS.
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:46:42 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-28 births/deaths
October 28th births
10-28-1886 - Ruth Gates - Denton, TX - d. 5-23-1966
actor: Mrs Lenord "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
10-28-1895 - Herb Butterfield - Rhode Island - d. 5-2-1957
actor: Clarence Wellman "Halls of Ivy"; Hunter Glenn "One Man's Family"
10-28-1895 - John Boles - Greenville, TX - d. 2-27-1969
actor, singer: "Texaco Star Theatre"
10-28-1896 - Howard Hanson - Wahoo, NE - d. 2-26-1981
conductor, composer: "New York Philharmonic"; "ASCAP World's Fair
Concert"
10-28-1897 - Edith Head - San Bernardino, CA - d. 10-24-1981
costume designer: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-28-1902 - Catherine Shepherd - Zimbabwe - d. 2-18-1976
writer: "The Golden Cockerel"
10-28-1902 - Elsa Lanchester - Lewisham, England - d. 12-26-1986
actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Everyman's
Theatre"
10-28-1906 - Lou Bring - d. 7-15-1951
orchestra leader: "The Al Jolson Show"; "The Gracie Fields Show"
10-28-1908 - David LeWinter - NYC - d. 1-22-1976
orchestra leader: Late night dance band remotes
10-28-1910 - Arthur Altman - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-18-1994
CBS staff violinist and librarian
10-28-1912 - Madaline Lee - Dallas, TX - d. 1-10-1974
actor: Genevive Blue "Amos 'n' Andy"; Wendy Burton "Second Mrs. Burton"
10-28-1913 - Ruth Peterson - Wauwatosa, WI - d. 2-2-1985
actor: Linda Carroll "Hawthorne House"
10-28-1915 - Alwyn Kurts - Perth, Western Australia - d. 5-4-2000
performer: "Raising a Husband"
10-28-1915 - Dody Goodman - Columbus, OH - d. 6-22-2008
actor: "Hopalong Cassidy"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
10-28-1917 - Ron Rawson - Iowa - d. 7-18-1994
announcer: "Right to Happiness"; "Advs. of Topper"; "Advs. of the Thin
Man"
10-28-1934 - Cecil Blackwood - Ackereman, MS - d. 11-13-2000
singer: (Blackwood Brothers Quartet) "Songs of the Gospel"
10-28-1934 - Johnny Western - Two Harbors, MN
singer, actor, songwriter: (Ballad of Paladin) Daily show on KFDI
Wichita, KS
October 28th deaths
01-26-1914 - Jack de Manio - Hampstead, England - d. 10-28-1988
announcer: "Today"; "Jack de Manio Precisely"; "Woman's Hour"
02-22-1891 - George Jeske - Utah - d. 10-28-1951
writer: "Truth or Consequences"
02-27-1893 - Maurice Spitalny - Tetieff, Russia - d. 10-28-1986
conductor: Music director for KDKA Pittsburgh
03-04-1910 - Miriam Kressyn - Poland - d. 10-28-1996
Was the most popular Yiddish artist on radio of her day
03-24-1918 - Bill Aya - d. 10-28-1985
sportscaster: KEVE Seattle, Washington
04-01-1917 - Leon Janney - Ogden, UT - d. 10-28-1980
actor: Danny Stratford "Life of Mary Sothern"; Richard Parker "Parker
Family"
05-27-1924 - Eric Lauder - Rugby, England - d. 10-28-1999
actor: "Violent Shore"
07-27-1918 - Veola Vonn - NYC - d. 10-28-1995
actor: Dimples Wilson "Blondie"; Princess Nadji "Chandu the Magician"
08-12-1927 - Porter Wagoner - West Plains, MO - d. 10-28-2007
singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
08-18-1917 - Mary Rolfe - Brooklyn NY - d. 10-28-1996
actor: Mary Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"; Rose O'Brien "Rose of My
Dreams"
08-29-1913 - Sylvia Fine - NYC - d. 10-28-1991
writer: (Wife of Danny Kaye) "Danny Kaye Show"; "Forecast"; "Bud's
Bandwagon"
09-15-1915 - Phil Brito - Boomer, WV - d. 10-28-2005
narrator: "Moon River"
09-16-1919 - Larry Dobkin - NYC - d. 10-28-2002
actor: Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; Ellery Queen "Advs. of
Ellery Queen"
09-17-1907 - Alice Yourman - South Dakota - d. 10-28-2000
actor: Mary Andrews "Archie Andrews"; [removed] Aldrich "Aldrich Family"
09-20-1917 - Red Auerbach - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-28-2006
legendary baskeball coach: "The Inside Track"
10-06-1899 - Mitchell Leisen - Menominee, MI - d. 10-28-1972
director: Lux Radio Theatre
11-02-1892 - Alice Brady - NYC - d. 10-28-1939
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
12-08-1937 - James MacArthur - Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-28-2010
actor: "Theatre Guild of the Air"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:46:49 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: new Lone Ranger comics
Dynamite Entertainment recently announced that they will follow-up their
recently concluded LONE RANGER series and LONE RANGER/DEATH OF ZORRO
miniseries with a new, ongoing Lone Ranger title. Set to debut in
January 2012, the new series will be written by Ande Parks with art by
Esteve Pols (ZORRO RIDES AGAIN). Alex Ross - surprise - supplies a painted
cover, while Francesco Francavilla is set to be the regular cover artist. The
reason may be because of the planned Disney movie -- which, contrary to
popular opinion and news that hit the fan last month, they are still planning
a LONE RANGER movie, now scheduled for 2013.
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:46:53 -0400
From: James Yellen <jjyellen@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: War of the Worlds
With the anniversary of the famous Welles Halloween broadcast approaching,
I invite you to go to my OTR website, THE WISTFUL RADIO CHRONICLES,
where you can enjoy an epic saga wherein our heroic protagonist, inspired
by the the Welles radio prank, attempts his own Halloween alien
invasion prank with spectacular results. I call this [removed]
THE HALLOWEEN HOAXERS MEET ORSON WELLES
[removed]
While you are there, you can enjoy other nostalgic tales of Old Time Radio
captured for posterity in an on-line novel of warmth, reminiscence, and
riotous pleasure.
Such golden delights as Inner Sanctum, Dr. [removed], Gabriel Heatter and his
Voice of Doom, Orson Welles' Mercury Theater, Our Miss Brooks, Fibber
McGee and Molly, Dimension X and Gangbusters woven into humorous stories
that could take place only in the Golden Days of WISTFUL RADIO.
I invite you to check it out.
Jim Yellen
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:48:20 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-29 births/deaths
October 29th births
10-29-1873 - Walter C. Kelly - Mineville, NY - d. 1-6-1939
actor: (The Virginia Judge) "The Eveready Hour"
10-29-1880 - Gleason L. Archer - Great Pond, ME - d. 6-28-1966
lecturer: "Laws That Safeguard Society"
10-29-1883 - William K. Wells - NYC - d. 4-17-1956
writer: "Under Arrest"
10-29-1889 - Anna Case - Clinton, NJ - d. 1-7-1984
singer/actor: WJZ New York City
10-29-1891 - Fanny Brice - NYC - d. 5-29-1951
comedian: Baby Snooks Higgins, "Baby Snooks"
10-29-1894 - Jack Pearl - NYC - d. 12-25-1982
comedian: Baron Munchausen "Baron and the Bee, Jack and Cliff, Jack
Pearl Show"
10-29-1897 - Hope Emerson - Hawarden, IA - d. 4-24-1960
actor: Henrietta Topper "Advs. of Topper"; Elsie the Cow "Happy Island"
10-29-1901 - Akim Tamiroff - Baku, Russia - d. 9-17-1972
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-29-1902 - Lillian Leigh - d. 5-18-1987
actor: (Wife of Jack Kirkwood) "Jack Kirkwood Show"; "Fibber McGee and
Molly"
10-29-1903 - Olive Pell - Kalgoorlie, Australia - d. 1-xx-2002
writer: "Then Came the Day They Came"
10-29-1905 - Herbert Lateau - d. 3-xx-1984
producer: "The National Farm and Home Hour"
10-29-1908 - Robert K. Adams - d. 2-13-1981
actor: "Dr. Susan"; Hilltop House"; Your Family and Mine"
10-29-1908 - Ruth Russell - Peoria, IL
actor: Nancy Donovan "Just Plain Bill"; Kathy "Our Gal Sunday"
10-29-1909 - Virginia Clark - Peoria, IL
actor: Helen Trent "Romance of Helen Trent"
10-29-1910 - Lew Parker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-27-1972
actor: John Bickerson "The Bickersons" "Mennen Shave Time with Lew
Parker"
10-29-1916 - Hadda Brooks - Los Angeles, CA - d. 11-21-2002
pianist: "Jubilee"
10-29-1921 - Bill Mauldin - Mountain Park, NM - d. 1-22-2003
cartoonist: "Command Performance"; "Armed Forces V-J Program"
10-29-1921 - Ed Kemmer - Reading, PA - d. 11-9-2004
actor: Buzz Corey "Space Patrol"
10-29-1922 - Neal Hefti - Hastings, NE - d. 10-11-2008
composer, et al: "Woody Herman Show"; "Manhattan Melodies"
10-29-1925 - Geraldine Brooks - NYC - d. 6-19-1977
actor: "Hollywood Fights Back"; "Voice of the Army"
10-29-1925 - Paul Daneman - London, England - d. 4-28-2001
actor: "The Hobbit"
10-29-1925 - Robert Hardy - Cheltenham, England
actor, writer: "The Leopard and the Lillies"
10-29-1933 - Douglas Cameron - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
presenter: "Today"; "double act"
October 29th deaths
01-14-1923 - Shirley (Ione) Cowell - Tulsa, OK - d. 10-29-1997
singer: "The Shirley Cowell Show"
02-18-1890 - Adolphe Menjou - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-29-1963
host: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Eternal Light"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
02-18-1917 - Jack Slattery - Missouri - d. 10-29-1979
announcer: "House Party"; "You Bet Your Life"
02-29-1888 - Tess Sheehan - Ann Arbor, MI - d. 10-29-1972
actor: Dorrie Warren "Wendy Warren and the News"
03-08-1909 - Anthony Donato - Prague, NE - d. 10-29-1990
composer: "Surprise Serenade"
03-12-1905 - Milton Merlin - California - d. 10-29-1996
writer: "The Halls of Ivy"; "The Man Called X"; "Presenting Charles
Boyer"
03-xx-1896 - Billy Artzt - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-29-1949
orchestra leader: "Blondie"; "Myrt and Marge"; "Shirley Temple Time"
04-08-1921 - Franco Corelli - Ancona, Italy - d. 10-29-2003
operatic tenor: "Gala Performance"
04-12-1907 - Hubert Fincher - Waldo, AR - d. 10-29-1979
country music: "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
04-23-1924 - Norman Painting - Leamington Spa, England - d. 10-29-2009
actor: Phil Archer "The Archers"
05-16-1913 - Woody Herman - Milwaukee, WI - d. 10-29-1987
bandleader: (The Thundering Herd) "Wildroot Show"
06-07-1897 - Mann Holiner - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-29-1958
producer, director: "Baby Snooks Show"; "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Jubilee"
06-14-1908 - John Scott Trotter - Charlotte, NC - d. 10-29-1975
conductor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Philco Radio Time"
07-03-1919 - Fred Maddox - Boaz, AL - d. 10-29-1992
bass: "The Maddox Brothers and Rose"
07-04-1885 - Louis B. Mayer - Minsk, Byelorussia, Russian Empire - d.
10-29-1957
film executive: "Good News of 1938/39"; "Songs By Sinatra"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
07-06-1894 - Myra Marsh - Maine - d. 10-29-1964
actor: Dora Foster "A Date with Judy"; Mother "My Friend Irma"
07-13-1946 - Robert Caswell - Rockhampton, Australia - d. 10-29-2006
writer: "Little Lunches"; "The Phone Friend"
07-29-1924 - Lloyd Bochner - Toronto, Canada - d. 10-29-2005
actor: "The Chase"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
08-20-1908 - Al Lopez - Tampa, FL - d. 10-29-2005
baseball hall of fame: "Greatest Sports Thrills"; "Tops In Sports"
10-23-1922 - Ewell Blackwell - Fresno, CA - d. 10-29-1996
baseball pitcher: "Babe Didrickson Zaharius Sports Show"
12-14-1912 - Morey Amsterdam - Chicago, IL - d. 10-29-1996
comedian: "Morey Amsterdan Show"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:48:28 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 30 October to 5
November
From Those Were The Days
10/30
Orson Welles, known to radio audiences as The Shadow, presented his
famous dramatization of [removed] Wells' The War of the Worlds on CBS's
Mercury Theater at 8 [removed]
10/31
1942 One of the great wartime shows premiered. CBS debuted Thanks to
the Yanks, starring Bob Hawk. It became one of the most popular of the
wartime programs.
11/1
1937 The first broadcast of Hilltop House was aired on CBS; while on
NBC, the comic strip character Terry and the Pirates debuted.
11/2
1931 Myrt and Marge was heard for the first time on CBS. The program
centered on two chorus girls who competed for the same parts and the
same men. The creator and writer (Cliff Thomas wrote some) of the
series, Myrtle Vail, also played the role of Myrt; and the original
Marge was performed by Vail's daughter, Donna Fick. Three other
performers played the part when Donna died giving birth. Myrt and Marge
continued for 11 years.
11/5
1934 The first broadcast of The Gumps was heard on CBS. Wilmer Walter
played Andy Gump, Agnes Moorehead was Gump's wife, Min, and Jackie Kelk
was son, Chester. Karo syrup and Pebico toothpaste/tooth powder sponsored.
1950 "The greatest stars of our time on one big program" was the
introduction by actress Tallulah Bankhead, who opened the 90 minute Big
Show on NBC. It was a big show all right. The peacock saw red as losses
exceeded a million dollars in the three years the program was on the air.
Joe
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:49:19 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-30 births/deaths
October 30th births
10-30-1751 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Dublin, Ireland - d. 7-7-1816
writer: (Inventor of the Malaprop) Some performers made use of the
malaprop
10-30-1879 - Eily Malyon - London, England - d. 9-26-1961
actor: Lady Greystroke "Tarzan"
10-30-1885 - Ezra Pound - Hailey, ID - d. 11-1-1972
poet and traitor: "Italian Propaganda Broadcast"
10-30-1891 - Bill Brandt - d. 11-18-1963
sports commentator: "Inside of Sports"
10-30-1896 - Bill Terry - Atlanta, GA - d. 1-9-1989
sportscaster: WAGA Atlanta
10-30-1896 - Ruth Gordon - Wollaston, MA - d. 8-28-1985
actor: "Lincoln Highway"; "Meet Mr. Weeks"; "Orson Welles Theatre"
10-30-1898 - Arthur Kohl - Chicago, IL - d. 8-29-1983
actor: Fred Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Bob Graham "Bachelor's Children"
10-30-1901 - Chester Bagg - d. 10-13-1988
baritone: WCBC Zion, Illinois
10-30-1906 - Paul J. Smith - Calumet, MI - d. 1-25-1985
music: "The Eddie Bracken Show"
10-30-1907 - Renzo Cesana - Rome, Italy - d. 11-8-1970
creater: "The Steve Allen Show"
10-30-1908 - Patsy Montana - Hot Springs, AK - d. 5-3-1996
yodeling country singer: (Prairie Ramblers) "Nationial Barn Dance"
10-30-1910 - Francia White - Greenville, TX - d. 10-22-1984
singer: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Fred Astaire Show";
"Telephone Hour"
10-30-1911 - Milton Lieberthal - d. 6-5-1989
writer: "The Sheriff"
10-30-1911 - Ruth Hussey - Providence, RI - d. 4-19-2005
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-30-1912 - Preston Lockwood - Leyton, England - d. 4-24-1996
actor: "Sherlock Holmes"
10-30-1915 - Fred Friendly - NYC - d. 3-3-1998
writer, director: "Hear It Now"; "Who Said That?"; "Quick and the Dead"
10-30-1918 - Harvey Lowe - Victoria, Canada - d. 3-11-2009
host: "Call of China"
10-30-1918 - Jerry Adler - d. 3-13-2010
harmonica" Paul Whiteman Orchestra
10-30-1918 - Joan Banks - NYC - d. 1-18-1998
actor: Arline Harrison Manning, "Portia Faces Life"; Carlotta Lagorro
Armour, "Today's Children"
10-30-1918 - William N. Burch - d. 10-1-2005
producer: "Truth or Consequences"; "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"
10-30-1922 - Jane White - NYC - d. 7-24-2011
actor: Cloak and Dagger"; CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
10-30-1923 - Hershel Bernardi - NYC - d. 5-9-1986
actor: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
10-30-1924 - Norman Bird - Coalville, England - d. 4-22-2005
actor: Major Burnaby "The Sittaford Mystery"
10-30-1926 - Charles Woolf - California - d. 6-18-1994
actor: "Life of Riley"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-30-1927 - Joe Adcock - Coushatta, LA - d. 5-3-1999
baseball player: "Baseball: An Action History"
10-30-1939 - Sammy Ogg - Lexington, VA
actor: Little Beaver "Red Ryder"; Donnie Henderson "Beulah"
10-30-1951 - Harry Hamlin - Pasadena, CA
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
October 30th deaths
02-06-1899 - Ramon Novarro - Durango, Mexico - d. 10-30-1968
actor: Freelance
02-10-1903 - Lewis Allan - NYC - d. 10-30-1986
writer for theatre, radio, television and films
04-08-1915 - Carlyle Austin - d. 10-30-1985
sportscaster: KEVR Seattle, Washington
05-11-1914 - Bob Atcher - Hardin County, KY - d. 10-30-1993
singer: "Faultless Starch Time"; "WLS Barn Dance"
05-14-1918 - June Duprez - Teddington, England - d. 10-30-1918
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
06-11-1904 - Allen Roth - St. Louis, MO - d. 10-30-1972
conductor: "Broadway Matinee"; "So You Think You Know Music"
06-15-1918 - Grace McDonald - Boston, MA - d. 10-30-1999
actor: "Treasury Star Parade"; "Hollywood Personals"
06-16-1903 - Louis Raderman - d. 10-30-1974
musician: "The Ipana Troubadors"
06-19-1921 - Buddy Brees - NYC - d. 10-30-1994
singer: "Art Mooney and his Orchestra"; "Bob Chester and his Orchestra"
08-01-1906 - Judd McMichael - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-30-1989
singer: (The Merry Macs) "Bing Crosby Show"; "Fred Allen Show"
08-12-1912 - Sam Fuller - Worcester, MA - d. 10-30-1997
producer, director: "The Aldrich Family"; "The Jack Carson Show"
08-28-1924 - Peggy Ryan - Long Beach, CA - d. 10-30-2004
dancer, actor: "Mail Call"; "Bob Hope Show"; "Proudly We Hail"
09-09-1873 - Max Reinhardt - Baden, Austria - d. 10-30-1943
film director: "Texaco Star Theatre"
10-14-1907 - Pert Kelton - Great Falls, MT - d. 10-30-1968
actor: Agnes "Magnificent Montague"; Lolita "We Are Always Young";
"Milton Berle Show"
10-27-1908 - Josephine Antoine - Boulder, CO - d. 10-30-1971
singer: "Contented Hour"
11-24-1911 - Kirby Grant - Butte, MO - d. 10-30-1985
singer, actor: "Gatewood to Hollywood"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"
11-26-1933 - Robert Goulet - Lawrence, MA - d. 10-30-2007
singer-actor: "Guard Session"; "Voices of Vista"
12-05-1886 - Rose Wilder Lane - De Smet, SD - d. 10-30-1968
writer: (Daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder) "Hallmark Hall of Fame";
"Helen Hayes Theatre"
12-26-1921 - Steve Allen - NYC - d. 10-30-2000
comedian, actor, singer, composer and anything else you might mention:
"Steve Allen Show"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:49:39 -0400
From: "Bob Scherago - Verizon" <scherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The Halloween myth of the War of the Worlds panic
The Halloween myth of the War of the Worlds panic
By Professor W Joseph Campbell American University, Washington DC
Mass panic and hysteria swept the United States on the eve of Halloween in
1938, when an all-too-realistic radio dramatization of The War of the Worlds
sent untold thousands of people into the streets or heading for the hills.
The radio show was so terrifying in its accounts of invading Martians
wielding deadly heat-rays that it is remembered like no other radio program.
Or, more accurately, it is misremembered like no other radio program.
Read the whole article at [removed] or
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