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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2010 : Issue 152
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
8-28 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
PBS Documentary [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
History Detectives [ Dick Fisher <w9fjl@[removed]; ]
BBC Archives [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 29 August [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
RE: Allen/Skelton [ "Mark Kratzner" <hollywoodhoosiers@ ]
8-29 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
Oral histories [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]
RIP Jackson Gillis [ charlie@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:21:38 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 8-28 births/deaths
August 28th births
08-28-1870 - James R. Waters - Hungary - d. 11-20-1945
actor/comedian: Jake Goldberg "The Goldbergs"; "The House of Glass"
08-28-1885 - Vance Palmer - Bundaberg, Australia - d. 7-15-1959
writer: "Telling Mrs. Baker"
08-28-1891 - Stanley Andrews - Chicago, IL - d. 6-23-1969
actor: Daddy Warbucks "Little Orphan Annie"
08-28-1893 - Harriette Widmer - Water Valley, MS - d. 9-1-1964
actor: Madam Queen "Amos 'n' Andy"; Aunt Jemima "Aunt Jemima"
08-28-1895 - H. Norman Schwarzkopf - Newark, NJ - d. 11-25-1958
narrator: "Gangbusters"
08-28-1897 - Charles Boyer - Figeac, France - d. 8-26-1978
actor: Michel "Presenting Charles Boyer"; "Hollywood Playhouse"
08-28-1898 - Artells Dickson - Oklahoma Territory - d. 6-24-1968
actor: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; Slim "Pretty Kitty Kelly"
08-28-1900 - Diana Bourbon - NYC - d. 3-19-1978
producer, director: :Double or Nothing"; "Life Begins"
08-28-1900 - Rudy Schrager - Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary - d. 8-24-1983
musical director: "Box 13"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-28-1907 - Roy Chamberlain - NYC - d. 5-14-1981
old gold rhythmaires: "The New Old Gold Show"
08-28-1907 - Sam Levene - NYC - d. 12-17-1980
comedian: "Fred Allen Show"
08-28-1908 - Genevieve Rowe - Freemont, OH - d. 2-26-1995
singer: "Gay Nineties Revue"; "Songs America Loves"; "An Evening with
Romberg"
08-28-1910 - John F. Holbrook - Cameron, WI - d. 9-20-1978
announcer, director: "The Bickersons"; "The Dinah Shore Show"
08-28-1914 - Glenn Osser - Munising, MI
maestro: "American Music Hall"
08-28-1914 - Maria F. von Trapp - Zell am See, Austria
singer: (Trapp Family Singers) "Christmas Seal Sale"
08-28-1914 - Richard Tucker - NYC - d. 1-8-1975
opera tenor: "Chicago Theatre of the Air"; "Standard Hour";
"Metropolitan Opera"
08-28-1915 - Tol Avery - Texas - d. 8-27-1973
actor, announcer: "Pat Novak for Hire"; "Richard Diamond, Private
Detective"
08-28-1917 - Jayne Walton - San Antonio, TX - d. 1-10-2010
singer: (Champagne Lady) "Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra"
08-28-1919 - D. C. Muecke - Adelaide, Australia
writer: "Ls Signora Fantastici"; "Alcestis Ascends"
08-28-1920 - Don Glasser - Derry, PA - d. 4-26-2004
bandleader: "Don Glasser and His Orchestra"
08-28-1924 - Peggy Ryan - Long Beach, CA - d. 10-30-2004
dancer, actor: "Mail Call"; "Bob Hope Show"; "Proudly We Hail"
08-28-1925 - Donald O'Connor - Chicago, IL - d. 9-27-2003
comedian, actor: "Ginny Simms Show"; "Philip Morris Playhouse";
"Suspense"
08-28-1926 - Andree Wallace - Brooklyn, NY
actor: Mary Lambert "Brave Tomorrow"; Irene "Mary Noble, Backstage Wife"
08-28-1929 - Roxie Roker - Miami, FL - d. 12-2-1995
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
08-28-1930 - Ben Gazzara - NYC
actor: "Strange Interlude"
August 28th deaths
02-06-1913 - Porter Bourne - d. 8-28-2001
announcer: WXYZ Detroit
02-15-1926 - Mary Lee Robb - Chicago, IL - d. 8-28-2006
actor: Marjorie Forrester "Great Gildersleeve"
04-24-1894 - Norman Sweetser - d. 8-28-1980
director: "Just Plain Bill"; "Stella Dallas"
05-08-1929 - Miyoshi Umeki - Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan - d. 8-28-2007
singer: "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends"
06-05-1908 - Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph) - Illinois - d.
8-28-1957
writer: "Murder and Mr. Malone"
06-21-1911 - Wonderful Smith - Arkadelphia, AR - d. 8-28-2008
comedian: "Red Skelton Show"
07-19-1917 - Larry Marcus - Beaver, UT - d. 8-28-2001
writer: "Suspense"; "Dark Venture"; "Nightbeat"
07-22-1917 - Lou McGarity - Athens, GA - d. 8-28-1971
jazz trombonist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
08-05-1906 - John Huston - Nevada, MO - d. 8-28-1987
actor, writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-17-1918 - Evelyn Ankers - Valparaiso, Chili - d. 8-28-1985
actor: Argentine Radio
09-03-1918 - David Harmon - NYC - d. 8-28-2001
writer: "America in the Air"; "Now Hear This"
09-12-1910 - Lehman Engel - Jackson, MS - d. 8-28-1982
broadway conductor: "Madrigal Singers of New York"; "Texaco Star
Theatre"
09-25-1896 - Noble Cain - Aurora, IL - d. 8-28-1977
choral director and producer for NBC
10-13-1918 - Robert Walker - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 8-28-1951
actor: Davy Dillon "Maudie's Diary"
10-13-1929 - Bernie Baum - NYC - d. 8-28-1993
composer: Composed the theme for "Monitor"
10-30-1896 - Ruth Gordon - Wollaston, MA - d. 8-28-1985
actor: "Lincoln Highway"; "Meet Mr. Weeks"; "Orson Welles Theatre"
11-11-1901 - F. Van Wyck Mason - Boston, MA - d. 8-28-1978
writer: "The Man from G-2"
Ron
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:22:20 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: PBS Documentary
Jack French remarked about the PBS Documentary, commenting:
I told them as a union member of both SAG and AFTRA, I would have to be
paid scale." "Ohhhh" they shuddered,"We never pay annnnnybody." That was the
last I heard from them. So they video-taped Elizabeth, who as usual was
excellent, and some current (and non-union) FBI employees to finish off
their interview requirements.
To add to Jack's comments, they asked me if I would be interested in a filmed
interview and I told them I wasn't interested because I wasn't knowledgable
on the subject to provide much commentary that could be feasibly used for
their documentary. I would not fault PBS, however, as most of their
documentaries are independently produced and the mistake in the name of the
program would have been the producer who put it together and sold it to PBS.
What they should have had is a radio historian (or five or six) look over it
and confirm no errors. Even one of the LORD OF THE RINGS movies was screened
repeatedly to an audience of 300 LOTR fans to make sure errors were caught so
they could be later corrected. I don't think a movie or documentary goes by
that doesn't have an unintentional mistake, minor or major.
Martin
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:23:03 -0400
From: Dick Fisher <w9fjl@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: History Detectives
From Jack French's comment on "History Detectives"
"So when it was
time to start shooting the contrived
interviews that make up the show----
As Jack French said "contrived" interviews. This is what absolutely drives
me NUTS about this program. The whole thing is soooo fake - for example when
they walk up to someones door and meet them for the first time -- first time
my foot and it gets worse from there.
Thanks Jack for putting into words what I have always felt about this program.
I also thought Elizabeth did a great job with what little time they let her
have.
Richard
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:23:16 -0400
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: BBC Archives
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Hi Folks.
Some recent interesting items on the BBC Internet Blog about BBC Archives,
with some links on the pages. Best way to see them, I think, is just
to 'google' them under the following two titles and it should take you
straight there :
Peter Skinner a new home for the bbc archives
Adrian Williams safeguarding the bbc archives
Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:23:23 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 29 August to 4
September
From Those Were The Days
8/30
1951 Screen Directors Playhouse was heard for the final time on NBC.
The program had featured some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
8/31
1941 The Great Gildersleeve, a spin off of Fibber McGee and Molly,
started on NBC.
1946 "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound ... the caped crusader
returned to radio on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Superman had been
dropped from the program schedule earlier in the year, but the outrage
of youngsters brought the show back to the airwaves. Wow! The amazing
power of Kryptonite in the hands of kids! Bud Collyer, later of TV's
Beat the Clock, played Clark Kent aka Superman on the series.
9/1
1922 The first daily news program on radio was The Radio Digest, on
WBAY. The program, hosted by George F. Thompson, the program's editor,
originated from New York City.
9/2
1931 15 Minutes with Bing Crosby debuted on CBS.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:25:04 -0400
From: "Mark Kratzner" <hollywoodhoosiers@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RE: Allen/Skelton
Did not know it was about the NBC VP. The episode was "The Friendly Farmer"
1947-04-22
Mark Kratzner
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:25:10 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 8-29 births/deaths
August 29th births
08-29-1882 - Richard Legrand - Mount Tabor section near Portland, OR -
d. 6-29-1963
actor: Richard Q. Peavy "Great Gildersleeve"; Ole "Fibber McGee and
Molly"
08-29-1898 - Charlie Grimm - St. Louis, MO - d. 11-15-1983
Sportscaster: (Jolly Cholly) WBBM Chicago
08-29-1898 - Preston Sturges - Chicago, IL - d. 8-6-1959
film producer, writer, director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-29-1899 - George V. Denny, Jr. - Washington, [removed] - d. 11-11-1959
moderator: "America's Town Meeting of the Air"
08-29-1900 - Buell Kazee - Burton's Fork, KY - d. 8-31-1976
banjo-playing, singing Baptist minister: "Renfro Valley Barn Dance"
08-29-1904 - Ronald Watkins - Surrey, England - d. 2-16-2001
Reader of prose and poetry
08-29-1906 - Joe Sawyer - Guelph, Canada - d. 4-21-1982
actor: Sergant 'Biff' O'Hara "Rin-Tin-Tin"
08-29-1907 - Lurene Tuttle - Pleasant Lake, IN - d. 5-28-1986
actor: Effie Perrine "Advs. of Sam Spade"; Ellie Connors "Lum and Abner"
08-29-1910 - John Kane - Davenport, IA - d. 3-15-1910
actor: Tom Jones "Five Star Jones"; Scubby "Nick Carter"
08-29-1912 - Barry Sullivan - NYC - d. 6-6-1994
actor: Steve Canyon "Steve Canyon"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
08-29-1913 - Sylvia Fine - NYC - d. 10-28-1991
writer: (Wife of Danny Kaye) "Danny Kaye Show"; "Forecast"; "Bud's
Bandwagon"
08-29-1914 - Willard Waterman - Madison, WI - d. 2-2-1995
actor: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve "Great Gildersleeve"; Roger Barton
"The Guiding Light"
08-29-1915 - Ingrid Bergman - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 8-29-1982
actor: "Everything for the Boys"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-29-1916 - George Montgomery - Brady, MT - d. 12-12-2000
actor: "Hollywood Star Time"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"
08-29-1916 - Max Bice - d. 11-18-2002
newscaster: KMO Seattle, Washington
08-29-1916 - "Georgia Slim" Rutland - Tilton, GA - d. 6-17-1969
fiddler: "Three Fiddlers"
08-29-1917 - Eddie Hubbard - Baltimore, MD - d. 3-26-2007
disk jockey: "Music Unlimited"
08-29-1920 - Charlie Parker - Kansas City, MO - d. 3-12-1955
jazz musician: "This Is Jazz"
08-29-1922 - Arthur Anderson - Staten Island, NY
actor: "Let's Pretend"; Mark Davis "Lawyer Tucker"; Buddy "Tony and Gus"
08-29-1924 - Dinah Washington - Tuscaloosa, AL - d. 12-14-1963
blues singer: "Jubilee"; "Bob Hope Show"; "One Night Stand"
08-29-1927 - Marion Williams - Miami, FL - d. 7-2-1994
gospel singer: "Soundstage"
08-29-1928 - Thomas Stewart - San Saba, TX - d. 9-24-2006
operatic baritone: "Musicians Off Stage"
August 29th deaths
02-19-1924 - Lee Marvin - NYC - d. 8-29-1987
actor: "Dragnet"
02-20-1911 - Paul Tripp - NYC - d. 8-29-2002
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
03-04-1920 - Alan MacNaughtan - Bearsden, Scotland - d. 8-29-2002
actor: "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
04-06-1892 - Lowell Thomas - Woodington, OH - d. 8-29-1981
newscaster, commentator: "Lowell Thomas and the News"; "Man with a
Question"
05-01-1906 - Rose Hobart - NYC - d. 8-29-2000
actor: "Nightbeat"
06-05-1912 - Dan Ocko - d. 8-29-1991
actor: Killer Kane "Buck Rogers of the 25th Century"; "Sergeant Muggin
"Inspector Thorne"
06-27-1911 - Collins Driggs - Manchester, CT - d. 8-29-1966
organist: Collins Driggs at the Hammond Organ"
07-06-1912 - Redd Evans - Meridian, MS - d. 8-29-1972
vocalist: "Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra"
08-03-1923 - Jean Hagen - Chicago, IL - d. 8-29-1977
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Stars in the Air"
08-29-1915 - Ingrid Bergman - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 8-29-1982
actor: "Everything for the Boys"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-06-1925 - Jimmy Reed - Dunleith, MS - d. 8-29-1976
blues singer, guitarist, harmonica playere: "One Night Stand"
10-01-1889 - Ralph W. Sockman - Mount Vernon, OH - d. 8-29-1970
preacher: "National Radio Pulpit"
10-27-1898 - Kathryn Cravens - Burkett, TX - d. 8-29-1991
newscaster: "News Through a Woman's Eye"
10-30-1898 - Arthur Kohl - Chicago, IL - d. 8-29-1983
actor: Fred Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Bob Graham "Bachelor's Children"
11-08-1927 - Chris Connor - Kansas City, MO - d. 8-29-2009
jazz singer: Claude Thorhill's Orchestra
12-05-1929 - Richard Beebe - Pasadena, CA - d. 8-29-1998
newsman: "The Credibility Gap"
12-25-1902 - Louis Jackobson - d. 8-29-1978
producer: "Mortimer Gooch"
Ron
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:25:37 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," Bob Bro's "The Old Time Radio Show," John and Larry
Gassman's "Same Time Station" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."
Streamed in high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
HIGH ADVENTURE
Episode 114 6-4-50 "Deep Water"
Stars: Maurice Tarplin, John Larkin, Connie Lembcke, Ross Martin
NBC Old Spice Sundays 4:30 - 5:00 pm
WORLD OF JAZZ
Episode 55 8-11-66 "Louis Armstrong-The Big Band Era"
Host: John Wilson
65th Birthday celebration for Louis Armstrong.
STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE
Episode 10 12-9-39
Host: Milton Berle
The "Gag Busters": Senator Ford, Harry Hershfield and Jay C. Flippen
Nbc Quaker Cereal Saturdays 8:30 - 9:00 Pm
Announcer: Dan Seymour
Music: Vincert Travers And His Orchestra
THE WAYS OF MANKIND
Episode 14 9-13-53 "The Case Of The Bamboo Sized Pigs"
National Association Of Educational Broadcasters syndication
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
(MBS) 04/11/49 Stars: John Stanley in "The Adventure of the Mad Miners
of Cardiff"
RADIO RARITY
"Big Brother Bob Emery" on WEEI, Boston, as preserved by 1926 Brunswick
78 rpm disk.
THE CAVALCADE OF AMERICA
(NBC/Red) 12/8/44 "Men In White"
The day after Pearl Harbor is attacked.
TERRY AND THE PIRATES
(Blue) 10/19/44 "Air Attack". Nice wartime episode.
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THE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW
HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL (CBS)
Title: "Killer's Widow"
Original Air: 2/28/59
Starring: John Dehner
I Love a Mystery (Mutual)
Title: "Bury Your Dead, Arizona -- Episode 10"
Original Air: 12/1/49
Starring: Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, and Tony Randall
FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY (NBC)
Title: "The Citizenship Test"
Original Air: 6/3/47
Starring: Jim and Marion Jordan
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
GUNSMOKE (CBS)
Original Air: 9/13/54
Title: "Dooley Surrenders"
Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, and Georgia Ellis
Sponsor: Chesterfield Cigarettes
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
This week's show has a little bit of everything. Music, plus a wide
variety entertainment, plus adventure.
PHILCO RADIO HALL OF FAME
from 03-10-46, Episode (119)
With George Burns and Gracie Allen, Hedda Hopper, Martha Tilton, and
Paul Whiteman and his orchestra.
"SPIKE JONES SHOW"
from 05-28-49 Episode (22) Spike's Guest is Lassie.
YOUR HIT PARADE
starring Frank Sinatra from 03-20-48.
HIGH ADVENTURE
from 06-04-50 Episode (19) Deep Water
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If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry Haendiges
Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
the Net
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:25:42 -0400
From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Oral histories
I was glad to read about David Siegel's guide to interviews and conversations
pertaining to the golden age of radio. I grew up listening to Chuck Schaden's
conversations with the performers and producers from that age and each one I
heard lent something valuable to my listening experience.
Those of you who are interested in such things might also like to know that
Those Were the Days will feature two such conversations on our show this
fall. On October 16 (the day before her birthday), we'll feature a lengthy
conversation I had with actress Marsha Hunt; on November 13, we'll present
Chuck Schaden's 1976 conversation with Art Linkletter. Each of these
interviews will be "supplemented" with samples of their radio work. More
details will be available in the Autumn issue of Nostalgia Digest
([removed]).
Steve Darnall
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:25:56 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RIP Jackson Gillis
Folks;
Was just told (thanks, Russ!) of the death of writer Jackson Gillis, who
passed on August 19 in Moscow, Idaho, of pneumonia; he was 93.
While best-known for his television writings (Superman, The Wild Wild
West, The Man From [removed], Mission: Impossible, I Spy, and a few
bazillion others), he got his start in radio, writing for The Whistler, Let
George Do it, and other shows.
Charlie
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