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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 260
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Cooking and all [removed]               [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
  9-9 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Re: Mary Lee Taylor                   [ jimb <beshiresjim@[removed]; ]
  "Great gang you got 'dere, Sharlie!"  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T                     [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
  Love thosel PSAs                      [ "R. Steven Smith" <gracchi@[removed]; ]
  Charles Hawtrey                       [ "david rogers" <david_rogers@hotmai ]
  contacting OTR & other actors         [ <verotas@[removed]; ]
  Re: Cooking Radio Shows               [ Kathleen Dean <kayteedean@[removed] ]
  Don Wilson's home                     [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  CONTACTING ACTORS                     [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
  RE: Guy Lombardo In the 60s           [ "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser1@[removed]; ]
  Re:American Radio Archive article     [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  War of the Worlds - new rendition     [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]

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Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 22:04:14 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Cooking and all [removed]

The Neighbor Lady (Wynn Speece) on WNAX has been doing the recipe thing
since about 1940, and I think is still on the air for a few minutes each
morning.  I have some of her programs and interviews from the 1940s.
Another one was Edith Hansen of Kitchen Klatter (or some such name)
syndicated program (I think from Shenandoah, Iowa).

Ted Kneebone / 1528 S. Grant St. / Aberdeen, SD 57401
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Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 22:04:21 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  9-9  births/deaths

September 9th births

09-09-1828 - Leo Tolstoy - Yasnaya, Polyana, Russia - d. 11-20-1910
author: "Great Plays"; "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Hour of St. Francis"
09-09-1873 - Max Reinhardt - Baden, Austria - d. 10-30-1943
film director: "Texaco Star Theatre"
09-09-1882 - Clem McCarthy - East Bloomfield, NY - d. 6-4-1962
sportscaster: The Kentucky Derby
09-09-1887 - Raymond Walburn - Plymouth, IN - d. 7-26-1969
actor: "That's My Pop"
09-09-1894 - Arthur Freed - Charleston, SC - d. 4-12-1973
songwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-09-1898 - Frankie Frisch - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-12-1973
baseball broadcaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) New York Giants
09-09-1899 - Neil Hamilton - Lynn, MA - d. 9-24-1984
actor: [removed] Raffles "Raffles"
09-09-1899 - Waite Hoyt - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-25-1984
sportscaster, "Sports Review"; "According to Hoyt"; play-by-play:
Cincinnati Reds
09-09-1900 - James Hilton - Leigh, Lancashire, England - d. 12-20-1954
host: "Hallmark Hall of Fame/Hallmark Playhouse"; "Ceiling Unlimited"
09-09-1908 - Ed Prentiss - Chicago, IL - d. 3-19-1992
actor: Red Albright/Captain Midnight "Captain Midnight"; Ned Holden
"The Guiding Light"
09-09-1914 - Marion Mann - Columbus, OH
singer: "The Breakfast Club Matinee"; "Danny Thomas Show"
09-09-1915 - Richard Webb - Bloomington, IL - d. 6-10-1993
actor: "Family Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay
09-09-1918 - Blanche Thebom - Monessen, PA
mezzo-soprano: "Bell Telephone Hour"; "Metropolitan Opera"; "Railroad
Hour"
09-09-1924 - Jane Greer - Washington, [removed] - d. 8-24-2001
singer, actor: "Rudy Vallee Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-09-1927 - Elvin Ray Jones - Pontiac, MI - d. 5-18-2004
jazz drummer: "Newport Jazz Festival"
09-09-1927 - "Mary" Olive Major - Santa Barbara County, CA - d.
8-12-1998
vocalist: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
09-09-1930 - Martha Jean "The Queen" Steinberg - d. 1-29-2000
Owned WQBH-AM Detroit, Michigan
09-09-1930 - Martha Steinberg - d. 1-29-2000
detroit radio: WQBH-AM

September 9th deaths

01-31-1872 - Rupert Hughes - Lancaster, MO - d. 9-9-1956
writer: (Uncle to Howard Hughes) "The Story of Holly Sloan"
02-02-1911 - Jussi Bjorling - Stora Tuna, Sweden - d. 9-9-1960
singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
03-19-1927 - Richie Ashburn - Tilden, NE - d. 9-9-1997
sportscaster: "Philadelphia Phillies Play by Play"
03-21-1903 - Nan Boardman - NYC - d. 9-9-1984
actor: "The Modern Adventures of Casanova"
05-23-1921 - Helen O'Connell - Lima, OH - d. 9-9-1993
singer: (Jimmy Dorsey Band) "Kraft Music Hall"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
06-30-1905 - Nestor Paiva - Fresno, CA - d. 9-9-1966
actor: "NBC Presents: Short Story"; "Escape"
08-02-1892 - Jack L. Warner - London, Ontario, Canada - d. 9-9-1978
film studio owner" "Jack Benny Program"; "Warner Brothers Academy
Award Theatre"
09-13-1911 - Bill Monroe - Rosine, KY - d. 9-9-1996
mandolin player: (Father of Bluegrass) "Rider's Radio Theatre"
09-22-1900 - Hanley Stafford - Hanley, Staffordshire, England - d.
9-9-1968
actor: Mr. Higgins "Baby Snooks Show"; Julius C. Dithers "Blondie"
09-26-1927 - Patrick O'Neal - Ocala, FL - d. 9-9-1994
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
11-16-1907 - Burgess Meredith - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-9-1997
actor: "Red Adams/Red Davis "Red Adams/Red Davis" (the precursor to
"Pepper Young's Family")
12-23-1922 - Ruth Roman - Boston, MA - d. 9-9-1999
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hollywood Sound Stage"
12-24-1915 - Helen Brown - Washington - d. 9-9-1994
actor: Miss Foster "Big Town"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 01:18:31 -0400
From: jimb <beshiresjim@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Mary Lee Taylor
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The Old Time Radio Researchers Group is preparing to release Mary Lee Taylor
as a certified series.
  We are missing 4 of the 37 known to be in existance broadcasts.  They are -
48-10-10, 48-12-12, 49-01-02 and 49-01-22.
  If anyone has them, we'd appreciate receiving a copy.
  jimb

    Fans of OTR - please check out  the OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHERS GROUP
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 01:19:22 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Great gang you got 'dere, Sharlie!"

Dear Lee-
 
From: _verotas@[removed]_ (mailto:verotas@[removed]) 

Bravo to Craig  Wichman (to be added to his past laudits) for his comments re
non-faithful  adaptations!

As another character whose adventures I've adapted would say, "Careful,  
Watson - my blushes!" Thanks, You Godfrey Guy!
 
(I assure you that, if you tune in to our FRANKENSTEIN: MODERN PROMETHEUS  
next month, you will hear VICTOR Frankenstein - in the person of a phenomenal  
performance by Joseph Franchini.)

From: jack and cathy french _otrpiano@[removed]_ (mailto:otrpiano@[removed]) 

Bob Burchett, the  genial genius behind the Cincinnati Convention,
sent me ...an NBC photo of  Phillips H. Lord ... I contacted Lord's daughter, 
Phillipa ... This morning I  dropped it in the mail for [removed];

Good on you both,
Bob & Jack!
 
Best,
-Craig

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 01:20:46 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Oh, please.

I rather dig the version of LES MISERABLES where Hawkeye is chasing the
French through the tunnels of the [removed]

;-)

[ADMINISTRIVIA: I think this is getting way too far afield.  --cfs3]

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:24:01 -0400
From: "R. Steven Smith" <gracchi@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Love thosel PSAs
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I read with interest the comments in Issue #257 that the PSAs in later radio
was irritating and just filler material put in by the networks. The general
view point was that PSAs are universally dreaded and loathed. I beg to differ.
I find these PSAs fascinating not infernal. PSAs on safe driving tips, fire
prevention and civil defense give us a nice perspective into life during the
Cold War and perhaps the over simplistic idealism of the times. In addition
the AFRTS PSAs on state history, USAFI, patriotic civics and American Folklore
are little jewels that I enjoy running across every time I hear them.
Obviously we are all entitled to our opinions but what I fear as a listener of
OTR is that people that share your opinion or that hear your opinion unopposed
will cut out these PSAs. I know for a fact that some people are doing that. I
feel that extracting these PSAs is ripping out a bit of history, context and
perspective (and even a little listening enjoyment for some odd balls such as
myself).

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:24:31 -0400
From: "david rogers" <david_rogers@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Charles Hawtrey

This is kind of a long shot but here goes.

I was listening to a commentary track on one of the Carry On DVDs.  It was
mentioned that Charles Hawtrey was in a radio series where he played a boy
detective.  I checked on wikipedia and it said that he was in a series
called "The Boy Detectives" alongside Patricia Hayes.

Does anyone know if any of these shows have survived?

Love as always, David Rogers

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:26:13 -0400
From: <verotas@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  contacting OTR & other actors

Martin Grams was on the money re tracking actors through info on IMDB.
That's a great reference site, but one must be very careful in assuming the
data is all correct.  It is most assuredly not.

In my Arthur Godfrey researches I found their listing(s) for Frank Parker
were all mixed up, as there are a number of celebrities with that name and
they got them confused.

Just yesterday I was checking info on Doris Day (with whom Mr. Godfrey
appeared in The Glass Bottom Boat) and found that she is listed twice, as two
different people.  But it's the same person. A quick look at the actual
references would have confirmed this to any film-knowledgeable person

Writing to published names for celebrities 90% of the time will get your
letter to their agent or manager's office, and possibly even there to some
new hire, unattentive and uncaring nerd.  My experience has been that most
try for the quickest two points in the round file.  If your purpose is more
than casual, it might help in a small percentage of cases and therefore be
worth while.  But if it's a transitory matter, it's not worth the stamp.  How
do you know it's an agency business?  Most office addresses are a clue, if
you know anything about business street addresses.  Telephones ending in two
or more zeros are a dead giveaway.  BTW, if you can learn the celebrity's
actual, real name,. an internet search can often find the home address and
phone number.  Then it's up to you to use sense in when you call or how you
write.

A number of personalities with whom I've worked both in my Godfrey researches
and in contacting many folk to appear at FOTR, have told me this is all true
about managers and agents, especially if your letter (like mine) indicated
that FOTR (or whomever) wanted to honor Mr. or Miss so-and-so.  The reps
instantly figure there is nothing in it for them and toss the request without
consulting their client.  A number of such clients found this extremely
annoying, and in one case I was told that rep was being fired because of this
stuff.

I would reinforce the idea of working through SAG, DGA, WGA, AFTRA, ASCAP,
BMI, IATSE, or whatever guild or union for your target.  Put your request to
the individual in an envelope marked in the usual fashion with his/her
addressee name, blank space for address,  your name and return address, and
sufficient postage.  If in doubt double that, and using two or more unusual
commemorative stamps often will force curiosity to open the envelope.
Enclose that with a letter to the guild requesting that it be forwarded to
that individual, and slip the whole thing into an envelope addressed to the
guild or union attn: membership files or some such.  I have found this works
in a very large % of the time.

There is this caveat, however.  There are certain people who NEVER respond to
inquiries.  You'd be truly surprised whom - big, big names who have the image
of being wonderful people.    I always found this especially irksome when we
at FOTR were urging them to come to our weekend near New York where they
could get together with friends - travel and convention hotel and meals at
our expense - plus be honored in a large convention.

I've mentioned before, that when I was very visible at FOTR, young folk and
first-timers would come up and say that they were thrilled that the old-time
performers were such wonderful, kind, generous people, and asking if everyone
in the radio biz or show biz was that way.   I pointed out that like anyone
else, some were, some were not.  And the ones that were not simply did not
come to the convention.  Well, most didn't.  There were a few that I know the
committee discussed repeatedly, but voted down after initial visits.

C'est la vie!    Bestus, Lee Munsick                  That Godfrey Guy

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 14:47:12 -0400
From: Kathleen Dean <kayteedean@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Cooking Radio Shows
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Greetings from Ohio.

  I have a cookbook from a radio cooking school.
  Have no idea where I found he cookbook but
  thought that I would share the information with
  you.  The book was published in 1928-9.
  Compliments of: WEEI Radio Cooking School by
  GRETCHEN McMULLEN  Conducted by:  BROAD-
  CASTING ADVERTISING, INC Hotel Brunswick Boston,
  Mass

  The opening page reads:To the American Home Maker:
  "Home keeping hearts are the happiest."LONGFELLOW
      More attention is being paid to food every day and this
  is, to my way of thinking, as it should be, for the health of
  the family is in a large measure dependent upon the proper
  preparation of its food.
      A great deal of time and thought has gone into the making
  of this little cook book. Every rule has not been laboratory
  tested but it has stood that more difficult test of having been
  made and served in American homes before being sent to you.
  ~Gretchen McMullen

  This is a delightful little cookbook. I have no information on the
  show nor WEEI Radio Station.  Possibly, someone in the Boston
  area could be of help.

  Kathleen Dean

KAD

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 16:50:14 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Don Wilson's home

The NY Times Magazine has a slide show of the places owned and lived in
by comic book writer and editor Stan Lee. His current home, in LA, is
the last one featured. He notes that it used to be owned by Don Wilson!
I wonder if Jack and the gang ever hung out by that inviting looking
pool. 

Here's the link for the house:
[removed]

Kermyt

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:00:58 -0400
From: PURKASZ@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  CONTACTING ACTORS

Martin may or may not be  right regarding the contacting of SAG to relay info
or letters to any  actor.
As a member of that illustrious guild for 30 years  I have NEVER received
anything from them regarding people who have wanted to  contact me but I HAVE
received letters and photo signing requests through  my agent.
I would pursue the latter if I wanted to contact  anyone from the Guild.
The Guild can be useful to the  extent that when you call the number in LA
and ask for 'Location,' you will be  switched to someone who can tell you any
actor's agent and their address.
Writing to that address will almost certainly be  forwarded to the person you
[removed] it's up to them to  reply.
Good luck and keep those cards and letters  coming!!
See ya at the FOTR Convention in Newark October  18th-21st.
Michael C. Gwynne

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:01:31 -0400
From: "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  RE: Guy Lombardo In the 60s

Tom Rose wrote:

Through the courtesy of an unnamed source I've been listening to some
recently posted big band remotes.  I was surprised to see a Guy Lombardo
from 1964 and a Russ Morgan from 1969.  I was sure the dates were errors
until I played them.  Through the song selections I believe these dates are
probably correct.

I remember listening to a syndicated (not network) program in the early to
mid 60s which featured Guy Lombardo.  Here in Topeka, it was called "The
Capital Federal Bandstand" and came on at 7:30 in the morning.  It was named
for its local sponsor.

Paula Keiser	Topeka, KS

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:48:30 -0400
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re:American Radio Archive article

East of the dial
[removed];IssueNum=140
Thousand Oak's Library American Radio Archives article,
worth a quick look.        joe s

Thanks for turning us on to this article, Joe.  It is worth _more_ than "a
quick look" because it gives quite a few important facts.  I recall that
someone on the digest badmouthed this organization recently, noting that the
promised building has not appeared and that somehow this made the collection
defunct.  This article gives us great hope, as well as proof that the
archive is still alive.  The other interesting note is that they are taking
over the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters' collection.  We assume that the money
they are raising for the new building will be including the money necessary
for the cleansing of the PPB collection of the PCBs that the Hollywood
transformer explosion is believed to have exposed it to.  I had hoped to
visit this collection when I last came to LA, but then came the explosion.

But can someone explain to me what the title of the article "East of the
dial" is supposed to mean?

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:48:28 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  War of the Worlds - new rendition

For all you War of the Worlds die-hards . . .

The following web-site is a link to a rock band that recently completed an
album adapted from the 1938 War of the Worlds panic broadcast.  Many of
their musical segments are named from segments of the panic broadcast.  In
short, the Welles performance has inspired a rock album.

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Most people reading this may not be into rock music (I'm not unless it's
Petra but that dates me) but for those die-hards wanting to hear this, it's
an independent release worth checking out.

Martin

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