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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2010 : Issue 47
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Arthur Anderson's autobiography is r [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
3-10 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Another "Brighter Day" question [ Robert Paine <ka3zci@[removed]; ]
Lenoard Smith at REPS Showcase in Ju [ "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@yeste ]
3-11 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
"The Old Time Radio Express" Schedul [ Mark Wuellner <mwuellne@[removed] ]
VOA disc [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:58 -0500
From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arthur Anderson's autobiography is ready!
Let's not keep this a secret, folks! Arthur Anderson's new autobiography is
out and shipping!
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I spoke with him yesterday, he got his copies, and he loves the book. Valerie
Thompson designed it and did a Great job. Arthur and I will both be at Newark
this Oct. and have books on hand, but if you can't wait 7 months, go to the
link above!
Ben Ohmart
Old radio. Old movies. New books.
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:07 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-10 births/deaths
March 10th births
03-10-1882 - Lewis J. Valentine - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-16-1946
nyc police commissioner: "Gangbusters"
03-10-1886 - Clarence Adler - d. 12-24-1969
pianist: Member of the New York Trio
03-10-1888 - Barry Fitzgerald - Dublin, Ireland - d. 1-4-1961
actor: Bernard Fitz "His Honor, the Barber"
03-10-1898 - Bert Bacharach - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-15-1983
columnist: "Letters to Your Serviceman"; "Men's Corner"
03-10-1898 - Cy Kendall - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-22-1953
actor: Captain Tracy "Tarzan"; Fred Thompson "One Man's Family";
"Escape"
03-10-1900 - Peter de Rose - NYC - d. 4-23-1953
pianist, singer: "Sweethearts of the Air"
03-10-1900 - Sherman Billingsley - Enid, Oklahoma Territory - d.
10-4-1966
owner stork club: "Bing Crosby Show"
03-10-1903 - Claire Boothe Luce - NYC - d. 10-9-1987
correspondent: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Wake Up America"
03-10-1903 - Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke - Davenport, IA - d.
8-7-1931
jazz musician: "Band Remotes"
03-10-1905 - Richard Haydn - London, England - d. 4-25-1985
actor: Professor Lemuel Carp "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
03-10-1909 - Bob Taplinger - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-24-1975
head of publicity CBS: Credited with idea of Gracie Allen"s lost brother
03-10-1911 - Warner Anderson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-26-1976
actor: Patrick Ryan "Terry and the Pirates"
03-10-1915 - Ranald MacDougall - Schenectady, NY - d. 12-12-1973
writer: "The Man Behind the Gun"; "Passport for Adams"; "There Was a
Woman"
03-10-1917 - Elizabeth Gourlay - Toronto, Canada - d. xx-xx-1996
writer: "Narrow Is the Margin"
03-10-1918 - Gloria Stewart - d. 2-16-1994
actor: (Wife of James Stewart) "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-10-1918 - Heywood Hale Broun - NYC - d. 9-5-2001
cbs sports commentator: "Biography In Sound"
03-10-1918 - Laddie Seaman - Reading, PA - d. 1-19-1942
actor: Scoop Ward "News of Youth"; Biff Bradley "Pepper Young's Family"
03-10-1918 - Pamela Mason - Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England - d.
6-29-1996
actor: "James Mason and Pamela Mason Show"
03-10-1919 - Lorna Thayer - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-2005
actor: "The Hallmark Hall of Fame"
03-10-1919 - Marion Hutton - Battle Creek, MI - d. 1-10-1987
singer: (Sister of Betty), (Glenn Miller Orchestra) "Moonlight Serenade"
03-10-1920 - Kenneth C. Burns (Jethro) - Georgia - d. 2-4-1989
comedic singer: (Homer and Jethro) "WLS National Barn Dance"
03-10-1923 - Kenny Bowers - Jersey City, NJ
actor: "The Silver Summer Revue"
03-10-1927 - Dick Alarie - d. 3-24-2000
sortscaster: WPCT Putnam, Connecticut
March 10th deaths
01-02-1904 - Bernardine Flynn - Madison, WI - d. 3-10-1977
actor: Sade Gook "Vic and Sade"; Mathilda Barker "Welcome Valley"
01-03-1905 - Ray Milland - Neath, Wales - d. 3-10-1986
actor: Ray McNutley "Meet Mr. McNutley"
01-15-1913 - Lloyd Bridges - San Leandro, CA - d. 3-10-1998
actor: "Suspense"; "Arch Oboler's Plays"
03-13-1900 - Harry W. Flannery - Greensburg, PA - d. 3-10-1975
newscaster: Foreign correspondent in Berlin for CBS during WWII
03-22-1904 - Bob Elson - Chicago, IL - d. 3-10-1981
sportscaster, interviewer: White Sox, "Bob Elson Aboard the 20th
Century"
03-29-1906 - E. Power Biggs - West Cliff, England - d. 3-10-1977
organist: "Organ Program"
04-04-1892 - Walter T. Butterworth - Wallingford, PA - d. 3-10-1962
emcee: "Molle Merry Minstrels"; "Vox Pox"; "Take a Card"
06-20-1904 - Matt Crowley - New Haven, CT - d. 3-10-1983
actor: Mark Trail "Mark Trail"; Buck Rogers "Buck Rogers"
06-23-1876 - Irvin S. Cobb - Paducah, KY - d. 3-10-1944
humorist: "Gulf Show"; "Paducah Plantation"
06-23-1916 - Irene Worth - Fairbury, NE - d. 3-10-2002
actor: "Odyssey of Homer"
06-27-1934 - Anna Moffo - Wayne, PA - d. 3-10-2006
soprano: "Voice of Firestone"
07-17-1920 - Helen Walker - Worcester, MA - d. 3-10-1968
actor: "Proudly We Hail"; "Suspense"; "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"
08-03-1907 - Irene Tedrow - Denver, CO - d. 3-10-1995
actor: Janet Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"; Dorothy Regent "Chandu, the
Magacian"
08-08-1900 - Robert Siodmak - Memphis, TN - d. 3-10-1973
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
08-08-1945 - Percy Granger - Norman, OK - d. 3-10-1997
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
09-21-1914 - Geoffrey Clarkson - Yonkers, NY - d. 3-10-2009
pianist: "Les Brown and his Band of Renown"
11-11-1929 - La Vern Baker - Chicago, IL - d. 3-10-1997
singer: "Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"
12-30-1937 - Pat Shanahan - Milwaukee, WI - d. 3-10-2008
disk jockey: Rocky Foxx WFOX Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ron
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:17 -0500
From: Robert Paine <ka3zci@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Another "Brighter Day" question
A few months back I asked about The Brighter Day and have a follow-up
question. Is there a recording in circulation of the epigram "Our years are
as the falling [removed]"? Some years back, I received a file from, I
believe, a site called World of Soap Opera Themes or something very similar.
I think that site has closed down, and I lost the file in our move from
Maryland to Washington state. If anyone has a lead, I'd be very grateful.
Bob
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:23 -0500
From: "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Lenoard Smith at REPS Showcase in June
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Hi everybody,
REPS is working on it Showcase on Friday June 25, Saturday June 26, and Sunday
June 27, and is very please to announce that Lenoard Smith who was Stretch on
Our Miss Brooks will be making his first Old Time Radio convention in Seattle
this year. Lenoard will join Gloria McMillan, and Robert Easton in a
recreation of Our Miss Brooks on Friday night. All three had roles in that
show that ran on CBS radio for Nine Years. Shirley Mitchell will be Leila in
a 1946 Great Gildersleeve show on Saturday night. Rosemary Rice will be
reprieving her role and directing in a Studio One version of a Tree Grows in
Brooklyn. Chuck McCann will be starring in a Six Shooter,Other OTR friends
such as Bob Hastings, Stuffy Singer, Jan Merlin, Dick Beals, and Dave Parker
will be there too. RePS will have more shows and guest to announce soon.
REPS is adding a Sunday morning Brunch this year. You can check for more info
by going to [removed]
Take care,
Walden Hughes
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:27 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-11 births/deaths
March 11th births
03-11-1862 - Frank Burt - NYC - d. 4-3-1964
writer: "The Six Shooter"; "The Unexpected"; "Hollywood Star Playhouse"
03-11-1887 - Raoul Walsh - NYC - d. 12-31-1980
film director: "Jack Benny Program"
03-11-1897 - Florence Belshaw - d. 4-xx-1976
pianist: KFAB Lincoln, Nebraska
03-11-1898 - Dorothy Gish - Massillon, OH - d. 6-4-1968
actor: Texaco Star Playhouse"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-11-1900 - Andy Sannella - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-10-1962
bandleader: "Campbell Soup Orchestra"; "Gillette Community Sing"
03-11-1903 - Dorothy Schiff - NYC- d. 8-30-1989
owner of several radio stations in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and San
Francisco
03-11-1903 - Lawrence Welk - Strasburg, ND - d. 5-17-1992
bandleader: "Lawrence Welk Orchestra"
03-11-1907 - Jessie Matthews - London, England - d. 8-19-1981
actor: Mrs. Mary Dale "The Dale's"
03-11-1907 - Walter Alden Richards - Springfield, IL - d. 5-23-1988
editor, writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-11-1909 - Karl Tunberg - Spokane, WA - d. 4-4-1992
film writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-11-1909 - Phil Leslie - St. Louis, MO - d. 9-23-1988
writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
03-11-1909 - Ramona - Lockland, OH - d. 12-14-1972
singer, pianist: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Paul Whiteman's Musical Varities"
03-11-1912 - Jerry Seelen - d. 9-12-1981
songwriter: "Drene Time"
03-11-1915 - Dan Donaldson - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-1-1991
announcer: "Kitty Keene, Inc."; "Ma Perkins"
03-11-1918 - Grace McTernan - d. 11-6-1995
soprano: "Your America"
03-11-1919 - Mercer Ellington - Washington, [removed] - d. 2-8-1996
bandleader: (Son of Duke Ellington) "Genius of Duke"
03-11-1921 - Eloise McElhone - d. 7-1-1974
panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"
03-11-1922 - Vinnette Carroll - NYC - d. 11-5-2002
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
03-11-1923 - Terence Alexander - London England - d. 5-28-2009
actor: The Toff "John Creasey Novels"
03-11-1930 - Lana Morris - Ruislip, England - d. 5-27-1998
actor: "The Forces Show"
03-11-1934 - Dilys Laye - London, England - d. 2-13-2009
actor: "One Corpse Too Many"
03-11-1934 - Sam Donaldson - El Paso, TX
talk show host: "Live in America"
03-11-1952 - Douglas Adams - Cambridge, England - d. 5-11-2001
writer: "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
March 11th deaths
01-05-1912 - Frances Blaisdell - d. 3-11-2009
flutist: "Phil Spitalny and His All Girl Orchestra"
01-14-1882 - Hendrick Van Loon - Rotterdam, Holland - d. 3-11-1944
journalist: "Very Truly Yours"; "Information Please"
01-17-1916 - Ray Forrest - Germany - d. 3-11-1999
staff announcer for NBC
02-02-1912 - Stefan Schnabel - Berlin, Germany - d. 3-11-1999
actor: Herbert Yost "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"
02-26-1921 - Betty Hutton - Battle Creek, MI - d. 3-11-2007
singer: "Radio Almanac"; "Radio Hall of Fame"; "[removed] Steel Hour"
02-28-1882 - Geraldine Farrar - Melrose, MA - d. 3-11-1967
opera singer: "Packard Hour"; "Metropolitan Opera"
03-31-1945 - Myfanwy Talog - Caerwys, Clwyd, Wales - d. 3-11-1995
actor: "Dark Encounter"
05-22-1914 - Ken Powell - d. 3-11-1976
announcer: "Chick Carter, Boy Detective"; "Nick Carter, Master
Detective"
06-09-1910 - Joseph Julian - St. Marys, PA - d. 3-11-1982
actor: Sandy Matson "Lorenzo Jones"; Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero
Wolfe"
06-14-1893 - Joe Forte - England - d. 3-11-1967
actor: Osgood Conklin "Our Miss Brooks"; Horowitz "Life with Luigi"
07-04-1923 - Thelma Holland - Waukesha, WI - d. 3-11-2008
guitarist: "Hank and Thelma"
07-06-1918 - Gaylord Avery - d. 3-11-1996
announcer: "Gangbusters"; "My Son Jeep"
07-17-1889 - Erle Stanley Gardner - Malden, MA - d. 3-11-1970
creator, writer: "Advs. of Christopher London"; "Perry Mason"; "Life
in Your Hands"
08-25-1912 - Zinn Arthur - d. 3-11-2003
orchestra leader: WFIL Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10-13-1912 - Hugh Weisgall - Eibenschutz, Moravia - d. 3-11-1997
composer: "CBS Radio Workshop"
10-23-1916 - Red Quinlan - Maquoketa, IA - d. 3-11-2007
founding board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications
10-24-1911 - Sonny Terry - Greensboro, NC - d. 3-11-1986
blues singer, harmonica player: "Hootenanny"; "Roomful of Music"
10-25-1888 - Richard E. Byrd - Winchester, VA - d. 3-11-1957
explorer: "Admiral Byrd Broadcasts"
10-27-1898 - Richard Carroll - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-11-1959
writer: "Shorty Bell"
10-30-1918 - Harvey Lowe - Victoria, Canada - d. 3-11-2009
host: "Call of China"
11-15-1890 - Samuel Ornitz - NYC - d. 3-11-1957
hollywood ten screen writer: "House Unamerican Activities Committee"
Ron
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:02:35 -0500
From: Mark Wuellner <mwuellne@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: "The Old Time Radio Express" Schedule - Sunday,
7:00pm EST
Please join us this Sunday, March 14th from 7:00-8:00pm EST for more great
old time radio & discussion on "The Old Time Radio Express."
This week:
"Suspense" with Ronald Colman starring in "Vision of Death", from June 1, 1953
"Baby Snooks and Dady" - 2 clips, "The Male Secretary" and "Going Fishing"
Stream us live at [removed] or download the show after the fact
at [removed].
Mark Wuellner
Host
The Old Time Radio Express
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:02:43 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: VOA disc
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Hi Folks.
I'm looking for a picture of a VOA transcription disc label from the 1940s or
50s to illustrate an article. Can anyone send me an attachment or a link with
something suitable ?
Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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