Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #268
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Date: 10/3/2006 4:18 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 268
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Gogol's Dead Souls                    [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  Dead Souls                            [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  All's Welles'                         [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  Rocky who?                            [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  A real heroine                        [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  10-3 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Iva Toguri D'Aquino                   [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
  AN FOTR CHALLENGE - DULY ACCEPTED     [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
  Arhives of the Airwaves               [ "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@m ]
  Re: Adventures of Maisie              [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
  Iva Toguri D'Aquino                   [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
  Does anyone have Airwaves?            [ "[removed]" <asajb2000@ ]
  Richard Diamond Case                  [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Nig  [ "Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
  Re: Adventures of Maisie              [ Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed]; ]
  William Spier, Wildroot Company, Reg  [ William Harker <wharker@[removed] ]
  radio hockey broadcasts               [ <[removed]@[removed]; ]

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:17:04 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Gogol's Dead Souls

I've just finished listening to a recent BBC adaptation of Nicolai
Gogol's "Dead Souls", starring Monty Python's Michael Palin. It was
good (quite funny), but at only two hours it curtailed the novel
considerably. Does anybody remember a much longer version that aired on
public radio in the early 1980s? I remember it ran for weeks and weeks,
and I eagerly tuned in each episode. I was a young teen at the time,
and that adapation made me seek out the book and ultimately turned me
on to Russian literture. (Pity most Russian authors aren't as funny as
Gogol.) I've never seen any subsequent reference to this early 80s
adaptation. If anybody has a copy, for sale or trade, please contact me
offline.

Thanks,
Kermyt

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:35:15 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Dead Souls

Of course, no sooner did I ask the question than I found something of
an answer. Apparently a company called Globe Radio Reporting adapted
the novel, in nine 30 minute episodes. It was released on cassette in
1987. Which doesn't do me much good, since my cassette players are all
broken or buried in the attic--certainly not in active use. Plus, it's
long out of print. Again, please contact me if you have copies (in cd
or mp3) to trade.

I've been reading Gogol's short stories lately. I know CBSRMT did a
version of The Overcoat, and that Black Mass, CBSRMT, and Escape did
versions of Diary of a Madman. Anybody know of any others? (It's too
bad Orson Welles didn't tackle those stories--somehow I think he would
have done great with them on the Mercury Theater.) Also too bad that
Weird Circle or Hall of Fantasy didn't try them either--both of those
series did very well with those sorts of public domain classic horror
stories.

Kermyt

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:00:11 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  All's Welles'

Dear Glenn-

From: "Glenn P.," _C128User@[removed]_ (mailto:C128User@[removed])

I'm almost CERTAIN  I remember the WOTW concluding
with "Next week, an adaptation of three famous  short stories ... I wonder
what happened to the third story!!! Or, am I merely  [removed]

Mebbe [removed]

They flew by the seat of their pants a bit.

-Craig

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:04:18 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Rocky who?

On Monday, October 2, 2006, at 07:16 PM, Jay Hickerson wrote:

Ron Lackmann in his Encyclopedia claims that Sinatra was replaced by "
Jack Hoyles" in Rocky Fortune series.  Does he mean Jack Moyles? And
he also mentions  that the series setting was changed to a night club
in Cairo. I am not familiar with that part of the series.

And well you should not be, for it never happened.

This is an unfortunate mix-up, based on somewhat similar titles.
Sinatra was the lead in "Rocky Fortune." Jack Moyles (not Hoyles) was
the lead in "Rocky Jordan", which was originally titled "A Man Called
Jordan." Both of the latter took place in the Cafe Tambourine, which in
the first version was in Istanbul and in the second was in Cairo.
Rocky Fortune, of course, was in neither.

Ron could have verified all this by examining "The Ultimate History of
Network Radio Programming" a great book I'm sure Jay is familiar [removed]

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:05:34 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  A real heroine

Chuck Huck of Warrenville, IL, who read about the heroine status of Iva
Toguri, asked me to post this for him:

"I agree with Jack about Iva Toguri and earlier this year I sent her a
message to which she graciously replied. I think that "heroine" suits
her fine.  I do not automatically call people heroes--for example there
was a book about OJ Simpson called "Fallen Hero" which is ludicrous.
He killed his wife and another person and got off free like a bird.
There are no heroes in sports, movies, or whatever--only those who gave
their lives so we can all live free. Those are the REAL heroes.  Iva
did that also."

[ADMINISTRIVIA: Please send any comments to the poster directly.  --cfs3]

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:05:53 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  10-3 births/deaths

October 3rd births

10-03-1873 - Emily Post - Baltimore, MD - d. 9-25-1960
commentator: "Emily Post"; "Right Thing to Do"
10-03-1881 - George Moran - Elwood, KS - d. 8-1-1949
comedian: (Two Black Crows) "Majestic Theatre of the Air"; "Eveready
Hour"
10-03-1890 - Henry Hull - Louisville, KY - d. 3-8-1977
actor: Honest Abe "Abraham Lincoln"; Nathan Hale "Roses and Drums"
10-03-1898 - Leo McCarey - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-5-1969
judge: "This Is My Story"
10-03-1898 - Morgan Farley - Mamaroneck, NY - d. 10-11-1988
actor: "Escape"
10-03-1899 - Gertrude Berg - NYC - d. 9-14-1966
actor: Molly Goldberg, "Goldbergs"
10-03-1907 - Jack Owens - Brooklyn, NY
actor: Paul Strong "Mother O' Mine"; "Just Plain Bill"
10-03-1910 - Gwen Davenport - Colon, Canal Zone, Panama - d. 3-23-2002
author: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-03-1911 - Michael Hordern - Berkhamsted, England - d. 5-2-1995
actor: Gandolf "The Lord of the Rings"
10-03-1912 - Gabriel Julian - Newark, NJ - d. 9-29-2002
piano: "Bobby Byrne Orchestra"; arranger: "Glenn Miller Orchestra"
10-03-1916 - James Alfred "Alf" Wight - Sunderland, England - d.
2-23-1995
author: James Herriot Books
10-03-1918 - Perry Lafferty - Davenport, IA - d. 8-25-2005
producer: "Meet the Music"; "Columbia Workshop"

October 3rd deaths

01-23-1892 - Eleanor Nash - d. 10-3-1969
beauty and style consultant (Sister of Ogden Nash): "Ask Eleanor Nash"
01-23-1919 - Millard Lampell - d. 10-3-1997
co-founder of the Almanac Singers: "Treasury Star Parade"
02-24-1914 - Zachary Scott - Austin, TX - d. 10-3-1965
actor: "Suspense"; "Encore Theatre"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Screen Guild
Theatre"
03-14-1891 - Dr. Dolphe Martin - Poland - d. 10-3-1974
conductor: "Tydol Jubilee (Music on the Air)
05-17-1903 - Artie Auerbach - NYC - d. 10-3-1957
actor: Mr. Kitzel "Jack Benny Program"
06-04-1917 - Charles Collingwood - Three Rivers, MI - d. 10-3-1985
newscaster: CBS News UN Correspondent/White House Correspondent
06-13-1911 - Maurice Copeland - Rector, AR - d. 10-3-1985
actor: Augustus Pendelton "Ma Perkins"; "Curtain Time"; "Hall of
Fantasy"
06-27-1920 - Betty Bryant - Bristol, England - d. 10-3-2005
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-06-1927 - Janet Leigh - Merced, CA - d. 10-3-2004
actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players" - Radio Debut
07-17-1914 - Eleanor Steber - Wheeling, WV - d. 10-3-1990
singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "[removed] Fox Trappers"
09-17-1928 - Roddy McDowall - London, England - d. 10-3-1998
panelist: "Keep Up with the Kids"
09-20-1896 - Si Wills - Pennsylvania - d. 10-3-1977
writer: (Husband of Joan Davis) "Joan Davis Time"
09-25-1929 - Ronnie Barker - Bedford, England - d. 10-3-2005
comedian: "The Floggits"
11-30-1913 - John K. M. McCaffrey - Moscow, ID - d. 10-3-1983
newscaster: "Author Meets the Critics"; "What Makes You Tick?"
12-22-1891 - Mc Kay Morris - Fort Sam Houston, TX - d. 10-3-1955
actor: Abe Lincoln "The Abe Lincoln Story"; Gregory Ivanoff "Ma Perkins"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:06:06 -0400
From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Iva Toguri D'Aquino

Jack wrote: Pressured by the authorities to renounce her [removed] citizenship.
She refused, which was an act of defiance and courage.  . . .  she gallantly
refused to be silent about her American allegiance. Risking arrest and
imprisonment, she began to smuggle blankets and food to the prisoners, under
the noses of their Japanese captors.

Jack,

You made your case! What an intriguing story! Who's going to make the film?

Howard

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 07:50:38 -0400
From: PURKASZ@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  AN FOTR CHALLENGE - DULY ACCEPTED
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Mr.  Gwynne, I assure you that detective "Paul
Temple," in the person of my  humble self, will well and truly smash such
nefarious plots as miscreants  like you try to  hatch!)

    Ahaaaaaaa, then sir, I accept your hubris and would  roundly turn it to
my advantage in ways beyond your meager concept of nefarious.  Indeed Mr.
Wichman, I shall entertain any and all who might enjoy the  crushing sounds
as your
ill-deserved reputation dissolves into a roaring  blur of destruction!
                                The  Ace of Miscreants

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 07:50:55 -0400
From: "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@[removed];
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Arhives of the Airwaves
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The 5th of 8 volumes of ARCHIVES OF THE AIRWAVES  by Roger Paulson has just
been released by Bear Manor Media, and you can get more information on this
latest comprehensive old-time radio encyclopedia from the publisher at:
[removed]<[removed];

Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio Theatre

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 07:51:17 -0400
From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Adventures of Maisie

  I want to thank the reader who mentioned that Hans Conried was in a lot of
the Adventures of Maisie shows. There are about 72 shows available for
purchase
  When I went to the [removed] website they only list 37 of the
shows but the supporting cast in the shows includes Conried and others who
appeared from time to time on the show. Some of the names well known in old
time radio and later on in television were Frank Nelson, Sheldon Leonard,
Howard McNear, Bea Benadaret and Peter Leeds and Harry Bartell. All of these
mentioned were in at least 2 episodes and some were in many episodes.
  Hans Conried went on to be Uncle Tonoose in Make Room for Daddy, Howard
McNear went on to be Floyd the Barber on the Andy Griffith Show, Bea
Benadaret played the mother of the girls on Petticoat Junction, Peter Leeds
appeared in a commercial with Bob Hope in 1954 and continued appearing with
Hope in TV specials and USO appearances until 1991.
  Harry Bartell appeared in many TV shows but appeared often on Gunsmoke and
Dragnet. Sheldon Leonard later produced three of the most popular situation
comedies ever producing Andy Griffith Show, Danny Thomas Show and Dick Van
Dyke Show. He was also well known as the race track tout that popped up out
of nowhere on the Jack Benny radio and TV show.
  Being an Ann Sothern fan I would like to see the Adventures of Maisie
movies and am wondering if they are still being shown on Turner Classic
Movies.

Andrew Godfrey

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:04:04 -0400
From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Iva Toguri D'Aquino

Jack wrote:

She refused, renounce her [removed] citizenship [and]she gallantly refused to be
silent about her American allegiance. etc.

Jack,

You made your case! What an intriguing story! Who's going to make the film?

Howard

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:54:59 -0400
From: "[removed]" <asajb2000@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Does anyone have Airwaves?

As many of you know, I moved from Staten Island to
Connecticut in 2002 and as a result, some items I had
were misplaced (I refuse to believe they simply
disappeared or were lost in-transit).  I had a
collection of most of the issues of Airwaves, the
publication I edited with Jerry Chapman just before
the Bob Burnham and Joe Webb debuted with Collector's
Corner.  Anyway, if anyone has the entire set of
issues, that's great but I am really only interested
in one issue, the one for which I drew a mailbox that
ate letters that appeared on the front cover.  If you
have this, please let me know at your earliest
convenience.  Also, I thought if I could find a
significant number of issues of Airwaves, I could gift
them to Jerry, because he started the publication in
the first place.  Thanks much for your help.  Andy Blatt

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:21:10 -0400
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Richard Diamond Case

The Diamond Show of 10/4/50 has two titles.  One is "Missing Husband."  The
other is "Pete Rocco Breaks Jail."  The recording I have for that date is in
fact about Pete Rocco escaping prison, but he is nobody's husband.  Anyone
have some thoughts on why the "Missing Husband" title is attached to this
episode?

Ted

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:21:17 -0400
From: "Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand
 with the Big Bands"

The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].

Each week we feature three complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
Age of Radios" and one "One Night Stand." We present new
shows every week or so. The current three programs will be
available on line at least until the morning of  10/10/06.

Program 88 - Henry Hull

Henry Hull, radio, stage and motion picture actor who appeared
in "The Pit and the  Pendulum" one of the very first "Suspense"
dramas.

Despite many critically acclaimed performamces, in both stage
and film, his best remembered role came in 1935. Universal
Studios cast Henry Hull as the tormented Dr. Wilfred Glendon,
in the now classic "Werewolf of London".

Program 89 - John Cromwell

American director John Cromwell recalls several of his
famous motion pictures, which were adapted for radio.
(This program was never aired on WTIC - it is based on an
interview conducted by Dick Bertel in 1965)

"A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" With Arnold Dean

Program 1 - December 15, 1969 - Glenn Miller

This program was originally broadcast on WTIC in 1969, on
the 25th anniversary of Glenn Miller's death, December 15,
1944. It predated the "One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
series.

Glenn Miller will be remembered for many things; his musical
style, showmanship, hard work, perseverance, and much more.
But his patriotism in giving up his number one civilian band to
enlist in the United States Army Air Corps, his pioneering
efforts to modernize military bands and his supreme sacrifice
for his country have caused him to be remembered as Clarinda's
and America's favorite musical patriot.

In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."

Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.

Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.

Bob Scherago
Webmaster

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 14:09:36 -0400
From: Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Adventures of Maisie

I think the posters who've been discussing The
Adventures of Maisie are referring to the syndicated
version from 1949-1952.

If this is so, I wonder if anyone has any info about
any recordings of the original radio Maisie, sponsored
by Eversharp, on CBS from 1945 to 1947 (also starring
Ann Sothern).

Last I heard, no recordings of the '45-'47 version
were known about.

Thanks.

-- Phil C.

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:03:15 -0400
From: William Harker <wharker@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  William Spier, Wildroot Company, Regis Radio
 Corp.

William Spier, Wildroot Company and Regis Radio Corporation were
three of the defendants in the copyright infringement case brought by
Warner Brothers concerning the Sam Spade Radio Show.  Slowly but
surely, I am tracking down materials related to the case for a couple
of possible articles.

1.  Did William Spier leave books, papers, letters, memoranda,
scripts, whatever to a library where the materials are available to
researchers?

2.  Wildroot was purchased by Colgate-Palmolive in the late
1950s.  The Stephan Company then purchased Wildroot from
Colgate.  Does anyone have information regarding Wildroot's
involvement in the case (beyond being the sponsor)?  I already have
begun the process of determining what, if anything various defendants
may still have in their files and be willing to share for public dissemination.

3.  Who owned Regis Radio Corporation?  Was Regis Radio, in turn,
bought out by a larger company?

As I mentioned earlier, I spent time at Indiana University's Lilly
Library and I now have copies of all the relevant materials with
me.  In particular, Warner Brothers' analysis of the radio program,
in total and specific episodes (there is one 25 page analysis of "The
Kandy Tooth" broadcast alone), makes for wonderful, but also at times
strange, reading.

Many thanks.

Bill Harker

Marlowe is a man "in a lonely street, in lonely rooms, puzzled but
never quite defeated." Raymond Chandler, 1959

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:03:57 -0400
From: <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  radio hockey broadcasts
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As a hockey fan and a OTR fan, I would love to have some OTR broadcasts of
hockey games in my collection.

Yet, the sport collections that I have seen feature baseball, football and
boxing.

Are there any existing radio broadcasts of NHL hockey?  I would love some of
the Montreal Canadians if possible.

Roger Keel

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