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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2012 : Issue 35
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
2-19 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
2-20 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
2-21 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:51:53 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-19 births/deaths
February 19th births
02-19-1893 - Cedric Hardwicke - Stourbridge, England - d. 8-6-1964
actor: Sherlock Holmes "BBC Home Theatre"; Winston Churchill "These
Four Men"
02-19-1895 - Louie Calhern - NYC - d. 5-12-1956
actor: "Radio Reader's Digest"
02-19-1896 - Eddie Jackson - d. 7-16-1980
comic: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Mail Call"; "Big Show"
02-19-1899 - Carl Matthews - Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-3-1959
actor: "The Cuckoo Hour"
02-19-1901 - William Post, Jr. - d. 9-26-1989
actor: John Perry "John's Other Wife"
02-19-1902 - Eddie Peabody - Reading, MA - d. 11-7-70
banjoist: (The Banjo King) "National Barn Dance"
02-19-1902 - Kay Boyle - St. Paul, MN - d. 12-27-1992
writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
02-19-1910 - Lionel Clouser - Shamokin, PA - d. 10-17-1942
musician: "The Bob Crosby Show"
02-19-1911 - Merle Oberon - Tasmania, Australia - d. 11-23-1979
actor: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
02-19-1912 - Saul Chaplin - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-15-1997
composer
02-19-1913 - Jack Leonard - NYC - d. 6-17-1988
singer: (Tommy Dorsey's Band) "Meet the Music"
02-19-1915 - Dick Emery - London, England - d. 1-2-1983
comedian: "Educating Archie"
02-19-1915 - Fred Freiberger - NYC - d. 3-2-2003
writer: "Suspense"; "Family Theatre"
02-19-1917 - John Fenton Murray - Lincoln, NE - d. 7-24-1996
comedy writer: "Red Skelton Show"
02-19-1918 - Fay McKenzie - Hollywood, CA
actor: "Blue Ribbon Town"
02-19-1921 - Chris Gampel - Montreal, Canada - d. 5-8-2008
actor: "The Eternal Light"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
02-19-1922 - Sandy Becker - NYC - d. 4-9-1996
actor, announcer: Jerry Malone "Young Dr. Malone"; "Backstage Wife"
02-19-1924 - Lee Marvin - NYC - d. 8-29-1987
actor: "Dragnet"
02-19-1937 - Lee Harding - Australia
author: Several of his works adapted for radio
February 19th deaths
01-03-1920 - Lester Bashara - d. 2-19-1990
newscaster: KGFW Kearney, Nebraska
02-22-1915 - Jules Munshin - NYC - d. 2-19-1970
actor: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
03-13-1918 - Ina Ray Hutton - Chicago, IL - d. 2-19-1984
bandleader: "Spotlight Bands"
03-28-1922 - Paul Bartell - Milwaukee, WI - d. 2-19-2006
announcer, disk jockey: "Blue Baron Show"; "Fox Club"
04-11-1908 - Leo Rosten - Lodz, Poland - d. 2-19-1997
writer: "Conversation"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Four Star Playhouse"
04-14-1913 - John Howard - Cleveland, OH - d. 2-19-1995
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hollywood Hotel"
04-23-1921 - Janet Blair - Altoona, PA - d. 2-19-2007
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre", "Abbott and Costello"
05-03-1909 - Fort Pearson - d. 2-19-1989
announcer: "Beat the Band"; "Queen for a Day"; "Hoosier Hot Shots"
06-10-1926 - Lionel Jeffries - London, England - d. 2-19-2010
actor: "The Box of Delights"
07-07-1919 - Brenda Bruce - Manchester, England - d. 2-19-1996
actor: "Lady in a Fog"
07-11-1881 - Clarence Budington Kelland - Powers Park, MI - d. 2-19-1964
writer: "Scattergood Baines"
07-17-1902 - Edward Gargan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-19-1964
actor: "This Is Your [removed]"; "This Is Our Heritage"
07-20-1916 - Mary Barclay - Wilton, Somerset, England - d. 2-19-2008
actor: "Advs. in Odyssey"
07-23-1900 - "Lefty" Ingram - Tennessee - d. 2-19-1987
reeds: "The Swift Jewel Cowboys"
07-27-1877 - Florence Gill - London, England - d. 2-19-1965
actor: "Uncle Walter's Doghouse"
07-29-1892 - Lewis James - Dexter, MI - d. 2-19-1959
vocalist: "The Mobiloil Concert"; "The Revelers Quartet"
08-17-1900 - Quincy Howe - Boston, MA - d. 2-19-1977
newscaster: "Quincy Howe: Comment"
08-17-1912 - Gogo De Lys - Edmonton, Canada - d. 2-19-2003
singer: "Carefree Carnival"; "Little Ol' Hollywood"; "Stoopnagle and
Budd"
08-23-1926 - Eugene Troopnick - Boston, MA - d. 2-19-2003
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
08-25-1904 - Alice White - Paterson, NJ - d. 2-19-1983
actor: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie"
09-03-1909 - Dorothy Maynor - Norfolk, VA - d. 2-19-1996
concert soprano: "For America We Sing"; "Freedom's People"
09-05-1892 - Joseph Szigeti - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - d. 2-19-1973
violinist: "Camel Caravan"; "Elgin Christmas Party"; "Concert Hall"
09-23-1913 - Stanley Kramer - NYC - d. 2-19-2001
film director: "Jack Benny Program"; "Stagestruck"
09-30-1905 - Michael Powell - Bekesbourne, Kent, England - d. 2-19-1990
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-07-1927 - Don Rickles - Portland, OR - d. 2-19-1985
announcer: "Nightbeat"; The Whisperer"; "The Whistler"
10-20-1913 - "Grandpa" Jones - Niagra, KY - d. 2-19-1998
country singer, banjoist: "Grand Ole Opry"
10-22-1938 - Harrison Ridley, Jr. - West Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-19-2009
long time jazz disk jockey for WRTI Philadelphia
12-29-1879 - Billy Mitchell - Nice, France - d. 2-19-1936
aviator: "The World's Most Honored Flights"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:52:01 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-20 births/deaths
February 20th births
02-20-1874 - Mary Garden - Aberdeen, Scotland - d. 1-3-1967
singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"
02-20-1888 - Muriel Starr - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-19-1950
actor: Susan Leighton "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
02-20-1890 - "Prince" Michael Romanoff - Lithuania - d. 9-1-1971
restaurant owner: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
02-20-1893 - Russel Crouse - Findlay, OH - d. 4-3-1966
panelist: "Information, Please"; "Transatlantic Quiz"
02-20-1898 - Amedeo De Filippi - Ariano, Italy - d. 6-15-1990
orchestrator: Judson Radio Program Company
02-20-1900 - Paul Conlan - Indiana - d. 2-26-1980
writer, director: "Abbott and Costello Show"; "The Signal Carnival"
02-20-1906 - Gale Gordon - NYC - d. 6-30-1995
actor: Mayor LaTrivia "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Osgood Conklin "Our
Miss Brooks"
02-20-1906 - Jack Jackson - Horsley, England - d. 1-15-1978
disc jockey: "Record Round-Up"; "Rooftop Rendezvous"; "Cabaret Crusie"
02-20-1906 - Richard Himber - Newark, NJ - d. 12-11-1966
bandleader: "Studebaker Champions"; "Your Hit Parade"
02-20-1907 - Nadine Conner - Compton, CA - d. 3-1-2003
singer: "Show Boat"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Bell Telephone Hour"
02-20-1909 - Barry Wood - New Haven, CT - d. 7-19-1970
singer, host: "Million-Dollar Band"; "Your Hit Parade"
02-20-1911 - Paul Tripp - NYC - d. 8-29-2002
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
02-20-1913 - Tommy Henrich - Massillon, OH - d. 12-1-2009
sportscaster: "Tommy Henrich Show"
02-20-1914 - Dick Post - St. Louis, MO
announcer: "Scattergood Baines"; "Tony Wons"
02-20-1914 - John Charles Daly - Johannesburg, South Africa - d.
2-25-1991
newscaster, emcee: "What's My Line"; "CBS Is There"; "Columbia Workshop"
02-20-1920 - Frank Muir - Ramsgate, England - d. 1-2-1998
comedy writer: "Take It from Here"; "Bedtime with Braden"
02-20-1925 - Robert Altman - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-20-2006
writer: "A Man Called X"
02-20-1928 - Elroy Face - Stephentown, NY
pitcher: "Tops In Sports, The Elroy Face Story"
02-20-1929 - Amanda Blake - Buffalo, NY - d. 8-16-1989
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Escape"
02-20-1937 - Nancy Wilson - Chillicothe, OH
singer: "Here's to Veterans"; "Spots for the National Guard"
February 20th deaths
01-07-1910 - Joe Bigelow - d. 2-20-1976
writer, producer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
01-18-1918 - Richard Lane - Sydney, Australia - d. 2-20-2008
writer: "The Remittance Man"
01-26-1885 - Hugh Barrett Dobbs - d. 2-20-1944
actor: Captain Dobbsie "Ship of Joy"
01-29-1917 - John Raitt - Santa Ana, CA - d. 2-20-2005
actor, singer: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
01-30-1896 - Joseph Gallicchio - Chicago, IL - d. 2-20-1979
orchestra leader: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Music from the Heart of America"
02-12-1884 - Alice Roosevelt Longworth - NYC - d. 2-20-1980
daughter of Theodore Roosevelt: "Information, Please"
02-14-1906 - John Goldwater - NYC - d. 2-20-1999
Created "Archie"
02-14-1926 - Jack Bainter - d. 2-20-1970
disk jockey: KHQ Spokane, Washington
02-24-1885 - Chester Nimitz - Fredericksburg, TX - d. 2-20-1966
admiral of the navy: "Navy Day Program"; "We the People"; "This is the
Navy"
03-13-1914 - Bob Weiskopf - Chicago, IL - d. 2-20-2001
writer: "The Fred Allen Show"
04-07-1897 - Walter Winchell - NYC - d. 2-20-1972
news-gossip caster: "Lucky Strike Dance Hour"; "Jergens Journal"
04-18-1907 - Stephen Longstreet - NYC - d. 2-20-2002
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-10-1882 - Thurston Hall - Boston, MA - d. 2-20-1958
actor: Jim Hanvey "The Townsend Murder Mystery"
06-01-1898 - Edward "Cookie" Fairchild - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
conductor: "Johnny Presents Ginny Simms"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
06-12-1902 - Al Donahue - Dorchester, MA - d. 2-20-1983
bandleader: "Al Donahue and His Orchestra"; "Matinee at Meadbrook"
07-08-1882 - Percy Grainger - Melbourne, Australia - d. 2-20-1961
composer: "Prudential Family Hour"; "The Pause that Refreshes."
07-31-1919 - Curt Gowdy - Green River, WY - d. 2-20-2006
sportscaster: play-by-play Boston Red Sox
08-06-1922 - Old Joe Clark - Johnson City, TN - d. 2-20-1998
banjo playing humorist: "Renfro Valley Barn Dance"
08-15-1924 - Robert Bolt - Sale, England - d. 2-20-1995
writer: "The Last of the Wine"
08-25-1910 - Albert Ward - d. 2-20-2009
director: "Romance"; "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "Columbia Workshop"
09-04-1928 - Dick York - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 2-20-1992
actor: Billy Fairfield "Jack Armstrong/Armstrong of the SBI"
09-20-1929 - Henry Livings - Northern England - d. 2-20-1998
dramatist: "After the Last Lamp"; "A Most Wonderful Thing"
09-22-1904 - Clarence Nash - Watonga, Oklahoma Territory - d. 2-20-1985
actor: (voice of Donald Duck) "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
10-07-1905 - Andy Devine - Flagstaff, Arizona Territory - d. 2-20-1977
actor: Jingles P. Jones "Wild Bill Hickok"; Mose Muich "Lum and
Abner"; "Jack Benny Program"
10-19-1885 - R. R. Brown - Dagus Mines, PA - d. 2-20-1964
minister: "Radio Chapel Service"
11-08-1913 - Robert Strauss - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
actor: Doc Prouty "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; Pa Wiggs "Mrs. Wiggs of the
Cabbage Patch"
11-14-1910 - Rosemary De Camp - Prescott, Arizona Territory - d.
2-20-2001
actor: Nurse Judy Price "Dr. Christian"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:52:15 -0500
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," Duane Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios"
and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
demand, 24/7 at [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
*Death Takes a Holiday*
LUX RADIO THEATER
Episode 125 3-22-37 "Death Takes A Holiday"
Stars: Fredrick March, Florence Eldridge, Kay Johnston, Arthur Byron,
Gene Lockhart
Host Cecil B. De Mille
CBS Lux Soap
THE RUDY VALLEE SHOW
"The Fleischmann Hour"
Episode 194 7-6-33 "Death Takes A Holiday"
Host: Rudy Vallee
Stars: Hertz Brothers, Willie Howard, Eugene Howard, Gilda Gray, Lou
Alder, Prof. Sylvester
NBC Fleischmann's Yeast. Thursdays 8:00 - 9:00 pm
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE
DR. CHRISTIAN
(CBS) 2/6/38 stars Jean Hersholt as the good doctor in "The Man With the
Paralyzed Arm"
CALLING ALL CARS
(CBS-West) 1/31/35 The behind the scenes story of the Mae West Jewel
Robbery.
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN
(MBS) 5/20/46 Superman winds up a post-war adventure with a moral.
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THE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW
ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE (CBS)
Title: The Deathbed Caper
Original Air: 6/20/48
Starring: Howard Duff, Lorene Tuttle
THE LIFE OF RILEY (MUTUAL)
Title: Cissie's Marriage
Original Air: 3/24/50
Starring: William Bendix
GUNSMOKE (CBS)
Title: Last Fling
Original Air: 2/20/54
Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Russell
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
We continue this week with our Celebration of jack Benny's birthday.
Jack would have been 118 years of age on February 14, Valentine's day.
On the program this week, we center on guests appearances Jack Benny
made on radio.
MAIL CALL
from 03/07/45 Episode (135) It is the Premier of Jack Benny's new movie,
The Horn Blows At Midnight. It stars Jack Benny, Paulette Goddard,
Claudette Colbert, Jeannie Crain, Jinx Falkenburg. "Mail Call" was
another show broadcast by Armed Forces Radio exclusively to our men and
women overseas.
SUSPENSE
from 01/18/54 Episode (535) The Face Is Familiar.
HOTPOINT HOLIDAY HOUR
from 12/25/49 again starring Jack Benny in The Man Who Came To Dinner.
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CLASSICS & CURIOS
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 15
Time for a Good Time Jazz Joy Jukebox from Classics & Curios featuring
the likes of Bob Crosby, the Dukes of Dixieland, the Andrews Sisters,
the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and a group called "The Jazz Wizards"
who perform "Take It on Home to Grandma"
From the Classics & Curios Jukebox more Good Time Jazz Joy presenting
Benny Goodman, Johnny Mercer, and the Camel Caravan from March 7, 1939,
with songs by Benny and Martha Tilton. We'll hear classic swing tunes
like "Lulu's Back in Town" and "One 0' Clock Jump," including the
explanation of the origin of the swing term "jump"
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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: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:52:39 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-21 births/deaths
February 21st births
02-21-1880 - Frank Orth - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-17-1962
actor: Inspector Faraday "Boston Blackie"
02-21-1881 - Dr. Jonah B. Wise - Cincinnati, OH - d. 2-1-1959
preacher: "Message of Israel"
02-21-1889 - Russell Bankson - d. 12-2-1975
news commentator: KHQ Spokane, Washington
02-21-1893 - Ernest Whitman - Fort Smith, AR - d. 8-5-1954
actor: Bill Jackson "Beulah"; Roustabout "Circus Days"
02-21-1901 - Reginald Kirby - England - d. 5-25-1972
writer: "Road to Tokyo"
02-21-1903 - Roland MacLane - d. 2-26-1984
writer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"; "My Friend Irma"
02-21-1907 - W. H. Auden - York, England - d. 9-29-1973
writer: "Columbia Workshop"
02-21-1909 - Ray Hedge - d. 7-11-1994
actor: Clarence Tiffingtuffer "Myrt and Marge"
02-21-1915 - Ann Sheridan - Dallas, TX - d. 1-21-1967
actor: (The Oomph Girl) "Smiths of Hollywood"; "Stars in the Air"
02-21-1916 - Norman Jolley - Adel, IA - d. 8-13-2002
actor: Dr. Milingro "Space Patrol"
02-21-1917 - Al "Red" Benson - d. 6-19-1966
quizmaster: "Take A Number"
02-21-1920 - Shirley Bell - Chicago, IL - d. 1-12-2010
actor: Little Orphan Annie "Little Orphan Annie"; Patsy Donovan
"Captain Midnight"
02-21-1929 - James Beck - Islington, North London, England - d. 8-6-1973
actor: Private Joe Walker "Dad's Army"
02-21-1933 - Nina Simone - Tyron, NC - d. 4-21-2003
singer: "Voices of Vista"
02-21-1938 - Wolfman Jack - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-1-1995
disc jockey: Mexican Border Radio"
February 21st deaths
01-01-1878 - Edwin Franko Goldman - Louisville, KY - d. 2-21-1956
bandmaster: "The Cities Service Concert"; "The Pure Oil Band"
01-03-1942 - John Thaw - West Gorton, England - d. 2-21-2002
actor: "Peter Pan"
01-08-1921 - Guy Bagli - d. 2-21-1971
sportscaster: WALT Tampa, Florida; WTVT Petersburg, Florida
01-26-1927 - Ronnie Hilton - Hull, England - d. 2-21-2001
singer: "Sounds of the Fifties"
01-30-1915 - Michael Guido - Lorain, OH - d. 2-21-2009
evangelist: "Seeds from the Sower"
02-01-1926 - John Blashill - d. 2-21-2006
disk jockey: KVOE Santa Ana, California
03-19-1909 - Louis Hayward - Johannesburg, South Africa - d. 2-21-1985
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"; "This Is
My Best"
03-22-1905 - Don Dowd - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-21-1977
annoouncer: "Moon River"; "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club"
03-25-1901 - John Earl Fetzer - Decatur, IN - d. 2-21-1991
broadcast pioneer: "WKZO Fiftieth Anniversary Broadcast"
04-26-1914 - H. L. Gold - Montreal, Canada - d. 2-21-1996
writer: "Molle Mystery Theatre"; "X Minus One"
06-10-1931 - Hal "Harlan" Stone - Whitestone, Long Island, NY - d.
2-21-2007
actor, author: Jughead Jones "Archie Andrews"; "[removed], Archie! Re-
laxx!
06-16-1919 - Al Viola - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-21-2007
guitarist: "Elgin Thanksgiving Day Greeting to America"
08-10-1907 - Jane Pickens - Macon, GA - d. 2-21-1992
singer: (Pickens Sisters) "Gulf Headliners"; "Evening in Paris"; "Jane
Pickens Show"
09-02-1914 - Tom Glazer - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-21-2003
folk singer: "[removed] Radio Project"; "Living 1948"; "The Eternal Light"
09-14-1918 - Malcolm Yelvington - Covington, TN - d. 2-21-2001
mandolin: "The Star Rhythm Boys"
11-03-1925 - Robert Quarry - Santa Rosa, CA - d. 2-21-2008
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-14-1913 - Haila Stoddard - Great Falls, MT - d. 2-21-2011
actor: Sue Evans Miller "Big Sister"
12-03-1917 - Kermit Slobb - d. 2-21-2004
writer: "Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy"
12-10-1913 - Morton Gould - Richmond Hill, NY - d. 2-21-1996
conductor: "Music for Today"; "Original Amateur Hour"; "Cresta Blanca
Carnival"
12-25-1902 - Perry Bechtel - Pennsylvania - d. 2-21-1982
guitarist, banjoist: "The Boy with a Thousand Fingers"
Ron
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