Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #82
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2009 : Issue 82
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Re: 40's and 50's Album Recordings o  [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  Studio One                            [ Charles Brentner <cbrentner@hotmail ]
  Awards                                [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
  4-29 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  OTR in Reading, PA                    [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
  New DVD Storage Format from GE        [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
  Norman Corwin Turns 99!               [ Richard Fish <fish@lodestone-media. ]
  4-30 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  100 year anniversaries                [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:24:22 -0400
From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: 40's and 50's Album Recordings of Shows

Trina asks about record albums of radio programs in the 40s and 50s.  There
were a lot of dramatic, comedy, and documentary albums available starting in
the late 30s, but with a few exceptions they were not recordings of actual
broadcasts but rather were produced especially for records.  This is the case
of the Agnes Moorehead "Sorry Wrong Number" which was recorded for Decca and
came out on both 78s and LP.  Decca had a magnificant series of dramatic
albums during the 1940s which included stars like Ronald Coleman (A Christmas
Carol, Tale of Two Cities), Thomas Mitchell (Treasure Island), Herbert
Marshall (The Snow Goose) Bing Crosby (Man Without A Country), Orson Welles
(The Little Prince), Judith Anderson (Medea), Ginger Rodgers (Alice In
Wonderland) and so many more.  Most of those had music written and conducted
by Victor Young, and had higher production values than the run-of-the-mill
broadcast.

Columbia started in 1938 with a recording of the actual broadcast of
Archibald MacLeish's "Air Raid", and  1945's "On A Note of Triumph" by Norman
Corwin.  Columbia also had a whole group of Mercury Theatre Shakespeare plays
with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre Players, but these were especially
recorded for records.  They did NOT do War of the Worlds.  They had a number
of dramas starring Basil Rathbone such as A Christmas Carol and Treasure
Island.  A Christmas Carol also showed up on RCA Victor with Ernest Chappel,
and on MGM with Lionel Barrymore.  RCA Victor also did "The White Cliffs of
Dover" with Lynn Fontaine.

As for comedy, there is an album on Capitol of Bob Hope monologues for the
different military services.  (Capitol also had albums of children's stories
by Margaret O'Brian and Harold Peary (billed on the records only as The Great
Gildersleeve although these are not like the radio show. Capitol also had
oodles of Warner Bros cartoon character records by Mel Blanc.)  There was a
record label Top Ten in 1947 which only put out record albums recreating
radio comedy programs like Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Duffy's Tavern, Eddie
Cantor, and three others.  Uncle Don recreated his kids program in the 1920s
on Harmony/Velvet-Tone, and in the 40s on Sonora/Varsity.  Philips H. Lord
did a series of Seth Parker records on Columbia in the late 20s, and there
are records on Victor by Gosden and Correll as Sam 'n' Henry and Amos 'n'
Andy, also from the late 20s.

Some documentary and news items were also issued on 78s such as NBC's
description of Lindbergh's Arrival in Washington DC in June 1927, an excerpt
of the Hindenburg Disaster recording, FDR's Declaration of War speech, FDR's
first innaugural address, Churchill's speech to the [removed] Congress, Edward
VIII's abdication speech, George VI's coronation, and other presidental and
royal speeches.

(In the post 78-era in late 50s and 60s there were several series of super
hero dramas that have tricked some OTR collectors into thinking they have an
otherwise unknown episode.  This also includes the nine short Lone Ranger
episodes that Decca recorded with a live orchestra in the 50s on 78s and 45s
-- only the first six of them made it to LP.  And of course there is the
famous stereo LP on Capitol by Arch Obler called Drop Dead that makes people
think they have a recording of Chicken Heart!)

This is only the tip of the iceburg, and since these are not one-of-a-kind
discs like most broadcast Electrical Transcriptions, this is a way for OTR
collectors to actually collect the actual discs rather than just tape copies,
CDs, or MP3s.  Of course this means branching out to becoming a record
collector like I am.  I have almost everything I have mentioned here and a
lot more, but by all means not everything that I know was issued.  Spoken
word, comedy, and drama are niche areas in record collecting, and for a long
time I had little competition.  Some of these things are becoming harder to
find, and I feel lucky that I started collecting these records more than 50
years ago. Although most of the 78s came out on LP in the 50s, practically
none of these have ever made it to legitimate CDs, but Satellite Media has
some of the kids oriented albums on well produced Cds that they sell at OTR
conventions (at a new lower price!).

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:24:52 -0400
From: Charles Brentner <cbrentner@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Studio One
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Actually Studio One wasn't dropped in 1948 by CBS.  It just made the move from
radio to television. It apparently ran (on tv) til Sept. of 1958. At least
according
to the wikipedia article about the show.

[quote]1947   Studio One on CBS was first broadcast. The show was full of
great
stars, but no sponsors. CBS dropped Studio One after a year on radio.
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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:25:03 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Awards
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Congrats to Steve Jansen, Eddie Carroll, Neal Ellis and everyone else who won
an award at Cincinnati. Neal has been broadcasting from conventions for the
benefit of those who are not within travel distance and that is not an easy
feat. He already won an award for his efforts and this makes number two.
Congrats!

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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:25:09 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-29 births/deaths

April 29th births

04-29-1863 - William Randolph Hearst - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-14-1951
publisher: Owner of several radio stations
04-29-1870 - Cosmo Hamilton - d. 10-14-1942
lecturer: "Unwritten History"
04-29-1879 - Sir Thomas Beecham - St. Helens, England - d. 3-8-1961
conductor: "Information Please"
04-29-1887 - Robert Cushman Murphy - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-19-1973
ortinthologist: "Information Please"
04-29-1896 - Harry McNaughton - Surbiton, England - d. 2-26-1967
actor, panelist: Higgins "It's Higgins. Sir"; "It Pays to Be Ignorant"
04-29-1897 - Charles Seel - NYC - d. 4-19-1980
actor: "Romance"; "Four-Star Playhouse"; "The Halls of Ivy"
04-29-1899 - Duke Ellington - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-24-1974
bandleader: "Jubilee"; "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Story of Swing"
04-29-1901 - Emperor Hirohito (Showa) - Tokyo, Japan - d. 1-7-1989
emperor: End of war speech
04-29-1902 - William Stoess - Cincinnati, OH - d. 9-24-1953
conductor: "Greatest Story Ever Told"; "Radio's Reader's Digest"
04-29-1903 - Frank Parker - NYC - d. 1-10-1999
singer: "A & P Gypsies"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Frank Parker Show
04-29-1903 - Richard Leibert - Bethlehem, PA - d. 10-22-1976
organist: "Dick Leibert's Musical Revue"; "Organ Rhapsody"
04-29-1904 - Russ Morgan - Scranton, PA - d. 8-8-1969
bandleader: (Music in the Morgan Manner) "Russ Morgan Orchestra"
04-29-1908 - Jack Williamson - Bisbee, Arizona Territory - d. 11-10-2006
writer: "Dimension X"; "Future Tense"
04-29-1912 - Ian Martin - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 7-25-1981
actor: Horace Sutton "Young Dr. Malone"; Harry Archer "Meet Corliss
Archer"
04-29-1912 - John MacVane - Portland, ME - d. 1-28-1984
newscaster: "United or Not"
04-29-1912 - Richard Carlson - Albert Lea, MN - d. 11-25-1977
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-29-1913 - Norman Felton - London, England
producer, director: "Author's Playhouse"; "Grand Marquee"
04-29-1914 - Derek Guyler - Wallasey, Merseyside, England - d. 10-8-1999
actor: "It's That Man Again"
04-29-1915 - Donald F. Mills - Piqua, OH - d. 11-13-1999
singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
04-29-1917 - Celeste Holm - NYC
actor: "House on Q Street"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"
04-29-1918 - Tom Rogers - d. 6-25-2005
writer: Wrote for radio in the 1940s
04-29-1925 - Michael Wager - NYC
actor: "And Bravely Walk"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
04-29-1933 - Rod McKuen - Oakland, CA
composer: "We Hold These Truths"
04-29-1935 - Lennie Weinrib - NYC - d. 6-28-2006
actor: "Suspense"
04-29-1936 - Zubin Mehta - Bombay, India
conductor: New York Symphony Orchestra
04-29-1946 - Humphrey Carpenter - Oxford, England - d. 1-4-2005
writer, disc jockey: BBC radio

April 29th deaths

02-24-1891 - Joe Laurie, Jr. - Moscow, Russia - d. 4-29-1954
comedian: "Can You Top This"
03-06-1927 - William J. Bell - Chicago, IL - d. 4-29-2005
writer: "The Guiding Light"
05-06-1912 - Bill Quinn - NYC - d. 4-29-1994
actor: Guy Aldis "Against the Storm"; Tom Davis "When a Girl Marries"
06-17-1899 - Benny Krueger - Newark, NJ - d. 4-29-1967
bandleader: "The Rudy Vallee Show"; "Side Walk Cafe"
06-24-1914 - Allan E. Sloane - d. 4-29-2001
writer: "Indictment"; "Bulldog Drummond"; "The Man Behind the Gun"
06-27-1908 - David Davis - near Malvern, England - d. 4-29-1996
piano accompanist: "Children's Hour"
07-01-1881 - Josef Pasternack - Czenstachown, Poland - d. 4-29-1940
conductor: "Atwater Kent Concert"; "Carnation Contented Hour"
07-24-1853 - William Gillette - Hartford, CT - d. 4-29-1937
actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"
08-13-1899 - Alfred Hitchcock - London, England - d. 4-29-1980
host: "Murder by Experts"; "Once Upon a Midnight"
08-16-1907 - Mae Clark - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-29-1992
actor: "Family Theatre"; "This Is Your FBI"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-21-1911 - Anthony Boucher - Oakland, CA - d. 4-29-1968
writer: "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"; "Advs. of Ellery Queen; "Gregory
Hood"
09-06-1909 - Michael Gordon - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-29-1993
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
09-27-1915 - Cy Howard - Milwaukee, WI - d. 4-29-1993
creator, writer, producer: "Life with Luigi"; "My Friend Irma";
"Milton Berle Show"
10-17-1921 - Tom Poston - Columbus, OH - d. 4-29-2007
comedian: "Arthur Godfrey Show"
11-07-1917 - Johnnie Stewart - Tonbridge, England - d. 4-29-2005
sound effects for BBC radio in 1930s, then became a producer
12-25-1893 - Belle Baker - NYC - d. 4-29-1957
actor: "The Eveready Hour"
12-31-1890 - Bradford Browne - North Adams, MA - d. 4-29-1975
singer: "Brad and Al"; "Lux Radio Theatre"

Ron

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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:25:22 -0400
From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OTR in Reading, PA

04-29-09

In Digest #80, Ed Carr writes about OTR recreations at a Reading, PA air
show the first weekend in May.  I believe he's thinking of the World War
II Weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (which is located at the
Reading Airport).  This is held on the first weekend in June (June 5-6-7,
2009).  I have their mailed brochure beside my keyboard as I write.  It
is a superb extravaganza of WWII aircraft (much of it in the air), B-17
and Mustang rides, live 40's music canteen shows, dealer tents,
encampment recreations such as: a British encampment from North Africa
(where all you hear are Scottish and English accents) ... and an American
motorcycle field motorpool where you can go into the tent and watch them
tear down an old Indian ... a German counterpart to that, complete with a
1940's BMW sidecar motorcycle with mounted machine gun ... a full-scale
section of St. Lo after the German takeover, complete with tents with
German soldiers inside playing cards and speaking in German ... and a
South Pacific encampment, complete with palm trees and guard towers.

You may wander into a shed or field tent and listen to briefings by
veterans of The Battle of the Bulge ... or some of the original Flying
Tigers.

Yes, there is a recreated radio studio there, with the call letters of a
current Reading radio station that also existed during the war years, and
they have a continuous series of programs being recreated, as they would
have been broadcast from Reading during the war years.  You sit in
folding chairs much as you would have had you been part of the studios
audience there 65 years ago.

I've been attending this for 15 years, and it is an experience well worth
the trip.  WARNING:  be prepared if it's a hot day.  You're spending a
lot of time on the tarmac in what can often be a 100-degree ambient with
bright sun.  Carry plenty of water, use sun-oil religiously, and spend as
much periodic time in the hangars as you can.  The ambulances there are
kept quite busy with heat exhaustion cases.

For complete info, go on the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum's website at
[removed].

Regards,

Jim
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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:33:01 -0400
From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  New DVD Storage Format from GE

I'm underwhelmed by the story of this new development. 500 GB on 1 disc
- and if it gets just one little scratch, you've just lost how many shows?

I personally would rather see a more scratch and damage proof medium
developed, something with greatly increased longevity, rather than one
that promises a huge amount of storage in a small amount of space.
Perhaps something that would live up to the promises of hundreds of
years lifetime that optical has made, but in many cases has failed to
achieve. You can read about that on the internet. Have you ever had a CD
or DVD go bad?

joe salerno

[ADMINISTRIVIA: Um, everyone needs to relax a little about this; it is
completely normal for companies to hype their latest "technological
breakthrough," only for it to be forgotten a few months' later when it proves
to be unworkable. As someone who keeps up with this stuff for a living, I
wouldn't hold my breath for this, or any other specific medium to ever
actually make it to [removed]  --cfs3]

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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:33:08 -0400
From: Richard Fish <fish@[removed];
To: OTR List-serve <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Norman Corwin Turns 99!

Norman Corwin's 99th birthday is Sunday, May 3rd. He's doing OK -- I had
a couple of emails from him just recently.

How many 99-year-old people are there who do email? Or have a website?

[removed]  has his bio, information about his shows,
and contact information.

FYI, I'll be spending 2 hours saying Happy Birthday on the radio that
evening, 8-10 [removed] (EDT) and the station is streaming on the Web. If
you'd like to listen, go to [removed]

The program will conclude with his great masterpiece, On A Note of
Triumph, which is well worth hearing every year.

Happy Birthday, Norman!

Richard Fish

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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:33:16 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-30 births/deaths

April 30th births

04-30-1870 - Franz Lehar - Romorn, Austria-Hungary - d. 10-24-1948
operetta composer: "Railroad Hour"; "Showtime"
04-30-1886 - Dick Elliott - Boston, MA - d. 12-22-1961
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-30-1903 - Fulton Lewis, Jr. - Washington, [removed] - d. 8-21-1966
commentator: "News and Comments"
04-30-1907 - Sidney Harmon - Poughkeepsie, NY - d. 2-29-1988
writer, director: "The Life of Riley"; "Honest Abe"
04-30-1909 - Bud Linn - Indianapolis, IN - d. 7-31-1968
singer: (The King's Men) "Kraft Music Hall"; "Fibber McGee and Molly"
04-30-1910 - Al Lewis - NYC - d. 2-3-2006
actor: hosted weekly radio program on WBAI-FM New York
04-30-1911 - Orin Tovrov - Boston, MA - d. 8-16-1980
writer: "The Brighter Day"; "Ma Perkins"; "Manhattan Mother"
04-30-1912 - Eve Arden - Mill Valley, CA - d. 11-12-1990
actor: Connie Brooks "Our Miss Brooks"; Libby Collins "Lux Radio
Theatre"
04-30-1914 - Vermont Royster - Raleigh, NC - d. 7-22-1996
teacher of journalism: "Spectrum"
04-30-1916 - George Salverson - St. Catherines, Canada - d. 4-9-2005
script writer for the CBC
04-30-1916 - Phil Brown - Cambridge, MA - d. 2-9-2006
actor: "Arch Obolor's Playes"
04-30-1916 - Robert Shaw - Red Bluff, CA - d. 1-25-1999
choral director: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "American School of the Air"
04-30-1917 - Bea Wain - The Bronx, NY
singer: (The Reverie Girl) "Your Hit Parade"; "Your All-Time Hit Parade"
04-30-1919 - Jack Haskell - Akron, OH - d. 9-26-1998
singer: "Dave Garroway Show"; "Music from the Heart of America"
04-30-1924 - Sonny Day - d. 2-7-2005
singer: (Smokey Mountain Boys) "Grand Ole Opry"
04-30-1925 - Corinne Calvert - Paris, France - d. 6-23-2001
actor: "Martin and Lewis Show"
04-30-1926 - Cloris Leachman - Des Moines, IA
actor: Local radio as a teenager
04-30-1926 - Lou Cioffi - d. 5-2-1998
news reporter: "The Warning Bell"; "Big News of 1957/58"
04-30-1926 - Ward Chase - Chicago, IL - d. 8-22-1996
newscaster: WOKY Milwaukee, Wisconsin
04-30-1948 - Perry King - Alliance, OH
actor: Han Solo "Star Wars"

April 30th deaths

01-11-1923 - Jerome Bixby - Lincoln, NE - d. 4-30-1998
author: "History of Rapture/Trace"
02-02-1922 - Norman Marrgraff - Wisconsin - d. 4-30-2006
disk jockey: "Fritz the Plumber"
03-02-1918 - Elmira Roessler - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-30-1975
actor, singer: Jennifer Davis "Backstage Wife"; Tweetsie Herringbone
"Ma Perkins"
03-12-1888 - Hall Johnson - Athens, GA - d. 4-30-1970
choral director: (Hall Johnson Choir) "Paducah Plantation"; "Show Boat"
03-17-1938 - Zola Taylor - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-30-2007
singer: (The Platters) "Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"
04-04-1912 - Charles Cliff - Asheville, NC - d. 4-30-2000
orchestra leader: NBC, CBS and MBS
04-17-1898 - Howard Claney - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 4-30-1980
announcer: "American Album of Familiar Music"; "NBC Symphony"
04-17-1909 - Rex Rienits - Dubbo, Australia - d. 4-30-1971
author: "A Matter of Life or Else"
04-20-1889 - Adolf Hitler - Braunau, Austria - d. 4-30-1945
dictator: Propaganda broadcasts
06-06-1918 - Peter Donald - Bristol, England - d. 4-30-1979
actor, emcee: Ajax Cassidy "Fred Allen Show"; "Can You Top This?"
06-15-1909 - Mickey Katz - Cleveland, OH - d. 4-30-1985
clarinetist: (Father of Joel Grey) "Here's to Veterans"
07-31-1900 - Elmo Roper - Hebron, NE - d. 4-30-1971
pioneering polster: "America's Town Meeting of the Air"; "Word from
the People"
08-03-1927 - Gordon Scott - Portland, OR - d. 4-30-2007
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
08-04-1905 - Luther Roundtree - d. 4-30-1990
banjo player: "The Bob Burns Show"
09-12-1916 - William Anderson - Greenville, SC - d. 4-30-1981
trumpeter: Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra
10-27-1908 - DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins - Harris, NC - d. 4-30-1990
strings: (Jenkins String Band) "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
11-24-1877 - Alben Barkley - Lowes, KY - d. 4-30-1956
[removed] vice president: "Information Please"
12-06-1900 - Agnes Moorehead - Clinton, MA - d. 4-30-1974
actor: Margo Lane "The Shadow";  Marilly "Mayor of the Town"
12-31-1908 - Jonah Jones - Louisville, KY - d. 4-30-2000
jazz trumpeter: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"; "Army Bandstand";
"Manhattan Melodies"

Ron

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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:33:35 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  100 year anniversaries

Born May 1909

05-03-1909 - Fort Pearson - d. 2-19-1989
announcer: "Beat the Band"; "Queen for a Day"; "Hoosier Hot Shots"
05-04-1909 - Ed Max - Georgia - d. 10-17-1980
actor: Mr. Gallagher "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen"
05-04-1909 - Howard Da Silva - Cleveland, OH - d. 2-16-1986
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Forecast"; "Suspense"
05-08-1909 - Gustavo Agrait - d. 10-18-1998
sportscaster: WIPR San Juan, Puerto Rico
05-10-1909 - Maybelle Carter - Nickelsville, VA - d. 10-23-1978
singer: (Queen of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
05-11-1909 - Ocie Stockard - Crafton, TX - d. 4-23-1988
bango: "The Musical Brownies"
05-11-1909 - Pattie Chapin - Atlantic City, NJ
singer: "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
05-12-1909 - Margaret Harshaw - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-7-1997
opera singer: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Sylvan Opera Condert"
05-13-1909 - Ken Darby - Hebron, NE - d. 1-24-1992
singer, choral conductor: (The King's Men) "Fibber McGee and Molly"
05-15-1909 - James Mason - Huddersfield, England - d. 7-27-1984
actor: "James and Pamela Mason Show"; "Studio One"
05-15-1909 - Thomas J. D'Andrea - Chicago, IL - d. 5-14-1887
script writer: Eddie Cantor"
05-20-1909 - Jerry Hausner - Cleveland, OH - d. 4-1-1993
actor: "Lum and Abner"; "Silver Theatre"
05-24-1909 - Howard Snyder - d. 4-13-1963
writer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Lum and Abner"; "That's My Pop"
05-26-1909 - Richard Maibaum - NYC - d. 1-4-1991
screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-29-1909 - Bruce Seton - Simla, India - d. 9-27-1969
actor: Flint "Flint of the Flying Squad"
05-29-1909 - Dick Stabile - Newark, NJ - d. 9-25-1980
bandleader: "Martin and Lewis Show"
05-29-1909 - Mary Jane Higby - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-1-1986
actor: Joan Davis "When a Girl Marries"; Nora Drake "This is Nora Drake"
05-29-1909 - Oliver Wakefield - Mahlabitini, South Africa - d. 6-30-1956
comedian: "The Chesterfield Program"; "Fox Fur Trappers"
05-30-1909 - Benny Goodman - Chicago, IL - d. 6-13-1986
bandleader: (King of Swing) "Camel Caravan"; "Victor Borge Show"

Ron

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