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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2012 : Issue 66
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
4-16 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Re: The Pleasures of Listening [ Alan/Linda Bell <alanlinda43@yahoo. ]
4-17 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
4-18 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
#OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [ charlie@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:51:26 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-16 births/deaths
April 16th births
04-16-1887 - Mark Smith - NYC - d. 5-9-1944
actor: Jiggs "Bringing Up Father"; "Uria Calwalder "Show Boat"
04-16-1889 - Charles Chaplin - London, England - d. 12-25-1977
actor: "Dodge Brothers Hour"
04-16-1895 - Mischa Mischakoff - Proskourov, Russia - d. 2-1-1981
violinist: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "NBC String Trio"
04-16-1897 - Milton J. Cross - NYC - d. 1-3-1975
announcer, commentator: (The Voice of the Met) "General Motors Concerts"
04-16-1898 - Marian Jordan - Peoria, IL - d. 4-7-1961
commedienne: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten"
04-16-1904 - Fifi D'Orsay - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 12-2-1983
singer: "Folies De Paris"; "This Is Your Life"
04-16-1909 - Dick Wynn - d. 8-24-1996
announcer: "Count of Monte Cristo"; "The Lone Wolf"
04-16-1911 - Frank Vass - Greenville, SC - d. 4-5-1988
singer: (The Vass Family) "The Lady Next Door"; "Kraft Phoenix Program"
04-16-1913 - Les Tremayne - London, England - d. 12-19-2003
actor: Nick Charles "Advs. of the Thin Man"; Michael Waring "The Falcon"
04-16-1914 - John Hodiak - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-19-1955
actor: L'il Abner "L'il Abner"; Butch Cavendish "Lone Ranger"
04-16-1915 - Joan Alexander - St. Paul, MN - d. 5-21-2009
actor: Lois Lane "Advs. of Superman"; Ellen Deering "Philo Vance"
04-16-1917 - Jean Holloway - d. 11-11-1989
writer: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Mayor of the Town"; "Mr. President"
04-16-1918 - Spike Milligan - Ahmednagar, India - d. 2-27-2002
comedian: Eccles the Idiot, Miss Minnie Bannister, Count Moriarty
"Goon Show"
04-16-1920 - Barry Nelson - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-7-2007
actor: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Treasury Salute"; "Monitor"
04-16-1921 - Peter Ustinov - London, England - d. 3-28-2004
actor: "Freedom Forum"; "Mitch Miller Show"; "In Any Direction"
04-16-1924 - Henry Mancini - Cleveland, OH - d. 6-14-1994
orchestra leader: "Family Theatre"; "Voices of Vista"
04-16-1927 - Edie Adams - Kingston, PA-d. 10-15-2008
singer, actor: "Stewart Foster Show"
04-16-1930 - Herbie Mann - NYC - d. 7-1-2003
jazz flutist: "Voices of Vista"; "Sounds of Freedom"
04-16-1933 - Ike Pappas - NYC - d. 8-31-2008
newscaster: "World News Roundup"; "CBS News"
04-16-1935 - Bobby Vinton - Canonsburg, PA
singer: "Christmas Seal Campaign"
04-16-1939 - Donald MacCormick - Scotland - d. 7-12-2009
host: "London News Direct"
04-16-1944 - Shoji Tabuchi - Daishoji, Japan
violinist, vocalist: "Grand Old Opry"
April 16th deaths
01-04-1910 - Ann Jamison - Belfast, Ireland - d. 4-16-1961
singer: "An Evening with Romberg"; "The Packard Hour"
01-05-1916 - Alfred Ryder - NYC - d. 4-16-1995
actor: Sammie Goldberg "The Goldbergs"; Carl "Easy Aces"
03-03-1885 - Marshall Bartholomew - Belleville, IL - d. 4-16-1978
tenor on nbc, connected with the Yale Glee Club
03-03-1896 - Willie Fung - Canton, China - d. 4-16-1945
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
03-25-1908 - David Lean - Croydon, Surrey, England - d. 4-16-1991
screenwriter, film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-24-1928 - Brian Clewer - London, England - d. 4-16-2008
host: "Cynic's Choice"
05-09-1919 - Arthur English - Aldershot, Hampshire, England - d.
4-16-1995
comedian: "Variety Bandbox"
05-15-1926 - Regis J. "Rege" Cordic - Hazelwood, PA - d. 4-16-1999
Replaced Bob Crane on station KNX in Los Angeles, California
05-26-1908 - Vera Van - Marion, OH - d. 4-16-1992
singer: "The George Jessel Show"; "The Vicks Open House"
08-04-1921 - Herb Purdum - d. 4-16-1993
writer: "Gunsmoke"
08-15-1885 - Edna Ferber - Kalamazoo, MI - d. 4-16-1968
author: "Cavalcade of America"; "Cables from Lisbon"; "Campbell
Playhouse"
08-15-1931 - Joe Feeney - Grand Island, NE - d. 4-16-2008
irish tenor: Got start at station WOW in Omaha, Nebraska
09-10-1904 - Emery Deutsch - Budapest, Hungary - d. 4-16-1997
conductor: "Arabesque"; "Let's Pretend"
09-13-1924 - Scott Brady - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-16-1985
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-16-1919 - Andy Russell - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-16-1992
singer: "Your Hit Parade"
09-19-1912 - William Abramchik - d. 4-16-1998
newscaster: Chicago, Illinois
09-19-1920 - Warde Q. Butler - d. 4-16-2004
hosted a music and interview program in Cincinnati, Ohio
11-10-1914 - Cyril Enfield - Scranton, PA - d. 4-16-1995
writer: "Supsense"
12-07-1892 - Fay Bainter - Los Angeles, CA, - d. 4-16-1968
actor: "Nobody's Children"; "Cavalcade of America"
12-16-1946 - Robert Urich - Toronto, OH - d. 4-16-2002
salesman: WGN Chicago, Illinois
Ron
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:51:32 -0400
From: Alan/Linda Bell <alanlinda43@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: The Pleasures of Listening
I want to thank the folks who responded to my request about particularly
memorable moments in sound from OTR. So: Ryan [last name?], Steve Salaba,
Steven Kelez, Dan Hughes, Jim Meadows, Randy Riddle, Jack French ... THANK
YOU!
A couple of you responded to me off-Digest, but I think your comments might
be of interest to the community in general, if you catch my drift.
Alan
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Alan/Linda Bell
Santa Rosa, CA
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:51:44 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-17 births/deaths
April 17th births
04-17-1897 - Thornton Wilder - Madison, WI - d. 12-7-1975
writer: "This Is My Best"
04-17-1898 - Howard Claney - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 4-30-1980
announcer: "American Album of Familiar Music"; "NBC Symphony"
04-17-1901 - Marie Blizard - d. 10-20-1991
writer: Network radio
04-17-1903 - Gregor Piatigorsky - Yekaterinoslav, Russia - d. 8-6-1976
cellist: "Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra"; "The Pause that
Refreshes . . On the Air"
04-17-1905 - Arthur Lake - Corbin, KY - d. 1-10-1987
actor: (Brother of Florence Lake) Dagwood Bumstead "Blondie"
04-17-1909 - Rex Rienits - Dubbo, Australia - d. 4-30-1971
author: "A Matter of Life or Else"
04-17-1910 - Ivan Goff - Perth, Australia - d. 9-23-1999
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-17-1911 - Alvin C. W. Bahnsen - d. 12-xx-1985
newscaster: WWRL New York
04-17-1911 - George Seaton - South Bend, IN - d. 7-28-1979
actor, film director: Lone Ranger "The Lone Ranger"; "Screen
Director's Playhouse"
04-17-1913 - Harry Clark - Providence, RI - d. 2-28-1956
newscaster, announcer: "CBS News"; "Backstage Wife"; "Columbia Workshop"
04-17-1913 - Richard Travis - Carlsbad, NM - d. 7-11-1989
announcer and sportscaster
04-17-1913 - Walter Ducloux - Lucerne, Switzerland - d. 1-25-1997
conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
04-17-1915 - Joe Foss - Sioux Falls, SD - d. 1-1-2003
south dakota governor: "Tops in Sports"
04-17-1918 - Anne Shirley - NYC - d. 7-4-1993
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-17-1918 - John Hess - Chicago, IL - d. 4-15-2004
writer: "The Human Adventure"
04-17-1918 - William Holden - O'Fallon, IL - d. 11-16-1981
actor: "Hour of Mystery"; "Smiths of Hollywood"; "So Proudly We Hail"
04-17-1920 - Arnold Yarrow - London, England
author: "After Moscow
04-17-1923 - Harry Reasoner - Dakota City, IA - d. 8-6-1991
reporter: CBS News Washington
04-17-1923 - Lindsay Anderson - South India - d. 8-30-1994
film director: First person to udder the "F" word on the BBC
04-17-1923 - Lon McCallister - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-11-2005
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Family Theatre"
04-17-1925 - Blaine Walsh - Oconto, WI - d. 9-5-1985
sportscaster: Milwaukee Braves
04-17-1926 - Joan Loring (Dellie Ellis) - Hong Kong, China
actor: Judy Foster "A Date with Judy"
04-17-1927 - Graziella Sciutti - Turin, Italy - d. 4-9-2001
operatic soprano: "Meetropolitan Opera"
04-17-1928 - Don West - Fredonia, KS - d. 8-13-2004
announcer, writer, newsman: Clifton, Arizona
April 17th deaths
01-17-1891 - Marjorie Gateson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-17-1977
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-23-1912 - Thomas L. Thomas - Maesteg, South Wales - d. 4-17-1983
singer: "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"; "Voice of Firestone"
06-01-1917 - Norb Beckers - d. 4-17-1996
disk jockey: WDSG Dyersburg, Tennessee
06-02-1924 - Peter Hackes - NYC - d. 4-17-1994
newscaster: "News of the World"; "Meet the Press"
06-11-1914 - Dudley Manlove - Oakland, CA - d. 4-17-1996
announcer: "Candy Matson, YU2-8209"
06-19-1925 - Robert Barager - d. 4-17-2004
disk jockey: WNBZ Saranac Lake, New York
07-06-1892 - Jack Yellen - Razcki, Poland - d. 4-17-1991
lyricist: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-16-1891 - Blossom Seeley - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-17-1974
song and dance trouper: "The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
07-16-1903 - Carmen Lombardo - London, Canada - d. 4-17-1971
saxophonist: (Guy's brother) "Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra"; "Esso
Marketer"
08-06-1900 - Tony Parenti - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-17-1972
jazz clarinetist: "WNYC, NY Jazz Festival"
08-17-1904 - Elizabeth Bilson - d. 4-17-1995
soprano: WBAL Baltimore, Maryland
08-18-1918 - Hank Penny - Birmingham, AL - d. 4-17-1992
singer, rhythn guitar: "The Radio Cowboys"
09-12-1921 - Frank McGee - Monroe. LA - d. 4-17-1974
nbc newsman: "Meet the Press";"The Great Debate"
10-29-1883 - William K. Wells - NYC - d. 4-17-1956
writer: "Under Arrest"
Ron
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:51:49 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-18 births/deaths
April 18th births
04-18-1857 - Clarence Darrow - Kinsman, OH - d. 3-13-1938
lawyer: " Scopes "Monkey" trial, WGN Chicago"
04-18-1880 - Donald Crisp - Aberfeldy, Scotland - d. 5-25-1974
actor: Jonathan Trimble "Jonathan Trimble, Esquire"
04-18-1882 - Leopold Stokowski - London, England - d. 9-13-1977
conductor: "NBC Symphony/Symphony of the Air"
04-18-1887 - Bill Hay - Dumfires, Scotland - d. 10-12-1978
announcer: "Amos 'n' Andy"
04-18-1889 - Gene Carroll - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1972
comedian: Lena, the maid "Fibber McGee and Molly"
04-18-1902 - Harry Owens - O'Neil, NE - d. 12-12-1986
bandleader: "Hawaii Calls"; "Sweet Leilani Time"; Harry Owens and His
Orchestra"
04-18-1904 - Pigmeat Markham - Durhan, N - d. 12-13-1981
comedian: ("order in the court ' cuz here come da judge) "Jubilee"
04-18-1907 - Miklos Rozsa - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-27-1995
composer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-18-1907 - Stephen Longstreet - NYC - d. 2-20-2002
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-18-1908 - Irra Petina - Petrograd, Russia - d. 1-19-2000
singer: "The Railroad Hour"
04-18-1911 - Louis Vittes - d. 4-21-1969
writer: "Advs. of The Thin Man"; "Affairs of Peter Salem"; "The Lone
Wolf"
04-18-1912 - Al Hodge - Ravenna, OH - d. 3-19-1979
actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"; "Columbia Workshop"
04-18-1912 - Fred De Denise - NYC
drummer: "Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra"
04-18-1912 - Wendy Barrie - Hong Kong, China - d. 2-2-1978
hostess, actor: "Detect and Collect"; "Jack Haley Show"; "Star for a
Night"
04-18-1914 - Ben Bezoff - d. 12-30-1979
newscaster: WKY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; KMYR Denver, Colorado
04-18-1918 - Page Gilman - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-1-2006
actor: Jack Barbour "One Man's Family"; "Memory Lane"
04-18-1918 - Tony Mottola - Kearney, NJ - d. 8-9-2004
jazz guitarist: "Gordon MacRae Gulf Spray Show"; "Burl Ives Sings"
04-18-1921 - Jay L. McMullen - Minneapolis, MN - d. 3-18-1992
news commentator: "Babies: [removed]"
04-18-1922 - Barbara Hale - DeKalb, IL
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "This Is Hollywood"
04-18-1924 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Vinton, LA - d. 9-10-2005
singer, guitarist: "Newport Jazz Festival"
04-18-1925 - Bob Hastings - Brooklyn, NY
actor: Archie Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Jerry "Sea Hound"
04-18-1929 - Walt Levinsky - New Jersey - d. 12-14-1999
clarinetist: Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra; Benny Goodman and His
Orchestra
04-18-1937 - Robert Hooks - Washington, [removed]
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
04-18-1941 - John J. Jackson - d. 3-17-2004
rock-radio personality
04-18-1949 - Larry Albert - Souix Falls, SD
actor: Harry Nile "Advs. of Harry Nile"
April 18th deaths
01-16-1924 - Allen Swift - NYC - d. 4-18-2010
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
02-18-1930 - John Patton, Jr. - Garland City, AR - d. 4-18-2005
tenor: Hosted a popular radio program in Los Angeles
02-25-1896 - John Parrish - Lindenhurst, NY - d. 4-18-1988
actor: "Alias Jimmy Valentine"; "Life Can Be Beautiful"
02-28-1893 - Ben Hecht - NYC - d. 4-18-1964
panelist, writer: "Information, Please"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
03-14-1879 - Albert Einstein - Ulm, Germany - d. 4-18-1955
physicist: "The Quick and the Dead"
04-04-1901 - Gay Seabrook - Seattle, WA - d. 4-18-1970
actor: Susabelle "Joe Penner Show"
04-09-1916 - Ann Morrison - Sioux City, IA - d. 4-18-1978
actor: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Escape"
07-04-1911 - Olga Druce - d. 4-18-2004
director: "House of Mystery"; "When a Girl Marries"
08-03-1900 - Ernie Pyle - Dana, IN - d. 4-18-1945
world war II correspondent: "Words at War"; "Cavalcade of America"
08-27-1929 - Dick Vosburgh - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 4-18-2007
writer: "Breakfast with Braden"
09-03-1910 - Kitty Carlisle - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-18-2007
singer: "Song Shop"; "RCA Magic Key"
09-29-1915 - Norton Mockridge - NYC - d. 4-18-2004
newspaper columnist: Hosted radio program on CBS radio (1964-1970)
10-06-1914 - Thor Heyerdahl - Larvik, Norway - d. 4-18-2002
archaeologist: "London Column"
10-09-1888 - Irving Cummings - NYC - d. 4-18-1959
host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-25-1933 - Peter Dennis - Dorking, England - d. 4-18-2009
actor: "Winnie-the-Pooh"
10-27-1907 - Mignon Schreiber - Chicago, IL - d. 4-18-1965
actor: Jennie Fox "Foxes of Flatbush", Mrs. Kransky "Guiding Light"
11-20-1929 - Kenneth Schermerhorn - Schenactady, NY - d. 4-18-2005
conductor: "Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra"
11-25-1897 - Willie 'The Lion' Smith - Goshen, NY - d. 4-18-1973
jazz pianist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
12-06-1888 - Will Hay - Stockton-on-Tees, England - d. 4-18-1949
comedian: British Radio
12-11-1924 - Felix "Doc" Blanchard - Bishopville, SC - d. 4-18-2009
football great: "Heisman Trophy Award"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:12:01 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!
A weekly [removed]
For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio. We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!
Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
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range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!
For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!
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