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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2004 : Issue 172
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed] ]
Linkletter and Hollywood and Vine [ "Philip Railsback" <philiprailsback ]
Hollywood and Vine [ "Philip Railsback" <philiprailsback ]
Re: Corruption in Rationing [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
Racist Batman [ "david rogers" <david_rogers@hotmai ]
'Jap' as a Derogatory Tern [ "Tom van der Voort" <evan@[removed] ]
Studio cafe prices? [ danhughes@[removed] ]
More Bela Lugosi [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
Re: Bela Lugosi & OTR [ Ron Tilton <octave@[removed]; ]
Lugosi books [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
The Home Front (1938 To 1945) [ Jim Kitchen <jkitchen@[removed]; ]
5-20 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Blackouts and song [ "William Halbe" <[removed]@veri ]
Billy Mills and Felix Mills [ "Jay Ranellucci" <otrfan3@[removed] ]
Anna Lee [ Natalie <nmclain@[removed]; ]
short article on radio research - Th [ David Howell <daveeaston@[removed]; ]
WWII [ "barry" <barry@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 10:48:48 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi friends,
Here is this week's line-up for the week of 5-16-04 on my Olde Tyme
Radio
[removed] Featuring Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio Theatre," Big John
Matthews and Steve Urbaniak's "The Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same
Station" broadcasts, being broadcast on demand 24/7 in high quality
streaming RealAudio at [removed]
Past archived broadcasts are also available there.
We look forward to having you join us!
Jerry
Here's this week's lineup:
SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges
THE RADIO GUILD
5-7-39 "Back Number Up"
Stars: Parker Fennelly, Effie Parker, Arthur Allen, John Milton, Ian
McAllister, Douglas McMullen, Harold Gould and Roy Fant
PASSPORT TO ROMANCE
Episode 10 5-10-46 "The Case of the Missing Emeralds"
STARS: Mitzi Green and Larry Brooks, Edward Nugent, Adelaide Klein, Craig
McDonnell, Alfred Shirley and Laura Clandon
With:
MUSIC: Sylvan Levin and his Orchestra
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Stanley Kaufman
ANNOUNCER: Don Fredericks
Irving Berlin Tribute, featuring: "Let Yourself Go", "Doin'
What Comes Naturally", "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody", "I've Got
The Sun In The Morning And The Moon At Night", "How Deep Is The
Ocean", "Soft Hands And Sweet Music"
LAWLESS TWENTIES
Episode 12 "The Flood Of Bootleg Gold"
The story of "Dutch Eddie Harris"
FRANK WATANABE AND THE HONORABLE ARCHIE
Episode 1 5-21-34 "Dressing for a Date"
FRANK AND ARCHIE
Episode 1 10-20-39 "Archie Arrives"
THE HONORABLE ARCHIE
Episode 1 1940 "Archie Interviews With The Nettlefold's"
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood
HOPALONG CASSIDY
MBS 10-11-50 "Gunhawk Convention"
Stars William Boyd as "Hoppy" and Andy Clyde as "California"
MELODY RANCH
CBS/AFRS 1953 "Election"
Stars: Stars Gene Autry
Music/Drama/Comedy
FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY
NBC 10-15-53 Second chapter of serialized story of McGee's Speech to
the Executive Club.
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THE GLOWING DIAL with Big John Matthews and Steve Urbaniak
It's time for The Glowing Dial's All Star Western Round-Up
Gunsmoke
#1 "Billy The Kid"
CBS 4/26/1952
with William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Don Diamond, Harry Bartell,
Howard McNear, Richard Beals, Paul Dubov, Mary Lansing. Sustained
The Lone Ranger
# 1270 "The Iron Horse"
WXYZ/ABC 5/12/1950
with Brace Beemer, John Todd. Fred Foy announcing.
Sponsored by General Mills
The Roy Rogers Show
"The Tall Tale Of Pecos Bill"
MUTUAL 5/8/1945
with Roy Rogers, Pat Friday, Bob Nolan and the Sons Of The Pioneers and
guest Porter Hall.
Sponsored by Goodyear.
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch
"Uncle Billy Harlow"
CBS 9/19/1948
with Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Johnny Bond, Cass County Boys, Pinafores, Carl
Cotner Orchestra.
Perry Ward announcing.
Sponsored by Wrigley Gum
Frontier Town
# 24 "Gun Trouble Valley"
SYNDICATED 3/6/1953
with Reed Hadley
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Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for upcoming
shows.
Jerry Haendiges CET <Jerry@[removed]; 562-696-4387
[removed] The Vintage Radio Place
Largest source of OTR Logs, Articles and programs on the Net
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 10:50:06 -0400
From: "Philip Railsback" <philiprailsback@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Linkletter and Hollywood and Vine
People who go to the intersection of Hollywood & Vine in Hollywood,
California (as I did in 1999) usually find that it looks like almost any
other street corner.
<snip>
Anyway, a tour guide
and historic marker both told me the reason Hollywood & Vine is so
famous is because Art Linkletter did live, man on the street interviews
on that corner during the golden days of radio
That's very interesting. Like you, I was disappointed the first time I
saw Hollywood and Vine. I assumed that there must have been something
there at one time -- a radio studio or nightclub perhaps. This
Linkletter connection to the term sounds plausible, though I have to
admit that the phrase "Hollywood and Vine" always seemed a lot sexier
than any Art Linkletter connection would suggest.
- Philip
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 10:50:14 -0400
From: "Philip Railsback" <philiprailsback@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Hollywood and Vine
A quick google search shows that the phrase Hollywood and Vine goes back
to at least 1945. In that year a movie with that title was released by
PRC, one of the poorest of the poverty row studios. At IMDB there's no
plot description but since one of the characters is identified as a
"Studio Head" it obviously must be a Hollywood movie story. Considering
that PRC was the company that made this, the term had to have been a
well worn cliché by then. I wouldn't be surprised if the term goes back
to the days of silent movies, though I have absolutely no evidence for
this.
- Philip
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 10:50:49 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Corruption in Rationing
On 5/18/04 4:52 PM [removed]@[removed] wrote:
There are other scraps of evidence, and much of it depressing. Some years
ago, I heard Richard Nixon, once a lieutenant in one of the war planning
departments, discuss how wage and price controls did not work during the war
and only encouraged corruption. I've read contemporary articles about
massive fraud in ration coupons, and heard stories about it.
This is very true, or at least it was in the town where my family lived. I
talked a lot to my grandparents about the war years when I was a teenager
just getting interested in the history of the era, and their memories tended
to be a bit more cynical than the experiences of those who went thru the
period as kids.
My grandfather ran a filling station thruout the war years, and had vivid
memories of the gasoline rationing program. He estimated at least half the
ration stamps presented to him over the course of the war were counterfeit,
but like everyone else he just looked the other way. In our area, where there
was still a lot of farming going on at the time, the most common counterfeits
were H stamps -- since unregistered farm vehicles were extremely difficult to
trace.
Fuel-ration stamps were very often used as a secondary currency to avoid
*other* rations, especially the meat ration. (My grandfather acknowledged
allowing a close friend of his unlimited fuel in exchange for a freshly-shot
deer carcass and a bundle of counterfeit gas stamps. Poached game was a very
common alternative to compliance with the meat ration, and "deer-jackers" did
a booming business on the local black market.)
Counterfeit stamps were widely produced by organized crime and put into
circulation using the same distribution networks which had proven so
effective during Prohibition. Unissued bundles of genuine ration stamps could
also easily be acquired under the table from local OPA representatives for a
cash payment or an offer of "services". Of all the rationing programs
administered during WW2, it's likely that none was more thoroughly and
irredeemably corrupt -- on all of its levels -- than the gasoline rationing
program.
My grandfather was too old for military service, but he did serve as a plane
spotter for the Army. This involved sitting on the roof of the Full Gospel
Church two nights a week, wearing a tin hat and an overcoat, peering thru
binoculars in search of enemy aircraft, and taking nips from a pint bottle of
whiskey to stay warm. The town where he lived was a strategic location -- it
was (and still is) the most important military fuel depot in northern New
England, and even though an air attack was highly unlikely, the authorities
took no chances.
Elizabeth
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:26:08 -0400
From: "david rogers" <david_rogers@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Racist Batman
Last weekend I got a whole load of DVDs from Martin Grams Jr. I must say
that he has some great stuff, I got quite a parcel and I really like what I
got. In fact I have just sent in another order. One of the things that I
got was the serial of "Batman". I was reading some of the comments on the
digest as to whether the term "Jap" was offensive. Well, I must say that
even though I am not the most "politically correct" person in the world,
some of the phrases used for the Japanese in the Batman serial made even me
cringe.
After that I listened to the BBCs "Host Planet Earth" in the show one of the
characters is a West Indian and in the show he is refered to as "black" and
later as "coloured". When I was a child (growing up in England) my father
taught me not to be rude and therefore he told me that it was rude to say
"black" and that it was more polite to say "coloured". Anyway, in the early
1980's I went on holiday to Texas and I found out that it was the other way
round. I think we have been through several different phrases since then.
I must say that my favourite quote is from Captain Beefheart who said, "We
are all colored, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see anybone."
I find it strange to hear words or phrase on old shows that we do not use
anymore.
Anyway, that returns me to a Batman question. Why was Superman on the radio
more than Batman? There are quite a number of Superman radio shows about
but I have next to nothing associated with Batman.
Love as always, David Rogers
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:26:28 -0400
From: "Tom van der Voort" <evan@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 'Jap' as a Derogatory Tern
The discussion of Jap as a derogatory term reminds me of my high school
years, when the word "jap" (lower case) meant an unexpected test or pop
quiz. If a teacher sprung a test on us without prior notice, we referred to
it as a jap. The word was even used as a verb, as in "Mr. Smith japped us
today". In this sense, the word referred not to the Japanese people but to
a specific event, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
Tom van der Voort
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:44:50 -0400
From: danhughes@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Studio cafe prices?
I have a receipt from the Paramount Studios Continental Cafe dated March
21, 1952. Director Robert Welch bought a "C. Cola", which must be a
Coke, for which he was charged $[removed] plus a 50-cent "service charge."
Were prices really this ridiculous for studio cafes, or did perhaps Mr.
Welch buy a round of Cokes for the house?? Remember, in 1952 a bottled
Coke from a machine cost a nickel.
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:45:00 -0400
From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: More Bela Lugosi
In addition to the shows already mentioned (I hope I'm not duplicating)
Bela Lugosi also made the following radio appearances:
Abbott & Costello - 5/5/48
Candid Microphone - don't know date
Command Performance - 11/10/46 - with Bob Hope
Crime Does Not Pay - 12/12/49
Fred Allen - 4/25/43
Mystery House - 'Thirsty Death' - 1944
Suspense - 2/2/43 - 'The Doctor Prescribed Death'
Irene
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 13:45:06 -0400
From: Ron Tilton <octave@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Bela Lugosi & OTR
Just a small correction to the posting by Brian L Bedsworth who states
that Bob Hope hosted the Command Performance with Lugosi. Actually
Wendel Niles hosted this show. This "Command Performance" (#238) was a
takeoff on "Superman" and was similar to "Dick Tracy in B Flat". Bob
Hope played the "the Man of Steel", Paulette Goddard was Lois Lane, Bela
Lugosi was the mad scientist and Sterling Holloway was Lugosi's
assistant. It is a very entertaining show with Hope in top form as
"Superman".
Ron Tilton
octave@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 13:58:08 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lugosi books
Tomas Biddy commented
...yet to be documented in any Lugosi book I've read)...
Please let me know the titles and authors as I would like to read these,
too.
Probably what is the best book written about Lugosi ("best" defined as
covering every aspect of Lugosi's career in detail) is Gary Don Rhodes and
Richard Sheffield's LUGOSI: HIS LIFE IN FILMS, ON STAGE AND IN THE HEARTS OF
HORROR LOVERS. As the length of the title suggests, it's a McFarland
release and it's a little expensive (open those wallets wide), but it's the
best one-stop source.
The next best is probably Gregory William Mank's KARLOFF & LUGOSI: THE STORY
OF A HAUNTING COLLABORATION, also another McFarland book. This one coveres
the Karloff/Lugosi aspect very tightly and heavily in background production
of their films and their personal lives on and off the screen. This book
came out about 20 years ago and is actually going through a revision, due
for publication in a year or two which will, no doubt, be highly
anticipated.
Midnight Marquee published a book entitled BELA LUGOSI, edited by Gary and
Susan Svehla of Midnight Marquee. It was one of their first books published
and one of the few good books worth purchasing. Each chapter dealt with a
different movie that featured Lugosi, and some of the aspects documented are
noteworthy but don't expect much (if any) about Lugosi's radio career.
Arthur Lennig wrote a book entitled THE IMMORTAL COUNT: THE LIFE AND FILMS
OF BELA LUGOSI which isn't bad, but beware of Richard Bojarsky's THE
COMPLETE FILMS OF BELA LUGOSI cause it's mostly a picture book and doesn't
go into any detail otehr than Lugosi's movies.
Over the years I have come to the conclusion that OTR is a somewhat obscure
field to explore when it comes to Hollywood stars so whenever a book comes
out about a particular movie star / Hollywood actor, I generally flip
through the pages to see if anything about their radio work was documented.
Though that alone doesn't tell ya if a book is comprehensive, it is one of
three or four aspects I look for when deciding to buy a book or borrow a
copy from my local library. Very little has been explored when it comes to
Lugosi's radio work, by Rhodes' book is about as good as it's going to get
under the circumstances.
Martin Grams, Jr.
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 20:24:09 -0400
From: Jim Kitchen <jkitchen@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The Home Front (1938 To 1945)
Those reminiscing about the war years may be interested in The Home
Front (1938 to 1945) where the unforgettable drama of the war years in
America are re-created through the actual voices and music of the people
who lived them. This 8 part series distributed by The Mindís Eye on 4
audio cassettes illuminates the complex events of the War Years in
America, 1938 to 1945. The actual voices of FDR, Churchhill, General
MacArthur, Tokyo Rose and hundreds of other historical figures are
skillfully blended with the music of the Big Bands, the famous radio
shows, and the war-time movies that kept America going. The Home Front
brings to life a time and a place and a people never to be forgotten.
This historical treasure is brilliantly written and narrated by Edward
Brown, Frank Gorin and William B. Williams.
Jim Kitchen
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 20:24:17 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5-20 births/deaths
May 20th births
05-20-1899 - Stan Lomax - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-26-1987
sportscaster: "Evening Journal Sports"
05-20-1899 - Virginia Sale - Urbana, IL - d. 8-23-1992
actress: Martha "Those We Love"
05-20-1908 - Jimmy Stewart - IN, PA - d. 7-2-1997
actor: Britt Ponset "Six Shooter"
05-20-1909 - Jerry Hausner - Cleveland, OH - d. 4-1-1993
actor: "Lum and Abner"; "Silver Theatre"
05-20-1920 - George Gobel - Chicago, IL - d. 2-24-1991
comedian, actor, singer: (Lonesome George) Jimmy "Tom Mix"; "National Barn
Dance"
05-20-1926 - Miles Davis - Alton, IL - d. 9-29-1991
sideman: "Billy Eckstien Orchestra"
05-20-1936 - Anthony Zerbe - Long Beach, CA
actor: "Earplay"
May 20th deaths
06-30-1920 - Dean Harens - South Bend, IN - d. 5-20-1996
actor: Arthur Anderson "We, the Abbotts"
07-07-1919 - Jon Pertwee - Chelsea, England - d. 5-20-1996
actor: "Waterlogged Spa"; "Up the Pole"; "The Navy Lark"
11-09-1889 - Claude Rains - London, England - d. 5-20-1967
actor: "Shakesperian Circle"; "This Is War!"; "Presenting Claude Rains"
11-28-1917 - Elliott Lewis - NYC - d. 5-20-1990
actor, director: Frankie Remley "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"; "On Stage";
"Mr. Aladdin"
12-06-1909 - Lyn Murray - London, England - d. 5-20-1989
conductor: "Chesterfield Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Ford Theatre"
--
Ron Sayles
For a complete list:
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 20:24:26 -0400
From: "William Halbe" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Blackouts and song
Was the beautiful World War Two song "When The Lights
Go On Again" inspired by the blackouts around the world?
Bill Halbe
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 20:30:21 -0400
From: "Jay Ranellucci" <otrfan3@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Billy Mills and Felix Mills
Does anyone on this list know if Billy Mills and Felix Mills were related?
Also were Billy Liebert and Richard Liebert related?
Just curious. Jay
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 23:44:56 -0400
From: Natalie <nmclain@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Anna Lee
The lovely actress Anna Lee passed away last Friday on May 14th. She
was in films like How Green Was My Valley, Whatever Happened To Baby
Jane, Fort Apache, The Sound Of Music and many more. For over the
last 20 years, she played the gracious Lila Quartermain on General
Hospital until last year. She appeared with Jack Benny's USO troupe
during WWII when they were in Africa and Iran. I know that she
appeared on Jack Benny's shortwave broadcast that was aired from I
believe Cairo. Did she ever appear on Jack Benny's regular show? She
also appeared on a Screen Guild Theater version of China Seas. Does
anyone know of any other radio appearances of Anna Lee?
Natalie McLain
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 23:45:34 -0400
From: David Howell <daveeaston@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: short article on radio research - The
Chronicle Review
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 23:46:41 -0400
From: "barry" <barry@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: WWII
But WWII is probably the only time in the history since the revolutionary
war that America has pulled together for a common goal (?)
Obviously you're not old enough to remember the Revolutionary War. :)
>From what I've read, less than 1/3 of the people in the colonies supported
the revolution. Many people were killed because they considered themselves
to be British citizens and spoke up against the revolution. A lot of people
left America.
Of those who did support the revolution, only a minority wanted seperation
from England. Most wanted some problems fixed but wanted the colonies to
remain British.
Since the Declaration of Independance was called that, I guess the
leadership might have intended seperation. My memory on all this is a
little vague. I read about it many years ago. I can't remember if the
Declaration was intended as a serious announcement of seperation or as a
tool to get the British to react.
But pull together we did not, as I read it.
I do think we did pull together after 9-11 pretty well. The scale was a lot
smaller than in WWII but it was still pretty impressive.
Barry
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