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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2011 : Issue 48
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
3-23 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Groucho Marx on Those Were the Days [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]
3-24 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:26:09 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-23 births/deaths
March 23rd births
03-23-1874 - Fiddlin' John Carson - Cobb County, GA - d. 12-11-1949
fiddler: Made debut on station WSB Atlanta, Georgia
03-23-1891 - Dr. [removed] DeHaan - Zeeland, MI - d. 12-13-1965
evengelist: "Radio Bible Class"
03-23-1892 - Nadea Dragonette Loftus - d. 10-23-1982
Sister and business manager of Jessica Dragonette
03-23-1893 - Arnold Johnson - Chicago, IL - d. 7-25-1975
bandleader: "The Majestic Theatre Hour"; "True Story Time"
03-23-1898 - David Newell - Chicago, IL - d. 9-26-1986
outdoorsman: "Fishing and Hunting Club of the Air"
03-23-1899 - Peggy Paige - Ashville, NC - d. 8-26-1974
actor: Sassy "Grits and Gravy"; Nancy "Main Street Sketches"
03-23-1905 - Joan Crawford - San Antonio, TX - d. 5-10-1977
actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "Everyman's Theatre"; "Screen Guild
Theatre"
03-23-1905 - Sidney Walton - Mississippi - d. 1-16-1958
announcer: "Arthur Tracy, Street Singer"; "Changing Times"
03-23-1906 - Richard L. Evans - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 11-1-1971
announcer: "Music and the Spoken Word" (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
03-23-1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan - d. 9-6-1998
film director: NHK Tokyo, Japan
03-23-1910 - Paula Winslowe - Grafton, ND - d. 3-7-1996
actor: Peg Riley "Life of Riley"; Jill "Joe E. Brown Show"
03-23-1911 - Herbert Rudley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-9-2006
actor: "Helen Hayes Theatre"; "Great Plays"; "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
03-23-1912 - Francis DeSales - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-25-1988
actor: Bill Weigand "Mr. and Mrs. North"; Parris Mitchell "King's Row"
03-23-1915 - Louis Quinn - Chicago, IL - d. 9-15-1988
actor: "Studio One"
03-23-1917 - Josef Locke - Londonderry, Northern Ireland - d. 10-15-1999
actor: "Variety Fanfare"
03-23-1917 - Oscar Shumsky - Philadelphia, PA - d. 7-24-2000
violinist: "Voice of Firestone"
03-23-1920 - Alfred Palca - Manhattan, NY - d. 6-18-1998
writer: Wrote for NBC radio while still in college
03-23-1920 - Maurice Marsac - La Croix, France - d. 5-6-2007
actor: French Teacher "Our Miss Brooks"
03-23-1926 - Martha Wright - Seattle, WA
actor: "Stars for Defense"
03-23-1938 - Christopher Glenn - NYC - d. 10-17-2006
news correspondent: "World News Roundup"; "The World Tonight"
03-23-1957 - Amanda Plummer - NYC
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
March 23rd deaths
02-06-1917 - Raymond Katz - NYC - d. 3-23-2000
director, creator: "Navy Hour"; "Maisie"; "Woman of the Year"
02-13-1920 - Eileen Farrell - Willimantic, CT - d. 3-23-2002
singer: "Eileen Farrell Sings"; "Prudential Family Hour"
02-14-1901 - Peggy Allenby - NYC - d. 3-23-1966
actor: Susan Price "David Harun"; Mary Andrews "Archie Andrews"
02-16-1910 - Jerry Lester - Chicago, IL - d. 3-23-1995
comedian: "The Jerry Lester Show"; "Kraft Music Hall"
02-22-1920 - Giulietta Masina - San Girogio di Piano, Italy - d.
3-23-1994
actor: Pallina "Terzoglio"
03-25-1920 - Howard Cosell - Winston-Salem, NC - d. 3-23-1995
sportscaster: "Speaking of Sports"
04-25-1907 - Paula Trueman - NYC - d. 3-23-1994
actor: "Great Plays"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
05-05-1919 - George London - Montreal, Canada - d. 3-23-1985
singer: "The Voice of Firestone"
05-10-1889 - Mae Murray - Portsmouth, VA - d. 3-23-1963
actor: "Your Unseen Friend"
06-03-1905 - Paulette Goddard - Whitestone Landing, Long Island, NY -
d. 3-23-1990
actor: "Cresta Blanca Players"
06-26-1904 - Peter Lorre - Rozsahegy, Hungary - d. 3-23-1964
actor: [removed] Moto "Mr. Moto"; "Creeps By Night"; "; "Mystery in the Air"
07-20-1918 - Cindy Walker - Mart, TX - d. 3-23-2006
songwriter: "National Barn Dance"; "Spike Jones"; "Lifebouy Show"
09-09-1918 - Blanche Thebom - Monessen, PA - d. 3-23-2010
mezzo-soprano: "Bell Telephone Hour"; "Metropolitan Opera"; "Railroad
Hour"
09-30-1923 - Donald Swann - Llanelli, Wales - d. 3-23-1994
composer, pianist: "Third Programme with Henry Reed"
10-03-1910 - Gwen Davenport - Colon, Canal Zone, Panama - d. 3-23-2002
author: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-31-1905 - Dewey Cole - d. 3-23-1991
sound effects: "The Lone Ranger"; "Challenge of the Yukon"
12-07-1916 - Dorothea Brooking - Buckinghamshire, England - d. 3-23-1999
announcer for the BBC
Ron
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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:26:22 -0400
From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Groucho Marx on Those Were the Days
This Saturday, "Those Were the Days" puts the spotlight on the one, the only,
GROUCHO! You're invited to join us for an afternoon devoted to the legendary
Groucho Marx and his radio career. We'll feature Groucho as editor-in-chief
of "GI Journal"; fas co-star (along with brother Chico) of "Five Star
Theater"; as the co-star of Norman Corwin's "Unity Fair"; as the mayor of
"Blue Ribbon Town"; as a guest on Dinah Shore's "Birds Eye Open House"; and,
of course, as the quizmaster on "You Bet Your Your Life." Chicagoans are
invited to tune in to [removed] FM this Saturday at 1 pm CST (the rest of the
world can join us at [removed]). It'll be more fun than you can shake a
stick at, if that's your idea of a good time.
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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:26:44 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-24 births/deaths
March 24th births
03-24-1867 - Harry Neville - Launceston, Tasmania - d. 1-25-1945
actor: "Sherlock Holmes"; "John's Other Wife"
03-24-1885 - Joseph Granby - Boston, MA - d. 9-22-1965
actor: Mead Connors "We Are Always Young"
03-24-1892 - Roy Harvey - Monroe County, WV - d. 7-11-1958
guitarist: "Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers"
03-24-1893 - Jane Seymour - Hamilton, Canada - d. 1-30-1956
actor: Mrs. Brown "Claudia and David"
03-24-1895 - Paul Specht - d. 4-11-1954
bandleader: Made very first broadcast of dance Music 9-20-1920 WWJ
Detroit
03-24-1902 - Sir Lancelot - Cumuto, Trinidad, West Indies - d. 3-12-2001
calypso singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
03-24-1902 - Thomas E. Dewey - Owosso, MI - d. 3-16-1971
presidential candidate: "Jack Benny Program"; "Racketbusters Roundtable"
03-24-1906 - Julian Funt - d. 4-8-1980
writer: "Young Doctor Malone"
03-24-1907 - Martin Kosleck - Barkotzen, Germany - d. 1-16-1994
actor: "Treasury Star Parade"
03-24-1910 - John V. Ambrose - d. 11-7-1995
sportscaster: WTAG Worcester, Massachusetts
03-24-1910 - Richard Conte - Jersey City, NJ - d. 4-15-1975
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Hollywood
Star Playhouse"
03-24-1911 - Enrique Jorda - San Sebastian, Spain - [removed]
conductor: "San Francisco Symphony Orchestra"
03-24-1915 - Bill Bivens - Wadesboro, NC - d. 1-15-1984
announcer: "Fred Waring Show"; "Vox Pox"
03-24-1916 - David M. Bohme - Poland - d. 1-6-2004
on staff of WLS and WGN radio
03-24-1918 - Bill Aya - d. 10-28-1985
sportscaster: KEVE Seattle, Washington
03-24-1925 - Duncan Wood - Bristol, England - d. 1-11-1997
producer: "Hancock's Half Hour"
03-24-1928 - Sue Bennett - Indianapolis, IN - d. 5-8-2001
vocalist: "Your Hit Parade"
03-24-1928 - Vanessa Brown - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-21-1999
panelist: "Quiz Kids"
March 24th deaths
01-10-1882 - Olive Higgins Prouty - Worcester, MA - d. 3-24-1974
writer: "Stella Dallas" based on Prouty's novel without her approvals
02-02-1918 - Imogen Carpenter - Hot Springs, AR - d. 3-24-1993
actor: "Command Performance"
02-03-1910 - Nelson Case - Long Beach, CA - d. 3-24-1976
announcer: "Hour of Charm"; "New Carnation Contented Hour"
02-08-1828 - Jules Verne - Nantes, France - d. 3-24-1905
pioneering science fiction writer: Several of his works adapted for
radio
03-08-1891 - Sam Jaffe - NYC - d. 3-24-1984
actor: "Fannie Hurst Presents"; "New World A-Coming"; "Cavalcade of
America"
03-10-1927 - Dick Alarie - d. 3-24-2000
sortscaster: WPCT Putnam, Connecticut
03-18-1893 - Jean Goldkette - Patras, Greece - d. 3-24-1962
bandleader: "The Studebaker Champion Program"
03-20-1922 - Ray Goulding - Lowell, MA - d. 3-24-1990
comedian: "Bob and Ray Show"
03-21-1893 - Aileen Stanley - d. 3-24-1982
vocalist: (The Victrola Girl) "RCA Thesaurus Music Hall Varieties"
04-01-1914 - Philip Yordan - Chicago, IL - d. 3-24-2003
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-26-1907 - Holland Engle - Wheeling, WV - d. 3-24-1988
announcer, emcee: "Ladies Fair"; "Variety Fair"
06-17-1914 - John Hersey - Tientsin, China - d. 3-24-1993
author: "Bell for Adano"; "Hiroshima"
06-25-1939 - Harold Melvin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-24-1997
lead singer: (Blue Notes) "Music On Deck"; "Join the Navy"
07-30-1914 - John Meston - Pueblo, CO - d. 3-24-1979
writer: "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "Fort Larmie"
08-04-1890 - Carson Robison - Oswego, KS - d. 3-24-1957
singer: "Eveready Hour"; "Dutch Masters Minstrels"
08-16-1930 - Robert Culp - Oakland, CA - d. 3-24-2010
actor: "Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway"
08-23-1922 - George Kell - Swifton, AR - d. 3-24-2009
baseball announcer: Detroit Tigers
09-03-1876 - Dick Teela - Wisconsin - d. 3-24-1971
singer: "The Breakfast Club"
10-26-1904 - Igor Gorin - Ukraine, Russia - d. 3-24-1982
singer: "The Voice of Firestone"
11-15-1881 - Franklin Pierce Adams - Chicago, IL - d. 3-24-1960
panelist: "Information, Please"
11-22-1906 - Howard Petrie - Beverly, MA - d. 3-24-1968
announcer: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Judy Canova Show"
12-26-1914 - Richard Widmark - Sunrise, MN - d. 3-24-2008
actor: Neil Davison "Home of the Brave"; Alan Webster "Joyce Jordan,
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Ron
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