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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2003 : Issue 370
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Captain Midnight                      [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed] ]
  Editing Confusion                     [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
  Re: Literary errors                   [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
  Comics and Radio                      [ oldpdb@[removed] (Paul Barringer) ]
  10-13 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  RCP [removed]                       [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
  Glenn Miller and Harry Morgan         [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
  Orson Welles Documentary Alert!       [ "evantorch" <etorch@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 01:39:34 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Captain Midnight

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:48:49 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];

"Flight Commander" was a Secret Squadron rank that members could achieve
by recruiting three other members, and for both 1941 and 1942, each had an
"indirect" radio premium: each was advertised in the handbook that
accompanied the Code-O-Graph premium, so there were close associations to
the radio show.  

It's interesting to see that the "Flight Commander" gimmick was around in the 1940s with the 
Captain Midnight radio show.  I remember it as part of the 1957 television premiums.  As 
with the radio show, one could get a decoder badge for an Ovaltine seal and a small charge 
(25 cents by that time).  With the decoder badge came a Secret Squadron manual, which 
included some Secret Squadron history, including an origin story, all of which was in Code 3 
and required a massive amount of decoding.  The 1957 badge was shaped like Captain 
Midnight's jet plane, the Silver Dart.   On the back page was the form for applying to be a 
Flight Commander, to get the Flight Commander ring and another manual with Flight 
Commander codes, etc.  It was done by recruiting three new Secret Squadron members, 
including their 25 cents and Ovaltine Seals.

The Flight Commander ring was made of cheap plastic and broke fairly quickly.  The codes 
consisted of using the Silver Dart decoder badge to encode a message and then encode it 
again.  Because of the design of the decoder badge, re-encoding a message already 
encoded in Code 2 resulted in decoding it.  Thus there was no Code 2FC.

My sister and a couple of her friends signed up with me, so that I could become a Flight 
Commander.  By the time my sister was ready to send in her Flight Commander application, 
the show had gone off the air.  She got back a letter stating that since the show was off, 
they were no longer accepting new members.  However, she would still get her Flight 
Commander kit, since she had fulfilled the requirements.

-- A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed] 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@[removed] Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:07:11 -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 10-12-03 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 seeing you there! Jerry Here's this week's lineup: SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges Memorial Tribute to "Tex and Jinx" Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg THE TEX AND JINX SHOW 11-4-47 Guest: Walt Disney Hosts: Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg IT'S TIME TO SMILE Episode 19 2-5-41 Guest: Jinx Falkenberg Host: Eddie Cantor Stars: Dinah Shore, Bert Gordon and Olive Major ANNOUNCER: Harry Von Zell MUSIC: Bobby Sherwood's Orchestra THE TEX AND JINX SHOW (This is s Great show-don't miss it!) 11-24-54 Guest: Fred Allen Hosts: Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg --------------------------------------------------- HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood LUX RADIO THEATER CBS 3-26-45 "Tale of Two Cities By: Charles Dickens Stars: Orson Welles and Rosemary DeCamp FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY NBC Nov. 1953 "Molly's Christmas Club Starts" -------------------------------------------------- THE GLOWING DIAL with Big John and Matthews and Steve Urbaniak Halloween Special The Mercury Theatre On The Air "The War Of The Worlds" with Orson Welles, Frank Readik, Kenny Delmar 10/30/1938 - CBS Excerpt from Press Conference with Orson Welles the morning after the broadcast 10/31/1938 Excerpt from an NBC interview Orson Welles remembers the broadcast some 40 years later Excerpt regarding War Of The Worlds from Theatre Of The Imagination: The Story Of The Mercury Theatre with Leonard Maltin, John Houseman, Orson Welles, Arlene Francis [removed] Wells meets Orson Welles radio interview from KTSA, San Antonio, Texas - 10/29/1940 WKBW's re-creation of The War Of The Worlds 10/30/1971 - WKBW 1520 AM - Buffalo, New York Big John & Steve present their own tongue-in-cheek homage to The War Of The Worlds, done Glowing Dial style ----------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for upcoming shows. Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; [removed] The Vintage Radio Place Largest source of OTR Logs, Articles and programs on the Net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:09:13 -0400 From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed]; To: [removed]@[removed] Subject: Editing Confusion Stewart Wright, in speaking of research, points out,
Errors can also occur during the editing process.  A publishing house
editor may make changes that impact the meaning or even factual content
of an author's writing.

This applies to more than just "faction."  When my Captain Midnight book
was being edited (and I reduced it by some 30,000 words to get it to the
length the publisher requested), a small description was excised.  The
data removed was a flight maneuver that explained how Captain Midnight
gained tactical advantage over The Barracuda when both were heading
toward Hawaii in amphibian aircraft.  The maneuver was unorthodox, and
would only have worked with airplanes of the type the two were flying.
It was adapted from a similar maneuver that Ernest K. Gann employed in a
desperation move to keep his aircraft from slamming into the Taj Mahal
during World War II (as recounted in his book, A Hostage To Fortune),
though applied for a very different reason.

Admittedly, the maneuver was aimed at the pilots who might read the book
and who might like to see something rather aeronautically elegant.  But
whoever edited it out wasn't familiar with aircraft behavior, because he
or she left the results of Captain Midnight's action in the story,
without explanation.

Sometimes, editing is just a matter of available space.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:10:00 -0400
From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Literary errors

In a recent issue of the digest, Martin Grams, (a super nice guy and
prolific OTR author), made some insightful comments about the few
inaccuracies that might crop up in some of the books written about Old Time
radio.

I must confess, I haven't read too many of them, mainly because I had the
good fortune to have had "Lived" OTR, and never needed to learn about it
through books. But I admire, and commend those who write on the subject, and
am always delighted that so many people show such great interest in that
unique entertainment medium.

Martin closed his posting with;

The advantage is that
with each passing publication, information gets corrected.  Compare Buxton
and Owen's THE BIG BROADCAST to Dunning's ON THE AIR and you can see the
difference.  As the years pass, such mistakes or errors will eventually be
deleted.  RAISED ON RADIO, incidentally, is one of the nicer recollection
books about OTR I've read in a while.  Hal Stone's book and Hal Kanter's
book are also enjoyable reads.

Thank you, Martin, for the kind words about my recent book. If there are any
inaccuracies in it, it's not from faulty research, but a faulty memory. :)

Just in case there are any new Digest subscribers that might want to learn
what it was like to "grow up" as a Radio performer over a 15 year span, (age
8 to 23) and gain some insight into the way things were done back then, I
might as well take this opportunity to do a little sales pitch. (We have a
few copies left, and do not plan on a second printing).

Although the book's title is "Aw, Relax, [removed]", the book is not
specifically devoted to the 10 year run of the "Archie Andrews" show.
Although that program is featured, (obviously), it's more a tale of the Show
Biz and OTR environment back then, and thumbnail sketches of the fascinating
people I encountered and had the pleasure to work with. It also traces the
career of many of them who went on to stardom in TV and motion pictures.

If interested, you can learn more about the book, and how to order, by going
to our Web Site

[removed]

Or, if your planning to attend the upcoming FOTR and SPERDVAC Conventions,
copies of the book can be purchased there. And, (for what it's worth), I
happily inscribe and autograph each copy. Big [removed], and a buck, can
get you on the NY Subways. :)

Regards, (and thanks again, Martin).

Hal(Harlan)Stone
Jughead

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:37:15 -0400
From: oldpdb@[removed] (Paul Barringer)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Comics and Radio

  As most everyone on this list knows radio and the comics are very well
entwined. Many radio shows started in the comics and many comics started
in radio.

  In the October 24, 2003 issue of "COMIC BUYERS GUIDE" there are three
articles on the Shadow.

  Also, there is an article on Anthony Tollin, one of this list's
experts.

  I have read many many of Anthony's books and up until reading this
issue of the magazine, I never knew he was a colorist for the comic's
industry.

My favorites he worked on were two of his favorites, The Shadow Strikes
and the Phantom.

I never associated the name with the same, now I know.

Paul

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:36:14 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  10-13 births/deaths

October 13th births

10-13-1885 - Harry Hershfield - Cedar Rapids, IA - d. 12-15-1974
comedian: "Stop Me If You Heard This One"; "Can You Top This?"
10-13-1889 - Douglas Dumbrille - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - d. 4-2-1974
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-13-1890 - Douglass Dumbrille - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - d. 4-2-1974
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-13-1891 - Irene Rich - Buffalo, NY - d. 4-22-1988
actress: Faith Chandler "Dear John"; Irene Davis "Lady Counsellor"
10-13-1910 - Tex McCrary - Calvert, TX - d. 7-28-2003
interviewer: "Hi Jinx"; "Tex & Jinx"
10-13-1913 - Ethel Everett - NYC - d. 4-2-1973
actress: Elsie Anderson "David Harum"; Mayme Gordon "The O"Neills"
10-13-1915 - Hugh James - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-17-2001
announcer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Three Star Final"; "Big Town"
10-13-1918 - Cornel Wilde - NYC - d. 10-15-1989
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-13-1918 - Robert Walker - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 8-27-1951
actor: Davy Dillon "Maudie"s Diary"
10-13-1920 - Laraine Day - Roosevelt, UT
talk show hostess, actress: "Laraine Day Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"

October 13th deaths

02-15-1923 - Keene Curtis - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 10-13-2002
actor: NPR Playhouse "Star Wars"
04-04-1906 - Bea Benaderet - NYC (R:  San Francisco, CA) - d. 10-13-1968
comedienne: Gertrude Gearshift "Jack Benny Program"; Dora Foster "Date with
Judy"
07-14-1917 - Douglas Edwards - Ada, OK - d. 10-13-1990
newscaster: "Wendy Warren and the News"
10-07-1889 - Clarence Muse - Baltimore , MD - d. 10-13-1979
singer: "Paducah Plantation"
10-15-1926 - Jean Peters - Canton, OH - d. 10-13-2000
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-23-1906 - Lucy Monroe - NYC - d. 10-13-1987
singer: (The Star-Spangled Soprano) "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"
11-19-1889 - Clifton Webb - Indianapolis, IN - d. 10-13-1966
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-16-1898 - Lud Gluskin - NYC - d. 10-13-1989
conductor: "Hollywood Showcase"; "Amos 'n" Andy"; "Advs. of Sam Spade"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:41:30 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  RCP [removed]

In my collection, there are actually 3 Bradbury plays from Radio City
Playhouse, "The wind", October 30, 1949, and the double-feature broadcast
with his "The Lake" and "Collector's Item", October 16, 1949.  The dates are
courtesy of Grams' excellent book, Radio Drama, in which all of the titles
broadcast in Radio City Playhouse are identified.
    In the 1980s, NPR did the excellent Bradbury series, Bradbury 13, and
included their modern version of "The Wind."  I can't quite put my finger on
it, but for some reason the older, 1949 version, seems to be the spookier of
the two!

Ted Kneebone/1528 S. Grant [removed], SD 57401/605-226-3344
OTR: [removed]

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:01:00 -0400
From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Glenn Miller and Harry Morgan

With the recent posts about both Glenn Miller and Harry (Henry) Morgan,
it brought to mind a fact that I always found interesting.  That is that
Harry Morgan was cast in both Glenn Millers 20th Century movie
"Orchestra Wives"in 1942,  and also Universals "The Glenn Miller Story"
in 1954.
In "Orchestra Wives" Harry played a soda jerk who took a date (Ann
Rutherford) to a dance played by the Miller band.
In "The Glenn Miller Story" he played Millers friend and piano player
Chummy McGregor.

As to who was first with the name Henry [removed] was the radio
Henry on the air before 1942?  As far as I can find Harry appeared on
the radio first in 1945.  So maybe even if he was in the movies as Henry
in 1942 or even earlier, it doesn't count as far as radio performers go,
so he had to change his name just to do a few broadcasts.

George Aust

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:44:55 -0400
From: "evantorch" <etorch@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Orson Welles Documentary Alert!

This Tuesday night, October 14th, there is a special on Orson Welles which
is quite illuminating @10:00 [removed] EDT on Showtime East.
Evan Torch, [removed]
etorch@[removed]

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