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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 311
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
OTR movies reply [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
Epitaph [ "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed]; ]
KCAL [ "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed]; ]
White Cliffs of Dover [ "S Skuse" <sskuse@[removed]; ]
Re: Call letters KCAL [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
Lights! Microphone! Action! -- OTR F [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
Jack Benny TV series [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
Lyrics to "Sunday" [ isobar@[removed] ]
Re: Gunsmoke Radio/TV actors [ Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed]; ]
White Cliffs [ Richard Carpenter <sinatra@ragingbu ]
Call Letters - KCAL [ "Dave DiSisto" <ddisist1@[removed] ]
call letters KCAL [ "Tim Lones" <tallones@[removed]; ]
The Marx of Time [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
Cincinnati Radio's Stan Matlock Dead [ GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@ ]
Destruction of cultural/radio herita [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
50's Radio Promotions [ "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed]; ]
James Arness [ otrbuff@[removed] ]
jack benny on tv today [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
KCAL [ "jay ranellucci" <jayran33@hotmail. ]
C-Span sunday night at eight! [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
Re: Shawn's Lum n' Abner [ RJDeVore1@[removed] ]
Re: Lyrics to "Sunday" [ Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed]; ]
USA bluebirds over UK white cliffs [ Bhob <bhob2@[removed]; ]
FOTR Convention [ JayHick@[removed] ]
X-1 log [ "bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 20:09:03 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR movies reply
Joe Salerno asked:
I just saw a item obout a book "Behind Your Radio Dial" put out by
[removed] I believe would be the same title of a film short made for
movie theaters in 1948.
What are other movies that might be of interest to OTR fans?
Either about OTR, broadcasters, or about the industry - fiction or
documentary?
Joe Salerno
Hundreds, literally. Many radio programs were adapted into feature-length
movies for obvious reasons. Probably one of the largest is because the
movie producers figured if the radio show is popular, they've already
acquired an interest and guarenteed box-office draw for a movie version. I
could name hundreds but a few notables (and rarities) some might find of
interest:
ONCE UPON A TIME - starred Cary Grant in a big-screen version of the Norman
Corwin radio play, "My Client, Curly", which has been performed more than
once with Dick Beals recently at FOTR and SPERDVAC. Trust me, the movie
isn't half as good as the radio play.
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - once had a 90 minute documentary on the origin of
radio, about Lee DeForest and Sarnoff. I forget the title (perhaps someone
can post it on the digest) but comes highly recommended, if you're looking
for a well written documentary.
THE LIFE OF RILEY - starred William Bendix and John Brown. One of the most
faithful adaptations from radio to screen, and the 1948 movie also has to be
one of the best written movie scripts I've seen in a comedy movie. This is
well worth watching and guarenteed enjoyment.
WHO DONE IT? - Abbott and Costello movie (one of the harder-to-find) films
that actually involves a murder mystery in an on-the-air radio station.
Lots of laughs - might be at your local video store if they still stock very
old VHS releases.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF RADIO - a 1970s dinner celebration broadcast (I
believe) on PBS. While it's not really a movie, it is hands down, one of
the best salutes to the golden age. Highly recommended.
By the time this posting hits the digest, no doubt people will have posted
titles of their own suggestion. Assuming the above titles I'm listing here
are not mentioned, they come highly recommended (with the exception of ONCE
UPON A TIME - I figured at least make a mention in passing for curious
seekers).
[removed] I thought George Lucas' RADIOLAND MURDERS was witty and creative,
although I'm sure some on the digest would think less of it.
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 21:28:39 -0400
From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Epitaph
I want my epitaph to be
"TAKE ONE"
Jim Stokes
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 22:25:49 -0400
From: "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: KCAL
Alfred Copeland <copeland@[removed]; wrote:
Years ago, I worked at a 1000-watt daylight station in Redlands,
California. It's call was KCAL.
Nowadays, I understand that the one-time KCAL has a different call, and I'm
wondering where the KCAL call now resides. It seemd too good a thing to just
disappear.
That call belongs to the TV station in Los Angeles (on channel 9) that had
formerly been KHJ-TV.
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 22:26:40 -0400
From: "S Skuse" <sskuse@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: White Cliffs of Dover
On 20 September Ted Welsa wrote:
I was recently at a lecture about music during WWII. The lecturer had
mentioned something about "The White Cliffs of Dover." I don't recall what
he said. But a member of the audience brought up an interesting point. He
is an ornithologist (birder.) He said that bluebirds are not endemic to
the UK. So he was wondering if maybe the song was American.
I'm have not researched his point about bluebirds, so don't shoot the
messenger here.
Although we have blackbirds in the UK, there are no bluebirds here!
The late Walter Kent, who wrote the lyrics, lived in the Los Angeles suburb
of Woodland Hills, and had never seen the famous chalk cliffs when he wrote
the song, which English singer Vera Lynn recorded in WWII. (Kent made his
first visit to Dover in 1989, when he donated an original manuscript of the
song.)
In war-torn 1941 no one was worried by this. The point of the lyric was that
it embraced the spirit of the popular film "The Wizard of Oz", which had
been released in 1939 ('Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds [removed]') and
helped keep up morale.
Sandra
Go to [removed] for the best Jimmy Clitheroe site
on the web
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:12:06 -0400
From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Call letters KCAL
Alfred Copeland <copeland@[removed]; writes:
Years ago, I worked at a 1000-watt daylight station in Redlands,
California. It's call was KCAL.
Nowadays, I understand that the one-time KCAL has a different call, and I'm
wondering where the KCAL call now resides.
On radio, KCAL is curently the property of [removed] FM in Redlands. On
television, when the FCC forced RKO General to sell its broadcast
properties, KHJ-TV Channel 9 in Los Angeles was sold to the Walt Disney
Company (whose films, ironically, had been distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
in the '30s and '40s) and renamed KCAL-TV, as it remains today under the
ownership of Young Broadcasting.
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:12:30 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lights! Microphone! Action! -- OTR Films
Christian Blees asks,
I'm looking for radio series/episodes that made it to the silver screen
(like the famous "sorry, wrong number") - NOT on TV! Can anyone help
with the titles of episodes/series/movies?
Captain Midnight, Hop Harrigan, The Lone Ranger, and The Green Hornet all
made it to the silver screen as movie serials. All but one of them was
not quite the same as the radio show it sprang from. Captain Midnight
was a Secret Identity, not just a code name, nor was there a Secret
Squadron. The Lone Ranger was an alternate identity of one of several
men (and the identity was revealed in the last chapter). Hop Harrigan
turned into something science-fictional. Jack Armstrong was close to the
metamorphosing-to-half-hour shows, not like the classic 15-minute
episodes. The one that remains closest was The Green Hornet, with even a
rational explanation for how his gas gun worked.
There were other films that had an OTR presence, but didn't originate
there, such as Superman, Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, Tarzan, and
Buck Rogers.
Stephhen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:12:45 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny TV series
I suspect the reason that the Jack Benny TV series is seldom seen is that it
wasn't so great. It was swell for the adults who recalled the radio show
and all the relationships built over the years, but it did nothing for the
kids ([removed], me and everyone else I knew) who occasionally had to watch it.
We liked George Burns and Gracie a great deal better.
M Kinsler
[removed]
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:13:02 -0400
From: isobar@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lyrics to "Sunday"
Jim Stokes wanted the lyrics of "Sunday", the Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show
show theme. I don't remember the theme as used on that show, but here are
the lyrics from memory of an old Ukulele Ike record version I used to
listen to.
Bob Kirk
SUNDAY
All week long the world, seems oh so blue, cause I'm away from you,
Miss you too,
Every-thing goes wrong, and there's nobody to cheer me,
When you're nor near me.
- - - - - - - -
I'm blue every Monday thinking over Sunday,
That one day when I'm with you.
It seems that I sigh all day Tuesday, I cry all day Wednesday,
Oh my, how I long for you.
And then comes Thursday, gee it's long, it never goes by,
Friday makes me feel like I'm going to die.
But after payday, that's my fun day I shine all day Sunday,
That one day when I'm with you.
- - - - - -
Say, I can't work every Monday thinking over Sunday,
That one day when I'm with you.
It seems that I'm tired all day Tuesday, I'm fired on Wednesday,
Just cause my mind's all on you.
I'm back on Thursday, then the boss gives me one more try,
Friday, worse again, I just dream and sigh.
And then comes payday, that's my fun day, I'm glad all day Sunday,
That one day when I'm with you.
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:13:45 -0400
From: Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Gunsmoke Radio/TV actors
Walden Hughes asked about radio actors who appeared on the TV version of
Gunsmoke.
Below is a list of radio actors who appeared during the first two of the
20 seasons of the television version of Gunsmoke [note spelling of the
show].
Stanley Adams
Harry Bartell
Jeanne Bates
Howard Culver
Joe De Santis
John Dehner
Lawrence Dobkin
Paul Dubov
John Hoyt
Vivi Janiss
Jess Kirkpatrick
Helen Kleeb
Jack Kruschen
John Larch
Keye Luke
Ken Lynch
Herbert Lytton
James McCallion
Howard McNear
Tyler McVey
James Nusser
Vic Perrin
Howard Petrie
Barney Phillips
Bartlett Robinson
Marian Seldes
Edgar Stehli
Harold Stone
Russell Thorson
Peggy Webber
James Westerfield
Will Wright
An excellent source you might want to check out is:
Gunsmoke : a complete history and analysis of the legendary broadcast
series with a comprehensive episode-by-episode guide to both the radio
and television programs / by SuzAnne Barabas and Gabor Barabas.
Give my regards to James,
Gerry Wright
ZoneZebra Productions
San Francisco
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:29:41 -0400
From: Richard Carpenter <sinatra@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: White Cliffs
The comment that bluebirds don't fly over the white cliffs of Dover is
correct. Not only that: a nightingale never sang in Berkley Square -- not
voluntarily anyway.
I have been to the white cliffs of Dover, and while they may not have
bluebirds, they sure do have seagulls!
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 00:23:21 -0400
From: "Dave DiSisto" <ddisist1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Call Letters - KCAL
Re: Alfred Copeland's inquiry concerning call letters KCAL.
The KCAL call letters are being used at [removed] FM Rocks from Redlands, CA. In
addition, the Los Angeles area has a television station using the call
letters KCAL at channel 9. I could find no evidence of the call letters
being used on the AM band.
Dave DiSisto
EMail: ddisist1@[removed]
Web site: [removed]
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:44:55 -0400
From: "Tim Lones" <tallones@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: call letters KCAL
Dont know of a radio Station using these calls, but KCAL is now an
independent TV station (Channel 9) for the Los Angeles Market, owned by
Disney.
Tim Lones
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:45:12 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Marx of Time
I've just found a reference to a radio show called "The Marx of Time," a
1933 radio show starring one or more of the Marx Brothers. I've never
heard of it before. Can anyone tell me anything about it? Are there
shows available anywhere?
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed]
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:45:39 -0400
From: GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cincinnati Radio's Stan Matlock Dead
Stan Matlock was hands down the greatest
storyteller Cincinnati radio produced. His radio
career began at WCKY in 1945, but he was most famous
for THE MAGAZINE OF THE AIR, heard over WKRC from 1952
until 1975.
That weekday morning program was exactly what
the title claimed - quite literally a broadcast
magazine, with articles and stories - plus some really
good music thrown in. Stan's tales were among the most
fascinating that I've ever heard (he apparently
considered himself a radio writer first and a radio
performer second) and other listeners obviously felt
the same way. For much of his WKRC run Matlock held a
50 share of the Cincinnati radio audience.
After his 1975 "retirement" Matlock worked
intermittently for other Cincinnati stations - pretty
much when and where he desired. He returned to WKRC in
1993, broadcasting weekend programs from his Florida
retirement home.
In 1998 Matlock recorded 800 stories for WVXU-FM
(the Xavier University station which has done
marvelous work keeping OTR and even revival radio
programs on the air). Those yarns are now being aired
on weekends during the WHEN SWING WAS KING broadcasts.
(I don't know whether or not they are being sent out
over the WVXU network.)
Stan Matlock will be missed - yet he will remain
listened to!
George Wagner
GWAGNEROLDTIMERADIO@[removed]
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:47:07 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Destruction of cultural/radio heritage in
Afghanistan
There is an article in today's Los Angeles Times about the Talibans' police
beating up and prosecuting people who make/listen to music, since those
actions are "un-Islamic".
It also mentions that all the existing music recordings at Afghan radio
stations are being destroyed.
So it appears that songs that reflect a culture that is thousands of years
old will disappear forever, since today's Afghans are forbidden to hear
them, much less sing.
This is not a political message; it's just a reminder to keep what you can
of our worldwide cultural heritage: somewhere/sometime, someone may try to
cut it off at its roots.
Herb Harrison
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:49:30 -0400
From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 50's Radio Promotions
Here's a topic that I don't think I've ever seen on the OTR Digest.
Especially during the 50s, when rock radio was its creative days, there were
some very clever promotions run. Here are some that I recall. Can you
other folks recall others? They all were done with lots of tape reverb (as
indicated). Thus, the invention of the three-head, erase/record/play
recorder made this ad nauseum production technique possible. And all the
promotions were introduced with, "If you're within the sound of my [removed]"
:)
* Lucky License Plate -- "It's KOWH's (REVEB--) 'Lucky License Plate.'
If you're within the sound of my voice, and we read your license plate
number over the air, you have (X minutes) to call KOWH at (phone number).
You could win (x dollars)!"
So I do recall that on KOWH, Omaha.
* The Mystery Man -- (ON PHONE MIC) "I'm the Mystery Man. I'll give
you a clue. Find me and win {X dollars)."
I recall that years ago before I got into radio. But things come
around again. I was in charge of "The Mystery Man" contest at WLOL here
in Minneapolis back in 1975. Wow, was that fun. I recall our GM Red
Williams (Bless him, he has since departed this world a month ago) reaching
into his pocket for money for me to give the MM. "Hah, that's why I'm so
broke all the time, Jimmy," he'd say.
WLOL was where my good friend Sandy Singer -- who now hosts "A Date With
Sinatra " -- worked before I came on the scene. And we all miss Red
Williams. Tough sounding guy with a heart of gold.
Best,
Jim Stokes
jstokes@[removed]
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:49:52 -0400
From: otrbuff@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: James Arness
I just received a long-awaited copy of "James Arness, An Autobiography,"
which rolled off the McFarland presses in the last couple of weeks. It's
228 pages of text and pictures (lots of them!) about my all time favorite
actor in that other medium and I'm anxious to get busy reading. The
color illustration at the front of the book is worth a mint if Dillon was
your hero. The index lists some fleeting references to Gunsmoke on
radio. It's available at 800-253-2187. You likely won't find it in
local or chain retail stores. The price is $35 (no discounts on the
internet) but as books like this go, it's probably worth every penny.
Jim Cox
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:50:04 -0400
From: Jer51473@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: jack benny on tv today
I live near richmond, va. and as recently as the first of the year the local
PBS station was airing jack benny and burns and allen on sunday afternoons.
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:58:52 -0400
From: "jay ranellucci" <jayran33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: KCAL
Hi all.
Lee Munsick asked recently what happened to the call
letters KCAL. Here's roughly what went on over the years.
KCAL is now in Los Angeles, but now is it is KCAL-TV.
It's located at 5515 Melrose Bl. and it was originally
the home of KHJ radio of the Mutual Don Lee Network.
In 1949 It moved to 1313 Vine St. And the Melrose
studios became the first home of Capitol Records.
And in 1956 Capitol move into the Capitol Tower and
sometime in the 60's KHJ moved back into it's old
haunt on Melrose along with it's TV operation, Ch 9. Then in
the 80's or 90's Disney bought the station and changed
the call letters to KCAL Ch. 9. A couple of years later
when Disney bought the ABC radio and tv network
the government made them sell KCAL because they had
KABC-TV in Los Angeles.
The only dates I know for sure is when Capitol took over
the building.
Hope this is of some help.
"The only good Radio is OLD TIME RADIO"
JAY
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 11:11:16 -0400
From: Jer51473@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: C-Span sunday night at eight!
A few weeks ago I posted about a WW2 action and asked had anyone ever heard
of it and if so are there any radio news feeds known of. I got no responses,
but here is more info on the subject if anyones interested. The subject is a
raid that took place by the newly formed, at the time, [removed] Rangers to
liberate the American prisoners of war in the Phillipines in early 1945. I
had just read the book and being a pretty good ww2 buff, learned of an event
I had never known of. The raid was unbelieveable and in keeping with recent
events, shows us, like today, what incredible heroes this country produces
when its brothers and sisters are at stake. The book "Ghost Soldiers" is
nonfiction and a must read to foster your patriotic ferver. Anyway, I gave
the book to my brother and he just called me to say the author will be
interviewed on either C-span or C-span11 sunday night at eight to discuss the
book. I cant remember his name, but I think it was something like Sides? I
knew when our guys were liberated, but I never knew such a raid took place.
Watch the show and read the book, you will be glad you did.
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 11:11:30 -0400
From: RJDeVore1@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Shawn's Lum n' Abner
As someone new to old time radio and a new subscriber to this forum, I can
tell you that I am enjoying it quite a bit. I'm not sure I can select a top
five, but I do know what my favorite is and it's Lum n' Abner. I am eagerly
awaiting for Shawn to complete his efforts. Thanks in advance for your
efforts.
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 11:45:44 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Lyrics to "Sunday"
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:47:48 -0400
From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
Subject: Lyrics to "Sunday"
Would someone be so kind as to E-mail me the lyrics to the song "Sunday,"
which was the theme song for the Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show?
I've always liked that song, and have heard Phil's remotes from the
Coconut Grove c. 1935 where he played it all the time.
The opening music to the Phil Harris-Alice Faye interests me. It
starts out with "Sunday" and segues into "A Pretty Girl" then there's an
unaccountable drum boom that seems almost like stereotypical "bump and
grind" for a few bars. I've always found a bit curious.
Joe
--
Visit my home page:
[removed]~[removed]
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 18:21:34 -0400
From: Bhob <bhob2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: USA bluebirds over UK white cliffs
Photo of the young VERA LYNN:
[removed]
Short biography and photo of Vera Lynn:
[removed]
Although Vera Lynn is closely identified with “The White Cliffs of
Dover,” here is some background on American talents and symbolic
bluebirds flying over white cliffs:
On the ruby-red heels of MGM’s THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939), 20th Century Fox
released its own lavish Technicolor fantasy, THE BLUE BIRD (1940), with
Shirley Temple seeking the elusive bluebird of happiness. Surely these
images were fresh in the minds of Nat Burton and Walter Kent when they
wrote “The White Cliffs of Dover” (1941).
Burton (words) and Kent (music) were obviously inspired by the huge
popularity of the long narrative poem, THE WHITE CLIFFS (1940) by Alice
Duer Miller (1874-1942). Here are excerpts from Miller’s poem:
[removed]~marcia_2[removed]
Miller’s verse tale sold 125,000 copies in the first ten months, and
700,000 copies by the end of the war. British-born Lynn Fontanne
(1887-1983) twice did readings of the poem on radio and also recorded
it. The poem was the source (credited) of MGM’s THE WHITE CLIFFS OF
DOVER (1944), starring Irene Dunne, who recreated the role two years
later in the ACADEMY AWARD THEATER (CBS):
[removed]
[removed]
[removed],3699,2345027,[removed]
Alice Duer Miller was born on Staten Island in 1874 to the wealthy Duer
family, but the family fortune was lost in a bank crisis. She grew up on
a Weehawken estate, went to Barnard College, published her first book
(POEMS) in 1896, married businessman/stock trader Henry W. Miller in
1899 and lived in Costa Rica until 1903 when she returned to NYC and
began writing romantic novels. She was a NEW YORK TRIBUNE columnist from
1914 to 1917 (collected in ARE WOMEN PEOPLE? and WOMEN ARE PEOPLE!),
finding wider fame when her novel COME OUT OF THE KITCHEN (1916) was
adapted for Broadway and Hollywood. A screenwriter for silent films, she
was a member of the Algonquin Round Table and one of the original
“advisory editors” listed in the first 1925 issue of THE NEW YORKER.
FORSAKING ALL OTHERS (1931) was a narrative love poem, and her GOWNS BY
ROBERTA (1933) became the Kern-Harbach musical ROBERTA (source of “Smoke
Gets in Your Eyes”). She died in NYC August 22, 1942. Photo of Alice
Duer Miller’s gravesite in Morristown, New Jersey:
[removed];GRid=3643
“The White Cliffs of Dover” was copyright 1941 by Shapiro, Bernstein &
Co., Inc. and Walter Kent Music, copyright renewed. While the Vera Lynn
recording was popular in the UK, the Kay Kyser Orchestra (with Harry
Babbitt vocal) in the USA went to a #1 Billboard position in 1941-42.
Four other interpretations in the Top 20: Glenn Miller (#6); Kate Smith
(#9); Sammy Kaye (#11); and Jimmy Dorsey (#15). Also recorded by Blue
Barron, Guy Lombardo, Tommy Tucker, Vaughn Monroe and Wayne Van Dyne.
The song stayed on the 1941 Hit Parade for 17 weeks.
Walter Kent, born in NYC in 1911, never actually saw the white cliffs of
Dover until 1989. An architect who did music as a sideline, he teamed
with several different lyricists. Kim Gannon and Kent wrote “I’ll Be
Home for Christmas,” heard in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1943), and they
also collaborated on the stage musical SEVENTEEN (1951).
The Burton-Kent “White Cliffs of Dover” inspired this 1995 sermon by
Rev. David Bumbaugh:
[removed]
Lyrics inscribed in WWII memorial:
[removed]
Other songs sung in UK during WWII:
[removed]
[removed]~morgan/[removed]
........
Bhob @ PRE-FUSE @ [removed]
.
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 18:14:19 -0400
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: FOTR Convention
The convention is still on (Oct 25 - 28). Most of the West Coast guests are
still coming. Details on our web site. A major donation will be made after
the convention to the Red Cross. Hopefully it will be in excess of $[removed]
You can get information on the Friends of Old-time Radio Convention on our
Web Site:
FOTR Web site: [removed] (all lower case)
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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 18:21:50 -0400
From: "bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed];
To: "" old-time radio digest ">" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: X-1 log
Hi all,
Any ideas where I can get a log for X-1?
I'm converting a bunch to MP3, at 192kbps, and want to put some dates on them.
Thanks. I put the bit rate in there for the folks like me that want good
sound quality from their MP3's. <g>
I'm keeping a copy of the original wav files too.
Bill
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