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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 154
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Everybody's Farm [ "Bob Burchett" <haradio@[removed] ]
6-3 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Harry Conn [ "Laura Leff" <president@[removed] ]
Sister Aimee [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
Will Rogers on Radio [ Brightstar2761@[removed] ]
Inner Sanctum [ <jer51473@[removed]; ]
Re: Inner Sanctum [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
The Boswell Sisters [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
Re:OTR-related street or landmark ti [ Vince Long <vlongbsh@[removed]; ]
Will Rogers on KHJ [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
Cheers to Ron Sayles [ Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 4-10 June [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Meet Corliss [removed] [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
thanks for your help [ "Ed Walker" <edhwalker@[removed]; ]
6-4 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 00:15:31 -0400
From: "Bob Burchett" <haradio@[removed];
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Everybody's Farm
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I was waiting to get my hair cut one Saturday morning, and
the barber always
had "Everybody's Farm" on. Never forget
one of the jokes on the show that
morning. Why do birds
fly south? It's too far to walk.
Bob Burchett
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 00:15:38 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-3 births/deaths
June 3rd births
06-03-1900 - Frank Dailey - Bloomfield, NJ - d. 2-27-1956
bandleader: "Matinee at Meadowbrook"
06-03-1901 - Maurice Evans - Dorchester, England - d. 3-12-1989
actor: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
06-03-1904 - Jan Peerce - NYC - d. 12-15-1984
singer: "Music Hall of the Air"; "A & P Gypsies"; "Golden Treasury of
Song"
06-03-1905 - Paulette Goddard - Whitestone Landing, Long Island, NY -
d. 3-23-1990
actor: "Cresta Blanca Players"
06-03-1906 - Brooke Temple - Niagra Falls, NY - d. 04-1982
actor: Red Ryder "Red Ryder"
06-03-1906 - Josephine Baker - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-12-1975
singer: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
06-03-1911 - Ellen Corby - Racine, WI - d. 4-14-1999
actor: "Bud's Bandwagon"
06-03-1914 - Elzie Segar - d. 8-23-1997
writer: "Popeye the Sailor" based on his comic strip
06-03-1914 - Roy Glenn - Pittsburg, KS - d. 3-12-1971
actor: "The Beulah Show"
06-03-1916 - Jack Manning - Cincinnati, OH
actor: David Crawford "Young Dr. Malone"
06-03-1917 - Leo Gorcey - NYC - d. 6-2-1969
actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
06-03-1924 - Colleen Dewhurst - Montreal, Canada - d. 8-22-1991
actor: "Will Cather: A Look of Rememberance"
06-03-1924 - Ted Mallie - d. 1-25-1999
announcer: "The Shadow"
06-03-1925 - Tony Curtis - NYC
actor: "Hollywood Star Playhouse"; "Stars in the Air"; "Suspense"
June 3rd deaths
01-06-1913 - Tom Brown - NYC - d. 6-3-1990
actor: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-09-1909 - Patrick Peyton - Carracastle, Ireland - d. 6-3-1992
preacher: (The Rosary Priest) "Family Theatre"
01-11-1899 - Eva Le Gallienne - d. 6-3-1991
actor: "Civic Repertory Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-20-1906 - Ozzie Nelson - Jersey City, NJ - d. 6-3-1975
actor: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
04-21-1915 - Anthony Quinn - Chihauha, Mexico - d. 6-3-2001
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Your Radio Theatre"
05-25-1905 - Joseph C. Harsch - Toledo, OH - d. 6-3-1998
news commentator: "A Closer Look at the News"; "Emphasis"
05-26-1908 - Robert Morley - Semley, England - d. 6-3-1992
actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
08-13-1905 - Olga Albani - Barcelona, Spain - d. 6-3-1940
singer: "Coca-Cola Hour"; "Silken String"
08-13-1910 - Skinnay Ennis - Salisbury, NC - d. 6-3-1963
bandleader, singer: "Bob Hope Show"; "Abbott and Costello Show"
08-24-1919 - Dennis James - Jersey City, NJ - d. 6-3-1997
host, announcer: "Lawyer Q"; "Major Bows Original Amateur Hour"
09-18-1910 - Joe "Curley" Bradley - Coalgate, OK - d. 6-3-1985
actor, singer: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; "Singing Marshall"
10-20-1904 - Anna Neagle - Forest Gate, Essex, England - d. 6-3-1986
actor: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Kate Smith Hour"; "Radio Tribute to the
Kind and Queen"
12-09-1925 - Patricia Wheel - NYC - d. 6-3-1986
actor: "Stroke of Fate"; "Crime and Peter Chambers"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Home state of John Fielder
Platteville, Wisconsin
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 00:16:00 -0400
From: "Laura Leff" <president@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Harry Conn
Jordan Young reported:
I haven't found an obit on Conn, but a 1958 article on him in the New
York Mirror verifies that he was then working as a doorman, at the
Playhouse Theatre. According to the article, he had written for Benny
"within the last three years." I don't know if that's true, but he
wrote for Jolson, Cantor, Mae West, Willie Howard and of course Burns
and Allen--his first clients.
Conn continued to give bits to Jack here and there over the years, and Jack
did Conn's "Chicken Sisters" bit (under various names, originated in the
early 30s) in his stage shows almost all the way until his death. It is
said that Jack paid Conn for his submitted material, even when he couldn't
use the bits.
Whattaguy.
--Laura Leff
President, IJBFC
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 01:14:59 -0400
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Sister Aimee
I just finished reading Daniel Epstein's biography of Aimee Semple
McPherson. Now I'm curious to hear her. Does anyone know if there are any
recordings of her radio appearances, particularly if they are recordings
made during services at Angelus Temple?
Ted
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 12:01:59 -0400
From: Brightstar2761@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Will Rogers on Radio
According to John Dunning's "On The Air" Will was on the Radio from April
to June of 1930; from April of 33 to July of 34 and then From January to
June of 35. All of it was on CBS and most of it was done from
[removed] he did one show from Chicago and one from Boston in the first
series. If you are interested in finding out more the best place to start
looking is [removed] and if you ever get a chance to go to
Claremore Oklahoma, be sure to head to the WR memorial.
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 12:02:19 -0400
From: <jer51473@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Inner Sanctum
Was it mysteries or mystery? Who really cares? BTW, whether it was a horror
show or not, it scared the pants off those that i know that listened to it.
Mystery, mysteries, horror or not, interpret for yourself as there is, IMO,
no official interpretation. To me, horror shocks and/or frightens me whether
there is an explanation or not. Inner Sanctum, IMO, was the best of many good
ones.
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 12:02:40 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Inner Sanctum
Martin Grams Jr. wrote:
> [removed] King apparently has some advertisements that state INNER SANCTUM
> MYSTERIES (rather than INNER SANCTUM MYSTERY).
>
> I stand corrected. Apparently there were some ads in newspapers that said
> otherwise.
I've run into this with another radio program: "Barrie Craig, Confidential
Investigator" was published in newspaper ads in its earliest shows as "Barry
CRANE, Confidential Investigator" even though I have copies of those shows
and they very clearly are calling it CRAIG.
As I recall, that series was initially going to be called Barry CRANE,
Confidential Investigator, so it is possible that the newspapers were acting
upon press information given in advance and prior to any changes.
Jim Widner
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 12:04:46 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The Boswell Sisters
jazmaan whose identity is otherwise a mystery to us writes:
I'm in love with the Boswell Sisters. I think they deserve much wider
recognition than the Andrews Sisters. Sure the Andrews are fun, but
the Bozzies were genuine jazz artists and originators, creating
incredible arrangements with their soulful voices to make masterpieces
out of primitive material. Most of their songs were recorded long
before most of the great jazz standards were even written, yet the
Bozzies sound sophisticated and thrilling even when performing wretched
old chestnuts like "Yes Sir That's My Baby" or "Darktown Strutters
Ball". And when they do get a decent piece of material like "42nd
Street" they elevate it to the sublime.
Martha, Helvetia (Vet) and Connee Boswell were airing as
early as 1922 over WSMB in their native Big Easy, New
Orleans, before touring the Midwest, subsequently appearing
on Los Angeles' KFBW, winning a spot vocalizing with the
Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra on NBC (c1927-28), and by
1931-32 singing for Baker's chocolate and Chesterfield
cigarettes on separate CBS gigs from the West Coast. The
trio set standards for successive sibling acts and were
capable of accompanying themselves on cello, guitar, piano,
saxophone, trombone and violin. They appeared with Bing
Crosby, Kate Smith, Arthur Tracy in Paramount's "The Big
Broadcast" (1932) and from 1930-36 were dubbed "the hottest
vocal group in the country." When Vet and Martha both wed,
the act fell apart but Connee persisted solo. Carrying on
their tradition, she was a regular on no fewer than 19 radio
series by 1946, despite paralysis that left her in a
wheelchair from an accident at age 4. Their careers are
documented in my 369-page hardback volume "Music Radio: The
Great Performers and Programs of the 1920s through Early
1960s" available from [removed] or Monday-Friday
daytime at 800-253-2187.
Jim Cox
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 12:05:05 -0400
From: Vince Long <vlongbsh@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:OTR-related street or landmark ties
In Lakewood, California (a suburb of Los Angeles on the north side of
Long Beach) there is a batch of streets with show business-related
names. In the neighborhoods to the west of the intersection Bellflower
Blvd. and South Street you'll find:
Dagwood Ave.
Fidler Ave. (on which my grandparents lived)
Premiere Ave.
Pearce Ave.
Hersholt Ave.
Autry Ave.
Hedda Street
and
Amos Ave. and Andy Street, which do intersect.
I have a picture of the Amos and Andy street sign on my website:
[removed]
If you'd like a look at a street map, here's a shortcut to the area at
Google maps:
[removed]
Zoom in a little when you get there.
Vince (now in Montana)
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 12:06:45 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Will Rogers on KHJ
Jim Hilliker ponders:
Out of curiosity, was Will Rogers on a CBS program around that
time [c1930] that would have originated from Los Angeles, or was
this photo possibly posed when Rogers appeared at KHJ to take part
in a local broadcast not heard on the CBS network?
Rogers avoided radio for years, performing only occasionally
on variety series like The Eveready Hour and refusing to be
pinned down to an ongoing show. "Rogers was the sort of
personality radio was made for," insisted radio historian
Gerald Nachman. "With his relaxed, shambling, cud-chewing
style, Rogers endeared himself to listeners as he had on
stage and in movies, where he played himself-a sort of
country slicker."
It took Rogers' wife, Betty, and William S.
Paley, proud new owner of the Columbia Broadcasting System,
to convince him to attempt a regular feature. Drug
manufacturer E. R. Squibb Co. agreed to underwrite a Rogers
series for 12 weeks (April 6-June 22, 1930), paying the star
$72,000, which Paley later discovered Rogers gave away to
charity. The entertainer used his time to talk randomly to
a live studio audience while broadcasting to the larger
number tuning in. He did so without benefit of script
although he had carefully rehearsed where he was going with
each show, committing it to memory. "He mused aloud, as if
extemporaneously, and listening to him was more like
eavesdropping," wrote Nachman. "He didn't play to audiences
the way most comics do. He was just a natural-born crowd
pleaser who adapted without fuss to radio."
Rogers often began with "All I know is what I read in the
papers." He continued from there with a mention of some
thought-provoking item that had caught his attention.
Politics-and especially politicians-were favorite subjects
to lampoon and the audience reacted enthusiastically when he
stuck a needle to lawmakers. The first 10 Squibb-backed
shows aired from Los Angeles' KHJ, the CBS outlet there. He
was on the road for the last two weeks of his contract,
broadcasting from Boston's WNAC and Chicago's WBBM. By
then, America had fallen in love with his brand of
philosophical humor, and his weekly exposure to a nationwide
audience had projected him into being a national treasure.
Jim Cox
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 13:17:50 -0400
From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Cheers to Ron Sayles
If you haven't noticed, Ron Sayles mentions famous Wisconsinites as he
signs off his very interesting compilation of death and birth notices in
each issue of the Digest.
Yesterday's celebrity, John Hiestand, was narrator of "The Cinnamon Bear"
and brother to Elizabeth Heisch who co-wrote that wonderful children's
serial with her husband, Glanville.
Incidentally, REPS (Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound), is celebrating "The
Cinnamon Bear" at their annual convention this year in Seattle (June
23-24). I hope to see you there.
Dennis Crow
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 13:17:56 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 4-10 June
From Those Were The Days --
6/4
1944 - Leonidas Witherall was first broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting
System. Witherall was a detective who looked just like William Shakespeare.
6/6
1938 - Stella Dallas was presented for the first time on the NBC Red
network. The serial was "the true to life story of mother love and
sacrifice." Stella Dallas continued to do this and so much more until 1955.
1944 - CBS radio saluted America's war doctors with The Doctor Fights,
presented for the first time this day.
6/7
1945 - The NBC program The Adventures of Topper was heard for the first
time.
1955 - NBC presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. The
program had aired for 21 years.
6/8
1942 - The comic soap opera Clara, Lu 'n Em was revived on CBS (the
original show began in 1931 on NBC). Clara, Lu and Em were together
again for just a short while before vanishing into radio oblivion.
1947 - Lassie debuted on ABC. It was a 15-minute show about an
extraordinary collie. Animal imitator, Earl Keen provided the whines and
other dog noises. The announcer was Charles Lyon; Marvin Miller and
Betty Arnold played Lassie's owners. The sponsor was Red Heart dog food.
6/10
From [removed] --
1909 - An SOS signal is transmitted for the first time in an emergency
when the Cunard liner SS Slavonia is wrecked off the Azores.
From Those Were The Days --
1924 - The first political convention on radio was presented by NBC.
Graham McNamee provided coverage of the Republican National Convention
from Cleveland, OH.
Joe
--
Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 18:04:22 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Meet Corliss [removed]
I have 4 "Meet Corliss Archer" programs, only one is dated:
Dream man, 12/18/49
Keeping the Christmas spirit
A boy named Raymond
A slight case of plagiarism
...and don't forget the other "girl" teenager program, "A date with Judy."
Ted Kneebone / 1528 S. Grant St. / Aberdeen, SD 57401
[removed]~stmarkch/
Democrats: [removed]
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 18:08:27 -0400
From: "Ed Walker" <edhwalker@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: thanks for your help
My name is Ed Walker, and I am new to this site. I host a radio program of
old radio broadcasts of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s heard every Sunday night
on WAMU FM from American University in Washington, [removed] I would like to
take this opportunity to thank everyone who has responded to my request for
Seabiscuit's races. Should you care to contact me my email address is
edhwalker@[removed]
Thanks again for your response.
Ed Walker
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Ed's show, "The Big Broadcast," can be heard as-aired (hit
the "Listen Live" link) every Sunday night from 7:00pm to 11:00pm at
[removed] and is also available on-demand for the
following week if you miss the live feed. --cfs3]
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 22:30:15 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-4 births/deaths
June 4th births
06-04-1881 - Clara Blandick - Hong Kong (on a ship in harbor) - d.
4-15-1962
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
06-04-1891 - Erno Rapee - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-26-1945
conductor: "Roxy's Gang"; "General Motors Concert"
06-04-1900 - Dan Golenpaul - NYC - d. 2-13-1974
producer: "Information, Please"
06-04-1901 - Carlton E. Morse - Jennings, LA - d. 5-24-1993
writer, producer, director: "One Man's Family"; "I Love A Mystery"
06-04-1906 - Richard Whorf - Winthrop, MA - d. 12-14-1966
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Jack Benny
Program"
06-04-1906 - Vinton Haworth (Hayworth) - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-21-1970
actor: Fred Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Michael Shayne "Michael Shayne"
06-04-1907 - Rosalind Russell - Waterbury, CT - d. 11-28-1976
actor: "Four-Star Playhouse"; "Silver Theatre"
06-04-1917 - Charles Collingwood - Three Rivers, MI - d. 10-3-1985
newscaster: CBS News UN Correspondent/White House Correspondent
06-04-1917 - Helen Wood - Clarksville, TN - d. 2-8-1988
actor: Elaine Dascomb "Those We Love"
06-04-1918 - Howard Culver - Colorado - d. 8-4-1984
actor: Steve Adams/Straight Arrow "Straight Arrow"; "Free lance"
06-04-1919 - Robert Merrill - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-23-2004
singer: "An Evening with Romberg"; "Robert Merrill Show"
06-04-1921 - Don Diamond - Brooklyn NY
actor: "Confession"; "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "NBC University Theatre"
06-04-1924 - Dennis Weaver - Joplin, MO - d. 2-24-2006
actor: Look Magazine Commercial "Have Gun, Will Travel"
06-04-1927 - Phil Rammacher - d. 3-6-2003
drums: "The Hoagy Carmichael Show"
06-04-1940 - Lassie (Pal) - North Hollywood, CA - d. xx-xx-1958
actor: "Lassie Show"
June 4th deaths
01-12-1902 - Joe E. Lewis - NYC - d. 6-4-1971
comedian: "Midnight to Dawn in New York and London"
01-19-1908 - Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue) - Erie, PA - d. 6-4-1994
comedian: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
03-10-1919 - Lorna Thayer - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-2005
actor: "The Hallmark Hall of Fame"
03-11-1898 - Dorothy Gish - Massillon, OH - d. 6-4-1968
actor: Texaco Star Playhouse"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-17-1902 - Jimmy Grier - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-4-1959
orchestra leader: "Woodbury Soap Show"
04-02-1919 - Tom Hubbard - d. 6-4-1974
actor: Sergaent Cadet Stripes "Starr of Space
04-19-1915 - Betty Winkler - Berwick, PA - d. 6-4-2002
actor: Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish
Rose"
05-15-1890 - Menasha Skulnik - Warsaw, Poland - d. 6-4-1970
actor: Mr. Cohen "Abie's Irish Rose"; Uncle David "The Goldbergs"
05-27-1919 - Ray Montgomery - d. 6-4-1998
actor: Noel Chandler "Dear John"
06-12-1916 - Ivan Tors - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-4-1983
producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
07-15-1905 - Shirley Povich - Bar Harbor ME - d. 6-4-1998
sports columnist: "World Series Preview"; "Sonny Liston vs. Cassius
Clay"
07-16-1911 - Sonny Tufts - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-1970
actor: "Harold Lloyd's Comedy Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
07-25-1907 - Jack Gilford - NYC - d. 6-4-1990
comedian: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
07-26-1901 - Serge Koussevitzky - Vyshni Volocheck, Russia - d. 6-4-1978
symphony conductor: "Boston Symphony Orchestra"
07-29-1913 - Stephen McNally - NYC - d. 6-4-1994
actor: "Ford Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
08-16-1895 - Lucien Littlefield - San Antonio, TX - d. 6-4-1960
actor: "Hollywood On the Air"
09-09-1882 - Clem McCarthy - East Bloomfield, NY - d. 6-4-1962
sportscaster: The Kentucky Derby
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Home state of Frank Behrens
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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