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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2009 : Issue 249
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  12-27 birth/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Colonel Stoopnagel                    [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
  12-28 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  William Herz age 93 veteran of Mercu  [ IreneTH@[removed] ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
  Arnold Stang                          [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
  12-29 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:15:23 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  12-27 birth/deaths

December 27th births

12-27-1879 - Sidney Greenstreet - Sandwich, England - d. 1-18-1954
actor: Nero Wolfe "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "Hollywood Star Preview"
12-27-1891 - Martha Backes Bardill - d. 3-xx-1976
soprano: KYW Chicago, Illinois
12-27-1893 - Ann Pennington - Camden, NJ - d. 11-4-1971
actor: "Good News of 1938"
12-27-1896 - Arch Ward - Irwin, IL - d. 7-9-1955
sports journalist: Weekly program of sports news with Harry Wismer
12-27-1896 - Louis Bromfield - Mansfield, OH - d. 3-18-1956
author: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
12-27-1898 - Hilda Vaughn - Baltimore, MD - d. 12-28-1957
actor: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
12-27-1900 - Pauline Alpert - d. 4-11-1988
"Whirlwind Pianist": "Log Cabin Inn"; "Rhythm and Rhyme"
12-27-1901 - Marlene Dietrich - Berlin, Germany - d. 5-6-1992
actor: Mlle. Madou, "Cafe Istanbul"
12-27-1906 - Oscar Levant - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-14-1972
panelist, pianist: "Information, Please"; "Kraft Music Hall"
12-27-1910 - Bob Arnold - Asthall, England - d. 8-27-1998
actor: "In the Cotswolds"; "The Archers"
12-27-1910 - Harry Saz - d. 6-9-1994
director: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
12-27-1911 - Anna Russell - London, England - d. 10-18-2006
opera singer: "The Nutcraker Suite"
12-27-1914 - Jack Latham - Washington - d. 1-1-1987
announcer: "The Man Called X"; "Wake Up, America"
12-27-1916 - Cathy Lewis - Spokane, WA - d. 11-20-1968
actor: Jane Stacy "My Friend Irma"; Kathryn Milford "Great Gildersleeve"
12-27-1916 - Johnny Frigo - Chicago, IL - d. 7-4-2007
violin, bass: "National Barn Dance"
12-27-1916 - Noel Johnson - Birmingham, England - d. 10-1-1999
actor: Dick Barton "Dick Barton, Special Agent"; Dan Dare "Dan Dare:
Pilot of the Future"
12-27-1924 - Virginia Eiler - d. 1-5-2004
actor: "Family Theatre"; "Let George Do It"; "Yours Truly, Johnny
Dollar"
12-27-1941 - Joe Lake - Drasenhofen, Austria
writer: "Gustav Weindorfer of Tasmania's Cradle Mountain"

December 27th deaths

02-19-1902 - Kay Boyle - St. Paul, MN - d. 12-27-1992
writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
02-26-1891 - Alan Bridge - Pennsylvania - d. 12-27-1957
actor: "The Eddie Bracken Show"
05-16-1915 - Chuck Cabot - d. 12-27-2007
bandleader: "The Fitch Bandwagon"
07-04-1888 - Otto Rauhut - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-27-1986
director: "Otto Rauhut Violin Ensemble" KPO San Francisco, California
07-22-1908 - Amy Vanderbilt - Staten Island, NY - d. 12-27-1974
etiquette expert: "Jack Benny Program"
08-04-1908 - Wally Maher - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-27-1951
actor: Dan Murray "One Man's Family"; Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero
Wolfe"
08-15-1918 - David Baskerville - Freehold, NJ - d. 12-27-1986
nbc staff composer and conductor: "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
09-27-1917 - James Andelin - Provo, UT - d. 12-27-2006
actor: "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"; Og, Son of Fire"; "Houseboat Hannah"
11-05-1914 - Jack McVea - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-27-2000
saxophonist: "One Night Stand"; "Jubilee"
11-11-1913 - Jess Oppenheimer - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-27-1988
writer: "The Jack Benny Program"; The Baby Snooks Show"; My Favorite
Husband"
11-11-1930 - Hank Garland - Cowpens, SC - d. 12-27-2004
guitarist: "Jim Reeves Show"; "Country Music Time"; "Country Style
[removed]"
11-22-1899 - Hoagy Carmichael - Bloomington, IN - d. 12-27-1981
singer, composer: "Hoagy Carmichael Show"; "King's Men"
12-07-1905 - Leonard Goldenson - Scottsdale, PA - d. 12-27-1999
owner of the ABC network

Ron

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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:15:47 -0500
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Colonel Stoopnagel

Does anyone know if any Stoopnagle Quiz programs exist? I know he was a guest
on other programs, but I was wondering if there exists any of the quiz
programs he hosted. Jay Hickeron's Guide doesn't say any are in circulation.

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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:16:21 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  12-28 births/deaths

December 28th births

12-28-1879 - Frank Blanchford - Toronto, Canada - d. 6-24-1957
violinist: WGY Schenectady, New York
12-28-1887 - Charles Dingle - Wabash, IN - d. 1-19-1956
actor: Employer "Meet the Dixons"
12-28-1890 - Frank Butler - Oxford, England - d. 6-10-1967
actor: Dave Arnold "Mr. Chameleon"
12-28-1896 - Rose Franken - Gainesville, TX - d. 6-22-1988
writer: "Claudia and David" based on her stories
12-28-1903 - Earl "Fatha" Hines - Duquesne, PA - d. 4-22-1983
bandleader: "Band Remotes"; "Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street"
12-28-1904 - Country Washburn - Houston, TX - d. 1-21-1974
bandleader/singer: "Curt Massey/Martha Tilton"; "Spike Jones and His
City Slickers"
12-28-1905 - Cliff Arquette - Toledo, OH - d. 9-23-1974
comedian, actor: Thaddeus Cornfelder, "Myrt and Marge"
12-28-1908 - Lew Ayres - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-30-1996
actor: Dr. James Kildare "Dr. Kildare"
12-28-1909 - Olan Soule - La Harpe, IL - d. 2-1-1994
actor: Sam Ryder "Bachelor's Children"; Kermit Hubbard "Joan and Kermit"
12-28-1910 - Murray Burnett - d. 9-23-1997
writer: "True Detectives Mysteries"
12-28-1913 - Lou Jacobi - Toronto, Canada - d. 10-23-2009
actor: "Advs. in Judaism"; "Earplay"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
12-28-1914 - Lee Bowman - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-25-1979
actor: Jonathan Kegg "Life in Your Hands"; George Cooper "My Favorite
Husband"
12-28-1914 - "Pee Wee" Wamble - Tennessee - d. 10-13-2002
cornet: "The Swift Jewel Cowboys"
12-28-1915 - Dick Joy - Putnam, CT - d. 10-31-1991
announcer: "My Secret Ambition"; "The Saint"; "Advs of Sam Spade"
12-28-1917 - Kim Chan - China - d. 10-5-2008
actor: "Cavalcade of America"
12-28-1923 - Andrew Duggan - Franklin, IN - d. 5-15-1988
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"; "Voice of the Army"; "Top Secret"
12-28-1927 - Simon Raven - London, England - d. 5-12-2001
writer: "Loser Pays All"
12-28-1929 - Brian Redhead - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - d. 1-23-1994
presenter: "Today"; "A World in Edgeways"; "From Plato to Nato"
12-28-1931 - Martin Milner - Detroit, MI
actor: "Dragnet"
12-28-1932 - Pamela Duncan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-11-2005
actor: "Dangerous Assignment"
12-28-1934 - David Warrilow - Staffordshire, England - d. 8-17-1995
actor: "All that Fall"
12-28-1935 - William Bassett - Evanston, IL
actor: "Empire of the Air"

December 28th deaths

01-06-1907 - Helen Kleeb - South Bend, WA - d. 12-28-2003
actor: Sarah Tuttle "Dr. Kate"; "Gunsmoke"
01-12-1925 - Don Atlas - d. 12-28-2005
sportscaster: KLOK San Jose, California
02-12-1927 - Bobby Winkler - Chicago, IL - d. 12-28-1989
actor: Newsboy "Big Town"
02-23-1904 - William L. Shirer - Chicago, IL - d. 12-28-1993
news analyst: "CBS European News"; "[removed] Shirer: News and Comments"
02-27-1892 - William Demarest - St. Paul, MN - d. 12-28-1983
actor: Mr. Cobb "Cobbs"; "Eddie Bracken Show"
03-30-1892 - Ethel Owen, Racine WI - d. 12-28-1990
actor: Siri Allen "Against the Storm"; Clara Noble "Backstage Wife"
03-31-1907 - Ray Arvin - d. 12-28-1977
sportscaster: KORN Fremont, Nebraska; WREN Topeka, Kansas
04-23-1898 - Lee Vines - Texas - d. 12-28-1987
announcer: "CBS Radio Workshop"; "Burns and Allen"
05-03-1890 - Nick Dawson - Vineland, NJ - d. 12-28-1957
actor: "Dangerous Paradise"; "Follow the Man"
05-10-1888 - Max Steiner - Vienna, Austria - d. 12-28-1971
composer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-11-1895 - George Henninger - Binghamton, NY - d. 12-28-1953
musician: "Brenda Curtis"; "Ladies be Seated"; "Modern Romances"
06-18-1895 - Castro Darazo - San Jose, Costa Rica - d. 12-28-1981
conductor: "Strand Theatre Concert Orchestra" WSMB New Orleans,
Louisiana
06-22-1903 - Glenhall Taylor - d. 12-28-1997
producer, director: "Blondie"; "Sherlock Holmes"; "Dinah Shore Show";
"Ozzie and Harriett"
06-24-1893 - Arthur Hughes - Bloomington, IL - d. 12-28-1982
actor: Bill Davidson "Just Plain Bill"; Stephen Dallas "Stella Dallas"
07-27-1890 - J. Walter Leopold - NYC - d. 12-28-1956
pianist, composer: KFI Los Angeles, California
08-27-1871 - Theodore Dreiser - Terre Haute, IN - d. 12-28-1945
writer: "The Heinz Magazine of the Air"
08-30-1910 - Joseph Holland - Virginia - d. 12-28-1994
actor: "Royal Desserts Hour"; "Campbell Playhouse"
10-15-1918 - Harold Gast - d. 12-28-2003
writer: "Front Page Farrell"; "Real Stories from Real Life"
10-20-1935 - Jerry Orbach - NYC - d. 12-28-2004
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
12-27-1898 - Hilda Vaughn - Baltimore, MD - d. 12-28-1957
actor: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
12-31-1920 - Richard Hamilton - Illinois - d. 12-28-2004
actor: "Dimension X; "X Minus One"; "Inheritance"

Ron

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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:19:00 -0500
From: IreneTH@[removed]
To: OTR <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  William Herz age 93 veteran of Mercury Theater

Here's a link to an article dated today -

ME AND ORSON WELLES Brings Back Memories for Mercury Theatre's William Herz.

  William Herz is 93.

[removed],0,[removed]

Herz lives in Manhattan.

Irene

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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:19:27 -0500
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:21:32 -0500
From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Arnold Stang

Just an additional note on Arnold Stang, as reported in the NY
Times ... and one of the reasons old-time radio researchers pull
their hair out as they try to get facts straight:

"Most sources indicate that Mr. Stang was born in Chelsea, Mass.,
in 1925, but according to his family, though he had relatives in
Chelsea, he was born in Manhattan on Sept. 28, 1918. His father
was a lawyer until the 1929 stock market crash and earned a
living afterward as a salesman.

"The Chelsea story was one Mr. Stang perpetuated himself; he told
interviewers that he got his first job in radio in 1934 at age 9
after he wrote to "Let's Pretend," a New York children's radio
show, and asked for an audition. Told he could audition when he
was next in New York, he took the bus from Boston, alone, the
following Saturday and was hired.

"'We were married 60 years and I never managed to get him to
correct that,' his wife, JoAnne Stang, said in an interview
Monday.

"The truth, Ms. Stang said, was that her husband grew up mostly
in Brooklyn and graduated from New Utrecht High School. He wrote
the note asking for an audition from Brooklyn, and he was older
than 9."

Bob Cockrum

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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:21:40 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  12-29 births/deaths

December 29th births

12-29-1879 - Billy Mitchell - Nice, France - d. 2-19-1936
aviator: "The World's Most Honored Flights"
12-29-1892 - Emory Parnell - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-22-1979
actor: Grouch "Grouch Club"; "Eddie Bracken Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-29-1894 - Harry Lang - NYC - d. 8-3-1953
actor: Mr. Fuddle "Blondie"; Pan Pancho "Cisco Kid"
12-29-1898 - Jules Bledsoe - Waco, TX - d. 7-14-1943
baritone: "Jubilee"; "The Theatre Magazine"
12-29-1898 - Pat Padgett - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-6-1990
comedian: January "Show Boat"; Pat "Model Minstrels"
12-29-1903 - Clyde McCoy - Ashland, KY - d. 6-11-1990
bandleader: "Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra"
12-29-1904 - Wendell Niles - Twin Valley, MN - d. 3-28-1994
announcer: "Bob Hope Show"; "Man Called X"; "Hollywood Star Playhouse"
12-29-1907 - Milton Geiger - NYC - d. 9-28-1971
radio script writer: "Phillip Marlowe"; "Four Star Playhouse"; "Shorty
Bell"
12-29-1915 - Robert Ruark - Wilmington, NC - d. 7-1-1965
novelist: "Who Said That?"
12-29-1920 - Viveca Lindfors - Uppsala, Sweden - d. 10-25-1995
actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
12-29-1921 - Robert Latting - Michigan - d. 9-29-1983
announcer: "The Cavalcade of America"; "Woman in White"
12-29-1930 - Doris Chillcott - Vancouver, Canada - d. 11-19-2006
performer on radio in her native Canada
12-29-1931 - Olgita DeCastro - d. 2-14-2000
singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) "Steve Lawrence Show"; "Here's to
Veterans"
12-29-1938 - Don Chevrier - Toronto, Canada - d. 12-17-2007
sports announcer: "Cassius Clay vs. George Chauvalo"

December 29th deaths

01-02-1928 - Howard Caine - Nashville, TN - d. 12-29-1993
actor: "The Brighter Day"; "The Guiding Light"
01-03-1927 - William Boyett - Akron, OH - d. 12-29-2004
actor: Freelance in younger years
01-15-1909 - Gloria Grafton - Yakima, WA - d. 12-29-1994
actor: Mickey Considine "The Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
02-12-1902 - Tom Waring - Tyrone, PA - d. 12-29-1960
composer: (Brother of Fred) "The Fred Waring Show"
02-14-1890 - John Vincent Lawless Hogan - Phildelphia, PA - d.
12-29-1960
chief laboratory assistant to Lee De Forest, invented single-dial tuning
03-28-1890 - Paul Whiteman - Denver, CO - d. 12-29-1967
conductor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
04-19-1897 - Vivienne Segal - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-29-1992
actor: "Jantzen Radio Program"
05-24-1877 - Robert Hood Bowers - Chambersburg, PA - d. 12-29-1941
conductor: (The Home Harmonizers) "Home Harmony Time"
06-27-1892 - Robert Ellis - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-29-1974
actor: Del Tremaine "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
09-13-1913 - Roy Engel - Missouri - d. 12-29-1980
actor:Schuyler 'Sky' King "Sky King" "NBC University Theatre"
12-13-1920 - Don Taylor - Freeport, PA - d. 12-29-1998
actor: "Indiana School of the Sky"; "Family Theatre"; "Hollywood Star
Preview"
12-14-1894 - Theo Goetz - d. 12-29-1972
actor: Papa Bauer "The Guiding Light"
12-18-1897 - Fletcher Henderson - Cuthbert, GA - d. 12-29-1952
jazz orchestra leader: "Jubilee"; "Magic Carpet"

Ron

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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:12:01 -0500
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

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