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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2009 : Issue 248
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Arnold Stang obit [ Michael Berger <[removed]@yaho ]
12-25 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
12-26 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Arnold Stang [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
This week in radio history 27 Decemb [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
FW: Copyright consultation for UK Ar [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:32:08 -0500
From: Michael Berger <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arnold Stang obit
The New York Times obit for Arnold Stang provided yet another example of a
headline writer who didn't read the story thoroughly.
In the obit, it described Stang's "manner that could be eagerly solicitous,
despondently whiny or dare-you-to-hit-me pugnacious . . ." Which I think is
spot-on. The latter phrase is just how his Gerard character on the Henry
Morgan Show came across.
[removed] headline reads: Arnold Stang, Milquetoast Actor, Dies at 91
Sheesh!
Again, the story hits it right: "He loved the cartoons, and he liked doing
commercials, too," Ms. Stang said of her husband. "But most of all, he loved
radio. It offered him such a span of roles."
Michael Berger
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:33:40 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-25 births/deaths
December 25th births
12-25-1885 - Doc Kendrick - Texas - d. 1-15-1975
guitar: "Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets"
12-25-1886 - Kid Ory - LaPlace. LA - d. 1-23-1973
dixieland jazz trombonist: "This is Jazz";"Radio Almanac"; "Here's to
Veterans"
12-25-1888 - David Lawrence - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-11-1973
journalist, commentator: "Our Government"
12-25-1889 - Nat Shilkret - Queens, NY - d. 2-18-1982
conductor: "Eveready Hour"; "Music That Satisfies"; "Palmolive Beauty
Box Theatre"
12-25-1893 - Belle Baker - NYC - d. 4-29-1957
actor: "The Eveready Hour"
12-25-1893 - Robert L. Ripley - Santa Rosa, CA - d. 5-27-1949
emcee: "Colonial Beacon Light"; "Baker's Broadcast"; "Believe It or Not"
12-25-1897 - Joseph Stopak - d. 1-5-1989
violinist: "Roxy and His Gang"
12-25-1899 - Humphrey Bogart - NYC - d. 1-14-1957
actor: Slate Shannon "Bold Venture"; "Stars in the Air"; "Streamlined
Shakespeare"
12-25-1900 - Gladys Swarthout - Deepwater, MO - d. 7-8-1969
singer: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Prudential Family Hour";
"Voice of Firestone"
12-25-1902 - Barton Maclane - Columbia, SC - d. 1-1-1969
actor: "Thirty Minutes In Hollywood"
12-25-1902 - Louis Jackobson - d. 8-29-1978
producer: "Mortimer Gooch"
12-25-1902 - Perry Bechtel - Pennsylvania - d. 2-21-1982
guitarist, banjoist: "The Boy with a Thousand Fingers"
12-25-1904 - Aline Berry - d. 4-3-1967
actor: Mrs. Dixon "Raising Junior"
12-25-1904 - Sidney Fine - Waterbury, CT - d. 5-20-2002
pianist, arranger: Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Dinah Shore
12-25-1906 - Anne Stone - d. 9-25-1980
actor: "Those We Love"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-25-1907 - Cab Calloway - Rochester, NY - d. 11-11-1994
bandleader: "Quizzical"
12-25-1907 - Matt Brooks - NYC - d. 11-25-1990
writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
12-25-1908 - Alton Delmore - Elkmount, AL - d. 6-8-1964
guitar, singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
12-25-1908 - Helen Twelvetrees - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-13-1958
actor: "The Campbell Playhouse"
12-25-1909 - Mike Mazurki - Tarnopol, Austria - d. 12-9-1990
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-25-1911 - Larry Menkin - NYC - d. 7-18-2000
writer: "The Sparrow and the Hawk"
12-25-1912 - Leighton Noble - Pasadena, CA - d. 3-6-1994
vocalist, band leader: "Leighton Noble and His Orchestra"
12-25-1912 - Tobe Reed - Seattle, WA - d. 3-3-1988
announcer: "The Bickersons"; "Burns and Allen"; "Frances Langford Show"
12-25-1912 - Tony Martin - Oakland, CA
singer: "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"; "Tony Martin Show"
12-25-1913 - Candy Candido - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-24-1999
comedian: "Sealtest Village Store"; "Jimmy Durante Show"
12-25-1914 - Peter Kalischer - NYC - d. 7-5-1991
correspondent, writer: "CBS News"; "Cavalcade of America"
12-25-1915 - Richard Wilson - McKeesport, PA - d. 8-21-1991
actor, writer, director: Co-founded The Mercury Theatre with Orson
Welles
12-25-1916 - Oscar Moore - Austin, TX - d. 10-8-1981
guitar: "The King Cole Trio"
12-25-1918 - Maritta M. Wolff - Grass Lake, MI - d. 7-1-2002
novelist: (Whistle Stop) "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-25-1923 - Gordon Baxter - Port Arthur, TX - d. 6-11-2005
disk jockey: KPAC Port Arthur, Texas
12-25-1924 - Rod Serling - Syracuse, NY - d. 6-28-1975
writer, host: "Zero Hour"
12-25-1927 - Joe Axelson
sportscaster: WWNS Statesboro, Georgia
12-25-1932 - Mabel King - Charleston, SC - d. 11-9-1999
actor: "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
12-25-1944 - Kenny Everett - Liverpool, England - d. 4-4-1995
disc jockey: "Kenny 'n' Cash Breakfast Show"
December 25th deaths
01-17-1927 - Eartha Kitt - North, SC - d. 12-25-2008
singer: "Here's to Veterans"
01-19-1909 - Norman Barry - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-25-1997
announcer: "Dan Harding's Wife"
01-25-1910 - Portland Hoffa - Portland, OR - d. 12-25-1990
comedian: (Wife of Fred Allen) "Fred Allen Show"
01-29-1880 - W. C. Fields - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-25-1946
comedian: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
02-13-1905 - Michael Durso - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-25-1975
trombonist: "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
03-13-1900 - George Kondolf - d. 12-25-1985
producer: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
04-08-1908 - Tito Guizar - Guadalajara, Mexico - d. 12-25-1999
vocalist: (Isham Jones Band) "Duffy's Tavern"; "Hollywood Showcase"
04-11-1880 - Bernardino Molinari - Rome, Italy - d. 12-25-1952
conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
04-16-1889 - Charles Chaplin - London, England - d. 12-25-1977
actor: "Dodge Brothers Hour"
05-17-1918 - Birgit Nilsson - Vastra Karup, Skane Ian, Sweden - d.
12-25-2005
singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"
06-06-1940 - Richard Paul - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-25-1998
actor: "Empire of the Air"
06-07-1917 - Dean Martin - Steubenville, OH - d. 12-25-1995
singer, comedian: "Martin and Lewis Show"
06-14-1911 - Dan Pursuit - d. 12-25-1999
author: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
07-23-1892 - Dr. W. W. Bauer - d. 12-25-1967
host: "Doctors at Work"; "Your Health"
07-26-1935 - Walter Winchell, Jr. - NYC - d. 12-25-1967
radio news writer
08-30-1906 - Joan Blondell - NYC - d. 12-25-1979
actor: Mary Vance "Miss Pinkerton, Inc."
09-04-1898 - Agnes Ayres - Carbondale, IL - d. 12-25-1940
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-11-1915 - Jack Fascinato - Bouvier, MO - d. 12-25-1994
conductor,composer: "Guest Star"; "Johnny Desmond Show"
09-19-1905 - Betty Garde - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-25-1989
actor: Peggy O'Neill "O'Neills"; Kate Mason "Maudie's Diary"
09-27-1917 - William Orr - d. 12-25-2002
actor: "Hollywood Theatre Group"
10-29-1894 - Jack Pearl - NYC - d. 12-25-1982
comedian: Baron Munchausen "Baron and the Bee, Jack and Cliff, Jack
Pearl Show"
11-13-1886 - Frederick B. Bate - Chicago, IL - d. 12-25-1970
newscaster: "NBC News"
12-07-1918 - Hurd Hatfield - NYC - d. 12-25-1998
actor: "Best Plays"; "Crime Does Not Pay"
12-22-1918 - Frankie Darro - Chicago, IL - d. 12-25-1976
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-28-1914 - Lee Bowman - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-25-1979
actor: Jonathan Kegg "Life in Your Hands"; George Cooper "My Favorite
Husband"
xx-xx-1904 - John W. Holbrook - Boston, MA - d. 12-25-1963
announcer: "Djer Kiss Recital"; "Mobiloil Concert"; This is Your Life"
Ron
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:38:06 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-26 births/deaths
December 26th deaths
12-26-1874 - Leon Rothier - Rheims, France - d. 12-6-1951
opera singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"
12-26-1891 - Tony Wons - Menasha, WI - d. 7-1-1965
host: "Tony Wons Scrapbook"; "House by the Side of the Road"; "Camel
Quarter Hour"
12-26-1893 - Vladimir Golschmann - Paris, France - d. 3-1-1972
conductor: New York Philharmonic
12-26-1900 - Charles Perry - NYC - d. 2-26-1967
producer, sports announcer: WHN New York
12-26-1902 - Irene Handl - London, England - d. 11-29-1987
actor: "Hello Playmates"
12-26-1905 - Robert Magidoff - d. 2-xx-1970
NBC newscaster
12-26-1906 - Ashley Buck - d. 2-6-1980
writer: "We Are Always Young"
12-26-1906 - Catherine Turney - Chicago, IL - d. 9-9-1998
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-26-1911 - Hal Bourne - Chicago, IL - d. 2-25-2000
musical director: "A Date with Judy"
12-26-1912 - Oscar Saul - NYC - d. 5-23-1994
writer: "Health for America"
12-26-1914 - Richard Widmark - Sunrise, MN - d. 3-24-2008
actor: Neil Davison "Home of the Brave"; Alan Webster "Joyce Jordan,
[removed]"
12-26-1914 - Robert Metzler - d. 2-23-1998
scriptwriter: "Count of Monte Cristo"; "Phillip Marlowe"
12-26-1921 - Steve Allen - NYC - d. 10-30-2000
comedian, actor, singer, composer and anything else you might mention:
"Steve Allen Show"
12-26-1922 - Harry Choates - Rayne Acadia Parish, LA - d. 7-17-1951
performer: "Jesse James and His Gang"
12-26-1924- Jimmy Blaine - Greenville, TX - d. 3-18-1967
announcer: "Lanny Ross Show"; "Ladies Be Seated"
December 26th deaths
01-13-1913 - Jeff Morrow - NYC - d. 12-26-1993
actor: "Electric Theatre"
02-14-1894 - Jack Benny - Chicago, IL - d. 12-26-1974
comedian: "Jack Benny Program"
04-05-1929 - Nigel Hawthorne - Coventry, England - d. 12-26-2001
actor: Acted for his college radio station at the University of Cape
Town
04-08-1923 - Jimmie Osborne - Winchester, KY - d. 12-26-1958
singer: "WLS Barn Dance"; "WLW Midwestern Hayride"
04-09-1905 - Brewster Morgan - d. 12-26-1960
director: "Columbia Workshop"; "Men Against Death"; "Report to the
Nation"
05-08-1884 - Harry S Truman - Lamar, MO - d. 12-26-1972
[removed] president: "Milestones on the Road to Peace"; "World Food Crisis"
05-17-1895 - Gayelord Hauser - Tubingen, Germany - d. 12-26-1984
nutritionist: "Look Younger and Live Longer"
06-03-1942 - Curtis Mayfield - Rosewell, GA - d. 12-26-1999
soul singer, songwriter: "Voices of Vista"
07-14-1913 - Gerald R. Ford - Omaha, NE - d. 12-26-2006
accidental [removed] president: "Meet the Press"
07-22-1922 - Jason Robards, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 12-26-2000
actor: "Pepper Young's Family"
07-31-1924 - Garard Green - Madras, India - d. 12-26-2004
actor: "Sherlock Holmes"
08-12-1911 - Dr. Olan Downes - West Roxbury, MA - d. 12-26-2001
musicologist: "Texaco Metropolitan Opera"; "New York Philharmonic"
08-22-1851 - Daniel Frohman - Sandusky, OH - d. 12-26-1940
broadway producer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-28-1902 - Elsa Lanchester - Lewisham, England - d. 12-26-1986
actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Everyman's
Theatre"
12-10-1910 - Abraham Polonsky - NYC - d. 12-26-1999
writer: "Mecury Theatre on the Air"
Ron
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:38:21 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arnold Stang
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:33:52 -0500
From: Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@[removed];
As a boy under seven growing up and listening to local NY radio, I was
fascinated early-on with Arnold Stang's antics on the Henry Morgan
Show.
I remember him best as Francis the stagehand on the Milton Berle Show
on television. Also for the Chunky candy commercial.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004 [removed]
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:38:47 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 27 December to 2
January
From Those Were The Days
12/27
1932 Radio City Music Hall, in New York City, opened. It was the
largest indoor theatre in the world. The gala grand opening show was a
six hour extravaganza that lost half a million dollars within three
weeks. The theatre has since been renovated to recapture its original
decorative charm. An Art Deco cathedral of entertainment, it seats more
than 6,200 people and is still a must see for those visiting New York.
During the holiday season, audiences continue to get a kick out of
seeing the world famous Rockettes perform in precision on Radio City
Music Hall's nearly 10,000 square foot stage.
1939 The Glenn Miller Show, also known as Music that Satisfies,
started on CBS. The 15 minute, twice a week show was sponsored by
Chesterfield cigarettes and was heard for nearly three years.
1940 Singer Al Jolson and actress Ruby Keeler were divorced after 12
years of marriage. They had separated a year earlier; but Jolson talked
Keeler into co starring with him in the Broadway show, Hold on to Your
Hats. She left the show before the opening and then left the marriage.
1968 The Breakfast Club signed off for the last time on ABC, after 35
years on the air.
12/28
1941 The Helen Hayes Theater, on CBS, was called the first casualty of
World War II. Lipton Tea dropped sponsorship of the program as it
prepared for shortages in tea imports from India.
12/29
1945 The mystery voice of Mr. Hush was heard for the first time on
Truth or Consequences, hosted by Ralph Edwards. The feature was intended
as a spoof of giveaway shows. However, the idea was taken seriously and
lasted five weeks before fighter Jack Dempsey was identified as Mr. Hush
for a prize of $13,500.
12/30
1936 The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited.
After a 10 year old performer finished a violin solo on The Fred Allen
Show. Allen's comment on the East Coast broadcast was, "What do you
know, Murray? A little fella in the fifth grade at school and already he
plays better than Jack Benny." This got four seconds of laughter, and
the show moved on.
It didn't take long for Mr. Benny to respond. The humorous feud lasted
until Allen's death in 1956.
1942 Mr. and Mrs. North debuted on NBC. Joseph Curtin played Jerry
North and Alice Frost played Pam. A typical Mr. and Mrs. North episode
would find Pam leading Jerry on what seemed to be a wild goose chase as
they tracked down criminals. Pam always ended up being right and leading
police to the criminals. The theme song for the show was The Way You
Look Tonight. Sponsors included Woodbury soap, Jergens lotion and Halo
shampoo.
12/31
1940 As a result of a dispute between the radio networks and ASCAP
(the American Society of Composers and Publishers), the radio industry
was prevented from playing any ASCAP licensed music. The ban lasted for
ten months. An ASCAP competitor, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) made
giant strides, expanding to include 36,000 copyrights. Many radio
stations had to resort to playing public domain songs, such as marches
and operas, to keep their stations on the air. Even kids songs were
played over and over again until the ban was lifted. One of the most
popular songs to be played was Happy Birthday to You; which was
performed in many different languages just to get past the ban. The
original song is now, in fact, a copyrighted piece of music, though it
wasn't at the time.
1947 Roy Rogers, 'the King of the Cowboys', and Dale Evans were
hitched in marriage. They rode off into that sunset together for over
fifty years.
1/1
1923 The very first radio broadcast of the Rose Bowl was beamed in Los
Angeles over KHJ.
1925 Lucrezia Bori and John McCormack of the famous Metropolitan Opera
in New York City made their singing debuts on radio this day. The
broadcast over WEAF encouraged others to sing on radio.
1927 The very first coast-to-coast network radio broadcast of the Rose
Bowl was made. Graham McNamee provided the play-by-play on NBC.
1930 The Cuckoo Hour, was heard for the first time on the NBC Blue network.
1/2
1921 The first religious broadcast on radio was heard, as Dr. [removed] Van
Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church preached on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
1959 CBS dropped the curtain on four soap operas. Our Gal Sunday, This
is Nora Drake, Backstage Wife and Road of Life all hit the road for good.
Joe
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:33:23 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: FW: Copyright consultation for UK Archivists
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Hi Folks.
I thought the item below might be of interest, particularly for readers of the
Digest in the UK.
Cheers !B GraemeB B ( graemeotr@[removed] )
B
From: Draper, Jonathan
Subject: Copyright consultation
Date: Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
The e-mail shown below was posted on the Archives-NRA discussion list last
Friday by Tim Padfield. As you will see there are quite a few proposed changes
to copyright of sound recordings which maybe of interest to members of this
list who have not already seen it. Regards, Jonathan
Colleagues
You might like advance notice of some proposed changes to copyright law that
will, on the assumption that they are approved by Parliament, be very
significant for [removed]
Draft regulations are now out for consultation, with a closing date of the end
of March. I expect that the SoA will be commenting, as will the Libraries and
Archives Copyright Alliance and The National Archives. The plan is for new
regulations to come into force next October. If you are interested in the
details or in commenting yourself you will find the consultation document at:
[removed]
There are other parts to the consultation, dealing with format shifting
(copying
from CD to MP3 will continue to infringe), education (provision for remote
users
of networks) and parody (no exception to be introduced) but the bits of direct
interest to archivists can be summarised as follows:
Fair dealing for the purposes of private study and non-commercial research
B7B B B B B B fair dealing for these purposes will be extended to apply not
only to
literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works but also to films, sound
recordings
and broadcasts; but
B7B B B B B B non-commercial research and private study will be more
narrowly
defined for the purpose of copying these additional works to mean research at
an educational establishment for a particular course of study only; and
B7B B B B B B exceptions to performersb rights are to be amended in line
so that
those rights are not infringed by copying a sound recording, film or
broadcast.
Library and archive bprivilegeb copying
B7B B B B B B Libraries (and archives, which are sometimes mentioned but
are more
often grouped with libraries) are recognised as btrusted intermediariesb;
B7B B B B B B there is to be a new copyright exception which will permit
libraries to
make and supply copies of published films and sound recordings for purposes of
private study and non-commercial research, which will be narrowly defined as
for fair dealing with these works. Libraries will still not be permitted to
make
and supply copies of published artistic works. There will be a new declaration
form, which will require the user to declare the educational institution and
the
course of study or research. The definition of bpublicationb will be
amended to
cover published films and sound recordings;
B7B B B B B B the current archive copying exception is to be amended to
allow
libraries and archives to make and supply copies of unpublished artistic
works,
including photographs, maps and plans. This is something I have been working
for for years and is a major advance, in my view;
B7B B B B B B a new exception will permit libraries and archives to make
and supply
copies of unpublished films and sound recordings. As with library copying of
published works of this sort there will be the same restriction on research
and
private study and a new declaration form for the purpose;
B7B B B B B B broadcasts are not included in these exceptions because no
library or
archive holds a broadcast. What they hold are recordings of broadcasts.
These are not themselves bbroadcastsb but are in fact either sound
recordings
or films (or both), so copying of recordings of broadcasts will be permitted;
B7B B B B B B the procedure for making a complaint to the Secretary of
State when a
Digital Rights Management System (DRMS, for instance on a DVD) prevents
copying is to be made to apply to the new copying exceptions. It is recognised
that this procedure is complex (it has never actually been used) though the
IPO is wedded to it, so guidance on it is to be published;
B7B B B B B B exceptions to performersb rights are to be amended in line
so that
those rights are not infringed by copying a sound recording or film;
B7B B B B B B there are some detailed questions about the definition of a
library,
about what the bpermanent collectionb of a library or archive is and about
the
distinction between the item copied and the copyright work it embodies.
Preservation copying
B7B B B B B B there is broad consensus that works need to be preserved;
B7B B B B B B the preservation copying exception is to be extended to apply
to
museums and galleries;
B7B B B B B B the preservation copying exception is to apply to artistic
works, films
and sound recordings (and thus also to recordings of broadcasts). Again, this
is a major advance that I have been seeking for years;
B7B B B B B B format shifting when making preservation copies is to be
allowed, and
as many copies as are required will be permitted so long as the result is not
an
increase in the number of copies available to the public nor on-line
availability
outside the institution itself; and
B7B B B B B B exceptions to performersb rights will be amended
accordingly.
There will be regulations to amend the Copyright Designs and Patents Act and
a new set of Library and Archive (and now Museum and Gallery) copying
regulations, containing the details and the declaration forms.
Regards
Tim
Tim Padfield
Copyright Officer and Information Policy Consultant
The National Archives
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