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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2009 : Issue 134
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
7-18 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 19-25 Jul [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
7-19 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO THEATER [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
The Goldbergs [ "Irene Theodore Heinstein" <IreneTH ]
Norman Corwin [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
Jack Benny as "Tout" [ rfmillerjr1@[removed] ]
Re: British Dates [ Larry Husch <lshusch@[removed]; ]
Arthur Godfrey [ Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed]; ]
Adapting radio to television [ Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:01:13 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 7-18 births/deaths
July 18th births
07-18-1891 - Gene Lockhart - Ontario, Canada - d. 3-21-1957
actor: "Nebbs"; "Doctor Fights"; "Abroad with the Lockharts"
07-18-1893 - Richard Dix - St. Paul, MN - d. 9-20-1949
actor: "Eveready Hour"
07-18-1903 - Chill Wills - Seagoville, TX - d. 12-15-1978
actor: "Armed Forces Radio Theatre"; "Dinner Bell Round-Up Time"
07-18-1903 - Riza Royce - Lancaster, PA - d. 10-20-1980
actor: Victoria Lorring "Young Widder Brown"
07-18-1906 - Clifford Odets - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-15-1963
playwright: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"; "Cresta Blanca Hollywood
Players"
07-18-1906 - [removed] Hayakawa - Vancouver, Canada - d. 2-27-1992
[removed] senator: "Americana"
07-18-1908 - Lupe Velez - San Luis Potosi, Mexico - d. 12-14-1944
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Speed Show"
07-18-1908 - Martha Mears - Mexico, MO - d. 12-13-1986
singer: "G. I. Laffs"
07-18-1909 - Harriet Nelson - Des Moines, IA - d. 10-2-1994
actor: Daisy June "Red Skelton Show"; "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
07-18-1910 - Lou Bush - Louisville, KY - d. 9-19-1979
orchestra leader: "Guest Star"; "Stars for Defense"; "Here's to
Veterans"
07-18-1910 - Wyn Sayre - Lakeview, IA - d. 12-17-2007
singer: (Doring Sisters) "Contented Hour"
07-18-1911 - Hume Cronyn - London, Ontario, Canada - d. 6-15-2003
actor: Ben Marriott "Marriage"
07-18-1913 - Eric Pohlmann - Vienna, Austria - d. 7-25-1979
actor: During WWII broadcast for BBC European Service
07-18-1913 - Joe Ripley - d. 2-3-1993
announcer: "Armstrong Circle Theatre"; "Dorothy Dix on the Air"
07-18-1913 - Marvin Miller - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-8-1985
actor: Ben Lyon "Jeff Regan, Investigator"; Gil Whitney "Romance of
Helen Trent"
07-18-1913 - Michael Roy - Hanaford, ND - d. 6-26-1976
host: "Mike Roy's Kitchen"
07-18-1913 - Red Skelton - Vincennes, IN - d. 9-17-1997
comedian: "Avalon Time"; "Red Skelton Show"
07-18-1914 - Phyllis Brooks - Boise, ID - d. 8-1-1995
actor: "Silver Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Command Performance"
07-18-1916 - Irene Winston - NYC - d. 9-1-1964
actor: Myra Gordon "Valiant Lady"; Rosemary Hemingway "Woman In White"
07-18-1918 - Jane Frazee - Duluth, MN - d. 9-6-1985
vaudeville act with sister
07-18-1920 - Charlie McCarthy - Chicago, IL - d. 9-30-1978
dummy: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
07-18-1923 - Sam Gray - Chicago, IL
actor: "High Moment"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
07-18-1927 - Kurt Masur - Brieg, Germany
conductor: New York Philharmonic
07-18-1964 - Wendy Williams - Ocean Township, NJ
host: "The Wendy Williams Experience"
July 18th deaths
02-26-1900 - Jean Negulesco - Craiova, Rumaina - d. 7-18-1993
film director, screenwriter: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
03-26-1900 - Creighton Allen - Macon, MS - d. 7-18-1969
pianist for NBC in 1935
05-28-1918 - Johnny Wayne - Toronto, Canada - d. 7-18-1990
comedian: (Wayne and Shuster) "Army Show"; "March of Time"
08-12-1897 - Bob Emery - Abington, MA - d. 7-18-1982
host: "The Small Fry Club"; "This Wonderful World"
09-10-1885 - Carl Van Doren - Hope, IL - d. 7-18-1950
author/lecturer: "New York Philharmonic Orchestra"; "Words at War"
09-14-1910 - Jack Hawkins - London, England - d. 7-18-1973
actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
10-16-1926 - Paul Duke - Richmond, VA - d. 7-18-2005
newscaster: "News of the World"
10-28-1917 - Ron Rawson - Iowa - d. 7-18-1994
announcer: "Right to Happiness"; "Advs. of Topper"; "Advs. of the Thin
Man"
11-12-1915 - Richard Ney - NYC - d. 7-18-2004
actor: "Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre"; "Suspense"
12-25-1911 - Larry Menkin - NYC - d. 7-18-2000
writer: "The Sparrow and the Hawk"
Ron
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:01:22 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 19-25 July
From Those Were The Days
7/19
1942 The Seventh Symphony, by Shastakovich, was performed for the
first time in the United States by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony
Orchestra.
1948 Our Miss Brooks, starring Eve Arden and Gale Gordon, debuted on
CBS this day.
7/20
1935 NBC debuted G men. The show was later renamed Gangbusters.
7/25
1933 The first broadcast of The Romance of Helen Trent was heard. The
show continued on the air for 7,222 episodes and 27 years. Amazingly,
Helen stayed at 35 years of age throughout the entire series. The show
used two Helen Trents over the years. The first Helen was played by
Virginia Clark (for 11 years) and the second by Julie Stevens (for 16
years).
1933 During his fourth Fireside Chat, [removed] President Franklin D.
Roosevelt showed why the homey, warm, comfortable discussion was,
indeed, a fireside chat. The President stopped the discussion on the air
and asked for a glass of water, which he then sipped. Newsman Robert
Trout is credited with coming up with the name, Fireside Chat, because
of real moments like this.
1943 Foreign Assignment, was first heard on Mutual. The title role of
Brian Berry was played by Jay Jostyn, who also starred in another
popular radio drama, Mr. District Attorney.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:01:48 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 7-19 births/deaths
July 19th births
07-19-1889 - Max Fleischer - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1972
cartoonist: "Popeye the Sailor"
07-19-1891 - Raymond Bramley - Independence, OH - d. 11-27-1977
actor: Burton York "Howie Wing"; Silas Finke "David Harum"
07-19-1896 - Merle Kendrick - d. 5-23-1968
orchestra conductor: "Cabin B-13"
07-19-1901 - Juano Hernandez - San Juan, Puerto Rico - d. 7-17-1970
actor: Kolu "Jungle Jim"; Lothar "Mandrake the Magician"
07-19-1902 - Buster Bailey - Memphis, TN - d. 4-12-1967
clarinet: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"
07-19-1906 - "Tiny" Hill - Sullivan, IL - d. 12-13-1971
orchestra leader: "Tiny" Hill and His Orchestra"
07-19-1907 - Thomas Grandin - Cleveland, OH - d. 10-xx-1977
correspondent: "ABC News"; "CBS News of Europe"; "World News Today"
07-19-1910 - Fred Kirby - Charlotte, NC - d. 4-22-1996
country, bluegrass: "Briarhoppers"
07-19-1911 - Dennis Conrad Bardens - Midhurst, England - d. 2-7-2004
editor of weekly BBC radio documentaries "Focus"
07-19-1912 - Frank Kane - d. 11-29-1968
writer: "The Shadow"
07-19-1913 - Charlie Teagarden - Vernon, TX - d. 12-10-1984
trumpet: (Brother of Jack) "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
07-19-1914 - Hubert Gregg - London, England - d. 3-28-2004
host: "Thanks for the Memory for 30 Years"
07-19-1914 - Lou Krugman - Passaic, NJ - d. 8-8-1992
actor: Tony Griffin "Romance of Helen Trent"; Ulysses Hink "Dear Mom";
"Gunsmoke"
07-19-1917 - Larry Marcus - Beaver, UT - d. 8-28-2001
writer: "Suspense"; "Dark Venture"; "Nightbeat"
07-19-1919 - Dallas McKennon - La Grange, OR - d. 7-14-2009
start in radio reading O. Henry and Mark Twain
07-19-1925 - Ivor Roberts - Nottingham, England - d. 9-5-1999
character actor: "Station Road"
07-19-1930 - Rhoda Williams - Denver, CO - d. 3-8-2006
actor: Betty Anderson "Father Knows Best"; "Life of Riley"
07-19-1940 - Dennis Cole - Detroit, MI
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
07-19-1943 - Paula Keiser - Elizabeth, NJ
general manager, chief engineer, part owner, WCRM, Clare, MI
07-19-1966 - Hilary Bell - Stratford-upon-Avon, England
writer: "Cruisin'"
July 19th deaths
01-31-1915 - Alan Lomax - Austin, TX - d. 7-19-2002
host, writer: "American School of the Air"; "Cavalcade of America"
02-20-1909 - Barry Wood - New Haven, CT - d. 7-19-1970
singer, host: "Million-Dollar Band"; "Your Hit Parade"
02-24-1919 - Betty Marsden - Liverpool, England - d. 7-19-1998
actor: Daphne Whitehigh, Buttercup Gruntfuttock, et al "Round the Horne"
03-31-1928 - Lefty Frizzell - Corsicana, TX - d. 7-19-1975
singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Louisana Hayride"; "Big D Jamboree"
04-27-1902 - Harry Stockwell - Kansas City, MO - d. 7-19-1984
singer: "Broadway Matinee"
06-10-1903 - Clyde Beatty - Bainbridge, OH - d. 7-19-1965
big game hunter: "The Clyde Beatty Show"
06-23-1908 - Erik Barnouw - The Netherlands - d. 7-19-2001
radio historian/author: "A Tower of Babel"; "The Golden Web"; "The
Image Empire"
09-03-1897 - Sally Benson - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-19-1972
writer: "Junior Miss"
09-14-1892 - John Robert Powers - d. 7-19-1977
modeling agency founder: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
09-18-1920 - Jack Warden - Newark, NJ - d. 7-19-2006
actor: "Stagestruck"
10-20-1887 - Charles Warburton - Huddersfield, England - d. 7-19-1952
actor: "Radio Guild"; "Great Plays"; "Front Page Drama"
11-17-1878 - Grace Abbott - d. 7-19-1939
talks for mothers: "Your Child"
11-19-1864 - Geroge Barbier - Philadelphia, PA - d. 7-19-1945
actor: "Song of the Islands"
11-24-1908 - Worth Kramer - d. 7-19-1998
director: "Wings Over Jordan"
12-17-1913 - Herbert Nelson - Stillwater, MN - d. 7-19-1990
actor: Ralph Fraser "Dan Harding's Wife"; George Lawlor "Romance of
Helen Trent"
Ron
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:01:55 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO THEATER
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
RETRIBUTION
7-17-53 "The Big Idea"
Narrator: Lou Merrill
Stars: Tony Barrett, Jeanne Bates, Barney Phillips
Producer/Director: Dwight Hauser
Writers: Norman Sickle, Carl Hoffenberg
ABC Sustaining
MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER
Episode 250 04-11-50 "Operation Tomorrow"
Narrator: Maurice Tarplin
Stars: Leon Janney, Charlotte Holland, Robert Donnelly, Ralph Bell
MUTUAL Sustaining
Producers/Directors/Writers: Robert A. Arthur And David Kogan
LUX RADIO THEATER
Episode 387 3-8-43 "Reap The Wild Wind"
Stars: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, John Carradine, Fred MacKaye,
Norman Field, Lois Collier, Jack Mather, Lillian Randolph, Stanley Farrar
Host: Cecil B. DeMille
CBS Lux Soap
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
THE HOLLYWOOD STAR PLAYHOUSE
(CBS) 6/10/50 "Venom" Srtars: Cornell Wilde. Chiller.
JACK PEARL & COMPANY
(NBC) 2/8/37 The Baron and Sharlie are in Havana.
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
with Don McNeil (ABC) 6/21/45 Don/Guests/Curley [removed] Opens with
March Around the Table.
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Lady Esther Screen Guild Players - "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
originally aired October 19, 1942 on CBS
Starring: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Jeanne Cagney, [removed]
Sakall, Richard Whorf, Charles Irwin, Truman Bradley announcing.
Sponsor: Lady Esther Cosmetics
Mr. President - "George Washington"
originally aired July 31, 1949 on ABC
Starring: Edward Arnold, Betty Lou Gerson.
Sustained
Fibber McGee and Molly - "Scrap Drive"
originally aired April 7, 1942 on NBC
Starring: Jim and Marion Jordan, Gale Gordon, Bill Thompson, The King's
Men, Billy Mills and his Orchestra, Harlow Wilcox announcing.
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Gulf Screen Guild Theatre - "Between Americans"
originally aired December 7, 1941 on CBS
Starring: Orson Welles, Roger Pryor hosting, Bud Easton announcing.
Sponsor: Gulf Oil
The Cavalcade of America - "An American Is Born"
originally aired January 19, 1942 on NBC Red
Starring: Bette Davis, Raymond Edward Johnson, Clayton "Bud" Collyer
announcing.
Written & Directed by Arch Oboler from a story by Peter Packer.
Sponsor: DuPont Chemical Co.
==================================
If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry Haendiges
Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
the Net
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:05:43 -0400
From: "Irene Theodore Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The Goldbergs
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain
NY Times review of a recently released documentary about Gertrude Berg and
"The Goldbergs"
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:07:19 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Norman Corwin
Mike Kacey recently started a petition to honor radio legend Norman Corwin
with the Congressional Gold Medal and/or the Presidential Medal of Freedom
for his incredible radio work during World War II and beyond. Corwin is truly
a forgotten American icon and it appears congressmen are aware of this.
Corwin is 99 years and still very much involved with what's happening in the
world today. Please consider
going to [removed] and sign the two petitions to urge
Congress and the President to recognize this great American. More info is
available at the top of the [removed] web-site. I signed the
petition and hope other do to!
This is one minor but important way to help preserve part of OTR history.
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:09:31 -0400
From: rfmillerjr1@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jack Benny as "Tout"
I have been reading the reference to a "Matlock" TV Show that guest starred
Sheldon Leonard. I am not familiar with the reference to the Jack Benny -
tout reference. I am vaguely familiar with the word tout and how it is used,
but I would like to get more specifics as to the Jack Benny reference. Could
some one who is much more a fan of Jack Benny than I am, provide a specific
reference or two to this routine?
--Randy Miller
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:49:49 -0400
From: Larry Husch <lshusch@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: British Dates
David-
For radio shows listed in OTTER database as being available on a
particular date, check out
[removed]
Larry
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:24:06 -0400
From: Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Arthur Godfrey
David T. Beito asked:
Does anyone have suggestions on where I can find an episode of Arthur Godfrey
and His Friends from December 17, 1952 (either the TV or the radio versions)?
Godfrey had an revealing ad lib on a cigarette commercial in which he
commented, upon smoking a Chesterfield, that the "these things are going to
kill me."
UCLA has the largest Arthur Godfrey ET collection I know of. I helped
organize it for them years ago.
You may want to connect with UCLA to find out if they would allow you a copy
of the show you want.
I do remember a vast number of the shows were from the 1950s, including 1952.
There has been a lot of controversy about the UCLA radio archives since then.
I no longer deal with their archives nor do I know if they are doing anything
with those ETs.
Just give it a try and see.
Good luck!
Ken Greenwald
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:24:37 -0400
From: Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Adapting radio to television
Almost any radio show series can be adapted to television.
Some are more difficult to adapt. Some are easier.
It is merely transforming such things as musical stings to dissolved, fades
or going to a different set.
A good writer can adapt almost anything in one medium to another.
Suspense became an early television show. Lights out was also an early
television show.
There are some half hour episodes of both these shows in the PPB radio
archives (there's a kinescope collection there).
It really depends on the ingenuity of the writer and his or hers ability to
adapt from the listening medium to the visual medium.
Ken Greeenwald
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