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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2011 : Issue 159
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  10-8 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 9-15 Octo  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  News programs                         [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
  10-9 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Green Hornet Question                 [ "Ryan O" <ryano218@[removed]; ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO CLASSICS              [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:34:50 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  10-8 births/deaths

October 8th births

10-08-1871 - Albert Edward Wiggam - Austin, IN - d. 4-26-1957
biologist: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
10-08-1881 - Oscar O'Shea - Peterboro, Canada - d. 4-6-1960
actor: John Marshall "Those We Love"
10-08-1890 - Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker - Columbus, OH - d. 7-23-1973
host, narrator: "The World's Most Honored Flights"
10-08-1891 - Florence Malone - d. 3-4-1956
actor: Christy Allen "Against the Storm"; Mrs. Diamond "Advs. of
Captain Diamond"
10-08-1897 - Rouben Mamoulian - Tiflis, Georgia, Russia - d. 12-4-1987
film director: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
10-08-1902 - Gladys Bagwil - d. 12-14-1969
blues singer: Hot Springs, Arkansas
10-08-1904 - Wally Brown - Malden, MA - d. 11-13-1961
actor: "The Jack Kirkwood Show"; "Joan Davis Time"
10-08-1906 - William N. Robson - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 4-10-1995
producer, director: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "CBS Radio Workshop"; "Escape"
10-08-1908 - Albert Maltz - NYC - d. 4-26-1985
screen writer: (One of Hollywood Ten) "Words at War"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
10-08-1910 - Roswell B. Rogers - d. 8-6-1998
writer: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Old Gold Show"; "Lum and Abner"
10-08-1913 - Walter Schumann - NYC - d. 8-21-1958
composer: "Dragnet"; "Junior Miss"; "Modern Advs. of Casanova"
10-08-1914 - Mario "Mike" Dinapoli - Roxbury, MA
pianist, arranger: "Frank Petty Trio"
10-08-1917 - Billy Conn - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 5-28-1993
prize fighter: "Kraft Music Hall"; "The Pepsodent Show"; "The Eddie
Cantor Show"
10-08-1918 - Ron Randell - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - d.
6-11-2005
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-08-1919 - Gabriel Dell - Barbados, British West Indies - d. 7-3-1988
actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"
10-08-1943 - Chevy Chase - Woodstock, NY
comedian: "The National Lampoon Radio Hour"
10-08-1951 - Jenny Boult - Warwickshire, England - d. 11-1-2005
writer: "Can't Help Dreaming"

October 8th deaths

01-09-1915 - Fernando Lamas - Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. 10-8-1982
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-26-1913 - William Prince - Nichols, NY - d. 10-8-1996
actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Philco Radio Playhouse"
02-14-1895 - Nigel Bruce - Ensenada, Mexico - d. 10-8-1953
actor: Doctor John H. Watson "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
02-18-1892 - Wendell Willkie - Elwood, IN - d. 10-8-1944
presidential candidate: "Information, Please"
03-04-1908 - Lee Allman - d. 10-8-1989
actor: (Sister of James Jewell) Lenore 'Casey' Case "The Green Hornet"
03-15-1901 - Madeleine Pierce - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-8-1983
actor: Wiki "Just Plain Bill"; Rudy Cameron "When A Girl Marries"
04-10-1897 - Fred Hall - NYC - d. 10-8-1964
composer, performer: (Hall and Fields) "Old Man of the Mountain"
04-26-1891 - Paul Hoffmann - Western Springs, IL - d. 10-8-1974
foreign aid administrator: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
04-29-1914 - Derek Guyler - Wallasey, Merseyside, England - d. 10-8-1999
actor: "It's That Man Again"
05-01-1933 - Joan Hackett - NYC - d. 10-8-1983
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
05-16-1916 - Zeze Macedo - Rio de Janerio, Brazil - d. 10-8-1999
brazilian comic: "Home Sweet Home"
07-23-1908 - Karl Swenson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-8-1978
actor: Lorenzo Jones "Lorenzo Jones"; Lord Henry Brinthrope "Our Gal
Sunday"
08-02-1900 - Helen Morgan - Danville, IL - d. 10-8-1941
hostess, singer: "Helen Morgan, Songs"; "Broadway Melodies"; "Fred
Allen Show"
08-30-1887 - Eduardo Ciannelli - Island of Ischia, Italy - d. 10-8-1969
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-01-1898 - Lilyan Ariel - d. 10-8-1969
pianist: KFI Los Angeles, California
11-06-1886 - Gus Kahn - Koblenz, Germany - d. 10-8-1941
lyricist: "Good News of 1938"
12-25-1916 - Oscar Moore - Austin, TX - d. 10-8-1981
guitar: "The King Cole Trio"

Ron

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:34:56 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 9-15 October

 From Those Were The Days

10/9

1935   Cavalcade of America was first broadcast this very day. The CBS
show featured some of Hollywood and Broadway's most famous stars in
leading roles in the half hour dramas. Thomas Chalmers narrated the
stories about obscure incidents and people in American history. The
orchestra was led by Donald Voorhees. The show aired from 1935 to 1953,
changing from CBS to NBC in 1939; with one sponsor for its entire
duration. The DuPont Company introduced its slogan on Cavalcade of
America ... "Better things for better living through [removed]"

1943   ABC presented Land of the Lost. The opening phrase for the show
was, "In that wonderful kingdom at the bottom of the [removed]" This
children's adventure fantasy serial took the audience underwater where
the main characters, Isabel and Jimmy, were guided by their friend, a
red fish named Red Lantern and played at first by Junius Matthews and
later, by Art Carney. Land of the Lost found a large audience and
remained on the air until 1948.

10/10

1932   Two of radio's earliest efforts at soap operas were heard for the
first time. Judy and Jane, sponsored by Folger's Coffee, and Betty and
Bob, sponsored by General Mills, had listeners glued to their radios
into the early 1940s.

1933   Dreft, the first synthetic detergent, went on sale. Ten years
later, Dreft was the sponsor of The Dreft Star Playhouse.

1937   The Mutual Broadcasting System debuted Thirty Minutes in
Hollywood. Forty-eight sponsors shared the cost of the program that
aired in 72 cities nationwide. It was the first Mutual co op radio show.
George Jessel and Norma Talmadge starred. Music was provided by the
Tommy Tucker Orchestra.

10/11

1936   Professor Quiz aired for the first time. It was the first
national quiz show on radio and lasted until 1948. Guests asked
Professor Quiz (Dr. Craig Earl) questions. If they were able to stump
the prof, they collected a $25 prize. Professor Quiz announcers were
Robert Trout and Arthur Godfrey. Sponsors included Kelvinator
refrigerators, Teel Shampoo and Velvet pipe tobacco.

1948   One of radio's last premiering soap operas, The Brighter Day,
happened this day in Three Rivers. The show centered around the Dennis=
and their extended family. It's interesting to take a look at the cast
and see which names are still recognizable, like Hal Holbrook and
William Redfield. Some of the sponsors are still around, too: Ivory Soap
flakes, Blue Cheer detergent and Hazel Bishop lipstick. The soap opera
lasted for six years on radio.

10/12

1937   The longest running detective show debuted. Mr. Keen, Tracer of
Lost Persons lasted until 1955. Three different actors played the title
role, Bennett Kilpack was Mr. Keen the longest, and Arthur Hughes saw
the final show. Phil Clark also played the part. There were many more
than three sponsors    Anacin, Kolynos (a toothpaste), BiSoDol antacid
mints, Hill's cold tablets, Heet liniment, Dentyne, Aerowax, RCA Victor
and Chesterfield cigarettes. Some are long gone, some are still around,
some don't advertise on radio anymore, and some are not allowed to.

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1930

10/13  Groucho Marx made his radio debut introducing Heywood Broun on
WABC, the New York affiliate of CBS.

10/14

1934   Folks had clean hands for 21 years beginning this day. The Lux
Radio Theater was heard on the NBC Blue [removed] and nearly every
famous Hollywood star over the next three decades appeared on the
program. Lux Radio Theater adapted novels, Broadway plays and Hollywood
films into radio's favorite dramatic series.

 From NYT Today in history

In 1943, the Radio Corporation of America completed sale of the NBC Blue
network to businessman Edward J. Noble for $8 million; ($99,733,[removed]
in 2010 dollars) the network was renamed the American Broadcasting Company.

Joe

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:35:02 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  News programs

Folks;

   As always, I'm running behind; there's lots of activity around here with
fall arriving, the final FOTR convention coming up, etc., etc., and I didn't
get this information posted.

   I have the news shows I currently have posted at:

[removed]

   Comments or problem reports about how Minus handles the files, downloads,
et al would be appreciated sent to my email address and not the list - if it
doesn't work well to share OTR, it doesn't matter how much space is
available. Also, you should NOT need to be a "member," that is you shouldn't
have to sign up to see and download the files.

          Charlie

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:35:44 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  10-9 births/deaths

October 9th births

10-09-1888 - Irving Cummings - NYC - d. 4-18-1959
host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-09-1897 - Robert Armbruster - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-20-1994
conductor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Cousin Willie"
10-09-1899 - Goebel (Leon) Reeves - Sherman, TX - d. 1-26-1959
singer, yodeler: "Rudy Vallee Show"
10-09-1905 - Norman Gottschalk - Chicago, IL - d. 9-8-1979
actor: Joe Palooka "Joe Palooka": "Captain Midnight"
10-09-1907 - Henry Hunter - Rahway, NJ - d. 5-25-1985
actor: Anthony J. Marleybone "Affairs of Anthony"; Terry Regan
"Attorney at Law"
10-09-1909 - Robert Beatty - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - d. 3-3-1992
announcer: BBC Radio Newsreel"; "London Column"
10-09-1910 - Phil Hanna - River Forest, IL - d. 7-20-1957
actor: Three Cheers "Al Pearce Show"
10-09-1911 - Leo Boulette - d. 10-9-1990
scriptwriter: "The Lone Ranger"
10-09-1911 - Michael Allman - Cincinnati, OH - d. 2-13-1989
arranger for such bands as Mitchell Ayres, Freddy Martin and Harry James
10-09-1912 - John L. Barrett - d. 5-1-1984
actor: "Covered Wagon Days"; "Lone Ranger"
10-09-1912 - John Tackaberry - Adelaide, Australia - d. 6-24-1969
writer: "Jack Benny Program"
10-09-1912 - Walter Compton - Charleston, SC - d. 12-9-1959
quizmaster: "Double or Nothing"
10-09-1913 - John Guedel - Portland, IN - d. 12-15-2001
producer: "You Bet Your Life"; "People Are Funny"; "Pillsbury House
Party"
10-09-1914 - M. Thomas Cousins - Wilson, NC - d. 10-22-1972
trumpeter, arranger: "National Symphony"
10-09-1915 - Edward Andrews - Griffin, GA - d. 3-9-1985
actor: Nat "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
10-09-1915 - Lee Wiley - Fort Gibson, OK - d. 12-11-1975
singer: "Lee Wiley"; "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"; "It's Florida's
Treat"
10-09-1916 - Jack Boyle - Illinois - d. 10-15-1965
actor: Andy Gump "The Gumps"
10-09-1918 - Skip Farrell - Illinois - d. 5-8-1962
actor, singer: "National Barn Dance"
10-09-1922 - Phil Sterling - NYC - d. 11-30-1998
actor: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Hilltop House"
10-09-1929 - Harry Harvey - Florida - d. 12-8-1978
actor: Oogie Pringle "A Date with Judy"
10-09-1931 - Joan Flanagan - Waverly, Australia
writer: "Frances, Where Are You?"
10-09-1940 - John Lennon - Liverpool, England - d. 12-8-1980
singer: (The Beatles) "Here We Go Again"
10-09-1945 - Kiyoko Suizenji - Kumamoto, Japan
enka singer: "Kohaku Uta Gassen"

October 9th deaths

01-01-1923 - Milt Jackson - Detroit, MI - d. 10-9-1999
vibraphone: "Modern Jazz Quartet"
01-31-1917 - Bob Steel - d. 10-9-1994
producer/director: "The Brighter Day"; "Big Town"; "Ellery Queen"
02-02-1898 - William Costello - Rhode Island - d. 10-9-1971
actor: Freddie Frog "Betty Boop Fables"
03-10-1903 - Claire Boothe Luce - NYC - d. 10-9-1987
correspondent: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Wake Up America"
03-20-1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Cotton Plant, AR - d. 10-9-1973
singer: "Jubilee"
04-08-1882 - Lulu McConnell - Kansas City, MO - d. 10-9-1962
comedian: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"
05-01-1913 - Louis Nye - Hartford, CT - d. 10-9-2005
comedian: "Louis Nye Show"; "Official Detective"
06-13-1939 - Tom Cheek - Pensacola, FL - d. 10-9-2005
sports announcer: Original Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play
06-30-1894 - Frank Davis - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-9-1970
singer: "Fred Waring Show"
07-08-1913 - Walter Kerr - Evanston, IL - d. 10-9-1996
drama critic: "Stagestruck"
10-06-1898 - Cliff Burwell - New Haven, CT - d. 10-9-1976
pianist: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
10-09-1911 - Leo Boulette - d. 10-9-1990
scriptwriter: "The Lone Ranger"
10-13-1924 - Marilyn Hare - Flushing, NY - d. 10-9-1981
singer: (Daughter of Ernie Hare) "The Happiness Boys"
10-15-1908 - Gus Hatula - d. 10-9-1997
audio engineer for WXYZ
10-17-1909 - Minnabelle Abbott - Covington, KY - d. 10-9-1981
actor: Mary Sothern "The Life of Mary Sothern"
10-18-1902 - Miriam Hopkins - Bainbridge, GA - d. 10-9-1972
actor: "Exploring the Unknown"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"; "These Are Our Men"
11-02-1899 - Glenn Rowell - Pontiac, MI - d. 10-9-1965
singer, comedian: "Quaker Early Birds"; "Gene and Glenn"
11-15-1919 - Carol Bruce - Great Neck, NY - d. 10-9-2007
singer: "Ben Bernie Orchestra"; "Carton of Cheer"
11-24-1903 - Bernard Lenrow - Binghamton, NY - d. 10-9-1963
actor: Geoffrey Barnes "Molle Mystery Theatre"
11-28-1897 - John Kameaaloha Almeida - Pauao Valley, HA - d. 10-9-1985
writer: "Hawaii Calls"; "Island Serenade"
11-29-1921 - Virginia Egnor "Dagmar" - Huntington, WV - d. 10-9-2001
dumb blonde: "Stars On Parade"; "Says Who?"
12-07-1918 - Randy Atcher - d. 10-9-2002
disk jockey: "Old Kentucky Barn Dance"
12-21-1916 - St. John Terrell - Chicago, IL - d. 10-9-1998
actor: Jack Armstrong "Jack Armstrong, the All-American boy"

Ron

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:36:12 -0400
From: "Ryan O" <ryano218@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Green Hornet Question

Hi all. I was listening to an episode of The Green Hornet called, "Pavement
Condemned." The story centers around a miserly man who refused to negotiate
with his union workers to allow them to go back to work. Could this have
been Fran Striker's veiled attack on George Trendle? I've read articles that
suggest that Trendle would have been a prime target for the Hornet's wrath
if he'd been real.

Also, can anyone tell me the name of the short-lived narrator who worked on
GH in late 1945 before Hal Neal took over? He appears in episodes such as
"Bullets and Bluff," "Murder and the Dope Racket," and "Super Highway
Robbery."

I've also learned that there is a run of GH episodes in which Ms. Case
learned the true identity of the Hornet. Are these episodes in circulation
yet?

As always, your help is much appreciated.

RyanO

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:36:28 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO CLASSICS

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
Radio Theatre," Bob Bro's "The Old Time Radio Show," John and Larry
Gassman's "Same Time Station" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."
Streamed in high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

THE RUDY VALLEE SHOW
"Royal Gelatin Hour"
  Episode 20 12-17-36 "Three Diamond Bid"
  Stars: Rudy Vallee, The Connecticut Yankees
  Announcer: Graham McNamee
  First appearance of an Electric Banjo, played by Sleepy Hall. Douglas
Montgomery, Shirley Booth in: "Three Diamond Bid." Cornelia Otis
Skinner: "Christmas monologue." First Radio Appearance of Edgar Bergen
and Charlie McCarthy., Elsa Maxwell, The Swing Kids, John Gurney and the
International Singers: "Old Man River."
  NBC Royal Gelatin Thursdays 8:00 - 9:00 pm

INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
  Episode 521 8-24-52 "No Rest For The Dead" (Mr. Macbre)
  Stars: Barbara Weeks, Everette Sloane, Leon Janney.
  Host: Paul McGrath
  CBS Pearson Pharmaceutical Company Sundays 9:30 - 10:00 Pm

INTRIGUE
  Episode 6 9-4-46 "The Dreyfus Case"
  Narrator and Star: Joseph Schildkraut
  Director: Charles Vanda
  CBS Sustained Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:00 pm
==================================

HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

THE SEALED BOOK
  (MBS/Synd) 5/20/45 "Welcome Home" This one will chill you.

THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM
  (NBC) 10/24/37 Jack buys his new car - the Maxwell.

JACK ARMSTRONG - THE ALL-AMERICAN BOY
  (Blue Network) 8/7/43 The Red Ration Stamps.
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THE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW

SUSPENSE (CBS)
  Title: The Dead of the Night
  Original Air: 6/19/47
  Starring: Elliott Reid, Cathy Lewis

I LOVE A MYSTERY (MUTUAL)
  Title: Battle of the Century --- Episode 4
  Original Air: 2/2/50
  Starring: Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, Tony Randall

GUNSMOKE (CBS)
  Title: How to Kill a Friend
  Original Air: 10/3/53
  Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION

COLUMBIA WORKSHOP
  from 10/05/41 Episode (022) Wolfiana.

  If William Conrad were still alive he would be 91. He was born William
Cann in Louisville Kentucky on 09/27/1924. He died on February 11, 1994
at the age of 73. We salute him with three programs that show his
tremendous talent.

ESCAPE
  Episode (140) Conquest.

  After our radio community calendar, we will hear A terrific program
written by Anthony Ellis from:
THE CBS RADIO WORKSHOP
  from 06/01/56 Episode (19) A Matter of Logic.

  And finally, we'll listen to the program in which he starred for 9 years.
GUNSMOKE
  from 07/08/56 Episode (222) Passive Resistance.
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If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

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      Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
      The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
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