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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2010 : Issue 201
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
11-21 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Cincinnati Convention, and Pillow Sp [ "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@jun ]
11-22 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
11-23 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
X-Minus One [ IreneTH@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:57:24 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 11-21 births/deaths
November 21st births
11-21-1882 - Alfred White - d. 8-22-1972
actor: Soloman Levy "Abie's Irish Rose"
11-21-1891 - Edward Ellsberg - New Haven, CT - d. 1-24-1983
writer: "The Mercury Theatre on the Air"
11-21-1894 - Max Miller - Brighton, England - d. 5-7-1963
stand-up comic: "Cheeky Chappie" Spotty BBC career due to blue material
11-21-1895 - Ernest Charles - Minneapolis, MN - 4-16-1984
producer: "Great Moments of Music"
11-21-1895 - Seth T. Bailey - d. 7-7-1966
announcer: KLX Oakland, California
11-21-1902 - Arthur Schutt - Reading, CA - d. 1-18-1965
pianist: "The Ipana Troubadors"
11-21-1902 - Frank Hursley - d. 2-3-1989
writer: "American Women"; "Cousin Willie"; "Those Websters"; "The
Truitts"
11-21-1904 - Coleman Hawkins - St. Josephs, MO - d. 5-19-1969
tenor sax: (Father of the tenor sax) "Saturday Night Swing Club"
11-21-1905 - Ted Ray - Wigan, Lanchashire, England - d. 11-8-1977
comedian: "Ray's a Laugh"
11-21-1907 - Charles Korvin - Postyen, Hungary - d. 6-18-1998
actor: "Voice of the Army"
11-21-1908 - Marian Young Taylor - Star Lake, NY - d. 12-9-1973
commentator: "Martha Deane Show";
11-21-1912 - Eleanor Powell - Springfield, MA - d. 2-11-1982
singing tap dancer: "Flying Red Horse Tavern"
11-21-1912 - Ralph Butler - d. 4-6-1987
director: "Bright Horizon"; "Perry Mason"; "Rosemary"
11-21-1913 - Ted Straeter - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-2-1963
orchestra leader: "Jerry Wayne's Regent Show"; "Kate Smith Show"
11-21-1919 - Steve Brodie - El Dorado, KS - d. 1-9-1992
actor: Mike Mallory "Mike Mallory"
11-21-1920 - Ralph Meeker - Minneapolis, MN - d. 8-5-1988
actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"
11-21-1920 - Stan Musial - Donora, PA
baseball great: "Image Minorities"; "Feature Project: The Game of
Baseball"
11-21-1921 - Billie Mae Richards - Ontario, Canada - d. 9-10-2010
actor: "Nightfall"
11-21-1921 - Vivian Blaine - Newark, NJ - d. 12-9-1995
actor, singer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-21-1933 - Joseph Campanella - NYC
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"; "The Zero Hour"
11-21-1934 - Laurence Lukinbill - Fort Smith, AR
actor: (Son-in-law of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) "Earplay"
November 21st deaths
01-22-1934 - Bill Bixby - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-21-1993
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
02-11-1909 - Max Baer - Omaha, NE - d. 11-21-1959
heavyweight boxing champion, actor: Lucky Smith "Lucky Smith"
03-02-1909 - Mel Ott - Gretna, LA - d. 11-21-1958
sportscaster: Play-by-Play Detroit Tigers; "Babe Ruth Show"
03-27-1915 - Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Turkey Scratch, AR - d. 11-21-2006
guiatrist: "KFFA King Biscuit Time"
04-09-1897 - John B. Gambling - Norwich, England - d. 11-21-1974
host: "Your Personal Program"; "John B. Gambling Club"; "Rambling with
Gambling"
05-07-1884 - Gloria Gordon - d. 11-21-1962
actor: (Mother of Gale Gordon) Mrs. O'Reilly "My Friend Irma"
05-12-1892 - John Barclay - Blethingly, Surrey, England - d. 11-21-1978
singer, actor: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Richard Gaylord "The
Guiding Light"
05-25-1912 - Eddie Maxwell - Detroit. MI - d. 11-21-1999
writer: "The Spike Jones Show"
06-06-1903 - Bert Lown - d. 11-21-1962
CBS Network executive, also a songwriter
06-28-1933 - Maurice Cloutier - Manchester, NH - d. 11-21-2006
disk jockey: KOTA Rapid City, South Dakota
06-29-1922 - Ralph Burns - Newton, MA - d. 11-21-2001
pianist, arranger: "Esquire Jazz Concert"; "Saturday Night Swing
Session"
07-11-1906 - Harry Von Zell - Indianapolis, IN - d. 11-21-1981
actor, announcer: Bill Smith "Smiths of Hollywood"; "George Burns and
Gracie Allen Show"
07-29-1888 - Niles Welch - Hartford, CT - d. 11-21-1976
announcer: "The Campbell Playhouse"
09-05-1896 - Phil Baxter - Navarro County, TX - d. 11-21-1972
orchestra leader: Live remotes from El Torreon
09-15-1889 - Robert Benchley - Worcester, MA - d. 11-21-1945
comedian: "Buick Program"; "Melody and Madness"
09-17-1904 - Jerry Colonna - Boston, MA - d. 11-21-1986
comedian: "Bob Hope Show"
09-27-1896 - Buddy Pearson (Hyman) - d. 11-21-1959
writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
10-22-1905 - Edward Byron - Newport, KY - d. 11-21-1964
writer, producer: "Moon River"; "Mr. District Attorney"
10-29-1916 - Hadda Brooks - Los Angeles, CA - d. 11-21-2002
pianist: "Jubilee"
11-05-1905 - John Whedon - d. 11-21-1991
writer: "The Great Gildersleeve"
11-11-1885 - George S. Patton - San Gabriel, CA - d. 11-21-1945
maverick general: "These Are Our Men"
11-28-1914 - Cecil Brower - Bowie, TX - d. 11-21-1965
fiddle: "The Musical Brownies"
Ron
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:00:37 -0500
From: "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cincinnati Convention, and Pillow Speakers
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Two things:
1. Six months from this week! We're halfway to the next Cincinnati
Convention:
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2. Do you use OTR as your sleeping aid? I have a pillow speaker under my
pillow, and an MP3 player that lets me play one
show and then it will turn itself off.
My problem is that I'm usually asleep after about five minutes.
So I have hundreds of shows that I've heard the first five minutes!
Anyway, I got tired of buying pillow speakers at Radio Shack and having them
die after a few months. Plus, MP3 players are
stereo, and many pillow speakers have mono jacks.
So here's how I solved that problem, at the cost of one dollar:
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---Dan Hughes, [removed]
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:00:44 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 11-22 births/deaths
November 22nd births
11-22-1875 - Elizabeth Patterson - Savannah, TN - d. 1-31-1966
actor: Maid "Halls of Ivy"
11-22-1882 - Clarence K. Bawden - d. 10-xx-1972
organist: WOO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11-22-1887 - Charles E. Mack - White Cloud, KS - d. 1-11-1934
comedian, actor: (Two Black Crows) "The Eveready Hour"
11-22-1895 - Alexander Laszlo - Budapest, Hungary - d. 11-17-1970
orchestra leader: "This Is Your Life"
11-22-1897 - Madge Tucker - d- 3-5-1996
actor: Lady Next Door "Coast to Coast on a Bus"
11-22-1899 - Hoagy Carmichael - Bloomington, IN - d. 12-27-1981
singer, composer: "Hoagy Carmichael Show"; "King's Men"
11-22-1900 - Alan Cameron - Anderson, IN - d. 3-28-1972
writer: "Suspense"
11-22-1904 - Roland Winters - Boston, MA - d. 10-22-1989
actor: Russell Bartlett "My Best Girls"; "Milton Berle Show";
"Highways in Melody"
11-22-1906 - Howard Petrie - Beverly, MA - d. 3-24-1968
announcer: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Judy Canova Show"
11-22-1906 - Trezzvant W. Anderson - Charlotte, NC - d. 3-25-1963
newscaster: "Pittsburgh Courier News"
11-22-1906 - Wallace Beavers - d. 8-xx-1985
newscaster: WCOL Columbus, Ohio
11-22-1910 - Ethel Smith - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 5-10-1996
organist: "Your Hit Parade"
11-22-1910 - John Carter - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-22-1988
singer: "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Voice of Firestone"
11-22-1911 - Ernie Caceres - Rockport, TX - d. 1-10-1971
clarinet, saxophone: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
11-22-1911 - Frank Graham - Detroit MI - d. 9-2-1950
actor: Diogenes Smith "Lum and Abner"; Jeff Regan "The Lion's Eye"
11-22-1913 - Alfred J. Colaiaco - Rome, Italy - d. 7-20-2006
staff arranger WOR: "Mutual Melody Hour"
11-22-1913 - Benjamin Britten - Lowestoft, Suffolk, England - d.
12-4-1976
composer: "Columbia Workshop"; "An American in England"
11-22-1919 - H. Leslie Atlass, Jr. - d. 7-10-2003
involved in Chicago radio
11-22-1919 - Steve Alex - d. 10-22-1998
newscaster: KSIL Silver City, New Mexico
11-22-1921 - Rodney Dangerfield - Babylon, Long Island, NY - d.
10-5-2004
comedian: "Voices of Vista"
11-22-1922 - Lynn(e) Roberts - El Paso, TX - d. 4-1-1978
vocalist: "Dorsey Brothers Orchestra"; "Benny Goodman Orchestra"
11-22-1923 - Guy Doleman - Hamilton, New Zealand - d. 1-30-1996
charactor actor, announcer: New Zealand radio
11-22-1924 - Geraldine Page - Kirksville, MO - d. 6-13-1987
actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"
11-22-1932 - Robert Vaughn - NYC
actor: (Son of Walter Vaughn) "Monitor"
11-22-1935 - Hugh C. Rae - Glasgow, Scotland
writer: "The Freezer"
11-22-1939 - Terrence Edmond - Bristol, England - d. 3-16-2009
actor: "His Natural Life"
11-22-1944 - Tony Nicholls - Chigwell, England
writer: "They Came to Join Us"
11-22-1946 - Roger Baron - Chicago, IL
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
November 22nd deaths
01-04-1905 - Sterling Holloway - Cedartown, GA - d. 11-22-1992
actor: "Railroad Hour"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Suspense"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
02-28-1911 - Gene O'Donnell - Iowa - d. 11-22-1993
actor: " I Want A Divorce"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-03-1895 - Zez Confrey - Peru, IL - d. 11-22-1971
pianist, composer: "The Hour Of St. Francis"
05-02-1895 - Lorenz Hart - NYC - d. 11-22-1943
lyricist: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour";
"Railroad Hour"
05-13-1842 - Arthur Sullivan - London, England - d. 11-22-1900
composer: (Gilbert and Sullivan) Several of his works were adapted for
radio
05-29-1917 - John F. Kennedy - Brookline, MA - d. 11-22-1963
[removed] president: "Kennedy-Nixon Debates"; "American Forum of the Air"
07-26-1894 - Aldous Huxley - Godalming, Surrey, England - d. 11-22-1963
writer: "CBS Radio Workshop"
08-01-1898 - Caesar Petrillo - Chicago, IL - d. 11-22-1963
orchestra leader: (Brother of James C. Petrillo) "First Nighter"
08-05-1914 - Parley Baer - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 11-22-2002
actor: Chester Wesley Proudfoot "Gunsmoke"; Doc Clemmens "Rogers of
the Gazette"
08-17-1893 - Mae West - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-22-1980
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show" (Famous Adam and Eve Skit)
09-21-1913 - Janet Ertel - Sheboygan, WI - d. 11-22-1988
singer: (The Chordettes) "Arthur Godfrey Time"
11-26-1917 - Adele Jergens - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-22-2002
actor: Carol Curtis "Stand By For Crime"
11-29-1898 - [removed] Lewis - Belfast, Northern Ireland - d. 11-22-1963
author, lecturer: "Right and Wrong"; "Christian Behavior"
12-02-1900 - Joe Rosenfield - Tennessee - d. 11-22-1987
talkshow host: "Happiness Exchange"
12-20-1912 - Ken Lane - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-22-1996
singer: (Ken Lane Singers) "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Carnation Contented
Hour"
12-31-1897 - Paula Hemminghous - Columbus, OH - d. 11-22-1997
singer: "Philco Hour"; "National Radio Pulpit"; "Highlights of the
Bible"
Ron
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:00:53 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 11-23 births/deaths
November 23rd births
11-23-1887 - Boris Karloff - London, England - d. 2-2-1969
actor, host: "Starring Boris Karloff"; "Creeps by Night"
11-23-1888 - Al Bernard - New Orleans, LA - d. 3-6-1949
singer: "Dutch Masters Minstrels"; "Molle Merry Minstrels"
11-23-1888 - Harpo Marx - NYC - d. 9-28-1964
comedian: (First Marx Brother to speak on radio) Occasional guest spots
11-23-1888 - Nana Bryant - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-24-1955
actor: Miss Tilsey "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"
11-23-1894 - Andrew Schoeppel - Chaflin, KS - d. 1-21-1962
governor kansas: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
11-23-1894 - Ken Christy - Pennsylvania - d. 7-23-1962
actor: Police Chief Gates "Great Gildersleeve"
11-23-1894 - Rosetta Duncan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-4-1959
singer: (Topsy and Eva) "Wireless Vaudeville"
11-23-1896 - Ruth Etting - David City, NE - d. 9-24-1978
singer: "Music That Satisfies"; "Oldsmobile Show"; "Kellogg College
Prom"
11-23-1900 - Julian Atkins - Oklahoma - d. 7-30-1984
guitar: "The Radio Cowboys"
11-23-1903 - Victor Jory - Dawson City, AK - d. 2-11-1982
actor: "Matinee Theatre"; "Crisis in War Town"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
11-23-1908 - Nelson Bond - Scranton, PA - d. 11-4-2006
writer: "Hot Copy"; "Suspense"; "Dr. Christian"
11-23-1911 - Edward Breuder - Hoboken, NJ - d. 10-15-1989
director of CBS radio network music division
11-23-1912 - George O'Hanlon - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-11-1989
actor: Husband "George O'Hanlon Show; Me and Janie"
11-23-1912 - Tyree Glenn - Corsicana, TX - d. 5-18-1974
trombonist, vibraphonist: "Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert"
11-23-1913 - Maurice Zolotow - NYC - d. 3-14-1991
writer: "Information Please"
11-23-1915 - Ellen Drew - Kansas City, MO - d. 12-6-2003
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Suspense"
11-23-1915 - John Dehner - Staten Island, NY - d. 2-4-1992
actor: Paladin "Have Gun, Will Travel"; [removed] Kendall "Frontier
Gentleman"; "Gunsmoke"
11-23-1915 - Natalie Park Masters - San Francisco, CA - d. 2-9-1986
actor: Candy Matson "Candy Matson
11-23-1916 - Julie Stevens - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-26-1984
actor: Helen Trent "Romance of Helen Trent"; Kitty Foyle "Kitty Foyle"
11-23-1917 - John Newland - Cincinnati, OH - d. 1-10-2000
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"
11-23-1919 - Andrew Ackers - d. 10-20-1978
orchestra leader: "The National Guard Show"
11-23-1922 - Maze Jackson - North Carolina - d. 5-16-1996
evangelist: "The Truck Drivers Special"
11-23-1923 - Malcolm "Mel" Arter - d. 10-16-1998
disk jockey: WKOK Sunbury, Pennsylvania
11-23-1929 - Sybil Jason - Capetown, South Africa
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
11-23-1930 - Bob Easton - Milwaukee, WI
actor: "Family Theatre"
11-23-1949 - Tom Joyner - Tuskegee, Alabama
host: "The Tom Joyner Morning Show"
11-23-1962 - Andrew Bovell - Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
writer: "After Dinner"
November 23rd deaths
02-08-1925 - Francis Webb - Adelaide, Australia - d. 11-23-1973
writer: "Birthday"
02-19-1911 - Merle Oberon - Tasmania, Australia - d. 11-23-1979
actor: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
02-22-1910 - Gene Hamilton - Toledo, OH - d. 11-23-2000
announcer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin
Street"
02-23-1918 - Linwood McCarthy - Norfolk, VA - d. 11-23-2002
actor: "Son of Erin"
03-05-1925 - Lucy Gilman - Chicago, IL - d. 11-23-2006
actor: "(Sister of Toni Gilman) "I Love A Mystery"; Welcome Valley"
03-15-1887 - Billy Jones - NYC - d. 11-23-1940
singer: (The Happiness Boys)
05-03-1919 - Betty Comden - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-23-2006
writer, actor: "Revuers"
05-15-1910 - Constance Cummings - Seattle, WA - d. 11-23-2005
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-05-1920 - Cornelius Ryan - Dublin, Ireland - d. 11-23-1974
d-dat war correspondent, novelist: "Hearing Highlights"
06-10-1889 - Sessue Hayakawa - Chiba, Japan - d. 11-23-1973
actor: Freelance NHK Tokyo, Japan
06-21-1932 - O. C. Smith - Mansfield, LA - d. 11-23-2001
singer: "Voices of Vista"
07-05-1928 - Beverly Tyler - Scranton, PA - d. 11-23-2005
actor: "Family Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-23-1915 - Frances Chaney - Odessa, Ukraine - d. 11-23-2004
actor: (One of Hollywood Ten) Marion Kirby "Advs. of Topper"; Burma
"Terry and the Pirates"
07-26-1924 - Ann Howard Bailey - Memphis, TN - d. 11-23-2006
writer: "Suspense"
08-19-1916 - Marie Wilson - Anaheim, CA - d. 11-23-1972
actor: Irma Peterson "My Friend Irma"
08-24-1933 - Bobby Ellis - Chicago, IL - d. 11-23-1973
actor: Henry Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Chester A. Riley, Jr. "Life of
Riley"
09-13-1916 - Roald Dahl - Llandaff, Wales - d. 11-23-1990
writer: "Escape"
09-15-1903 - Roy Acuff - Maynardsville, TN - d. 11-23-1992
singer: (The King of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
09-19-1922 - Willie Pep - Middletown, CT - d. 11-23-2006
boxer: "Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts"
10-01-1911 - Irwin Kostal - Chicago, IL - d. 11-23-1994
staff arranger for nbc: "Design for Listening"
10-07-1905 - Jean Ellyn - NYC - d. 11-23-1989
actor: Margie 'Cookie' Cook "Valiant Lady"; Dr. Watson "Strange Dr.
Karnac"
10-18-1919 - Anita O'Day - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-23-2006
jazz singer: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"
11-03-1909 - Bennie Anthony Azzara - Newark, NJ - d. 11-23-2001
pianist: played for Jackie Gleason
12-03-1923 - Frank Guarrera - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-23-2007
operatic baritone: "Metropolitan Opera Audition of the Air"
12-17-1910 - Spade Cooley - Oklahoma Territory - d. 11-23-1969
western singer: (Rider's of the Purple Sage) "Spade Cooley Show"
Ron
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:15:34 -0500
From: IreneTH@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: X-Minus One
I checked the 12/5/56 for X-Minus One in the NY Times. It is a highlighted
program for that date with two 15 min stories by Ray Bradbury.
I've attached the page
Irene Heinstein
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X Minus One - 1956-12-05 NY [removed]]
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