Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #232
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Date: 8/26/2006 10:19 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 232
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Sam Spade                             [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  Sam Spade: Death and Company          [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  8-25 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Silly question?                       [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  "I Deal In Crime"                     [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  Watson / Sidekick                     [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
  thanking the unknown collectors who   [ jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed]; ]
  Subject: Gangbusters Date             [ Art Chimes <[removed]@[removed] ]
  Norman Corwin: upcoming book signing  [ "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@run ]
  Vernile Morgan                        [ Radioclass <radioclass@[removed] ]
  Peter Quill                           [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  8-26 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Articles about our feature film       [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:46:18 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sam Spade

Looking over the titles of the Sam Spade radio series, it looks like
about 15 episodes are based on non-Spade stories by Dashiell Hammett.
Mostly Contintal Op stories. Only two of these shows survive: The Death
and Company Caper (8/9/46), presumably based on the Op story "Death and
Company," and The One Hour Caper (1/4/48), presumably based on the Op
story "One Hour." I've read most of the Op stories--indeed, I've read
most of Hammett's work. I'm hoping now to re-read all the Op stories in
the order they were published. It turns out, however, that two of them
are no longer in print. One of them is the aforementioned "Death and
Company" (which incidentally was the final Op story ever published). It
ran in Black Mask in 1930, and was anthologized at least once, in
1945's "The Return of the Continental Op" edited by Ellery Queen. Does
anybody have a copy of that story they'd be willing to share with me?
I'd love to read it, then compare it with the radio version.

(While we're on the subject, does anybody have a copy of the story "It"
([removed] "The Black Hat That Wasn't There"), which is the other
unavailable Op story? Published in Black Mask in 1923, it was
anthologized in 1951 in "The Woman In the Dark", edited again by Ellery
Queen.)

Early in the Sam Spade series, judging from the few surviving episodes
I've heard, they appear to be bending over backwards to give him
legitimate Hammett credentials. They even, as I recall, imply that he
used to be the Continental Op before he set up shop with Miles Archer!

If anybody's curious, here's the listing of all 15 episodes that I
suspect are based on original Hammett stories. This is simply going by
resemblances between the titles and the published stories.

07/19/46	Sam And The Farewell Murders
08/09/46	The Death And Company Caper
08/16/46	Two Sharp Knives
08/23/46	Zig Zags Of Treachery
09/29/46	Blood Money Caper, The
10/04/46	Gutting Of Couffignal
10/20/46	Fly Paper Caper, The
12/08/46	Minks Of Turk Street
12/29/46	Golden Horseshoe
02/09/47	Girl With The Silver Eyes
04/06/47	Poisonville Caper, The
08/31/47	Corkscrew Caper, The
01/04/48	One Hour Caper, The
03/21/48	Nightmare Town Caper, The
03/28/48	Blood Money Payoff

Does anybody know when Martin Grams' Sam Spade book is coming out? I
saw a flyer for it FOTR last year, but haven't seen anything since. And
it's not listed on his website. I imagine he tackles all of this in
detail there.

When the Continental Op was brought to radio as Brad Runyon, the Fat
Man, did they base any of his adventures of actual Op stories? Or did
they not bother since Spade had already appropriated them? (Some people
seem to think radio's Fat Man is based on Caspar Gutman from The
Maltese Falcon, which is pretty ridiculous as Gutman was an
international crook and murderer, and the Op was an overweight
detective. The radio version, however, deviates from the Op in one
important respect: the Op worked for an agency (hence his title) while
Runyon seems to be a free agent.)

I recently published the new Hammett collection, "Lost Stories," and
was disappointed that it did not contain either of the unavailable Op
stories. Also, it did not contain Hammett's written treatment for the
second Thin Man movie, which was published in New Black Mask in the
1980s (but who has a copy of that sitting around?). I can't figure out
why somebody doesn't publish a Complete Continental Op. They came close
a few years ago with "Crime Stories and Other Writings", but it's still
missing quite a few.

After the success of The Maltese Falcon, Hammett wrote (I believe he
was pressured to do so by his publisher) three short stories featuring
Sam Spade. Judging from the titles, it doesn't look as if any of them
were used for scripts on the radio show. However, the radio writers
wrote a sequel for the Maltese Falcon, using the same characters
(except for Wilmer and Brigid O'Shaughnessy, who were dead). This was
the Kandy Tooth Caper; the original broadcasts do not survive, but it
was repeated on Suspense (1/10/48). I recently re-listened to this
episode, which is what revived my interest in Hammett (and resulted in
this long, desultory message).

Kermyt

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:46:23 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sam Spade: Death and Company

After I sent my previous message, I did a little more poking around and
discovered that one of the uncollected Continental Op stories, "Death
and Company" (presumably the basis for the radio episode of the same
name," was apparently collected in 2000 in an anthology called "The
Oxford Book of Detective Stories," edited by Patricia Craig. (Not to be
confused with an earlier anthology by the same person called "The
Oxford Book of English Detective Stories.") Again, if anybody has a
copy of that story, I'd love to get it to compare with the radio
version!

Thanks,
Kermyt

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:03:24 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  8-25 births/deaths

August 25th births

08-25-1896 - Dick Ryan - Connecticut - d. 8-12-1969
actor: "The Nebbs"
08-25-1901 - Ken Christie - Binghamton, NY - d. 4-xx-1967
choral director: "The Ford Summer Hour"; "Telephone Hour"
08-25-1903 - Michael Bartlett - North Oxford, MA - d. unknown
singer: "The Jack Benny Show"
08-25-1904 - Alice White - Paterson, NJ - d. 2-19-1983
actor: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie"
08-25-1908 - Walter Burke - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-4-1984
actor: Mark Saber's Assistant "Inspector Mark Saber"
08-25-1909 - Michael Rennie - Bradford, Yorkshire, England - d.
6-10-1971
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-25-1910 - Ruby Keeler - Halifax, Nova Scotia - d. 2-28-1993
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-25-1912 - John Rarig - Washington - d. 1-2-1991
singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
08-25-1913 - Bob Crosby - Spokane, WA - d. 3-9-1993
bandleader, singer: "Camel Caravan"; "Bob Crosby Show"; "Jack Benny
Program"
08-25-1916 - Van Johnson - Newport, RI
actor: "Request Performance"; "Romance"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"
08-25-1917 - Mel Ferrer - Elberon, NJ
actor: "Eternal Light"; "Cloak and Dagger"; "MGM Theatre of the Air"
08-25-1918 - Leonard Bernstein - Lawrence, MA - d. 10-14-1990
conductor: "Metropolitan Opera"
08-25-1918 - Richard Greene - Plymouth, England - d. 6-1-1985
actor: "Somerset Maugham Theatre"; "This Is Hollywood"; "Cavalcade of
America"
08-25-1921 - Monty Hall - Winnipeg, Canada
host (communicator) "Monitor"
08-25-1931 - Regis Philbin - NYC
newscaster: KOGO San Diego

August 25th deaths

01-19-1919 - Ray Eberle - Hoosick Falls, NY - d. 8-25-1979
singer: "Glenn Miller and His Orchestra"; "Glenn Miller's Moonlight
Serenade"
01-22-1920 - William Warfield - West Helena, AR - d. 8-25-2002
bass-baritone singer: "Edgar Bergen Show"; "Beyond Victory"
02-12-1912 - Stan Kenton - Wichita, KS - d. 8-25-1979
bandleader: "Bob Hope Show"; "Stan Kenton Concerts"
02-14-1900 - Eddie Marr - New Jersey - d. 8-25-1987
actor: Press Agent "Jack Carson Show"; "Jack Benny Program"; "I Fly
Anything"
04-18-1881 - Arthur B. Allen - Gowanda, NY - d. 8-25-1947
actor: "Snow Village Sketches"; "Kate Smith Show"; Stebbens Boys"
04-27-1882 - Herman Bundesen - d. 8-25-1960
health official: "Adventures in Health"
06-18-1910 - [removed] Marshall - Owatonna, MN - d. 8-25-1998
narrator: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
06-22-1919 - Gower Champion - Geneva, IL - d. 8-25-1980
choreographer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Guest Star"
07-23-1908 - Irving Mansfield - d. 8-25-1988
producer: "It's Always Albert"; "The Morey Amsterdam Show"
08-11-1915 - Berne Surrey - d. 8-25-1992
sound effects: "Suspense (Sorry, Wrong Number)"; "Whistler"; "Sam Spade"
08-27-1905 - Frederick O'Neal - Brooksville, MA - d. 8-25-1992
actor: "New World A-Coming"
09-09-1899 - Waite Hoyt - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-25-1984
sportscaster, "Sports Review"; "According to Hoyt"; play-by-play:
Cincinnati Reds
09-22-1895 - Paul Muni - Lemberg, Austria-Hungary - d. 8-25-1967
actor: "Free Company"; "Radio Hall of Fame"
09-30-1924 - Truman Capote - New Orleans, LA - d. 8-25-1984
author: "Cather: A Look of Remembrance"
10-03-1918 - Perry Lafferty - Davenport, IA - d. 8-25-2005
producer: "Meet the Music"; "Columbia Workshop"
10-24-1894 - Ted "Kid" Lewis - London, England - d. 8-25-1971
bandleader: "Live Band Remotes"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:17:16 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Silly question?
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       Let me preface what I'm about to ask by saying that I've received many
different responses from the resources I've been referencing.  The question
is: Exactly when was the 'golden age of radio'?  Some of the resources,
including Dunning (among others), say that it was between 1929 and 1965,
but others seem to think it started as early as 1926 and went to the early
1960's.  Also, whay are there so many different answers instead of a
difinitive
one on this issue?

       If anyone has an answer, I'm sure many of us would like to know what
it is.

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:17:58 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "I Deal In Crime"
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       I heard about an interesting OTR show from another collector
recently.  Unfortunately, she didn't mention whether there were any
eps of it available.  The show's title was "I Deal In Crime" and it sounds
like it might be a mystery/detective show.  Does anyone know whether
there are any eps of it available, where, and any details regarding it?

       Anything regarding this show would be appreciated.  Who starred
on it, broadcast dates, etc.  You can contact me off list if you like.

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:53:27 -0400
From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Watson / Sidekick
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I have to echo Craig's response to Watson as a sidekick in the days of OTR.
There was probably no really good reason to write the character as portrayed
by NIgel Bruce other then that was how the actor was playing the part in the
films. My feeling is that the producers and writers may have thought it would
have reguired more effort then it was worth to have him written the way Doyle
had him in the books. This would have entailed re-educating to accept the
"real" Watson and not Bruce's charming baffoon.

  I have discovered, much to my chagrin, that many people think the 40's film
and radio version is how  Doyle wrote the character and why don't we play him
that way on our audio series.
  Larry Albert

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:40:03 -0400
From: jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  thanking the unknown collectors who recorded
 programs in OTRs last days

August 25, 2006
  Dear Old Time Digest:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the
anonymous OTR collector in Albany NY. Who took the
time to air check programs aired over the CBS Radio
Network during the last years of Old Time Radio such
as Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense.  The same
applies to those in Dallas and other cities who kept
these sounds alive for us to hear.
  To all of them a hard felt thanks.

Jim Taylor

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:27:10 -0400
From: Art Chimes <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Subject:  Gangbusters Date

Unfortunately, I can't help Ted date this particular Gangbusters show, but
one resource that is helpful in many series is the Otter project, which
includes for numerous shows a list of episodes with the first line of
dialogue.

Gangbusters isn't included (yet), but may others are. A typical entry is --

Date Aired : 40/07/31
Episode Number : 5
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Dance Lessons
First Line : Abbott: Well step right in folks, Madam Lazonga's School of dance.

(That from the Abbott and Costello show.)

Links to individual shows are available here
<[removed];, or you can use the Google site
search function by entering a search term followed by
[removed]

-Art-

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:28:38 -0400
From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Norman Corwin: upcoming book signing

Hello, a member on the Loudon Wainwright e-mail list noticed this posting
featuring Loudon, but for this list, the important name is Norman Corwin.

[removed] :

"This I Believe"
Friday, October 13
7:30 [removed]
$15 general admission, $10 members, $8 students

Based on the National Public Radio series of the same name, the newly
published "This I Believe" compiles the heartfelt musings of eighty
Americans, from the famous to the unknown, reflecting on their personal
beliefs.  The result is a stirring, provocative, sometimes funny journey
inside the hearts and minds of diverse Americans whose convictions, and the
incredibly varied ways in which they express them, reveal the nation's
spirit at its best.

To celebrate the publication of "This I Believe," join book co-editor Dan
Gediman and an exciting line-up of contributors, including Norman Corwin,
Loudon Wainwright, along with Angelenos from all walks of life, as they read
their essays and engage in lively conversation.  The program will be
moderated by one of [removed] KPCC's on-air hosts.  Additional guests to be
announced.

"This I Believe" will be available for purchase.  A book signing follows the
program.

So I hope you can attend and enjoy this event. It's at the Skirball Cultural
Center, if you haven't gone to their web site yet.
Matthew

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:52:53 -0400
From: Radioclass <radioclass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Vernile Morgan
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Haven't seen a mention of this, but actress Vernile Morgan passed away
August 17 in Chicago.  Her Monday obituary heading in the Chicago Tribune
states (in big bold letters):  "Radio actress pursued civic projects".
"She was a well-known radio [removed] apparently was in a lot of the
mystery [removed]"  She is quoted as having been involved in "Curtain
Time" at WGN.
   
  Anne

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:35:05 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Peter Quill

On Friday, August 25, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Bill Miles wrote:

Does anyone besides me remember a short-lived sci-fi type radio show
concerning a guy named Peter Quill?  The only episode
that sticks in my mind is one where Peter develops a pair of glasses
that enables the wearer to see the spirit world around him. Needless to
say the guy borrowing them went whacko!

If the Google function on your computer was still working, you'd have
found this answer in a couple of mouse clicks. It would take you
straight away to the best (and most recent) article on Peter Quill, the
Crimson Wizard, which was published in RADIO RECALL.  All prior
articles are posted on the website of the Metro Washington OTR Club at
<[removed]>

Upon arrival at that site, open RADIO RECALL, and scroll down to the
Oct 2004 issue. The front page article, by OTR historian Karl Schadow,
will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about this Mutual
series.

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:35:12 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  8-26 births/deaths

August 26th births

08-26-1873 - Lee De Forest - Council Bluffs, IA - d. 6-30-1961
inventor: Audion tube
08-26-1903 - Jimmy Rushing - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory - d.
6-8-1972
blues singer: "Count Basie and His Orchestra"; "Blue Ribbon Guest Night"
08-26-1904 - Chirstopher Isherwood - High Lane, Cheshire, England -
d. 1-4-1986
writer: "NBC University Theatre"; "CBS Radio Workshop"
08-26-1905 - George F. Hicks - Tacoma, WA - d. 3-17-1965
announcer: "Metropolitan Echoes"; "Death Valley Days"; "Seth Parker"
08-26-1907 - Jack Berch - Sigel, IL - d. 12-10-1992
singer: "Kitchen Pirate"; "Sweetheart Serenade"; "Jack Berch Show"
08-26-1907 - Lester Lanin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-27-2004
bandleader: "Lester Lanin and His Orchestra"; "Here's to Veterans"
08-26-1911 - Hal Gibney - Woodland, CA - d. 6-xx-1973
announcer: "Draget"; "The Six Shooter"; "Tales of the Texas Rangers"
08-26-1912 - Chuck Foster - Jeanette, PA - d. 12-12-2001
bandleader: "Treasury Bandstand"; "One Night Stand"
08-26-1915 - Jim Davis - Edgereton, MO - d. 4-26-1981
actor: "Dangerous Assignment"
08-26-1919 - Frances Wayne - Boston, MA - d. 2-6-1978
vocalist: "The Woody Herman Show"
08-26-1921 - June Whitley - d. 5-25-2006
actor: Margaret Anderson "Father Knows Best"
08-26-1924 - Gloria Holliday - Billings, MT
actor: Bessie "Great Gildersleeve"; Gloria "Honest Harold"

August 26th deaths

01-07-1898 - Art Baker - NYC - d. 8-26-1966
announcer, emcee: "People Are Funny"; "Dinah Shore Show"
01-13-1903 - Kay Francis - Oklahoma City,  Oklahoma Territory - d.
8-26-1968
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-17-1904 - Knox Manning - Worcester, MA - d. 8-26-1980
announcer: "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"; "Headlines on Parade"
02-04-1902 - Charles A. Lindbergh - Detroit, MI - d. 8-26-1974
aviator: CBS awards program
03-10-1911 - Warner Anderson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-26-1976
actor: Patrick Ryan "Terry and the Pirates"
04-13-1899 - Larry Keating - [removed], MN - d. 8-26-1963
actor, emcee: "Murder Will Out"; "Scramby Amby"; "This Is Your FBI"
04-26-1922 - Mike Kellin - Hartford, CT - d. 8-26-1983
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
07-14-1903 - Irving Stone - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-26-1989
author: "Cavalcade of America"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Arch Oboler's
Plays"
08-28-1897 - Charles Boyer - Figeac, France - d. 8-26-1978
actor: Michel "Presenting Charles Boyer"; "Hollywood Playhouse"
09-21-1921 - Gail Russell - Chicago, IL - d. 8-26-1961
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
11-23-1916 - Julie Stevens - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-26-1984
actor: Helen Trent "Romance of Helen Trent"; Kitty Foyle "Kitty Foyle"
xx-xx-xxxx - Charles Borrelli - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-26-1984
pianist: "Italian Sunday"
xx-xx-xxxx - William McNeary - d. 8-26-1934
juvenile radio programming pioneer: "Man in the Moon"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:35:27 -0400
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Articles about our feature film

Over the past several years, we've been fortunate to have our local
paper run some articles about our company. I just had them uploaded
to our web site. For those interested in reading about a feature film
that only took 42 years to be distributed, here is the link.

[removed]

Fred
Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
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