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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2011 : Issue 196
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 11-17 Dec [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Fw: Tune into Yesterday newsletter [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
12-11 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
12-12 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Looking for something from goldindex [ John Elwood <mgmagnette@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:26:18 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 11-17 December
From Those Were The Days
12/11
1944 The Chesterfield Supper Club debuted on NBC. Perry Como, Jo
Stafford and many other stars of the day shared the spotlight on the 15
minute show that aired five nights a week. The show was sponsored by
Chesterfield cigarettes.
(Little humour here: The first display of the Northern Lights was
recorded in America. The sighting was made in New England on this day in
1719. The report said that a mysterious face seemed to appear in the
atmosphere; and, since most aurora borealis displays occur in September
and October and again in March and April, this is very strange, indeed!
The green, red, and frost white light displays occur most frequently
when there is a great deal of sunspot activity.
Old joke. Phil Harris and Alice Faye go to Alaska to see the Northern
Lights. While watching them Phil notices Alice yawning and asks, "Does
the aurora bore ya Alice?")
12/12
From The [removed]
1901 Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first
transatlantic radio transmission in St. John's Newfoundland.
From Those Were The Days
1937 The Federal Communications Commission was a bit upset with NBC.
The FCC scolded the radio network for a skit that starred Mae West. The
satirical routine was based on the biblical tale of Adam and Eve and,
well, it got a bit out of hand. So, following its scolding by the FCC,
NBC banned Miss West from its airwaves for 15 years. Even the mere
mention of her name on NBC was a no-no.
12/13
1942 The characters of Allen's Alley were presented for the first time
on The Fred Allen Show. This particular segment of the show became very
popular and was used by Allen until 1949. Remember the stops along the
way in Allen's Alley? They were at the Brooklyn tenement of Mrs.
Nussbaum, the farmhouse of Titus Moody, the shack of Ajax Cassidy and
the antebellum mansion of Senator Beauregard Claghorn.
12/14
1953 Fred Allen returned from semi-retirement to narrate Prokofiev's
classic, Peter and the Wolf, on the Bell Telephone Hour on NBC.
12/16
1949 After a decade on radio, Captain Midnight was heard for the final
time. Put your secret decoder badges away now, kids.
12/17
1936 Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen kidded around with his pal, Charlie
McCarthy (who was a bit wooden, we [removed]), for the first time on
radio. The two debuted on The Rudy Vallee Show on NBC. Soon, Bergen
became one of radio's hottest properties, and was called Vallee's
greatest talent discovery.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:26:30 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Fw: Tune into Yesterday newsletter
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Issue 64 of ORCA's Tune into Yesterday newsletter is now available in the UK.
The main article in this edition is by Simon Rooks ( Head of BBC Sound
Archives ) and is about the Desert Island Discs recordings that are held by
the Archives.
A sample copy costs One pound and fifty pence from John
Wolstenholme, ORCA, PO Box 1922, Dronfield, S18 8XA, England. ( cheques
payable to 'ORCA' ). Annual membership is #7 which gives members access to our
huge lending library of old programmes. ( US membership costs 20 dollars ).
Graeme Stevenson ( Editor: Tune into Yesterday / ORCA UK )
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Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:27:03 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-11 births/deaths
December 11th births
12-11-1882 - Fiorello La Guardia - NYC - d. 9-20-1947
NYC mayor: "Douglas Corrigan Parade"; "This Is New York"; "Reads the
Funnies"
12-11-1883 - Victor McLaglen - Tunbridge Wells, England - d. 11-7-1959
actor: Captain Flagg "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt"; Mountie Eric
Lewis "Red Trails"
12-11-1894 - Eddie Dowling - Woonsocket, RI - d. 2-18-1976
host: "We, the People"; "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
12-11-1898 - Shoji Taro - Akita, Japan - d. 10-4-1972
enka singer: "Kohaku Uta Gassen"
12-11-1905 - Pare Lorentz - Clarksburg, WV - d. 3-4-1992
writer: "Columbia Workshop"
12-11-1908 - Sally Eilers - NYC - d. 1-5-1978
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
12-11-1910 - Samuel Kurtzman - d. 1-14-1998
writer: "The Bob Hope Show"
12-11-1911 - Beecher Pete Kirby - Sevierville, TN - d. 10-17-2002
dobro, guitar, banjo player: (Member Smokey Mountain Boys) "Grand Ole
Opry"
12-11-1911 - Sam Levenson - NYC - d. 8-27-1980
humorist: "Arthur Godfrey Show"; "City Club Forum"
12-11-1914 - Marie Windsor - Marysville, UT - d. 12-10-2000
actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-11-1915 - Dolly Good - Mt. Carmel, IL - d. 11-12-1967
singer: (Girls of the Golden West) "National Barn Dance"
12-11-1920 - Eddie Firestone, Jr. - San Francisco, CA - d. 3-1-2007
actor: Joey Brewster "That Brewster Boy"; William Herbert Murray "One
Man's Family"
12-11-1922 - Robert Arden - London, England - d. 3-25-2004
actor: "America Looks Abroad"
12-11-1923 - Betsy Blair - Cliffside, NJ - d. 3-13-2009
actor: "Favorite Story"; "Meet Me in St. Louis"
12-11-1924 - Felix "Doc" Blanchard - Bishopville, SC - d. 4-18-2009
football great: "Heisman Trophy Award"
12-11-1926 - Dick Tufeld - Los Angeles, CA
announcer: "The Amazing Mr. Malone"; "Space Patrol"
12-11-1943 - Christine Lyons - Detroit, MI
free-lance radio reporter: "Update, Where Are They Now?"
12-11-1947 - Charles Palliser - Holyoke, MA
author: "The Journal of Simon Owen"
December 11th deaths
01-05-1938 - Lindsay Crosby - California - d. 12-11-1989
actor: "Bing Crosby Show"
01-15-1914 - Carlos Ramirez - Tocaim, Colombia - d. 12-11-1986
vocalist: "Grapevine Rancho"
01-31-1909 - Walter Coy - Great Falls, MT - d. 12-11-1974
actor: Michael Lanyard/Lone Wolf "Lone Wolf"
02-03-1919 - Dolly Dawn - Newark, NJ - d. 12-11-2002
bandleader: "Dolly Dawn and Her Dawn Patrol"
02-20-1906 - Richard Himber - Newark, NJ - d. 12-11-1966
bandleader: "Studebaker Champions"; "Your Hit Parade"
03-23-1874 - Fiddlin' John Carson - Cobb County, GA - d. 12-11-1949
fiddler: Made debut on station WSB Atlanta, Georgia
04-14-1914 - Arnold Perl - d. 12-11-1971
writer: "The Big Story"; "I Fly Anything"; "The Amazing Mr. Tutt"
04-25-1921 - Robert Q. Lewis - NYC - d. 12-11-1991
disc jockey, comedian, host: "Arthur Godrey Time"; "Robert Q. Lewis
Show"
05-04-1874 - Frank Conrad - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 12-11-1941
"the father of radio broadcasting" Started radio station KDKA in his
garage
05-15-1913 - James Baxter - Yucalpa, CA - d. 12-11-1964
writer of radio scripts
05-28-1898 - Andy Kirk - Newport, KY - d. 12-11-1992
bandleader: (Clouds of Joy) "Andy Kirk and His Orchestra"
05-28-1912 - Dave Barbour - Flushing, NY - d. 12-11-1965
orchestra leader, composer, actor: "Electric Hour"; "Chesterfield
Supper Club"
06-25-1911 - Reed Hadley - Petrolia, TX - d. 12-11-1974
actor: Red Ryder "Red Ryder"; Chad Remington "Frontier Town"
07-07-1911 - Lou Maury - Butte, MT - d. 12-11-1975
pianist: "What's the Name of That Song?"
07-16-1888 - Percy Kilbride - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-11-1964
actor,host: "Paul Whiteman Presents"; "Melody Round-Up"; "Stars in the
Air"
08-08-1900 - James Pierce - Freedom, IN - d. 12-11-1983
actor: Tarzan "Tarzan"
08-18-1937 - William Rushton - London, England - d. 12-11-1996
comediam: "I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue"
09-03-1893 - Anthony Collins - Hastings, England - d. 12-11-1963
composer: "Ceiling Unlimited"
09-11-1909 - Anne Seymour - NYC - d. 12-11-1988
actor: "Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Francie Nolan "Tree Grows
in Brooklyn"
09-16-1908 - Neil Reagan - Tampico, IL - d. 12-11-1996
director, announcer: (Brother of Ron) "Dr. Christian"; "Straight Arrow"
09-19-1910 - Arthur Mullard - London, England - d. 12-11-1995
actor: Jack (Dad Porter) "Industrial Inaction"; "Brothers In Law"
10-02-1905 - Mary Breckinridge - NYC - d. 12-11-2002
correspondent: "CBS News of Europe"; "World News Today"
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"
10-19-1916 - David Lewis - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 12-11-2000
actor: "Wake Up America"
11-02-1909 - Fred Lowery - Palestine, TX - d. 12-11-1984
whistler: (The Blind Whistler) "New Fred Lowrey Show"; "Horace Heidt
Show"
Ron
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Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:27:07 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-12 births/deaths
December 12th births
12-12-1886 - Violet Kemble Cooper - London, England - d. 8-16-1961
actor: "School for Scandal"
12-12-1893 - Edward G. Robinson - Bucharest, Romania - d. 1-26-1973
actor: Steve Wilson "Big Town"
12-12-1898 - Noreen Gammill - Missouri - d. 12-21-1988
actor: Sister Dinwiddie "Bill Goodwin Show"; Cathy "Opie Cates Show"
12-12-1902 - Helen Menken - NYC - d. 3-27-1966
actor: Brenda Cummings "Second Husband"
12-12-1904 - Pete Pumiglio - d. 10-20-1996
musician: "The Ipana Troubadors"
12-12-1907 - Allen Massey - Midland, TX - d. 3-3-1983
singer: (Louise Massey and the Westerners) "National Barn Dance";
"Show Boat"
12-12-1907 - Jean Anderson - Eastbourne, England - d. 4-1-2001
actor: "Front Line Family (The Robinsons)"
12-12-1908 - Hank Ladd - Chicago, IL - d. 6-9-1982
actor: Beetle "Phil Baker Show"
12-12-1908 - Mary Lou Cook - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-27-1944
singer: (The Merry Macs) "Bing Crosby Show"; "New Old Gold Show"
12-12-1908 - Victor Babin - Moscow, Russia - d. 3-1-1972
concert pianist with a career in radio
12-12-1909 - Karen Morley - Ottumwa, IA - d. 3-8-2003
blacklisted actor: "War Town"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-12-1909 - Louis G. Cowan - Chicago, IL - d. 11-18-1976
producer: "The Quiz Kids"; "Murder at Midnight"
12-12-1910 - Morris Mamorsky - d. 3-12-2003
composer, musical director: "The Eternal Light"; "Wanted"; "Words at
War"
12-12-1911 - Jules Dassin - Middletown, CT - d. 3-31-2008
writer: "Kate Smith"; Yiddish Theatre
12-12-1913 - Hal Dickinson - Buffalo, NY - d. 11-18-1970
organized Modernaires: "Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra"
12-12-1913 - Winston Burdette - Buffalo, NY - d. 5-19-1993
newscaster: (protege of Edward R. Murrow) "CBS World News Round Up"
12-12-1914 - Buzzy Bavasi - NYC - d. 5-1-2008
baseball executive: "Monitor"; "Top In Sports"
12-12-1915 - Bea Fontane - New Milford, NJ - d. 3-25-2002
singer: (The Fontane Sisters) "Chesterfield Supper Club"
12-12-1915 - Frank Sinatra - Hoboken, NJ - d. 5-14-1998
singer, actor: (The Voice), "Your Hit Parade"; "Frank Sinatra Show";
Rocky Fortune "Rocky Fortune"
12-12-1916 - Acrivy Fukuzawa - Constantinople, Turkey
opera singer: "Radio Paris"; "Radio Strassbourg"
12-12-1917 - Richard Martin - Spokane, WA - d. 9-4-1994
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-12-1918 - Joe Williams - Codele, GA - d. 3-29-1999
blues singer: "Count Basie and His Orchestra"; "Stars for Defense"
12-12-1919 - Seymour Korman - d. 8-2-1993
newsman for Mutual
12-12-1923 - Bob Barker - Darrington, WA
disc jockey: "Bob Barker Show"
12-12-1929 - John Osborne - London, England - d. 12-24-1994
dramatist: "Danger"
12-12-1938 - Connie Francis - Newark, NJ
singer: "Horn and Hardart Children's Hour"
12-12-1950 - Louis Nowra - Melbourne, Australia
writer: "Albert Names Edward"
12-12-1950 - Stephanie McCarthy - Mildura, Australia
writer: "Out of Mind"
December 12th deaths
01-31-1902 - Tullulah Bankhead - Huntsville, AL - d. 12-12-1968
actor, hostess: "Johnny Presents"; "Big Show"
02-27-1891 - David Sarnoff - Minsk, Russia - d. 12-12-1971
executive: National Broadcasting Company"
02-27-1907 - Mildred Bailey - Tekoa, WA - d. 12-12-1951
singer: (Rockin' Chair Lady) "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Camel Caravan"
03-05-1927 - Jack Cassidy - NYC - d. 12-12-1976
singer, actor: "Stars for Defense"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"
03-10-1915 - Ranald MacDougall - Schenectady, NY - d. 12-12-1973
writer: "The Man Behind the Gun"; "Passport for Adams"; "There Was a
Woman"
04-12-1919 - Ivor Barry - South Wales, UK - d. 12-12-2006
actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
04-18-1902 - Harry Owens - O'Neil, NE - d. 12-12-1986
bandleader: "Hawaii Calls"; "Sweet Leilani Time"; Harry Owens and His
Orchestra"
05-07-1923 - Anne Baxter - Michigan City, IN - d. 12-12-1985
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-11-1913 - John Weigel - Springfield, MO - d. 12-12-2002
announcer: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"; "Meet the Meeks"
05-23-1883 - Douglas Fairbanks - Denver, CO - d. 12-12-1939
commentator: "KHJ Los Angeles 1921"
07-04-1898 - Johnny Lee - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-12-1965
actor: Algonquin J. Calhoune "Amos 'n' Andy"
07-25-1922 - Earl Gillespie - Chicago, IL - d. 12-12-2003
sportscaster: voice of the Milwaukee Braves
08-02-1903 - Victor McLeod - d. 12-12-1972
writer: "The Bing Crosby Show"; "Stop or Go"
08-08-1906 - Richard Cunliffe - McKeesport, PA - d. 12-12-1968
composer, arranger: "Ted Weems and His Orchestra"
08-25-1914 - Dolores O'Neill - d. 12-12-2006
singer: The Bob Chester Orchestra
08-25-1916 - Van Johnson - Newport, RI - d. 12-12-2008
actor: "Request Performance"; "Romance"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"
08-26-1912 - Chuck Foster - Jeanette, PA - d. 12-12-2001
bandleader: "Treasury Bandstand"; "One Night Stand"
08-29-1916 - George Montgomery - Brady, MT - d. 12-12-2000
actor: "Hollywood Star Time"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"
09-05-1893 - George Sokolsky - Utica, NY - d. 12-12-1962
news commentator: 15-minute weekly series on ABC
09-24-1915 - Larry Gates - St. Paul, MN - d. 12-12-1996
actor: "Radio City Playhouse"
10-01-1902 - Joe Rines - Boston, MA - d. 12-12-1986
jack of all trades: (Married to Portland Hoffa) "Joe Rines Show"
11-05-1931 - Ike Turner - Clarksdale MS - d. 12-12-2007
singer: (Ike and Tina) "Lost and Found Sound"
11-07-1911 - Dick Stark - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 12-12-1986
announcer: "It Pays to be Ignorant"; "Perry Mason"; "Walter Winchell's
Jergens Journal"
Ron
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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:50:44 -0500
From: John Elwood <mgmagnette@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Looking for something from goldindex
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Hi. It was suggested I ask here if anyone has access to this:
21315. George Blake. 1931. Program #"Special". Radio Transcriptions Inc. Of
New York syndication. "The Marvel Of The Organ". A fine organ recital,
starting off with a rousing, "Anchors Aweigh." The date is approximate. George
Blake, John Hart (announcer, vocal). 12:07. Audio condition: Excellent.
Complete.
George Blake was organist at a high school. We're going to restore the organ
soon, but for now just collecting things like this. Can anyone help?
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