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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 189
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
8-2 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 3-9 Augus [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Peter Coke [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
Richard Thorne and ILAM [ "RyanO" <ryano218@[removed]; ]
Re: Question on OTR Actors on the Tu [ <georgewagner@[removed]; ]
OTR TV Sighting [ Default <swl2010@[removed]; ]
Looking for good-quality copies of C [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
8-3 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Radio actor on TV [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:42:54 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 8-2 births/deaths
August 2nd births
08-02-1886 - Cesare Sodero - Naples, Italy - d. 12-16-1947
conductor: Series of condensed operas on WEAF New York
08-02-1890 - Leila Roosevelt - d. 11-4-1973
explorer: (cousin of FDR) "So You Want to Be"
08-02-1892 - Jack L. Warner - London, Ontario, Canada - d. 9-9-1978
film studio owner" "Jack Benny Program"; "Warner Brothers Academy
Award Theatre"
08-02-1892 - John Kieran - The Bronx, NY, New - d. 12-10-1980
panelist: "Information, Please"
08-02-1892 - Karolyn Wells Bassett - Derby, CT - d. 6-2-1931
was very popular in early radio
08-02-1899 - Charles Bennett - d. 6-15-1995
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Radio City Playhouse"
08-02-1899 - Earle Larimore - Portland, OR - d. 10-22-1947
actor: "Alias Jimmy Valentine"; "Life Can Be Beautiful"
08-02-1900 - Helen Morgan - Danville, IL - d. 10-8-1941
hostess, singer: "Helen Morgan, Songs"; "Broadway Melodies"; "Fred
Allen Show"
08-02-1902 - Guy Repp - d. 11-24-1986
actor: Dr. Abernathy "County Seat"; Benito Mussoline "Our Secret Weapon"
08-02-1903 - Victor McLeod - d. 12-12-1972
writer: "The Bing Crosby Show"; "Stop or Go"
08-02-1904 - John McClain - Ohio - d. 5-3-1967
writer: "Hollywood Hotel"
08-02-1905 - Myrna Loy - Raidersburg, MT - d. 12-14-1993
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-02-1905 - Ruth Nelson - Saginaw, MI - d. 9-12-1992
actor: "Arch Obler's Plays"; "Columbia Workshop"
08-02-1912 - Ann Dvorak - NYC - d. 12-10-1979 - d. 12-10-1979
actor: "Movietone Radio Theatre"
08-02-1912 - Gwen Plumb - Sydney, Australia - d. 6-4-2002
scripter, actor: "Big Sister"; "Blue Hills"
08-02-1912 - Harry Bailey - Indianapolis, IN
writer: "Cavalcade for Victory"; "Father's Day Program"
08-02-1913 - Hal Block - d. 6-16-1981
writer, panelist: "Burns and Allen"; "Milton Berle Show"; "What's My
Line"
08-02-1914 - Beatrice Straight - Old Westbury, NY - d. 4-7-2001
actor: "Great Scenes from Great Plays"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
08-02-1915 - Gary Merrill - Hartford, CT - d. 3-5-1990
actor: Bruce Wayne/Batman "Adventures of Superman"
08-02-1915 - Johnny Long - Newell, NC - d. 10-31-1972
bandleader: "The Teen-Timers Show"; "Judy, Joe, and Johnny"
08-02-1916 - Johnny Coons - d. 7-6-1975
actor: Chuck Ramsey "Captain Midnight"; Clipper "Sky King"; "Vic and
Sade"
08-02-1921 - Kathryn Bankston - d. 4-10-1987
women's programming: WRBC Athens, Georgia
08-02-1924 - Joe Harnell - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-14-2005
jazz arranger: (Joe Harnell Quartet) "The Navy Swings"
08-02-1942 - Doris Kenner-Jackson - North Carolina - d. 2-4-2000
singer: (Shirelles) "Murray The K: Live from the Brooklyn Fox"
08-02-1943 - Rose Tremain - London, England
author: "The Wisest Fool"
August 2nd deaths
01-14-1911 - David Gothard - Beardstown, IL - d. 8-2-1977
actor: Gil Whitney "Romance of Helen Trent"; Nick Charles "The Thin Man"
02-27-1873 - Enrico Caruso - Naples, Italy - d. 8-2-1921
tenor: On 12-13-1910 made experimental broadcast with Lee DeForest
05-27-1921 - Redd Stewart - Ashland City, TN - d. 8-2-2003
lyricist: "Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys"
06-13-1899 - Carlos Chavez - Mexico City, Mexico - d. 8-2-1978
composer, conductor: "Columbia Workshop"; "Sinfonia India"
08-06-1894 - Jack Kirkwood - Scotland - d. 8-2-1964
actor: Jack Williams "Saunders of the Circle X"; Uncle Jim "Hawthorne
House"
08-22-1910 - Lesley Woods - d. 8-2-2003
actor: Mary Wesley "Boston Blackie"; Margo Lane "The Shadow"
09-06-1930 - Bernard Jaffe - d. 8-2-1993
science writer: "Information, Please"
09-13-1913 - Gretchen Davidson - Chicago, IL - d. 8-2-2002
actor: Carol Kennedy "Carol Kennedy's Romance"
10-03-1924 - Joe Allison - McKinney, TX - d. 8-2-2002
songwriter: Began his career as a radio disk jockey
11-24-1888 - Cathleen Nesbitt - Belfast, Northern Ireland - d. 8-2-1982
actor: "Philco Radio Playhouse"
11-27-1915 - Ralph Bell -NYC - d. 8-2-1998
actor: Travis Rogers "Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator";
Alfred Drake "This Is Nora Drake"
11-30-1894 - Donald Ogden Stewart - Columbus, OH - d. 8-2-1980
writer: "Information Please"
12-05-1890 - Fritz Lang - Vienna, Austria - d. 8-2-1976
film director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
12-08-1907 - Frank Faylen - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-2-1985
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
12-12-1919 - Seymour Korman - d. 8-2-1993
newsman for Mutual
xx-xx-1932 - Juan Lopez Mactezuma - Mexico City, Mexico - d. 8-2-1995
host: "Jazz en la Cultuira"; "Panorama de Jazz"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:43:01 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 3-9 August
From Those Were The Days --
8/4
1921 - The first tennis match on radio was broadcast on KDKA in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was a natural since KDKA was the first
commercial radio station in the United States. Within eight months the
powers that be figured out that sports on radio would bring in big sales
revenues. And so, the Davis Cup match between Great Britain and
Australia was aired on the radio; but much to the wonderment of KDKA's
listeners. Tennis anyone? On radio? It rates right up there with radio
wrestling or, maybe, [removed]
1927 - Station 2XAG, later named WGY, the General Electric station in
Schenectady, NY, began experimental operations from a 100,000-watt
transmitter. Later, the FCC regulated the power of AM radio stations to
not exceed 50,000 watts on 'clear channels' (where few, if any, stations
would cause interference with each other).
1940 - Crime Doctor introduced a new kind of radio hero to audiences.
The CBS program presented Dr. Benjamin Ordway, the show's main
character, who was a victim of amnesia. He once was a criminal, but got
hit on the head, and suddenly began to work as a crime fighter. Nice twist.
8/5
1921 - KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA did the first play-by-play broadcast of a
baseball game. Harold Arlin described the action as the Pirates beat
Philadelphia 8-5.
1935 - Backstage Wife was first aired, on MBS.
8/6
1928 - One of radio's first serials, Real Folks, debuted on NBC.
1939 - After becoming a success with Ben Bernie on network radio, Dinah
Shore started her own show on the NBC Blue network. Dinah sang every
Sunday evening.
8/7
1949 - Martin Kane, Private Eye was first heard on Mutual. William
Gargan starred on the Sunday afternoon program.
8/9
1942 - CBS debuted Our Secret Weapon. The program featured Rex Stout,
who countered lies being broadcast by the Axis powers through shortwave
radio.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:51:03 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: oldtimeradio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Peter Coke
Many thanks to Graeme Stevenson for posting the news of Peter Coke's death. I
greatly admired him in his role of Paul Temple, which is my all-time favorite
BBC series. One of the benefits of a waning short term memory is that I can
enjoy the series over and over again and delight in the characters played by
Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury, not remembering "Who done it."
If you heard the interview with Peter that the BBC did a year or so ago,
you've noticed that his voice had hardly changed. Too bad he wasn't up to
rerecording some of the lost shows. I'm glad they are producing them but they
don't have the magic that those two actors brought to the series.
Thank you, Peter Coke, for past pleasures and many more to come.
Barbara
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:51:25 -0400
From: "RyanO" <ryano218@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Richard Thorne and ILAM
Hi all. I know for a fact that Richard Thorne did not die in 1957. His
revival of the Hall of Fantasy came in the early 1970's and he appears in
every broadcast. His voice is unmistakable. I also remember WBBM's Chuck
Schaden mentioning him on the radio in the 1990's as being still alive and
active in a recreation of a radio drama.
Here's a question about I Love a Mystery. Can someone please list for me the
supporting players in "The Thing That Cries in the Night?" I know Mercedes
McCambridge was Cherry Martin, but who were the rest? I've had this show on
tape for 20 years and have always wondered.
RyanO
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:51:40 -0400
From: <georgewagner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Question on OTR Actors on the Tune & Screen
What I did was to have favorite (but mostly anonymous) actors on radio and
early television - without realizing that they were the same people!
The first two who come to mind are Mason Adams and Sam Edwards.
Sincerely,
George Wagner
georgewagner@[removed]
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:43:51 -0400
From: Default <swl2010@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR TV Sighting
Joan Alexander, "Lois Lane" on "Superman," and the secretary on "Philo
Vance," can be seen every morning as a panelist on the ancient game show
"The Name's the Same" on the Game Show Network, aired at 3:30-4:00 AM EST.
Also a panelist is Meredith Wilson, orchestra leader on "Burns and Allen."
The programs are kinnescopes that aired from 1951-1955 on ABC.
Preceding this show (from 3:00-3:30 am) the same network also airs
"What's My Line," the programs currently are from the early fifties and
Fred Allen has been a regular panelist.
If this has been mentioned before I apologize in advance.
D. Raff.
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:43:58 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Looking for good-quality copies of CBSRMT
Folks;
I am looking for good-quality copies of certain episodes of CBSRMT; any
pointers to dealers with better-than-32kbps MP3 files would be great. (And
yes, I will cheerfully share with the [removed])
Charlie
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Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 01:21:28 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 8-3 births/deaths
August 3rd births
08-03-1885 - Arthur Sinclair - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-14-1951
actor: John A. Considine "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
08-03-1886 - Anna Barbash - d. 1-1-1983
soprano: "Memories of Jennie Lind"
08-03-1886 - Russ Westover - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-5-1966
writer: Creator of the comic strip "Tillie the Toiler"
08-03-1894 - Harry Heilmann - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-9-1951
sportscaster: WXYZ Detroit
08-03-1896 - Wendell Hall - St. George, KS - d. 4-4-1969
singer: (The Red Headed Music Maker) "Eveready Hour"; "Red Headed
Music Maker"
08-03-1900 - Ernie Pyle - Dana, IN - d. 4-18-1945
world war II correspondent: "Words at War"; "Cavalcade of America"
08-03-1902 - Irma Glen - Chicago, IL - d. 12-15-1982
organist: "Irma Glen Lovable Music"; "Vic and Sade"
08-03-1903 - John S. Young - Springfield, MA - d. 1-12-1976
announcer: Foreign news for NBC in Nyw York
08-03-1904 - Clifford Simak - Millville, WI - d. 4-24-1988
writer: "Dimension X"
08-03-1905 - Dolores Del Rio - Durango, Mexico - d. 4-11-1983
actor: "Hollywood on the Air"
08-03-1905 - Gaylord Carter - Wiesbaden, Germany - d. 11-20-2000
organist: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Breakfast in Hollywood"
08-03-1906 - James Thieran Biggs - Richwood, OH - d. 8-27-1996
radio and telegraph operator: WVZ
08-03-1906 - Robert Emmett Dolan - Hartford, CT - d. 9-26-1972
music maestro: "The Circle"; "Birdseye Open House"
08-03-1907 - Adrienne Ames - Fort Worth, TX - d. 5-31-1947
film star: WHN New York, New York
08-03-1907 - Irene Tedrow - Denver, CO - d. 3-10-1995
actor: Janet Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"; Dorothy Regent "Chandu,
the Magacian"
08-03-1911 - Ken Patterson - Montana - d. 2-16-1990
actor: "Dragnet"
08-03-1915 - Hugh Douglas - Chicago, IL - d. 9-1-1993
announcer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"; "CBS Radio Workshop"
08-03-1916 - Horace Logan - Shreveport, LA - d. 10-13-2002
creator of "The Louisana Hayride"
08-03-1916 - Milton Drake - NYC - d. 11-13-2006
songwriter: "Mairzy Doats"
08-03-1917 - Charlie Shavers - NYC - d. 7-8-1971
jazz trumpeter: "Jump Time"; "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Tommy Dorsey Show"
08-03-1917 - Larry Haines - Mt. Vernon, NY - d. 7-17-2008
actor: Carl Ward "Young Dr. Malone"; Fred Molina "This is Nora Drake"
08-03-1918 - Les Elgart - New Haven, CT - d. 7-29-1995
bandleader: "Let's Go to Town"; "Manhattan Melodies"
08-03-1920 - Marilyn Maxwell - Clarinda, IA - d. 3-20-1972
singer, actor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Abbott and Costello Show"; "Bob
Hope Show"
08-03-1923 - Jean Hagen - Chicago, IL - d. 8-29-1977
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Stars in the Air"
08-03-1925 - Billy James Hargis - Texarkana, TX - d. 11-27-2004
preacher: Broadcast his ministry on more than 500 radio stations.
08-03-1926 - Tony Bennett - NYC
singer: "[removed] Woolworth Hour"; "Songs for Sale"; "Stepping Out"
08-03-1927 - Gordon Scott - Portland, OR - d. 4-30-2007
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
August 3rd deaths
01-25-1920 - Fred Pinkard - d. 8-3-2004
actor: "Destination Freedom"; "Hello, Sucker"
02-04-1918 - Ida Lupino - London, England - d. 8-3-1995
panelist, actor: "Hollywood Byline"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
04-28-1929 - Carolyn Jones - Amarillo, TX - d. 8-3-1983
actor: "Dragnet"; "Survivors"
06-xx-1938 - Ron Lyons - Asheville, NC - d. 8-3-2007
traffic anchor: KCBS San Francisco, California
08-06-1923 - William B. Williams - Babylon, NY - d. 8-3-1986
disc jockey: Leading New York DJ for more than 40 years at WNEW
08-12-1892 - Alfred Lunt - Milwaukee, WI - d. 8-3-1977
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Treasury
Star Parade"
09-19-1924 - Bob Murphy - Oklahoma - d. 8-3-2004
sportscaster: teamed with Curt Gowdy to broadcast Red Sox Games
10-13-1925 - Lenny Bruce - Mineola, NY - d. 8-3-1966
comedian: "Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts"; "Why Did Lenny Bruce Die?"
12-03-1857 - Joseph Conrad - Kiev, Russian Empire - d. 8-3-1924
author: "Escape"; "This Is My Best"
12-09-1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Jarotschin, Posen, Germany - d.
8-3-2006
singer: Austrian Radio
12-19-1912 - Frank Holliday - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-3-1948
singer: (The Rockaway Four) "The Gay Nineties Revue"
12-29-1894 - Harry Lang - NYC - d. 8-3-1953
actor: Mr. Fuddle "Blondie"; Pan Pancho "Cisco Kid"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 01:21:21 -0400
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radio actor on TV
Joe Macky asked :
I have a question those who had grown up on radio and old enough to
know who was who during the OTV era if they, or knew of anyone, who
thought "So that's what so-and-so looks like!" when a otr actor popped
up on a show?
That is thought provoking question because I was 18 or 19 when TV was
taking over the entertainment of American public.
Almost all the very popular TV actors had been in movies like Eve Arden
was in 1930's movies.
Jack Webb, William Conrad, Kate Smith, William Dahner, Howard Duff.,
Olan Soule`, Willard Waterman come to my mind, thes people my have done
bit player in Movies so they could recognizable on TV . With most of
the TV how coming from Hollywood many actor worked in Radio, TV, and
movie, We got a look actors in fan magazines like "Radio and TV Mirror"
That had lots of pictures.
Frank McGurn
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