Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #125
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Date: 7/1/2009 10:18 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2009 : Issue 125
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Nickel Throwers                       [ ISRAEL COLON <colon@[removed]; ]
  Cool Logo in Transcription Disc       [ rfmillerjr1@[removed] ]
  Gateway To Hollywood                  [ "Tom van der Voort" <evander800@ver ]
  Radio World Article on Friends of Ol  [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
  100 years ago                         [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  7-1 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Story: An Afternoon With the Shadow   [ Herb Harrison <[removed]@yahoo. ]
  Re: Dragnet questions                 [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
  Wendy Warren and the News             [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
  Re: Dragnet questions (continued)     [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
  Dragnet                               [ Radioclass <radioclass@[removed] ]
  Corwin, Gildersleeve and more on Tho  [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:03:07 -0400
From: ISRAEL COLON <colon@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Nickel Throwers
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I recently came across the fact that Horn and Hardart sponsored the
Children's Hour.  This reminded me of question that I have not found an
answer to, neither on the internet nor the library.  Horn and Hardart
automats had these booths for dispensing nickels for the various automated
purchases.  These ladies came to be called "Nickel Throwers"  since they
changed a dollar or larger denomination coins for the exact change in
nickels.   WITHOUT COUNTING, they would literally throw the nickels onto the
marble counter before you.  They never made mistakes.  It did not appear
that the coins were pre-counted in any way.  Does anybody know how they did
it?  Better yet, are there any Nickel Ladies left out there who would care
to share the secrets of their art?

--
Israel Colon, PhD
Associate Professor
Proud supporter of the "Temple Can Do Better" Campaign

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:05:26 -0400
From: rfmillerjr1@[removed]
To: old time radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Cool Logo in Transcription Disc
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Stephen wrote:

I was just going through the few transcription discs that I have, and noticed
this AFRS single-sided disc with a full-disc artwork of the RCA Victor on the
opposite [removed]

I ran across a transcription disc from the BBC some years [removed]  It was part
of the complete set of Sherlock Holmes with Sir Ralph Richardson as [removed]
The final disc contained generic promos for the show, and it was only cut on
one side, but when I turned it over, there was the logo for the BBC complete
with the crest (with the two lions).B  Since it was "station property" I could
not take it, but the last I heard it was destroyed when the station [removed]
This was part of the agreement with the BBC, that when the discs were "out of
rights" they were to be [removed]  I never did get a picture, but always
thought it would make a great framed hanging in my study.

--Randy Miller

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:07:50 -0400
From: "Tom van der Voort" <evander800@[removed];
To: "OLD TIME RADIO DIGEST" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Gateway To Hollywood

Jack French's recent posting on the death of Gale Storm mentioned her
appearance on 'Gateway To Hollywood'. The SPERDVAC archives library includes
a
December 31, 1939, airing of the program on which six contestants compete
for the stage
names Gale Storm and Terry Belmont. The program features movie industry
titans [removed] Warner and Jesse Lasky.
Tom van der Voort

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:07:57 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Radio World Article on Friends of Old Time Radio
 Convention

Reporter Forest Yingling covered the Friends of Old Time Radio in an article
in the May issue of Radio World.

Gotham Radio Players director Steven M. Lewis is featured, along with yours
truly.

[removed]

Enjoy,

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:08:04 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  100 years ago

Born 100 years ago

07-01-1909 - Gertrude Fass - d. 3-6-2005
writer: "Suspense"; "The Whistler"
07-01-1909 - Madge Evans - NYC - d. 4-26-1981
panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"; "Who Said That?"
07-04-1909 - Al Jarvis - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 5-6-1970
disc jockey, songwriter: "Make-Believe Ballroom"
07-04-1909 - Alec Templeton - Cardiff, South Wales - d. 3-28-1963
pianist, satirist: "You Shall Have Music"; "Universal Rhythm"; "Alec
Templeton Time"
07-04-1909 - Fielden Farrington - Michigan - d. 7-xx-1977
announcer: "Green Hornet"; "Just Plain Bill"; "Romance of Helen Trent"
07-07-1909 - Eddie Mayehoff - Baltimore, MD - d. 11-12-1992
actor: Waldo Greentree/Nick Scott "Against the Storm"
07-10-1909 - Bernard Katz - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-22-1992
pianist: (Cousin of Mel Blanc) "Katz on the Keys"
07-11-1909 - Irene Hervey - Venice, CA - d. 12-20-1998
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-12-1909 - Joey Faye - NYC - d. 4-26-1997
actor: Recruit "The Rookies"
07-14-1909 - Isabel Jewell - Shoshone, WY - d. 4-5-1972
actor: "Dr. Kildare"; "NBC Presents: Short Story"
07-14-1909 - Walter Gross - NYC - d. 11-27-1967
composer, pianist: "Piano Playhouse"; "Carnation Contented Hour"
07-18-1909 - Harriet Nelson - Des Moines, IA - d. 10-2-1994
actor: Daisy June "Red Skelton Show"; "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
07-21-1909 - Gene Kirby - d. 3-xx-1985
announcer, sportscaster: "The Adele Clark Show"; "Big Moment in Sports"
07-23-1909 - Helen Martin - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-25-2000
actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
07-26-1909 - Vivian Vance - Cherryvale, KS - d. 8-17-1979
actor: Ethel Mertz "I Love Lucy"
07-29-1909 - Bernard Mackey - d. 3-5-1980
singer, guitarist: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots";
"Let's Go Nightclubbing"
07-30-1909 - Gordon Hughes - d. 4-19-1999
director: "Lights Out"; "The Guiding Light"
07-31-1909 - Roger Krupp - Minnesota - d. 5-25-1987
announcer, newscaster: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "Famous Jury Trials"

Ron

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:08:14 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  7-1 births/deaths

July 1st births

07-01-1881 - Josef Pasternack - Czenstachown, Poland - d. 4-29-1940
conductor: "Atwater Kent Concert"; "Carnation Contented Hour"
07-01-1894 - John Lair - Livingston, KY - d. 11-13-1985
announcer, director: "National Barn Dance"; "Sunday Mornin' Gatherin'"
07-01-1899 - Cavan O'Connor - Nottingham, England - d. 1-11-1997
singer: "The Vagabond Lover"
07-01-1899 - Charles Laughton - Scarborough, England - d. 12-15-1962
actor: "Three Ring Time"; "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
07-01-1901 - Irna Phillips - Chicago, IL - d. 12-23-1973
actor, writer: Mother Moran "Today's Children"; "The Guiding Light";
"Road of Life"
07-01-1902 - William Wyler - Muhlhausen, Germany - d. 7-28-1981
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Hollywood Fights Back"
07-01-1907 - Bill Stern - Rochester, NY - d. 11-19-1971
sportscaster: "Carnival of Champions"; "Colgate Sports Newsreel"
07-01-1908 - Alvino Rey - Oakland, CA - d. 2-24-2004
bandleader: "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"
07-01-1909 - Gertrude Fass - d. 3-6-2005
writer: "Suspense"; "The Whistler"
07-01-1909 - Madge Evans - NYC - d. 4-26-1981
panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"; "Who Said That?"
07-01-1911 - Larry Berns - Belfast, Northern Ireland
producer, director: "The Bill Goodwin Show"
07-01-1912 - Murray Matheson - Casterto, Australia - d. 4-25-1985
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
07-01-1913 - Dolph Nelson - d. 12-7-1981
actor, director: "Captain Midnight"; "Art Linkletter's House Party"
07-01-1914 - Michael Wilson - McAlester, OK - d. 4-9-1978
blacklisted screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-01-1916 - Olivia De Havilland - Tokyo, Japan
actor: "Plays for Americans"; "Your Hollywood Parade"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
07-01-1920 - Ronnie Bonner - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-19-1991
song writer: "Uncle Wip"
07-01-1921 - Margarita Duparinova - Bulgaria - d. 11-3-2005
actor: Starred in Bulgarian radio
07-01-1923 - Ralph Young - NYC- d. 8-22-2008
singer: "Fitch Bandwagon"
07-01-1925 - Farley Granger - San Jose, CA
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre", "Screen Guild Theatre"
07-01-1927 - Grady Bass - d. 7-24-1991
sportscaster: KSFA Nacogdoches, Texas
07-01-1931 - Leslie Caron - Boulogne, France
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-01-1934 - Jamie Farr - Toledo, OH
actor: Armed Forces Radio
07-01-1934 - Jean Marsh - London, England
actor: "Earplay"

July 1st deaths

01-15-1915 - Rod MacLeish - Bryn Mawr, PA - d. 7-1-2006
writer: "Six By Corwin"
01-19-1913 - Edward M. Asherman - d. 7-1-2005
composer/guitarist/singer: Xavier Cugat Orchestra
01-28-1921 - Alfred Marks - London, England - d. 7-1-1996
actor: "Beginners Please"
02-21-1938 - Wolfman Jack - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-1-1995
disc jockey: Mexican Border Radio"
02-27-1927 - Guy Mitchell - Detroit, MI - d. 7-1-1999
singer: "Stars On Parade"; "1957 March of Dimes Galaxy of Stars"
03-11-1921 - Eloise McElhone - d. 7-1-1974
panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"
03-21-1926 - Virginia Weidler - Eagle Rock, CA - d. 7-1-1968
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
04-03-1924 - Marlon Brando - Omaha, NE - d. 7-1-2004
actor: "Streetcar Named Desire"; "As Easy as [removed]"
04-04-1875 - Pierre Monteux - d. 7-1-1964
conductor: "The NBC Symphony Orchestra"
04-15-1928 - Jimmy Ogg - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-1-1986
actor: "Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang"
04-16-1930 - Herbie Mann - NYC - d. 7-1-2003
jazz flutist: "Voices of Vista"; "Sounds of Freedom"
06-07-1919 - Ray Scherer - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 7-1-2000
nbc white house correspondent: "News of the World"; "Army-McCarthy
Hearings"
06-25-1897 - Wilkie Mahoney - d. 7-1-1976
writer: "The Bob Hope Show:
08-06-1917 - Robert Mitchum - Bridgeport, CT - d. 7-1-1997
actor: "Family Theatre"; "So Proudly We Hail"
08-08-1910 - Sylvia Sidney - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-1-1999
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Philip Morris
Playhouse"
08-10-1909 - Claude Thornhill - Terre Haute, IN - d. 7-1-1965
bandleader: "The Judy 'N Jill 'N Johnny Show"
09-04-1908 - Ed Dmytryk - Grand Forks, Canada - d. 7-1-1999
film director: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"
09-10-1916 - Dorothy Lowell - NYC - d. 7-1-1944
actor: Sunday Brinthrope "Our Gal Sunday"; Linda Clark "Hilltop House"
10-04-1910 - James Doyle - St. Paul, MN - d. 7-1-1980
announcer: "The Great Gildersleeve"; "Rogue's Gallery"
12-23-1913 - Anton M. Leader - Boston, MA - d. 7-1-1988
director: "Eternal Light"; "Murder at Midnight"; "Suspense"; "Words at
War"
12-25-1918 - Maritta M. Wolff - Grass Lake, MI - d. 7-1-2002
novelist: (Whistle Stop) "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-26-1891 - Tony Wons - Menasha, WI - d. 7-1-1965
host: "Tony Wons Scrapbook"; "House by the Side of the Road"; "Camel
Quarter Hour"
12-29-1915 - Robert Ruark - Wilmington, NC - d. 7-1-1965
novelist: "Who Said That?"

Ron

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:32:45 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Story: An Afternoon With the Shadow

At [removed] (February/March 2001), Nathaniel Hartshorne remembers
his trip to the radio station to watch an episode of 'The Shadow' being
broadcast.

"Nearby there were also a large turntable with piles of records and a ladder
with a mailbag on top of it. I can't remember seeing an organ, but there must
have been one; The Shadow, like many programs of that era, always featured
booming organ cues. Before I could ask anyone about the props, the actors and
the announcer appeared and the show [removed]"

For the rest of the story, including his observation of what the actors did
with script pages, see:
[removed]

Hope you like it,
Herb Harrison

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:33:24 -0400
From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Dragnet questions

Mike Messner asks:

On what date was the episode broadcast where Joe is told that
Ed Romero has died?

Friday is told of Sgt. Ben Romero's death in "The Big Sorrow," from December
27, 1951.  Barton Yarborough, who played Romero, had passed away suddenly
just eight days before.

How long after the answer to #1 did Frank Smith become Joe's partner?

The character of Frank Smith (played by Harry Bartell) debuted in "The Big
Safe" on May 1, 1952.  After that, Herb Ellis and Vic Perrin pretty much
alternated as Friday's partner, until Ben Alexander took over as Smith in
"The Big Shot" (September 21, 1952).

Is anyone familiar with the episode where a suspect has supposedly
been shot four times in the chest and the detectives can't find him --
where Hal Gibney says at the end, "As of this date, that investigation
is continuing"?

I don't recall this episode; hopefully someone else on the list does.

Michael

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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:12:01 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

A weekly [removed]

For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!

Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!

For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!

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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:33:52 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Wendy Warren and the News

Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:23:30 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];

However A. Joseph Ross, relying only on his memory, challenges this
statement and claims the newscast was at the end of the show and
was actually delivered by "Wendy." Fortunately, Attorney Ross
cautions us "But I could be mistaken."

I usually find my memory quite reliable, but the one time that I
remember hearing the program, I wasn't listening closely.  Our
housekeeper was listening while doing ironing or something.  I
remember her explaining to me what the program was about, and while I
remember the announcer saying, near the end, "And now, Wendy Warren
and the News!"  And I thought I heard Wendy doing a newscast at that
point, but I hadn't yet reached the age where I actually listened to
news.  So it's possible that she didn't deliver the news, even though
I thought she did.

It's also possible, since the show loasted from 1947 to 1958, that
the format wasn't exactly the same for the entire 11 years.

--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
 92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:34:02 -0400
From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Dragnet questions (continued)

Following up on Mike Messner's third DRAGNET question:

Is anyone familiar with the episode where a suspect has supposedly
been shot four times in the chest and the detectives can't find him
-- where Hal Gibney says at the end, "As of this date, that
investigation is continuing"?

I sent it to a friend of mine; author, crime historian and Chicago policeman
Jim Doherty.  He replied:

I don't think there was ever a DRAGNET episode like that, but they might be
thinking of an episode of one of the DRAGNET clones.

Hal Gibney also announced for TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS.  As with DRAGNET,
the shows were fictionalized versions of actual Texas Ranger cases.  The
opening was very similar to DRAGNET ("Names are changed for obvious reasons.
The facts themselves are a matter of record!"), and the actual episodes were,
as with DRAGNET, narrated by the lead character, Ranger Jace Pearson.  The
technical advisor was Retired Ranger Capt. Manuel T. Gonzaullas, and many of
the episodes were based on Gonzaullas's own cases.

One famous case on which Gonzaullas was the lead investigator involved a
serial killer who was never caught.  The killer was called "The Phantom of
Texarkana."  As I said, the case was never actually solved (a really cheap-o
movie called THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN was also based on this case, with
the Gonzaullas figure, called [removed] Morales for this film, played by Ben
Johnson).

In real life I don't think any shots were ever fired, but it seems to me
that, in the radio dramatization, Ranger Pearson (Joel McCrea, who based his
characterization on Gonzaullas, or so he said, anyway), and some local cops
he's working with, interrupt the killer in the middle of one of his attacks,
and fire some shots at him as he's fleeing.  The killer manages to escape
despite his wounds, but never strikes again and is never identified.  The
case happened in the late '40's.  The radio show ran in the early '50's.  It
was probably still being actively investigated, by someone in official law
enforcement, at the time the episode ran.

You can read about the real "Phantom" case here:

[removed]

Hope that helps.

Michael

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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:35:01 -0400
From: Radioclass <radioclass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Dragnet

In today's digest (July 1) Mike Messer had some questions about Friday's
partner,Ben Romero. Here's some infor I found on the internet, "Barton
Yarborough Biography" by Bob Siler.

"December 13,1951 - the radio episode was "BIG OVERTIME". Friday and Romero
are working Homicide when a banker's daughter is kidnapped. This was to be
Barton Yarborough's 133rd appearance as Sgt. Ben Romero. It was also his
last. They started in Homicide and they ended in Homicide. The show that
aired the following week, on December 20, was a repeat of their Christmas
show -"22 RIFLE FOR CHRISTMAS". They would be back with a new program on
December 27,1951. There would also be a new partner.

The pilot episode, "THE HUMAN BOMB" aired on December 16, 1951 with guest
stars Stacy Harris, Herb Butterfield, Jack Kruchen, Sam Edwards, Barney
Philips as Officer Sam Erickson and Raymond Burr as The Chief- Thad Brown.
The pilot was a hit and the series was set for January 3, 1952. The second
episode, "THE BIG ACTOR" was already in the can.

Filming had already begun on the third episode when on the evening of
December 19,1951 at 8:55pm, Barton Yarborough died of a heart attack at his
home at 122 South Valley Street in Burbank, Califorina. He was 51. He left
his second wife, Janet, and daughter, Joan. His ashes were interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California in a very remote section called
RESURRECTION SLOPE in grave 243, near the curb.

On January 3, 1952, the first episode of the season aired. "THE BIG ACTOR"
was the last screen appearance of Barton Yarborough."

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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:35:20 -0400
From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Corwin, Gildersleeve and more on Those Were The
 Days this Saturday

Thanks to everyone who tuned in or turned out for Chuck Schaden's farewell
broadcast as host of "Those Were The Days." It was an emotional afternoon.
Chuck did a wonderful job in keeping the sounds of the Golden Age of Radio
alive and he has earned every accolade he receives.

Having said that, I'm happy to say that "Those Were The Days" continues with
yours truly as host. This week, we celebrate Independence Day with Norman
Corwin's 1941 production of "Between Americans," a 4th of July picnic with
the Great Gildersleeve, a "You Are There" broadcast
reporting from Independence Hall in 1776, James Cagney in the radio
adaptation of "Yankee Doodle Dandy," and much more! It's all happening this
Saturday (1 to 5 pm CST) at WDCB-FM ([removed] for you Chicagoans,
[removed] for the rest of you). More information is available at
[removed].

I hope you can join us.

Steve D.

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