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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 398
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Adventures of the Abbotts log [ Art Chimes <[removed]@[removed] ]
Suspense Show Synopsis [ Cecil <cecil@[removed]; ]
Suspense synopses [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
correction for Suspense Show Synopsi [ Cecil <cecil@[removed]; ]
boxing broadcasts? [ soonersam@[removed] (Sam Bliss) ]
Springfield Paper Calls for Old Time [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
Bold Venture [ mmartini@[removed] ]
12-27 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Mail Call - Jack Benny [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed] ]
WTIC's Golden Age of Radio and One N [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:34:53 -0500
From: Art Chimes <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Adventures of the Abbotts log
A couple of digesters have mentioned "The Adventures of the Abbotts" recently.
This mid-50s NBC crime series is not widely circulated, but there appears to
be some confusion as to the correct airdates and titles.
I recently reviewed NBC records at the Library of Congress (specifically, the
microfiche Index Cards in the Recorded Sound Reference Center) and compiled
the following listing of episode number, airdate, title, and brief cast
information.
The NBC Index Cards were prepared contemporaneously with the broadcasts and
are considered highly authoritative.
The series begins with Claudia Morgan as Jean Abbott and Don Briggs as Pat
Abbott. Morgan continued throughout the run, but the male lead changed twice,
as noted below.)
Produced by Bernard L. Schubert and Ted Lloyd; Directed by Harry Frazee;
Scripts by Howard Merrill.
1 10/03/54 "The Brown Paper Bag"
Kenny Delmar as Mexican radio announcer
2 10/10/54 "The Vase of the Temple Fire Red"
[as typed, but probably "The [removed]"]
Jan Miner and Everett Sloan
3 10/17/54 "The Little Black Box"
Kenny Delmar as Ankatrion
4 10/24/54 "The Forest Green Ticket
William Johnstone, Marian Shockley
5 10/31/54 "The Green Stop Light"
Parker Fennelly, Barbara Glenn, Bob Hastings
6 11/07/54 "Death Wore Green"
Kenny Delmar as stationer; Vicki Vola as Edith
7 11/14/54 "White Plums, Red Blood"
Bob Hastings, Tom Shirley
8 11/21/54 "The Lime Green Notebook"
Esther Ralston, Joe Julian, Joe DeSantis
9 11/28/54 "The Chrome Yellow Death"
Esther Ralston, Ed Jerome, Santos Ortega
10 12/05/54 "The Brown Alligator Brief Case" [two words]
Kenny Delmar as Guiseppe; Lydia Bruce as Sherry
11 12/12/54 "Little Man in the Purple Vest"
Mandel Kramer, Bill Grey.
12 12/19/54 "The Dull Blue Treasure"
Ann Corio as Bubbles
(Les Damon replaces Don Briggs as Pat Abbott)
13 12/26/54 "The Midnight Black Records"
Luis Van Rooten, Herb Sheldon, Maurice Tarplin
14 01/02/55 "The Ghost in the Sea Blue Dress"
Hypnotist Ralph Slater plays Mendoze
15 01/09/55 "The Canary Yellow Message"
Ann Corio as Lillian (Lill), stripper-turned-secretary
(new theme begins)
16 01/16/55 "The Sign of the Golden Dragon"
Jocelyn Brando as Chinese girl Taso
17 01/23/55 "The Royal Purple Scooter"
Ann Corio as Dot MacDonald; Mandel Kramer
18 01/30/55 "The Rickshaw Red Lipstick"
Lotte Stavisky as fortune teller Illona
02/06/55 No program; pre-empted for "The Case of Serge Rubenstein"
19 02/13/55 "Treason in Black and White"
Kenny Delmar, Betty Garde
20 02/20/55 "The Yellow Chip"
Las Vegas story with Jan Miner, Bill Johnstone
21 02/27/55 "The Burnt Copper Powder"
Clair Luce, Barbara Glenn, Luis van Rooten
22 03/06/55 "The Blood Red Diamond"
Jackie Robinson in ball park homicide story
23 03/13/55 "The Dead White Flame"
William Lally, Burford Hampden, Everett Stone
24 03/20/55 "Canary Yellow Sack"
Jean Darling, Everett Sloan, Lon Clark
25 03/27/55 "Clue of the Ivory Thread"
Joe DiSantis, John Ridgley as unethical psychiatrist
26 04/03/55 "The Fabulous Emerald Necklace"
Sherry Britton as Cathy Dexter; Everett Sloan
27 04/10/55 "The Pink Elephant"
Sherry Britton, Mandel Kramer, Jack Arthur
28 04/17/55 "The Blue Rocket Express"
Luis Van Rooten as conductor and Duff;
Kenny Delmar as pilot and Chap
29 04/24/55 "The Dead White Lifeboat"
Katherine Barrett; Santos Ortega; Maurice Tarplan
30 05/01/55 "Blood Red City"
Tom Shirley, Joe Di Santis, Mandel Kramer
(Mandel Kramer replaces Les Damon as Pat Abbott)
31 05/08/55 "The Green-Eyed Divorcee"
Luis Van Rooten, Chester Stratton, Nancy Sheridan.
32 05/15/55 "The Canary Blonde Heiress"
Jan Miner, Luis Van Rooten, Santos Ortega
33 05/22/55 "The Clicking Silver"
Jane Harven, Kenneth Delmar, Will Johnstone, Chester Stratton
34 05/29/55 "Gentleman in the Nile Green Suit"
Bette Garde and Luis Van Rooten
35 06/05/55 "Murder of the Fabulous Redhead"
Tom Shirley, Jan Miner, Jim Dolen.
(End of the series)
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:34:32 -0500
From: Cecil <cecil@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Suspense Show Synopsis
I think you'll find just what you're looking for at
[removed].
Happy Holidays!
Cecil West
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:35:02 -0500
From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Suspense synopses
Hello again --
In answer to Marty's request for a listing of Suspense shows and their
synopses, try Dave Goldin's website at
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Good luck!
Jan Bach
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:18:42 -0500
From: Cecil <cecil@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: correction for Suspense Show Synopsis
The correct link address for the Suspense synopsis is
[removed].
<[removed];
Thanks.
Cecil
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:12:43 -0500
From: soonersam@[removed] (Sam Bliss)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: boxing broadcasts?
Is there many boxing broadcasts from the 1930's through the 1950's
available either through Radio Spirits or mp3 sellers on eBay?
I've seen the occasional Joe Louis fight appear on a sports cd, but I'd
love more variety. Has anyone seen these? Thank you very much.
Sam Bliss
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:28:19 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Springfield Paper Calls for Old Time TV
Network
This column mentions old time radio in passing and may be of some interest
to folks on this list.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
[removed]
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Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:51:05 -0500
From: mmartini@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bold Venture
Hi!
Recently, there was a post requesting the total number of Bold Venture
episodes.
The answer (drum roll).... 78
The original contract called for 52 with an option for a second season. Why
an additional 26-episodes? Realizing the sometimes questionable quality of
the writing involved, my guess is that Mr. and Mrs. Bogart were either 1)
hungry, 2) desperate for work, or, 3) poor business people. In truth (and
this is purely speculation since there is nothing pertaining to the matter in
the files), my guess is that Bogie and Baby were in-between projects and
Bogie's own film company was having some financial problems at the time. It
was easy work and paid relatively well. Judging from the recording session
notes on the master tape boxes, the couple came in and recorded two shows
during a session. They probably headed straight to the bank afterward to cash
Fred Ziv's check. Meanwhile, aside from Cisco, it was Ziv's most lucrative
and successful radio project and one of his personal favorites. It's the only
one of his 25+ radio titles that Fred retained the master tapes after selling
the company in the 1960's. My guess is that his staff pleaded with the
couple to do another season and, out of kindness and the need for a little
extra pocket change, they agreed to a half season. I think Bogie was off to
film African Queen later that year although I could have my dates backwards.
Anyway, that was that. I'd love to get Bacall's memories of the
[removed] anyone know if she has commented about Bold Venture? I didn't
see anything in her recent autobiography.
Take care all,
Mike Martini
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Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:51:15 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-27 births/deaths
December 27th births
12-27-1879 - Sidney Greenstreet - Sandwich, England - d. 1-18-1954
actor: Nero Wolfe "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "Hollywood Star Preview"
12-27-1893 - Ann Pennington - Camden, NJ - d. 11-4-1971
actress: "Good News of 1938"
12-27-1898 - Hilda Vaughn - Baltimore, MD - d. 12-28-1957
actress: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
12-27-1901 - Marlene Dietrich - Berlin, Germany - d. 5-6-1992
actress: Mlle. Madou, "Cafe Istanbul"
12-27-1906 - Oscar Levant - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-14-1972
panelist, pianist: "Information, Please"; "Kraft Music Hall"
12-27-1910 - Harry Saz - d. 6-9-1994
director: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
12-27-1916 - Cathy Lewis - Spokane, WA - d. 11-20-1968
actress: Jane Stacy "My Friend Irma"; Kathryn Milford "Great
Gildersleeve"
December 27th deaths
02-19-1902 - Kay Boyle - St. Paul, MN - d. 12-27-1992
writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
02-26-1891 - Alan Bridge - Pennsylvania - d. 12-27-1957
actor: "The Eddie Bracken Show"
07-22-1908 - Amy Vanderbilt - Staten Island, NY - d. 12-27-1974
etiquette expert: "Jack Benny Program"
08-04-1908 - Wally Maher - Ohio - d. 12-27-1951
actor: Dan Murray "One Man's Family"; Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero
Wolfe"
11-11-1930 - Hank Garland - Cowpens, SC - d. 12-27-2004
guitarist: "Jim Reeves Show"; "Country Music Time"; "Country Style
[removed]"
11-22-1899 - Hoagy Carmichael - Bloomington, IN - d. 12-27-1981
singer, composer: "Hoagy Carmichael Show"; "King's Men"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:51:51 -0500
From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mail Call - Jack Benny
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Does anyone know the date (usually these are the recording dates) or episode
number of Mail Call, where Jack Benny puts on his version of Sorry, Wrong
Number?
Visit [removed] for OTR program title and date corrections
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Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:52:05 -0500
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: WTIC's Golden Age of Radio and One Night Stand
The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].
Each week we feature three complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
Age of Radios" and one "One Night Stand." We present new
shows every week or so. The current three programs will be
available on line at least until the morning of January 3, 2006.
Program 8 - November, 1970 - Producer William Spier and
his wife, actress June Havoc.
William Spier was closely identified with two programs; Sam
Spade, and Suspense.
One of the premier programs of the Golden Age of Radio,
Suspense advertised itself as "radio's outstanding theater of
thrills."
The program began in 1942 under the supervision of our
guest, William Spier, who is the director most associated
with "Suspense" in the minds of modern-day enthusiasts.
It was Spier who established the basic ground rule for the
series; tightly written thriller stories Spier's "Suspense"
tends to revolve around ordinary people caught up in
circumstances beyond their control. Spier's casts were
usually headed by name stars -- backed by a solid stock
company of experienced radio actors.
Spier's wife, the sister of the stripper Gypsy Rose Lee,
with whom she was driven into performance by an
ambitious stage mother, June Havoc began playing
bits in silent film shorts at age two, appearing in 24
Hal Roach comedies. She was earning $1500 a week
as a vaudeville headliner by the time she was five. She
scored a big success in the 1940 production of Pal
Joey, after which she was invited to Hollywood. She
debuted onscreen as an adult in 1941, and over the next
decade played leads and second leads in many films.
Program 9 - December, 1970 - Richard Dana
Richard Dana had a long radio career as a free lance
writer and was also a broadcast program supervisor at
Young and Rubicam. Mr. Dana recalls his collaboration
with Philips H. Lord, and "Gangbusters." We'll also hear
excerpts from "We the People," "Your Hit Parade," and
"Exploring the Unknown."
"A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" With Arnold Dean
Sy Oliver - Part 1 - December 1972
This is the first of two shows featuring Sy Oliver. Mr.
Oliver was born on December 17, 1910. He was a jazz
trumpeter, composer, and bandleader and one of the
leading music arrangers of the 1930s and '40s.
In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."
Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.
Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1972, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.
Bob Scherago
Webmaster
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