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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2013 : Issue 119
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
New western OTR book released [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
OTR Book Review [ "David C. Tucker" <dcm32@[removed]; ]
More WotW [removed] [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]
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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:17:49 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: New western OTR book released
David S. Siegel and I are proud to announce that McFarland has just
released our new book: "Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western
Drama on the Air, 1929-1967." Of the over 100 programs covered, thirty-five
of them were written by nineteen different authors, including (in
alphabetical order) Fred Berney, Bob Burnham, Stan Claussen, Randy Cox, Ryan
Ellett, J. David Goldin, Martin Grams, Jr., Bill Harper, Doug Hopkinson, Bobb
Lynes, Bill Nadel, Don Ramlow, Terry Salomonson, Karl Schadow, Ivan Shreve,
Jr., Charlie & Katherine Summers, Maggie Thompson, Barbara Watkins, and
Stewart Wright. The remaining sixty-some program summaries were written and
researched by David and myself, with assistance from Stewart and Karl.
This comprehensive encyclopedia covers every western radio program
known to have aired between 1929 (when "Empire Builders" debuted) until 1967
(the end of "When the West Was Young"). Even programs not actually aired, but
existing in some audio form, usually audition disks, are detailed in this
book. The summaries cover the origin of all the shows, the cast and
production staff, plot synopses, OTR premiums offered, audio copies extant,
location of scripts, and details on sponsorship. Special emphasis is on any
factual basis of the series, the treatment of women and minorities, and the
changes that evolved over the nearly four decades of broadcasting.
Lavishly illustrated, the book has 26 relevant photographs, some
dating back to 1930. Some of them have never been published before, while
others have not been seen in print in over 50 years. Many of them were
furnished by Thousand Oaks Library in Thousand Oaks, CA and the Library of
American Broadcasting at the University of Maryland. The research and writing
of this book took us two years. In addition to a comprehensive index of over
1,200 citations, the book contains a complete bibliography and various
appendices covering the time-line of the debut of all the western shows, a
list of western programs that appeared in standard non-western anthologies,
as well as sources of scripts and audio copies of western shows.
We were fortunate to get Will "Sugarfoot" Hutchins to write the
foreword to our book. We've also received endorsements from two gentlemen
well known in OTR circles: Fran Striker, Jr. and Frank Bresee. To learn more
about this volume, and take a peek inside, go to our web site:
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Jack French
Editor, Radio Recall
[ADMINISTRIVIA: FWIW, work on this book was the very first OTR-related
collaboration between my daughter Katie and me, pre-dating the SummersTime
show by quite a while. And yes, I am proud as punch of my daughter's
contributions, why? --cfs3]
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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:13:42 -0400
From: "David C. Tucker" <dcm32@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Book Review
I've recently launched a blog that occasionally features reviews of books
about OTR, classic TV and movies. The newest post is a review of Garry
Berman's book about Ed Wynn. Please feel free to check it out:
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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:35:19 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: More WotW [removed]
Still more on last month's 75th anniversary of The Mercury Theater's War of
the World [removed]
There were two different "recreations" of the 1938 War of the Worlds
broadcast performed for television. The first, in 1957, was on Studio One
titled "The Night America Trembled," hosted by none other than newsman Edward
R. Murrow. This live production was filled with actors who would later become
household names; Warren Betty, Ed Asner, Alexander Scourby, Warren Oates,
James Colburn, John Aston (uncredited), Vincent Gardenia, and my personal
favorite, Al Markim (Astro on TV and radio's "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet").
Weirdly, Orson Welles was never mentioned, and "The Director" and "The Host"
were split into different people. The entire script is not dramatized here,
as it was only a one-hour program and time was needed for all the trembling.
The second, "The Night that Panicked America," was originally broadcast
October 31, 1975 and starred Paul Shenar as Welles, with Vic Morrow, John
Ritter, Will Geer, Michael Constantine, Meredith Baxter, Tom Bosley, Eileen
Brennan, Ron Rifkin, Casey Kasem, and others. This two-hour made-for-TV film
performs most of the script, while the population of the country panics in
various ways. And Paul Stewart was credited as Creative Consultant for this
production.
I've added both to the OTR Digest's shared Copy folder; enjoy!
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