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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2010 : Issue 110
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Himan Brown died [ "Jim Byrd" <byrd@[removed]; ]
6-18 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Virginia Payne: thanks Jim Cox [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
Have you heard the Shadow's newspape [ "bob@[removed]" <bstepno@mindsprin ]
6-19 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 20-26 Jun [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
The McGee's [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
Molly using fibbers name [ eric hardy <latriv@[removed]; ]
6-20 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Another early Sherlock Holmes broadc [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:46:28 -0400
From: "Jim Byrd" <byrd@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Himan Brown died
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I just saw an obituary for him in the Boston Globe. See
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:46:34 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-18 births/deaths
June 18th births
06-18-1885 - Ernie Adams - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-26-1947
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-18-1893 - Gladys Gooding - Macon, MO - d. 11-18-1963
organist, singer: organist at Madison Square Garden
06-18-1895 - Castro Darazo - San Jose, Costa Rica - d. 12-28-1981
conductor: "Strand Theatre Concert Orchestra" WSMB New Orleans,
Louisiana
06-18-1897 - Alan MacAteer - d. 6-26-1986
actor: Pop, the stage doorman "Backstage Wife"
06-18-1897 - Henry Wadsworth - Maysville, KY - d. 12-5-1974
actor: Alabama Randall "Jane Arden"
06-18-1898 - Carleton Hobbs - Farnborough, England - d. 7-31-1978
actor: Sherlock Holmes "Saturday Night Theatre, Children's Hour"
06-18-1898 - Francis 'Dink' Trout - Beardstown, IL - d. 3-26-1950
actor: Waldo Binney "Life of Riley"; Mr. Anderson "A Day in the Life
of Dennis Day"
06-18-1901 - Jimmy Dale - The Bronx, NY - d. 12-17-1982
pianist, arranger: "Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra"
06-18-1902 - Tom Breneman - Waynesboro, PA - d. 4-28-1948
emcee: "Breakfast at Sardi's/in Hollywood"; "My Secret Ambition"
06-18-1903 - Jeanette MacDonald - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-14-1965
singer: "Nobody's Children"; "Vicks Open House"; "Campbell Playhouse"
06-18-1904 - Keye Luke - Canton, China - d. 1-12-1991
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Image Minorities"
06-18-1906 - Kay Kyser - Rocky Mt., NC - d. 7-23-1985
bandleader, emcee: (The Old Perfessor) "Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
06-18-1906 - Ray Bauduc - New Orleans, LA - d. 1-8-1988
drummer, composer: "The Bob Crosby Show"
06-18-1908 - Clayton "Bud" Collyer - NYC - d. 9-8-1969
actor, announcer: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; "Cavalcade
of America"
06-18-1908 - Elmore Vincent - Amarillo, X - d. 3-27-2000
actor: Phineas Peabody "Lum and Abner"
06-18-1910 - Betty Mandeville - Minneapolis, MN - d. 6-14-2001
producer, director: "The FBI in Peace and War"; "Take It or Leave It"
06-18-1910 - Dick Foran - Flemington, NJ - d. 8-10-1979
singer: (The Singing Cowboy) "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
06-18-1910 - Ray McKinley - Fort Worth, TX - d. 5-7-1995
bandleader, vocalist: Co-leader of the Glen Miller Band
06-18-1910 - Russ Hodges - Dayton, TN - d. 4-19-1971
sportscaster: "Giants win the pennant, Giants win the pennant, Giants
win the pennant"
06-18-1911 - Babe Russin - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-4-1984
tenor sax: "The Ipana Troubadors"
06-18-1913 - Harold Alberghini - d. 7-16-1993
disk jockey and newscaster: Maine
06-18-1913 - Johnnie Neblett - Mississippi - d. 9-15-1946
announcer: "Bargain Counter"; "Tin Pan Alley"
06-18-1913 - Sammy Cahn - NYC - d. 1-15-1993
lyricist: "You Bet Your Life"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"; "Monitor"
06-18-1914 - [removed] Marshall - Owatonna, MN - d. 8-25-1998
narrator: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
06-18-1917 - Richard Boone - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-10-1981
actor: "Dragnet"
06-18-1917 - Ross Elliott - The Bronx, NY - d. 8-12-1999
actor: "Mercury Theatre"
06-18-1919 - Ed Simmons - d. 5-18-1998
writer, director: "The Martin and Lewis Show"; "The Quiz Kids"
06-18-1919 - Mel Brandt - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-14-2008
announcer: "Advs. of Frank Merriwell"
06-18-1920 - Ian Carmichael - Hull, Yorkshire, England - d. 2-5-2010
actor: Lord Peter Wimsey "Five Red Herrings" and other Sayers stories
06-18-1922 - Buck Page - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-21-2006
guitarist: (Riders of the Purple Sage) "The Roy Rogers Show"
06-18-1925 - Bob Arthur - Aberdeen, WA - d. 10-1-2008
actor: "The Bob Arthur Show"
06-18-1938 - Don "Sugarcane" Harris - Pasadena, CA - d. 11-27-1999
rock violinist: (Squires) "Stars for Defense"
06-18-1942 - Paul McCartney - Liverpool, England
singer: (The Beatles) "Here We Go Again"
June 18th deaths
01-18-1910 - Arthur Howard - London, England - d. 6-18-1995
actor: "Whack-O!)
02-03-1918 - Gene Baldridge - d. 6-18-1988
disk jockey: WSIP Paintsville, Kentucky
02-07-1949 - Susan Boyd - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 6-18-2004
writer: "Another Day"
03-19-1923 - Pamela Britton - Milwaukee, WI - d. 6-18-1974
actor: "Luncheon at Sardi's"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-23-1920 - Alfred Palca - Manhattan, NY - d. 6-18-1998
writer: Wrote for NBC radio while still in college
05-15-1923 - Doris Dowling - Detroit, MI - d. 6-18-2004
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-21-1920 - Bill Barber - Hornell, NY - d. 6-18-2007
jazz tuba player: "Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra"
05-27-1912 - John Cheever - Quincy, MA - d. 6-18-1982
writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
06-01-1922 - Joan Caulfield - East Orange, NJ - d. 6-18-1991
actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"
06-17-1894 - Harold Levey - NYC - d. 6-18-1967
composer, conductor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
06-19-1928 - Nancy Marchand - Buffalo, NY - d. 6-18-2000
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "A Private Space"
06-25-1919 - Bill Manhoff - Newark, NJ - d. 6-18-1974
writer: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Hollywood Showcase"
07-10-1905 - Thomas Gomez - NYC - d. 6-18-1971
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-16-1906 - Vincent Sherman - Vienna, GA - d. 6-18-2006
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
08-08-1927 - Basil Kirchin - Blackpool, England - d. 6-18-2005
drummer: "Harry Roy and His Orchestra"
08-15-1879 - Ethel Barrymore - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-18-1959
actor: Hattie Thompson "Miss Hattie"
08-21-1924 - Jack Buck - Holyoke, MA - d. 6-18-2002
baseball broadcaster: St. Louis Cardinals
09-22-1870 - Arthur Pryor - St. Joseph, MO - d. 6-18-1942
bandmaster, trombonist: "Cremo Military Band Program"; "Goodyear
Program"
09-25-1926 - John Ericson - Dusseldorf, Germany - d. 6-18-1972
actor: "Stars On Parade"
10-02-1920 - Rosemarie Brancato - d. 6-18-1994
operatic soprano: "Twin Sisters"
10-30-1926 - Charles Woolf - California - d. 6-18-1994
actor: "Life of Riley"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-31-1915 - Chris Griffin - d. 6-18-2005
trumpet: (Benny Goodman's Orchestra) "Camel Caravan"
11-01-1908 - Felix Knight - Macon, GA - d. 6-18-1998
singer: "Schaefer Revue"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
11-03-1902 - Milt Herth - Kenosha, WI - d. 6-18-1969
organist: (Milt Herth Trio) "Hollywood News"; "Al Pearce"
11-15-1907 - Bill Anson - Chicago, IL - d. 6-18-1983
quizmaster: "The Hirsch Telephone Quiz"
11-21-1907 - Charles Korvin - Postyen, Hungary - d. 6-18-1998
actor: "Voice of the Army"
12-01-1917 - William Tracy - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-18-1967
actor: Roosty "Roosty of the AAF"
12-05-1892 - Al Boasberg - Buffalo, NY - d. 6-18-1937
writer: "Jack Benny Program"Ron
Ron
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:46:41 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Virginia Payne: thanks Jim Cox
Thanks to Jim Cox for comments about the durable Virginia Payne, Ma Perkins.
I never met her, but I could have. She was a guest of WNAX radio for
Midwest Farmer Days in 1944. WNAX was one of those durable radio stations,
too! They have been on the air since 1922. 1944 was the year in which
Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger) was a guest of WNAX, also. What a year that was!
Ted Kneebone. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.
Old Time Radio: [removed]
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:46:51 -0400
From: "bob@[removed]" <bstepno@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Have you heard the Shadow's newspaper pal?
I've read somewhere that The Shadow's sometime agent, a newspaper reporter
named Clive Burke, turns up in some radio episodes, not just pulp stories,
but I've never run across any of those radio episodes. Have you?
If it's true, I suspect someone on this list has heard Clive and can tell me
where to listen, or point to a Shadow reference book or site with such
details. If you can, please do!
Meanwhile, thanks to those of you who provided information about Soldiers of
the Press. My "short academic article" research into the portrayal of
newspaper reporters in radio dramatic series (and dramatized non-fiction like
SotP) has turned into quite the book-length iceberg. This is my second summer
working on what I thought would be a "Christmas break" project, but I keep
finding cool new -- to me, anyway -- stuff.
regards,
Bob Stepno
Radford University
Radford, Va.
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:47:00 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-19 births/deaths
June 19th births
06-19-1863 - William A. Brady - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-6-1950
theatrical producer: heard twice weekly on CBS during 1934-1935
06-19-1865 - May Whitty - Liverpool, England - d. 5-29-1948
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-19-1892 - Mishel Piastro - Kertz, Russia - d. 4-10-1970
violinist, conductor: "Longines Symphonette"; "General Motors Concerts"
06-19-1893 - Frank Banyard - d. 6-xx-1971
baritone: WOR Newark, New Jersey
06-19-1894 - Emil Coleman - Odessa, Russia - d. 1-26-1965
orchestra leader: "Penthouse Party"; "Gulf Headliners"
06-19-1897 - Moe Howard - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-4-1975
original stooge: (Three Stooges) "Whatever Became of . . . .?"
06-19-1899 - Francis Drake "Pat" Ballard - d. 10-26-1960
writer of radio scripts in Troy, Pennsylvania
06-19-1901 - Frederic Tozere - d. 8-5-1972
actor: Stephen Dallas "Stella Dallas"
06-19-1902 - Ed Thorgerson - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 12-22-1997
announcer/sportscaster: "A&P Gypsies"; "The Elgin Football Revue"
06-19-1902 - Guy Lombardo - London, Canada - d. 11-5-1977
bandleader: (The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven) "Lombardoland USA"
06-19-1903 - Lou Gehrig - NYC - d. 6-2-1941
baseball iron man: "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-19-1908 - Mildred Natwick - Baltimore, MD - d. 10-25-1994
actor: "Starring Boris Karloff"; "Best Plays"; "Campbell Playhouse"
06-19-1909 - Maurice Zimm - Waterloo, IA - d. 11-17-2005
writer: "The Man Who Sang"
06-19-1910 - Virginia Payne - Cincinnati, OH - d. 2-10-1977
actor: Ma Perkins "Ma Perkins"; Kerry Carter "Carters of Elm Street"
06-19-1912 - Jerry Jerome - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-17-2001
musician: "Eileen Barton Show"; "Mirth and Madness"
06-19-1912 - Martin Gabel - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-22-1986
actor: John Wayne "Big Sister"; Gregory Hood "Casebook of Gregory Hood"
06-19-1915 - Pat Buttram - Addison, AL - d. 1-8-1994
actor: (Sage of Winston County) "National Barn Dance"
06-19-1917 - Robert Karnes - Kentucky - d. 12-4-1979
announcer: Started his career in his native Kentucky
06-19-1919 - E. S. Madden - Melbourne, Australia
author: Wrote for radio in his native Australia
06-19-1919 - Louis Jourdan - Marseilles, France
actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "U. S. Steel Hour"
06-19-1919 - Pauline Kael - Sonoma County, CA - d. 9-3-2001
film critic: Broadcast for Pacifica radio station
06-19-1920 - Johnny Douglas - London, England - d. 4-20-2003
host: "In the Still of the Night"
06-19-1921 - Buddy Brees - NYC - d. 10-30-1994
singer: "Art Mooney and his Orchestra"; "Bob Chester and his Orchestra"
06-19-1921 - Vernon Jarrett - Saulsbury, TN - d. 5-23-2004
host: "The Vernon Jarrett Report"
06-19-1922 - Gwen Davies - NYC
actor: "Advs. of Helen and Mary"; "Let's Pretend"
06-19-1923 - Estelle Levy - NYC
actor, singer: "Grand Central Station"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
06-19-1925 - Charlie Drake - South London, England - d. 12-24-2006
comedian: "Jigsaw"
06-19-1925 - Robert Barager - d. 4-17-2004
disk jockey: WNBZ Saranac Lake, New York
06-19-1928 - Barry Took - London, England - d. 3-31-2002
writer, comedian: "Round the Horne"; "We're In Business"
06-19-1928 - Nancy Marchand - Buffalo, NY - d. 6-18-2000
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "A Private Space"
06-19-1932 - Pier Angeli - Cagliaru, Saradinia - d. 9-10-1971
actor: "Louella Parsons Show"
June 19th deaths
01-18-1915 - Lesley Midgley - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 6-19-2002
producer cbs news: "The Twentieth Century"
02-12-1910 - Ken Roberts - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-19-2009
actor, announcer: Commissioner Weston "The Shadow"; "Easy Aces"
02-21-1917 - Al "Red" Benson - d. 6-19-1966
quizmaster: "Take A Number"
03-26-1894 - Will Wright - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-19-1962
actor: Ed Kremer "Fibber McGee and Molly"; George Honeywell "My Little
Margie"
04-07-1918 - Peanuts Hucko - Syracuse, NY - d. 6-19-2003
jazz clarinetist: "Swing Shift"; "I Sustain These Wings"; "Doctor Jazz"
04-23-1893 - Frank Borzage - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 6-19-1962
film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
05-09-1860 - James M. Barrie - Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland - d.
6-19-1937
author: Some of his works adapted for radio
05-16-1886 - Norman Ross - Portland, OR - d. 6-19-1953
06-05-1891 - Prosper Buranelli - d. 6-19-1960
writer: Assistant to Lowell Thomas
08-15-1933 - Bobby Helms - Bloomington, IN - d. 6-19-1997
singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
09-26-1898 - Richard Lockridge - St. Joseph, MO - d. 6-19-1982
writer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"
10-17-1905 - Jean Arthur - NYC - d. 6-19-1991
actor: "Ford Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-26-1920 - Eleanor Rella - d. 6-19-2003
actor: Billie Devere "Myrt and Marge"
10-29-1925 - Geraldine Brooks - NYC - d. 6-19-1977
actor: "Hollywood Fights Back"; "Voice of the Army"
11-09-1886 - Ed Wynn - Philadelphia, PA, - d. 6-19-1966
comedian: (The Perfect Fool) Fire Chief "Ed Wynn Show"; King Bubbles
"Happy Island"
12-24-1921 - Phillip Grenville Mann - Manly, Australia - d. 6-19-1990
writer: "The Sergeant at Burralee"
Ron
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:47:07 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 20-26 June
From Those Were The Days -
6/23
1933 The Pepper Pot program welcomed a new host. Don McNeill took over
the show and renamed it The Breakfast Club. The show, a huge success for
the NBC Blue and later, ABC, became one of the longest running radio
programs in history. The show aired with McNeill as host until December
27, 1968. The Breakfast Club was a morning show that had its share of
corny jokes, visiting celebrities and lots of audience participation.
1941 Front Page Farrell was heard for the first time on Mutual. In
1942, the program moved to NBC and stayed on the air until 1954. Sally
and David Farrell were the central characters.
1947 Wendy Warren and the News debuted on CBS. The broadcasts
continued until 1958. No, the program was not a newscast, in the
traditional sense. It was a serial one of many of the time. The unique
thing about this particular show, however, was that Wendy Warren and the
News did utilize a real three minute newscast to open the show. The
newscaster, delivering the news as part of the show, chose not to stay
in the entertainment side of radio, but continued to be a true
journalist and a legend at CBS. That newsman was Douglas Edwards.
6/24
1960 The Romance of Helen Trent was heard for the last time. Helen and
her boy toy, Gil Whitney, were about to be married, but the loving
couple never made it to the altar just in case the show would ever be
renewed. Helen Trent and her romance aired for 27 years a total of 7,222
episodes on the CBS.
6/25
1942 The first broadcast of It Pays to Be Ignorant was aired on WOR
and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
6/26
1933 The Kraft Music Hall debuted.
1949 Fred Allen had his final program, though he continued for several
years to guest on other shows.
Joe
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:47:15 -0400
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The McGee's
Molly called Fibber "Dearie', "Himself" and McGee, but did anyone ever
hear, or know, his name. The name that would have been on his birth
certificate, his draft card, Social Security Card. or any legal
document. I'm sure it wasn't Dearie????
Frank McGurn
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:47:23 -0400
From: eric hardy <latriv@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Molly using fibbers name
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She may not have used Fibber. But she coined the phrase 'taint funny Mcgee.
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:47:28 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-20 births/deaths
June 20th births
06-20-1876 - Raymond Ditmars - New Jersey - d. 5-12-1942
curator bronx zoo: "Adventures in Reading"
06-20-1890 - Effie Palmer - Albany, NY - d. 8-19-1942
actor: Jean Evans "Lonely Woman"; Dodie Black "Scattergood Baines"
06-20-1892 - Katherin Prescott Bemis - d. 5-xx-1974
singer: KOA Denver, Colorado
06-20-1893 - Edwin Wolfe - d. 9-23-1983
actor: Curt Bradley "Pepper Young's Family"
06-20-1897 - Bob Howard - W. Newton, MA - d. 12-4-1986
pianist-singer: "Calsodent Presents Bob Howard"; "Sing It Again"
06-20-1904 - Matt Crowley - New Haven, CT - d. 3-10-1983
actor: Mark Trail "Mark Trail"; Buck Rogers "Buck Rogers"
06-20-1905 - Lillian Hellman - New Orleans, LA - d. 6-30-1984
author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
06-20-1909 - Errol Flynn - Hobart, Tasmania - d. 10-14-1959
actor: Christopher Casanova "Modern Adventures of Casanova"; "Lux
Radio Theatre"
06-20-1911 - Edward Eager - Toledo, OH - d. 10-23-1964
writer: "Jane Pickens Show"
06-20-1911 - Gail Patrick - Birmingham, AL - d. 7-6-1980
actor: "The Dreft Star Playhouse"
06-20-1913 - Al Gallodoro - Birmingham, AL - d. 10-4-2008
jazz saxophonist: "The Paul Whiteman Show"; "The Henry Morgan Show"
06-20-1924 - Audie Murphy - Kingston, TX - d. 5-28-1971
world war II hero, actor: "Cavalcade of America"
06-20-1924 - Billie Lou Watt - St. Louis, MO - d. 9-7-2001
actor: "Land of the Free"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
06-20-1924 - Chet Atkins - Luttrell, TN - d. 6-30-2001
guitarist: "Boone County Neighbors"; "Grand Ole Opry"
06-20-1931 - Martin Landau - Brooklyn, NY
actor: "No Love Lost"
06-20-1948 - Tess Brady - Adelaide, Australia
writer: "Anthony"
June 21st deaths
01-05-1882 - Herbert Bayard Swope - d. 6-20-1958
editor, journalist: "Information Please"
01-24-1883 - Estelle Winwood - Lee, Kent, England - d. 6-20-1984
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
02-25-1917 - Michael Morris - Russia - d. 6-20-2003
writer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"; "Hollywood Story"
03-04-1907 - Edgar Barrier - NYC - d. 6-20-1964
actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"
03-31-1903 - Ralph Atlass - d. 6-20-1979
Chicaco radio pioneer
04-05-1911 - Gordon Jones - Alden, IA - d. 6-20-1963
actor: Pete Thompson "Meet Mr. McNutley"
04-20-1898 - Sidney Lanfield - Chicago, IL - d. 6-20-1972
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
04-22-1916 - Maurice Webster - Gibbon, NE - d. 6-20-2001
announcer: "Scattergood Baines"; "Meet the Missus"; "Surprise Party"
05-12-1901 - Whitey "Duke" Ford - De Soto, MO - d. 6-20-1986
comedian: (Duke of Paducah) "Grand Ole Opry"; "Plantation Party"
05-15-1904 - Clifton Fadiman - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-20-1999
emcee: "Information, Please"; "Conversation"; "RCA Magic Key"
05-30-1913 - Julian Blaustein - NYC - d. 6-20-1995
writer: "Cavalcade of America"
08-05-1912 - Lew Valentine - San Benito, TX - d. 6-20-1976
quizmaster: Mennen Jury Trials"; "Dr. [removed], the Mental Banker"
08-10-1902 - Louise Massey - Midland, TX - d. 6-20-1983
singer: (Louise Massey and the Westerners) "National Barn Dance";
"Show Boat"
08-19-1870 - Bernard Baruch - Camden, SC - d. 6-20-1965
guest: "Tex and Jinx"
08-22-1906 - James Meighan - NYC - d. 6-20-1970
actor: Michael Waring "The Falcon"; Peter Carver "Lora Lawton"
09-03-1918 - Donna King - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 6-20-2007
singer: (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"; "Al
Pearce and His Gang"
09-14-1914 - Robert McCloskey - Hamilton, OH - d. 6-20-2003
author: "Books Bring Adventure"
10-09-1897 - Robert Armbruster - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-20-1994
conductor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Cousin Willie"
10-15-1918 - Bobby Gimby - Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada - d. 6-20-1998
musician, songwriter: "Happy Gang"
Ron
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:50:03 -0400
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Another early Sherlock Holmes broadcast
While browsing a database of vintage Australian newspapers -- at
[removed] -- I came across a scheduled broadcast of
William Gillette's play "Sherlock Holmes" over Station 2FC, Sydney, on the
evening of April 18, 1928, in three parts, from 9:48 to [removed] (with breaks
for incidental music and the late weather forecast). A cast list appears in
The Brisbane Courier, April 17, 1928:
*****
H. W. Varna and Company will produce the play "Sherlock Holmes." Characters:
Sherlock Holmes, H. W. Varna; Dr. Watson, William Hume; Forman (Holmes'
man), Arthur Fisher; Lady Edward Leighton, Muriel Conner; Count Stalburg, F.
M. Brewer; Professor Moriarty, Foster Dean; Jim Larrabee, Noel Robertson;
Billy, Somerset Varna; Madge Larrabee, Cleo. Glover; Alice Faulkner, Felix
Clark.
*****
Vanda was a theater veteran who broadcast quite a few plays over 2FC in the
late 1920s. One that might be of interest to science fiction fans is "A
Message from Mars," presumably the pseudo-science fiction fantasy by Richard
Ganthony, which was scheduled for May 22, 1929.
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