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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2004 : Issue 273
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Bing Crosby "Lost Performances" [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
'the lottery' [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
Re: Camera Obscura [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
otr pronounciation of "robot"? [ "Alain Altounian" <[removed]@[removed] ]
Arnold Peyser [ "RBB" <oldradio@[removed]; ]
[removed] [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
Peter and Adolf [ "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed] ]
For NBC Chime Enthusiasts [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
Frank Fontaine Profile [ seandd@[removed] ]
Virginia Grey [ Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed] ]
Mystery in the Air [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
Singers [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
Old Time BBC Radio Shows [ John DOrazio <radioadventures@yahoo ]
8-20 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Dragnet movie on AMC [ jhcollins@[removed] ]
Dick Van Patten at SPERDVAC [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
The Word [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:37:01 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bing Crosby "Lost Performances"
I have been informed that there is a new collection on CD of Bing Crosby
radio performances. It is a 3-CD collection and here is a bit of their "blurb."
"For the first time ever, Shout! Factory is proud to present the very best
of his radio performances, remastered from transcription discs recorded and
broadcast from 1942 to 1954. "
Whether these are performances already in circulation among otr fans or
not, it is being offered in stores beginning August 24th. There are samples
on the web site and the fidelity is very good. But it is not the complete
shows as best as I can tell but rather the "performances." You can read
more about it at their web page for the item:
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I am not connected to Shout! Factory. Just passing on some information of
interest to otr fans that was sent to me.
Jim Widner
jwidner@[removed]
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:35:36 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 'the lottery'
A few years ago I was going through a list of media that our school
district has a found a VHS copy of "The Lottery."
The story was read a couple of years ago on National Public Radio's
"Selected Shorts," which I recommend highly. Scared the hell out of me.
M Kinsler
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:35:51 -0400
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura was mentioned in the last digest. It brought to mind that
several months ago, one of the film collectors who sends me 16mm prints,
sent me a short story concerning this subject. I put it on one of our
Variety Pack DVDs. It only runs about 20 minutes, but is very informative.
I think it was done as a murder mystery. I'll make sure I bring it to NJ if
anyone wants to see it or even buy it.
Fred
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:14:20 -0400
From: "Alain Altounian" <[removed]@[removed];
To: "Old. Time. Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: otr pronounciation of "robot"?
Listenining to an episode of " X Minus One," i was reminded of their
peculiar (to my ears at least) pronounciation of the word " robot. "
All of the actors seem to almost (but not exactly) be saying "ro-but" --as
opposed to what i think is the typical (or maybe just more current?)
"ro-bought."
The episode was "How to" from 1956, but i'm certain this also occurs on
other episodes of this series and Dimension X as well, (and maybe even other
50's OTR?).
Was this the way "robot" was generally pronounced? My dictionary says the
word is derived from Czech [removed] maybe they are just being more
formally accurate?
Perhaps related [removed]: hearing of men Vs women (insert joke here)= i've
always understood that we start out the same, but that us guys start to lose
the higher frequencies at an earlier age. At 42, i've already gotten a
couple of comments on the volume of the [removed], i had to make sure there
were no strange pronounciations of robot,....8-)
Alain.
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:15:04 -0400
From: "RBB" <oldradio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Arnold Peyser
<<<Gregg Oppenheimer posted info about the "Fred Allen Show" he is directing
at the SPERDVAC convention on November 13th>>>>
Arnold and Lois Peyser were writers for Fred Allen, as I understand it, and
they had a "Fred Allen Show" theatrical presentation that I enjoyed in a
small Boston venue many years ago. Arnold said it was their first show
playing Boston before "taking it on the road" and very well done, especially
the actor who played Fred. They did a good job recreating a radio show
studio set in this small theater.
Did that show ever go on the road? I heard that Lois Peyser became ill soon
after the Boston show and Arnold hurried back to LA. He died in 2001 at
age 80.
=Russ Butler oldradio@[removed]
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:15:50 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: [removed]
Shaun and Charlie,
Thanks for the plug about the Marketplace segment!
Curt Nickisch rode the shuttle bus with me from Summit Corner, SD to
Aberdeen. We talked most of the way. He also interviewed two young men
sitting ahead of us. The bus was packed, 10 or 12 people, plus the large
auto part and many pieces of luggage he alluded to.
The sounds you heard are real. The woman dispatcher on the tape is
Diane Daly, and she also is the assistant to the director. (Dave Osborn,
head of the bus system, is also the airport director.)
The other people heard on the program were Charlie Zelle, CEO of
Jefferson Lines, and Mayor Mike Levsen, newly elected and the first fulltime
mayor for Aberdeen.
Curt took the 2 hours of DAT tape and trimmed it down to 4 or 5 minutes.
Good job, Curt!
Ted Kneebone/1528 S. Grant [removed], SD 57401/605-226-3344
Campaign: [removed]
OTR: [removed]
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:16:27 -0400
From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Peter and Adolf
Martin G. posted that he'd heard that A. Hitler wrote praisingly to Peter
Lorre and asked him to do some (more) films in Germany. This sounds strange
since I've read from fairly reliable sources that Lorre (born Laszlo
Loewenstein, it seems) was of a religion that wasn't exactly Hitler's
favorite -- in which case one would think that Hitler would've had this
vital info about Lorre. Maybe Hitler was trying to trick Lorre and get him
back to Germany? Or maybe, of course, Adolf never sent such a letter. I'm
too busy now to try to dig into this story on reliable 'Net sources or other
sources.
-- Phil C.
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:17:12 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: For NBC Chime Enthusiasts
I've recently unearthed what is now the earliest known recording of the
three-note NBC chimes, dating to November 3, 1931.
The chimes are heard in the midst of a seven-and-a-half minute section of
a Lucky Strike Hour broadcast, discovered on a ten-inch Speak-o-Phone
aluminum disk, and mark the mid-show synchronization break. The chimes
are hand-rung on the usual Deagan dinner-chime set, with the first note
decidedly off-mike, and the final two coming loud and clear. There is no
verbal system cue, but Walter Winchell makes note of the impending break
by commenting "here comes that man with the chimmies." The chimes are
immediately followed by a WEAF station ID.
This discovery is also noteworthy in that it's the earliest known
recording of a Walter Winchell broadcast, and present him working in a
style that's drastically different from the approach with which he's
usually associated. There is no telegraph key and there is no shrill
theatricality: Winchell delivers a series of Hollywood gossip items in a
casual, conversational manner. There is no hint of the "Jergens Journal"
Winchell in this recording -- all in all, a rather fascinatig find.
Elizabeth
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:22:01 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Frank Fontaine Profile
This article is almost exclusively about television - in particular the use
of Frank (John [removed] Sivoney) Fontaine on the Jackie Gleason show, but is a
current profile of an OTR star so I'm posting.
It's by stand-up comedian/actor Larry Miller who is also a columnist for The
Weekly Standard.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:24:53 -0400
From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Virginia Grey
I appreciate Tristan mentioning Virginia Grey, a wonderful addition to so
many movies over forty years. Apparently her debut film was "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" in 1927, when she was only ten years old.
David Ragan in his omnibus WHO'S WHO IN HOLLYWOOD [1992] quotes her as
saying "I consider myself a professional who acts --- not to express my
soul or elevate the cinema -- but to entertain and get paid for it." Most
filmographies I have found list her extensive cinema credits and
frequently suggest that she nearly married Clark Gable.
Her lean and beautiful face make her instantly recognizable whenever she
appears in film. Alas, though, I can't locate any radio work, even though
I can't rule it out.
Perhaps Tristan, who I hope posts more often, is thinking of Virginia
Gregg, who died on September 13, 1986, at age 70. Now there is a gal who
did radio!
Dennis Crow
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:25:50 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mystery in the Air
Jazmaan Wrote:
Any other good Lorre shows out there you can recommend?
and Mike wrote:
I just listened to a great Suspense program from 8/30/45 starring Peter Lorre
as a man who confesses to a kidnapping - and more in "Nobody Loves Me".
Lorre actually enjoyed that SUSPENSE script and it was his personal
recommendation (according to a trade paper) that he be able to reprise the
same script for his MYSTERY IN THE AIR series. Sadly, it's one of the five
episodes not known to exist. If anyone wants to hear Lorre at his best, I
recommend "Mask of Medusa" from MYSTERY IN THE AIR and his appearance at the
ghostly asylum in the widely-circulated ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW.
MG
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:26:02 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Singers
I just finished listening to "The Bob Hawk Show"
and noticed that there was a singing group (probably
a quartet) which sang:
"You're a smarty,
What a smarty.
Take your seat in the LEMAC box!"
The program was sponsored by CAMEL cigarettes
and when the contestant answered questions beginning
with each letter, they were proclaimed a LEMAC (CAMEL
spelled backwards and sent to the LEMAC box where they'd
wait for the LEMAC question.
What was the name of this singing group?
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:25:03 -0400
From: John DOrazio <radioadventures@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Old Time BBC Radio Shows
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Dear Friends,of old time radio I'm looking for BBC radio shows from the 1930's,
40's and 50's. Please forward any info to me.
John D'Orazio, radioadventures@[removed] Thank You !
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:14:13 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 8-20 births/deaths
August 20th births
08-20-1881 - Edgar Guest - Birmingham, England - d. 8-5-1959
poet: (Poet Laureate of Radio) "Edgar Guest in Welcome Valley"; "It Can Be
Done"
08-20-1907 - Alan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman) - NYC - d. 6-14-1977
actor: Falstaff Openshaw "Fred Allen Show"; Pasquale "Life with Luigi"
08-20-1908 - Andre Baruch - Paris, France - d. 9-15-1991
announcer, disc jockey: "Your Hit Parade"; "Kate Smith Program"; "Myrt and
Marge"
08-20-1918 - Henry Leff - NYC
actor: Ray Mallard "Candy Matson, YU2-8209"
08-20-1918 - Jacqueline Susann - Philadelphis, PA - d. 9-21-1974
actress: Lola the Cigarette Girl "Morey Amsterdam Show"
08-20-1933 - Ted Donaldson - NYC
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
August 20th deaths
01-16-1901 - Sid Silvers - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-20-1976
actor: Beetle "Phil Baker Show"; "Jack Benny Program"
03-11-1907 - Jessie Matthews - London, England - d. 8-20-1981
actress: Mrs. Mary Dale "The Dale's"
03-16-1916 - Walter Reed - Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, WA - d. 8-20-2001
actor: "The Bombadier"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-16-1912 - Ilona Massey - Budapest, Hungary - d. 8-20-1974
actress: Mata Hari-style operative in World War II "Top Secret"; "Screen
Guild Theatre"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:14:26 -0400
From: jhcollins@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dragnet movie on AMC
The "Dragnet" movie, starring Jack Webb, Harry Morgan, Vic Perrin and
Virginia Gregg,
will be shown on the American Movie Channel next Monday, August 23, from
8:15am to 10:15am.
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:45:39 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dick Van Patten at SPERDVAC
SPERDVAC's guest speaker at the Saturday, [removed], 2004 meeting will be DICK
VAN PATTEN, former radio child actor (Let's Pretend, Coast to Coast on a
Bus, plus many dramas and daytime serials), and of course, star of Stage,
Movies and TV. The meeting starts at 12 noon at the South Pasadena Library
Community Room, located in the 1100 block of El Centro, three blocks west of
Fair Oaks and one block south of Mission in South Pasadena. It's free amd
open to the public.
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:48:25 -0400
From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Word
Hi.
I have a tape of the Oboler show with "The Word" starring Mercedes
MacCambridge and Byron Kane.
Bobb
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