Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #200
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Date: 7/24/2006 1:22 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 200
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  7-24 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  in the last OTR digest                [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
  Jack Webb                             [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
  OTR places                            [ KC0PWA <oldradiotimes@[removed]; ]
  Archive of American Television inter  [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
  It's beginning to look a lot like Ch  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  how many Buck Rogers OTR Episodes ex  [ "Dave Adams" <daveadams-hollywood@c ]
  Frank Edwards 'Stranger than Science  [ Bill KA2EMZ <ka2emz@[removed]; ]
  Re: On-topic, but off-season          [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  Lone Ranger comic book                [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
  The Arms Of Webb                      [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  more on married detectives            [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  re: more on married detectives        [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  Can anybody help?                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:26:35 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  7-24 births/deaths

July 24th births

07-24-1802 - Alexandre Dumas - Aisne, France - d. 12-5-1870
writer: "The Count of Monte Cristo" based on Dumas' novel
07-24-1853 - William Gillette - Hartford, CT - d. 4-29-1937
actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"
07-24-1875 - Frank Moulan - NYC - d. 5-13-1939
comedian: :Roxy and His Gang"
07-24-1878 - Lord Dunsany - London, England - d. 10-25-1957
writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
07-24-1890 - Basil Ruysdael - Jersey City, NJ - d. 10-20-1960
announcer: "Beggar's Bowl"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Cavalcade of America"
07-24-1898 - Amelia Earhart - Atchinson, KS - d. 7-2-1937
aviatrix: "Amelia Earhart", "Cities Service Concerts"
07-24-1901 - Mabel Albertson - Lynn, MA - d. 9-28-1982
actor: (Sister of Jack Albertson) "The Phil Baker Show"
07-24-1904 - Delmer Daves - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-17-1977
movie writer/director: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
07-24-1907 - Glenn Riggs - East McKeesport, PA - d. 9-12-1975
announcer: "Musical Varities"; "Hop Harrigan"; "Boston Blackie"
07-24-1911 - Jane Hoffman - Seattle, WA - d. 7-26-2004
actor: "The Author's Studio"
07-24-1911 - Raymond Edward Johnson - Kenosha, WI - d. 8-15-2001
actor: Raymond your host "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; Don Winslow "Don
Winslow of the Navy"
07-24-1913 - Hollace (Vivien) Shaw - Fresno, CA - d. 3-2-1976
singer: "Blue Velvet"; "Vic Damone and Hollace Shaw Show"
07-24-1914 - Frank Silvera - Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies - d.
6-11-1970
actor: "X Minus One"
07-24-1914 - Vicent Bogert - New York - d. 11-28-1978
writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
07-24-1915 - Lloyd Marx - d. 5-26-1988
composer, conductor: "Capitol Family Hour"; "Original Amateur Hour"
07-24-1916 - Bob Eberly - Mechanicsville, NY - d. 11-17-1981
singer: (Jimmy Dorsey Band)
07-24-1919 - Jerry Wayne - Buffalo, NY - d. xx-xx-1997
vocalist: Lover "Happy Island"; "Your All-Time Hit Parade"
07-24-1921 - Billy Taylor - Greenville, SC
host: "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Bing Crosby Show"; "Genius of Duke"

July 24th deaths

01-12-1892 - Ed McConnell - Atlanta, GA - d. 7-24-1954
host, actor: Smilin' Ed McConnell Show"
03-05-1920 - Virginia Christine - Stanton, IA - d. 7-24-1996
actor: "Confession"; "Gunsmoke"
03-23-1917 - Oscar Shumsky - Philadelphia, PA - d. 7-24-2000
violinist: "Voice of Firestone"
04-02-1934 - Brian Glover - Sheffield, England - d. 7-24-1997
actor: George Hackett "An American Werewolf in London";
"[removed]"
05-14-1914 - Foy Willing - Bosque County, TX - d. 7-24-1978
singer: (Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage) "Roy Rogers
Show"
06-10-1898 - Dorothy Day - NYC - d. 7-24-1975
actor, writer: "The House Beside the Road"
07-14-1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer - Radzymin, Poland - d. 7-24-1991
yiddish storyteller: "Earplay"
07-18-1872 - Fred Sullivan - London, England - d. 7-24-1937
actor: Kirby Willoughby "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"; Mitchell Frazier
"Story of Mary Marlin"
09-08-1925 - Peter Sellers - London, England - d. 7-24-1980
comedian: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, Major Dennis Bloodnok, others
"Goon Show"
10-22-1905 - Constance Bennett - NYC - d. 7-24-1965
interviewer, panelist: "Constance Bennett Calls on You"; "Leave It to
the Girls"
12-13-1905 - Jay Jostyn - Milwaukee, WI - d. 7-24-1977
actor: Max Tilley "Life of Mary Sothern"; Mr, District Attorney "Mr.
District Attorney"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Home state of Joe DuVal

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:03:14 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  in the last OTR digest

Hi Everybody,

we had two interesting request for info.

1.  Dan Hefele   ask about music information on the Hollywood bowl.  Dan you
might want to call your local library and ask which of your libraries
specialize  in music.  I know for example here in Orange county California
the Cypress    library is the reference library for all music question for
my system.  Maybe you have one near you in [removed]

2.  Ted ask about the story Angel.  I know what was on Family Theater but I
do not recall the dates.  Take care,

Walden

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:06:19 -0400
From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Jack Webb

Re Andy Blatt's post ... I suppose I'm the umpteenth to point out
that it was Mark VII Limited that came at the close of Jack
Webb's productions, not Mark IV.

Other comment about Webb's acting and delivery. I bought it with
him as a cop and in the movie , "The [removed]" ... but as a jazz
musician in "Pete Kelly's Blue's" - naw, I don't think so. And I
agree with Craig that characters/actors later on seemed to be
just speaking lines, not really acting. The overall tone of the
Dragnet of the '60s of preachy and hard to take.

Bob Cockrum

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:06:43 -0400
From: KC0PWA <oldradiotimes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OTR places

Every now and then people submit the names of places
around the country named after an OTR reference. One I
haven't seen listed before: Goodman Ace Hardware (of
the Ace Hardware chain) at 12th and Broadway in Kansas
City, MO. I took a pic of it yesterday. I'm sure few,
if any, patrons recognize the reference.
Ryan

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:11:46 -0400
From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Archive of American Television interviews

Those multi-part Archive of American Television video interviews
covering radio/TV/theater history are best accessed from their blog:
[removed]

More than 90 of their video interviews are now available online.
Here's the full list of all 475 interviews:
[removed]

A similar resource is the Museum of Television & Radio which
videotapes their seminars/interviews about radio/TV history and then
makes those tapes available for viewing on their Library monitors in
both LA and New York. Now, at long last, the MT&R is putting some
(okay, very little) of that material online. Here, for instance, are
clips from discussions about Gertrude Berg (11/16/05) and NPR
(11/10/05): [removed]

Bhob @ [removed]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:11:27 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
 (in July!)

Dear Ted-

Not sure when Loretta Young first did it; but these factoids, snatched from
the Web a while back, might be of interest?

"It was in 1939 that Tazewell wrote "The Littlest Angel," when a Christmas
poem or story was needed in case a radio show planned for actor Ronald Colman
fell through. Tazewell's script was not used for another year, when actress
Edna  Best picked it up for "Manhattan at Midnight." The next year it was read
by  Helen Hayes."

Best,
-Craig "sometime 'Scrooge' " Wichman

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:25:52 -0400
From: "Dave Adams" <daveadams-hollywood@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  how many Buck Rogers OTR Episodes exist?

Hello Friends,

I've been collecting OTR programs for some time, first through Radio Spirits
and it's various predecessors, and now by simply scouring the net. Buck
Rogers is one of my favorite shows, I enjoy them immensly. Unfortunately I
can't find more than a dozen or so no matter where I look. I have an
incomplete set of a series revolving around the "Gyro Cosmic Reletivator"
and a few episodes of "The Mechanical Mole" (these seem to be transcribed at
the wrong speed and sound slowed down). but so far I only have been able to
find duplicates of these same few shows online.

Are there other series from the Buck Rogers show avaulable that I am just
not finding online, and any clues where I might look?

   I get such a kick out of these, I sure would like to locate other stories
with the cast in those parts.

-Dave -sweltering in LA's high desert fire zone

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:26:08 -0400
From: Bill KA2EMZ <ka2emz@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Frank Edwards 'Stranger than Science'

I am curious if anyone has any information regarding Frank Edwards
'Stranger than Science' radio program, mainly what network carried it
and what years.
If any of this show has survived I'd be most curious.

Thanks,

Bill Bergadano

"Before you say anything about someone walk a mile in their shoes; that
way you are a mile away and you have their shoes"

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:27:21 -0400
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: On-topic, but off-season

Ted asks if Loretta Young also broadcast "The Littlest Angel" which she had
recorded for Decca Records.  Confusion might arise because the World
Broadcasting System, which in the mid 40s was taken over by Decca,
distributed the Decca album with an extra disc that would enable a station
to play the recorded version as if it was a complete program.  So an
individual listing that a station had aired the program is not enough.  You
need an indication that it was on a simultaneous network on multiple
stations.

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:26:24 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Lone Ranger comic book

Can't say anything about the quality or how faithful it will be to the
radio version, but The Lone Ranger returns to comics with his own title
this September. (Advertised as "THE must-read comic of 2006".) You can
read about it, and see scans of the first several pages, at
[removed].

Heigh yo, Silver!
Kermyt

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:28:28 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi Friends,

Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you may
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on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
Several new additions to our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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=======================================

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June Allyson
"Everybody's Girl Next Door"

OLD GOLD COMEDY THEATER
Episode 32    6-10-45    "Tom, Dick and Harry"
Stars: June Allison, Bill Williams, Reginald Gardner and Don De Fore
NBC OLD GOLD CIGARETTES Sundays 10:30 - 11:00 pm
HOST: Harold Lloyd
ANNOUNCER: Bob Williams
MUSIC: Carl Hoff

SCREEN DIRECTOR'S PLAYHOUSE
Episode 14    4-10-49    "Music For Millions"
Stars: June Allyson
Film's Director: Henry Coster

LUX RADIO THEATER
Episode 694   3-13-50    "Little Women"
Stars: June Allyson, Margaret O'Brien, Peter Lawford and Janet Leigh

==================================

HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

THE WHISPERER
(NBC)    7/8/51    1st Show - "Marijuana In Central City"
Stars: Carlton Young.

THE LONE RANGER
(NBC-Blue)    12/4/42
"Heading North" Brace Beemer/John Todd.

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR
(CBS)    5/22/56
"Final chapter of "The Perling Matter" as Pecos.

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THE GLOWING DIAL

Big John and Steve turn The Glowing Dial Page into a "Webb Page"
in EPISODE NET 45 of The Glowing Dial
by featuring five shows, all starring Jack Webb.

 The Jack Webb Show - "Slim Slade: Western Bandleader"
originally aired April 17, 1946 on ABC West Coast & KGO
Starring: Jack Webb, John Galbraith, Clancy Hayes, Nora McNamara, Phil
Bovero & the Raggedaires.
Sustained

 Johnny Modero, Pier 23 - "Fatal Action"
originally aired June 26, 1947 on MUTUAL
Starring: Jack Webb, Gale Gordon, Bill Conrad, Elaine Burke, Bob Holden,
Herb Butterfield, Irvin Lee, Herb Rawlinson, Tommy La Frano announcing.
Sustained

Pat Novak For Hire  - "Fleet Lady"
originally aired March 6, 1949 on ABC West Coast & KGO
Starring: Jack Webb, Tudor Owens, Raymond Burr, Virginia Gregg, Tol Avery,
Stacy Harris, Hugh Thomas, Carlisle Bibbers, George Fenneman announcing.
Sustained

Jeff Regan, Investigator - "The Lawyer and The Lady"
originally aired December 4, 1948 on CBS West Coast
Starring: Jack Webb, Herb Butterfield, Larry Dobkin, Carole Matthews, Lou
Krugman, Marvin Miller, Herb Vigran, Mary Lansing, Bob Stevenson announcing.
Sustained

Pete Kelly's Blues - "Gus Trudeaux"
originally aired August 15, 1951 on NBC
Starring: Jack Webb, William Conrad, George Fenneman announcing.
Sustained

==================================

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     Jerry Haendiges

     Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
     The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
     Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:28:17 -0400
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  The Arms Of Webb

Andy Blatt mentioned that he "grew up watching all the Jack Webb produced TV
shows
including Dragnet" and remembered  "Jack's production company, Mark IV
Productions, where the sweaty arm with a mallet in the fist stamps out the
name in the stone."  Since this was brought up here in the OTR Digest, I'll
mention this here instead of the Kine-L.  The sweaty arms were Jack's, and
he was stamping in metal, not stone.  Stone would shatter.  At least you
realized that he was not using a chisel, because most of the times people
say that he was chiseling in stone.

Michael Biel   mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:14:02 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  more on married detectives

There was a discussion here lately about married detectives, or rather
the lack thereof. Here's a few addenda. Radio shows and movies, of
course, were not always very faithful to the literary origins of some
gumshoes. Mike Shayne, for example, was married for the first half
dozen of his books. According to Thrilling Detective
([removed]), "their
relationship is much like what would have happened if Sam Spade had
married Pam North". She got killed off, however, when the rights were
sold to the movies.

Several people mentioned that the Saint was a playboy who didn't need a
wife. In the books, however -- at least in the one very early book that
I've read -- he was very strongly attached to one woman, I think her
name was Pat. (Just checked wikipedia -- it's Patricia Holm.) They
never married but they were certainly very close; he wasn't simply a
playboy then.

Sherlock Holmes, of course, never married. Somebody here mentioned how
he considered Irene Adler "THE woman." There's a rumour that he did
have one brief sexual liaison with her, which produced a child. That
child was born and raised in Europe, but emigrated to the US and, like
his father, because a well-known detective, as well as a profound
misogynist in his own right. And, like his father, had his own radio
series. If you haven't guessed it yet, I'm refering to Nero Wolfe. This
idea has apparently been floating around since 1956, but there's no
evidence that Rex Stout ever endorsed it
([removed]).

Pfui!
Kermyt

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:14:28 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  re: more on married detectives

I had one more point to mention on the subject of married detectives. I
haven't read the last couple of Philip Marlowe novels yet (been saving
them, like pre-war champaign, for a special occasion), but I understand
he gets married in the final book. (Poodle Springs, which was
incomplete when Chandler died and which was finished years later by
Robert Parker. I'm sure if the marriage is Chandler's invention or
Parker's.)

Kermyt

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:06:57 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Can anybody help?

I received this e-mail, can anyone help?

My name is Jim Stout and I live in Madison, WI. I am trying to find a
recording of an old time radio show named
"Roads of The Sky."  It ran from July 2 to November 21 of 1930. It
was broadcast by NBC, including WTMT of Milwaukee. The episode I am
looking for features a distant relative of mine named William B.
Stout and is entitled "Why Airplanes Fly". Any idea where I might
find a recording?

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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