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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2011 : Issue 184
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 20-26 Nov [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Prokofiev and radio [ Ryan Ellett <oldradiotimes@[removed] ]
11-20 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
11-21 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
Clarence Darrow on the Radio [ RANDALL MILLER <rfmillerjr1@comcast ]
Holiday Specials [ Martin Fass <watchstop@frontiernet. ]
Mystery Radio to TV [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
Radio to TV [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:23:24 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 20-26 November
From Those Were The Days
11/20
1929 - The first broadcast of The Rise of the Goldbergs, with Gertrude
Berg as Molly, was heard on the NBC Blue network. Later, the title would
be shortened to The Goldbergs. Mrs. Berg, incidentally, wrote the first
scripts for the 15-minute program and starred in the show -- for $75 a
week. ($930 in 2009 dollars). The program continued until 1945 (it
returned for one season in 1949-1950). Gertrude Berg entertained
audiences with New York style, motherly phrases like, "Button up your
neck. It's cold outside."
11/21
1938 WBOE in Cleveland, OH became the first school operated radio
station (owned by a municipality) to receive a license from the FCC.
WBOE went on the air as a 500 watt AM station and later became an FM
station.
1938 The first broadcast of Central City was heard. It was an
adventure mystery show set at the newspaper in, you guessed it, Central
City. Elspeth Eric played the part of crime reporter Emily Olson; and
Van Heflin was crime reporter Bob Shellenberger (later, the part was
played by Myron McCormick). Central City aired until 1941.
1944 "Happy trails to you, until we meet [removed]" The Roy Rogers
Show was first heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Singing along
with Roy (The King of the Cowboys'), were the Whippoorwills and The Sons
of the Pioneers.
11/22
1906 Delegates attending the Berlin Radiotelegraphic Conference in
Germany voted to use SOS (... ...) as the letters for the new
international signal. The international use of "SOS" was ratified in
1908. Its meaning? No, not "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" as many
believe. Its only meaning was as a distress signal, quick to transmit by
Morse code and not easily misread. It is not an acronym. Incidentally,
how did SOS pads come to use the same initials? They're named after a
patented process, Soap on Steel.
11/23
1929 Shirley Booth and Ed Gardner were married on this day. Miss Booth
was famous for her television acting role ("Hazel"); but we remember
when she and her husband played Miss Duffy and Archie on Duffy's Tavern.
1958 One of the last drama programs on radio debuted. It was unusual
in that it followed the TV show of the same name. Have Gun Will Travel
was broadcast on CBS and starred John Dehner as Paladin.
11/24
1937 Music from the Raymor Ballroom in Boston, Massachusetts was
beamed coast to coast on NBC. The special guests during this broadcast
were Glenn Miller and his orchestra.
11/25
1920 The first play by play coverage of a football game was broadcast
by WTAW in College Station, TX. Texas University beat the Aggies of
Texas A&M, 7 3.
1944 CBS presented The FBI in Peace and War for the first time. It
became one of the longest running crime shows on radio lasting 14 years.
1945 A spoof of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, [removed] Pinafore, was
broadcast on The Fred Allen Show. The spoof was titled, The Brooklyn
Pinafore. Joining actress Shirley Booth in the skit was baseball great
Leo 'The Lip' Durocher.
1960 Radio actors were put out of work when CBS axed five serials
(soap operas) from the airwaves. We said so long to The Second Mrs.
Burton (after 14 years), Young Doctor Malone, Whispering Streets (after
8 years), Right to Happiness (after 21 years) and Ma Perkins (after 27
wonderful years.) In 1940, the high point for these radio programs,
there were as many as 45 on the air each day!
11/26
1945 Bride and Groom, debuted on the NBC Blue network. It is estimated
that 1,000 newly wed couples were interviewed on the program before it
left the airwaves in 1950.
Joe
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:23:48 -0500
From: Ryan Ellett <oldradiotimes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Prokofiev and radio
While attending a recent concert by the Kansas City Symphony I was very
pleased to read the following in the concert notes about Prokofiev's "Suite
from Love For Three Oranges" which was on the bill: referring to the March
portion, "this martial theme may recall to listeners of a certain age a radio
program of yore about our national law enforcement agency." I couldn't help
but wonder how many in attendance knew what the heck the writer was referring
to.
Ryan
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:25:00 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 11-20 births/deaths
November 20th births
11-20-1883 - Edwin August - d. 3-4-1964
drama critic on KFI Los Angeles, California
11-20-1887 - Eck Robinson - Delaney, AR - d. 2-17-1975
fiddler: "Three Fidders"
11-20-1890 - Otto Tolischus - d. 2-25-1967
correspondent: "Information Please"
11-20-1890 - Robert Armstrong - Saginaw, MI - d. 4-20-1973
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-20-1891 - Reginald Denny - Richmond, Surrey, England - d. 6-16-1967
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Texaco Star
Theatre"
11-20-1900 - Chester Gould - Pawnee, Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-11-1985
comic strip artist: "Dick Tracy"
11-20-1907 - Fran Allison - La Porte City, IA - d. 6-13-1989
actor, singer: Aunt Fanny, "Breakfast Club"; "National Barn Dance";
"Uncle Ezra"
11-20-1908 - Alistair Cooke - Manchester, England - d. 3-30-2004
host: "Transatlantic Quiz"; "Letter to America"; "Stage and Screen"
11-20-1910 - Frank Goss - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-7-1962
announcer: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Escape"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
11-20-1910 - Ralph Muzzillo - d. 12-16-1985
trombone: (Benny Goodman's Orchestra) "Let's Dance"
11-20-1912 - Harold Ensley - Arkansas - d. 8-24-2005
produced over 5,000 radio shows
11-20-1916 - Judy Canova - Stark, FL - d. 8-5-1983
comedian: "Paul Whiteman's Musical; Varieties"; "Charlie McCarthy
Show"; "Judy Canova Show"
11-20-1916 - Margaret Draper - Spanish Fork, UT - d. 10-14-2011
actor: "Under Arrest"; Cavalcade of America"; "Suspense"
11-20-1916 - Virginia Verrill - Santa Monica, CA - d. 1-18-1999
blues singer: "The Jack Haley Show"; "Show Boat"; "Uncle Walter's
Doghouse"
11-20-1917 - Jim Hawthorne - Victor, CO - d. 11-6-2007
disk jockey: "The Hawthorne Thing"; "Hawthorne's Adventures"
11-20-1918 - Kathie Kay - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 3-8-2005
singer: "Billy Cotton Band Show"
11-20-1919 - Evelyn Keyes - Port Arthur, TX - d. 7-4-2008
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-20-1920 - Gene Tierney - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-6-1991
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"; "[removed]
Steel Hour"
11-20-1921 - Phyllis Thaxter - Portland, ME
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-20-1925 - Bobby Kennedy - Brookline, MA - d. 6-6-1968
[removed] senator: "Meet the Press"
11-20-1926 - Kay Ballard - Cleveland, OH
actor: "Stagestruck"; "Stars for Defense"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
11-20-1929 - Kenneth Schermerhorn - Schenactady, NY - d. 4-18-2005
conductor: "Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra"
11-20-1937 - Jack Linkletter - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-18-2007
commercial spokesman: ABC News
11-20-1945 - Michale Hyde - Cessnock, Australia
writer: "Nobody's Ever Complained Before"
11-20-1947 - Richard Shulberg - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-14-2009
presenter, musician: (Citizen Kafka) "The Secret Museum of the Air"
11-20-1948 - Richard Masur - New York, NY
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
November 20th deaths
02-03-1884 - Maude Davis - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-20-1946
vaudevillian: (Clark Sisters) "Eddie Cantor"; "Kate Smith"
02-04-1935 - Delaney "Ben" Casey - Asheville, NC - d. 11-20-2007
talk show host: "Community Focus"
02-20-1925 - Robert Altman - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-20-2006
writer: "A Man Called X"
03-01-1906 - Lester Grffith - Illinois - d. 11-20-1991
announcer: "Dan Harding's Wife"; "Candid Microphone"
03-01-1923 - Peggy Chantier Dick - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-20-2001
writer: "Edgar Bergen Comedy Hour"
03-22-1946 - Jonathan James-Moore - d. 11-20-2005
produced comedy series for BBC radio
04-22-1907 - Elmer H. Wavering - Quincy, IL - d. 11-20-1998
inventor: With Bill Lear, invented first commerial car radio (Motorola)
05-22-1925 - James King - d. 11-20-2005
operatic tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
06-12-1893 - Mal Hallett - Boston, MA - d. 11-20-1952
bandleader: "Spotlight Bands"
07-09-1894 - Alan Lipscott - d. 11-20-1961
writer: "The Life of Riley"
08-03-1905 - Gaylord Carter - Wiesbaden, Germany - d. 11-20-2000
organist: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Breakfast in Hollywood"
08-28-1870 - James R. Waters - Hungary - d. 11-20-1945
actor/comedian: Jake Goldberg "The Goldbergs"; "The House of Glass"
09-09-1828 - Leo Tolstoy - Yasnaya, Polyana, Russia - d. 11-20-1910
author: Some works adapted for radio
10-16-1925 - Lee Jordan - d. 11-20-2005
announcer, film critic: WCBS New York
12-18-1913 - Lynn Bari - Roanoke, VA - d. 11-20-1989
actor: "Dan Carson"
12-27-1916 - Cathy Lewis - Spokane, WA - d. 11-20-1968
actor: Jane Stacy "My Friend Irma"; Kathryn Milford "Great Gildersleeve"
Ron
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:25:55 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 11-21 births/deaths
November 21st births
11-21-1882 - Alfred White - d. 8-22-1972
actor: Soloman Levy "Abie's Irish Rose"
11-21-1891 - Edward Ellsberg - New Haven, CT - d. 1-24-1983
writer: "The Mercury Theatre on the Air"
11-21-1894 - Max Miller - Brighton, England - d. 5-7-1963
stand-up comic: "Cheeky Chappie" Spotty BBC career due to blue material
11-21-1895 - Ernest Charles - Minneapolis, MN - 4-16-1984
producer: "Great Moments of Music"
11-21-1895 - Seth T. Bailey - d. 7-7-1966
announcer: KLX Oakland, California
11-21-1902 - Arthur Schutt - Reading, CA - d. 1-18-1965
pianist: "The Ipana Troubadors"
11-21-1902 - Frank Hursley - d. 2-3-1989
writer: "American Women"; "Cousin Willie"; "Those Websters"; "The
Truitts"
11-21-1904 - Coleman Hawkins - St. Josephs, MO - d. 5-19-1969
tenor sax: (Father of the tenor sax) "Saturday Night Swing Club"
11-21-1905 - Ted Ray - Wigan, Lanchashire, England - d. 11-8-1977
comedian: "Ray's a Laugh"
11-21-1907 - Charles Korvin - Postyen, Hungary - d. 6-18-1998
actor: "Voice of the Army"
11-21-1908 - Marian Young Taylor - Star Lake, NY - d. 12-9-1973
commentator: "Martha Deane Show";
11-21-1912 - Eleanor Powell - Springfield, MA - d. 2-11-1982
singing tap dancer: "Flying Red Horse Tavern"
11-21-1912 - Ralph Butler - d. 4-6-1987
director: "Bright Horizon"; "Perry Mason"; "Rosemary"
11-21-1913 - Ted Straeter - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-2-1963
orchestra leader: "Jerry Wayne's Regent Show"; "Kate Smith Show"
11-21-1919 - Steve Brodie - El Dorado, KS - d. 1-9-1992
actor: Mike Mallory "Mike Mallory"
11-21-1920 - Ralph Meeker - Minneapolis, MN - d. 8-5-1988
actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"
11-21-1920 - Stan Musial - Donora, PA
baseball great: "Image Minorities"; "Feature Project: The Game of
Baseball"
11-21-1921 - Billie Mae Richards - Ontario, Canada - d. 9-10-2010
actor: "Nightfall"
11-21-1921 - Vivian Blaine - Newark, NJ - d. 12-9-1995
actor, singer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-21-1933 - Joseph Campanella - NYC
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"; "The Zero Hour"
11-21-1934 - Laurence Lukinbill - Fort Smith, AR
actor: (Son-in-law of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) "Earplay"
November 21st deaths
01-22-1934 - Bill Bixby - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-21-1993
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
02-11-1909 - Max Baer - Omaha, NE - d. 11-21-1959
heavyweight boxing champion, actor: Lucky Smith "Lucky Smith"
03-02-1909 - Mel Ott - Gretna, LA - d. 11-21-1958
sportscaster: Play-by-Play Detroit Tigers; "Babe Ruth Show"
03-27-1915 - Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Turkey Scratch, AR - d. 11-21-2006
guiatrist: "KFFA King Biscuit Time"
04-09-1897 - John B. Gambling - Norwich, England - d. 11-21-1974
host: "Your Personal Program"; "John B. Gambling Club"; "Rambling with
Gambling"
05-07-1884 - Gloria Gordon - d. 11-21-1962
actor: (Mother of Gale Gordon) Mrs. O'Reilly "My Friend Irma"
05-12-1892 - John Barclay - Blethingly, Surrey, England - d. 11-21-1978
singer, actor: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Richard Gaylord "The
Guiding Light"
05-25-1912 - Eddie Maxwell - Detroit. MI - d. 11-21-1999
writer: "The Spike Jones Show"
06-06-1903 - Bert Lown - d. 11-21-1962
CBS Network executive, also a songwriter
06-28-1933 - Maurice Cloutier - Manchester, NH - d. 11-21-2006
disk jockey: KOTA Rapid City, South Dakota
06-29-1922 - Ralph Burns - Newton, MA - d. 11-21-2001
pianist, arranger: "Esquire Jazz Concert"; "Saturday Night Swing
Session"
07-11-1906 - Harry Von Zell - Indianapolis, IN - d. 11-21-1981
actor, announcer: Bill Smith "Smiths of Hollywood"; "George Burns and
Gracie Allen Show"
07-29-1888 - Niles Welch - Hartford, CT - d. 11-21-1976
announcer: "The Campbell Playhouse"
09-05-1896 - Phil Baxter - Navarro County, TX - d. 11-21-1972
orchestra leader: Live remotes from El Torreon
09-15-1889 - Robert Benchley - Worcester, MA - d. 11-21-1945
comedian: "Buick Program"; "Melody and Madness"
09-17-1904 - Jerry Colonna - Boston, MA - d. 11-21-1986
comedian: "Bob Hope Show"
09-27-1896 - Buddy Pearson (Hyman) - d. 11-21-1959
writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
10-22-1905 - Edward Byron - Newport, KY - d. 11-21-1964
writer, producer: "Moon River"; "Mr. District Attorney"
10-29-1916 - Hadda Brooks - Los Angeles, CA - d. 11-21-2002
pianist: "Jubilee"
11-05-1905 - John Whedon - d. 11-21-1991
writer: "The Great Gildersleeve"
11-11-1885 - George S. Patton - San Gabriel, CA - d. 11-21-1945
maverick general: "These Are Our Men"
11-28-1914 - Cecil Brower - Bowie, TX - d. 11-21-1965
fiddle: "The Musical Brownies"
Ron
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:26:13 -0500
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," Bob Bro's "The Old Time Radio Show," John and Larry
Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios"
and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio,
on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
[removed]
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
*Thanksgiving Special*
COLUMBIA WORKSHOP
"26 By Corwin"
Episode 26 11-9-41 "Psalm For A Dark Year"
Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Parker Fennelly, Martin Gabel, Ian Martin,
Hester Sondergaard
FAMILY THEATER
Episode 145 11-23-49 "The Courtship Of Miles Standish"
Host: Coleen Townsend
Narrator: Tom Tully
Stars: Raymond Burr, John Dehner, Virginia Greeg
TOWN HALL TONIGHT
Episode 79 11-2-38 "November, Month Of Harvest And Thanksgiving"
Stars: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE
FAMILY THEATER
(MBS) 11/23/49 "The Courtship of Myles Standish" starring Raymond
Burr, John Dehner and Virginia Gregg.
THE RED SKELTON SHOW
(CBS) 11/21/51 "Things To Be Thankful For" featuring "Cauliflower
McPug" and "Willy Lump=Lump"
LUM AND ABNER
(ABC) 11/23/45 Lum Has Nowhere to go on Thanksgiving.
RADIO RARITY - LEE MOORE
The "Old Coffee-Drinking Nighthawk" famed DJ from 1950's and 60's
WWVA, Wheeling.,WV
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THE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW
ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE (CBS)
Title: The Glass Donkey
Original Air: 7/28/50
Starring: Gerald Mohr
I LOVE A MYSTERY (MUTUAL)
Title: Battle of the Century --- Episode 12
Original Air: 2/14/50
Starring: Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, Tony Randall
GUNSMOKE (CBS)
Title: Custer
Original Air: 11/21/53
Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
COLUMBIA WORKSHOP
This week we salute Thanksgiving
AMOS & ANDY
from 11/13/49 Thanksgiving Show.
Next we go to Africa and visit Lamont Johnson as he portrays
TARZAN
from 11/22/51 African Thanksgiving.
After our OTR Calendar we will hear
THE BABY SNOOKS SHOW
brought to you by Maxwell house Coffee from 11/21/40 featuring The
Thanksgiving show. Hanley Stafford, Fanny Brice, dick Powell, and Jack
Benny.
YOU ARE THERE
from 12/21/47 Episode (10) The Sailing of the Mayflower.
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CLASSICS & CURIOS
"Echoes and Songs and Laughter"
Episode 2. "Bing's Duets on Radio" Featuring Bing Crosby
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If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
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, 21 Nov 2011 12:45:48 -0500
From: RANDALL MILLER <rfmillerjr1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Clarence Darrow on the Radio
I have been reading a book "Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned" and it
mentioned
"He performed on the Radio, defending (unsuccessfully) Benedict Arnold in a
dramatization for $5,[removed]"
Anyone have any idea what program that was and if it might be available?
--Randy Miller
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:02:48 -0500
From: Martin Fass <watchstop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Holiday Specials
If memory serves, in the forties and fifties radio networks often had special
programs, frequently running at least one hour and sometimes two, at
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Elgin Watches served as one of
the frequent sponsors, I think, and the cast would include a major lineup of
stars.
But it appears that via the usual sources for mp3 audio, few of these
programs ever turn up either free or for sale. Anyone willing to furnish
tips on where to look?
--Martin Fass
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:03:02 -0500
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mystery Radio to TV
"belanger" asks if Shows went to TV. "Boston Blackie" poped in to my mind.
The half hour TV mysteries were really bad, But they were learning a new
media. I think "The Shadow may have tried TV but didn't last.
Frank McGurn
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:57:16 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radio to TV
"Belanger" asks, other than Lights Out, The Whistler, and Suspense,
what "mystery/drama/horror" radio shows became television series.
Depending on how you define that combination-category, there were
about a dozen more:
Adventures of Fu Manchu
Murder and Mr. Malone
The Clock
Dangerous Assignment
The Thin Man
Pursuit
Gangbusters
Escape
Death Valley Days
Famous Jury Trials
[removed] (Mystery File)
There were over 200 radio shows reincarnated as a television series,
but these were mostly comedies, kids' shows, westerns, and detective
shows.
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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