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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2013 : Issue 107
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 12-19 Oct [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Orson Welles and War of the Worlds [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:17:42 -0400
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," 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
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Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
BORIS KARLOFF'S TREASURE CHEST
Episode 3 10-1-50
Host: Boris Karloff
WNEW, New York Sustained Sundays 7:00 - 7:30 pm.
GLAMOUR GIRL
Audition Show 8-21-46 "Ann Madeliane"
Commodore syndication
Host: Larry Keating
Make-up Expert: Ern Westmore.
Fashion Expert: Rene
Producer: Walter White Jr.
Music: Ford Bruer and His Orchestra
LUX RADIO THEATER
Episode 309 5-26-41 "Virginia City"
Stars: Errol Flynn, Martha Scott
Host: Cecil B. DeMille
CBS Hollywood Lux Soap
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE
HELLO AMERICANS
(CBS) 11/15/42 - A rare show featuring Orson Welles and Carmen Miranda.
A Collector's item.
I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI
(Syndicated -ZIV 5/7/52) "Little Red Schoolhouse" Stars: Dana Andrews.
DOSSIER ON DUMETRIUS
(Austr. 1950's) rare transcription copy of Australian postwar anthology.
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
This week we pick 4 shows. No theme, no reason, we just pick 4 shows.
OFFICIAL DETECTIVE 02/23/56 Episode (463) Murder in Butcher Shop, Gay
Sailor Suspected.
OUT OF THE DEEP 02/16/46 Octopus Story.
PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE 06/04/49 The Agnes Bolton Case.
ROBIN HOOD 02/22/51 episode 001 Gallows of Nottingham.
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 92
CALL FOR MUSIC: DINAH SHORE, JOHNNY MERCER, & HARRY JAMES
Let's go back to 1948 and tune in CBS on Friday, February 13, 10 [removed]
eastern, for the premier of a rather unique new show targeting the 18-25
age group. As the show opens we hear Johnny (Roventini) put out his
famous "Call for Philip Moriss" with the accompanying familiar "On the
Trail" background music. Soon Dinah Shore, Johnny Mercer, and Harry
James put out their call for songs and news about current happenings in
song writing and big bands. This was the initial episode of "Call for
Music," a show which had a run of 10 episodes on CBS and 11 on NBC
during 1948. The initial show started well, with smooth fast paced
repartee (led admirably by Dinah), jive talk (led nicely by Johnny), and
alternating songs for Dinah, Johnny, and Harry and his orchestra. It's a
weekly show I somehow missed in my youth but now thankfully can enjoy in
my codgerhood. Philip Moriss unfortunately eventually interfered with
the show by cutting the budget, scope, and format and by dropping both
Harry James and Johnny Mercer, moves which cost the show its original
writers, its audience, and its spot on the networks. The only "downer"
on the show for me is to hear once again the Philip Moriss claim from
"recognized" nose and throat "specialists" about how virtually harmless
their cigarettes are, so you may wish to fast forward during
commercials. Philip Morris was one of the most prolific sponsors of OTR
programs such as "Kate Smith Sings," "The Mel Torme Show," "Truth or
Consequences," "It Pays to Be Ignorant," "This Is Your Life," and many
more. [Of course most of us from the codger set recall Dinah's 1954 TV
show sponsored by Chevrolet, but do you know that she once had a radio
show in 1945 sponsored by Ford?]
The call for music on this episode includes some wonderful songs such as
Peggy Lee's composition "Ma-ana," which Dinah and Johnny Mercer have
great fun with by adding their own lyrics as they poke fun at singers
who write songs. We hear, according to a survey, that people prefer old
songs, so we travel down memory lane for songs like "I'll Always Be in
Love with You," a top 10 recording for Fred Waring and also for Morton
Downey in 1929 and long a favorite in our household. We are treated to
different older styles of music and singing with a song like "I'm
Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" from 1927, concluding with a 1948
instrumental version of the song. Mercer and James combine perfectly on
"Sugar Blues," performing even better than Clyde McCoy on his popular
1931 version, and Dinah does an example of a "story song" with "Golden
Earrings."
A program highlight is a salute to the 1947 MGM movie "Good News"
starring June Allyson and Peter Lawford. Dinah, Johnny, and Harry
perform "Pass That Peace Pipe," "Just Imagine," and "The Varsity Drag."
One of the most wonderful pop tunes of all time with its simple but
meaningful message for the ages serves as the shows' grand finale: "The
Best Things in Life Are Free" -- "The moon and stars, the flowers in
spring, the robins that sing, sunbeams that shine, they're yours,
they're mine, and love can come to anyone ..." God's free gifts are truly
great!
"Generously" not wishing to overlook pipe smokers, Philip Moriss offers
a commercial "graciously" reminding them about Revelation pipe tobacco,
and announcer Jack Rourke closes the show.
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This program is available to purchase in the Jerry Haendiges collection,
catalog number 480213.
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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, 14 Oct 2013 00:17:47 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 12-19 October
From [removed]
1930
13 Oct Groucho Marx made his radio debut introducing Heywood Broun on
WABC, the New York affiliate of CBS.
10/14
1934 Folks had clean hands for 21 years beginning this day. The Lux
Radio Theater was heard on the NBC Blue [removed] and nearly every
famous Hollywood star over the next three decades appeared on the
program. Lux Radio Theater adapted novels, Broadway plays and Hollywood
films into radio's favorite dramatic series.
From NYT Today in history
In 1943, the Radio Corporation of America completed sale of the NBC Blue
network to businessman Edward J. Noble for $8 million; ($104,781,321
in 2012 dollars) the network was renamed the American Broadcasting Company.
10/16
1939 Radio listeners welcomed The Right to Happiness on the NBC Blue
network. The 15 minute drama turned out to be one of the longest running
shows of its kind. It moved over to CBS in 1941, then back to NBC in
1942. Fourteen years later Right to Happiness returned to CBS where it
stayed until its last days in 1960. The show had a theme song, Song of
the Soul, and what seemed like a cast of thousands. It just took a lot
of different actors to play the continuing roles over a 21 year period.
1945 Barry Fitzgerald starred as Judge Barnard Fitz in His Honor, the
Barber, which debuted on NBC.
10/17
1919 The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed.
1938 This was a big day in Tinseltown. NBC moved to the corner of
Sunset and Vine, the "Crossroads of the World". The new Hollywood Radio
City drew thousands of visitors ready to fill studio audience seats for
popular radio programs.
1938 Captain Midnight was heard on radio for the first time, on
Mutual. The Captain flew his single engine plane all over the place
fighting crime.
10/18
1922 As the British observed the wild growth of radio in the [removed],
they realized the potential of broadcasting in their own country, as
well as the need for its regulation. The British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) was established on this day to monitor the development
of the radio biz in Great Britain.
1943 The first broadcast of Perry Mason was presented on CBS. In the
15 minute (Monday Friday) shows, Perry was played by Barlett Robinson,
Santos Ortega, Donald Briggs and John Larkin.
10/19
1937 "The freedom of the press is a flaming sword. Use it justly, hold
it high, guard it well." The radio classic, Big Town, made its debut on
CBS radio. Star reporters at the Illustrated Press, Steve Wilson and
Lorelei Kilbourne, were played by Edward G. Robinson and Claire Trevor.
Tell the Story was the theme song. Sponsors included Ironized Yeast
tablets and Lifebuoy soap.
Joe
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:35:17 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Orson Welles and War of the Worlds
Sometime back, I posted a link to a series through a two blog
collaboration on War of the Worlds and Orson Welles under a title: "From
Mercury to Mars." Since that posting back in August there have been
ongoing posts in the continuing series. To bring anyone interested
up-to-date here are the links to the now 5 posts in order:
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Here are the post titles in the same order:
Hello, Americans: Orson Welles, Latin America, and the Sounds of the
"Good Neighbor"
From Mercury to Mars: War of the Worlds as Residual Radio
Sound Bites: Vampire Media in Orson Welles's Dracula
From Mercury to Mars: Why Teach War of the Worlds
"Welles," Belles, and Fred Allen's Sonic Pranks: Making a Radio Auteur
Laugh at Himself
Jim Widner
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