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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 242
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Young Dr. Malone's mother [ "theharness" <theharness@[removed] ]
"Jack Benny--The Opera" [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
Michael Shayne detective series [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
Re: Legend of Sleepy Hollow [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
Golden Age of Radio [ "Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
A question about Superman and space [ "Harry Machin Jr" <harbev5@earthlin ]
Cassette collection for sale [ doug kosmonek <dougkosmonek@[removed] ]
9-6 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
SPERDVAC meeting guest speaker [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 01:40:29 -0400
From: "theharness" <theharness@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Young Dr. Malone's mother
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Hi, everyone. I recently purchased a CD containing several episodes of Young
Dr. Malone. The episodes surround a car accident that Dr. Malone was in which
was brought on by exhaustion. His mother figures fairly prominently. I know
I should know who she is, but I just can't put my finger on it. Could someone
be merciful, and put me out of my misery? Thanks. Devon.
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 09:14:40 -0400
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: "Jack Benny--The Opera"
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IJFC prexy Laura Leff posted:
<snip>
I've also followed up on some dead-end
leads of where there's a video copy of one of the original performances.
FWIW, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center,
Billy Rose Theatre Collection--Third Floor (which I commonly abbreviate as
"Billy Rose") has a video print of "Jack Benny, The Opera" by John Moran
available for viewing. I wish to warn interested parties that there is a great
deal of red-tape involved in accessing videos there. First, advanced notice
up to seven days is required, which means one cannot access it immediately
upon entering. . Secondly, the staff'll give one the third degree being that
the set-up is geared toward scholars and/or researchers--unlike the Museum of
Television and Radio where casual viewing is moreso the rule of the day.
Therefore, if you go, tell 'em you're writing an article about Jack Benny.
Hope this works.
Derek Tague
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:58:25 -0400
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Michael Shayne detective series
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Hi Folks.
I recently received copies of 25 episodes of a series called Michael Shayne
about a New Orleans detective. Can anyone tell me what year this series aired
?
Cheers ! Graeme Stevenson. Scotland.
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:58:39 -0400
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Anyone know of a good or great OTR adaptation for this?
I don't think I've actually heard any of them but [removed]
lists about a half dozen versions of "Sleepy Hollow" in the entry on
author Washington Irving.
In the late twenties and thirties, NBC had a series about New England
called "Soconyland Sketches." The April 2, 1928 Christian Science
Monitor has this blurb:
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a whimsical tale made memorable by
Washington Irving, will be presented over the air as the sixth of the
Soconyland Sketches through the Red Network on Tuesday evening, April
3, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, eastern standard time.
As a background throughout the play, the music of a string quartet
will characterize the varied moods of the comedy.
WEAF, WEEI, WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WGY and WCSH will transmit this program.
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:04:35 -0400
From: "Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Golden Age of Radio
The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran can be heard at [removed].
Each week we feature three complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; usually two
"Golden Age of Radios" and one "One Night Stand." We
present new shows every week or so. The current three
programs will be available on line at least until the morning
of 9/12/06.
NOTE: For the next few weeks we will feature "The
Golden Age of Radio" programs only.
In a few weeks we will continue our series "A One Night
Stand with the Big Bands" shows in the order in which
they were originally broadcast.
(Posted 9/5/06 - next shows to be posted on or about 9/12/06)
Program 76 - July, 1976 - Will Yolen
Will Hyatt Yolen, a native of Connecticut, was a very successful
editor, reporter and public relations man for a string of broadcast
and print media, including Life magazine. Mr. Yolen wrote many
of the outstanding radio shows of the 1930's including
"Gangbusters" and "We the People."
Program 77 - August, 1976 - Elliott Lewis
Elliott Lewis was one of the most popular radio actors
in Los Angeles, who portrayed Remley on the "Phil
Harris Alice Faye" program. He was also a well-
known producer and director.
"In one week I did 20 shows. I was doing the Harris
show as an actor, I was producing and directing Suspense,
I was producing, directing, editing, writing openings and
closings, and co-starring in On Stage. I was producing
and directing Broadway's My Beat and I was producing,
directing and writing the openings and closings and
editing Crime Classics."
Program 78 - September, 1976 - Radio Quiz Shows
A history of the radio quiz shows. Before television, the
radio quiz shows were "reality" entertainment. Cheap
and easy to produce, quiz shows offered escapist
programs, offering cash prizes (from "10 Silver
Dollars" to "64 dollars!") to their contestants.
Our offering this week includes excerpts from "Dr. IQ,"
"20 Questions," "The answer Man," and "Information
Please."
In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."
Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.
Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.
Bob Scherago
Webmaster
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:18:22 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
NOTE: Because of the many requests we've received, we are now making "Same
Time, Same Station" available as a free Podcast through iTunes by going to
our new website at: [removed]
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
Theater," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The Glowing
Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station." Streamed in high-quality audio,
on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
[removed]
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
T-MAN
Audition Show 04-29-49 "The Case of the Bleeding Gold"
Stars: Dennis O'Keefe as Treasury Agent Dan O'Brien
I DEAL IN CRIME
Episode 1 1-21-46 "Laura Shields' Bodyguard"
ABC SUSTAINING
STARS: William Gargan as Ross Dolan
ANNOUNCER: Dresser Dahlstead
MUSIC: Skitch Henderson
THE BILL GOODWIN SHOW
3-18-57 Guest: Ralph Helfer, Animal Trainer
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
QUICK AS A FLASH
(MBS) 3/23/47
Host: Ken Roberts. Guest Bret Morrison as "The Shadow"
STRAIGHT ARROW
(MBS) 5/6/48
Episode #1 of the series w/Howard Culver "The Stage from Calvaydos"
THE COLGATE SPORTS NEWSREEL
(NBC) 6/16/50 Program #554 - Bill Stern's Guest: Shelley Winters.
BOB & RAY extra
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Suspense - "To Find Help"
originally aired January 18, 1945 on CBS (AFRS version presented here)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Agnes Moorehead.
Sponsor for CBS: Roma Wines
Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater - "The Gay Divorcee"
originally aired March 6, 1944 on CBS
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven, Edward Everett Horton, Spring
Byington, Truman Bradley announcing.
Sponsor: Lady Esther Cosmetics
Radio Reader's Digest - "Room For A Stranger"
originally aired December 19, 1946 on CBS
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Richard Kollmar hosting, Tom Shirley announcing.
Sponsor: Hallmark Greeting Cards
Rocky Fortune - "Boarding House Double-Cross"
originally aired March 30, 1954 on NBC
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Frank Richards, Gloria Ann Simpson, Jim Eagles,
Virginia Gregg, Eddie Fields, Maurice Hart, Eddie King announcing.
Sustained
Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater - "Too Many Husbands"
originally aired April 21, 1947 on CBS
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Truman Bradley announcing.
Music arranged and conducted by Wilbur Hatch.
Sponsor: Lady Esther Cosmetics
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: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:05:50 -0400
From: "Harry Machin Jr" <harbev5@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: A question about Superman and space
I remember well when Superman first appeared in
comic strip form in newspapers. I also once had
the comic book where Superman first appeared.
I say "once had" because a large number of my
comic books were stolen while I was spending
four years in the navy (the forgotten war, 1950-53).
All of this leads to my question. In the early
comics, Superman had only super strength because
his home world had less gravity than Earth and this
allowed him to run faster and jump higher that
Earthmen. But he couldn't violate the laws of
nature; he couldn't fly, couldn't breathe in outer
space, and even if he could have jumped high
enough to contact an oncoming asteroid, he
couldn't have knocked it off cours. Elementary
physics would rule it out. I don't know when
the creators of Superman began to turn Superman
into a miraculous figure. The figure I listened to
on the radio, and then later saw in the movies, was
not a being that had some plausibility, some
explanation for his swiftness and bodily strength.
But when did he become a god? He didn't
create the universe, but he was a being born
into it and subject to its laws. Otherwise,
he would have survived the destruction of
Krypton. Think about that for awhile. So my
question, having lost almost all of my comic
collection, when did Superman cease to be Super
MAN and and bevome a physically impossible being?
This is an historical question. Did the creators of
Superman feel the need to extend Superman's
powers just to make him more exciting? How
early in the history of Superman did this change
occur? Or have I mis-remembered Superman's
original limitations?
Harry Machin Jr
harbev5@[removed]
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Unless _directly_ related to the OTR Superman, please respond
to the poster directly. --cfs3]
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:06:18 -0400
From: doug kosmonek <dougkosmonek@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cassette collection for sale
Hi Everyone,
I am in the process of transferring my cassette collection over to
cd's. I have just completed doing my
miscellaneous shows, the shows come from over 25 years of collecting,
either through trading with longtime
collectors, or buying from reputable dealers over the years. The
collection is very electic in it's nature.
I'm wondering if anybody out there is interested in making an offer for
it, I would like to sell it if possible, to
use the money to buy blank cd's & so forth.
If anybody is interested in this 500 cassette collection, please
make an offer and we'll see what we can do.
Please bear in mind that the buyer would be paying for the shipping costs.
If anyone is interested please click on my web address below, and then
click onto the miscellaneous section,
it will list what is available.
[removed]
Thank you.
Regards,
Doug Kosmonek
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:24:40 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 9-6 births/deaths
September 6th births
09-06-1881 - Charlie Dale - NYC - d. 11-16-1971
comedian: (Smith and Dale) "Al Jolson"; "Kate Smith"
09-06-1885 - Otto Kruger - Toledo, OH - d. 9-6-1974
actor: "Nobody's Children"
09-06-1888 - Joseph P. Kennedy - East Boston, MA - d. 11-18-1969
ambassador to Great Britain: "Ambassador Joseph Kennedy"
09-06-1889 - Louis Silvers - NYC - d. 3-26-1954
music director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-06-1891 - John Charles Thomas - Meyersdale, PA - d. 12-13-1960
singer: "John Charles Thomas Program"; "Westinghouse Program"
09-06-1894 - Billy Mills - Flint, MI - d. 10-20-1971
conductor: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Great Gildersleeve"; "Amos 'n'
Andy"
09-06-1899 - Billy Rose - NYC - d. 2-10-1966
creator-stager: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
09-06-1902 - Morgan Beatty - Little Rock, AR - d. 7-4-1975
newscaster: "News of the World"
09-06-1904 - Maxie Rosenbloom - NYC - d. 3-6-1976
light heavyweight boxing champion, actor: "Slapsie Maxie Show"
09-06-1904 - Mildred Baker - Atlanta, GA - d. unknown
actor: "Roses and Drums"; "Cavalcade of America"; "By Kathleen Norris"
09-06-1908 - Paul Lavalle - Beacon, NY - d. 6-24-1997
conductor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"; "Dinah
Shore Show"
09-06-1909 - Michael Gordon - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-29-1993
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
09-06-1911 - Eleazar Lipsky - d. 2-14-1993
district attorney, writer: "Indictment"
09-06-1915 - Kleve Kirby - d. 3-xx-1949
actor: John Murray "Today's Children"
09-06-1916 - Marie Green - Antrim, NH
vocalist: "Everything Goes"; "Hobby Lobby"; "Alec Templeton Time"
09-06-1918 - Jay Stewart - Summitville, IN - d. 9-17-1989
announcer: "Great Gildersleeve"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"; "Spotlight
on Music"
09-06-1925 - Jimmy Reed - Dunleith, MS - d. 8-29-1976
blues singer, guitarist, harmonica playere: "One Night Stand"
09-06-1930 - Bernard Jaffe - d. 8-2-1993
science writer: "Information, Please"
September 6th deaths
02-09-1914 - Ernest Tubb - Crisp, TX - d. 9-6-1984
singer: (The Texas Troubador) "Grand Ole Opry"
02-15-1910 - Vladimir Selinsky - Kiev, Russia - d. 9-6-1984
music: "The Doctor Fights"; "The FBI in Peace and War"; "The Electric
Theatre"
03-05-1881 - Toby Gremmer - Bainbridge, GA - d. 9-6-1981
actor: Hermit "The Hermit's Cave"
03-23-1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan - d. 9-6-1998
film director: NHK Tokyo, Japan
06-27-1911 - Dr. Jay Morton - Hollywood, CA - d. 9-6-2003
Best know for the catchphrase "Look; up in the sky, etc." on "Superman"
07-04-1900 - Gertrude Lawrence - London, England - d. 9-6-1952
singer, actor: "Royal Gelatin Hour"; "Campbell Playhouse"; "Radio
Reader's Digest"
07-11-1914 - Tommy Bartlett - Milwaukee, WI - d. 9-6-1998
emcee: "Welcome Travlers"
07-18-1918 - Jane Frazee - Duluth, MN - d. 9-6-1985
vaudeville act with sister
09-06-1885 - Otto Kruger - Toledo, OH - d. 9-6-1974
actor: "Nobody's Children"
09-07-1908 - Max Kaminsky - Brockton, MA - d. 9-6-1994
jazz musician: :This Is Jazz"
09-26-1875 - Edmund Gwenn - Glamorgan, Wales - d. 9-6-1959
actor: Ebenezer Scrooge "Christmas Carol"; "Lux Radio Theatre
10-02-1909 - Alexander Raymond - New Rochelle - d. 9-6-1956
cartoonist: Created Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim
11-14-1920 - Johnny Desmond - Detroit, MI - d. 9-6-1985
singer: "I Sustain the Wings"; "Philip Morris Frolics"; "Songs for Sale"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 23:17:31 -0400
From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: SPERDVAC meeting guest speaker
Hi All,
Those of you in and around the Los Angeles are invited to attend the
SPERDVAC meeting to be held this coming Saturday, Sept. 9th. in South
Pasadena. Our guest speaker has been confirmed. Child actor on radio and
early TV, STUFFY SINGER will be our guest. On radio, he worked on The
Great Gildersleeve, Lux Radio Theatre, Jack Benny, Wild Bill Hickok,Railroad
Hour, This is your FBI, Suspense, Fibber McGee & Molly, Amos & Andy, My
Little Margie and many other shows from Hollywood. On TV: Beulah, Blondie,
Sandy Dreams(KTLA) and more. Stuffy will share his radio memories with us
at the meeting which begins at 12 noon, is free and open to the public. The
South Pasadena Community Room is located in the 1000 block of El Centro in
South Pasadena.
I'll see you all there!!!
Bobb
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