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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 316
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  ABC Mystery Time                      [ Jmeals@[removed] ]
  COLD CASE/WAR OF THE WORLDS           [ "Arthur Funk" <Art-Funk@[removed]; ]
  Orson's "Cold Case"                   [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  Butterfly McQueen                     [ JayHick@[removed] ]
  16in turntable                        [ EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed]; ]
  11-8 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Jim Hawthorne Dies                    [ Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed] ]
  Mojave Red Matter                     [ "wayne_johnson" <wayne_johnson@mind ]
  Conrad's height?                      [ "Paul Adomites" <padomites@ccyberne ]

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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:39:53 -0500
From: Jmeals@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  ABC Mystery Time
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As a kid in the late fifties and early sixties, I loved radio drama and
listened to almost every show that was available. But, recently, I have
discovered a program from that era that I didn't even know existed. According
to  an
otr website, ABC Mystery Time ran every weeknight during the 1957-58 season.
The show is not listed in Dunning and I had never heard of it.

The program's announcer was Don Dowd. Mr. Dowd has several other radio
credits, all of them programs that were produced in Chicago. He had a stint
on  Don
McNeill's Breakfast Club. In all likelihood, ABC Mystery Time was produced
in the windy city.

But, the one episode I have been able to listen to was subtitled Masters of
Mystery. Perhaps ABC Mystery Time was a generic title for several different
shows that originated in different locals. I don't know.

The one episode I have been able to listen to from this series was a well
constructed, well acted melodrama very much in the Inner Sanctum mold. Can
anyone provide more information about ABC Mystery Time?
This program is, to me anyway, a genuine curiosity.

Jim Meals

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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:07:26 -0500
From: "Arthur Funk" <Art-Funk@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  COLD CASE/WAR OF THE WORLDS

In Digest #314, Jack French opined that he had spotted no obvious historical
mistakes by the writers.

In Digest #314, Tom Heathwood responded the he felt the portrayal of public
reaction to the program was exaggerated.

I watched this show every week, usually on DVR because I like to watch the
NFL Sunday night game.  I watched the recording last night and was loaded
for bear, watching for historical errors.  Perhaps I found one.  During the
closing scenes the background music was "Moonlight Serenade."  This struck
me as being too early for that music to be germain.  I did a little googling
and found that Glenn Miller wrote that piece in April 1938, six months
before the WOTW broadcast, but didn't record it until 1939.
Be that as it may, I could listen to Glenn Miller's music anywhere, anytime.

Regards to all,
Art Funk
Art's Militaria
(813) 840-9606
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:05:31 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Orson's "Cold Case"

My ol' pal, Thomas Heathwood, and I seldom find ourselves on the
opposite side of any OTR fence, but this time we are. I praised CBS-
TV this week for an accurate representation of the public reaction of
"War of the Worlds" but Tom finds it was overblown. "The alleged
reaction was greatly exaggerated" sez Tom since "only a small
percentage of the  public were misled"  by the broadcast. The only
result Tom admits is several phone calls placed to the radio studio
in NYC.

Well, facts is pesky things, as someone once said, so let me read Tom
some 1938 news reports from the day after the broadcast:

NY Daily News headline:  FAKE RADIO 'WAR' STIRS TERROR THOUGH [removed]

NY TIMES headline: RADIO LISTENERS IN PANIC: Many Flee Homes to
Escape 'Gas Raid From Mars'

Here's how the Washington Post summarized the event in their 10-31-38
issue: "CBS radio listeners last night gave way to apprehension, then
stark terror. So unnerved were Americans at this 'Martian invasion'
that two persons suffered heart attacks, hundreds fainted, men and
women fled their homes, and would-be fighters volunteered. Local
station WJSV received 470 phone calls. The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Company said an additional 9,000 calls to the station were
unable to be relayed."

The Associated Press reported the following incidents around the
country: Pittsburgh: A man returned home in time to save his wife
from taking poison in an attempted suicide. San Francisco: Volunteers
swamped local fire and police stations to join the fight.
Indianapolis: A church evacuated when a woman ran in screaming "New
York's destroyed; it's the end of the world." Brevard, NC: College
students fainted while phoning their parents to come rescue them.
Rhode Island: Local light companies received hundred of calls
demanding they cut all the power so the Martians could not find them
in the dark.

More AP reports from the day after: Kansas City: A man put his family
in his car, filled the tank, and asked police for the safest escape
route. Richmond: Hundreds crowded churches to pray. Atlanta: Police
and news stations were flooded with calls from terrified citizens.
Reno: A woman from NYC, who was in Reno to get a divorce, fainted
upon hearing the news. Another man in Reno immediately set off for
New York to rescue the woman he had come to Reno to divorce. Boston:
Several residents climbed to their rooftops and reported seeing the
red glow from New York burning.

Ten years after the event, Princeton University commissioned a
scholarly study of the incident and its conclusion was that of the
estimated six million people who heard the broadcast, nearly two
million was convinced the program was authentic.

This is hardly a small [removed]

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:04:42 -0500
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Butterfly McQueen
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Scarecrow Press has published a new book "Butterfly McQueen" by Stephen
Bourne.   It not only gives a detailed biography but indicates all her
credits in
all media including radio.   It is softcover and lists for $[removed] plus
postage.
  Call 1-800-462-6420 or go to [removed]

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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:50:15 -0500
From: EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  16in turntable

hi
anyone on this list interested in a 16in turntable
contact edcarr@[removed]
ed

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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:38:40 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  11-8 births/deaths

November 8th births

11-08-1847 - Bram Stoker - Dublin, Ireland - d. 4-20-1912
author: "Mercury Theatre"; "Hall of Fantasy"; "Mind's Eye"
11-08-1865 - Tim Frawley - Washington, [removed] - d. 4-26-1936
actor: Old Ranger "Death Valley Days"
11-08-1899 - Edmund "Tiny" Ruffner - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 2-23-1983
announcer: "Show Boat"; "Captain Diamond's Adventure"; "Better Half"
11-08-1900 - Franklin Parker - Filmore, MO - d. 6-12-1962
actor: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Big Town"
11-08-1900 - Margaret Mitchell - Atlanta, GA - d. 8-16-1949
author: "Gone with the Wind Premier"; "Gone with the Wind"
11-08-1909 - Sam Balter - Detroit, MI - d. 8-8-1998
sports, news commentator: "Inside of Sports"; "Sizing Up the News"
11-08-1909 - Scotty Wiseman - Ingalls, NC - d. 1-31-1981
singer: (Lulu Belle and Scotty) "National Barn Dance"; "Boone County
Jamboree"
11-08-1913 - June Havoc - Vancouver, Canada
actor: "Advs. of Sam Spade"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
11-08-1913 - Robert Strauss - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
actor: Doc Prouty "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; Pa Wiggs "Mrs. Wiggs of
the Cabbage Patch"
11-08-1914 - Norman Lloyd - Jersey City, NJ
actor: "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Words at War"
11-08-1916 - Norman Macdonnell - Pasadena, CA - d. 11-28-1979
producer, director: "Gunsmoke"
11-08-1918 - Bob Schiller - San Francisco, CA
writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
11-08-1918 - Paul Barnes - Chicago, IL - d. 5-16-1983
actor: Red Albright/Captain Midnight "Captain Midnight"
11-08-1921 - Jerome Hines - Hollywood, CA - d. 2-4-2003
singer: "Standard Hour"; "Voice of Firestone"
11-08-1927 - Patti Page - Claremore, OK
singer: "One Night Stand"; "Bing Crosby Show"; "Your Rhythm Revue"
11-08-1931 - Darla Hood - Leedey, OK - d. 6-13-1979
actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
11-08-1932 - Bernard Treister - Berlin, Germany
writer: "Adventures in Judaism"

November 8th deaths

02-03-1894 - Norman Rockwell - NYC - d. 11-8-1978
artist: "The Breakfast Club"
02-09-1892 - Frank W. Asper - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 11-8-1973
organist: "Music and the Spoken Word"
02-26-1891 - Josef Bonime - Vilna, Poland - d. 11-8-1959
conductor: "Death Valley Days"; "Echoes of New York"
03-20-1914 - Wendell Corey - Dracut, MA - d. 11-8-1968
actor: Detective Dan McGarry "McGarry and His Mouse"
04-21-1907 - Beatrice Kay - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-8-1986
singer: "Gaslight Gayeties"; "Beatrice Kay Show"
07-03-1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen - Chicago, IL - d. 11-8-1965
commentator: "Voice of Broadway"; "Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick"
08-27-1901 - John Gannon - Chicago, IL - d. 11-8-1969
actor: Billy Fairfield "Jack Armstrong"
09-11-1913 - Eugenia Rawls - Macon, GA - d. 11-8-2000
actor: "We, The People"; "Molle Mystery Theatre"
11-21-1905 - Ted Ray - Wigan, Lanchashire, England - d. 11-8-1977
comedian: "Ray's a Laugh"
12-08-1914 - Mary Patton - Duluth, MN - d. 11-8-1982
actor: Marie Martel "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"; Lila North "Fat Man"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:57:16 -0500
From: Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Jim Hawthorne Dies

Hi,

I hate hearing stories like this.  Jim was a long time friend.
Jim passed on Tuesday afternoon. His son Darr said he was not in any
pain, but it was his time to go.  He would have celebrated his 90th
birthday on November 20.

Jim was one of the most creative talents [removed] radio and TV has ever seen.
Who will forget his work on KXLA in Pasadena.
His brand of radio was far ahead of its time.  He was a genus.
Those of us who spent time with him will remember him always.

Larry Gassman

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Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:29:48 -0500
From: "wayne_johnson" <wayne_johnson@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Mojave Red Matter

I was listening to YTJD, The Mojave Red Matter (Part 1 of 2).  Jerry
Haendiges' logs list that this was originally aired 07/13/58.  In the
program there is a PSA about the US flag now having 50 stars representing
the 50 states.

Hmmm, Alaska and Hawaii were not admitted as states until 1959.  Hawaii was
admitted 8/21/59.

Now, this recording was from the Armed Forces Radio Network.  Did the AFRN
broadcast programs as much as a year after the original air dates?  It sure
caught my attention fast to be thinking that I was listening to 1958 and
then hear something that happened a year afterwards.

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Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:17:10 -0500
From: "Paul Adomites" <padomites@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Conrad's height?
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In Nachman's book, Raised on Radio, he describes Bill Conrad as "squat." As I
remember him from TV, he was a rather tall man who was large all over. Or am I
just fooled by his incredible voice? Who's got it right?

Paul Adomites

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