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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2003 : Issue 264
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Murder By the Dead 10-17-1937 [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
July 6th births and deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
old show? [ knight555@[removed] ]
Orson Wells - Storyteller [ "Phil Watson" <philwats@[removed] ]
Jack Benny's generocity [ Keith Houdeshell <khowdy@[removed] ]
OTR Stars on contemporary television [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 16:05:34 -0400
From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Murder By the Dead 10-17-1937
Where is this show Murder By the Dead 10-17-1937, available? Kurt
[ADMINISTRIVIA: It is probably available from AVPRO, which (if my failing
memory serves) handles all of the pre-2002 FOTR Con audio/video. --cfs3]
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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 16:05:40 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: July 6th births and deaths
July 6th births:
07-06-1882 - Ralph Morgan - NYC - d. 6-11-1956
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-06-1910 - Dorothy Kirsten - Montclair, NJ - d. 11-18-1992
singer: "Keepsakes"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Light Up Time"
07-06-1915 - Laverne Andrews - Minneapolis, MN - d. 5-8-1967
singer: (The Andrews Sisters) "Glenn Miller Orchestra"; "Andrews Sisters Revue:
07-06-1925 - Merv Griffin - San Mateo, CA
singer: "San Francisco Sketchbook/Merv Griffin Show"
07-06-1927 - Janet Leigh - Merced, CA
actress: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players" - Radio Debut
July 6th deaths:
07-04-1900 - Louis Armstrong - New Orleans, LA - d. 7-6-1971
trumpeter: "Pursuit of Happiness"; "Sealtest Village Store"; "Story of Swing"
07-28-1892 - Joe E. Brown - Holgate, OH - d. 7-6-1973
comedian, quizmaster: "Ceiling Unlimited"; "Joe E. Brown Show"; "Stop or Go"
11-05-1912 - Roy Rogers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 7-6-1998
singer, actor: (King of the Cowboys) "The Roy Rogers Show"; "Saturday Nite
Round-Up"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hometown of [removed] Kaltenborn and Jay Jostyn
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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 16:30:27 -0400
From: knight555@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: old show?
hi. as usual, a question for the experts who are always so nice to share
their knowledge. i don't think i asked this before, but my mom brought it
up during the 4th and i thought i'd try to find out the answer for
her. She said my dad used to talk alot about a show called "Og Son of
Fire" and say it was his favorite show of all time. Does anybody know if
this was a radio show or perhaps an episode of another known show? He
would have heard it (we assume) in the 30's (probably, maybe early 40's) in
NYC. My mom doesn't remember it at all, though she grew up listening to
all the shows broadcasting in NY in the late 30's and 40's. My dad had a
very good memory and was very specific about his favorite things, I
recently located a long out of print book that was his favorite story as a
youngster that nobody had ever heard of except an old book dealer. Up
until then, we thought he had gotten the title wrong. I just thought it
would be nice for my mom to hear about since she misses my dad
alot. Thanks in advance. MJ (which stands for Mary Jane for those of you
who have asked via email, I'm not being secretive or anything when i sign
that way, it's just what i'm called :o) )
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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 16:32:09 -0400
From: "Phil Watson" <philwats@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Orson Wells - Storyteller
Kurt E. Yount asked about this programme from BBC Radio. I recorded it
off-air on 22nd and 29th May 1999, both parts running 8pm to 9pm in the
series "Archive Hour".
The blurb in Radio Times said for Pt. 1 "In the first of two programmes,
Simon Callow traces the life of Orson Welles. Born in 1915, Welles was
intellectually brilliant, flamboyant and physically imposing. Callow
narrates his biography up to the most famous programme in radio history -
Welles' production for Halloween of War Of The Worlds, which momentarily
brought the United States to a halt. " For Pt. 2 it said "At the end of the
second World War Welles left America and his life became increasingly
nomadic. He successfully adapted Graham Greene's Harry Lime character for
radio in The Lives Of Harry Lime, and although his genius as a storyteller
did not desert him, his luck began to run out."
Kurt's wrote
If anybody has the whole show, listen to the very end of the last show,
part three, probably the last recording Orson made before he died. He was
reading The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad. It is heartbreaking to listen
to, but also fascinating. Supposedly he was reading stories for a Japanese
corporation.
Yes, a very poignant few minutes. Obviously breathing with difficulty,
gasping in places, that marvellous resonance was still much evidence in his
reading.
Incidentally, while looking for my recordings I came across another in the
same series from 18th January 1999 called "Tomorrow At The Same Time",
where "author Jeffrey Robinson discovers the world of the soap opera and
fan in thirties and forties American radio." It seemed to be the last in a
short
series about OTR, but it's the only one I have.
If anyone's interested in hearing these and other documentaries from the
same source, please contact me off-list. I have others about radio
detectives, Crosby and husband-and-wife teamings.
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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 16:31:40 -0400
From: Keith Houdeshell <khowdy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny's generocity
Someone mentioned Chuck Shadens' "Speaking of Radio The Jack Benny
Program" a week ago so I got my copy out to listen to it again.
I have a question, several of the people he interviewed mentioned that Jack
would let one of the regulars or a guest star get the big laughs, but there
was another radio comedian that insisted he get all the big laughs and if
someone got a big laugh during rehearsal the script would have to be
rewritten so the star got it. I'm curious who was that star they were
talking about?
Keith
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Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 21:18:17 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Stars on contemporary [removed]
Folks;
This fall, when NBC rolls out its fall line-up, check out the first
episode of "Las Vegas," starring James Cann and Josh Duhamel; while watching
the pilot, I was pleasantly surprised to find Beverly Washburn in a
supporting role as half of a couple celebrating their anniversary at the
casino/hotel. She's probably best known by OTR fans from working on "The Jack
Benny Program" (particularly the episode where the Beavers perform as the
regular cast), but she was also a performer on other radio programs like
"Family Theater," as well as a television guest star in programs like "Star
Trek" and "Wagon Train," films like "Old Yeller" and "Shane," and a frequent
guest of the Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention in Newark, NJ.
Charlie
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