Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #9
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Date: 1/10/2006 10:03 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 9
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re:Need help, please                  [ Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed]; ]
      an elderly singer?                    [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Stewart Wright is correct             [ DanHaefele@[removed] ]
      Greatest                              [ "erest@[removed]" <erest@bel ]
      1-10 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      the greatest/Bert Gordon late appear  [ Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@yahoo ]
      crosstalk                             [ <cooldown3@[removed]; ]
      Van Patten & Young:Seattle Conventio  [ HRRMIKES@[removed] ]
      Lone Ranger Research                  [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      A remembered broadcast                [ Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed]; ]
      Cinnamon Bear Mystery                 [ "Mark Wuellner" <mwuellne@[removed] ]
      Greatest Radio Entertainers           [ "Albert" <alkb2ng@[removed]; ]
      SPERDVAC meeting this Saturday        [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      RE: Greatest                          [ "Barnett, Tom L" <[removed]@acs ]
      ? for President                       [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
      1-11 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 20:24:27 -0500
    From: Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re:Need help, please

    Hi gang:

    Are there any fans (and collectors) of Duffy's Tavern shows out there in OTR
    DIGEST land.

    Dick Van Patten and I will be going to the REPS OTR Convention in May, and
    we'd love to do a recreation of a "Duffy"s script that has the character of
    "Wilfred" (dopey Finnigan's brother) in the cast?

    Dick Van Patten played "Wilfred" on a number of episodes, and I'd like to
    play opposite him as "Finnigan".(But may just wind up directing it).

    Give me a shout (or at least an e-mail) if you know where I can lay my hands
    on a copy.

    Best wished for the New Year.

    Hal(Harlan)Stone

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    Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 20:24:49 -0500
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  an elderly singer?

    Again, from Mr Sayles' splendid listing, we have:

    xx-xx-1844 - Frank Chapman - d. 1-9-1940
    singer: "The Voice of Firestone"

    He would have been, like, 96 when he died and born early enough to have
    fought in the Civil War.  That in itself is remarkable enough.  But how old
    would he have been when he was a singer on The Voice of Firestone?

    M Kinsler
    512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 43130 740-687-6368
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 23:20:04 -0500
    From: DanHaefele@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Stewart Wright is correct
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    Stewart Wright wrote:

>     I know that Jack Johnstone used at least one pen name when writing  radio
>     dramas:  Jonathan Bundy.  The source of this information is  Johnstone
>     himself.

    Stewart is correct.  When I posted that Johnstone used the name John  Dawson,
    I was misremembering.  I should have listened to the recording  instead of
    trusting a memory of an incident from more than 20 years ago.   But, at least
    my
    error got some others involved!

    Happy 2006 to you all,

    Dan Haefele

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    Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 23:20:52 -0500
    From: "erest@[removed]" <erest@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Greatest

    I'd have to place Bing in the spot.  A show on radio for over 30 years,
    tons of movies and short subjects. A recording career of 40 or more
    years.  Couple weeks ago heard that he did a radio concert in England
    with a full orchestra just days before he died in the early 70's.  Not
    bad for a guy who first radio show was in the early 30's.

      Rob

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    Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 23:21:01 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-10 births/deaths

    January 10th births

    01-10-1882 - Olive Higgins Prouty - Worcester, MA - d. 3-24-1974
    writer: "Stella Dallas" based on Prouty's novel
    01-10-1883 - Francis X. Bushman - Norfolk, VA - d. 8-23-1966
    actor: John Fairchild "Step Mother"; Peter Standish "Betty and Bob"
    01-10-1896 - Frances Lockridge - d. xx-xx-1963
    writer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"
    01-10-1904 - Ray Bolger - Dorchester, MA - d. 1-15-1987
    singer, dancer: "Ray Bolger Show"
    01-10-1908 - Paul Henreid - Trieste - d. 3-29-1992
    actor: "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-10-1914 - Polly Rowles - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-2001
    actress: Nita's Aunt "Lone Journey"
    01-10-1916 - Don Gardiner - d. 3-27-1977
    newscaster, announcer: "Monday Morning Headlines"; "Gangbusters";
    "Counterspy"
    01-10-1925 - Max Roach - Brooklyn, NY
    jazz musician: "Bands for Bonds"
    01-10-1927 - Gisele Mackenzie - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 9-5-2003
    singer: "[removed] Woolworth Hour"; "Mario Lanza Show"; "Club 15"; "Meet
    Giesele"

    January 10th deaths

    02-07-1885 - Sinclair Lewis - Sauk Centre, MN - d. 1-10-1951
    novelist: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Ford Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
    02-22-1907 - Sheldon Leonard - New York, NY - d. 1-10-1997
    comedian: Tout "Jack Benny Program"; Joe Crunchmiller "Judy Canova Show"
    03-10-1919 - Marion Hutton - Battle Creek, MI - d. 1-10-1987
    singer: (Sister of Betty), (Glenn Miller Orchestra) "Moonlight Serenade"
    04-17-1905 - Arthur Lake - Corbin, KY - d. 1-10-1987
    actor: (Brother of Florence Lake) Dagwood Bumstead "Blondie"
    04-29-1903 - Frank Parker - New York, NY - d. 1-10-1999
    singer: "A & P Gypsies"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Frank Parker Show
    05-14-1905 - Herbert Morrison - d. 1-10-1989
    announcer: Hindenburg Disaster; "Call to Arms"; "Good Old Days of Radio"
    05-27-1894 - Dashiell Hammett - St. Mary's County, MD - d. 1-10-1961
    author: "Fat Man"; "Adventures of Sam Spade"
    06-18-1917 - Richard Boone - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-10-1981
    actor: "Dragnet"
    07-26-1903 - Donald Voorhees - Allentown, PA - d. 1-10-1989
    conductor: "Show Boat"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Telephone Hour"
    08-05-1890 - Al Goodman - Nikopol, Russia - d. 1-10-1972
    orchestra leader: "Fred Allen Show"; "Al Goodman's Musical Album";
    "Your Hit Parade"
    08-12-1893 - Howard Smith - Attleboro, MA - d. 1-10-1968
    actor: Will Brown "Aldrich Family"; Jack Galloway "Jane Arden"
    09-07-1900 - Everson Tracy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-10-1967
    actor: Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    10-22-1916 - Sidney Miller - Shenandoah, PA - d. 1-10-2004
    actor-director-songwriter: "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Jeff Regan, Private
    Investigator"
    11-11-1904 - Joe Penner - Magybecskereck, Hungary - d. 1-10-1941
    comedian: "Joe Penner Program"; "Penners of Park Avenue"
    11-22-1911 - Ernie Caceres - Rockport, TX - d. 1-10-1971
    clarinet, saxophone: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    11-23-1917 - John Newland - Cincinnati, OH - d. 1-10-2000
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:29:53 -0500
    From: Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  the greatest/Bert Gordon late
     appearance/Snooks

    That would be really hard to say - there were so many
    good pefromers.  One of my favorites is Jean Shepherd
    (he started in the tail end of the OTR era, so I guess
    he's eligible). Perhaps not the "greatest", but one of
    my favs.  I guess for all around, I'd have to concur
    with Jack Benny.  But it's so hard to choose.  OTR
    spawned so many great actors and actresses.

    I was listening to Broadway is My Bear the other day,
    and who was one of the characters but Burt Gordon, the
    Mad Russian?  When did Gordon stop doing the Russian
    on radio?  He was playing a straight part - the voice
    was unmistakable.

    By the way, from my archives I just transferred a new
    Baby Snooks , as with all my uncirc. material would be
    willing to entertain a trade for any decent uncirc.
    material.

    Trav

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:30:11 -0500
    From: <cooldown3@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  crosstalk

    Hi All,

    I have one show which I am trying to remove crosstalk [bleedthru] from. I
    have it in digital format. Any suggestions?

    Thanks,
    Patrick

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:39:10 -0500
    From: HRRMIKES@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Van Patten & Young:Seattle Convention
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    A beautiful place in the [removed] a notably friendly gatheringb&and first
    class OTR event with this year's them "Kids Again!" Of course, it's for
    fans of
    all ages.   Why not register and join in the fun?
    WHO. The REPS Radio Showcase will be headlined by Dick Van Patten and Alan
    Young, along with other great actors like Gil Stratton, Jr., Hal Stone,
    Rosemary
    Rice, Elliott Reid, Herb Ellis, Tommy Cook, Donald Buka and Dick Beals.
    WHAT. A tremendous cast of supporting talent will be on had as well, with
    fans seeing/hearing re-creations of The Adventures of Superman (3 episodes
    throughout the weekend), The Cinnamon Bear, I Remember Mama (converted for
    radio),
    Family Theater (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and Duffy's Tavern.
    Additionally, shows will feature the amazingly popular current radio show,
    Adventures in Odyssey and a new Adventures of Harry Nile, syndicated
    nationally.
      The professional "Improv Radio" troup will be back, and they are
    hilarious.
    WHERE/WHEN. All of this and more will be held on June 23-24 at the Seattle
    Center, in the shadow of the famous Space Needle.
    REGISTRATION.   Registration info can be found at the website of the Radio
    Enthusiasts of Puget Sound     [removed]    Or contact Mike Sprague
    at
    hrrmikes@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:03:12 -0500
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lone Ranger Research
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    dave parker dave@[removed] posted about his experiences writing his
    dissetation on "The Lone Ranger" half a century ago and at one point, he
    reported:

>     Man. Here's how it happened.

>     Variety did a piece called "Ho Yo Culture"--and I did a Dissertation called
>     "A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LONE RANGER AS A FORM OF POPULAR ART".

    Well, Dave, speaking as someone who deals with many a spool of old VARIETY
    microfilms, I and all the other "research nerds" (please be advised I use this
    term with utmost admiration) here on the Digest would very much like to read
    what VARIETY had to say. Do you, or anybody else, have an issue date or a
    time-frame (month? year?) so that we can dig it up?

    On another trajectory, I recently posted about LR historians such as Jim
    Nixon, Terry Salomonsen, Anthony Tollin, and the late Dave Holland. Mr. Nixon
    won the FOTR script-writing contest in the 1990s w/ a script in which the
    Ranger and Tonto met Thomas Edison
    (one of Lee Munsick's heroes). I know this query is going to open the
    proverbial floodgates, but here goes:

    Did The Lone Ranger ever meet any other historical personages in his radio
    adventures?

    "Who was that ether man?"

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:50:19 -0500
    From: Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A remembered broadcast

    As a kid I listened to a Bill Stern 'Colgate Sports
    Newsreel'  broadcast which included Bill giving his
    version of events in songwriter Cole Porter's life.
    Bill told about the horse-riding accident which
    crushed Porter's legs.  That broadcast was very likely
    aired during the period 1944--1948.  (And I seem to
    recall that Porter's "Don't Fence Me In" *may* have
    been sung briefly on it.)

    Questions:

    Would any of you have -- or know about -- a recording
    of the above broadcast?

    Would any of you know the exact date of the broadcast?
     Or know how I could find out the date?

    Many thanks.

    -- Phil C.

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:55:44 -0500
    From: "Mark Wuellner" <mwuellne@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cinnamon Bear Mystery

    My wife and I recently spent our first Christmas together, having been
    married this past August, which meant a blending of Christmas traditions.  I
    introduced her to my favorite tradition - listening to the Cinnamon Bear.
    She greatly enjoyed the adventures of Judy, Jimmy, Paddy, & Crazy Quilt, and
    looks forward to next year.  During the series, I mentioned to her that one
    of OTR's greatest unsolved mysteries is who played Jimmy Barton.  She could
    not believe that this was possible, especially when I told her the rest of
    the cast had been identified.  Her curiousity is contagious, so I thought
    I'd pass some of our questions on (with my feeble guesses in parantheses),
    in hopes of some answers.

    Is it still true that Jimmy is unknown?  If so, how is this possible?  The
    actor himself, though young at the time, would surely remember, right?
    (Maybe he died early? That would still leave his family, though.)
    Incredibly, what about the cast/crew?  They spent hours together rehearsing
    and broadcasting - could they not remember his name? (Unless the cast was
    identified only recently when many of them had passed away or could no
    longer remember).  Nothing in newspaper archives, on the net, etc?

    Any CB experts out there who can solve the mystery or deepen it?  [removed]
    Mark

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:42:43 -0500
    From: "Albert" <alkb2ng@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Greatest Radio Entertainers
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    One person I have always admired among radio entertainers who should not be
    entirely ignored in this discussion is Elliott Lewis.  Who else could go from
    conniving dingbat on the Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show to the
    producer/director/actor who brought Shakespeare's Othello to Suspense?   He
    certainly deserves at least an also ran in the competition.

    I recall the name of only one female, Judy Garland, being mentioned among the
    greatest of entertainers.  Dare we forget, or are we so provincial as to omit,
    the name of Dame Vera Lynn, who did so much to lift the morale of those
    throughout the British Empire during their darkest hours?

    Albert J. Kopec

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:43:01 -0500
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  SPERDVAC meeting this Saturday

    This Saturday, January 14, the SPERDVAC meeting will be in the South
    Pasadena Library Community Room, located in the 1000 block of El Centro,
    South Pasadena. The guest will be JEAN-NOEL BASSIOR, author of the new SPACE
    PATROL book published by McFarland.  She'll discuss the TV and radio show,
    its stars and creator and its success as one of the first "space" adventures
    of the 20th century. The meeting begins at noon, is free and open to the
    public.

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:43:08 -0500
    From: "Barnett, Tom L" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RE: Greatest
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    This is an easy one, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Jack Benny

    Tom Barnett

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:08:25 -0500
    From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
    To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  ? for President
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    I was aware of Eddie Cantor's bid for the presidency, and just read _Gracie
    Allen for President l940_.  Did any other OTR personalities throw their hats
    into the ring?

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    Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:02:08 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-11 births/deaths

    January 11th births

    01-11-1870 - Alice Hegan Rice - Shelbyville, KY - d. 2-10-1942
    writer: "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" based on her novel
    01-11-1886 - George Zucco - Manchester, England - d. 5-28-1960
    actor: "Encore Theatre"
    01-11-1890 - Finney Briggs - d. 9-xx-1978
    actor, writer: WBCN Chicago
    01-11-1896 - Armina Marshall - d. 7-20-1991
    theatre guild supervisor: "The Theatre Guild on the Air"
    01-11-1899 - Eva Le Gallienne - d. 6-3-1991
    actress: "Civic Repertory Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-11-1902 - Charlie Nehlsen - d. 3-30-1980
    engineer: Recorded Hindenburg disaster as reported by Herb Morrison
    01-11-1905 - Manfred Lee - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-3-1971
    writer: "Advs of Ellery Queen"; "Author, Author"
    01-11-1908 - Lionel Stander - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-30-1994
    actor: J. Riley Farnsworth "Life of Riley"; Hoolihan "Grapevine Rancho"
    01-11-1910 - Betty Miles - Santa Monica, CA - d. 6-9-1992
    actress: Millie Anderson "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"
    01-11-1910 - Donald 'Red' Barry - Houston, TX - d. 7-17-1980
    actor: "All-Star Western Theatre"; "Forecast"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-11-1910 - Gene Baker - Oregon - d. 8-14-1981
    announcer: "Lum and Abner"; "Queen for a Day"
    01-11-1910 - Richard Kendrick - Vermillion, SD - d. 2-10-1987
    actor: Bill Baker "Portia Faces Life"

    January 11th deaths

    05-03-1892 - Beulah Bondi - Chicago, IL - d. 1-11-1981
    actress: "Free World Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"
    05-03-1902 - Jack Larue - New York, NY - d. 1-11-1984
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-10-1923 - John Bradley - Antigo, WI - d. 1-11-1994
    Iwo Jima flagraiser: "Interview programs"
    10-04-1893 - Reverend Walter A. Maier - Boston, MA - d. 1-11-1950
    preacher: "Lutheran Hour"
    12-04-1889 - Isabel Randolph - Chicago, IL - d. 1-11-1973
    actress: Rhoda Harding "Dan Harding's Wife"; Mrs. Abigail Uppington
    "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    12-31-1910 - Richard Kollmar - Ridgewood, NJ - d. 1-11-1971
    actor: John Perry "John's Other Wife"; "Michael West "Big Sister";
    "Boston Blackie "Boston Blackie"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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