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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2009 : Issue 127
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
7-4 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 5- 11 Jul [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
[removed] Warner/Gateway to Hollywood [ Jim Hilliker <jimhilliker@sbcglobal ]
7-5 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Friends of Old-Time Radio Website Fi [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:17:40 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 7-4 births/deaths
July 4th births
07-04-1883 - Rube Goldberg - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-7-1970
cartoonist: "Famous Comic Artists"; "The Shell Show"; "Biography in
Sound"
07-04-1884 - George Trendle - Norwalk, OH - d. 5-22-1972
executive: WXYZ Detroit; Original idea for "The Lone Ranger"
07-04-1885 - Louis B. Mayer - Minsk, Byelorussia, Russian Empire - d.
10-29-1957
film executive: "Good News of 1938/39"; "Songs By Sinatra"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
07-04-1888 - Henry Armetta - Palermo, Italy - d. 10-21-1945
actor: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
07-04-1888 - Otto Rauhut - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-27-1986
director: "Otto Rauhut Violin Ensemble" KPO San Francisco, California
07-04-1895 - Irving Caesar - NYC - d. 12-17-1996
lyricist: "Biography In Sound"; "Perspective"
07-04-1898 - Johnny Lee - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-12-1965
actor: Algonquin J. Calhoune "Amos 'n' Andy"
07-04-1900 - Gertrude Lawrence - London, England - d. 9-6-1952
singer, actor: "Royal Gelatin Hour"; "Campbell Playhouse"; "Radio
Reader's Digest"
07-04-1900 - Robert S. Allen - Latonia, KY - d. 7-17-1978
news commentory: "Listen America"; "News of the World"
07-04-1901 - Adelaide Klein - NYC - d. 3-18-1983
actor: Mrs. S. Kent Wentworth "Life Can Be Beautiful"; Dragon Lady
"Terry and the Pirates"
07-04-1902 - George Murphy - New Haven, CT - d. 5-3-1992
actor, emcee: "Let's Talk Hollywood"; "Hollywood Calling"
07-04-1902 - Vince Barnett - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-10-1977
actor: "Shell Chateau"; "Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show"
07-04-1907 - Tommy Carr - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-23-1997
actor: Jerry Hall "Magic Island"
07-04-1908 - Harold John Adonis - d. 7-xx-1981
singer, announcer: New York City and Jersey City
07-04-1909 - Al Jarvis - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 5-6-1970
disc jockey, songwriter: "Make-Believe Ballroom"
07-04-1909 - Alec Templeton - Cardiff, South Wales - d. 3-28-1963
pianist, satirist: "You Shall Have Music"; "Universal Rhythm"; "Alec
Templeton Time"
07-04-1909 - Fielden Farrington - Michigan - d. 7-xx-1977
announcer: "Green Hornet"; "Just Plain Bill"; "Romance of Helen Trent"
07-04-1910 - Gloria Stuart - Santa Monica, CA
actor: "Suspense"
07-04-1911 - Dwight Hauser - Idaho - d. 1-18-1969
producer, director: "Defense Attorney"; "I Fly Anything"; "Man from
Homicide"
07-04-1911 - Mitch Miller - Rochester, NY
bandleader: "Here's to Veterans"
07-04-1911 - Olga Druce - d. 4-18-2004
director: "House of Mystery"; "When a Girl Marries"
07-04-1912 - Virginia Graham - Chicago, IL - d. 12-22-1998
talk show host: "Cancer Can Be Cured"; "Weekday Theatre"
07-04-1913 - Barbara Weeks - Boston, MA - d. 6-24-2003
actor: "Pulitzer Prize Plays"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; "Romance"
07-04-1915 - Timmie Rogers - Detroit, MI - d. 12-17-2006
actor: "Jubilee"
07-04-1916 - Iva Toguri d'Aquino "Tokyo Rose" - Los Angeles, CA - d.
9-26-2006
disc jockey, american patriot: (Little Orphan Ann) Zero Hour NHK
Tokyo, Japan
07-04-1919 - Shirley Eder - NYC - d. 5-28-2005
entertainment reporter: "Monitor"; "Composite"
07-04-1921 - Russ Carlyle - Cleveland, OH
vocalist, bandleader: "Tommy Flynn Orchestra"; "Big Band Remotes"
07-04-1923 - Thelma Holland - Waukesha, WI - d. 3-11-2008
guitarist: "Hank and Thelma"
07-04-1924 - Eva Marie Saint - Newark, NJ
actor: "As Easy as [removed]"; John Steele, Adventurer
07-04-1926 - Mary Stuart - Miami, FL - d. 2-28-2002
actor: "Doctor Christian"; "Advs. of Maisie"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-04-1927 - Neil Simon - The Bronx, NY
writer: (Brother of Danny) "The Milton Berle Show"
July 4th deaths
01-27-1895 - Violet Heming - Leeds, Yorkshire, England - d. 7-4-1981
actor: Connie Wakefield "Right to Happiness"
01-29-1911 - Bryan Coleman - London, England - d. 7-4-2005
actor: John H. Watson "BBC Light Programme"
02-11-1919 - Eva Gabor - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-4-1995
disc jockey: "Little Night Music"
02-14-1912 - Tyler McVey - Bay City, MI - d. 7-4-2003
actor: Elwood Giddings "One Man's Family"; Tyler "Glamour Manor"
02-26-1914 - Roy Maypole - d. 7-4-1976
creator, writer: "Heart's Desire"; "Stepmother"
02-27-1914 - S. Carl Mark - NYC - d. 7-4-2000
host: "Mutual Goes Calling"
03-26-1908 - Hank Sylvern - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-4-1964
orchestra leader: "Beyond Tomorrow"
04-17-1918 - Anne Shirley - NYC - d. 7-4-1993
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-26-1916 - Vic Perrin - Menomonee Falls, WI - d. 7-4-1989
actor: Ross Farnsworth "One Man's Family"; Sergeant Gorce "Fort Laramie"
05-15-1915 - Jack Watson - Thorney, England - d. 7-4-1999
actor: "Biggles"
05-xx-1931 - Frankie Desmond - d. 7-4-2005
writer for the BBC
06-03-1919 - Charles F. McCarthy - d. 7-4-1988
newscaster: "Charles F. McCarthy and the News"
06-10-1903 - Ernest Chappell - Syracuse, NY - d. 7-4-1983
announcer: "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"; "Quiet Please"; "Big Story"
06-10-1926 - June Haver - Rock Island, IL - d. 7-4-2005
vocalist: (Fio Rito Orchestra) "Hollywood Hotel"
08-15-1925 - Bill Pinkney - Dalzell, SC - d. 7-4-2007
singer: (Drifters) "Grand Ole Opry"; "Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"
09-06-1902 - Morgan Beatty - Little Rock, AR - d. 7-4-1975
newscaster: "News of the World"
09-10-1934 - Charles Kuralt - Wilmington, NC - d. 7-4-1997
sportscaster: "Junior Sports Parade"; "Sports Final"
10-09 1933 - Judy Tyler - Milwaukee, WI - d. 7-4-1957
actor: Princess Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring "Howdy Doody"
10-31-1901 - Eric Hatch - d. 7-4-1973
commentator: "Cresta Blanca Carnival of Music"
11-05-1917 - Claus Adam - Sumatra, Indonesia - d. 7-4-1983
first cellist: WOR New York
11-20-1919 - Evelyn Keyes - Port Arthur, TX - d. 7-4-2008
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-30-1904 - Fred "Papa" Calhoun - d. 7-4-1987
piano: "The Musical Brownies"
12-15-1907 - Bob Hawk - Creston, IA - d. 7-4-1989
quizmaster: "Take It or Leave It"; "Thanks to the Yanks"; "Bob Hawk
Show"
12-21-1911 - Grant Richards - Raleigh, NC - d. 7-4-1963
actor: Charles Dobbs "This Is Nora Drake"; Hal Thomas "Against the
Storm"
12-27-1916 - Johnny Frigo - Chicago, IL - d. 7-4-2007
violin, bass: "National Barn Dance"
xx-xx-1907 - Marjorie Irving - d. 7-4-2005
actor: Australian radio
xx-xx-1912 - Roland Graham - Hamilton, Scotland - d. 7-4-1950
actor, singer: "Blue Monday Jamboree"; "Broadway Matinee"
Ron
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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:17:48 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 5- 11 July
From Those Were The Days
7/5
1943 The Adventures of Nero Wolfe debuted on the NBC Blue network.
Nero Wolfe was "the detective genius who rates the knife and fork the
greatest tools ever invented by man." The 'gargantuan gourmet' continued
on the air until 1951.
1948 My Favorite Husband, with Lucille Ball, became the gifted
redhead's first regular radio program on CBS. Richard Denning co
starred with Lucy as "two people who live together and like it."
1951 The Silver Eagle debuted on ABC as a entry into radio's action
adventure lineup. Jim Ameche starred as Jim West.
7/6
1943 Judy Canova, the 'Queen of the Hillbillies', began a weekly
comedy show on CBS.
1947 A hidden microphone eavesdropped on unsuspecting people for the
first time this night, as Candid Microphone hit the ABC airwaves.
7/7
From the History Net
1927 Christopher Stone becomes the first British 'disc jockey' when
he plays records for the BBC.
From Those Were The Days
1920 A device known as the radio compass was used for the first time
on a [removed] Navy airplane near Norfolk, Virginia.
1943 For the first time, Flashgun Casey was heard. Not much later, the
name of the program was altered to Casey, Crime Reporter, and became
much more popular.
7/8
1950 Joel McCrea appeared in the lead role of Tales of the Texas
Rangers on NBC.
7/11
1944 The Man Called X, starring Herbert Marshall, debuted on CBS.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:29:06 -0400
From: Jim Hilliker <jimhilliker@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: [removed] Warner/Gateway to Hollywood
Hi!
The H. B. Warner who was one of the judges on the Gateway to Hollywood radio
program was obviously Harry Warner of the Warner Brothers movie studio. The
studio was founded by four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack. Harry
usually dealt with the money matters for the studio, which began in 1923 as
Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated.
Sam, who pushed for the studio to get into radio (with station KFWB) in 1925
and talking pictures, died unexpectedly in 1927 as The Jazz Singer was about
to make its world premiere, and change movies forever.
So, while Jack Warner was head of the studio, Harry Warner was still part of
the Warner Bros. executive team, and went by [removed] Warner.
By the way, Harry was also quoted in 1926, when the studio was urged to begin
with making sound/talking pictures, Harry reportedly said, "Who the hell
wants to hear actors talk?!"
Jim Hilliker
Monterey
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Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:29:16 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 7-5 births/deaths
July 5th births
07-05-1879 - Wanda Landowska - Warsaw, Poland - d. 8-16-1959
harpsichordist: "New York Philharmonic"
07-05-1898 - Richard P. Condie - d. 12-22-1985
director mormon tabernacle choir: "Music and the Spoken Word"
07-05-1899 - Tim Ryan - Bayonne, NJ - d. 10-22-1956
actor: "Tim and Irene Show"
07-05-1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - Nahant, MA - d. 2-27-1985
[removed] senator: "Information Please"
07-05-1903 - Hester Sondergaard - Minnesota - d. 2-26-1994
actor: (Sister of Gale Sondergaard) "Columbia Presents Corwin";
"Studio One"
07-05-1904 - Don Goddard - Binghamton, NY - d. 3-20-1994
news commentator: "The Goodyear Rubber Company's Farm Radio News"
07-05-1905 - John Abbott - London, England - d. 5-24-1996
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-05-1908 - Don Dunphy - NYC - d. 7-22-1998
boxing play-by-play broadcaster: "Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn 6-18-1941";
"Navy Relief Program"
07-05-1911 - Richard Newton - Vancouver, Canada - d. 1-13-2006
actor: "Now Hear This"
07-05-1921 - Mort Fega - d. 1-21-2005
long time jazz disc jockey in New York
07-05-1928 - Beverly Tyler - Scranton, PA - d. 11-23-2005
actor: "Family Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-05-1930 - Tommy Cook - Duluth, MN
actor: Little Beaver "Red Ryder"; Alexander Busmtead "Blondie";
Chester A. Riley, Jr. "Life of Riley"
07-05-1934 - Katherine Helmond - Galveston, TX
actor: [removed] Theatre Works "Night Mother"
07-05-1935 - John Griffin - Hammond, Australia
writer: "Santa Anna's Wooden Leg"
07-05-1936 - Shirley Knight - Goessel, KS
Sang with the Horace Heidt Orchestra on Wichita Radio at the age of 8
07-05-1940 - Curcy H. (Bud) Andrews, Jr.
musical director: KSEL Lubbock, TX
July 5th deaths
01-01-1919 - Carole Landis - Fairchild, WI - d. 7-5-1948
actor: "Warner Brothers Academy Award"; "Command Performance"
01-10-1919 - Amzie Strickland - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 7-5-2006
actor: "The Fat Man"; "The Shadow"; "Brownstone Theatre"
01-16-1924 - Katy Jurado - Guadalajara, Mexico - d. 7-5-2002
actor: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"
01-19-1905 - Anne Hummert - Baltimore, MD - d. 7-5-1996
producer: "Backstage Wife"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
01-25-1901 - Mildred Dunnock - Baltimore, MD - d. 7-5-1991
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
02-23-1927 - Regine Crespin - Marseille, France - d. 7-5-2007
operatic soprano: "Voices"
03-15-1916 - Harry James - Albany, GA - d. 7-5-1983
bandleader: "Spotlight Bands"; "Call for Music"
05-26-1911 - Ben Alexander - Goldfield, NV - d. 7-5-1969
actor: Frank Smith "Dragnet"; Bashful Ben "Great Gildersleeve"
06-02-1920 - Johnny Speight - London, England - d. 7-5-1998
comedy writer: "Frankie Howerd Show"
08-30-1918 - Ted Williams, San Diego, CA - d. 7-5-2002
baseball superstar: Several interview shows
10-03-1898 - Leo McCarey - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-5-1969
judge: "This Is My Story"
12-08-1915 - Ernest Lehman - NYC - d. 7-5-2005
writer: "Forecast"
12-25-1914 - Peter Kalischer - NYC - d. 7-5-1991
correspondent, writer: "CBS News"; "Cavalcade of America"
Ron
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Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:33:48 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Friends of Old-Time Radio Website Finally
Updated!
Folks;
The Friends of Old-Time Radio website has finally been updated, even
though the flu has slowed me down. Understand, much guest and scheduling
information will probably be changing between now and October, but the
website should at least get you started on making your plans.
[removed]
Charlie
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