Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #195
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Date: 7/19/2006 8:26 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 195
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Western scripts                       [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      re: Radio Stars' Voices in the Movie  [ "David Fx" <df789@[removed]; ]
      Charlie Chan                          [ Briantaves1879@[removed] ]
      Re: Lon Chaney Jr. on radio           [ "Jonathan Sweet" <sweetedit@sbcglob ]
      7-18 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      "And just WAIT till you see what Jer  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      movies of interest to OTR fans        [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      Tucson Old Time Radio Club            [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      Light Western Show?                   [ "erest@[removed]" <erest@bel ]
      Yours Truly Johnny Dollar episodes f  [ jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed]; ]
      Another Nostalgia Column              [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      Mickey Spillane                       [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      7-19 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Re: Light Western show?               [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:27:34 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Western scripts

    On Friday, July 14, 2006, at 06:18 AM,Randy Story wrote:

>     I am still searching for OTR scripts and I want to thank all of the
>     digesters who have sent emails or called to help me in this effort. I am
>     looking for western scripts in particular, with 'Hopalong Cassidy' or 'Roy
>     Rogers'

    I have one script of "Hopalong Cassidy" which is an episode entitled
    "Junior Badman."  I don't know the air date, but script was written by
    Gilbert Scott Fox for this Commodore Production.

    Contact me off-list if you want a copy.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:28:18 -0400
    From: "David Fx" <df789@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  re: Radio Stars' Voices in the Movies
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>     Did a lot of radio actors go into dubbing as radio drama faded away?

    Try this link to start with: [removed]
    Perhaps someone at that site can provide some further insight.

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:38:01 -0400
    From: Briantaves1879@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Charlie Chan
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    Can anyone direct to any good articles etc on Chan on radio?  I have the info
    from the usual reference sources, but that is all.

    Thanks, Brian Taves

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:38:25 -0400
    From: "Jonathan Sweet" <sweetedit@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Lon Chaney Jr. on radio

>     If memory serves, Junior Chaney did a few other radio things as well
>     (perhaps an INNER SANCTUM or LIGHTS OUT-type piece?)

    Out of town and away from my collection right now, but I know there is an
    episode of Abbott & Costello that co-starred Chaney (Lon steals Lou's
    girlfriend, or something like that, I think.)

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:38:32 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-18 births/deaths

    July 18th births

    07-18-1872 - Fred Sullivan - London, England - d. 7-24-1937
    actor: Kirby Willoughby "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"; Mitchell Frazier
    "Story of Mary Marlin"
    07-18-1891 - Gene Lockhart - Ontario, Canada - d. 3-21-1957
    actor: "Nebbs"; "Doctor Fights"; "Abroad with the Lockharts"
    07-18-1893 - Richard Dix - St. Paul, MN - d. 9-20-1949
    actor: "Eveready Hour"
    07-18-1903 - Chill Wills - Seagoville, TX - d. 12-15-1978
    actor: "Armed Forces Radio Theatre"; "Dinner Bell Round-Up Time"
    07-18-1903 - Riza Royce - Lancaster, PA - d. 10-20-1980
    actor: Victoria Lorring "Young Widder Brown"
    07-18-1906 - Clifford Odets - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-15-1963
    playwright: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"; "Cresta Blanca Hollywood
    Players"
    07-18-1908 - Lupe Velez - San Luis Potosi, Mexico - d. 12-14-1944
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Speed Show"
    07-18-1908 - Martha Mears - Mexico, MO - d. 12-13-1986
    singer: "G. I. Laffs"
    07-18-1909 - Harriet Nelson - Des Moines, IA - d. 10-2-1994
    actor: Daisy June "Red Skelton Show"; "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
    07-18-1911 - Hume Cronyn - London, Ontario, Canada - d. 6-15-2003
    actor: Ben Marriott "Marriage"
    07-18-1913 - Marvin Miller - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-8-1985
    actor: Ben Lyon "Jeff Regan, Investigator"; Gil Whitney "Romance of
    Helen Trent"
    07-18-1913 - Red Skelton - Vincennes, IN - d. 9-17-1997
    comedian: "Avalon Time"; "Red Skelton Show"
    07-18-1913 - Wyn Sayre - Lakeview, IA
    singer: (Doring Sisters) "Contented Hour"
    07-18-1916 - Irene Winston - NYC - d. 9-1-1964
    actor: Myra Gordon "Valiant Lady"; Rosemary Hemingway "Woman In White"
    07-18-1918 - Jane Frazee - Duluth, MN - d. 9-6-1985
    vaudeville act with sister
    07-18-1920 - Charlie McCarthy - Chicago, IL - d. 9-30-1978
    dummy: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    07-18-1923 - Sam Gray - Chicago, IL
    actor: "High Moment"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    07-18-1927 - Kurt Masur - Brieg, Germany
    conductor: New York Philharmonic

    July 18th deaths

    02-26-1900 - Jean Negulesco - Craiova, Rumaina - d. 7-18-1993
    film director, screenwriter: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    05-28-1918 - Johnny Wayne - Toronto, Canada - d. 7-18-1990
    comedian: "Army Show"; "March of Time"
    09-14-1910 - Jack Hawkins - London, England - d. 7-18-1973
    actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
    10-28-1917 - Ron Rawson - d. 7-18-1994
    announcer: "Right to Happiness"; "Advs. of Topper"; "Advs. of the
    Thin Man"
    12-25-1911 - Larry Menkin - NYC - d. 7-18-2000
    writer: "The Sparrow and the Hawk"
    xx-xx-1926 - Paul Duke - Richmond, VA - d. 7-18-2005
    newscaster: "News of the World"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Bob Emery - d. 7-18-1982
    host: "The Small Fry Club"; "This Wonderful World"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of Ransom Sherman
    Appleton, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:39:20 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "And just WAIT till you see what Jerry Lewis
     is up to THIS time!!!"

    From: "Stuart Lubin" _StuartLubin@[removed]_ (mailto:StuartLubin@[removed])

>     Art Gilmore. I would venture an
>     uneducated guess that Mr. Gilmore  did at least three times as many movie
>     voice-overs

    Just wanted to "ditto" Stuart's opinion of Art as a great guy - and good
    actor.
    It was a joy to work with him at FOTR - and to find that he was capable of  a
    lot more than just the "booming, laughing" voice he used for the tons  of
    trailers that I heard as a kid!

>     Art, is in his middle 90's and enjoying
>     life in great health with  his wife, in Orange County, California. (Clean
>     living, I am sure!)

    As well as, practically, the years of heavy lung use? (Seriously, many have
    posited this as one factor in the longevity and health of some  actors.)

>     Inner Sanctum.  Raymond was played by Raymond  Edward
>     Johnson. I don't know why he was replaced.

    If memory serves, when he got back from the Service, he asked for a raise?
    And among the many things that Hy Brown was, "munificent" was not one!

    Best,
    -Craig

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:33:45 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  movies of interest to OTR fans

    an excerpt from the TCM bulletin

    Join us on 7/24 at 8 pm ET as the renowned talk show host screens four
    of his favorite movies, including *The Third Man* (1949) and Jack Benny
    in *To Be or Not to Be* (1942). Turner Classic Movies is available on
    most cable and sat providers, consult local listings to find it in your
    area.

    The Third Man is a personal fav

    Joe Salerno

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:27:58 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tucson Old Time Radio Club

    Hi Everybody,

    could one of the members of the Tucson Old Time Radio Club contact me
    privately.  Yesterday USA has an offer.  Take care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:56:23 -0400
    From: "erest@[removed]" <erest@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Light Western Show?

    One show to look for is All Star Western Theater.  It was a west coast
    show starring 'The Riders of the Purple Sage'  While each show does have
    a couple of song from the group; there is also a play often comical in
    each.  The earlier shows also have guest stars from western movies or music.
       Rob

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:02:48 -0400
    From: jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Yours Truly Johnny Dollar episodes from 1960
     and why they were preempted

    July 18, 2006

    Dear Old Time Radio Digest readers:

    I have some questions about some episodes of Yours
    Truly Johnny Dollar and why they were preempted?

    These programs aired in 1960.

    On April 3, 1960 at the conclusion of "The Double
    Exposure Matter" Bob Bailey talks about next weeks
    story taking place in a deadly swamp we know this was
    "The Deadly Swamp Matter"  which aired on April 17,
    1960.  For several years many O T R collectors gave
    this program date as April 10, 1960 nothing was said
    about tuning in two weeks from today on April 3, 1960.
     Why was Yours Truly Johnny Dollar preempted on April
    10?  I doubt if it was a major news event or sports
    event because the other CBS Radio Network dramas
    Suspense, Have Gun Will Travel and Gunsmoke aired that
    day

    The same question applies for the YTJD programs of
    July 10, 1960 and July 24, 1960.  At the conclusion of
    "The Collectors Matter" which aired on July 3, 1960
    Bob Bailey said next weeks story would be the "Back to
    the Back Matter".  This program aired on July 17,
    1960. At the conclusion of this program, Bob Bailey
    from his description of next weeks story descried the
    plot of "The Double Deal Matter" which aired on
    November 20, 1960.  Again the other CBS Radio Network
    dramas aired July 10, and July 24, 1960.
    Could it be that three YTJD episodes aired that we
    don't know about?

    Was it a common practice if a program was to be
    preempted next week to tell listeners or not say
    anything, with the exception of course of breaking
    news?
    Many Thanks

    Jim Taylor

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:30:24 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Another Nostalgia Column
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    This columnist from Sheboygan, Wisconsin thinks life was better when everyone listened to Jack Benny on the radio on Sundays.

    He has some other more debatable opinions about the  best uses of time on Sunday (who is he to tell merchants if they should be open or not - that should be up to their customers) but you can certainly agree on that first point.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:37:46 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mickey Spillane

    In case it doesn't get mentioned, I wanted to point out that pulp
    detective writer, Mickey Spillane died on Monday July 17th.

    Spillane's connection to radio was in the radio series, "That Hammer
    Guy" aka Mickey Spillane Mysteries aired over the Mutual Network in
    1953. The radio plays were not written by Spillane, though he was
    consulted, but rather by the great radio writer Ed Adamson (radio:
    Private Files of Rex Saunders, Abbott Mysteries; television: Hawaii
    Five-0, Banyan, Then Came Bronson, Mannix).  Oddly, the radio series was
    sponsored at one point by Esquire Magazine advertising provocative
    stories of sex, Camel Cigarettes and Kix Cereal - all at the same time!
    Radio networks were grasping for any sponsors they could get by this
    time.  Larry Haines played Mike Hammer.

    An interesting side note on Spillane is that he was born in Brooklyn of
    an Irish Catholic father who had him baptized as Frank Michael Spillane.
    But his mother, a Protestant, later had him re-christened in her church
    as Frank Morrison Spillane. His father just always called him Mickey.

    Spillane's first novel was "I, the Jury" a violent, pulpy, hard hitting
    detective story full of vengeance using his detective character Mike
    Hammer. But his first short story was published right out of high school
    under the pen name Frank Morrison. Most mystery writers eschewed his
    work though the public couldn't get enough. Anthony Boucher called his
    first novel "required reading in a Gestapo training school."

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:01:26 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-19 births/deaths

    July 19th births

    07-19-1889 - Max Fleischer - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1972
    cartoonist: "Popeye the Sailor"
    07-19-1891 - Raymond Bramley - Independence, OH - d. 11-27-1977
    actor: Burton York "Howie Wing"; Silas Finke "David Harum"
    07-19-1896 - Merle Kendrick - d. 5-23-1968
    orchestra conductor: "Cabin B-13"
    07-19-1901 - Juano Hernandez - San Juan, Puerto Rico - d. 7-17-1970
    actor: Kolu "Jungle Jim"; Lothar "Mandrake the Magician"
    07-19-1902 - Buster Bailey - Memphis, TN - d. 4-12-1967
    clarinet: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"
    07-19-1906 - "Tiny" Hill - Sullivan, IL - d. 12-13-1971
    orchestra leader: "Tiny" Hill and His Orchestra"
    07-19-1912 - Frank Kane - d. 11-29-1968
    writer: "The Shadow"
    07-19-1913 - Charlie Teagarden - Vernon, TX - d. 12-10-1984
    trumpet: (Brother of Jack) "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    07-19-1914 - Lou Krugman - Passaic, NJ - d. 8-8-1992
    actor: Tony Griffin "Romance of Helen Trent"; Ulysses Hink "Dear
    Mom"; "Gunsmoke"
    07-19-1930 - Rhoda Williams - Denver, CO - d. 3-8-2006
    actor: Betty Anderson "Father Knows Best"; "Life of Riley"
    07-19-1940 - Dennis Cole - Detroit, MI
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    July 19th deaths

    02-20-1909 - Barry Wood - New Haven, CT - d. 7-19-1970
    singer, host: "Million-Dollar Band"; "Your Hit Parade"
    02-24-1919 - Betty Marsden - Liverpool, England - d. 7-19-1998
    actor: Daphne Whitehigh, Buttercup Gruntfuttock, et al "Round the Horne"
    03-31-1928 - Lefty Frizzell - Corsicana, TX - d. 7-19-1975
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Louisana Hayride"; "Big D Jamboree"
    04-27-1902 - Harry Stockwell - Kansas City, MO - d. 7-19-1984
    singer: "Broadway Matinee"
    06-10-1903 - Clyde Beatty - Bainbridge, OH - d. 7-19-1965
    big game hunter: "The Clyde Beatty Show"
    06-23-1908 - Erik Barnouw - The Netherlands - d. 7-19-2001
    radio historian/author: "A Tower of Babel"; "The Golden Web"; "The
    Image Empire"
    09-03-1897 - Sally Benson - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-19-1972
    writer: "Junior Miss"
    11-19-1864 - Geroge Barbier - Philadelphia, PA - d. 7-19-1945
    actor: "Song of the Islands"
    11-24-1908 - Worth Kramer - d. 7-19-1998
    director: "Wings Over Jordan"
    12-17-1913 - Herbert Nelson - Stillwater, MN - d. 7-19-1990
    actor: Ralph Fraser "Dan Harding's Wife"; George Lawlor "Romance of
    Helen Trent"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of Wayne Morse
    Dane County, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:12:00 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:13:28 -0400
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Light Western show?

>     Our re-creation group has been asked to put on a show featuring a
>     "light", almost comedic western program.  It's an adult audience, so we
>     don't want a kids show such as Hopalong or the Lone Ranger.  On the other hand
>     we don't want an adult western such as Gunsmoke or Have Gun, Will Travel.
>     Anyone have any ideas on that type of western show?

    "The Bear" from "On Stage"

    "A Snake in Time" from "Family Theatre"

    "Ruggles of Red Gap" from the hour-long "Lux" and the half-hour
    "Screen Guild" and "Academy Award" Theaters. (Lux also adapted the
    musical remake of "Ruggles," the Bob Hope film "Fancy Pants.")

    "Destry Rides Again" from "Screen Guild" and "Lux"

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