Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #131
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Date: 7/14/2009 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 131
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Speaking of [removed]                  [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      Sam Spade Scripts & June Foray        [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      This week in radio history 12-18 Jul  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      7-13 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      100 years of radio in SF Bay Area     [ "Irene Theodore Heinstein" <IreneTH ]

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    Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:45:50 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Speaking of [removed]

    ...I recently came across two scripts that have thte nearly identical story
    line, but are from widely divergent shows.  The first is the September 7,
    1952 episode of Hollywood Star Playhouse that was called "The Tenth Planet."
    The second is an undated episode of Roy Rogers called "Missing Atomic
    Scientist."  Anyone have any idea which broadcast came first?  And why are
    these stories so identical?  I know many stories were repeated on different
    programs ([removed] The Thing on the Fourble Board.)  But at least they used the
    same title and same basic script.  But the two shows I listed have just
    enough differences that you could not call them identical.  Just "nearly"
    identical.

    Ted

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    Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:45:59 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sam Spade Scripts & June Foray

    For any interested parties, Bear Manor Media just published two new books.
    ([removed])

    June Foray's autobiography will be available in the next week or two. She
    played character roles
    on numerous radio programs including SUSPENSE, and supplied cartoons voices
    like Rocky and Natasha on
    the BULLWINKLE SHOW.

    Ben's company has also published a new book about Sam Spade -- rather, 13
    scripts for "lost" episodes
    of the forties. Since many of the recordings are not known to exist, this is
    the next best way to
    enjoy the adventures. The book has an edge over any ol' script book. They are
    13 of the best "lost"
    episodes.

    The premiere episode of the series, broadcast Sept. 29, 1946.
    "The Jane Doe Caper" (May 29, 1949) reveals an emotional side of Sam not
    usually explored on the series.
    "The Judas Caper" (April 11, 1948) has Sam hiding a female murderer in his
    apartment so the police cannot question her. Sam knows she is guilty, but at
    the risk of losing Effie and his friendship with the police,
    he keeps her hidden solely because he enjoys her [removed] company.
    "Inside Story of Kid Spade" (Feb. 16, 1947) reveals Sam's past as a
    prize-fighter before he decided to
    take up the occupation of private detective.
    "The Caper Concerning The Thing" (Dec. 22, 1950) is a holiday offering and
    the ONLY episode from the
    Steve Dunne season that doesn't exist in recorded form.
    Others are just plain fun, great in-jokes, one-liners and reveal the best of
    what the series has yet to
    offer should the "lost" episodes ever surface one day.

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    Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:46:06 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 12-18 July

     From Those Were The Days

    7/12

    1934   The first appointments to the newly created Federal
    Communications Commission were made. The governing body of the American
    broadcasting industry was first served by seven men named as commissioners.

    1946   The Adventures of Sam Spade was heard on ABC for the first time.

    7/14

    1957   Funnyman Stan Freberg debuted a new weekly comedy program on CBS
    beginning this night. The Freberg show only lasted a short time and that
    newfangled contraption, television, was blamed for the shows quick demise.

    7/16

    1934   NBC Red network premiered the musical drama, Dreams Come True. It
    was a show about baritone singer Barry McKinley and his novelist
    sweetheart.

    7/18

    1936   The critically acclaimed, experimental theatre of the air, The
    Columbia Workshop, debuted on CBS.

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:58:49 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-13 births/deaths

    July 13th births

    07-13-1886 - Father Flanagan - Roscommon, Ireland - d. 5-15-1948
    founder of boys town: "Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel"; "Good New
    of 1939"
    07-13-1889 - Frank M. Thomas - St. Joseph, MO - d. 11-25-1989
    actor: Police Captain "Martin Kane, Private Eye"
    07-13-1895 - Bradley Kincaid - Kentucky - d. 9-13-1989
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "WLS Barn Dance"
    07-13-1895 - Sidney Blackmer - Salisbury, NC - d. 10-5-1973
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-13-1902 - Frank Dane - Aalborg, Denmark - d. 6-xx-1963
    actor: "Perry Mason"; "Mary Noble, Backstage Wife"
    07-13-1902 - Phillips H. Lord - Hartford, VT - d. 10-19-1975
    actor: Seth Parker "Seth Parker"; Mitchell Frazier "Story of Mary
    Marlin"
    07-13-1903 - Milo Boulton - Ohio - d. 2-2-1989
    host: "We, the People"
    07-13-1906 - Harry Sosnick - Chicago, IL - d. 3-22-1996
    conductor: "Pennzoil Parade"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Beat the Band"
    07-13-1908 - Tim Spencer - Webb City, MO - d. 4-26-1974
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    07-13-1912 - Joseph Bell - California - d. 3-xx-1987
    director, actor: "Big Town", "East of Cairo"; "Will Rogers Show"
    07-13-1913 - Dave Garroway - Schenectady, NY - d. 7-21-1982
    emcee, announcer: "World's Great Novels"; "Dave Garroway Show"; "Dial
    Dave Garroway"
    07-13-1914 - Hershel 'Hersh' Barbour - d. 8-1-1974
    disk jockey, sportscaster: WCKB Dunn, North Carolina
    07-13-1917 - Jimmie Dale - Newark, NJ
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    07-13-1919 - Dirk Fredericks - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-31-1976
    announcer: "Music Tent"
    07-13-1921 - Philip L. Bodner - Waterbury, CT
    saxophonist: Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey orchestras
    07-13-1922 - Lois Kibbee - Rhinelander, WI - d. 10-18-1993
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    07-13-1923 - Norma Zimmer - Larsen, ID
    singer: (Talking People)"Meredith Willson's Music Room"
    07-13-1924 - Patrick Campbell - d. 5-30-2003
    actor: "The Chase"
    07-13-1928 - Bob Crane - Waterbury, CT - d. 6-29-1978
    actor: "Bob Crane Show"
    07-13-1934 - Dennis Crosby - California - d. 5-7-1991
    actor: "Bing Crosby Show"
    07-13-1934 - Peter Gzowski - Toronto, Canada - d. 1-24-2002
    CBC Morningside host
    07-13-1934 - Philip Crosby - California - d. 1-13-2004
    actor: "Bing Crosby Show"
    07-13-1946 - Robert Caswell - Rockhampton, Australia - d. 10-29-2006
    writer: "Little Lunches"; "The Phone Friend"
    07-13-1948 - Anthony Korneiser - NYC
    co-host: "Out of Bounds"

    July 13th deaths

    01-12-1904 - Eddie De Lange - Long Island City, NY - d. 7-13-1949
    musical director: "Honolulu Bound"; "Phil Baker Show"
    02-05-1919 - Red Buttons - NYC - d. 7-13-2006
    actor: "Guest Star"; "Friar's Club Roast"
    02-11-1891 - Paul Ash - Saxony, Germany - d. 7-13-1958
    orchestra leader: "The Merry Mad Gang Program"
    03-07-1921 - Elanor Summerfield - London, England - d. 7-13-2001
    actor: "Many a Slip"
    04-04-1900 - Chester Renier - d. 7-13-1965
    producer, director: "Mother and Dad"
    04-05-1898 - Everett Crosby - Roslyn, WA - d. 7-13-1966
    brother and manager of Bing Crosby
    05-18-1908 - Tommy Tucker - Souris, ND - d. 7-13-1989
    bandleader: "Lucky Strike Show with Walter Winchell"; "George Jessel
    Show"
    05-22-1879 - Alla Nazimova - Yalta in the Crimea - d. 7-13-1945
    actor: " I'm An American"; "Towards the Century of the Comman Man"
    06-24-1891 - Irving Pichel - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-13-1954
    actor, film director: "Gulf Screen Theatre";"Screen Director's
    Playhouse"
    08-06-1914 - Enright "Hi" Busse - Minnesota - d. 7-13-1997
    singer: (Riders of the Purple Sage) "Roy Rogers Show"; "Andrew Sisters"
    09-18-1881 - Wythe Williams - Meadville, PA - d. 7-13-1956
    newscaster: "As the Clock Strikes"
    09-21-1903 - Westbrook Van Voorhis - New Milford, CT - d. 7-13-1968
    announcer, narrator: "March of Time"
    11-01-1880 - Grantland Rice - Murfreesboro, TN  - d. 7-13-1954
    sportscaster: "Sports Stories"
    12-06-1893 - Alma Platts - d. 7-13-1970
    actor: "The World's Great Novels"
    xx-xx-1934 - Alan Barry - Dublin, Ireland - d. 7-13-2005
    actor: Performed in BBC radio dramas

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:59:19 -0400
    From: "Irene Theodore Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  100 years of radio in SF Bay Area

    This is an item from the July 12 SF Chronicle, Sunday Datebook Section, page
    34 from Ben Fong-Torres' weekly column 'Radio Waves'.  It might be of
    interest to other list members in this group who live in or near the Bay
    Area.

    "History buffs alert:  The California Historical Radio Society's annual
    fundraiser on Saturday [July 18], joins in the celebration of 100 years of
    broadcasting in the Bay Area.  'Live at KRE' takes place at the historic KRE
    building at 601 Ashby in Berkeley, from 10 [removed] to 2 [removed]  The Broadcast
    Legends will perform the 1945 radio play, 'The KQW Story,' which tells how
    Charles 'Doc' Herrold became the first radio broadcaster on a station in San
    Jose in 1909.  That station evolved into KCBS.  Other entertainment includes
    the Hot House Swing Band, an auction of vintage electronics, and tours of
    the Art Deco KRE building.  MC is the aforementioned Carter B. Smith, whose
    radio career began at KRE.  Admission is $5; children free.  For more info
    contact Steve Kushman at kushseal@[removed] "

    Actually, the OTR group's name is 'The Broadcast Legends Old Time Radio
    Players' made up of members of 'The Broadcast Legends' association,   They
    perform in front of vintage microphones with live sound effects and are
    available for outside bookings.

    All the 'Broadcast Legends' members are veterans of broadcasting in the Bay
    Area.  Willard Waterman was an early member of the group which was formed in
    the 1990's.  He was living in Burlingame when he died in 1995.

    Irene

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