Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #119
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Date: 4/17/2007 9:39 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 119
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      4-17 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      RE: Hy Averback                       [ "Mary L. Wallace" <mlwallace57@hotm ]
      Tune into Yesterday newsletter        [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      Sam Edwards                           [ "wayne_johnson" <wayne_johnson@mind ]
      Radio networks and ABC                [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Degrees of [removed]              [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      On sale Friday and Saturday           [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      4-18 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:23:43 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-17 births/deaths

    April 17th births

    04-17-1897 - Thornton Wilder - Madison, WI - d. 12-7-1975
    writer: "This Is My Best"
    04-17-1898 - Howard Claney - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 4-xx-1980
    announcer: "American Album of Familiar Music"; "NBC Symphony"
    04-17-1901 - Marie Blizard - d. 10-20-1991
    writer: Network radio
    04-17-1903 - Gregor Piatigorsky - Yekaterinoslav, Russia - d. 8-6-1976
    cellist: "Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra"; "The Pause that
    Refreshes  . .  On the Air"
    04-17-1905 - Arthur Lake - Corbin, KY - d. 1-10-1987
    actor: (Brother of Florence Lake) Dagwood Bumstead "Blondie"
    04-17-1910 - Ivan Goff - Perth, Australia - d. 9-23-1999
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-17-1911 - Alvin C. W. Bahnsen - d. 12-xx-1985
    newscaster: WWRL New York
    04-17-1911 - George Seaton - South Bend, IN - d. 7-28-1979
    actor, film director: Lone Ranger "The Lone Ranger"; "Screen
    Director's Playhouse"
    04-17-1913 - Harry Clark - Providence, RI - d. 2-28-1956
    newscaster, announcer: "CBS News"; "Backstage Wife"; "Columbia Workshop"
    04-17-1913 - Richard Travis - Carlsbad, NM - d. 7-11-1989
    announcer and sportscaster
    04-17-1915 - Joe Foss - Sioux Falls, SD - d. 1-1-2003
    south dakota governor: "Tops in Sports"
    04-17-1918 - Anne Shirley - NYC - d. 7-4-1993
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-17-1918 - John Hess - Chicago, IL - d. 4-15-2004
    writer: "The Human Adventure"
    04-17-1918 - William Holden - O'Fallon, IL - d. 11-16-1981
    actor: "Hour of Mystery"; "Smiths of Hollywood"; "So Proudly We Hail"
    04-17-1923 - Harry Reasoner - Dakota City, IA - d. 8-6-1991
    reporter: CBS News Washington
    04-17-1923 - Lon McCallister - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-11-2005
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Family Theatre"
    04-17-1925 - Blaine Walsh - d. 9-xx-1985
    sportscaster: Milwaukee Braves
    04-17-1926 - Joan Loring (Dellie Ellis) - Hong Kong, China
    actor: Judy Foster "A Date with Judy"

    April 17th deaths

    01-17-1891 - Marjorie Gateson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-17-1977
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-23-1912 - Thomas L. Thomas - Maesteg, South Wales - d. 4-17-1983
    singer: "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"; "Voice of Firestone"
    06-11-1914 - Dudley Manlove - Oakland, CA - d. 4-17-1996
    announcer: "Candy Matson, YU2-8209"
    06-19-1925 - Robert Barager - d. 4-17-2004
    disk jockey: WNBZ Saranac Lake, New York
    07-06-1892 - Jack Yellen - Razcki, Poland - d. 4-17-1991
    lyricist: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-16-1891 - Blossom Seeley - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-17-1974
    song and dance trouper: "The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
    07-16-1903 - Carmen Lombardo - London, Canada - d. 4-17-1971
    saxophonist: (Guy's brother) "Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra"; "Esso
    Marketer"
    08-06-1900 - Tony Parenti - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-17-1972
    jazz clarinetist: "WNYC, NY Jazz Festival"
    09-12-1921 - Frank McGee - Monroe. LA - d. 4-17-1974
    nbc newsman: "Meet the Press";"The Great Debate"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:26:08 -0400
    From: "Mary L. Wallace" <mlwallace57@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Hy Averback
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>     Look for him under correct spelling: Hy Averbach.

    The correct spelling, as I have always seen it, is A-V-E-R-B-A-C-K.  Or did he
    change the spelling from what Lois Culver stated?

    Mary Lou Wallace

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    Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:13:35 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tune into Yesterday newsletter
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    Readers of the OTR Digest in the UK might be interested to know that Issue 50
    of Tune into Yesterday is now available from the Old Time Radio Show
    Collectors Assoc. The new issue includes articles about the BBC Monitoring
    Service during the Second World War, collecting OTR in mp3, and restoration
    of acetate discs. Also included, from Simon Rooks ( Head of BBC Sound
    Archives ) , is a list of recently discovered BBC discs from 1943 - 45, plus,
    from BBC Written Archives, a May 1949 report compiled by the BBC Monitors
    called ' Radio's Place in the Cold War ' and the August 1961 BBC monitoring
    reports of the Radio Moscow coverage of the early days of the Berlin Wall
    going up.
      There is also a tape/CD and mp3 cd lending library of old radio programmes
    which members have access to.
      For a sample copy of TIY please send a cheque for one pound, fifty pence (
    payable to ORCA ) to: John Wolstenholme, PO Box 1922, Dronfield, S18  8XA,
    England.

      Graeme Stevenson  Editor : Tune into Yesterday, UK

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    Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:58:54 -0400
    From: "wayne_johnson" <wayne_johnson@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sam Edwards

    Was listin to an episode of YTJD: The Too Much Money Matter.  A character
    named Sam Edwards was in the program for about 10 seconds. Johnny mentioned
    " ... haven't I seen ou somewhere before, or mabe your picture ... "  and
    Sam gave a nervous "no" and left.

    In the closing credits, Sam Edwards was one of the cast.  Maybe even played
    himself.

    Is this significant?  Who is Sam Edwards?

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: For photos from the last time Sam attended an OTR convention,
    see [removed]  --cfs3]

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    Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:49:33 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio networks and ABC
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           I was always under the impression that the ABC network was once
    known as NBC Blue.  Wasn't there (in the earlier days of OTR) an NBC
    Red and an NBC Blue network?  It seems to me there was.  Then later on,
    NBC Red came to be known as just NBC, and NBC Blue came to be
    known as ABC.  Isn't this true, or am I mistaken?

    Another OTR Fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:36:48 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Degrees of [removed]

    Dear Larry, Jim, & all-

    From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
    Subject:  O  Henry

>     I agree with Jim about how sad it is that so few know  about a man who
>     produced over 600 short stories in a relative brief time (1898 -  1910)

    Well, here are some [removed]

    For the last several years, Quicksilver Radio Theater has been honored to  be
    a part of the OpenHouseNy event at The Church of the Transfiguration (that
    landmark is, of course, better known as "The Little Church Around The
    Corner,"
    and as a longtime friend to performers.)

    We've presented Audio Drama/Reader's Theater pieces that pertain to past
    members and friends of that Church, and of an organization housed there, The
    Episcopal Actor's Guild. We have used such guest artists as Guild-er Arthur
    Anderson (many OTR/FOTR/OTRD folk have been, or are, members of the EAG,
    including Lon Clark.)

    One of those members, FOTR's own Bill Nadel, happens to be a relative  of Mr.
    "Henry" (nee Porter)! As O. lived and worked mere blocks from there, and  his
    funeral took place there, we did original adaptations of "The Door of
    Unrest, " and "The Romance of a Busy Broker" (whose punchline is about The
    Little
    Church.) All introed by cousin Bill.

    (Who confirmed the family history, by the way: O. was what was called then  a
    "problem drinker, " and very much a black sheep!)

>     This week Imagination Theatre will air a radio adaptation of the  O. Henry
>     story "The Marionettes." written especially for us by British writer M.  J.
>     Elliott. If you get a chance please give it a listen.

    Salute!
    -Craig

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    Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:11:04 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  On sale Friday and Saturday

    A reminder that "Radio Speakers" will be on sale Friday afternoon and
    Saturday at Cincinnati's OTR convention at 25% off the usual postpaid price
    of $59.  Copies are limited.  Get yours early.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:39:35 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-18 births/deaths

    April 18th births

    04-18-1857 - Clarence Darrow - Kinsman, OH - d. 3-13-1938
    lawyer: " Scopes "Monkey" trial, WGN Chicago"
    04-18-1880 - Donald Crisp - Aberfeldy, Scotland - d. 5-25-1974
    actor: Jonathan Trimble "Jonathan Trimble, Esquire"
    04-18-1882 - Leopold Stokowski - London, England - d. 9-13-1977
    conductor: "NBC Symphony/Symphony of the Air"
    04-18-1887 - Bill Hay - Dumfires, Scotland - d. 10-12-1978
    announcer: "Amos 'n' Andy"
    04-18-1889 - Gene Carroll - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1972
    comedian: Lena, the maid "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    04-18-1902 - Harry Owens - O'Neil, NE - d. 12-12-1986
    bandleader: "Hawaii Calls"; "Sweet Leilani Time"; Harry Owens and His
    Orchestra"
    04-18-1904 - Pigmeat Markham - Durhan, N - d. 12-13-1981
    comedian: ("order in the court ' cuz here come da judge) "Jubilee"
    04-18-1907 - Miklos Rozsa - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-27-1995
    composer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-18-1908 - Irra Petina - Petrograd, Russia - d. 1-19-2000
    singer: "The Railroad Hour"
    04-18-1911 - Louis Vittes - d. 4-21-1969
    writer: "Advs. of The Thin Man"; "Affairs of Peter Salem"; "The Lone
    Wolf"
    04-18-1912 - Al Hodge - Ravenna, OH - d. 3-19-1979
    actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"; "Columbia Workshop"
    04-18-1912 - Wendy Barrie - Hong Kong, China - d. 2-2-1978
    hostess, actor: "Detect and Collect"; "Jack Haley Show"; "Star for a
    Night"
    04-18-1918 - Page Gilman - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-1-2006
    actor: Jack Barbour "One Man's Family"; "Memory Lane"
    04-18-1918 - Tony Mottola - Kearney, NJ - d. 8-9-2004
    jazz guitarist: "Gordon MacRae Gulf Spray Show"; "Burl Ives Sings"
    04-18-1921 - Barbara Hale - DeKalb, IL
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "This Is Hollywood"
    04-18-1924 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Vinton, LA - d. 9-10-2005
    singer, guitarist: "Newport Jazz Festival"
    04-18-1925 - Bob Hastings - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: Archie Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Jerry "Sea Hound"
    04-18-1937 - Robert Hooks - Washington, [removed]
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    04-18-1941 - John J. Jackson - d. 3-17-2004
    rock-radio personality
    04-18-1949 - Larry Albert - Souix Falls, SD
    actor: Harry Nile "Advs. of Harry Nile"

    April 18th deaths

    02-18-1930 - John Patton, Jr. - Garland City, AR - d. 4-18-2005
    tenor: Hosted a popular radio program in Los Angeles
    02-25-1896 - John Parrish - Lindenhurst, NY - d. 4-18-1988
    actor: "Alias Jimmy Valentine"; "Life Can Be Beautiful"
    02-28-1893 - Ben Hecht - NYC - d. 4-18-1964
    panelist, writer: "Information, Please"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    03-14-1879 - Albert Einstein - Ulm, Germany - d. 4-18-1955
    physicist: "The Quick and the Dead"
    04-04-1901 - Gay Seabrook - Seattle, WA - d. 4-18-1970
    actor: Susabelle "Joe Penner Show"
    04-09-1916 - Ann Morrison - Sioux City, IA - d. 4-18-1978
    actor: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Escape"
    07-04-1911 - Olga Druce - d. 4-18-2004
    director: "House of Mystery"; "When a Girl Marries"
    08-03-1900 - Ernie Pyle - Dana, IN - d. 4-18-1945
    world war II correspondent: "Words at War"; "Cavalcade of America"
    09-29-1915 - Norton Mockridge - NYC - d. 4-18-2004
    newspaper columnist: Hosted radio program on CBS radio (1964-1970)
    10-09-1888 - Irving Cummings - NYC - d. 4-18-1959
    host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-20-1929 - Kenneth Schermerhorn - Schenactady, NY - d. 4-18-2005
    conductor: "Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra"
    11-25-1897 - Willie 'The Lion' Smith - Goshen, NY - d. 4-18-1973
    jazz pianist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    12-06-1888 - Will Hay - Stockton-on-Tees, England - d. 4-18-1949
    comedian: British Radio

    Ron Sayles

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