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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 244
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Myron Wallace Stars                   [ Mark Higgins <paul_frees_fan@amerit ]
      8-24 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts o  [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      Homosexuality in OTR                  [ "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed] ]
      A question on boombox radios          [ "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed] ]
      Operation Danger - CBS                [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      8-25 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      The Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus      [ Don Dean <drdn8ioj@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:09:00 -0400
    From: Mark Higgins <paul_frees_fan@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Myron Wallace Stars
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    I've been reading about Mike Wallace as announcer, but no one yet has
    mentioned him as Star.   "The Crime Files of Flamond" was a crime drama mainly
    broadcast on Mutual between 1953 and 1957, starring Everett Clark as Flamond.
    I have one episode from May 3, 1948 starring Myron Wallace as Flamond,
    sponsored by Brach's candy, also on Mutual.  I don't have any other
    information about Mike's run on the show.

    Mark Higgins
    President, Milwaukee
    Area Radio Enthusiasts ([removed])

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    Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:09:09 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-24 births/deaths

    August 24th births

    08-24-1875 - Frank Craven - Boston, MA - d. 9-1-1945
    actor: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Cavalcade of America"
    08-24-1884 - Earl Der Biggers - Warren, OH - d. 4-5-1933
    author: Charlie Chan books
    08-24-1896 - Cyril Armbrister - d. 9-18-1966
    producer, director: "Chandu the Magician"; "Strange As It Seems";
    "Terry and the Pirates"
    08-24-1898 - Malcolm Cowley - Belsano, PA - d. 3-28-1989
    speaker: "NBC University Theatre"
    08-24-1900 - Jimmy Fidler - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-9-1988
    commentator: "Jimmy Fidler"
    08-24-1900 - Preston Foster - Ocean City, NJ - d. 7-14-1970
    actor: "NBC University Theatre"
    08-24-1900 - Ralph Kirbery - Patterson, NJ - d. 8-14-1993
    singer: (The Dream Singer) "Mohawk Treasure Chest"; "Musical Moments
    Revue"
    08-24-1903 - Claude Hopkins - Alexandria, VA - d. 2-18-1984
    bandleader: "Jubilee"; "Let's Go Nightclubbing"
    08-24-1905 - Charles C. Alsup - d. 9-21-1987
    sportscaster: KICS Clovis, New Mexico
    08-24-1905 - Don Douglas - Kinleyside, Scotland - d. 12-31-1945
    actor: "Good News of 1939"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Did Justice
    Triumph?"
    08-24-1912 - Durward Kirby - Covingnton, KY - d. 3-15-2000
    announcer, emcee: "Club Matinee"; "Honeymoon in New York"
    08-24-1913 - Howard Duff - Bremerton, WA - d. 7-8-1990
    actor: Sam Spade "Advs. of Sam Spade"; Mike McCoy "McCoy"; Josh
    Chandler "Dear John"
    08-24-1917 - Dennis James - Jersey City, NJ - d. 6-3-1997
    host, announcer: "Lawyer Q"; "Major Bows Original Amateur Hour"
    08-24-1924 - Patricia Maloney - Chisholm MN
    newswriter: KSTP St. Paul
    08-24-1933 - Bobby Ellis - Chicago, IL - d. 11-23-1973
    actor: Henry Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Chester A. Riley, Jr. "Life of
    Riley"
    08-24-1957 - Stephen Fry - London, England
    actor: Guest Panelist "One Minute Please"

    August 24th deaths

    01-06-1897 - Billy M. Greene - NYC - d. 8-24-1973
    actor: Sheriff McGrath "His Honor, The Barber"
    02-15-1916 - Mary Jane Croft - Muncie, IN - d. 8-24-1999
    actor: Sandra Martin "Story of Sandra Martin"; Alice Henderson "Beulah"
    02-17-1919 - Kathleen Freeman - Chicago, IL - d. 8-24-2001
    actor: California Artists Radio Theatre"
    02-27-1902 - Joe Tarto - d. 8-24-1976
    musician: "The Ipana Troubadors"
    04-16-1909 - Dick Wynn - d. 8-24-1996
    announcer: "Count of Monte  Cristo"; "The Lone Wolf"
    06-27-1933 - Gary Crosby - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-24-1995
    singer: "Gary Crosby Show"; "Bing Crosby Show"
    08-28-1900 - Rudy Schrager - Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary - d. 8-24-1983
    musical director: "Box 13"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-02-1896 - Amanda Randolph - Louisville, KY - d. 8-24-1967
    actor: Mama "Amos 'n' Andy"; Oriole "Beulah"
    09-09-1924 - Jane Greer - Washington, [removed] - d. 8-24-2001
    singer, actor: "Rudy Vallee Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-24-1908 - John Winters - Williamsport, PA - d. 8-24-1990
    organist: "Frank Merriwell"; "When a Girl Marries"; "Young Dr. Malone"
    11-20-1912 - Harold Ensley - d. 8-24-2005
    produced over 5,000 radio shows
    12-07-1912 - Louis Prima - New Orleans,LA - d. 8-24-1978
    jazz trumpeter: "You Can't Have Everything"; "Songs by Sinatra"; "The
    Navy Swings"
    xx-xx-1902 - Leonard Lee - d. 8-24-1964
    writer: "Sherlock Holmes"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:09:32 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts of Lester Dent

    I came across a reference to a newly published volume, "Doc Savage: The
    Lost Radio Scripts of Lester Dent". Has anybody seen this? Is it worth
    getting? Is it really a collection of radio scripts? It's quite
    affordably priced (about $18--there's a special limited edition for
    $50).
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    Kermyt

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    Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:10:20 -0400
    From: "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Homosexuality in OTR

    In #242, W. Gary Wetsein wrote:

>     oh, you're remembering correctly, all right-- this was from the 4/23/39
>     show.  i particularly love twinkle's entrance line: "Hello, Mr. Benny.
>     Are we ready for our daily tussle with Father Time?"

    THAT'S IT!!! I'm glad I wasn't going crazy.  You're right about the line
    you quoted, too.  I remembered it as soon as I read it, and it's a great
    line.

    Thanks also to Laura Leff for the information on Ed Beloin, who played
    that character.

    Also in #242, Stuart Lubin wrote:

>     I really cannot see the relationship between a man having a high-pitched
>     voice, and homosexuality. I think there is no relationship.

    Stuart raises a good point, and perhaps I should have been more clear.
    In my discussion, at least, I was referring to the characteristics of
    the radio stock character homosexual or "sissy" character, not real
    world people.  I feel that this is analogous to ethnic stock characters
    and others.

    -chris holm

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    Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:10:49 -0400
    From: "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  A question on boombox radios

    The recent question about boombox radios reminded me of something.

    I keep a small radio of that style by my bed for listening to OTR at
    night.  It only plays cassettes.  (I have a wireless speaker there that
    gets the signal from my PC down the hall for CDs, mp3, etc, but that's
    another story).

    The tape deck has just about given up the ghost, and I'd like to replace
    the radio with one that also does mp3 CDs.  However, after searching my
    local stores, I've discovered that every radio of this style with a tape
    deck only plays standard CDs.  Every one that plays mp3 CDs doesn't have
    a tape deck.

    Can anyone recommend a good, small boombox-style radio that plays
    cassettes AND mp3 on CD?

    thanks,
    -chris holm

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    Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:44:54 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Operation Danger - CBS
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    I recently got hold of one episode of a series called Operation Danger from
    CBS c1950.
      Its a Cold War spy series. Does anyone know how many episodes survive and
    are in circulation ? The episode I have is about Nazis and smuggling diamonds
    in Post-War Europe. Reply off list if you have any episodes and would be
    interested in a trade of some sort. Thanks !

      Graeme Stevenson - Scotland

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    Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:29:46 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-25 births/deaths

    August 25th births

    08-25-1885 - Chick Sale - Huron, SD - d. 11-7-1936
    humorist: "General Motors Family Party"; "RCA Victor Hour"
    08-25-1896 - Dick Ryan - Connecticut - d. 8-12-1969
    actor: "The Nebbs"
    08-25-1901 - Ken Christie - Binghamton, NY - d. 4-xx-1967
    choral director: "The Ford Summer Hour"; "Telephone Hour"
    08-25-1903 - Michael Bartlett - North Oxford, MA - d. 2-1-1978
    singer: "The Jack Benny Show"
    08-25-1904 - Alice White - Paterson, NJ - d. 2-19-1983
    actor: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie"
    08-25-1908 - Walter Burke - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-4-1984
    actor: Mark Saber's Assistant "Inspector Mark Saber"
    08-25-1909 - Michael Rennie - Bradford, Yorkshire, England - d.
    6-10-1971
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-25-1910 - Ruby Keeler - Halifax, Nova Scotia - d. 2-28-1993
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-25-1911 - Herbert (Edwin) Harris - London, England - d. 4-xx-1995
    author: "The Detective's Wife"
    08-25-1912 - John Rarig - Washington - d. 1-2-1991
    singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
    08-25-1912 - Zinn Arthur - d. 3-11-2003
    orchestra leader: WFIL Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    08-25-1913 - Bob Crosby - Spokane, WA - d. 3-9-1993
    bandleader, singer: "Camel Caravan"; "Bob Crosby Show"; "Jack Benny
    Program"
    08-25-1916 - Van Johnson - Newport, RI
    actor: "Request Performance"; "Romance"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"
    08-25-1917 - Mel Ferrer - Elberon, NJ
    actor: "Eternal Light"; "Cloak and Dagger"; "MGM Theatre of the Air"
    08-25-1918 - Leonard Bernstein - Lawrence, MA - d. 10-14-1990
    conductor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    08-25-1918 - Richard Greene - Plymouth, England - d. 6-1-1985
    actor: "Somerset Maugham Theatre"; "This Is Hollywood"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    08-25-1921 - Monty Hall - Winnipeg, Canada
    host (communicator) "Monitor"
    08-25-1931 - Regis Philbin - NYC
    newscaster: KOGO San Diego

    August 25th deaths

    01-19-1919 - Ray Eberle - Hoosick Falls, NY - d. 8-25-1979
    singer: "Glenn Miller and His Orchestra"; "Glenn Miller's Moonlight
    Serenade"
    01-22-1920 - William Warfield - West Helena, AR - d. 8-25-2002
    bass-baritone singer: "Edgar Bergen Show"; "Beyond Victory"
    02-12-1912 - Stan Kenton - Wichita, KS - d. 8-25-1979
    bandleader: "Bob Hope Show"; "Stan Kenton Concerts"
    02-14-1900 - Eddie Marr - New Jersey - d. 8-25-1987
    actor: Press Agent "Jack Carson Show"; "Jack Benny Program"; "I Fly
    Anything"
    04-08-1881 - Arthur B. Allen - Gowanda, NY - d. 8-25-1947
    actor: "Snow Village Sketches"; "Kate Smith Show"; Stebbens Boys"
    04-10-1927 - Sidney Appleman - Chicago, IL - d. 8-25-1994
    string bassist: Clyde McCoy's Band
    04-27-1882 - Herman Bundesen - d. 8-25-1960
    health official: "Adventures in Health"
    06-06-1891 - Ted Lewis - Circleville, OH - d. 8-25-1971
    singer: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Radio Hall of Fame"
    06-18-1914 - [removed] Marshall - Owatonna, MN - d. 8-25-1998
    narrator: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    06-22-1919 - Gower Champion - Geneva, IL - d. 8-25-1980
    choreographer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Guest Star"
    07-23-1908 - Irving Mansfield - d. 8-25-1988
    producer: "It's Always Albert"; "The Morey Amsterdam Show"
    08-11-1915 - Berne Surrey - d. 8-25-1992
    sound effects: "Suspense (Sorry, Wrong Number)"; "Whistler"; "Sam Spade"
    08-27-1905 - Frederick O'Neal - Brooksville, MA - d. 8-25-1992
    actor: "New World A-Coming"
    09-09-1899 - Waite Hoyt - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-25-1984
    sportscaster, "Sports Review"; "According to Hoyt"; play-by-play:
    Cincinnati Reds
    09-22-1895 - Paul Muni - Lemberg, Austria-Hungary - d. 8-25-1967
    actor: "Free Company"; "Radio Hall of Fame"
    09-30-1924 - Truman Capote - New Orleans, LA - d. 8-25-1984
    author: "Cather: A Look of Remembrance"
    10-03-1918 - Perry Lafferty - Davenport, IA - d. 8-25-2005
    producer: "Meet the Music"; "Columbia Workshop"
    10-24-1894 - Ted "Kid" Lewis - London, England - d. 8-25-1971
    bandleader: "Live Band Remotes"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:43:53 -0400
    From: Don Dean <drdn8ioj@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus

    Thanks to Laurie Platt for mentioning the ordeal of Kathy Fiscus in OTR
    Digest 243. I was around 16 at the time that happened in April 1949 and do
    remember it very well. It was also mentioned a lot on radio, however I don't
    know if there is anything available that was recorded. There was a song that
    was written and recorded by Jimmy Osborne that was played quite frequently
    after that event. It was called The Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus.
      There is a web site where you can read more and listen to Jimmy Osborne
    sing the song he wrote about this 1949 tragedy. The web site is Gary's
    Country: Old Time Country Music
      [removed]      Scroll down to the 14th photo.
    Click on the photo of Kathy and also listen to Jimmy's song.

      Also thanks to Jim Cox for confirming that Myron (Mike) Wallace did do the
    commercials on the Sky King radio program. Nice to know that I haven't lost
    it -- yet :-)

      Don Dean - N8IOJ

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