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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 47
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Arthur Anderson's autobiography is r  [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
      3-10 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Another "Brighter Day" question       [ Robert Paine <ka3zci@[removed]; ]
      Lenoard Smith at REPS Showcase in Ju  [ "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@yeste ]
      3-11 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      "The Old Time Radio Express" Schedul  [ Mark Wuellner <mwuellne@[removed] ]
      VOA disc                              [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:58 -0500
    From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arthur Anderson's autobiography is ready!

    Let's not keep this a secret, folks! Arthur Anderson's new autobiography is
    out and shipping!

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    I spoke with him yesterday, he got his copies, and he loves the book. Valerie
    Thompson designed it and did a Great job. Arthur and I will both be at Newark
    this Oct. and have books on hand, but if you can't wait 7 months, go to the
    link above!

    Ben Ohmart

    Old radio. Old movies. New books.
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    Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:07 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-10 births/deaths

    March 10th births

    03-10-1882 - Lewis J. Valentine - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-16-1946
    nyc police commissioner: "Gangbusters"
    03-10-1886 - Clarence Adler - d. 12-24-1969
    pianist: Member of the New York Trio
    03-10-1888 - Barry Fitzgerald - Dublin, Ireland - d. 1-4-1961
    actor: Bernard Fitz "His Honor, the Barber"
    03-10-1898 - Bert Bacharach - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-15-1983
    columnist: "Letters to Your Serviceman"; "Men's Corner"
    03-10-1898 - Cy Kendall - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-22-1953
    actor: Captain Tracy "Tarzan"; Fred Thompson "One Man's Family";
    "Escape"
    03-10-1900 - Peter de Rose - NYC - d. 4-23-1953
    pianist, singer: "Sweethearts of the Air"
    03-10-1900 - Sherman Billingsley - Enid, Oklahoma Territory - d.
    10-4-1966
    owner stork club: "Bing Crosby Show"
    03-10-1903 - Claire Boothe Luce - NYC - d. 10-9-1987
    correspondent: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Wake Up America"
    03-10-1903 - Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke - Davenport, IA - d.
    8-7-1931
    jazz musician: "Band Remotes"
    03-10-1905 - Richard Haydn - London, England - d. 4-25-1985
    actor: Professor Lemuel Carp "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-10-1909 - Bob Taplinger - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-24-1975
    head of publicity CBS: Credited with idea of Gracie Allen"s lost brother
    03-10-1911 - Warner Anderson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-26-1976
    actor: Patrick Ryan "Terry and the Pirates"
    03-10-1915 - Ranald MacDougall - Schenectady, NY - d. 12-12-1973
    writer: "The Man Behind the Gun"; "Passport for Adams"; "There Was a
    Woman"
    03-10-1917 - Elizabeth Gourlay - Toronto, Canada - d. xx-xx-1996
    writer: "Narrow Is the Margin"
    03-10-1918 - Gloria Stewart - d. 2-16-1994
    actor: (Wife of James Stewart) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-10-1918 - Heywood Hale Broun - NYC - d. 9-5-2001
    cbs sports commentator: "Biography In Sound"
    03-10-1918 - Laddie Seaman - Reading, PA - d. 1-19-1942
    actor: Scoop Ward "News of Youth"; Biff Bradley "Pepper Young's Family"
    03-10-1918 - Pamela Mason - Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England - d.
    6-29-1996
    actor: "James Mason and Pamela Mason Show"
    03-10-1919 - Lorna Thayer - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-2005
    actor: "The Hallmark Hall of Fame"
    03-10-1919 - Marion Hutton - Battle Creek, MI - d. 1-10-1987
    singer: (Sister of Betty), (Glenn Miller Orchestra) "Moonlight Serenade"
    03-10-1920 - Kenneth C. Burns (Jethro) - Georgia - d. 2-4-1989
    comedic singer: (Homer and Jethro) "WLS National Barn Dance"
    03-10-1923 - Kenny Bowers - Jersey City, NJ
    actor: "The Silver Summer Revue"
    03-10-1927 - Dick Alarie - d. 3-24-2000
    sortscaster: WPCT Putnam, Connecticut

    March 10th deaths

    01-02-1904 - Bernardine Flynn - Madison, WI - d. 3-10-1977
    actor: Sade Gook "Vic and Sade"; Mathilda Barker "Welcome Valley"
    01-03-1905 - Ray Milland - Neath, Wales - d. 3-10-1986
    actor: Ray McNutley "Meet Mr. McNutley"
    01-15-1913 - Lloyd Bridges - San Leandro, CA - d. 3-10-1998
    actor: "Suspense"; "Arch Oboler's Plays"
    03-13-1900 - Harry W. Flannery - Greensburg, PA - d. 3-10-1975
    newscaster: Foreign correspondent in Berlin for CBS during WWII
    03-22-1904 - Bob Elson - Chicago, IL - d. 3-10-1981
    sportscaster, interviewer: White Sox, "Bob Elson Aboard the 20th
    Century"
    03-29-1906 - E. Power Biggs - West Cliff, England - d. 3-10-1977
    organist: "Organ Program"
    04-04-1892 - Walter T. Butterworth - Wallingford, PA - d. 3-10-1962
    emcee: "Molle Merry Minstrels"; "Vox Pox"; "Take a Card"
    06-20-1904 - Matt Crowley - New Haven, CT - d. 3-10-1983
    actor: Mark Trail "Mark Trail"; Buck Rogers "Buck Rogers"
    06-23-1876 - Irvin S. Cobb - Paducah, KY - d. 3-10-1944
    humorist: "Gulf Show"; "Paducah Plantation"
    06-23-1916 - Irene Worth - Fairbury, NE - d. 3-10-2002
    actor: "Odyssey of Homer"
    06-27-1934 - Anna Moffo - Wayne, PA - d. 3-10-2006
    soprano: "Voice of Firestone"
    07-17-1920 - Helen Walker - Worcester, MA - d. 3-10-1968
    actor: "Proudly We Hail"; "Suspense"; "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"
    08-03-1907 - Irene Tedrow - Denver, CO - d. 3-10-1995
    actor: Janet Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"; Dorothy Regent "Chandu, the
    Magacian"
    08-08-1900 - Robert Siodmak - Memphis, TN - d. 3-10-1973
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    08-08-1945 - Percy Granger - Norman, OK - d. 3-10-1997
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-21-1914 - Geoffrey Clarkson - Yonkers, NY - d. 3-10-2009
    pianist: "Les Brown and his Band of Renown"
    11-11-1929 - La Vern Baker - Chicago, IL - d. 3-10-1997
    singer: "Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"
    12-30-1937 - Pat Shanahan - Milwaukee, WI - d. 3-10-2008
    disk jockey: Rocky Foxx WFOX Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:17 -0500
    From: Robert Paine <ka3zci@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Another "Brighter Day" question

    A few months back I asked about The Brighter Day and have a follow-up
    question. Is there a recording in circulation of the epigram "Our years are
    as the falling [removed]"? Some years back, I received a file from, I
    believe, a site called World of Soap Opera Themes or something very similar.
    I think that site has closed down, and I lost the file in our move from
    Maryland to Washington state. If anyone has a lead, I'd be very grateful.

    Bob

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    Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:23 -0500
    From: "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lenoard Smith  at REPS  Showcase in June
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    Hi everybody,

    REPS is working on it Showcase on Friday June 25, Saturday June 26, and Sunday
    June 27, and is very please to announce that Lenoard Smith who was Stretch on
    Our Miss Brooks will be making his first Old Time Radio convention in Seattle
    this year.  Lenoard will join Gloria McMillan, and Robert Easton in a
    recreation of Our Miss Brooks on Friday night.  All three had roles in that
    show that ran on CBS radio for Nine Years.  Shirley Mitchell  will be Leila in
    a 1946 Great Gildersleeve show on Saturday night.  Rosemary    Rice will be
    reprieving her role and directing in a Studio One version of a Tree Grows in
    Brooklyn.  Chuck    McCann will be starring in a Six Shooter,Other OTR friends
    such as  Bob Hastings, Stuffy Singer, Jan Merlin, Dick Beals, and Dave Parker
    will be there too.  RePS will have more shows and guest to announce soon.
    REPS is adding a Sunday morning Brunch this year.  You can check for more info
    by going to [removed]

    Take care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:27 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-11 births/deaths

    March 11th births

    03-11-1862 - Frank Burt - NYC - d. 4-3-1964
    writer: "The Six Shooter"; "The Unexpected"; "Hollywood Star Playhouse"
    03-11-1887 - Raoul Walsh - NYC - d. 12-31-1980
    film director: "Jack Benny Program"
    03-11-1897 - Florence Belshaw - d. 4-xx-1976
    pianist: KFAB Lincoln, Nebraska
    03-11-1898 - Dorothy Gish - Massillon, OH - d. 6-4-1968
    actor: Texaco Star Playhouse"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-11-1900 - Andy Sannella - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-10-1962
    bandleader: "Campbell Soup Orchestra"; "Gillette Community Sing"
    03-11-1903 - Dorothy Schiff - NYC- d. 8-30-1989
    owner of several radio stations in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and San
    Francisco
    03-11-1903 - Lawrence Welk - Strasburg, ND - d. 5-17-1992
    bandleader: "Lawrence Welk Orchestra"
    03-11-1907 - Jessie Matthews - London, England - d. 8-19-1981
    actor: Mrs. Mary Dale "The Dale's"
    03-11-1907 - Walter Alden Richards - Springfield, IL - d. 5-23-1988
    editor, writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-11-1909 - Karl Tunberg - Spokane, WA - d. 4-4-1992
    film writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-11-1909 - Phil Leslie - St. Louis, MO - d. 9-23-1988
    writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    03-11-1909 - Ramona - Lockland, OH - d. 12-14-1972
    singer, pianist: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Paul Whiteman's Musical Varities"
    03-11-1912 - Jerry Seelen - d. 9-12-1981
    songwriter: "Drene Time"
    03-11-1915 - Dan Donaldson - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-1-1991
    announcer: "Kitty Keene, Inc."; "Ma Perkins"
    03-11-1918 - Grace McTernan - d. 11-6-1995
    soprano: "Your America"
    03-11-1919 - Mercer Ellington - Washington, [removed] - d. 2-8-1996
    bandleader: (Son of Duke Ellington) "Genius of Duke"
    03-11-1921 - Eloise McElhone - d. 7-1-1974
    panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"
    03-11-1922 - Vinnette Carroll - NYC - d. 11-5-2002
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    03-11-1923 - Terence Alexander - London England - d. 5-28-2009
    actor: The Toff "John Creasey Novels"
    03-11-1930 - Lana Morris - Ruislip, England - d. 5-27-1998
    actor: "The Forces Show"
    03-11-1934 - Dilys Laye - London, England - d. 2-13-2009
    actor: "One Corpse Too Many"
    03-11-1934 - Sam Donaldson - El Paso, TX
    talk show host: "Live in America"
    03-11-1952 - Douglas Adams - Cambridge, England - d. 5-11-2001
    writer: "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

    March 11th deaths

    01-05-1912 - Frances Blaisdell - d. 3-11-2009
    flutist: "Phil Spitalny and His All Girl Orchestra"
    01-14-1882 - Hendrick Van Loon - Rotterdam, Holland - d. 3-11-1944
    journalist: "Very Truly Yours"; "Information Please"
    01-17-1916 - Ray Forrest - Germany - d. 3-11-1999
    staff announcer for NBC
    02-02-1912 - Stefan Schnabel - Berlin, Germany - d. 3-11-1999
    actor: Herbert Yost "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"
    02-26-1921 - Betty Hutton - Battle Creek, MI - d. 3-11-2007
    singer: "Radio Almanac"; "Radio Hall of Fame"; "[removed] Steel Hour"
    02-28-1882 - Geraldine Farrar - Melrose, MA - d. 3-11-1967
    opera singer: "Packard Hour"; "Metropolitan Opera"
    03-31-1945 - Myfanwy Talog - Caerwys, Clwyd, Wales - d. 3-11-1995
    actor: "Dark Encounter"
    05-22-1914 - Ken Powell - d. 3-11-1976
    announcer: "Chick Carter, Boy Detective"; "Nick Carter, Master
    Detective"
    06-09-1910 - Joseph Julian - St. Marys, PA - d. 3-11-1982
    actor: Sandy Matson "Lorenzo Jones"; Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero
    Wolfe"
    06-14-1893 - Joe Forte - England - d. 3-11-1967
    actor: Osgood Conklin "Our Miss Brooks"; Horowitz "Life with Luigi"
    07-04-1923 - Thelma Holland - Waukesha, WI - d. 3-11-2008
    guitarist: "Hank and Thelma"
    07-06-1918 - Gaylord Avery - d. 3-11-1996
    announcer: "Gangbusters"; "My Son Jeep"
    07-17-1889 - Erle Stanley Gardner - Malden, MA - d. 3-11-1970
    creator, writer: "Advs. of Christopher London"; "Perry Mason"; "Life
    in Your Hands"
    08-25-1912 - Zinn Arthur - d. 3-11-2003
    orchestra leader: WFIL Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    10-13-1912 - Hugh Weisgall - Eibenschutz, Moravia - d. 3-11-1997
    composer: "CBS Radio Workshop"
    10-23-1916 - Red Quinlan - Maquoketa, IA - d. 3-11-2007
    founding board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications
    10-24-1911 - Sonny Terry - Greensboro, NC - d. 3-11-1986
    blues singer, harmonica player: "Hootenanny"; "Roomful of Music"
    10-25-1888 - Richard E. Byrd - Winchester, VA - d. 3-11-1957
    explorer: "Admiral Byrd Broadcasts"
    10-27-1898 - Richard Carroll - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-11-1959
    writer: "Shorty Bell"
    10-30-1918 - Harvey Lowe - Victoria, Canada - d. 3-11-2009
    host: "Call of China"
    11-15-1890 - Samuel Ornitz - NYC - d. 3-11-1957
    hollywood ten screen writer: "House Unamerican Activities Committee"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:02:35 -0500
    From: Mark Wuellner <mwuellne@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "The Old Time Radio Express" Schedule - Sunday,
     7:00pm EST

    Please join us this Sunday, March 14th from 7:00-8:00pm EST for more great
    old time radio & discussion on "The Old Time Radio Express."

    This week:

    "Suspense" with Ronald Colman starring in "Vision of Death", from June 1, 1953

    "Baby Snooks and Dady" - 2 clips, "The Male Secretary" and "Going Fishing"

    Stream us live at [removed] or download the show after the fact
    at [removed].

    Mark Wuellner
    Host
    The Old Time Radio Express

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    Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:02:43 -0500
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  VOA disc
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    Hi Folks.

    I'm looking for a picture of a VOA transcription disc label from the 1940s or
    50s to illustrate an article. Can anyone send me an attachment or a link with
    something suitable ?

    Cheers !  Graeme  ( ORCA / UK )

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