Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #363
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Date: 11/24/2005 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 363
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      The word is out!                      [ "Laura Leff" <president@[removed] ]
      A 1940's Cincinnati Radio Schedule    [ booksteve@[removed] ]
      Jack Benny Stamp Movement Gets AP Co  [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      11-24 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Gildy and the McGees                  [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:47:57 -0500
    From: "Laura Leff" <president@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The word is out!

    Hi folks,

    Watch the [removed] Jack Benny stamp campaign hit the AP Wire this morning
    and I'm getting a lot of feedback on it showing up here and there.  I've
    been interviewed for CNN Radio, KGO, and am doing America in the Morning
    (Jim Bohannon, Westwood One) tonight.  So let me know if you see/hear the
    word getting out.

    And don't forget to sign the petition at [removed]!

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
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    Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:48:23 -0500
    From: booksteve@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A 1940's Cincinnati Radio Schedule
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    I no longer have the exact date but I have on my blog
    [removed] this week a
    newspaper schedule for Cincinnati radio stations from a Monday during
    wartime. Seems like something you would all be interested in.
    Steven Thompson
    PS-There's a cool Jack Benny ad a dya or so later on the blog, too!

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    Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:13:41 -0500
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny Stamp Movement Gets AP Coverage

    Happy Thanksgiving to everyone -

    The Jack Benny Fan Club's efforts to get Jack on the 39-cent stamp have
    generated this AP story.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:13:47 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-24 births/deaths

    November 24th births

    11-24-1888 - Cathleen Nesbitt - Belfast, Northern Ireland - d. 8-2-1982
    actress: "Philco Radio Playhouse"
    11-24-1900 - Ireene Wicker - Quincy, IL - d. 11-17-1987
    actress: (The Singing Lady) Sylvia Bertram "Road of Life"; Eileen Moran
    "Today's Children"
    11-24-1905 - Harry Barris - New York, NY (R: Denver, CO) - d. 12-13-1962
    singer (member of The Rhythm Boys) "Paul Whiteman Presents"
    11-24-1906 - Don McLaughlin - Webster, IA - d. 5-28-1986
    actor: David Harding "Counterspy"; "Jim Brent "Road of Life"; Chaplain Jim
    "Chaplain Jim"
    11-24-1908 - Worth Kramer - d. 7-19-1998
    director: "Wings Over Jordan"
    11-24-1910 - Pegeen Fitzgerald - Norcatur, KS - d. 1-30-1989
    host: "Fitzgeralds"
    11-24-1911 - Kirby Grant - Butte, MO - d. 10-30-1985
    singer, actor: "Gatewood to Hollywood"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    11-24-1912 - Garson Kanin - Rochester, NY - d. 3-13-1999
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-24-1912 - Teddy Wilson - Austin, TX - d. 7-31-1986
    jazz pianist: "Benny Goodman and His Orchestra"; "Saturday Night Swing Club"
    11-24-1913 - Geraldine Fitzgerald - Dublin, Ireland - d. 7-17-2005
    actress: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Ford Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
    11-24-1918 - Lee Bonnell (Terry Belmont) - Royal Center, IN - d. 5-12-1986
    actor: (Husband of Gale Storm) "Gateway to Hollywood"
    11-24-1927 - Eileen Barton - Brooklyn, NY
    singer: "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Eileen Barton Show"; "MGM Musical Comedy
    Theatre"

    November 24th deaths

    01-17-1914 - Howard Marion-Crawford - England - d. 11-24-1969
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "BBC Home Theatre"
    02-16-1909 - Jeffrey Lynn - Auburn, MA - d. 11-24-1995
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hallmark Playhouse:' "MGM Theatre of the Air"
    04-06-1921 - Arnold Marquis - Dortmund, Germany - d. 11-24-1990
    producer, writer: "Pacific Story"; "Unlimited Horizons"
    04-23-1921 - Warren Spahn - Buffalo, NY - d. 11-24-2003
    hall of fame pitcher: "Tops in Sports"
    05-06-1908 - Parkyakarkus (Harry Einstein) - Boston, MA - d. 11-24-1958
    comedian: "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Al Jolson Show"; "Meet Me at Parkys"
    06-02-1879 - Florence Edney - London, England - d. 11-24-1950
    actress: Aunt Maizie "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    07-11-1888 - Dr. Lyman Bryson - Valentine, NE - d. 11-24-1959
    moderator: "American School of the Air"; "Invitation to Learning"; "People's
    Platform"
    08-02-1902 - Guy Repp - d. 11-24-1986
    actor: Dr. Abernathy "County Seat"; Benito Mussoline "Our Secret Weapon"
    09-26-1895 - George Raft - New York, NY - d. 11-24-1980
    actor: Rocky Jordan "Rocky Jordan"
    12-23-1893 - Anne O'Neal - St. Louis, MO - d. 11-24-1971
    actress: Cynthia Veryberry "Grapevine Rancho"
    12-24-1895 - Ruth Chatterton - New York, NY - d. 11-24-1961
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:22:27 -0500
    From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gildy and the McGees

    Thanks to a lister giving a heads-up, I was able to actually
    program the Dish digital recorder for the Gildersleeve and McGee
    movies on Turner Classic Movies. More important, I figured out
    how to get them to play back -- not that it was worth the effort.

    Oh, it was worth it in the sense that I had heard of them for
    years and finally was getting a chance to see the stars of a
    couple of my favorite radio shows, but, mercy, as movies, what a
    disappointment. Except for a few good lines, it was a wonder they
    managed to make it to an hour and 15 minutes. Gildersleeve's
    chuckle grew tiresome in a hurry. And the endings ... what
    endings? You realize they had no clue as to how to end it,
    either, when Gildersleeve turns to the camera and says,
    "Goodnight, folks!"

    It was interesting to see Walter Tetley playing the part of a
    hotel bellboy. It's probably been discussed here before or is
    included in the books about Gildersleeve, but I suspect Tetley
    was wearing four- or five-inch (or higher) platform shoes. I
    noticed the closer scenes with him never showed lower than what
    might be perceived as lower calf of the leg, and in one scene he
    quickly moved behind a couch to prevent a better look ... even
    so, his walking didn't look normal, and I believe (without going
    through the pain of replaying the show) I saw the impression of
    his knee rather high on the legs of his pants.

    I was disappointed, too, that he went uncredited in the movie ...
    and correct me if I'm wrong, I believe I recognized the voice of
    the police detective near the end of "Gildersleeve on Broadway"
    as that of Ken Christy, who played the police chief on the radio
    program ... and  while Richard LeGrand played Peavey in the
    movie, too, I think I recognized his eventual replacement,
    Forrest Lewis, playing one of the other druggists. It turns out,
    trying to spot people and voices was more entertainment than the
    movie.

    Based on these shows, I'd say radio did a better job of
    recreating movies than movies did of radio programs.

    Bob C.

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