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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 201
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Murder Clinic broadcast log [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
Jack Webb and his Radio actors [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
JACK WEBB AS COP [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
Murder Clinic [ Steve Lewis <stevelewis62@[removed]; ]
Contacts of Living OTR actors/announ [ Duane Whittingham <radiodude@logoni ]
CD / MP3 Duper [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
Re: On-topic, but off-season [ Christopher Werner <werner1@globalc ]
Re: Radio fundraisers for Hollywood [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
On-topic, but off-season [ "Roger Robineau" <robineau2@cogeco. ]
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:08:05 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Murder Clinic broadcast log
This is one of those opportunities where the Digest can help play a part in
preserving OTR and documenting a radio program rarely documented in detail .
.. .
A friend mine just compiled a log of MURDER CLINIC and although there is
more information about the show than I have seen in most publications, this
is very detailed.
REGRETTABLY, their sources are newspaper periodicals which listed what was
"PLANNED" to be broadcast and not what really was so it's not 100% accurate.
(Accessing the scripts at the Library of Congress would be FAR MORE
accurate.) Still, it's better than nothing and they do mention their
sources are being newspaper citings so readers will keep an open mind when
checking it out.
I was asked to find any corrections and revisions that can be made and I can
only add a few but I suspect someone or some people on the Digest can browse
through the log and add much more material. Wanting to show Steve that his
efforts are well appreciated, and to see this project of his in greater
detail before posting on the web, if anyone can shed any insight to
additional information (or fill in the blanks), please e-mail them to me so
I can forward them to Steve when I meet up with him at a convention in
Dayton. I will make sure to include your name to Steve so he knows you
helped.
Martin
mmargrajr@[removed]
** means it exists in recorded form.
TUESDAY
7/21/1942 9:30-10:00 The Treasure Hunt Edgar Wallace J. G. Reeder The
Grand Magazine, December 1924. Collected in The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder,
Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1925.
7/28/1942 9:30-10:00 The Ordinary Hairpins E. C. Bentley Philip Trent
The Strand, October 1916. Collected in Trent Intervenes, Thomas Nelson &
Sons, UK, 1938.
8/4/1942 9:30-10:00 The Avenging Chance Anthony Berkeley Roger
Sheringham Pearson's Magazine, September 1929. Collected in The Roger
Sheringham Stories, Thomas Carnacki, UK, 1994.
8/11/1942 9:30-10:00 The Governor of Cap Haitien **
T. S. Stribling Dr. Poggioli Adventure, November 10, 1925. Collected in
Clues of the Caribees, Doubleday Doran, 1929.
8/18/1942 9:30-10:00 The Holloway Flat Tragedy **
Ernest Bramah Max Carrados Collected in Max Carrados Mysteries, Hodder &
Stoughton, UK, 1927. Prior appearance not yet known.
8/25/1942 9:30-10:00 The Flaming Phantom Jacques Futrelle S. F. X. Van
Dusen Boston American, November 13-19, 1905. Collected in The Thinking
Machine, Dodd Mead, 1907.
9/1/1942 9:30-10:00 The Rasp Philip MacDonald Col. Anthony Gethryn
Book length novel; W. Collins & Sons, UK, 1924. Prior serialization not yet
known, if any.
9/8/1942 9:30-10:00 Enter a Murderer Ngaio Marsh Roderick Alleyn Book
length novel; Geoffrey Bles, UK, 1935. Prior serialization not yet known,
if any.
9/15/1942 9:30-10:00 The Age of Miracles Melville Davisson Post Uncle
Abner Pictorial Review, February 1916. Collected in Uncle Abner: Master of
Mysteries, D. Appleton, 1918.
9/22/1942 9:30-10:00 The Scrap of Lace **
Hulbert Footner Rosika Storey Argosy All-Story Weekly, August 4, 1923.
Collected in Madame Storey, George H. Doran, 1926.
9/29/1942 9:30-10:00 Death in the Dressing Room **
Carter Dickson Sir Henry Merrivale [1]
The Strand, February 1939. Collected in The Department of Queer Complaints,
Morrow, 1940.
10/6/1942 9:30-10:00 The Tragedy of Marsden Manor ** Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot The Sketch, April 18, 1923. Collected in Poirot
Investigates, John Lane, UK, 1924.
10/13/1942 9:30-10:00 Gulf Stream Green **
Frederick Irving Anderson [2]
Deputy Parr Saturday Evening Post, June 15, 1929. Collected in The Book of
Murder, E. P. Dutton, 1930.
10/20/1942 9:30-10:00 The Oracle of the Dog G. K. Chesterton Father
Brown Nash's Magazine, December 1923. Collected in The Incredulity of
Father Brown, Cassell & Co., UK, 1926.
10/27/1942 9:30-10:00 [Pre-empted]
11/3/ 1942 9:30-10:00 [Pre-empted]
11/10/1942 9:30-10:00 Prince Charlie's Dirk Eden Phillpotts
???
The London Magazine, 1926. Included in The Omnibus of Crime, Dorothy L.
Sayers, editor, Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1929.
11/17/1942 9:30-10:00 The Regent's Park Murder Baroness Orczy Old Man in
the Corner The Royal Magazine, July 1901. Collected in The Old Man in the
Corner, Greening & Co., UK, 1909.
11/24/1942 9:30-10:00 Perfect Crime of Mr. Digberry Anthony Abbot
Thatcher Colt Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, October
1940. Included in To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Year's
Entertainment, Ellery Queen, Editor, Little Brown & Co., 1946.
12/1/1942 9:30-10:00 Footsteps Anthony Wynne Dr. Eustace Hailey Flynn's
Detective Fiction, January 9, 1926. Collected in Sinners Go Secretly,
Hutchinson, UK, 1927.
12/8/1942 9:30-10:00 The House of the Arrow A. E. W. Mason Inspector
Hanaud Book length novel; Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1924. Prior serialization
not yet known, if any.
12/15/1942 9:30-10:00 The Guilty Man Melville Davisson Post Colonel
Braxton American Magazine, September 1929. Collected in The Silent Witness,
Farrar & Rinehart, 1930.
12/22/1942 9:30-10:00 The Missing Baronet
G. D. H. & Margaret Cole
Supt. Henry Wilson
Collected in Superintendent Wilson's Holiday, W. Collins & Sons, UK, 1928.
Prior appearance not yet known.
12/29/1942 9:30-10:00 A Schoolmaster Abroad E. W. Hornung Dr. Dollar
Collected in The Crime Doctor, Eveleigh Nash, UK, 1914. Prior appearance
not yet known.
1/5/1943 9:30-10:00 The Case of the Late Pig Margery Allingham Albert
Campion A long novelette (128 pages) published in book form; Hodder &
Stoughton, UK, pb, 1937. Prior appearance not yet known, if any.
1/12/1943 9:30-10:00 The Blue Geranium Agatha Christie Miss Marple The
Storyteller, December 1929. Collected in The Thirteen Problems, Collins
Crime Club, UK, 1932.
1/19/1943 9:30-10:00 The Seven Good Hunters Rufus King Dr. Colin Starr
Red Book Magazine, May 1941. Subsequent hardcover appearance not known, if
any.
1/26/1943 9:30-10:00 The Sweet Shot E. C. Bentley Philip Trent The
Strand, May 1936. Collected in Trent Intervenes, Thomas Nelson & Sons, UK,
1938.
2/2/1943 9:30-10:00 The Hole in the Wall G. K. Chesterton Horne Fisher
Cassell's Magazine, September 1921. Collected in The Man Who Knew Too Much
and Other Stories, Cassell & Co., UK, 1922.
2/9/1943 9:30-10:00 The Triangle at Rhodes Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot The Strand, May 1936, as "Poirot and the Triangle at
Rhodes." Collected in Murder in the Mews, Collins Crime Club, UK, 1937.
2/16/1943 9:30-10:00 The Big Time Frederick Irving
Anderson [2]
Deputy Parr Saturday Evening Post, October 1, 1927. Collected in The Book
of Murder, E. P. Dutton, 1930.
2/23/1943 9:30-10:00 __________________________
3/2/1943 9:30-10:00 The Policeman's Cape David Frome
???
Included in The Third Mystery Book: Six Short Mysteries, no editor stated,
Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. Prior appearance not yet known, if any.
SUNDAY
3/7/1943 9:00-9:30 __________________________
3/14/1943 9:00-9:30 __________________________
3/21/1943 9:00-9:30 __________________________
3/28/1943 9:00-9:30 __________________________
4/4/1943 9:00-9:30 __________________________
4/11/1943 9:00-9:30 __________________________
4/18/1943 9:00-9:30 __________________________
4/25/1943 9:00-9:30 __________________________
/2/1943 6:00-6:30
The Diary of Death
Marten Cumberland
???
Published in The Best Detective Stories of the Year 1928, Ronald Knox,
editor, Faber & Gwyer Ltd., UK, 1929. Prior appearance not yet known. [3]
5/9/1943 6:00-6:30 __________________________
5/16/1943 6:00-6:30 The York Mystery Baroness Orczy Old Man in the Corner
The Royal Magazine, May 1902. Collected in The Old Man in the Corner,
Greening & Co., UK, 1909.
5/23/1943 6:00-6:30 The Superfluous Finger Jacques Futrelle S. F. X. Van
Dusen Sunday Magazine, November 25, 1906. Collected in Great Cases of the
Thinking Machine, Dover, pb, 1977.
5/30/1943 6:00-6:30 Jezebel of Valley Farms E. Phillips Oppenheim
Nicholas Goade Collier's Magazine, March 27, 1926, as "Gypsy Blood."
Collected in Nicholas Goade, Detective, Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1927.
6/6/1943 6:00-6:30 Dead Man's Shoes
??? [4]
6/13/1943 6:00-6:30 Tall Story Margery Allingham
Albert Campion
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1954. Previous appearance unknown.
Collected in The Allingham Case-Book, Chatto & Windus, UK, 1969.
6/20/1943 6:00-6:30 The Virgin of the Mountains Melville Davisson Post
Randolph Mason
Pearson's Magazine (US), Dec 1907-Jan 1908. Collected in The Corrector of
Destinies, Edward J. Clode, 1908.
6/27/1943 6:00-6:30 Pandora's Box
R. Austin Freeman
Dr. Thorndyke
Collected in The Magic Casket, Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1927. Prior
appearance not yet known.
7/4/1943 6:00-6:30 Owls Don't Blink
A. A. Fair? [5]
Donald Lam & Bertha Cool
Book length novel; William Morrow, 1942. Prior serialization not yet known,
if any.
7/11/1943 6:00-6:30 The Ashcomb Poor Case Hulbert Footner Rosika Storey
Collected in Madame Storey, George H. Doran, 1926. Prior appearance not yet
known.
7/18/1943 6:00-6:30 Cricket T. S. Stribling ProfessorPoggioli Adventure,
December 10, 1925. Collected in
Clues of the Caribees, Doubleday Doran, 1929.
7/25/1943 6:00-6:30 The Yellow Iris Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot The
Strand, July 1937. Collected in The Regatta Mystery, Dodd Mead, 1939.
8/1/1943 6:00-6:30 Guest in the House John Dickson Carr
Dr. Gideon Fell The Strand, October 1940. Collected in Dr. Fell, Detective
and Other Stories, Mercury, pb, 1947.
8/8/1943 6:00-6:30 The Riddle of the Blueblood Murders Stuart Palmer
Hildegarde Withers Mystery, June1934. Collected in Hildegarde Withers:
Uncollected Riddles, Crippen & Landru, 2002.
8/15/1943 6:00-6:30 The Clever Cockatoo E. C. Bentley Philip Trent
Metropolitan Magazine, July 1914. Collected in Trent Intervenes, Thomas
Nelson & Sons, UK, 1938.
8/22/1943 6:00-6:30 The Absolute Zero Arthur B. Reeve Craig Kennedy
Cosmopolitan, June 1915. Collected in The Social Gangster, Hearst's
International Library, 1916.
8/29/1943 6:00-6:30 The Secret Garden G. K. Chesterton
Father Brown
The Story Teller, October 1910. Collected in The Innocence of Father Brown,
Cassell & Co., UK, 1911.
9/5/1943 6:00-6:30 Death on the Nile Agatha Christie Parker Pyne Nash's
Pall Mall, July 1933. Collected in Parker Pyne Investigates, Collins Crime
Club, UK, 1934.
9/12/1943 6:00-6:30 A Bird in the Hand
Irvin S. Cobb Judge Priest
Cosmopolitan, December 1931. Collected in Faith, Hope and Charity,
Bobbs-Merrill, 1934.
9/19/1943 6:00-6:30 The Cyprian Bees Anthony Wynne Dr. Eustace Hailey
Flynn's Detective Fiction, February 6, 1926. Collected in Sinners Go
Secretly, Hutchinson, UK, 1927.
9/26/1943 4:30-5:00 __________________________
10/3/1943 4:30-5:00 __________________________
10/10/1943 4:30-5:00 [Pre-empted]
10/17/1943 4:30-5:00 __________________________
WEDNESDAY
10/27/1943 8:30-9:00 Death in the Sun G. D. H. and Margaret Cole
Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender
Collected in Mrs. Warrender's Profession, Collins, UK, 1938. Prior
appearance not yet known.
11/3/1943 8:30-9:00 __________________________
11/10/1943 8:30-9:00 __________________________
11/17/1943 8:30-9:00 __________________________
[1] The character in the original story was Colonel March, of the
Department of Queer Complaints.
[2] The author's name is incorrectly cited as Frederick Irving Sanderson.
[3] A novel or short story collection by Marten Cumberland having the
same title is suggested by at least one source on the Internet, but no
additional evidence of its existence has been found.
[4] The author has not been identified. Two strong possibilities, in
order of which we feel is the more likely, are:
(a) Melville Davission Post, Colonel Braxton. The American Magazine, June
1929. Collected in The Silent Witness, Farrar & Rinehart, 1930.
(b) H. C. Bailey, Joshua Clunk. Book length novel; Victor Gollancz, UK,
1942. Prior serialization not yet known, if any.
[5] The author of this story has not been confirmed. The novel by Fair
seems to be the closest fit, but as such, it does not seem to follow the
pattern of "classical detection" the other stories exemplify.
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:45:32 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Webb and his Radio actors
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When the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters some years back
honored Jack Webb at one of their luncheon functions
the time came for Jack to address the group from
the dais. As he came to microphone from out of the service
doors to the banquet room came a crew of men carrying two
teleprompters which they set on either side of Jack so he could
see them and read his prepared speech. It was the perfect inside
joke on Jack, unless he set it up on himself.
Conrad Binyon
--
conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
Encino, CA
Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:48:29 -0400
From: PURKASZ@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: JACK WEBB AS COP
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Andy Blatt writes:
"Jack Webb seemed like he could be a cop and I always
thought he was when watching Dragnet."
Exactly!
I may have told this story before but I was on the way to an appointment
on the back lot at Universal Studios in Hollywood back in late '70's and as
I turned a corner at a sound stage I saw Jack Webb walking towards me in that
almost military, straightforward manner he had.
I recognized him [removed], I [removed] seemed to be coming
straight at me.
I remember distinctly freezing in my tracks for a second and running my
mind and patting my pockets to check whether or not I had any 'illegal
substances' on my person and if my driver's license was handy.
Weird feeling.
Then it hit [removed]!
Seconds later of course I got back to reality and we nodded to each
other as we passed.
I think I spotted a twinkle in his eye like we were both fellow beings
on a very strange planet.
It rattled me for some time that this could even occur.
Then I remembered that the opposite had occurred a few times when I was
stopped by the cops while driving on Sunset.
One of them apologized slightly when he recognized me as an actor NOT as
someone he had 'seen with a gun' somewhere.
I acknowledged he was just doing his job.
That rattled me too so to this day I keep my SAG card opposite my
driver's license so the matter can be quickly rectified in future.
Although in Chicago it did get me a free ticket behind home plate at
Wrigley [removed] that's another tale to be told on a dark night during the
World Series when and if Chicago ever gets close again.
Michael C. Gwynne
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:49:49 -0400
From: Steve Lewis <stevelewis62@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Murder Clinic
MURDER CLINIC was a short-lived radio series that lasted but a year and a
few months, running only from July 1942 to November 1943. The program is
not even mentioned in most of the standard OTR reference books, but what
was offered to the listener each and every week the series was on the air
was a mind-boggling array of stories by such Golden Age mystery writers as
Edgar Wallace, Ngaio Marsh, Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr), Agatha
Christie, Margery Allingham, G. K. Chesterton, Jacques Futrelle, Stuart
Palmer, and (as you will see) many, many more.
Victor Berch and I have compiled a nearly complete checklist of the
series, including the titles of many stories never before known to have
been included. Also part of this broadcast log are the authors, the
detectives, and in most cases the original appearances of the stories.
As well as we have been able to determine, we have supplied both the
first periodical and the first book publication for each of the stories.
but many, many gaps remain. If you can be of assistance, please do.
[removed]
Best
Steve
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:19:33 -0400
From: Duane Whittingham <radiodude@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Contacts of Living OTR actors/announcers?
Hi, my name is Duane Whittingham, I run a LPFM station WTND-LP [removed]
FM Macomb, IL.
I also help with shows on the net. We run OTR at various times and
would love to try
and interview OTR people from the past, if anyone has contact info
could you pass it on please.
Thanks, Duane Whittingham
WTND-LP [removed] FM
[removed] and [removed]
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:20:00 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: CD / MP3 Duper
I have a CD / MP3 duper for anyone who wants it. It's a stand-alone white
box where you open the two drawers, put the original in the top drawer, the
blank disc in the bottom, and push a button - between 2 to 15 minutes later
a copy is made. Easy to use, saves time burning onto hard-drives on the
computer, etc.
This duper retails $[removed] and is Microboard brand. Originally it was
supposed to do CD-Roms, CDs, MP3s, and DVDs but the DVD part is not
functional anymore. Everything else is. So if you dupe copies of MP3s, CDs
or CD-Roms, (which means this is GREAT for anyone who makes copies of radio
shows) the asking price is $[removed] plus a few bucks postage. I could sell it
on eBay but I'd rather help someone who is into OTR and could find this of
value. I just burned about 20+ music CDs for a friend to make sure it works
perfect and there were no flaws. First come, first serve. E-mail me off
the Digest and it's yours.
Martin
mmargrajr@[removed]
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:20:22 -0400
From: Christopher Werner <werner1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: On-topic, but off-season
Ted asked about Loretta Young reading 'The Littlest Angel' ... that
first occurred on 12/21/1949 on Family Theater, repeating the
following year on 12/27.
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:34:19 -0400
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Radio fundraisers for Hollywood Bowl
Perhaps some Digest readers could add to our
knowledge about these programs?
The September 9, 1951 Los Angeles Times lists the violinist
incorrectly as "Suwa Nijiko" and says:
"Miss Nijiko, violin virtuoso, billed as Japan's most brilliant
interpreter of occidental music, is flying here from Japan expressly
for the concert. It will be her debut in the United States. She
recently completed a concert tour of Europe."
On September 14, the Times gets the spelling correct and reports: "The
first Japanese musical star to set foot on American soil since the
signing of the peace treaty will be Miss Nejiko Suwa, foremost
violinist of the Orient. ... Miss Suwa is flying 6500 miles to make
her American debut at the Bowl. A special visa was arranged to make
this possible."
>From September 15: Nejiko Suwa "arrived on a Pan American Airways
Stratoclipper [sic] from Japan yesterday" and was met at the airport
with flowers by John te Groen, president of the Musicians Union, Les
Brown, and "three representatives of the Japanese colony ..." More:
"She is 31 and has been playing a violin for 25 years. She brought the
Stradivarius she has used on concert tours in the Orient and Europe."
September 12: "The first 1000 women ariving at the Bowl Saturday night
will receive orchids flown from Honolulu through the courtesy of the
Hawaii Tourist Bureau."
September 16: "Net profits will be contributed to the Bowl's emergency
fund. Attendance at the event totalled 6097, with $10,600 tallied at
the box office. Producer of the show was Al K. Armer."
The August 21 Times claims the ABC broadcast will feature a 90-piece
orchestra "believed to be the largest ever to appear on video"... But
articles in the August 24 and 25 Times promise a 115-piece orchestra.
The August 24 article lists both Al Armer and John te Groen as
producing the program.
The correct spelling of the conductor's name is Fabien Sevitzky (of
the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra).
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:44:27 -0400
From: "Roger Robineau" <robineau2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: On-topic, but off-season
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I don't know if this helps but Loretta Young did a Family Theatre on
49/12/21 titled: The littlest Angel.
I found nothing on OTR in 1944.
My research effort for the night. Hope this helps.
Roger Robineau
Oakville, Canada
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