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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 194
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Jeff Chandler                         [ "Gord" <lepsegj@[removed]; ]
      Favourite holiday shows               [ Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed]; ]
      Dorothy Erwin                         [ John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed]; ]
      12-20 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      re: two questions                     [ "Michael J. Laurino" <mlaurino@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:05:42 -0500
    From: "Gord" <lepsegj@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jeff Chandler
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    Hi,

    Still enjoy reading the OTR Digest after many years of doing so. I have to add
    my two cents worth to the V2012 #192 edition mentioning Jeff Chandler's
    birth on Dec 15th, 1918. One of his radio credits was unmentioned, that being
    his role as Chad Remington, frontier lawyer, in the radio show Frontier Town
    aired from 1952 to 1953. I was a pre-teen at the time and had hours of great
    entertainment listening to Chad's adventures. The intro to the episodes
    always mentioned Calgary (Alberta, Canada) as one of the frontier towns and
    that made it quite special to me, as I grew up on the Canadian prairies. One
    of Jeff's most remarkable  attributes was his voice, so unique and pleasant
    to listen to, great for radio and just as great when he went on to star in so
    many western movies. Sure miss those old days, the excitement of youth and the
    vivid images conjured up by those terrific radio voices. Really good
    memories!

    Gord Lepsenyi

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    Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:05:49 -0500
    From: Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Favourite holiday shows
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    Per ListMaster Summers's request, my favourite Christmas shows include:
    DUFFY'S TAVERN: Miracle in Manhattan; AMOS 'N' ANDY: Andy Plays Santa Claus;
    DRAGNET: The Big Little Jesus; ADVENTURES IN ODYSSEY: The Gifts of Madge and
    Guy; also, any Christmas-themed FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY or the Christmas
    shopping-themed episodes of THE JACK BENNY SHOW, though I don't have a
    particular favourite for either Jack nor Fibber.

    Hope this helps!

    Yours in
    the wreath-er,

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:06:00 -0500
    From: John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dorothy Erwin

    Dorothy Erwin wrote a script for The Shadow entitled "The Secret of
    Valhalla Lodge."  It was the only one she wrote for The Shadow.  And
    that's all I know about her.  Can anyone here give me more information?

    Was this a pen name or her real name?  Did she write for other series?
    (I checked [removed] and John Dunning's Encyclopedia, but found
    nothing.)  Born?  Died?  Other jobs?  Anything?

    Thanks in [removed]

    John

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    Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:06:07 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-20 births/deaths

    December 20th births

    12-20-1889 - Ernest LaPrade - Memphis, TN - d. 4-20-1969
    conductor: "Collier's Hour"; "Orchestra of the Nation"
    12-20-1897 - Felix Holt - Calloway County, KY - d. 6-2-1954
    writer: "Challenge of the Yukon"; "Cimarron Tavern"; "The One Ranger"
    12-20-1898 - Irene Dunne - Louisville, KY - d. 9-4-1990
    actor: Susan Armstrong "Bright Star"; "Family Theatre"; "Hallmark Hall
    of Fame"
    12-20-1900 - Ted Fio Rito - Newark, NJ - d. 7-22-1971
    bandleader: "Presenting Al Jolson"; "Wonder Show"; "Jack Haley Show"
    12-20-1902 - Max Lerner - Ivenitz, Minsk, Russia - d. 6-5-1992
    editorial director, commentator: "PM"
    12-20-1905 - Albert Dekker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1968
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-20-1906 - Marion Talley - Nevada, MO - d. 1-3-1983
    singer: "Ry-Krisp Presents Marion Talley"
    12-20-1907 - Al Rinker - Tekoa, WA - d. 6-11-1982
    singer (member of The Rhythm Boys) "Paul Whiteman Presents"
    12-20-1912 - Ken Lane - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-22-1996
    singer: (Ken Lane Singers) "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Carnation Contented
    Hour"
    12-20-1914 - Patti Pickens - Macon, GA - d. 11-16-1995
    singer: (Pickens Sisters) "The Pickens Sisters"; "The Magic Key"
    12-20-1918 - Audrey Totter - Joliet, IL
    actor: Millie Bronson "Meet Millie"; Bonnie "Bright Horizon"
    12-20-1919 - Everett Greenbaum - Buffalo, NY - d. 7-11-1999
    writer: "Greenbaum's Gallery"
    12-20-1920 - Dennis Morgan - Prentice, WI - d. 9-7-1994
    actor, singer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Screen Guild
    Theatre"
    12-20-1923 - Charita Bauer - Newark, NJ - d. 2-28-1985
    actor: Mary Aldrich, "Aldrich Family"; Bert Bauer, "The Guiding Light"
    12-20-1928 - Donald Adams - Bristol, England - d. 4-8-1996
    opera singer: BBC Repertory Company
    12-20-1931 - Mala Powers - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-11-2007
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"
    12-20-1952 - Jenny Agutter - Tounton, Somerset, England
    actor: Alex Price "An American Werewolf in London"

    December 20th deaths

    01-28-1887 - Artur Rubinstein - Lodz, Poland, Russian Empire - d.
    12-20-1982
    pianist: "Information Please"
    02-27-1902 - John Steinbeck - Salinas, CA - d. 12-20-1968
    novelist: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen
    Director's Playhouse"
    03-03-1906 - Kenny Sargent - Centralia, IL - d. 12-20-1969
    vocalist/saxophonist: "The Camel Caravan"
    03-12-1919 - Frank Campanella - NYC - d. 12-20-2006
    actor: "21st Precinct"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    04-02-1864 - Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly - d. 12-20-1938
    etymologist: Education talks on words; coach for CBS announcers
    04-02-1915 - Frederick Cole - Hingham, MA - d. 12-20-1964
    announcer: "Double or Nothing"; "Ethel and Albert"
    05-09-1914 - Hank Snow - Liverpool, Novia Scotia, Canada - d. 12-20-1999
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    05-11-1912 - Foster Brooks - Louisville, KY - d. 12-20-2001
    disc jockey: "Foster Brooks Show"; "Melody, Inc."; "Million Dollar
    Ballroom"
    05-14-1936 - Bobby Darin - NYC - d. 12-20-1973
    singer: "The Bobby Darin Show"; "Cancer Crusade"; "Vocies of Vista"
    06-12-1914 - William Lundigan - Syracuse, NY - d. 12-20-1975
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; announcer in early radio
    07-11-1897 - Johnny Marvin - Butler, Oklahoma Territory - d. 12-20-1944
    country singer: Had his own show on NBC
    07-11-1909 - Irene Hervey - Venice, CA - d. 12-20-1998
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-21-1863 - C. Aubrey Smith - London, England - d. 12-20-1948
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-15-1901 - Ned Washington - Scranton, PA - d. 12-20-1976
    songwriter: "Dick Aurandt Show"
    08-21-1895 - Benny Davis - NYC - d. 12-20-1979
    lyricist: "Benny Davis Stardust"
    09-09-1900 - James Hilton - Leigh, Lancashire, England - d. 12-20-1954
    host: "Hallmark Hall of Fame/Hallmark Playhouse"; "Ceiling Unlimited"
    09-28-1918 - Arnold Stang - Manhattan, NY - d. 12-20-2009
    actor: Joey Brewster "That Brewster Boy"; Seymour Fingerhood "Goldbergs"
    10-24-1904 - Moss Hart - The Bronx, NY - d. 12-20-1961
    panelist: "Who Said That?"
    11-09-1934 - Carl Sagan - NYC - d. 12-20-1996
    scientist: "Space Story"; "Is Anybody There?"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:06:15 -0500
    From: "Michael J. Laurino" <mlaurino@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: two questions

    Two favorites for the holiday:

    Quiet Please: "Berlin 1945" A bunch of GIs throw themselves a Christmas
    party in their barracks.

    Grand Central Station: "Miracle for Christmas" A disillusioned ambulance
    driver is sent out with a new doctor on Christmas Eve.

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