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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 221
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Wonderful Smith, RIP [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
reel to reel [ EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed]; ]
9-18 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
The Vanishing OTR Generation [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
RE: The Vanishing OTR Generation [ Janet Chamberlain <pepsipenquin@yah ]
Re: The Vanishing OTR Generation [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
A couple of odd ones [ rand@[removed] ]
OTR in the News [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
Royal Visit 1939 [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
Bill Johnstone as Chaplain Jim [ vzeo0hfk@[removed] ]
Re: Video Tape [ Alan Bell <alanlinda43@[removed]; ]
Videotape for OTR recording [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
9-19 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:51:01 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Wonderful Smith, RIP
An AP release today reports the death of Wonderful Smith, 97, on
August 28th in Northridge, CA of undisclosed causes. Smith was one of
the few African-American performers on the air during radio's Golden
Age. He left no immediate survivors.
He was born June 21, 1911 in Arkadelphia, AR and his eight siblings
had conventional names. Smith claimed he did not realize how unusual
his first name was until he was teased about it when he started
attending school. At age 16 he relocated to Los Angeles and was hired
as a part-time chauffeur by actress Hattie McDaniel, who would later
become the first black winner of an Academy Award for her performance
in "Gone With the Wind." By 1941 Smith had a major role in Duke
Ellington's "Jump For Joy," a satirical review. Part of his monologue
in that stage show involved him pretending to telephone FDR and after
introducing himself, say, "No, I'm not related to Governor Al
[removed]'s quite a difference, as different as night and day."
In 1941, he was cast as a cook on Red Skelton's radio show, leading
to him being termed radio's "Negro comedy find of the year."
Smith was drafted into the Army in 1942 and became a disk jockey for
AFRS, a nearly all-white organization. Although he was usually
expected to speak in a "blackface dialect" when performing, Smith was
surprised this requirement evaporated while he was producing his own
AFRS radio show from a studio in Calcutta, India. He served with AFRS
until 1945.
Back in the [removed] after the war, he returned to Red Skelton show but
was let go by the producers in 1947, which Smith claimed was because
he didn't sound as "Negroid" as they expected. He continued in show
business, including TV and movie bit parts; he was the janitor in the
1984 film, "This is Spinal Tap."
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:51:10 -0400
From: EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: reel to reel
hi
does anyone have a use for reel to reel decks?
i have a few, but 2 need new heads as 1 chan is out
these are going cheap, contact me for more details
i have been converting over to cd all reels, almost all
american shows on reels are gone as i sent many to a fellow in cal. i am
waiting to hear from him.
my bbc reels i am sending to a fellow in cincinati.
contact me if interested in the decks,
edcarr@[removed]
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:52:02 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 9-18 births/deaths
September 18th births
09-18-1873 - Charles K. Field - Montpelier, VT - d. 9-1-1948
host: (Cherrio) "Cherrio"; "Arco Birthday Party"
09-18-1881 - Wythe Williams - Meadville, PA - d. 7-13-1956
newscaster: "As the Clock Strikes"
09-18-1886 - Powel Crosley, Jr. - Cincinnati, OH - d. 3-28-1961
owner of WLW radio station in Cincinnati
09-18-1894 - Willard Robison - Shelbina, MO - d. 6-24-1968
orchestra leader: (Evangelist of Rhythm) "Plantation Echoes"
09-18-1905 - Eddie Anderson - Oakland, CA - d. 2-28-1977
actor: Rochester Van Jones "Jack Benny Program"
09-18-1905 - Greta Garbo - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 4-15-1990
actor: "Conquest"
09-18-1908 - Blair Walliser - Chicago, IL - d. 8-31-1996
writer, director: "Romance of Helen Trent"; "Backstage Wife"
09-18-1910 - Joe "Curley" Bradley - Coalgate, OK - d. 6-3-1985
actor, singer: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; "Singing Marshall"
09-18-1916 - Samuel Badillo - d. 9-27-1992
newscaster: WIAC San Juan, PR
09-18-1917 - June Foray - Springfield, MA
actor: Junie "Smile Time" "Stan Freberg Show"; "It's a Great Life"
09-18-1919 - Diana Lewis - Asbury, NJ - d. 1-18-1997
actor: "G. I. Journal"; "Radio's Reader Digest"
09-18-1920 - Jack Warden - Newark, NJ - d. 7-19-2006
actor: "Stagestruck"
09-18-1929 - Phyllis Kirk - Syracuse, NY - d. 10-20-2006
actor: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
09-18-1932 - Patricia Roe - NYC
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
09-18-1939 - Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, PA
singer: "Frankie Avalon Show"
09-18-1948 - Ken Brett - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-18-2003
part of the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast team
September 18th deaths
01-07-1888 - Myrtle Vail Damerel - Joilet, IL - d. 9-18-1978
actor: Myrtle Spear "Myrt and Marge"
01-17-1917 - Sam Locke - Peabody, MA - d. 9-18-1998
scriptwriter: "Grand Central Station"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"
02-27-1905 - Franchot Tone - Niagara Falls, NY - d. 9-18-1968
actor: "Arch Oboler Plays"; "Free Company"; "Knickerbocker Playhouse"
03-03-1900 - Edna Best - Hove, East Sussex, England - d. 9-18-1974
director: "Sherlock Holmes"; "Silver Theatre"
05-15-1890 - Katherine Anne Porter - Indian Creek, TX - d. 9-18-1980
author: "NBC University Theatre"
05-31-1879 - Frances Alda - Christchurch, New Zealand - d. 9-18-1952
soprano: "Atwater Kent Hour"
06-01-1890 - Frank Morgan - NYC - d. 9-18-1949
actor: Thaddeus Q. Tweedy "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"
07-08-1917 - Pamela Brown - London, England - d. 9-18-1975
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre On the Air"
07-14-1904 - Annabella - La Varenne Hilaire, Val-de-Marne, France -
d. 9-18-1996
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-08-1923 - Jimmy Witherspoon - Gurdon, AR - d. 9-18-1997
blues singer: (Jay McShann's Band) "Jubilee"
08-10-1915 - Jack Lester - Oklahoma - d. 9-18-2004
actor: Sky King "Sky King"; ""Whistlin' Jimmy Steele"
08-23-1902 - Charles Paul - NYC - d. 9-18-1990
organist: "Kate Smith"; "As the Twig is Bent"
08-24-1896 - Cyril Armbrister - d. 9-18-1966
producer, director: "Chandu the Magician"; "Strange As It Seems";
"Terry and the Pirates"
09-04-1914 - Leonard Sterling - d. 9-18-1992
announcer: "The Brighter Day"; "We Are Always Young"
09-10-1917 - Jean Ruth Hay - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-18-2004
disc jockey: "Reveille with Beverly"
09-27-1893 - Phil Cook - Coldwater, MI - d. 9-18-1958
comedian: "Radio Chief"; "Quaker Oats Man"; "Morning Almanac"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:52:08 -0400
From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Vanishing OTR Generation
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About two years I was trying to renegotiate our contract with AFTRA regarding
payment of our actors on Imagination Theatre. It took almost a year to get it
done. why? Because I couldn't seem to get it through the heads of the various
folks I had to deal with in the national office in New York City just what
audio drama was. I kept hearing "Oh, so it like books on tape right?"
AFRA (Now AFTRA) was created to protect the actors of OTR from the abuses of
their talent that came with working for the networks, producers, ad agencies
and so forth. But now the very medium the union was started to serve is
forgotten by said union and the people who work for it. "Yeah, its like books
on tape."
Larry Albert
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:52:44 -0400
From: Janet Chamberlain <pepsipenquin@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RE: The Vanishing OTR Generation
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The Vanishing OTR Generation by Tom Barnett
The young just don't know what they are missing. I was shopping for a new
cell phone last year and was talking with about a 22 yr old slick salesman.
When it got to the part about the phone being able to play MP3's, I asked how
much storage does it have. He was telling me about how many 100's of songs I
could have at my fingertips and I said, no you don't understand. My "music"
is about 30 minutes long as I listen to Old Time Radio. He nodded and acted
like he understood. I asked do you know what I mean when I say Old Time
Radio? He said yeah, like Rolling Stones and stuff like that. I laughed and
said No, not quite. I listen to ones like Jack Benny, Fibber Mcgee & Molly,
and Richard Diamond. He had not a clue who I was talking about, not even
Jack Benny. I felt pretty old at that point.
Janet
Topeka by way of California
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:53:14 -0400
From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: The Vanishing OTR Generation
Considering Tom Barnett and Joe Mackey's recent run-ins with co-workers
and neighbors who didn't recognize respectively Rochester and OTR, I had
the opposite happen yesterday just after reading Tom's posting. The new
dean of the college I recently retired from, stopped by to see my office
that I am still moving out of. He spotted a picture of Jack Benny on my
wall and said "Ah! Jack Benny." Good. A kindred soul.
On the other hand, my daughter ran into the opposite a couple of years
ago when one of her radio production professors didn't recognize the
name Spike Jones during a discussion of novelty recordings. Thinking to
try to one-up her, he said "You mean Spike Milligan, don't you?" "I
know who Spike Milligan is," she replied, "I have dozens of Goon Shows
and even some of Milligan's TV shows. I MEANT Spike Jones." "Who's
he?" came the response. Since she was interviewing him for a project at
the time, she gleefully played the tape over the phone for me. A sad
statement of the profession I have just left. And, yes, she handed him
a CD of Spike JONES a few days later. What's that line that Oscar
Hammerstein II wrote? -- "By your pupils you'll be taught."
Doc Biel mbiel@[removed]
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:54:02 -0400
From: rand@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A couple of odd ones
I just got some AFRS transcriptions from a private seller that I'll be
transferring and putting up on my blog soon. In researching the shows, I
think I might have found a couple more rarities - does anyone have any
more info on these shows?
There are a couple of discs from a show called "The Harlem Hospitality
Club". I haven't found any shows in this series in circulation and all I
can seem to find out about it is that it ran on Mutual in 1947 at 2:00 pm
on Saturday afternoons.
It's a fun show, broadcast from the Savoy Ballroom - host Willie Bryant
talks to people in the audience and there are performances from R&B
singers from the time, such as Little Miss Cornshucks and Amanda Randolph.
The audience segments are fascinating, with people talking about
arguments with their husbands, unusual professions and the like. It sort
of sounds like a Black version of "Don McNeal's Breakfast Club".
The other show is another one of those mysteries. There are three
transcriptions from the "Dennis Day Show", but not the "Day in the Life of
Dennis Day" series. This one is a comedy-variety show that, based on
clues in the program, appears to date from 1954-55.
Dennis does a couple of songs and he has guests who do songs and comedy
skits. Two of the shows I've got have Mel Blanc as a guest, doing live
versions of kiddie records he did for Capital Records, and another has
Johnny Mercer as guest.
Again, I haven't found any info on this series or any of the shows
circulating. Was this a summer replacement or a regular program?
Randy
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Randy A. Riddle
Mebane, NC
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:54:21 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR in the News
We have a rather heated reaction to James Dobson being named to the radio
hall of fame that includes reference to Jack Benny and Edwad R. Murrow:
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The Detroit Free Press reviews the travelling show of "Say Goodnight Gracie"
[removed]
And an interview with Smothers Brothers in which they discuss working with
Jack Benny and George Burns.
[removed]
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:02:37 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Royal Visit 1939
Our MWOTRC website just received an inquiry from an OTR researcher
concerning an NBC radio special of June 11, 1939 to honor King George
and Queen Elizabeth who were then on a [removed] visit. The program
originated from New York City and included both the NBC Symphony
Orchestra and Ray Noble and his orchestra.
The program featured a host of American and British stars (Basil
Rathbone, David Niven, Leslie Howard, Nigel Bruce, George M. Cohan,
Greer Garson, Herbert Marshall, Vivien Leigh, among others) with
George Sanders and Leslie Howard as narrators. The program aired for
one hour in "prime time."
Any Digester know if this special has survived in audio form?
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:08:09 -0400
From: vzeo0hfk@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bill Johnstone as Chaplain Jim
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The discussion about Bill Johnstone reminded me of a show in which
he starred during World War II called, "Chaplain Jim." The following
is excerpted from my book, WORDS AT WAR (Scarecrow Press, 2002)
Chaplain Jim [was conceived] as a show for a special audience. They
directed it at the little educated, anxious ones who could not quite
understand why Uncle Sam had taken their loved ones and sent them to
faraway places. Most of the young soldiers whose families were the
showbs target audience had never been outside the limits of their home
towns or counties prior to being drafted. Chaplain Jim was designed to
put their loved ones at ease. The notion that there was someone else
to whom a troubled soldier could turn besides an often unsympathetic
sergeant was a source of comfort to mothers and wives.
Chaplain Jim, the character, became a real bLiving Friendb in the
minds of thousands. They were encouraged to write to him personally to
tell him their problems. Many did so. They complained of not hearing
from their loved one in the service--or of feeling stranded or
deserted even if they were receiving letters. The Adjutant Generalbs
office answered each letter. It also frequently put a follow through
to military channels. It is difficult to statistically calculate the
showbs success. But [one War Department official] claimed that the
show and the follow up prevented tens of thousands of homes from
breaking up. He similarly credited it with preventing numerous
soldiers from going AWOL or committing other acts of disobedience.
There was one aspect of listener reaction that could be measured quite
objectively. The bChaplainb was so real to so many listeners each week
that they sent him candy, home made cookies and donations of cash to
carry on his work.
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:08:36 -0400
From: Alan Bell <alanlinda43@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Video Tape
Make sure the VCR is a "Hi-FI" VCR before recording OTR or anything else
where fidelity is a concern. Of course, most VCRs (but not all!) sold over
the last 20 years or so were Hi-Fi. My understanding is that the audio
portion in a Hi-Fi tape is recorded along with the video with the spinning
record head. A non-Hi-Fi recording is just laid down at the edge of the tape,
and the slower the tape, the worse the fidelity, just as in reel-to-reel. But
with a Hi-Fi VCR, even at the very slow EP (or SLP)speed, the sound is
excellent.
I have a couple of shelves of OTR recorded on video tapes that have been
around for 15-20 years and they sound perfect. Of course, the disadvantage is
that if you want to find a particular show that's on a tape with 10 to 12
other shows, it is kind of a hassle.
Alan
_________________
Alan/Linda Bell
Grand Rapids, MI
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:09:24 -0400
From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Videotape for OTR recording
09-18-08
Videotape became an attractive medium for recording OTR for several
reasons:
1) With Beta's advent of "Beta-HiFi", we now had the ability to put [removed]
hours of 20 Hz-to-20 KHz high fidelity recording onto one tape.
2) All VCR's (Beta or VHS or 8mm) were equipped with
tape-while-you're-away timers, which meant that nostalgia-type programs
that replayed the old episodes could be taped in one's absence.
Here's a warning, though -- if you just feed an audio signal into a lot
of regular VCR's without a video signal, the speed control electronics
will have nothing to chew on and the recording speed can go quite
kaflooie, sending the mechanical tape speed all over the place searching
for some kind of video synchronization signal. Beta-HiFi machines had
the ability to record audio by just flipping a switch that would give
that circuitry the sync signal it needed to record audio-only tapes.
Maybe VHS eventually did that. I don't know.
Best regards,
Jim Arva
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:09:31 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 9-19 births/deaths
September 19th births
09-19-1877 - T. Stuart Gurr - Bombay, India - d. 12-xx-1960
writer: "The Summons"
09-19-1879 - Louis Joseph Vance - NYC - d. 12-16-1933
writer: "The Lone Wolf"
09-19-1888 - John Henry Bodkin - Chicago, IL - d. unknown
director: Abundant Life Mixed Chorus "Operatic Night"
09-19-1888 - Porter Hall - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-6-1953
actor: "March of Time"
09-19-1892 - Fred E. Ahlert - NYC - d. 10-20-1953
composer/arranger: "When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the
Day"
09-19-1899 - Ricardo Cortez - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - d. 4-28-1977
actor: "Shell Chateau"; "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"; "Treasury Hour"
09-19-1904 - Dr. Bergen Evans - Franklin, OH - d. 2-4-1978
host: "Down You Go"; "Of Many Things"
09-19-1904 - Elvia Allman - Concord, NC - d. 3-6-1992
comedienne: Tootsie Sagwell "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show";
Cora Dithers "Blondie"
09-19-1905 - Betty Garde - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-25-1989
actor: Peggy O'Neill "O'Neills"; Kate Mason "Maudie's Diary"
09-19-1908 - Sanford Barnett - East Orange, NJ - d. 4-14-1988
writer: "Believe It or Not"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-19-1910 - Arthur Mullard - London, England - d. 12-11-1995
actor: Jack (Dad Porter) "Industrial Inaction"; "Brothers In Law"
09-19-1910 - Dresser Dahlstead - Springville, UT - d. 4-20-1998
announcer: "I Deal in Crime"; "Death Valley Days"; "I Love a Mystery"
09-19-1910 - Margaret Lindsay - Dubuque, IA - d. 5-8-1981
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Silver Theatre"
09-19-1912 - Edmund Anderson - NYC - d. 6-29-2002
program writer and director for various network programs
09-19-1912 - William Abramchik - d. 4-16-1998
newscaster: Chicago, Illinois
09-19-1913 - Frances Farmer - Seattle, WA - d. 8-1-1970
actor: "Pursuit of Happiness"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Suspense"; "Lux
Radio Theatre"
09-19-1916 - Helen Ward - NYC - d. 4-21-1998
jazz singer: (Benny Goodman's Band) "Let's Dance"
09-19-1920 - Warde Q. Butler - d. 4-16-2004
hosted a music and interview program in Cincinnati, Ohio
09-19-1921 - Michael Noonan - Christchurch, New Zealand - d. 3-5-2000
writer: "The Man Who Changed the Wind"
09-19-1922 - Willie Pep - Middletown, CT - d. 11-23-2006
boxer: "Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts"
09-19-1924 - Bob Murphy - Oklahoma - d. 8-3-2004
sportscaster: teamed with Curt Gowdy to broadcast Red Sox Games
09-19-1926 - James Lipton - Detroit, MI
actor: Dick Grant "The Guiding Light"; Dan Reid "The Lone Ranger"
09-19-1927 - William Hickey - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-29-1997
performed in radio at the age of 9
09-19-1930 - Derek Nimmo - Liverpool, England - d. 2-25-1999
comic actor: "The Dales"
09-19-1931 - Ray Danton - NYC - d. 2-11-1992
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
September 19th deaths
02-03-1903 - Martin Block - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-19-1967
announcer, disc jockey: "Make-Believe Ballroom"; "Chesterfield Supper
Club"
04-07-1899 - Robert Casadesus - Paris, France - d. 9-19-1972
pianist: "Telephone Hour"; "Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra"
04-23-1922 - Jack May - Henley-on-Thames, England - d. 9-19-1997
actor: "The Archers"; "Sherlock Holmes"
05-21-1901 - Fred Cole - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-19-1964
writer: "Double or Nothing"
06-01-1900 - Werner Janssen - NYC - d. 9-19-1990
music: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
06-17-1897 - Vivian Duncan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-19-1986
singer: (Topsy and Eva) "Wireless Vaudeville"
06-17-1910 - Red Foley - Blue Lick, KY - d. 9-19-1968
singer: "National Barn Dance"; "Grand Ole Opry"; "Red Foley Show"
07-18-1910 - Lou Bush - Louisville, KY - d. 9-19-1979
orchestra leader: "Guest Star"; "Stars for Defense"; "Here's to
Veterans"
07-28-1911 - Ann Doran - Amarillo, TX - d. 9-19-2000
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-16-1896 - Eddie Green - Baltimore, MD - d. 9-19-1950
actor: Eddie the Waiter "Duffy's Tavern"; Jerry "Uncle Charlie's Tent
Show"
10-14-1879 - Miles Franklin - Talbingo, Australia - d. 9-19-1954
wirter: "The Thorny Rose"
10-20-1895 - Rex Ingram - Cairo, IL - d. 9-19-1965
actor: "Free World Theatre"
12-22-1909 - Patricia Hayes - London, England - d. 9-19-1998
actor: Henry Bones, boy detective "Children's Hour"
12-30-1931 - Skeeter Davis - Dry Ridge, KY - d. 9-19-2004
country/western singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee Wisconsin
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