Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #399
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Date: 12/18/2004 10:19 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 399
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This weekend with Walden Hughes       [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
  Re: Adventures By Morse               [ "Edmund Zebrowski" <starlightexp@ho ]
  Favorite Christmas OTR shows          [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
  Radio in the Movies                   [ Art Chimes <achimes@[removed]; ]
  Happy HA-lidays                       [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
  Re: Allen's Business Arrangements     [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
  12-18 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Re: OTR novels and movies             [ "Jonathan Sweet" <sweetedit@charter ]
  Derek's Holiday Message               [ StuartLubin@[removed] (Stuart Lubin ]
  thanks from a radio soap fan          [ "Ronnie Wise" <rwise@[removed]; ]
  Fibber's closet                       [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
  My Oddball Riddle Answers             [ ilamfan@[removed] ]
  Claude Rains OTR Movie                [ "James Yellen" <clifengr3@[removed] ]
  Re: OTR Related Novel                 [ Twizoner@[removed] ]
  Re: Great American Broadcast CD       [ Twizoner@[removed] ]

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:41:23 -0500
From: BryanH362@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  This weekend with Walden Hughes

Heard live via the inernet at [removed].

Friday 12-17-04 at 7-30 [removed] Pacific Time.

A.  An archived interview of  Parley Baer done with co-host Frank Bresee.

B.  Walden interviews Chris Lambesis who talks about his booklets (25 pages
each ) on
     Quiet Please and Dragnet.

C.  Your favorite OTR Christmas shows.

Saturday 12-18-04 .  Special start time of  4-30 [removed] running until around
1:30 am  PST.
9 hours of the greatest OTR christmas shows.

Sunday 12-19-04 again a special early start time of   4-30 [removed] PST running
until around 1 [removed] PST

A.  Three hours of your favorite Christmas Old Time Radio programs.

B.  (7:30  PST )  Mike Biel presents Rock In Roll [removed] style.

C.  (8:30 PST ) Laura Leff presents  Jack Benny of 12-3-44.

D.  more OTR Christmas shows till sign off.

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:00:01 -0500
From: "Edmund Zebrowski" <starlightexp@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Adventures By Morse

I actually prefer Adventures By Morse to ILAM. The exotic settings and first
rate acting make it a top series in my book. I wish that there was a second
series of episodes.

Shade and Sweet water
Edmund

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:00:37 -0500
From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Favorite Christmas OTR shows

  This time of the year I almost exclusively listen to Christmas OTR shows
and I have found some shows to stand out from the others.
   My favorite is the Amos N Andy show when Amos tells Arbadella about the
Lord's Prayer on Christmas Eve. If that doesn't get someone into the
Christmas mood nothing will.
   The Grand Central Station Christmas program also stands out as it tells
the story of a deceased doctor returning to make the emergency calls with a
jaded ambulance driver and how before the night is over the ambulance driver
changes his attitude on this special Christmas Eve.
    Great Gildersleeve: Why The Chimes rang is another very special show
    Next to the Amos N Andy show mentioned my favorite Christmas show is A
Daddy For Christmas one of the most heartwarming shows I have ever heard.
    One show that is a lot sadder is Rifle For Christmas a Christmas story
from Dragnet that tells of a boy who accidentally kills his friend with a
Christmas rifle.
    Andrew Godfrey

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:26:41 -0500
From: Art Chimes <achimes@[removed];
To: otr <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Radio in the Movies

Another wonderful radio-themed film is the 1937 20th Century Fox
musical, "Wake Up and Live." Bandleader Ben Bernie and columnist Walter
Winchell had a feud on, and that's the backdrop of the story of mic-shy
singer Jack Haley (songs dubbed by Buddy Clark) and the efforts (and
tricks) of motivational radio host Alice Faye to get him on the air.
Patsy Kelly and Ned Sparks also star. There are some good tunes, it's
lots of fun, and it's a great look at radio behind-the-scenes. (It's
been years since I've seen this, so I can't vouch for the authenticity
of the portrayal of big-time radio.)

This was the era when studios ran 15-30 minute previews of some releases
on radio, and "Wake Up and Live" was featured in one such broadcast.
Dave Goldin lists it in his [removed] as follows:

  9345. Wake Up and Live. 1937. 20th Century Fox syndication.
  Air trailer. Alice Faye, Ben Bernie and His Orchestra, Jack
  Haley (m. c.), Lea Ray, Walter Winchell. 13 minutes. Audio
  condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

For more information, see these links:

[removed]
[removed]

The film was released on VHS but is apparently out of print. Copies
regularly show up on ebay, however. There is apparently no DVD version.

Regards
Art

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:29:38 -0500
From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Happy HA-lidays
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Where do bad OTR golfers go for a drink after the game?

 [DUFFy's Tavern]

Where do OTR fans find bargains?

[at the (Johnny) DOLLAR  Store]

Who is the preferred cookie maker of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correlli?

[Famous AMOS]

Which OTR sponsor would be most favored by the Beach Boys?

[BARBARA-ANN Bread]

Which of their sponsors do you get if you cross Senator Ford, Joe Laurie Jr
and Harry Hershfield with their jokes?

[SNICKERS]

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:28:42 -0500
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Allen's Business Arrangements

On 12/17/04 8:51 AM [removed]@[removed] wrote:

reading many of the post on Fred Allen raise a question for me.  Does any
one know if Fred Allen own his own show.  If he did then he would had been
able to call more of the shots with add agency.

Allen's situation was a demonstration of just how complicated show
ownership could be, and just how many fingers there could be in the pie
at any given time.

On a primary level, Allen himself worked for a company called Walter
Batchelor Productions. Batchelor was Allen's agent, and handled all of
his financial dealings for his entire radio career -- Allen himself seems
to have had no head for business at all, and no interest in ever
developing one.

Batchelor, in turn, hired Allen out to advertisers or agencies --
depending on the particular show. Batchelor Productions also controlled
all the intellectual property rights on Allen's scripts for the various
series.

"Town Hall Tonight," as a program, was owned by Bristol-Myers Company.
This relationship was probably the most cordial sponsorship of Allen's
career -- he got along well on a personal level with company president
Lee Bristol, and there was little direct interference from the sponsor in
the week-to-week production of the series. However, the actual production
of the program was assigned to the advertising agency handling the Ipana
and Sal Hepatica accounts: Bristol used several agencies to represent his
various products, and these assignments could shift depending on the
product and the program. It was a reassignment of the Ipana account in
1939 which brought about the end of the Town Hall format -- Bristol gave
his agencies a free hand in the administration of his radio campaigns.

In 1940, Allen was hired out by Batchelor to Buchanan and Company, the
agency for the Texaco, Standard Brands, and Ford series. This was a
prickly relationship, especially during the Texaco period, when both the
oil company and the agency were breathing down Allen's neck, but the
budgets were higher than with Bristol-Myers, and that may explain why he
put up with it. The agency owned the various series during this period,
but Batchelor, as Allen's agent, owned the copyrights on Allen's scripts.

After the end of the Ford series and the last Buchanan contract,
Batchelor had Allen signed to a direct contract with NBC, which carried
him thru the "Big Show" period, and into his ill-fated television
ventures.

Allen never went the route of Correll and Gosden, Jack Benny, or Bob Hope
in incorporating his own production company to own and control his own
series. One can speculate as to why, but I guess the best explanation
would simply be that he just didn't think that way. He had little
interest in that aspect of the business, even though it might have
improved his own situation -- but maybe he figured he had enough
headaches with the creative end of the program without getting caught up
in all the complexities of the administrative end.

Elizabeth

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:48:48 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  12-18 births/deaths

December 18th births

12-18-1864 - S. Parkes Cadman - Wellington, Shropshire, England - d. 7-12-1936
preacher: "National Radio Pulpit"
12-18-1885 - J. Anthony Smythe - San Francisco, CA - d. 3-20-1966
actor: "Carefree Carnival"; Henry Barbour "One Man's Family"
12-18-1886 - Ty Cobb - Narrows, GA - d. 7-17-1961
baseball great: "Coca Cola Top Notchers"; "Baseball: An Action History"
12-18-1888 - Dame Gladys Cooper - Lewisham, England - d. 11-17-1971
actress: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
12-18-1890 - Edwin H. Armstrong - NYC - d. 1-31-1954
inventor: FM radio
12-18-1897 - Fletcher Henderson - Cuthbert, GA - d. 12-29-1952
jazz orchestra leader: "Jubilee"; "Magic Carpet"
12-18-1910 - Abe Burrows - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-17-1985
writer: "Abe Burrows Show"; "Danny Kaye Show"; "Duffy's Tavern"
12-18-1913 - Lynn Bari - Roanoke,  VA - d. 11-20-1989
actress: "Dan Carson"
12-18-1915 - Bill Zuckert - NYC - d. 1-23-1997
actor: Detective. Lieutenant. Parker "Crime and Peter Chambers"
12-18-1916 - Betty Grable - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-2-1973
actress: "Hollywood Showcase"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "So You Want to Lead a
Band"
12-18-1917 - Ossie Davis - Cogdell, GA
actor: "Cavalcade of America"

December 18th deaths

01-14-1915 - Mark Goodson - Sacramento, CA - d. 12-18-1992
producer, director: "Portia Faces Life"; "Stop the Music"
03-15-1910 - Nick Stewart - NYC - d. 12-18-2000
actor: "Hollywood Newsreel of the Air"
06-14-1919 - Sam Wanamaker - Chicago, IL - d. 12-18-1993
actor: Ellis Smith "The Guiding Light"; "Lone Journey"
06-25-1903 - Anne Revere - NYC - d. 12-18-1990
actress: "Cavalcade of America"
10-07-1926 - Diana Lynn - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-18-1971
actress: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
12-01-1898 - Cyril Ritchard - Syndey, Australia - d. 12-18-1977
actor: "Best Plays"; "United States Steel Hour"; "NBC Star Playhouse"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:49:03 -0500
From: "Jonathan Sweet" <sweetedit@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: OTR novels and movies

Philip Railsback writes

I have in my mind a movie I saw on the late show when I was kid.  It
starred
Claude Rains.  He played a radio performer or DJ who uses his radio job as
an alibi for murder.  I cannot remember the name of the movie and can't
find
it on the internet.  Anybody else remember this?

I remember a radio program with the same plot ... either The Whistler or The
Mysterious Traveler, I think. I know there were some Whistler movies made
... maybe this was one of them?

Jay Sweet
sweetedit@[removed]
Fort Atkinson, WI

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:11:51 -0500
From: StuartLubin@[removed] (Stuart Lubin)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Derek's Holiday Message

All I can say, with this lump in my throat, is thank you, Derek Tague.
You are truly an inspiration to all the rest of us.
Stuart Lubin

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:51:06 -0500
From: "Ronnie Wise" <rwise@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  thanks from a radio soap fan
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I want to thank all the radio collectors who have responded to my recent
request for radio soap operas, especially those that aren't so well known.
It's this kind of spirit and dedication that keeps OTR alive. And if anyone
hasn't read "Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio Factory: The Programs and
Personalities of Broadcasting's Most Prolific Producers" by Jim Cox, buy is
through Amazon or check with your public library. It's a great read. Thanks
again, everybody!
Ron Wise

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:39:24 -0500
From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Fibber's closet

Dave Parker asks about pictures of the SFX set-up for McGee's closet.  I
seem to recall seeing a short film ("March of Time-Radio"?) on the
behind-the-scenes activities in producing network radio shows.  It showed
scenes of Benny, Allen, Fibber and others at mics (pretending, I think)
doing their shows.  The McGee clip ended, as I remember, with the sound man
(Tollefson?) toppling things down a 6 foot ladder and ending with a tiny
bell on the floor.   Am I just dreaming this up?  Has anybody else seen it?

Bobb

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:06:33 -0500
From: ilamfan@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
Subject:  My Oddball Riddle Answers
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Melanie Aultman came up with a few OTR riddles - I enjoyed them, and came up
with a few possible answers (probably not the "right" ones, but kinda close,
I think)

Where do bad OTR golfers go for a drink after the game?
Duffy's Tavern?  Probably some sharp golf pun that's supposed to be working
[removed] don't [removed] only wear one pair of pants.

Where do OTR fans find bargains?
BBC fans could always try [removed]

Who is the preferred cookie maker of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll?
Famous Amos?  Maybe after a cookie, they had an Andes mint?  Or maybe whoever
makes Oreos?

Which OTR sponsor would be most favored by the Beach Boys?
Ipana for the SMiLE of beauty, Sal Hepatica for the SMiLE of success (SMiLE
being the legendary "lost" Beach Boys masterpiece of 1967, finally released
this summer! But we all knew that, right?)?

Which of their sponsors do you get if you cross Senator Ford, Joe Laurie Jr
and Harry Hershfield with their jokes?
Don't know this [removed] Can't Top This.  If you cross the sponsor with your
jokes too many times, you'll end up with no sponsors at all.

Hmmmmmmm.  Not the best batch of answers.

Stephen Jansen

--
Old Time Radio never dies - it
just changes formats!

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:06:43 -0500
From: "James Yellen" <clifengr3@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Claude Rains OTR Movie

From: "Philip Railsback" <philiprailsback@[removed];

I have in my mind a movie I saw on the late show when I was kid.  It
starred Claude Rains.  He played a radio performer or DJ who uses his
radio job as an alibi for murder.  I cannot remember the name of the
movie and can't find it on the internet.  Anybody else remember this?

I don't remember this movie, but I'd sure like to see it. I did a little web
research and found the movie is from 1947 and is called THE UNSUSPECTED.
Here's a plot summary.

A girl has been murdered. A woman (Joan Caulfield) cannot remember a man who
claims to be her husband. Claude Rains is Joan's uncle and nosts a radio
murder mystery show called the "Unsuspected". That is the crux of this good
murder-mystery. Who killed the girl? Why? And who is this mystery husband?

Jim Yellen

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:18:10 -0500
From: Twizoner@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: OTR Related Novel

Jay Sweet asked

Are there any good fiction books or movies that those of you on the
list would recommend where OTR plays a significant role?

       If you can find it "The War of The Worlds Mystery" by Philip A. 
Shreffler (Wessex Press, 1998) is an enjoyable read.  Set during the infamous WOTW 
broadcast, it's the story of the murder of a "Mars Actress", a murder that is 
investigated by members of the "Baker Street Irregulars".  Orson Welles, WOTW, 
and Sherlockians together in story that provides 1930's atmosphere.

       Mike Kerrigan

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 23:19:45 -0500
From: Twizoner@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Great American Broadcast CD

Tom Barnett asked about the CD associated with the Great American
Broadcast book

The CD included the following shows:
 Jack Benny:  Violin Lesson w/ Prof. LeBlanc
 Escape: Three Skeleton Key
 Vic & Sade: Christmas Cards

      Mike K

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