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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 133
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Profs MacDonald and Balk              [ Clif Martin <martbart@[removed]; ]
      Voices that change the course of mig  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      No escape, that [removed]               [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      BASEBALL AS A NARRATIVE               [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
      Frankie Thomas' Death                 [ "Jed Dolnick" <jdolnick@[removed] ]
      Color radio?                          [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
      Picture needed                        [ John Matthews <glowingdial@[removed] ]
      You can be sure if it's a Westinghou  [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Lorre's SUSPENSE TV Show              [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      This week in radio history 14-20 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Once more: CBSRMT                     [ Robert Cockrum <rmc44@[removed] ]
      portland hoffa                        [ Joan Leya <joanleya@[removed]; ]
      5-14 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Navy Day Oct. 27, 1942                [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      Brian Gari and the Upper West Side -  [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      I love a Mystery scripts              [ Dancingdays72777@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:48:08 -0400
    From: Clif Martin <martbart@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Profs MacDonald and Balk

    J. Fred MacDonald and Alfred  Balk, writers about radio's history. were on
    WGN's Milt Rosenberg show Friday night.  I was a bit disappointed  in their
    presentation and I note that their work is seldom mentioned here.  I'm
    curious about how their work is regarded by this group.

    Clif Martin

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:49:07 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Voices that change the course of mighty
     rivers!

    From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
    Subject:   SUPERMAN narrator

    Dear Tony-

    Thanks for the details.

    I of course love Jack Beck - of sainted memory! - and his work (in the
    Golden Age, I think that he, Orson, and Fred Foy were the masters of making
    the
    Exposition a character in it's own right), and knew of his predecessors.

    Had not known that sturdy character man Ross Martin had done the last  30
    min. shows.

    Thanks,
    -Craig

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:50:13 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  No escape, that [removed]

    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr"  <skallisjr@[removed];
    Subject:  The Death of  Houdini

>     ...he
>     was with a couple of college students, and one  sucker-punched him in the
>     abdomen ... He died of the ruptured  [removed]

    Dear Stephen-

    If memory serves, the cause of death  was a compound: he had already been
    suffering from abdomenal pain - likely,  encroaching appendicitis - and the
    punch
    made it acute.

    I believe he did  live for a few days, however?

    Best,
    -Craig

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:50:25 -0400
    From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  BASEBALL AS A NARRATIVE

    Good friend, Ray Scott, was one of the finest sports announcers we ever
    had.  Ray told me his broadcast idol was Lowell Thomas.  If you have ever
    heard Ray's play-by-play, and remember the Thomas 'rhythm' you'll notice
    the similarity immediately.

    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:50:39 -0400
    From: "Jed Dolnick" <jdolnick@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Frankie Thomas' Death

    That is so sad. I was able to journey to New Jersey for the OTR conference
    several years ago, where he and Jan Merlin were guests. I'll echo what
    Walden wrote: he was, indeed, a very nice man.

    Jed Dolnick

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:51:09 -0400
    From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Color radio?

    I agree 100%.  I have never listened to radio with my eyes.  Color and black
    and white do not compute.  The sounds are what matters, the vocal delivery
    of the actors, the music, the sfx -- that's what matters to me.

    And it helps to have a plot that hangs together, or jokes that are still
    funny after 60 years!

    Ted Kneebone / 1528 S. Grant St. / Aberdeen, SD 57401
    [removed]~stmarkch/
    Democrats: [removed]
    Kids o/t New Century: [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:51:15 -0400
    From: John Matthews <glowingdial@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Picture needed
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    Hi folks, I was wondering if anyone out there in radioland had a decent
    picture of Jack Kirkwood that they could send me for use on my web page
    for my show The Glowing Dial.  I need this photo as soon as possible as
    this particular episode premieres Sunday May 21.  We're doing a show
    featuring famous "Jacks".  Thanks in advance!  And sorry I don't post
    more often but all you folks are just so knowledgeable on old radio it's
    a joy to read your posts.  I feel like I have no info to offer most of
    the time.  See you on the radio!

    Big John Matthews
    The Glowing Dial
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:48:06 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  You can be sure if it's a Westinghouse

    Jim Erskine commented:

>     I'm trying to find out the current ownership status of  "Adventures in
>     Research", the program syndicated by Westinghouse Research Labs in the
>     40s. I know Charlie doesn't care for much "c" word talk on this list
>     (and I don't blame you Charlie), but I'm wondering if anyone might be
>     aware of the specifics on this particular show and would contact me
>     offlist. I'd sure appreciate the help tracking this down one way or t'other.

    I can't e-mail you direct, Jim, having problems with my computer so I'll
    post instead.  The series was produced beginning in 1941 and Westinghouse
    itself owned the rights to the series.  The copyrights were owned by the
    script writers (whoever they may be) and if any of them are still presently
    copyrighted, it would be under the individual script writers, not the
    Westinghouse Company ([removed] Elettra Technology).  One thing you might want to
    make sure is to clear permissions for using the Westinghouse name.  It's
    still trademarked.  Copyrights are one thing, trademarks can be another.

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:48:46 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Lorre's SUSPENSE TV Show

    Evan Torch, MD commented:

>     In his new book on Peter Lorre, The Lost One, Stephen Youngkin has provided

    . . .

>     In the book, Youngkin mentions that Roma Wines, as part of a promotion
>     campaign, filmed Lorre in an August 1945 live broadcast. Does anyone in the
>     Pacific Pioneers Org. have a copy of this?

    A copy of the film still exists.  it was broadcast "live" but preserved on
    kinescope format.  In fact, if I am not mistaken, it was so experimental
    that they shot it in color.  It was a one-time thing.  The film, however, is
    still housed in a library and not available in circulation on VHS or DVD.

    Martin Grams Jr.
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 21:05:07 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 14-20 May

     From Those Were The Days --

    5/14

    1945 - Tennessee Jed made his debut on ABC. Johnny Thomas played the
    part of Tennessee Jed Sloan.

    5/15

    1933 - Irna Phillips, an NBC Blue network program-features writer,
    Today's Children, was heard for the first time this day.

    5/17

    1938 - The NBC Blue network presented Information Please for the first
    time. The show was moderated by Clifton Fadiman.

    5/18

    1942 - David Harding, Counterspy was heard on the NBC Blue network for
    the first time.

    5/19

    1921 - The first opera presented in its entirety over the radio was
    broadcast by 9ZAF in Denver, CO. The opera, "Martha", aired from the
    Denver Auditorium.

    5/20

    1933 - Charlie Chan was heard for the final time (in this series-ed) on
    the NBC Blue network after only six months on the air.

    Joe

    --
    Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 21:12:03 -0400
    From: Robert Cockrum <rmc44@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Once more: CBSRMT
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    I've been on the road and am just now catching up on the OTR Digest. In
    light of a couple of posts that followed mine, I'd like to clairfy a  comment
    about Himan Brown. I didn't mean to imply he took "ownership"  of a program
    that wasn't his.

      In condensing my story, I left out the sequence of things, which was: I
    asked Mr. Brown to sign my Radiola album which featured Grand Central
    Station. He took a look at the broadcast date and said it was after his
    association with the show (HE poined that out to me ... it wasn't  anything I
    discovered later) and was reluctant to autograph it. Then  Mr. Brown went on
    for a minute or so about people and companies selling  tapes and records of
    OTR without  reimbursing the orginal talents.  I joked, "You could sign it,
    'Stolen from Himan Brown,' which is what  he did.

      Now, I don't think that changes my original intent, which was to  suggest
    that he would bristle at the eBay auction disclaimer for copies  of CBSRMT
    "believed to be in the public domain" ... but in case anyone  construed it as
    indicating he was dishonest in claiming a show as his  own when it wasn't,
    that was not what he did.

      Bob Cockrum

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 23:14:15 -0400
    From: Joan Leya <joanleya@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  portland hoffa
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       did portland hoffa give any interviews after the death of fred
    [removed] for
    the book of fred allen's letter and the fact that her second marriage to a band
    leader lasted over twenty years i have read nothing about her after fred's
    death

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    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 23:14:25 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-14 births/deaths

    May 14th births

    05-14-1868 - "Big Bill" Thompson - Boston, MA - d. 3-19-1944
    mayor of chicago: "The March of Time"
    05-14-1885 - Otto Klemperer - Breslau, Germany - d. 7-6-1973
    conductor: "George Gershwin Memorial Program"
    05-14-1890 - Carlton Brickert - Martinsville, IN - d. 12-23-1943
    actor: David Post "Story of Mary Marlin"; Howard Thurston "Thurston
    the Magician"
    05-14-1895 - Lew Lehr - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-6-1950
    comic: "Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro"; "Stop Me If You've Heard This One"
    05-14-1897 - Sidney Bechet - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-14-1959
    soprano sax, composer: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    05-14-1898 - Zutty Singleton - Bunkie, LA - d. 7-14-1975
    jazz drummer: "Radio Almanac";"Just Jazz"; "BBC Jazz Session"
    05-14-1902 - Rush Hughes - d. 3-xx-1979
    host: Pot O' Gold"
    05-14-1905 - Herbert Morrison - d. 1-10-1989
    announcer: Hindenburg Disaster; "Call to Arms"; "Good Old Days of Radio"
    05-14-1910 - B. S. Pully - Newark, NJ - d. 1-6-1972
    comedian: "Command Performance"; "Mail Call"
    05-14-1910 - Bill Danch - Hammond, IN - d. 10-6-2004
    writer: "Baby Snooks Show"; "Honest Harold"; "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    05-14-1910 - Paul Sutton - Albuquerque, NM - d. 1-31-1970
    actor: Sergeant William Preston "Challenge of the Yukon"
    05-14-1914 - Foy Willing - Bosque County, TX - d. 7-24-1978
    singer: (Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage) "Roy Rogers
    Show"
    05-14-1917 - Norman Luboff - Chicago, IL - d. 9-22-1987
    choir director: (The Norman Luboff Choir) "The Railroad Hour"
    05-14-1925 - Patrice Munsel - Spokane, WA
    singer: "Prudential Family Hour"; "Voice of Firestone"
    05-14-1926 - Eric Morecambe - Lancashire, England - d. 5-28-1984
    comedian: "The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Radio Show"
    05-14-1936 - Bobby Darin - NYC - d. 12-20-1973
    singer: "The Bobby Darin Show"; "Cancer Crusade"; "Vocies of Vista"
    05-14-1937 - Lloyd Battista - Cleveland, OH
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    May 14th deaths

    01-02-1913 - Anna Lee - Ightham, Kent, England - d. 5-14-2004
    actor: "Soldiers in Greaspaint"; "Lifebuoy Show"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    01-13-1919 - Robert Stack - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-14-2003
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    01-24-1898 - Alwyn E. W. Bach - Springfield, MA - d. 5-14-1993
    announcer: "Enna Jettick Melodies"; "Luden's Orchestra"; "Real Folks"
    01-25-1878 - Ernest Alexanderson - Uppsala, Sweden - d. 5-14-1975
    engineer: Possibly first voice ever heard on radio 12-24-1906
    02-01-1891 - Alexander Kipnis - Schitomir, Ukraine - d. 5-14-1978
    wagnerian basso profundo: "Outpost Concert Series"; "Metropolitan Opera"
    02-16-1909 - Hugh Beaumont - Lawrence, KS - d. 5-14-1982
    actor: Appeared on radio in 1931
    05-07-1901 - Gary Cooper - Helena, MT - d. 5-14-1961
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; 'Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-14-1897 - Sidney Bechet - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-14-1959
    soprano sax, composer: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    06-23-1922 - Rolland Morris - d. 5-14-1986
    actor: "Dramas of Youth"
    06-23-1922 - Rusty Morris - Colorado - d. 5-14-1986
    actor: "Halls of Ivy"; "Mayor of the Town"; "This Is Your FBI"
    08-05-1920 - Selma Diamond - London, Ontario, Canada - d. 5-14-1985
    writer: "Big Show"
    08-06-1886 - Billie Burke - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-14-1970
    comedienne: "Billie Burke Show"; Mrs. Featherstone "Gay Mrs.
    Featherstone"
    08-15-1912 - Wendy Hiller - Bramhall, Cheshire, England - d. 5-14-2003
    actor: Queen Vic "Original Dramatic Work"
    10-15-1896 - Joe Sanders - Thayer, KS - d. 5-14-1965
    bandleader: (The Ole Left Hander) "Nighthawks Frolic"
    10-17-1918 - Rita Hayworth - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-14-1987
    actor: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Bob Elson on
    Board the Century"
    12-12-1915 - Frank Sinatra - Hoboken, NJ - d. 5-14-1998
    singer, actor: (The Voice), "Your Hit Parade"; "Frank Sinatra Show";
    Rocky Fortune "Rocky Fortune"
    12-24-1887 - Lucrezia Bori - Valencia, Spain - d. 5-14-1960
    opera singer: "Telephone Hour"; "Ford Sunday Evening Hour"
    12-30-1912 - Hugh Griffith - Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales - d.
    5-14-1980
    actor: "Under Milk Wood"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Birthplace of Woody Herman

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    Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 00:25:20 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Navy Day Oct. 27, 1942

    I was at an estate sale recently, picked up a glass based 10" 78 rpm record
    with the same thing on both sides, so I know it was a dub, but from what I
    do not know. It is  broken but I was able to make a quick transfer. The
    outside of the cardboard package was labeled "Nib's Citation". The label
    says "Harrison's Murmansk Citation" & "Re-recorded from the Navy Day Program
    of October 27, '42". The label is "A Victor Damon Recording", "Damon
    Transcription Laboratory" and the address is in Kansas City, MO.

    I'm just wondering what Navy Day was, what else was broadcast that day and
    who broadcast it, and how a record made in Kansas City turns up in Houston
    Texas. Nib must have been someone's father or grandfather. Victor Damon was
    apparently a recording service.

    js

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    Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 02:26:28 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Brian Gari and the Upper West Side - NYTimes
     article

    There is a lengthy and interesting article about the changing upper West
    Side including input by and about Brian Gari (Eddie Cantor's grandson) and
    the work that he has done recording the changes in the Upper West Side over
    the years . [also a picture of Brian]   As I recall, he is known to some on
    this list.

    [removed]

    -Irene

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    Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 09:50:41 -0400
    From: Dancingdays72777@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  I love a Mystery scripts

    Where can I purchase complete scripts of I love  a Mystery stories. I love
    the show, and would love to read some of the "lost  stories" and fill in the
    gaps of the ones where only a couple of episodes  exist.

    Matt

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