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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 237
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      12-9 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Cinnamon Bear Long Theme              [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
      ATWT & Don Hastings                   [ Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed]; ]
      Archives of Iowa Broadcasting         [ <mlhenry@[removed]; ]
      Edgar Rice Burroughs                  [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      An Enchanted Forest [removed]        [ rand@[removed] ]
      Ham for the Holidays                  [ David Fx <df789@[removed]; ]
      RE: Dunning, On The Air               [ "Belpedio, Dr. James" <[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:44:37 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-9  births/deaths

    December 9th births

    12-09-1897 - Herb Lytton - d. 6-26-1981
    actor: Bill Johnson "Gallant Heart"
    12-09-1897 - Hermione Gingold - London, England - d. 5-24-1987
    actor: "Stagestruck"
    12-09-1902 - Brace Beemer - Mount Carmel, IL - d. 3-1-1965
    actor: Lone Ranger "Lone Ranger"
    12-09-1902 - Joe Quillan - d. 12-30-1983
    writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"; "Our Miss Brooks"
    12-09-1902 - Margaret Hamilton - Cleveland, OH - d. 5-16-1985
    actor: Aunt Effie "Couple Next Door"; "The Free Company"
    12-09-1903 - Matty Malneck - Newark, NJ - d. 2-25-1981
    bandleader: "Campana Serenade"; "Duffy's Tavern"
    12-09-1904 - Jerry Lesser - Cleveland, OH - d. unknown
    actor: Dr. Benson "Life of Mary Sothern"; Brocco "Fight Camp"
    12-09-1905 - Dalton Trumbo - Montrose, CO - d. 9-10-1976
    writer: (member of infamous Hollywood Ten); "Arch Oboler's Plays"
    12-09-1906 - Freddy Martin - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-30-1983
    bandleader: "Penthouse Serenade"; "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Jack Carson Show"
    12-09-1906 - Ken Niles - Livingston, MT - d. 10-31-1988
    announcer: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Rudy Vallee Show"; "A Date with Judy"
    12-09-1909 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - NYC - d. 5-7-2000
    actor: "Silent Men"; "This Is War"; "We Care"
    12-09-1911 - Broderick Crawford - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-26-1986
    actor: "Hedda Hopper Show"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; Cavalcade of America"
    12-09-1912 - Bartlett Robinson - NYC - d. 3-26-1986
    actor: Walter Manning "Portia Faces Life"; Perry Mason "Perry Mason"
    12-09-1912 - Philip Guest Adams - d. 1-3-1998
    actor: "The Green Hornet"; "Gangbusters"
    12-09-1915 - Bob Emerick - Tacoma, WA - d. 6-1-1973
    announcer: "Two Thousand Plus"; "Mr. Feathers"; "Special Agent"
    12-09-1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Jarotschin, Posen, Germany - d.
    8-3-2006
    singer: Austrian Radio
    12-09-1916 - Kirk Douglas - Amsterdam, NY
    actor: "Doris Day Show"; "Hollywood Byline"; "Screen Director's
    Playhouse"
    12-09-1918 - George Heinemann - d. 8-21-1996
    creator: "Faces in the Window"
    12-09-1919 - Gil Rodin - Russia - d. 6-17-1974
    saxophone: "The Bob Crosby Show"
    12-09-1925 - Patricia Wheel - NYC - d. 6-3-1986
    actor: "Stroke of Fate"; "Crime and Peter Chambers"
    12-09-1927 - Benny Green - Leeds, England - d. 6-22-1998
    musician, conversationalist, writer: ""Stop the Week"; "Kaleidoscope"
    12-09-1928 - Dick Van Patten - Richmond Hill, Queens, NY
    actor: Wilfred Finnegan "Duffy's Tavern"; "Let's Pretend"; Jimmy Dugan
    "Reg'lar Fellers"
    12-09-1932 - Bill Hartack - Ebensburg, PA - d. 11-26-2007
    jockey: "Tops in Sports"
    12-09-1934 - Dame Judi Dench - York, England
    actor: Renaissance Theatre Company in association with BBC Radio Drama
    12-09-1934 - Junior Wells - Memphis, TN - d. 1-15-1998
    harmonica player: Muddy Waters Band
    12-09-1940 - Samar Attar - Damascus, Syria
    writer: "Australia Day"

    December 9th deaths

    01-03-1898 - John Loder - London, England - d. 12-9-1988
    actor, host: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Silver Theatre"
    01-07-1922 - Vincent Gardenia - Naples, Italy - d. 12-9-1992
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    01-22-1907 - Douglas 'Wrong-Way' Corrigan - Galveston, TX - d. 12-9-1995
    intrepid pilot: "Believe It or Not"
    01-28-1912 - Monty Masters - New Haven, CT - d. 12-9-1969
    actor, producer: "The Mad Masters"; "Candy Matson"
    02-15-1899 - Anthony Gilbert (Lucy Beatrice Malleson) - London,
    England - d. 12-9-1973
    author: "Black Death"
    02-29-1896 - William A. Wellman - Brookline, MA - d. 12-9-1975
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    03-13-1898 - Donald MacDonald - Denison, TX - d. 12-9-1959
    actor: Willie the Weep "Big Town"
    03-19-1906 - Pat Adelman - d. 12-9-1982
    sportscaster: Austin, Texas
    03-21-1911 - Henny Backus - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-9-2004
    actor: "Romance"
    04-28-1922 - Phil Tate - Bramley, England - d. 12-9-2005
    host: "Non-Stop Pop"
    06-05-1940 - David Brudnoy - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-9-2004
    radio personality WBZ Boston, Massachusetts
    06-26-1877 - William Hiram Foulkes - d. 12-9-1961
    presbyterian leader: mid-week inspirational talks
    07-16-1928 - Robert Sheckley - NYC - d. 12-9-2005
    writer: "X-Minus One"
    07-28-1916 - Laird Cregar - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-9-1944
    actor: "Hello, Americans"; "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Suspense"
    08-06-1881 - Louella Parsons - Freeport, IL - d. 12-9-1972
    commentator: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Louella Parsons"
    08-06-1912 - Marina Koshetz - Moscow, Russia - d. 12-9-2000
    singer: "Kraft Music Hall"
    08-08-1905 - Nino Martini - Verona, Italy - d. 12-9-1976
    singer: "Seven Star Revue"
    08-17-1919 - Georgia Gibbs - Worcester, MA - d. 12-9-2006
    singer: (Her Nibs) "Your Hit Parade"; "Camel Caravan"; "Philco Hall of
    Fame"
    10-09-1912 - Walter Compton - Charleston, SC - d. 12-9-1959
    quizmaster: "Double or Nothing"
    11-21-1908 - Marian Young Taylor - Star Lake, NY - d. 12-9-1973
    commentator: "Martha Deane Show";
    11-21-1921 - Vivian Blaine - Newark, NJ - d. 12-9-1995
    actor, singer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-08-1928 - Jay "Jaybird" Drennan - d. 12-9-2006
    country music disk jockey (Akron, Ohio)
    12-13-1913 - Archie Moore - Benoit, MS - d. 12-9-1998
    light heavyweight boxing champion: "Tops in Sports"
    12-18-1909 - George Fisher - d. 12-9-1987
    hollywood reporter: "Hollywood Whispers"; "Hollywood Gossip"
    12-25-1909 - Mike Mazurki - Tarnopol, Austria - d. 12-9-1990
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:45:41 -0500
    From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cinnamon Bear Long Theme
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    Hi Gang -

    In issue 244, Glenn P. asks about the Long Theme Music used on the Cinnamon
     Bear, and states,

    " ...It must really have driven the poor kidlets CRAZY when it actually
    aired, as
    they waited impatiently for the show to actually [removed]"

    I was (am?) one of those poor kidlets who listened to the Cinnamon Bear on
    the radio way back when.  We did not hear all that music.  We  heard
    commercials with the music in the background.  On the Chicago station  that I
    heard, the commercials were for "Wieboldts Toy Teria" in that  city.  In other
    towns stations would insert their local sponsors'  messages.  Also, these
    commercials were not necessarily as long as the  music played.  The individual
    stations could edit as they saw fit.

    Personally, I am very happy to have recordings of the entire  transcribed
    programs.  Too many transcribed shows have been  'truncated' before being put
    into circulation.  Another great "kidlet"  program with lots of lead-in
    music is "Speed Gibson of the International Secret  Police".  Again, the
    actual
    broadcasts did not play the music without  a commercial announcement in the
    foreground.

    Hope this helps -   Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois  and Alma, Arkansas

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    Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:45:51 -0500
    From: Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ATWT & Don Hastings
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    With the recent announcement that longtime TV soap opera "As the World Turns"
    is shutting down come September. I'd like to give the proverbial shout-out to
    one of its veteran actors, OTR performer Don Hastings (brother of our good
    friend Bob).

    Regular OTR convention-goers Dave and Barbara Davies like to regale fellow
    fans with an interesting piece of trivia about Don in that Don Hastings has
    been continuously employed since circa 1952 when he started on one TV soap
    opera (I forget whichone) where he stayed for many years until ending his run
    on a particular Friday, and then segueing onto ATWT the following Monday,
    effectively being unemployed for the grand total of one weekend these past 57
    years.

    If I'm not mistaken, Don may be the longest continously  and
    currently employed dramatic performer, at least in [removed] TV history. Bravo, Don
    Hastings!...and if you're not just ready to retire, let's hope one of the
    other remaining TV soaps (all six of 'em) might enjoy make room for a
    seasoned vet like yourself.

    Yours in th ether,

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:45:59 -0500
    From: <mlhenry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Archives of Iowa Broadcasting

    Larry,

    You may want to contact Jeff Stein at the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting at
    Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa:

    Dr. Jeff Stein  (Archives Administrator)
    Wartburg College
    100 Wartburg Blvd.
    Waverly, IA   50677
    Phone: (319) 352-8534
    E-Mail: [removed]@[removed]
    [removed]

    I hope this source will be useful to you.

    -Michael Henry
    Library of American Broadcasting
    Hornbake Library
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD 20742
    [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:46:07 -0500
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Edgar Rice Burroughs
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    If you are interested in E R B, Tarzan, etc.   check out the web site (
    [removed]).   it is maintained by Bill Hillman from Canada whom I
    traded with over 35 years ago.   Does anyone remember him?   I also traded
    with Bruce Ruggles from Canada about the same time.     Jay

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    Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:47:16 -0500
    From: rand@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  An Enchanted Forest [removed]

    Is there anyone in (or who grew up in) Youngstown, Ohio that might help me
    with some identification of a show?

    I recently got a lacquer transcription from someone that originated at
    WKBN in Youngstown.  It features an episode of a 15 minute children's
    adventure show that's a bit like "Cinnamon Bear", written and broadcast
    just for the holidays.

    The label identifies it as "Mystery Castle - Ep 9", but I think that's the
    name of the episode, not the series.  The opening has the "Princess of the
    Enchanted Forest" introducing the show and the announcer noting that we've
    heard the adventures of the kids in the Enchanted Forest over the past few
    days.

    The characters spend the show breaking into a "Mystery Castle" with a
    special key to open a "Mystery Package".  At the end of the show, we're
    encouraged to get our own "Mystery Package" from a local store, Stambo
    Thompson, where we can see characters from the program and, at Christmas,
    see the contents of the "Mystery Package".  According to the label and
    show credits, it was written by "Ellamae Casteel".

    This appears to be a previously undocumented local show, so I'd appreciate
    any help in figuring out possible dates and what the heck the actual title
    of the show is.

    Here's an incentive - if someone digs up the title of the show, I'll post
    it on my blog before Christmas. :)

    Thanks.

    Randy

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    Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:47:44 -0500
    From: David Fx <df789@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Ham for the Holidays
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    Folks in the vicinity of Santa Rosa, California may be interested in a show
    now running at a local playhouse titled "Ham for the Holidays". A brief
    description is as follows:

    "It's the winter of 1939 in tiny Hamlin, Ga., where a rare blizzard has
    gripped the town for three days. At radio station WHAM, the cast and crew
    anxiously await a visit from Orson Welles for a special holiday broadcast."

    The full review can be found here:

    [removed]

    And another article here:

    [removed]

    I have not seen the show so can't weigh in on it merits of lack of same.

    David

    d=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_1:092009

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    Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:03:49 -0500
    From: "Belpedio, Dr. James" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Dunning, On The Air
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    Oxford University Press has recently sent out its annual holiday catalogue and
    John  Dunning's definitive "On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio is
    on sale for $[removed] I think there was an inquiry about this item in an earlier
    post. The web address is [removed]

    JBelpedio
    Becker College
    Worcester, MA

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