Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #174
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 9/12/2009 8:31 AM

To: [removed]@[removed]
Reply-to: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 174
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Best books of the year                [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
      Charlie Stumpf                        [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      OTR for Kids                          [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      9-11 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Stan Freberg Show                     [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      The Secret Source of Dunning's Rare   [ LBiel <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      Re: Harris/Faye                       [ Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@yahoo. ]
      Radio Spirits                         [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Syndicated Jack Benny                 [ "Laura Leff" <president@[removed] ]
      Mel Blanc                             [ Lanny Gilbert <morsefan1@[removed]; ]
      Right church, wrong pew?              [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Jack Benny Syndication                [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      Larry Gelbart and DUFFY'S TAVERN      [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      9-12 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:16:29 -0400
    From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Best books of the year

    Martin Grams says,

>     Of the 25 plus books I read this year, this [Superman book] was one of
>     the two best books of the year.

    And Martin, the other one please?

    ---Dan Hughes

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:18:28 -0400
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Charlie Stumpf

    This information below is from Mary Lou Wallace.  Charlie and I knew each
    other in the 1970's.  You might remember his book "Ma Perkins, Little Orphan
    Annie and Heigh Ho Silver" written in 1971.  He also wrote several other
    books including the first book about Fibber McGee and Molly

    - ---

    I am sorry to have to tell you that Charles K. Stumpf passed away on
    August 28 at the age of [removed] would have been 80 at the end of October. Here
    is the obituary:

    [removed]

    Mary Lou Wallace

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:18:40 -0400
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR for Kids

    I am cogitating on the possibility of a  summer reading program for kids
    using a performance from OTR.  Are there  any suggestions from anyone who may
    have done such a thing?

    Also would be  interested in ideas for script writting for radio of kids 7
    and up.   Would appreciate ideas on the  list and off.

    Larry Moore

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:18:48 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-11 births/deaths

    September 11th births

    09-11-1862 - O. Henry (Wm. Sydney Porter) - Greensboro, NC - d. 6-5-1910
    short story writer: Several of his works adapted for radio
    09-11-1878 - Charles Harrison - d. 2-2-1965
    tenor: CBS Staff 1927-1928, had musical program on NBC 1935
    09-11-1887 - Gus Arnheim - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-19-1955
    orchestra leader: "Woodbury Soap Show"
    09-11-1889 - Bill Comstock - Syracuse, NY - d. 6-22-1979
    actor: Tizzy Lish "Mirth Parade"
    09-11-1895 - Harry Tobias - NYC - d. 12-15-1994
    songwriter: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    09-11-1896 - Robert S. Kerr - Ada, Oklahoma Territory - d. 1-1-1963
    governor oklahoma: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    09-11-1899 - Jimmie Davis - Quitman, LA - d. 11-5-2000
    Louisiana's Singing Governor: "Songs By Sinatra"
    09-11-1907 - Tommy McLaughlin - d. 7-28-1936
    baritone: "Threads of Happiness"; "Vick's Open House"
    09-11-1908 - Elisebeth A. Heisch - Madison, WI - d. 8-17-2003
    writer: "The Cinnamon Bear"
    09-11-1908 - Ray Beals - Missouri - d. 1-23-1983
    newscaster: KVGB Great Bend, Kansas
    09-11-1909 - Anne Seymour - NYC - d. 12-11-1988
    actor: "Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Francie Nolan "Tree Grows
    in Brooklyn"
    09-11-1909 - Kenneth Banghart - Paramus, NJ - d. 5-25-1980
    announcer: "Archie Andews"; "Lora Lawton"; "Robert Shaw Chorale"
    09-11-1912 - Charles Stark - Reading, PA - d. 3-22-1992
    announcer: "Gene Autry's Melody Rance"; "Our Gal Sunday"
    09-11-1912 - John Masterson - Spokane, WA - d. 2-4-1995
    producer: "Queen for a Day"; "Bride and Groom"
    09-11-1913 - Eugenia Rawls - Macon, GA - d. 11-8-2000
    actor: "We, The People"; "Molle Mystery Theatre"
    09-11-1915 - Athena Lorde - NYC - d. 5-23-1973
    actor: Maggie Sprague "Young Widder Brown"; Sherry "Front Page Farrell"
    09-11-1915 - Jack Fascinato - Bouvier, MO - d. 12-25-1994
    conductor,composer: "Guest Star"; "Johnny Desmond Show"
    09-11-1923 - Betsy Drake - Paris, France
    actor: Muriel Blandings "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings"
    09-11-1926 - Lee Richardson - Chicago, IL - d. 10-2-1999
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-11-1928 - Earl Holliman - Delhi, LA
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    09-11-1936 - Roger Barkley - Minnesota - d. 12-21-1997
    actor: "Empire of the Air"

    September 11th deaths

    01-04-1881 - Norman Field - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 9-11-1956
    actor: Glen Hunter "One Man's Family"
    01-14-1909 - Brenda Forbes - London, England - d. 9-11-1996
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    02-04-1912 - Erich Leinsdorf - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1993
    conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Pioneers of Music"; "Musicians
    Off Stage"
    02-12-1915 - Lorne Greene - Ottowa, Canada - d. 9-11-1987
    host Western Night: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    02-16-1901 - Chester Morris - NYC - d. 9-11-1979
    actor: Boston Blackie "Boston Blackie"; Great Merlini "Great Merlini"
    02-17-1897 - Harry Tugend - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-11-1989
    writer: "The Fred Allen Show"
    02-26-1912 - Dane Clark - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-11-1998
    actor: Perry 'Quiz' Quisinberry "Passport for Adams
    03-05-1893 - Dorothy Sands - Cambridge, MA - d. 9-11-1980
    actor: Mary Ann Clarke "Barry Cameron"; Margot "Backstage Wife"
    04-08-1937 - Bernelda Wheeler - Saskatchewan, Canada - d. 9-11-2005
    worked as a disc jockey in Churchill, Manitoba
    04-11-1907 - Paul Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-11-1959
    announcer, sportscaster, actor: Lawyer Feldman "Meyer the Buyer"
    05-17-1916 - Jameson Brewer - Sentinel Butte, ND - d. 9-11-2003
    writer: "The Hardy Family"
    05-23-1898 - Frank McHugh - Homestead, PA - d. 9-11-1981
    actor: Fairchild Finnegan "Phone Again Finnegan"
    06-07-1909 - Jessica Tandy - London, England - d. 9-11-1994
    actor: Liz Marriott "Marriage"; Mildred Rogers "Of Human Bondage"
    07-19-1889 - Max Fleischer - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1972
    cartoonist: "Popeye the Sailor"
    08-21-1923 - Chris Schenkel - Bippus, IN - d. 9-11-2005
    sportscaster: "Campy's Corner"; "11:30 Clubhouse"
    09-04-1898 - Charlie Cantor - Worcester, MA - d. 9-11-1966
    actor: Clifton Finnegan "Duffy's Tavern"; Levy Soloman "Abie's Irish
    Rose"
    09-13-1896 - Laidman Browne - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England - d.
    9-11-1961
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Corner in Crime"
    09-15-1915 - Al Casey - Louisville, KY - d. 9-11-2005
    guitarist: "One Night Stand"; "New World A' Coming"; "Eddie Condon's
    Jazz Concert"
    10-18-1914 - Louise Fitch - Iowa - d. 9-11-1996
    actor: Dale Locke "Manhattan Mother"; Carol Evans Martin Brent "Road
    of Life"
    10-18-1914 - Louise Lewis - Iowa - d. 9-11-1996
    actor: "Broadway Is My Beat"
    11-12-1922 - Kim Hunter - Detroit, MI - d. 9-11-2002
    actor: "Medicine USA"; "Philco Radio Playhouse"; "CBS Radio Mystery
    Theatre"
    12-06-1898 - Eric Sagerquist - Karlstad, Sweden - d. 9-11-1944
    orchestra leader/violinist: "First Nighter"; Romantic Melodies"
    12-08-1898 - Francis Scott Basch - d. 9-11-1997
    news commentator: WAAT Jersey City, New Jersey
    12-23-1903 - Milton Alfred - d. 9-11-1968
    sportscaster: WICA Ashtabula, Ohio

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:19:18 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Stan Freberg Show

>     Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 21:10:49 -0400
>     From: booksteve@[removed]

     It's late and I'm too tired to check but wasn't THE STAN FREBERG SHOW

>     the initial replacement for THE JACK BENNY SHOW before the reruns?

    I believe Stan Freberg was a summer replacement in 1957.

    Despite the fact that the Jack Benny Program was in reruns, it still
    went off for the summer and had a summer replacement, as was the
    custom when the show was on with new episodes.  I didn't even realize
    that they were reruns at first.  Eventually I realized they were
    reruns when they did shows I had heard before.  But I didn't really
    realize that new episodes had ended in 1955 until Laura Leff told me
    so.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:19:27 -0400
    From: LBiel <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "Bulletin Board, OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Secret Source of Dunning's Rare Book Myth

    Was: Re: The Secret Source of Colllyer's Secret Identity Myth?

    Lance Grider wrote that John Dunning's "On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old
    Time Radio" is "expensive and hard-to-find".  Unless he was being sarcastic,
    this certainly is not true.  There currently are over 40 used and new copies
    on Amazon starting at under $26 plus shipping, Amazon itself sells new copies
    at under $51 including shipping, and the publisher currently sells it at $75
    plus shipping, but often has it on sale at less than half price several times
    a year. So don't worry, copies are neither expensive nor hard-to-find, but
    you might want to take a gander at the listing of the copy an Amazon seller
    is trying to sell at $[removed]!!!!!!!!!  So if you don't have it yet, grab one
    of the cheaper copies or keep a look out for the Oxford Univ Press sales.
    You DO need to have it.

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:20:02 -0400
    From: Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Harris/Faye

    Those Phil Harris/Alice Faye episodes are now exclusively being relelased by
    Radio Spirits from Alices's personal transcription discs.  They recently put
    out a new collection of 20 episodes, 19 of which have never been in
    circulation.  They will be releasing more of these.

    Contrary to what we always believed, these shows are just as good, if not a
    bit better than the Rexall shows.  Great stuff.

    Rodney

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:20:40 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio Spirits

    This is in answer to two postings.
    1. Radio Spirits released more than two new recordings for THE SHADOW set
    they just came out with. While there are two new adventures we haven't heard,
    there are a number of them that are uncut recordings where previous
    recordings were edited or worse, Charles Michelson syndication with orchestra
    music recordings substituting for the creepy organ music. There's more to
    behold than the two episodes everyone is noticing. And upgrades are always
    welcome.
    2. Radio Spirits has agreements with an archive to put out (as long as the
    box sets sell) all the Phil Harris and Alice Faye series and from an inside
    source, they are complete with no missing episodes. They have been putting
    the series out in chronological order and their recent set contained
    primarily un-circulated recordings and they plan to continue. Which means as
    long as they continue to sell they will put out another volume and those also
    will be all-new, un-circulated episodes. If you love Phil Harris and Alice
    Faye, I recommend you keep buying each set as it comes out -- we do want to
    see them all come out eventually.
    Martin

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:29:30 -0400
    From: "Laura Leff" <president@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Syndicated Jack Benny

       Joe Postove asked:
       > OK, last question? Was the Jack Benny radio program ever syndicated
       >nationally?
       Charles Michaelson syndicated some rather poorly-edited Benny shows in
       the 80s and 90s, and I suppose you could count "When Radio Was" since
       they sometimes feature the Benny show. I don't think XM Radio counts,
       since it's not syndication per se. As far as whether the shows were
       syndicated "in their day", I'm not aware that was ever done. The
       transcript audio copies of the shows were very limited, and only Jack
       (and possibly American Tobacco) had a "complete set". --Laura Leff
       President, IJBFC [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:44:42 -0400
    From: Lanny Gilbert <morsefan1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mel Blanc
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

    Somewhat related to [removed]

    As a huge Warner Brother's cartoon fan, I noticed that even when Arthur Q.
    Bryan is present doing
    the voice of Elmer Fudd, the only voice credit is "Voice Characterizations -
    Mel Blanc".

    Any idea why only Mel was credited? Was it a union thing? Was Arthur
    contractually bound to not have his
    name on the cartoons?

    There are several other instances of this, but the Elmer Fudd one is the most
    related to OTR.

    Always wondered about [removed]

    Lanny Gilbert

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:31:44 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Right church, wrong pew?

    Dear Ron (& gang)-

>     09-09-1873 -  Max Reinhardt - film director<

    Just to keep the ducks all in a  [removed]

    Reinhardt had a 40 year long, legendary STAGE career as
    Director/Producer/Writer, in Europe and on Broadway; but was only involved
    with  a tiny
    handful of films.

    Best,
    -Craig

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:32:16 -0400
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny Syndication

    The Jack Benny Program was rebroadcast on WQXR, the NY Times  Classical
    Music Station (figure that out?) in the 80's. I think it was from  7:30 to
    8:00
    PM on Sundays.  Because I worked evenings, I bought an  obscenely expensive
    clock timer so that I could record that and PHC.

    Is this considered syndication?

    Larry Moore

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    Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:42:47 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Larry Gelbart and DUFFY'S TAVERN

    No doubt by now people have posted obits for Larry Gelbart. Gelbart was
    responsible for numerous scripts for such radio programs as DUFFY'S TAVERN,
    THE SEALTEST VILLAGE STORE (the Jack Carson/Eve Arden series) and THE BOB
    HOPE SHOW. He left Ed Gardner when he was offered a chance to write for Bob
    Hope, and never regretted a minute of it. Ed Gardner, he told me, would often
    fire writers when they asked for a raise and he said he was one of the lucky
    ones that learned beforehand so he could remain employed.

    Larry had an e-mail address and for the past year he and I chatted a good bit
    about DUFFY'S TAVERN, one of the few radio comedies that I enjoy researching.
    Some actors and writers shy away from their earlier efforts, others try to
    forget the "radio days" but Larry loved talking about DUFFY'S TAVERN, the
    guest stars he met at the studio, and recollecting the funny
    behind-the-scenes stories. His memory was VERY sharp. One day he told me in
    an e-mail that Mantan Moreland, the great African American comedian/actor,
    played the role of Eddie for a lengthy period of time. Since he wasn't
    responsible for scripting the first four years of the radio series, I
    questioned whether he was accurate or started possessing faded memory. I
    asked if he recalled exactly when the movie actor was playing a supporting,
    recurring role on DUFFY'S TAVERN and he said it was after his tenure on the
    program, when Ed Gardner produced the series in Puerto Rico.

    As any true researcher, I kept this in the back of my mind but NEVER took it
    as the gospel until I found something to verify this. (Actors, producers,
    writers and directors can make a mistake in their recollections and to
    reprint it without cross-checking isn't wise, especially if it might make the
    interviewee look [removed])

    Flash forward two weeks after his e-mail. I was at UCLA going through the
    special collections and lo and behold I find scripts from Gelbart's years
    (circa 1946-1948) and then scripts from another script writer during the
    Puerto Rico years (1949-1951) and guess what? Mantan Moreland was listed on
    the cover of MANY scripts. Seems during 1950, Moreland was playing the role
    of Eddie for a time.

    Larry's passing makes me wonder just what else he knew about such programs as
    THE BOB HOPE SHOW and DUFFY'S TAVERN that has yet to be documented? And the
    stories that he took with [removed]
    Martin

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    Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:30:50 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-12 births/deaths

    September 12th births

    09-12-1888 - Maurice Chevalier - Paris, France - d. 1-1-1972
    actor, singer, host: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "This is Paris"; "Bing
    Crosby Show"
    09-12-1892 - Malcolm LaPrade - d. 7-11-1974
    creator, producer: "The Collier Hour"
    09-12-1893 - Gen. Lewis B. Hershey - Steuben City, IN - d. 5-20-1977
    head of selective service: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    09-12-1894 - Billy Gilbert - Louisville, KY - d. 9-23-1971
    actor: "NYA Varieties"; "Rudy Vallee Rehearsal"
    09-12-1897 - Richard Maxwell - Mansfield, OH - d. 9-4-1954
    singer, host: "A Friend in Deed"; "Cheer and Comfort"
    09-12-1897 - Walter B. Gibson - Germantown, PA - d. 12-6-1985
    creater of "The Shadow"; writer for "The Avenger"
    09-12-1901 - Ben Blue - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 3-7-1975
    actor, comedian: "Hollywood Hotel"
    09-12-1901 - Sam Bittel - d. 11-30-1994
    orchestra leader: WBZ-WBZA Boston-Springfield, Massachusetts
    09-12-1907 - Louis MacNeice - Belfast, Ireland - d. 9-4-1963
    author: "Christopher Columbus"
    09-12-1910 - Lehman Engel - Jackson, MS - d. 8-28-1982
    broadway conductor: "Madrigal Singers of New York"; "Texaco Star
    Theatre"
    09-12-1910 - Shep Fields - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-23-1981
    bandleader: "Rippling Rhythm Revue"
    09-12-1914 - Desmond Llewelyn - Newport, South Wales - d. 12-19-1999
    actor: Archdeacon Erabazori "Nemesis"
    09-12-1914 - Eddy Howard - Woodland, CA - d. 5-23-1963
    bandleader, singer: "Carton of Cheer"; "Gay Mrs. Featherstone"
    09-12-1915 - Paul Marion - The Bronx, NY
    actor: Husband "Merry Life of Mary Christmas"
    09-12-1916 - Ed Binns - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-4-1990
    actor: "This Is My Story"
    09-12-1916 - William Anderson - Greenville, SC - d. 4-30-1981
    trumpeter: Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra
    09-12-1918 - Ethel Beard - d. 10-15-2003
    actor: "Experimental Playhouse of the Air"
    09-12-1919 - Norma Jean Ross - Fremont, NE - d. 1-28-1983
    actor: "Scattergood Baines"; "Author's Playhouse"
    09-12-1921 - Frank McGee - Monroe. LA - d. 4-17-1974
    nbc newsman: "Meet the Press";"The Great Debate"
    09-12-1924 - Ella Mae Morse - Mansfield, TX - d. 10-16-1999
    singer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Everything for the Boys"; "Jubilee"
    09-12-1925 - Dickie Moore - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay"
    09-12-1927 - Helen Carter - Maces Springs, VA - d. 6-2-1998
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    09-12-1931 - Ian Holm - Goodmayes, England
    actor: Frodo: The Lord of the Rings"
    09-12-1940 - Skip Hinnant - Chincoteague Island, VA
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    September 12th deaths

    02-26-1932 - Johnny Cash - Kingsland, AR - d. 9-12-2003
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Louisiana Hayride"
    03-11-1912 - Jerry Seelen - d. 9-12-1981
    songwriter: "Drene Time"
    03-12-1890 - Lou Clayton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-12-1950
    partner: "The Jimmy Durante Show"
    03-16-1891 - Phil M. Donnelly - Lebanon, MO - d. 9-12-1961
    governor missouri: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-28-1922 - Lutrelle F. Palmer - Newport News, VA - d. 9-12-2004
    news analyst: "Lu's Notebook"
    04-04-1904 - Martin Wolfson - NYC - d. 9-12-1973
    actor: Second Brother "Into the Light"
    04-04-1932 - Anthony Perkins - NYC - d. 9-12-1992
    actor: "Guest Star"; "Listening to Music with Tony Perkins"
    04-21-1920 - Jim Nabbie - d. 9-12-1992
      lead tenor: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots"; "Let's
    Go Nightclubbing"
    04-24-1911 - Arval Hogan - Robbinsville, NC - d. 9-12-2003
    country, bluegrass: "Briarhoppers"
    04-26-1927 - Granny Hamner - Richmond, VA - d. 9-12-1993
    sportscaster" "Sports Hilites"
    05-06-1911 - Frank Nelson - Denver, CO - d. 9-12-1986
    actor, comedian: Anthony J. Lyon "Jeff Regan"; nemisis "Jack Benny
    Program"
    05-10-1911 - Tony LaFrano - NYC - d. 9-12-1961
    announcer: "Family Theatre"; "Johnny Modero: Pier 23"
    05-21-1917 - Raymond Burr - New Westminster, Canada - d. 9-12-1993
    actor: Lee Quince "Fort Laramie"; Ed Backstrand "Dragnet"
    05-26-1924 - Leonard Maguire - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 9-12-1997
    actor: "Navigator in the 7th Circle"; "Evening of Scottish Horrors"
    06-05-1898 - William Boyd - Hendrysburg, OH - d. 9-12-1972
    actor: Hopalong Cassidy "Hopalong Cassidy"
    06-24-1910 - Katherine Locke - Kalakenchu, Russia - d. 9-12-1995
    actor: (Wife of Norman Corwin) "Columbia Presents Corwin"
    07-14-1914 - George F. Putnam - Breckenridge, MN - d. 9-12-2008
    newscaster, announcer: "George Putnam and the News"; "The Army Hour"
    07-24-1907 - Glenn Riggs - East McKeesport, PA - d. 9-12-1975
    announcer: "Musical Varities"; "Hop Harrigan"; "Boston Blackie"
    08-02-1905 - Ruth Nelson - Saginaw, MI - d. 9-12-1992
    actor: "Arch Obler's Plays"; "Columbia Workshop"
    08-07-1883 - Reinald Werrenrath - NYC - d. 9-12-1953
    baritone: "Old Company Program"
    08-07-1908 - Dave Bacal - NYC - d. 9-12-1986
    staff organist for CBS
    08-11-1911 - Jerome Chodorow - NYC - d. 9-12-2004
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-22-1910 - Rod Brasfield - Smithville, MS - d. 9-12-1958
    comedian: "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-16-1893 - Carl Carmer - Cortland, NY - d. 9-12-1976
    historical advisor: "Cavalcade of America"
    10-20-1889 - Robert Fiske - Griggsville, MO - d. 9-12-1944
    actor: Speed Robertson "Air Advs. of Jimmie Allen"
    10-23-1871 - Rev. Dr. Karl Reiland - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-12-1964
    clergyman: 15-Minute NEWS commentary program for NBC
    11-03-1933 - Jeremy Brett - Berkswell Grange, England - d. 9-12-1995
    actor: "Barretts of Wimpole Street"; "Mendelssohn and Elyjan"
    11-15-1879 - Lewis Stone - Worcester, MA - d. 9-12-1953
    actor: Judge James Hardy "Hardy Family"
    12-06-1900 - Robert Effros - London, England - d. 9-12-1983
    trumpeter: "Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra", "Your Hit Parade"
    12-14-1898 - Lillian Randolph - Louisville, KY - d. 9-12-1980
    actor: Birdie Lee Coggins "Great Gildersleeve"; Sapphire's Mama "Amos
    'n' Andy"

    Ron

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