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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2012 : Issue 149
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
9-15 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Court of Human Relations [ <beachcrows@[removed]; ]
That racist Norman Corwin [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 16-22 Sep [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:56:38 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 9-15 births/deaths
September 15th births
09-15-1876 - Bruno Walter - Berlin, Germany - d. 2-17-1962
conductor: "Salzburg Music Festival"; "Word from the People"; "New
York Philharmonic"
09-15-1878 - William Hard - Painted Post, NY - d. 1-30-1962
commentator: "Back of the News"
09-15-1889 - Robert Benchley - Worcester, MA - d. 11-21-1945
comedian: "Buick Program"; "Melody and Madness"
09-15-1890 - Agatha Christie - Torquay, England - d. 1-12-1976
author: Creator of "Hercule Poirot"
09-15-1894 - Edwin Cooper - Illinois - d. 2-2-1984
actor: "The Eddie Bracken Show"
09-15-1896 - Irene Arledge - d. 7-11-1977
contralto: KFDM Beaumont, Texas
09-15-1896 - Julia Hoyt - d. 10-31-1955
actor: Conducted a fashion program for NBC
09-15-1898 - Dave Belman - d. 10-xx-1982
disk jockey: KONG Visalia, California
09-15-1898 - Gene Arnold - d. 4-12-1954
singer: (the man with a tear in his throat) "National Barn Dance"
09-15-1899 - Dr. Milton Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 5-2-1985
doctor: (Brother of Ike) "Second Seagram's Symposium"; "Meet the Press"
09-15-1902 - Alexander Kirkland - Mexico City, Mexico - d. unknown
actor: "Helen Hayes Theatre"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Society Girl"
09-15-1903 - Jean Tennyson - Chicago, IL - d. 3-16-1991
soprano: "Great Moments in Music"
09-15-1903 - Roy Acuff - Maynardsville, TN - d. 11-23-1992
singer: (The King of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
09-15-1904 - Sheilah Graham - Leeds, England - d. 11-17-1988
gossip commentator: "Heinz Magazine of the Air"; "Sheilah Graham"
09-15-1904 - Tom Conway - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-22-1967
actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
09-15-1906 - Kathryn Murray - Jersey City, NJ - d. 8-6-1999
hostess: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
09-15-1907 - Elspeth Eric - d. xx-xx-1993
actor: Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Diane Ramsey "Big Sister"
09-15-1907 - Jack Bailey - Hampton, IA - d. 2-1-1980
emcee: "Queen for a Day"; "Truth or Consequences"
09-15-1908 - Penny Singleton - Phildelphia, PA - d. 11-12-2003
actor: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie" Penny Williamson "Penny Singleton
Show"
09-15-1909 - Eric Linden - NYC - d. 7-14-1994
actor: "Hollywood On the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-15-1909 - Frank Richards - NYC - d. 4-15-1992
actor: "I Love A Mystery"
09-15-1911 - Grace Carney - Hartford, CT - d. 3-25-2009
actor: Freelance
09-15-1913 - Henry Brant - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-26-2008
composer: "The Eternal Light"
09-15-1915 - Al Casey - Louisville, KY - d. 9-11-2005
guitarist: "One Night Stand"; "New World A' Coming"; "Eddie Condon's
Jazz Concert"
09-15-1915 - John Conte - Palmer, MA - d. 9-4-2006
emcee: "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "John Conte Show"
09-15-1915 - Phil Brito - Boomer, WV - d. 10-28-2005
narrator: "Moon River"
09-15-1916 - Margaret Lockwood - Karachi, British India - d. 7-15-1990
actor: "A Christmas Carol"
09-15-1919 - Nelson Giddings - NYC - d. 5-1-2004
writer: "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"
09-15-1922 - Jackie Cooper - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-3-2011
actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "George Jessel Show"; "Voice of the Army"
09-15-1923 - Arvell Shaw - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-5-2002
jazz bassist: "Floor Show"; "Damon Runyon Memorial Concert"; "Jubilee"
09-15-1924 - Bobby Short - Danville, IL - d. 3-21-2005
singer: Sang on Chicago radio at beginning of his career
09-15-1928 - Cannonball Adderley - Tampa, FL - d. 8-8-1975
jazz saxphonist: "Voices of Vista"
September 15th deaths
01-20-1896 - Rolfe Sedan - NYC - d. 9-15-1982
actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"; "Mystery in the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-23-1919 - Frances Bay - Mannville, Canada - d. 9-15-2011
actress: "Everybody's Program"
01-25-1922 - Raymond Baxter - Essex, England - d. 9-15-2006
broadcaster for the BBC
02-06-1927 - Smoky Burgess - Caroleen, NC - d. 9-15-1991
sportscaster: "Sports Report"
02-09-1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong - Portland, OR - d. 9-15-2003
preacher: (Son of Herbert W. Armstrong) "Plain Truth"; "The World
Tomorrow"
02-17-1914 - Larry Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-15-1996
actor, singer: "Here's to Romance"
03-01-1914 - Barrett Deems - Springfield, IL - d. 9-15-1998
jazz drummer: "Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra"; "Louis Armstrong's All Stars"
03-06-1916 - Virginia Gregg - Harrisburg, IL - d. 9-15-1986
actor: Helen Asher "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
03-10-1898 - Bert Bacharach - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-15-1983
columnist: "Letters to Your Serviceman"; "Men's Corner"
03-23-1915 - Louis Quinn - Chicago, IL - d. 9-15-1988
actor: "Studio One"
04-24-1905 - Robert Penn Warren - Guthrie, KY - d. 9-15-1989
author: (All the King's Men) "NBC University Theatre"
06-05-1922 - Gordon "Specs" Powell - NYC - d. 9-15-2007
jazz drummer: "Music 'Til Midnight"; "All-Star Sextette"
06-18-1913 - Johnnie Neblett - Mississippi - d. 9-15-1946
announcer: "Bargain Counter"; "Tin Pan Alley"
06-25-1920 - Frances Lafferty - New Jersey - d. 9-15-1999
actor: "Ladies Home Journal"; "Mr. District Attorney"; "Myrt and Marge"
06-29-1915 - Leo Diamond - NYC - d. 9-15-1966
harmonica player: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
07-07-1911 - Joan Perry - Pensacola, FL - d. 9-15-1996
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-24-1919 - Jerry Wayne - Buffalo, NY - d. 9-15-1996
vocalist: Lover "Happy Island"; "Your All-Time Hit Parade"
08-20-1908 - Andre Baruch - Paris, France - d. 9-15-1991
announcer, disc jockey: "Your Hit Parade"; "Kate Smith Program"; "Myrt
and Marge"
09-25-1895 - Jack Denny - Indiana - d. 9-15-1950
music: "The American Revue"; "The Harry Richman Show"
10-02-1921 - Edmund Crispin - Chesterham Bois, England - d. 9-15-1978
author: "The Moving Toyshop"
10-05-1904 - John Hoyt - Bronxville, NY - d. 9-15-1991
actor: Robard "Shorty Bell"; "Escape"; "Suspense"
11-07-1918 - Fred Cusick - Boston, MA - d. 9-15-2009
sportscaster "Irish Hour"
11-11-1906 - Harry Holcomb - Malta, OH - d. 9-15-1987
director, narrator: "Curtain Time; "Dr. [removed], The Mental Banker";
"Moon River"
11-26-1891 - Anne Nichols - Dales Mill, GA - d. 9-15-1966
writer: "Abie's Irish Rose"
11-27-1899 - Silvio Coscia - Milan, Italy - d. 9-15-1977
co-principal horn: "Metropolitan Opera Orchestra"
12-13-1915 - Mark Stevens - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-15-1994
actor: "This Is Hollywood"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Suspense"
12-xx-1879 - Gertrude Bondhill - Cincinnati, OH - d. 9-15-1960
actor: Dal Tremaine's Mother "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
Ron
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:58:12 -0400
From: <beachcrows@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Court of Human Relations
Charlie asked about this show. Some information is out there on the
internet via a search using the program's title:
Aired first in 1933, NBC, sponsor: True Story Magazine,
In 1937, NBC Red, same sponsor, than on Mutual, sponsored by a cold
medication.
Some of the cast: Santos Ortega, Brian Donlevy, Alice Reinhardt,
Chestor Stratton and Allyn Joslyn.
The program apparently dramatized life situations and a jury from the
studio audience would provide solutions to the "problem".
Dave Goldin lists one definite 30 minute program from 1937 as
available.
Some links and references: [removed] and [removed], also
The big Broadcast by Buxton and Owen and Great Radio Audience
Participation Shows by Jim Cox.
Paul Thompson
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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:26:19 -0400
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: That racist Norman Corwin
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The bigots of the 1940s would be pleased to know that he was unwittingly on
their side all along.
Yes, here's another Corwin article by an academic:
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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:26:26 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 16-22 September
From Those Were The Days
9/18
1927 The Columbia Broadcasting System was born on this day in 1927.
CBS broadcast an opera, The King's Henchman, as its first program.
1948 The Original Amateur Hour returned to radio on ABC, two years
after the passing of the program's originator and host, Major Bowes.
Bowes brought new star talent into living rooms for 13 years.
9/19
It was just an average day this day in 1932, when Just Plain Bill was
first heard on CBS. It was "The real life story of people just like
people we all know." The 15 minute show (Monday through Friday at 7:15
[removed]) was all about (just plain) Bill Davidson and his daughter, Nancy,
who lived in (just plain) Hartville. Since Bill was the town barber,
everybody came to him with their problems and Bill helped them
straighten things out.
Instead of playing the usual organ, as a first, Hal Brown played
harmonica and whistled the Just Plain Bill introduction music (Darling
Nellie Gray). Hal also handled the closing theme (Polly Wolly Doodle) in
the same manner.
The show, created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who also came up with Mr.
Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, Little Orphan Annie, Amanda of Honeymoon
Hill, Front Page Farrell, John's Other Wife, Mr. Chameleon, Our Gal
Sunday and many other radio dramas, later moved to NBC. Just Plain Bill
chalked up 23 years on the air, until 30 September, 1955. A few of the
Just Plain Bill sponsors over the years were Kolynos toothpaste and
Clapp's baby [removed]
9/20
1921 KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania started one of the first daily
radio newscasts in the country. The broadcast came from the city desk of
The Pittsburgh Post.
1953 Jimmy Stewart debuted in The Six Shooter on NBC. He played Britt
Ponset on the Western.
9/21
1946 After being tested on a regional basis, The Second Mrs. Burton
was heard for the first time on the entire CBS network. The Second Mrs.
Burton fared very well, having a relationship with the network for 14 years.
1948 The serial Life With Luigi debuted on CBS. Luigi Basko was played
by J. Carroll Naish. Naish, an Irish American, became typecast as an
Italian immigrant, and went on to play the same role in the TV version
in 1952.
9/22
1943 Singer Kate Smith finished her War Bond radio appeal. For 13
continuous hours Smith had stayed on the air, collecting a whopping $39
million dollars in bond pledges. ($486,202,709 in 2010 dollars.)
1957 The CBS Radio Workshop was silenced after 18 months of what the
critics said was "ingenious radio programming."
Joe
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