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Date: 6/23/2007 9:14 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 184
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      On this day in 1954 I entered the U.  [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      Silver Screen, Wind Screen            [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Re: Radio stations offering OTR       [ "Alan R. Betz" <arbetz@[removed]; ]
      HOLLYWOOD SQUARES                     [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
      Ben Hecht                             [ crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow) ]
      This week in radio history 24-30 Jun  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Allan K. Taylor                       [ Allen J Hubin <ajhubin@[removed]; ]
      Re: Stewart/Six Shooter               [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Re: movie stars on radio              [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      RE: movie actor with best radio pres  [ "Pamela K. Gitta" <wjmtv@[removed] ]
      Re: ? movie actor with best radio pr  [ "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed]; ]
      uncoated aluminum transcription of A  [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
      6-24 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:18:09 -0400
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  On this day in 1954 I entered the [removed] Navy,
     can't believe I am   that old.
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>     On this  day in 1954 I entered the [removed] Navy, can't believe I am  that
>     old.

    Never fear though.  I got a letter from the US Army the other day  wanting me
    to join.  Seems that they are looking for a good registered  nurse and
    willing to make me a Lieutenant.

    Thought about it.  Would be nice to supplement my Social Security and  NY
    State Retirement.

    Nice to know that with all of the other data collected, the Army doesn't
    have my DOB.

    And in case they are watching: my draft number is 48 50 4090.  And I  am 4F
    (Bee Allergy, not flat feet)

    Larry Moore

    AKA  Lawrence J. Moore RN

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:03:10 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Silver Screen, Wind Screen

    Dear Stephen-

    Great thread topic!

    From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies@[removed];

>     What are people's  opinions about who is the movie actor with the best radio
>     presence?

    I'd list several. And a critical factor may be that they all had stage
    experience as well (Film acting is a more different animal from Radio than
    Stage
    is) :

    Joe Cotton. Agie Moorehead. Ray Collins. Lionel Barrymore.

>     and radio actors thought movie actors couldn't handle the live
>     drama  with no retakes, and were likely to sound wooden or to muff  their
>     lines

    See above.

    Audio-only performance has to be "fuller" (not "BIGGER," fuller), and some
    folks with the underplayed, done-in-tiny pieces movie background couldn't
    color
     strongly enough, or sustain over the long haul, as you do in  theater.

>     I think Rathbone is a good example for comparison.  He  has a strong
>     presence on radio, but keeps breaking the spell by misreading  his lines or
>     jumping his cue

    A lot of the guests on shows like Lux have that problem, & come off  less
    effective than their radio supporting castmates.

    Great weekend,
    -Craig W.

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:03:21 -0400
    From: "Alan R. Betz" <arbetz@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Radio stations offering OTR

       CKNW, AM980, in the Vancouver, BC area is offering OTR and has been
    for many years.  Currently they present three hours of OTR from midnight
    to 3 AM every night except Saturday night/Sunday morning, when it is two
    hours from 1 AM to 3 AM.  It is archived at their web site,
    [removed].  You must register to use the archive, but it is free.
       Regards to all, Alan

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:03:41 -0400
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  HOLLYWOOD SQUARES

    In a message dated 6/22/2007 11:18:28 [removed] Eastern Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed]  writes:
    "Errol  Flynn on THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES?|
                    It  could have [removed]

    Jim Burns makes a valid and very funny point and it  reminded me of the
    backstage joke that was making the rounds in Hollywood back  in the heyday of
    HOLLYWOOD SQUARES.
    It went like  this:
    Question - Something you will never hear on  TV?
    Answer - "I'll take Greta Garbo to  block."

    Michael  "I never got to do a game show" Gwynne

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:02:35 -0400
    From: crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow)
    To: [removed]@[removed] (Old Time Radio Digest)
    Subject:  Ben Hecht

    I am glad Jim Burns mentioned the critic, Ben Hecht.  He once wrote an
    article in the September, 1945, "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine," which
    parodied the [removed] School of mystery fiction. The "Had I But Known" phrase
    was coined by Ogden Nash, who we have spoken about before in these pages.

    I bring this up because we run into "over-the-top"  writing occasionally in
    radio drama of the forties and fifties.  "Mr. Keen" has attained cult status
    in this regard.

    Here's how Ben Hecht characterized the opening line of a typical  [removed]
    mystery:

    "I shall never forget the bright summer afternoon when poor Stuffy found the
    green button under Grandma Marnoy's knitting bag -- on the lawn out there, a
    stone's throw from Indian Creek that bisects the rolling Marpleton grounds
    where Topper, Ruby, and I used to chase butterflies.  I have often wondered
    what would have happened if Stuffy had given me the button instead of
    swallowing it. For one thing, Consuela Marston would have never met the man
    with the pick ax and I would never, of course, have gone to the dreadful
    carnival which was the beginning of everything."

    Ben Hecht's skill at parody and satire was legendary, a great, great writer.
    Thanks for reviving the memory Jim.

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:02:47 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 24-30 June

     From Those Were The Days --

    6/24

    1960 - The Romance of Helen Trent was heard for the last time. Helen and
    her boy-toy, Gil Whitney, were about to be married, but the loving
    couple never made it to the altar -- just in case the show would ever be
    renewed. Helen Trent and her romance aired for 27 years -- a total of
    7,222 episodes -- on the CBS.

    6/25

    1942 - The first broadcast of It Pays to Be Ignorant was aired on WOR
    and the Mutual Broadcasting System.

    6/26

    1933 - The Kraft Music Hall debuted.

    1949 - Fred Allen had his final program, though he continued for several
    years to guest on other shows.

    6/27

    1940 - As a summer replacement for blind, piano virtuoso Alec Templeton,
    The Quiz Kids was first heard. The show continued on NBC until 1953.

    1943 - The Dreft Star Playhouse debuted on NBC. Jane Wyman (the former
    Mrs. Ronald Reagan) starred in the first broadcast, titled Bachelor Mother.

    1944 - The Alan Young Show debuted on NBC. It was a summer replacement
    for the popular Eddie Cantor. The show became a regular in the fall NBC
    lineup.

    6/29

    1932 - Vic and Sade debuted on the NBC Blue network this day.

    1947 - Radio's show with a heart made its debut. Strike It Rich became a
    favorite on CBS. Todd Russell was the original host. Warren Hull took
    over a few years later.

    1951 - Bill Stern did his last 15-minute program of sports features for
    NBC. Stern had been with NBC for 14 years. He later moved to the Mutual
    Broadcasting System to finish out an illustrious sportscasting career.

    6/30

    1921 - Documents were signed forming the Radio Corporation of America,
    better known as RCA. RCA soon rivaled its main competitor, General
    Electric (GE).

    Joe

    PS: Bob Cockrum, please e-mail me.  Lost your address.

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:28:31 -0400
    From: Allen J Hubin <ajhubin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Allan K. Taylor

    Can anyone provide the real name and birth/death dates of
    Allan K. Taylor, who worked for BBC children's radio and
    was known as "Uncle Jock"?

    Al Hubin

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:25:08 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Stewart/Six Shooter
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    In a message dated 6/22/07 10:18:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     It has been my understanding that this is also somewhat the case for
>     Jimmy Stewart and The Six-Shooter.  The radio show made for a good
>     paycheck during and otherwise thin time in his career.

    Actually the evidence suggests this happened just **after** Stewart made a
    big comeback.  It's hard to believe now, but "It's a Wonderful Life" came out
    in
    the midst of his "thin period" and bombed (originally).  It was in 1950, when
    he started making westerns like "Winchester '73" and "Broken Arrow," that his
    career became lucrative again and he became a hot property.  (This was also
    when did one of his signature roles, "Harvey.")  He actually did "The
    Six-Shooter" a few years later, about the time of "The Glenn Miller Story"
    and "Rear
    Window."

    Whoever told the Bogie/Bacall "Bold Venture" story probably hit the nail
    right on the head when he mentioned the recording schedule.  That schedule
    made it
    easier for the Bogarts, Sinatras and Stewarts to do these shows, than it
    would have a few years earlier.  Another factor: it matched one of Stewart's
    luckiest genres of this period (westerns) and perhaps helped market that
    persona to
    the public and also to producers/casting directors.

    Dixon

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:25:28 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: movie stars on radio
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    In a message dated 6/22/07 10:18:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     Who is the actor, best known for work in movies, who also
>     appeared on radio, occasionally or regularly, and gave solid performances?

    I've always loved the radio performances of Humphrey Bogart.  His "Lux Radio
    Theatre" adaptation of "To Have and Have Not" was one of the very first shows
    in my collection and I listened to it repeatedly.  I also enjoyed him on
    "Suspense" in "Love's Lovely Counterfeit."  I've also heard Jimmy Stewart and
    Cary
    Grant do well.

    And of course there was Groucho when he started doing "You Bet Your Life,"
    and W. C. Fields when he traded quips with Charlie McCarthy.

    Someone asked about the people we lost in the 1950s or early 1960s.  I don't
    know if we would've seen Erroll Flynn sitting alongside Paul Lynde on "The
    Hollywood Squares," but I would love to have seen Bogie converse with, say,
    Johnny Carson.

    Dixon

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:25:45 -0400
    From: "Pamela K. Gitta" <wjmtv@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: movie actor with best radio presence?

    I wouldn't call him "the best," but I've always been very impressed with
    Alan Ladd in "Box 13," mainly because he's such a wooden actor onscreen, but
    in that role, he comes across as very warm and real. And he did have a
    beautiful voice.

    My vote for The Best would have to go to a guy we were just talking about:
    Jimmy Stewart. When Britt Ponsett opens his mouth, the most wonderful images
    pop into my head with no effort on my part whatsoever.

    I was recently thumbing through a new bio of him at the bookstore, and there
    is not so much as one word about "The Six-Shooter" in it. Hmph.

    Pam Gitta
    Northern IL

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:55:58 -0400
    From: "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re:  ? movie actor with best radio presence?

    We already know what a movie actor looks like, so that vision in our minds
    could enhance (or detract from <g> his radio performance. When a radio star
    appears in the movies my first thought is "So that's what he looks like,"
    whiich breaks the "make believe," if only for a few seconds.  It can be a
    distraction, either way.  An example is the voice-over for a Mercedes Benz
    TV commercial - I'm so busy thinking "That's John-Boy - now what is his
    name?" that I don't absorb the car commercial!

    People under 40 probably have no idea what I'm talking about <g>!

    Candy

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:50:09 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
    To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  uncoated aluminum transcription of Amos 'n Andy

    It will be interesting to see what is said about it.
    The speaker is Jon Samuels, well known in the music
    world as a disc transfer engineer and producer of
    classical music CDs for RCA.

    Airs on PBS in the US this Monday night at 9 pm
    eastern -

    For on-line info -

    [removed]

    Joe Salerno

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    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:12:48 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-24 births/deaths

    June 24th births

    06-24-1891 - Irving Pichel - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-13-1954
    actor, film director: "Gulf Screen Theatre";"Screen Director's
    Playhouse"
    06-24-1893 - Arthur Hughes - Bloomington, IL - d. 12-28-1982
    actor: Bill Davidson "Just Plain Bill"; Stephen Dallas "Stella Dallas"
    06-24-1895 - Jack Dempsey - Manassa, CO - d. 5-31-1983
    boxing champion: "Ben Bernie Show"; "Kemtone Hour"; "Saturday Night
    Bandwagon"
    06-24-1900 - Gene Austin - Gainesville, TX - d. 1-24-1972
    singer: "Gene Austin"; "Joe Penner Show"; "[removed] Musical Showroom"
    06-24-1904 - Phil Harris - Linton, IN - d. 8-11-1995
    bandleader, singer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"
    06-24-1909 - Milton Katims - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-27-2006
    violist, conductor: "NBC Symphony"; "Eternal Light"
    06-24-1910 - Cootie Williams - Mobile, AL - d. 9-14-1985
    jazz trumpet player: "Jubilee"
    06-24-1910 - Katherine Locke - Kalakenchu, Russia - d. 9-12-1995
    actor: (Wife of Norman Corwin) "Columbia Presents Corwin"
    06-24-1912 - Brian Johnston - Little Berkhamsted, England - d. 1-5-1994
    entertainer-commentator: "In Town Tonight"; "Down Your Way"
    06-24-1914 - Allan E. Sloane - d. 4-29-2001
    writer: "Indictment"; "Bulldog Drummond"; "The Man Behind the Gun"
    06-24-1915 - Jack Sterling - Baltimore, MD - d. 10-31-1991
    announcer/emcee: "Make Up Your Mind"
    06-24-1921 - Peggy DeCastro - On a Sugar Plantation, Dominican
    Republic - d. 3-6-2004
    singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) "Steve Lawrence Show"; "Here's to
    Veterans"
    06-24-1923 - Jack Carter - NYC
    comedian: "Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway"
    06-24-1924 - Mickey "Junior" O'Day - Newark, NJ
    actor: Peter Pig "Children's Hour"; Neddie Evans "Big Sister"

    June 24th deaths

    01-28-1921 - Jerry Appy - d. 6-24-1990
    sportscaster: KXXX Colby, Kansas
    02-26-1916 - Jackie Gleason - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-24-1987
    comedian: "Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne Show"
    04-09-1883 - Frank King - Cashton, WI - d. 6-24-1969
    cartoonist: Created Gasoline Alley comic strip
    05-26-1915 - Ray Austin - NYC - d. 6-24-1998
    composer/arranger for many big bands
    05-29-1937 - Misora Hibari - Yokohama, Japan - d. 6-24-1989
    enka singer: "Kohaku Utagassen"
    07-04-1913 - Barbara Weeks - Boston, MA - d. 6-24-2003
    actor: "Pulitzer Prize Plays"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; "Romance"
    08-04-1889 - William Keighley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-24-1984
    host: Lux Radio Theatre
    08-28-1898 - Artells Dickson - Oklahoma Territory - d. 6-24-1968
    actor: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; Slim "Pretty Kitty Kelly"
    09-06-1908 - Paul Lavalle - Beacon, NY - d. 6-24-1997
    conductor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"; "Dinah
    Shore Show"
    09-18-1894 - Willard Robison - Shelbina, MO - d. 6-24-1968
    orchestra leader: (Evangelist of Rhythm) "Plantation Echoes"
    10-09-1912 - John Tackaberry - Adelaide, Australia - d. 6-24-1969
    writer: "Jack Benny Program"
    12-21-1922 - Paul Winchell - NYC - d. 6-24-2005
    ventriloquist: "Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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