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Date: 4/26/2007 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 127
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Scully Calls Koufax No-Hitter Ju  [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
      Walter Slezak                         [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      Omni biography                        [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      Re: col flack                         [ "EDWARD CARR" <edcarr@[removed]; ]
      4-26 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Major Bowes' Orginal Amateur Hour     [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      KING KONG                             [ "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@m ]
      ...And it goes both [removed]           [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Cincy Convention observation          [ papillion17@[removed] ]
      RE: Ma Perkins                        [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
      Alice Backes                          [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:59:48 -0400
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Scully Calls Koufax No-Hitter June 30,
     1962
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    Here is the link for page containing the clip from the June 30, 1962 No-Hitter

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      While I was looking around the NPR website, I found this link for a page
    with a clip from the 1946 Rose Bowl (Jan 1, 1946)

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:00:13 -0400
    From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Walter Slezak

    Yesterday, Kenneth Clarke was asking about the late Walter Slezak.  I had
    never heard of him, so I decided to go on a little hunt.  Here's what I was
    able to find out:

    It seems that he was initially known for playing big, beefy bad guys, and
    gravitated towards character parts as he got older.  Mr. Clarke was correct
    about his movie work.  He played Willy in Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat," and
    starred in Treasure Island along with Orson Welles, among other film roles.
    He also appeared in tons of television programs, many with ties to old time
    radio programs including Dr. Kildare, Studio One, and Suspense.

    As far as his radio work goes, all I could really find is what is listed on
    Goldin's site: a bunch of appearances on anthology programs including Lux and
    Columbia Workshop, and appearances on a few comedy/variety shows including
    The Pepsodent Show and The Charlie McCarthy Show.

    Oh, and Mr. Clarke was right about another [removed] to The Internet
    Movie Database, Walter Slezak is the father of soap opera star Erika Slezak.

    Karen Lerner
    Radio Spirits

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:01:35 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Omni biography

    Here is a web site that can be of help to OTR authors and others"
    [removed]" This site has over 100,000 Biographies of
    inportant people (did'nt find my name) Try it out  has more tha bio's.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:01:53 -0400
    From: "EDWARD CARR" <edcarr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: col flack

    good afternoon
    ken's always up on his research, but i didn't say it was a movie soundtrack,
    someone else mentioned it.
    here's what i have 2-16in discs ea 3 sides with a 15min soap prog, 1 being
    col flack,
    i have a turntable but it's not setup right, so i can't play
    the discs, i have had these discs for years.
    i also have another col flack seperate from above
    so untill we hear the prog, can't say which it is, and i'd hate to ruin it
    playing it.
    ed

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    Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:47:12 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-26 births/deaths

    April 26th births

    04-26-1883 - Harry Sothern - London, England - d. 2-22-1957
    actor: "Counterspy"; "Kitty Foyle"; "True Story Hour"
    04-26-1890 - Edgar Kennedy - Monterey, CA - d. 11-9-48
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Radio Reader's Digest"
    04-26-1891 - Paul Hoffmann - Western Springs, IL - d. 10-8-1974
    foreign aid administrator: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
    04-26-1893 - Anita Loos - Sisson (now Mt. Shasta), CA - d. 8-18-1981
    playwright: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-26-1905 - Cecilia Parker - Fort William, Ontario, Canada - d.
    7-25-1993
    actor: "Good News of 1939"; "Mail Call"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-26-1906 - [removed] "Albert" Alexander - Winthrop, MA - d. 2-24-1967
    moderator: "Goodwill Court/Court of Human Relations"
    04-26-1907 - Holland Engle - Wheeling, WV - d. 3-24-1988
    announcer, emcee: "Ladies Fair"; "Variety Fair"
    04-26-1910 - Grace Coppin - Murray, UT - d. 4-7-1993
    actor: Maude "The Life of Riley"
    04-26-1912 - John McGovern - d. 7-25-1985
    actor: Mike Gallagher "Highway Patrol"; Harold Wilkinson "The O'Neills"
    04-26-1916 - Frances Robinson - Fort Wandsworth, NY - d. 8-16-1971
    actor: Helen Asher "Richard Diamond"; Claire 'Brooksie' Brooks "Let
    George Do It"
    04-26-1916 - Vic Perrin - Menomonee Falls, WI - d. 7-4-1989
    actor: Ross Farnsworth "One Man's Family"; Sergeant Gorce "Fort Laramie"
    04-26-1918 - Helen Burgess - Portland, OR - d. 4-7-1937
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-26-1922 - Eric Sinclair - Burkburnett, TX - d. 1-26-2004
    actor: "Alias Jane Doe"
    04-26-1922 - Mike Kellin - Hartford, CT - d. 8-26-1983
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    04-26-1923 - Berwyn Ableman - 2-4-2002
    sportscaster and newscaster
    04-26-1927 - Granny Hamner - Richmond, VA - d. 9-12-1993
    sportscaster" "Sports Hilites"

    April 26th deaths

    01-09-1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee - Seattle, WA - d. 4-26-1970
    exotic dancer: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "What Makes You Tick?"
    01-13-1901 - A. B. Guthrie - Bedford, IN - d. 4-26-1991
    author, screenwriter: "NBC University Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-13-1923 - Gene Ames - Malden, MA - d. 4-26-1997
    singer,: (Ames Brothers) "Sing It Again"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"
    02-16-1912 - Del Sharbutt - Ft. Worth, TX - d. 4-26-2002
    announcer: "Hobby Lobby"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Victory Theatre"
    02-18-1890 - Edward Arnold - NYC - d. 4-26-1956
    actor: President "Mr. President"
    02-22-1911 - Vaughn Taylor - Boston, MA - d. 4-26-1983
    actor: "National Travel Club"; "There is No Night"
    02-26-1919 - Mason Adams - NYC - d. 4-26-2005
    actor: Larry 'Pepper' Young "Pepper Young's Family" Ned Scott "Jones
    and I"
    05-08-1913 - Sid James - Newcastle, Natal, South Africa - d. 4-26-1976
    comedian: "Hancock's Half Hour"
    07-01-1909 - Madge Evans - NYC - d. 4-26-1981
    panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"; "Who Said That?"
    07-12-1909 - Joey Faye - NYC - d. 4-26-1997
    actor: Recruit "The Rookies"
    07-13-1908 - Tim Spencer - Webb City, MO - d. 4-26-1974
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    07-15-1897 - Howard Lanin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-26-1991
    bandleader: ((King of Society Dance Music) "Atwater Kent Hour";
    "Campbell Soup Show"
    08-06-1911 - Lucille Ball - Celoron, NY - d. 4-26-1989
    comedienne: Liz Cooper "My Favorite Husband"; Lucy Ricardo "I Love Lucy"
    08-13-1909 - John Beal - Joplin, MO - d. 4-26-1997
    actor: Bonnie Doon "Amazing Mr. Tutt"; "Box 13"; "Favorite Story"
    08-21-1904 - William Allen "Count" Basie - Red Bank, NJ - d. 4-26-1994
    bandleader: "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
    08-26-1915 - Jim Davis - Edgereton, MO - d. 4-26-1981
    actor: "Dangerous Assignment"
    08-28-1920 - Don Glasser - Derry, PA - d. 4-26-2004
    bandleader: "Don Glasser and His Orchestra"
    10-08-1908 - Albert Maltz - NYC - d. 4-26-1985
    screen writer: (One of Hollywood Ten) "Words at War"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    10-17-1903 - Irene Noblette Ryan - El Paso, TX - d. 4-26-1973
    actor: "Tim & Irene Sky Road Show"; "Royal Crown Revue"
    11-08-1865 - Tim Frawley - Washington, [removed] - d. 4-26-1936
    actor: Old Ranger "Death Valley Days"
    11-17-1905 - Josef Marais - Sir Lowey's Pass, South Africa - d.
    4-26-1978
    singer: "African Trek/Sundown on the Veld"; "Meredith Willson Show"
    12-04-1915 - Allan Jackson - Hot Springs, AR - d. 4-26-1976
    newscaster for the CBS network for 32 years
    12-09-1911 - Broderick Crawford - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-26-1986
    actor: "Hedda Hopper Show"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; Cavalcade of America"
    12-18-1908 - Celia Johnson - Ellerker Gate, Richmond, England - d.
    4-26-1982
    actor: "Desert Island Disks"; Read poetry and short stories during WWII
    xx-xx-1915 - Wendell Holmes - d. 4-26-1962
    actor: "Dimension X"; "Mysterious Traveler"; "Words at War"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Allan Jackson - d. 4-26-1976
    newscaster for the CBS network for 32 years

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:47:31 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Major Bowes' Orginal  Amateur Hour

    To answer Randy Miller's question about the Amateur Hour:

    There are very few "Major Bowes' Original Hour" programs available, one
    source says 11 shows and another source says 7. I have 2 of them
    9/17/1936  sponsored by The Chrysler Corp. and another  2/25/1944
    sponsored by Chase & Sandborn Coffee .

    The Major interviewed contestants briefly and the contestant would
    perform. If the major felt the contestant was  no good, he had loud gong
    the the would strike and that was the end of the contestant. The radio
    audience would call a New York phone number(Murry Hill -9933) to vote or
    by post card or [removed] in Chicago you could vote early and often.

    The Major would open his show with "The wheel of fortune around, around
    she goes and where she stops nobody knows."
    The Major was real radio pioneer wiith shows dating form 1922.

     Frank McGurn

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    Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:48:08 -0400
    From: "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  KING KONG
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    Puzzled -
    Anyone have an idea of the details re: a 1938 radio adaptation of the 1933
    film, "King Kong" ?
    The copy a listener sent to me for use on Heritage Radio Theatre appears
    complete in the dramatization
    minus any program opening or closing.  There is no identification of any kind
    as to who was in the cast or who wrote
    adaptation or any of the normal "credits" heard at the end of most radio
    versions o movies.
    It runs a bit over 30 mins, but appears to be at a normal speed, and in
    reasonable sound for 1938.
    Would like a bit more information before playing it on our show, but if no one
    knows  (already checked with Jim Cox)
    the facts on this interesting program, we will simply play it and see if
    anyone can pin it down.
    The main character, the captain of the boat, sounds like Paul Muni,  and there
    is one other voice who sounds a good deal like a radio character actor, whose
    name I can't recall at the moment.  Thanks for any help.
    Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio Theatre  / The Olde Tyme Radio Network.

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    Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:37:01 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ...And it goes both [removed]

    Dear Mark, & gang-

    From: Mark  Higgins <paul_frees_fan@[removed];

>     Walter Slezak was indeed the  father of Erica Slezak.

    As well as the son of famed singer Leo  Slezak:
    [removed]

    The Wife and I saw a  very interesting European documentary on him recently.
    Quite a star in his time  (much resembling his son), with a big stage and
    early talking film  career.

>     I recall seeing her in
>     person at the Milwaukee Repertory  Theater (probably about 1968) as Nerissa,
>     in "The Merchant of  Venice".

    And if The Boss will allow, I'll soon springboard off of  that comment too -
    with a note about upcoming Elizabethan radio and  film!

    Best,
    -Craig W.

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    Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:49:31 -0400
    From: papillion17@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincy Convention observation

    Hi Everyone. I don't usually get up and speak much but I think this needs
    saying. The convention this year was enjoyable as always (especially with the
    addition of Ruth Last who I found to be delightful) but there was an air of
    emptiness and melancholy to it.  The obvious reason was that Hal was missing.
    A few other key people were also not there (Bob Burchett, Charlie, Derek).
    (I'm not picking on them, I know they wanted to be there.)  I think the thing
    that bothered me most was the fact that no one had anything to say about Hal.
    The only mention at all that I heard was at the first recreation when Don
    Ramlowe asked for a moment of silence in Hal's memory. And that was it! None
    of his compatriots said a word. I guess I was expecting Bob Hastings to
    relate a moment or 2 of some private memories or Rosemary Rice to relay a
    story. Perhaps it was too painful for them to attempt. Perhaps the absolute
    non-mentioning of Hal WAS the whole point and I missed it. Perhaps those who
    knew him
     best know he wouldn't have wanted people remembering him at the convention.
    Perhaps everyone felt enough had been said and written about him here and
    elsewhere already. As for me, I didn't know him at all really but yet he was
    like  part of the family that we all are at the Cincy Convention. I guess I
    was looking for a bit of closure at this year's convention because it's where
    I'd always seen Hal.  I hope I'm not out of line here expressing my
    disappointment. I know life goes on but I don't think that means we should go
    out of our way to not remember someone that special, especially someone that
    is so recently departed. (And it seemed to me that people were going out of
    their way to not mention Hal). To borrow a phrase, that's just my opinion, I
    could be [removed]

    Doug

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    Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:34:56 -0400
    From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Ma Perkins

    I don't think I'm the best person to answer Kenneth Clarke's request because
    I was forced to listen to my mother's soap operas while I was a kid because
    we had only one radio. "Ma Perkins" was possibly one of the best of the
    genre, but not to a little kid. It aired for something over 25 years at (I
    think, but my memory is somewhat foggy after 55 years) on either CBS or NBC
    at about 1:00 or 2:00 PM in Chicago. I assume it was an hour later in New
    York. The two things I KNOW I have right about the show are, it starred
    Virginia Payne as Ma for its entire run, and she spent a good part of her
    time answering mail requests for advice from Ma. Also, for the entire time
    that I heard the show, mostly the later forties and early fifties, the
    sponsor was Oxydol Detergent, at the time a major product in Proctor &
    Gamble's stable (Oxydol has since been produced by another company as a
    bargain store product -- I don't know if the formula is still the same or if
    someone merely bought the rights to the name from P&G). I think my mother
    used Oxydol until her death in the seventies, but I was away from home by
    then, and she might not have still been able to get the product. I know that
    she was virtually heart-broken when she was no longer able to purchase
    "American Family" laundry soap bars, an ideal product for washing out a kid's
    dirty mouth (no, I never ate any, but I was often threatened). Anyhow, Ma
    Perkins ran a lumber yard in some small town in mid-America and solved all
    the problems of her family members and friends. Housewives all over the
    country really loved her for the entire run of the program. She never
    measured up to "Tom Mix," "Dick Tracy," "Captain Midnight," or "Superman,"
    however, and I was never able to figure out why my mother listened to Ma but
    never paid attention the stuff that I liked.

    [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:15 -0400
    From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Alice Backes
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     I'm sorry to hear of passing of Alice Backes, she came to at least two REPs
    showcases and was a welcome addition to any recreation she took part in. I
    was privileged to work with her on a Harry Nile episode and as B. J. Watkins
    pointed she was having memory problems, until she got up to the mic. Then the
    professional kicked in and she gave a sharp,detailed performance.
        She was an extremely nice person and I hope her passing was peaceful.
      Larry Albert

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