Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #228
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Date: 11/29/2009 7:57 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 228
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Groucho                           [ Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed]; ]
      11-29 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Mid 40s term question - sibilance     [ Henry Howard <hbhoward@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:35:49 -0500
    From: Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Groucho

    On Nov 27, 2009, at 3:18 PM, [removed]@[removed] wrote:

>     However, Groucho had prior guest appearances.  His first seems to
>     have been in October 1930.

>     [removed]#guest

    The Groucho also appeared on "Hollywood Mardi Gras" (Packard Motor Company's
    1937-1938 replacement for "The Packard Hour starring Fred Astaire"). It
    obviously wasn't his radio debut, and I mention it only because it doesn't
    appear on the [removed] list of radio appearances. Here's the script
    for a bit of the Marx Brothers' entrance (others appearing are Charlie
    Butterworth and Lanny Ross). All I've got is the script, which I found in my
    dad's papers:

    MARX BROTHERS ENTRANCE SPOT

    BUTTER:   And now - as the saying goes - I have a speech of welcome here for
    those two famous [removed]'ve seen their faces on cough drops for
    [removed]

    ROSS:   No, [removed] [removed] MARX [removed] must have
    seen them in "A Day at the Races".

    BUTTER:   I might have.  What box were they sitting in?

    ROSS:   Never mind, Charlie.   I'll introduce them myself.  Ladies and
    gentlemen, those two mad Marxmen of the screen -- CHICO AND GROUCHO!

    ORCHESTRA:   ENTRANCE MUSIC   (CHICO PIANO THEME)

    (APPLAUSE)

    ROSS:   Welcome, Chico and Groucho, to our Hollywood Mardi [removed]

    CHICO:   Oh [removed] so fast!  What IS a Mardi Gras?

    ROSS:   Oh -- you know -- it's a big noisy crowd of [removed] they get
    together and throw [removed]

    GROUCHO:   Not so [removed]'ll give the audience ideas!

    ROSS:   Who are you?

    GROUCHO:   I'm Groucho -- Here's my card!

    ROSS:   Thank [removed] says, "Groucho [removed] man."

    GROUCHO:   That's right.

    ROSS:   But I can hardly read this.  The words, "business man" are in such
    very small letters.

    GROUCHO:   Well - I'm doing a very small business!.....

    ROSS:   Have you a card, Chico?

    CHICO:   I haven't a card but I got a riddle.

    BUTTER:   What is it?

    CHICO:   What is it that goes up and down and flies sideways, and has ice
    cream on top?

    BUTTER:   I give up - what's the answer?

    CHICO:   I give up, too.  But wouldn't it be a great riddle if there was an
    answer?

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    - Gregg Oppenheimer
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:35:51 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-29 births/deaths

    November 29th births

    11-29-1876 - Joseph E. Davies - Watertown, WI - d. 5-9-1958
    ambassador to the soviet union: "Information Please"
    11-29-1894 - H. Leslie Atlass - d. 11-18-1960
    Chicago radio pioneer, CBS executive
    11-29-1895 - Busby Berkeley - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-14-1976
    choreographer: "Gulf Screen Theatre"; "Whatever Became Of . . . ?"
    11-29-1895 - Yakima Canutt - Colfax, WA - d. 5-24-1986
    actor, stuntman: "Daredevils of Hollywood"; "Hollywood Rodea"
    11-29-1898 - [removed] Lewis - Belfast, Northern Ireland - d. 11-22-1963
    author, lecturer: "Right and Wrong"; "Christian Behavior"
    11-29-1900 - Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars - Portland, ME - d. 6-25-1988
    propagandist: Midge "Home Sweet Home"; Radio Berlin "Vision of an
    Invasion"
    11-29-1902 - Cecil (Charles) Madden - Mogador, Morocco - d. 5-27-1987
    creator: "Variety Band Box"
    11-29-1905 - Chester Erskine - Hudson, NY - d. 4-7-1986
    film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-29-1905 - Mario Braggiotti - Florence, Italy - d. 5-18-1996
    pianist, composer: "Fray and Braggiotti"
    11-29-1906 - Luis Van Rooten - Mexico City, Mexico - d. 6-17-1973
    actor: George Priestly "County Seat"; John Perry "John's Other Wife";
    Nero Wolfe "Nero Wolfe"
    11-29-1909 - Ann Corio - Hartford, CT - d. 3-1-1999
    burlesque queen: "G. I. Jive", "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    11-29-1909 - Frank Waldecker - d. 1-13-1995
    announcer: "A Date with Judy"; "The Eddie Duchin Show"
    11-29-1910 - Al Schwartz - Passaic, NJ - d. 3-25-1988
    writer: "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Bob Hope Show"
    11-29-1912 - Alan Courtney - NYC - d. 9-16-1978
    host: "Calling All Girls"; "Korn Kobblers"
    11-29-1913 - Harry Bartell - New Orleans, LA - d. 2-26-2004
    actor: Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "Adv of Sherlock Holmes";
    "Gunsmoke"
    11-29-1914 - Hal McIntyre - Cromwell, CT - d. 5-5-1959
    bandleader: "Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra"
    11-29-1915 - J. G. Weightman - Callerton, Englans - d. 8-14-2004
    translator and announcer in French for the BBC
    11-29-1917 - George Walsh - Cleveland, OH - d. 12-5-2005
    announcer: "Gunsmoke"; "Music 'Til Dawn"
    11-29-1917 - Merle Travis - Muhlenberg County, KY - d. 10-20-1983
    singer, guitarist: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    11-29-1918 - Michael O'Duffy - Derry, Ireland - d. 4-19-2003
    lyric tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    11-29-1921 - Virginia Egnor "Dagmar" - Huntington, WV - d. 10-9-2001
    dumb blonde: "Stars On Parade"; "Says Who?"
    11-29-1926 - Naomi Stevens - Trenton, NJ
    actor: Irene Franklin "One Man's Family"; Daphne Royce "Brenthouse"
    11-29-1927 - Vin Scully - The Bronx, NY
    sportscaster (Baseball's Poet Laurate) Play-by Play announcer for the
    Dodgers
    11-29-1932 - John Gary - Watertown, NY - d. 1-4-1998
    singer: "Christmas Music - Spots for the National Guard"

    November 29th deaths

    01-18-1904 - Cary Grant - Bristol, England - d. 11-29-1986
    actor: Jim Blandings "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings"
    01-31-1902 - Leo Corday - NYC - d. 11-29-1985
    writer of special material: "War Manpower Comn."
    02-17-1889 - H. L. Hunt - near Vandalia, IL - d. 11-29-1974
    established Facts Forum which produced radio programs
    02-24-1943 - George Harrison - Liverpool, England - d. 11-29-2001
    singer: (The Beatles) "Here We Go Again"
    02-26-1933 - Godfrey Cambridge - NYC - d. 11-29-1976
    actor: "Voices of Vista"
    03-18-1930 - Peter Kenna - Balmain, Australia - d. 11-29-1987
    writer: "A Hard God"
    04-28-1896 - Edith Evanson - Tacoma, WA - d. 11-29-1980
    actor: Helmi "Myrt and Marge"
    05-03-1899 - George H. Combs - Lee's Summit, MO - d. 11-29-1977
    congressman, commentator: "Now You Decide"; "Spotlight, New York"
    05-29-1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Brno, Czechoslovakia - d.
    11-29-1957
    "composer: "Contemporary Composers Concerts"; "Railroad Hour"
    05-30-1904 - Carol Goodner - Katonah, NY - d. 11-29-2001
    actor: "Keep It Dark"; "Advs. of the Red Feather Man"
    06-05-1910 - Herb Vigran - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 11-29-1986
    actor: Sad Sack "Sad Sack"; Hector Smith "Father Knows Best"
    06-17-1904 - Ralph Bellamy - Chicago, IL - d. 11-29-1991
    actor: "These Are Our Men"
    07-19-1912 - Frank Kane - d. 11-29-1968
    writer: "The Shadow"
    07-20-1938 - Natalie Wood - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-29-1981
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-27-1890 - Judith Lowry - Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory - d.
    11-29-1976
    actor: Emma 'Stevie' Stevens "Valiant Lady"; Emmy Fergusson "Welcome
    Valley"
    08-07-1913 - George Van Eps - Plainfield, NJ - d. 11-29-1998
    guitarist: "Pete Kelly's Blues"; "Guest Star"; "Just Jazz"
    09-05-1916 - Frank Yerby - Augusta, GA - d. 11-29-1991
    author: "Best Seller"
    09-06-1917 - John Berry - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-29-1999
    director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    09-17-1934 - Robin Ray - North London, England - d. 11-29-1998
    actor, musician: "Robin Ray's Record Review"
    09-20-1869 - George Robey - London, England - d. 11-29-1954
    music hall singer: "Music Hall"
    10-04-1900 - Robert Shayne - Yonkers, NY - d. 11-29-1992
    actor: Walter Manning "Portia Faces Life"
    10-27-1915 - Albert Albinger - d. 11-29-1982
    newscaster: WKWK Wheeling, West Virginia
    11-03-1909 - George Wells - NYC - d. 11-29-2000
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-14-1919 - DeWitt Samuel Copp - Connecticut - d. 11-29-1999
    writer: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bell Telephone Hour"
    11-24-1917 - John Justin - London, England - d. 11-29-2002
    actor: "The Hobbit"
    12-22-1917 - Gene Rayburn - Christopher, IL - d. 11-29-1999
    announcer, comedian: "Rayburn and Finch"
    12-26-1902 - Irene Handl - London, England - d. 11-29-1987
    actor: "Hello Playmates"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:50:19 -0500
    From: Henry Howard <hbhoward@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mid 40s term question - sibilance

    At rehearsal today, during a time when the "actors"  are warming up, one fellow was doing vocal warm up exercises
    and then said  sibilance several times, working on controlling his.

    My questions is, would that term have been known or used in the mid 40s?

    Given the limited bandwidth of audio at the time, as well as the smooth response of the
    ribbon mics, I don't believe sibilance would have been a problem, and the term would not
    have been in common usage.

    Can anyone shed some light on this before I incorrectly correct this actor?

    Thanks.

    (Anyone in metro Atlanta is invited to come enjoy It's a Wonderful Life at Art Station -  Stone Mountain. )

    Henry Howard

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