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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 115
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
5-5 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
O Superman [ david rogers <david_rogers@hotmail. ]
Re: The Lost Special - Now Online [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
Welk on radio [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
Cinnamon Bear [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
SPERDVAC Old-Time Radio Convention [ Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed]; ]
Re: The Lost Special [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
The Lost Special [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 22:20:28 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5-5 births/deaths
May 5th births
05-05-1879 - Max Marcin - Posen, Prussia, Germany - d. 3-30-1948
writer, producer, director: "Crime Doctor"; "The FBI in Peace and War"
05-05-1890 - Christopher Morley - Haverford, PA - d. 3-28-1957
author: "Information, Please"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Studio One"
05-05-1899 - Freeman F. Gosden - Richmond, VA - d. 12-10-1982
comedian: "Sam 'n' Henry"; Amos Jones "Amos 'n' Andy"
05-05-1907 - Benny Baker - St. Joseph, MO - d. 9-20-1994
character actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-05-1912 - Alice Faye - NYC - d. 5-9-1998
singer, actor: "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"
05-05-1912 - Bret Morrison - Chicago, IL - d. 9-25-1978
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"
05-05-1914 - Tyrone Power - Cincinnati, OH - d. 11-15-1958
actor: Dean Edwards "Freedom [removed]"
05-05-1915 - Ben Wright - London, England - d. 7-2-1989
actor: Hey Boy "Have Gun, Will Travel"; Nicholas Lacey "One Man's
Family"
05-05-1915 - T. A. G. Hungerford - Perth, Australia
writer: "Help Me Cut Up the Cat"; "Looking After Bert"
05-05-1918 - Alden Aaroe - d. 7-7-1993
newscaster: Charlottesville, Virginia
05-05-1919 - George London - Montreal, Canada - d. 3-23-1985
singer: "The Voice of Firestone"
05-05-1919 - Seymour Kapetansky - Michigan - d. 2-9-2001
sriter: "Duffy's Tavern"
05-05-1921 - Sydney Walker - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-30-1994
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"; "War of the Worlds 1988"
05-05-1921 - Ted Brown - Collingwood, NJ - d. 3-20-2005
announcer, emcee: "Bulldog Drummond"; "Lawrence Welk High Life Revue"
05-05-1925 - Monica Lewis - Chicago, IL
singer: "Jan August's Revere Camera Show"
05-05-1927 - Pat Carroll - Shrevport, LA
actor: "We Hold These Truths"; "Fifty Years After Fourteen August"
05-05-1932 - Will Hutchins - Los Angeles, CA
actor: Instrumental in keeping OTR alive in these the latter days
May 5th deaths
01-18-1914 - Rod O'Connor - Houston, TX - d. 5-5-1964
announcer: "Red Skelton Show"; "Duffy's Tavern"; "Count of Monte Cristo"
03-31-1896 - Eddie Dunn - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1951
quizmaster: "True or False"
06-02-1909 - June MacCloy - Sturgis, MI - d. 5-5-2005
vocalist: "Griff Williams and Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra"
06-26-1923 - Syd Lawrence - Shutton, England - d. 5-5-1998
orchestra leader: "American Patrol"
07-12-1912 - Jim McClain - d. 5-5-2004
host: Dr. [removed] "Dr. [removed]"; Dr. [removed] "Dr. [removed] Jr."
07-16-1925 - Cal Tjader - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-5-1982
jazz vibrophonist: "Music for Moderns"; ""Ass-Star Parade of Bands"
08-10-1917 - Kathleen Claypool - Aylesworth, IN - d. 5-5-2003
actor: "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
09-04-1891 - Sam Lanin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-5-1977
bandleader: "Ipana Troubadors"; "Benrus Ticksters"
09-29-1898 - Doris Hursley - Wisconsin - d. 5-5-1984
writer: "American Women"; "Cousin Willie"; "Those Websters"; "The
Truitts"
10-04-1916 - George Sidney - Long Island City, NY - d. 5-5-2002
film musical director: "Shell Chateau"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-04-1916 - Lenore Kingston - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-5-1993
actor: Mercedes Colby "Don Winslow of the Navy"; Jane Daley "Affairs
of Anthony"
11-26-1922 - Terry Ryan - Cleveland, OH - d. 5-5-2001
comedy writer: "Fred Allen Show"
11-29-1914 - Hal McIntyre - Cromwell, CT - d. 5-5-1959
bandleader: "Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra"
12-20-1905 - Albert Dekker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1968
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:05:28 -0400
From: david rogers <david_rogers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: O Superman
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I have a question for the more learned folks on this list. Why is it that so
few people mention the Superman radio show here. I am not saying it is never
mentioned. However, considering how many shows survive and how popular
Superman is - I just wondered why it does not seem to be discussed more.
Any thoughts?Love as always, David Rogers
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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:05:43 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: The Lost Special - Now Online
Randy wrote:
The show itself has an odd opening, which is done by a staff AFRS
announcer.
First of all thanks again to Randy for making this available to the otr
community.
That otr announcer you speak of was Howard Duff. He did a lot of those
AFRS discs around that time and explained in an interview (found on Bob
Scherago's web site - [removed] ) the
process of what he and Elliot Lewis would do to create those intros etc.
Jim Widner
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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:44:56 -0400
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Welk on radio
Larry Jordan asks whether Lawrence Welk might have done radio broadcasting
after he began his television program. The answer is "sorta." It is quite
possible that what you heard was the stereophonic track separation simulcast
of the live television program. Yes, that's right, as "old fashioned" as
you might think Welk was even then, the 1955-56 season of his Dodge program
was the first nationally televised series with stereophonic sound. The TV
sound was one channel, and the radio provided the other channel.
Michael Biel mbiel@[removed]
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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:35:48 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Cinnamon Bear
The recent issue of SPERDVAC's RADIOGRAM (May 2008) features a brief bio
about the late Dennis Crow, and his association with THE CINNAMON BEAR. Just
an FYI.
By the way, was the mystery as to who played the role of young Jimmy ever
discovered or verified?
MG
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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:53:19 -0400
From: Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: SPERDVAC Old-Time Radio Convention
My great thanks to everyone who attended last weekend's SPERDVAC Old-
Time Radio Convention and to everyone who helped to make it such a
success.
It was a very special experience for me. My wife says she's never
seen me as nervous as I was just after they told me that Stan Freberg
had decided to speak, and so I would be taking the stage to address
the audience as soon as he was done. Freberg is one of my heroes, and
the thought of following him threw me into a near-panic. Fortunately,
I managed to calm down, and everyone (including Mr. Freberg) seemed
to enjoy our "Jack Benny" re-creation.
If you attended the SPERDVAC Convention, I have a favor to ask of
you. SPERDVAC newsletter, the "SPERDVAC Radiogram," is in desperate
need of feedback from those who attended the convention, either in
the form of a letter to the editor, or, if you are so inclined, a
longer article about your experiences at the convention. You don't
even need to contact SPERDVAC to post your letter or article --
simply post it to the OTR Digest, or, if you prefer, send it to me at
gopp@[removed], and we'll print it (with your permission) in the
SPERDVAC newsletter.
Those of you who attended Norman Corwin's 98th Birthday Celebration
yesterday morning heard some talk about how this might be the last
convention, and you also heard how disturbed Mr. Corwin was by this
possibility. If you attended the SPERDVAC Convention and would like
to see them continue, please make your feelings known by posting your
Convention comments, reviews and experiences (anything from one
sentence to a lengthy commentary) to the OTR Digest as soon as possible.
Thanks.
- Gregg Oppenheimer
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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 15:58:40 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: The Lost Special
Some additional information on "The Lost Special:"
There was a 1932 12-chapter serial film made based loosely on the Conan
Doyle story. Only the stolen train hidden in the cave was used in the
film for the most part where in the serial it was a Lady reporter and a
couple of college students looking for the lost train.
Interestingly, the version heard on ESCAPE compressed the time from the
original written story by-passing the scene in the jail at the start
with the criminal confessing and telling the story. That ESCAPE version
begins in the present of the whole tale.
The SUSPENSE version on the other hand begins as does the written
version with the scene in the jail.
Jim Widner
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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 22:04:14 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Lost Special
First, thanks again to Randy for making the Welles version of "The Lost
Special" available to us all. There is some minor surface noise but
it's quite listenable. I heard the Escape version not too long ago, and
I was surprised by how different these two versions are. I remember
reading someplace that The Lost Special could have been a Holmes story,
and in the Escape version, that resemblance is apparent, since the
story is told from the point of view of the Scotland Yard inspector who
investigates the crime. The Suspense version, told from the point of
view of a confession from the criminal who masterminded the crime, is
strikingly different. I have the original story on my shelf, though I
haven't read it. I pulled it out and glanced at it. It's quite apparent
that the Suspense version is closest to the original. In fact, large
chunks of de Lernac's dialog are taken verbatim from the text. I wonder
if the Escape script was perhaps recycled or inspired by one of the
earlier Holmes radio adaptations? Do the scripts of these lost Holmes
versions exist, and if so, could somebody see if they were reused for
Escape?
Incidentally, the text of "The Lost Special" is widely available
online--just type it into google if you want to read the story. My copy
is in a small paperback titled "Tales for a Winter's Night," which I
picked up through alibris for a couple of bucks.
Kermyt
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