Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #130
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Date: 4/29/2007 8:59 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 130
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      4-29 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      The Ride Back - Plot of a Missing Gu  [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
      Re:Hindenburg Disaster                [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Re: Hindenburg Broadcast              [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]
      "The Golden Age of Radio" and "A One  [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]
      Reference material for recording      [ fangle <fangle@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:39:05 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-29 births/deaths

    April 29th births

    04-29-1870 - Cosmo Hamilton - d. 10-14-1942
    lecturer: "Unwritten History"
    04-29-1879 - Sir Thomas Beecham - St. Helens, England - d. 3-8-1961
    conductor: "Information Please"
    04-29-1887 - Robert Cushman Murphy - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-19-1973
    ortinthologist: "Information Please"
    04-29-1896 - Harry McNaughton - Surbiton, England - d. 2-26-1967
    actor, panelist: Higgins "It's Higgins. Sir"; "It Pays to Be Ignorant"
    04-29-1897 - Charles Seel - NYC - d. 4-19-1980
    actor: "Romance"; "Four-Star Playhouse"; "The Halls of Ivy"
    04-29-1899 - Duke Ellington - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-24-1974
    bandleader: "Jubilee"; "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Story of Swing"
    04-29-1901 - Emperor Hirohito (Showa) - Tokyo, Japan - d. 1-7-1989
    emperor: End of war speech
    04-29-1903 - Frank Parker - NYC - d. 1-10-1999
    singer: "A & P Gypsies"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Frank Parker Show
    04-29-1903 - Richard Leibert - Bethlehem, PA - d. 10-22-1976
    organist: "Dick Leibert's Musical Revue"; "Organ Rhapsody"
    04-29-1904 - Russ Morgan - Scranton, PA - d. 8-8-1969
    bandleader: (Music in the Morgan Manner) "Russ Morgan Orchestra"
    04-29-1908 - Jack Williamson - Bisbee, Arizona Territory - d. 11-10-2006
    writer: "Dimension X"; "Future Tense"
    04-29-1912 - Ian Martin - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 7-25-1981
    actor: Horace Sutton "Young Dr. Malone"; Harry Archer "Meet Corliss
    Archer"
    04-29-1912 - John MacVane - Portland, ME - d. 1-28-1984
    newscaster: "United or Not"
    04-29-1912 - Richard Carlson - Albert Lea, MN - d. 11-25-1977
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-29-1913 - Norman Felton - London, England
    producer, director: "Author's Playhouse"; "Grand Marquee"
    04-29-1914 - Derek Guyler - Wallasey, Merseyside, England - d. 10-8-1999
    actor: "It's That Man Again"
    04-29-1915 - Donald F. Mills - Piqua, OH - d. 11-13-1999
    singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
    04-29-1917 - Celeste Holm - NYC
    actor: "House on Q Street"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"
    04-29-1918 - Tom Rogers - d. 6-25-2005
    writer: Wrote for radio in the 1940s
    04-29-1925 - Michael Wager - NYC
    actor: "And Bravely Walk"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    04-29-1933 - Rod McKuen - Oakland, CA
    composer: "We Hold These Truths"
    04-29-1935 - Lennie Weinrib - NYC - d. 6-28-2006
    actor: "Suspense"
    04-29-1936 - Zubin Mehta - Bombay, India
    conductor: New York Symphony Orchestra
    04-29-1946 - Humphrey Carpenter - Oxford, England - d. 1-4-2005
    writer, disc jockey: BBC radio

    April 29th deaths

    03-06-1927 - William J. Bell - Chicago, IL - d. 4-29-2005
    writer: "The Guiding Light"
    05-06-1912 - Bill Quinn - NYC - d. 4-29-1994
    actor: Guy Aldis "Against the Storm"; Tom Davis "When a Girl Marries"
    06-17-1899 - Benny Krueger - Newark, NJ - d. 4-29-1967
    bandleader: "The Rudy Vallee Show"; "Side Walk Cafe"
    06-24-1914 - Allan E. Sloane - d. 4-29-2001
    writer: "Indictment"; "Bulldog Drummond"; "The Man Behind the Gun"
    07-01-1881 - Josef Pasternack - Czenstachown, Poland - d. 4-29-1940
    conductor: "Atwater Kent Concert"; "Carnation Contented Hour"
    07-24-1853 - William Gillette - Hartford, CT - d. 4-29-1937
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"
    08-13-1899 - Alfred Hitchcock - London, England - d. 4-29-1980
    host: "Murder by Experts"; "Once Upon a Midnight"
    08-16-1907 - Mae Clark - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-29-1992
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "This Is Your FBI"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-21-1911 - Anthony Boucher - Oakland, CA - d. 4-29-1968
    writer: "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"; "Advs. of Ellery Queen; "Gregory
    Hood"
    09-06-1909 - Michael Gordon - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-29-1993
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    09-27-1915 - Cy Howard - Wisconsin - d. 4-29-1993
    creator, writer, producer: "Life with Luigi"; "My Friend Irma";
    "Milton Berle Show"
    11-07-1917 - Johnnie Stewart - Tonbridge, England - d. 4-29-2005
    sound effects for BBC radio in 1930s, then became a producer
    12-25-1893 - Belle Baker - NYC - d. 4-29-1957
    actor: "The Eveready Hour"
    xx-xx-1892 - Joe Laurie, Jr. - NYC - d. 4-29-1954
    comedian: "Can You Top This"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:39:11 -0400
    From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Ride Back - Plot of a Missing Gunsmoke
     Episode

    The following is the plot summary of the fifth and final 1952 Missing
    GUNSMOKE episode.

    GUNSMOKE
    The Ride Back
    06/28/1952
    Script by Antony Ellis

    EPISODE NOTE:
      A few early GUNSMOKE episodes had no titles on the scripts. The script for
    this episode was simply labeled GUNSMOKE #10.  This episode was assigned the
    title "The Ride Back" at an unknown, later date; perhaps by Norman
    Macdonnell.

    PLOT
      Matt is about three days out of Dodge City with his prisoner, Leeds
    Martin, when he spots three young Cheyennes nearby.  They were probably
    planning to ambush the Marshall and his prisoner, but decided not to when
    they realized surprise was no longer on their side.  Martin immediately
    demands a gun, the Marshall won't give it to him.  From the clothing the
    Cheyennes are wearing, the items they are carrying, and the smell of liquor
    when they slowly ride by, it is obvious that they have been on a raid.

      When they make camp that evening Matt and then Martin realize that they
    have been followed by Indians, probably those that they had seen earlier.
    The agitated Martin again demands his gun to protect himself and again Matt
    says no.

      As the two men talk, Matt finds out that Martin has killed at least eight
    men including two Indians.  Martin says he's always been forced into the
    gunfights.  Doc Adams told Matt that the two men Leeds allegedly killed in
    Dodge were shot in the back.

      Dillon and Martin hear noises that indicate that the Indians are moving in
    to attack.  Matt moves off to one side, his gun ready, and throws to a rock
    to draw the Cheyennes' fire.  One goes for the trick and Dillon fires
    several rapid shots at the Indian's muzzle flash.  They have no further
    trouble that night.

      The next morning as Dillon and Martin resume their trip to Dodge, they see
    a dead Cheyenne, killed by Matt's shots.  Once again Martin demand his gun
    and again Dillon refuses.

      Later they arrive at a cabin and when they enter they find the mutilated
    victims of the Cheyennes' attack of the previous day:  a man, woman, and
    their young daughter.  Martin is particularly unnerved by the sight of the
    little girl.

      The Marshal has decided to that he must kill the other two Cheyennes.
    Just as Matt and Leeds finish burying the family, it starts to rain and the
    Indians open fire, hitting Martin's horse.  Dillon and Martin make a dash
    for the cabin.  Inside the cabin the frantic prisoner warns Dillon, if the
    Marshal turns his back on Martin, he'll never turn it again.  Later, Dillon
    decides that he must tie up Martin because he needs sleep and can't  trust
    the prisoner.  Martin tries to fight Matt, but is unsuccessful.

      The next morning the two men restart their journey to Dodge, riding double
    on Matt's horse.  As they enter a canyon, the Cheyennes open fire from
    ambush.  Matt kills one of them. A crazed Martin begs Matt to give him his
    gun so he can kill remaining one.  Dillon doesn't give him a gun and orders
    Martin to stay under cover and goes after the last one.

      While closing in on his target, Matt sees Leeds going after the Indian
    with some rocks.  The Cheyenne and Martin kill each other.   Dillon takes
    the dead prisoner back to Dodge.

      Back in Dodge, Matt tells Chester about Martin and the fight.  While
    Chester is going through Martin's effects, he finds a picture of a little
    girl.  Perhaps the picture is the only thing that explains Martin's actions.

    Comment:
    The script for The Ride Back was greatly modified for a 1957 motion picture
    of the same name by Antony Ellis and produced by William Conrad.  It starred
    William Conrad and Anthony Quinn.  All references to GUNSMOKE were dropped.
    It is well worth watching.

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart Wright

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    Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:59:33 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Hindenburg Disaster

    Frank McGurn wrote:
     > Chuck Schaden's "Those Were The Days" will play
     > the Herb's report @ 1:00 PM CST you all can listen on on the web

    You can also listen anytime at my web site:
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:01:09 -0400
    From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Hindenburg Broadcast

    A query from our friend in the aether:

>     I looked up the Hindenburg and Herb Morrison on the Internet. The much
>     maligned Wikipedia claims Morrison said "Oh, the humanity!" but I have heard
>     some folks claim the it's actually the plural form "humanities." Once again, I
>     defer to the Digest's astute assemblage of authorities.

    Who can tell exactly what he said?  Herb Morrison had been in radio for
    about seven years when he reported the last journey of the dirigible
    Hindenburg and he knew that one of the rules in covering an event was
    "keep talking".  So his description of the explosion shouldn't be
    considered a neat, scripted passage.  Earlier in the report he describes
    the crowd as a gathering of "humanity" at Lakehurst, so the word was
    part of his active vocabulary and it's natural that the word would well
    up at that moment.

>     Incumbent on my comments about being taken off-the-air, the Wikipedia stated
>     that, contrary to popular belief, NBC did not fire Morrison for his Hindenburg
>     -derived "outburst," nor was re-assigned  to a lower-profile job.

    NBC couldn't fire him because he didn't work for NBC.  Shortly after he
    returned to Chicago and his job at WLS - The Prairie Farmer Station he
    was invited to come to New York for a special program on the NBC network
    but his bosses at WLS didn't want him to fly.  Too risky.

> >     However, what were some of Morrison's other radio triumphs and
> >     accomplishments?

    Herb left WLS around the end of 1937 to go to WOR and the Mutual Network
    and was primarily a newscaster.  During World War 2 he served in the
    Army as a flight instructor (he was a licensed pilot and before going
    into radio had worked for an aircraft company).  He later was the first
    news director of WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh and during his tenure there he
    also ran for [removed] Congress on the Republican ticket, an unusual
    combination of activities.
    After retiring as a public information officer for West Virginia
    University, Herb Morrison began a career as a public speaker telling
    about the Hindenburg and his broadcast.  WLS had never paid him for the
    report from Lakehurst (Herb did it as an experiment on his day off --
    engineer Charles Nehlsen was paid) so his speaking  tour, an LP
    recording of the entire broadcast and his status as an adviser on the
    movie "Hindenburg" was the first time Herb made any money from what is
    considered the most famous on-the-spot report of all time.

    Around 1946 Herb Morrison was invited to appear on "We the People".  He
    arrived at the CBS studios to be handed a script in which he was to tell
    about how he had been so shocked by the explosion of the Hindenburg that
    he was unable to continue working and had fallen on hard times and was
    hoping to get his life [removed]  Herb refused to go along with the
    distortion and walked out, leaving a potential gap in the program until
    the producer relented and allowed him to tell the real story.  Has
    anyone ever heard a recording of that "We the People" broadcast?
                                                               --  Bill Jaker

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    Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:30:03 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "The Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night
     Stand with the Big Bands"

    "The Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with
    the Big Bands" has a new web address. But the real news is
    that all 89 "The Golden Age of Radio" shows and all 44
    "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" are available at
    all times! Check out our new website at
    [removed]    - Please bookmark us.

    (You can still use the old site, [removed]
    for the forseeable future.)

    In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
    the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
    and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
    Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
    Big Bands."

    Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
    Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
    and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
    with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
    from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
    Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
    Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
    of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
    Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.

    Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
    era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
    the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
    When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
    of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
    of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
    series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
    with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
    etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
    eras of music history.

    Bob Scherago
    Webmaster

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    Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:56:06 -0400
    From: fangle <fangle@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Reference material for recording

    [removed]

    Don't know if anyone is interested, but mixed in with all the older
    technical books on this page (all for download free) are a few about tape
    recorders, their operation and repair, and the recording process.  The
    books are from the 1950's.

    FWIW,

    Ed

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