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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2012 : Issue 57
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
3-30 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Born 100 Years Ago in April [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
3-31 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 1-7 April [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
OTRaoke At Cincinnati! [ Stephen Jansen <m00nman666666@yahoo ]
Jack Benny & SCOTUS [ Tim Newport <newportitis@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:09:14 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-30 births/deaths
March 30th births
03-30-1858 - DeWolf Hopper - NYC - d. 9-23-1935
host-narrator: (Husband of Hedda Hopper) "Roses and Drums"
03-30-1883 - Jo Davidson - NYC - d. 1-2-1952
sculptor: "Information Please"
03-30-1889 - Herman Bing - Frankfurt, Germany - d. 1-9-1947
tenor: "Gulf Screen Theatre"
03-30-1892 - Ethel Owen, Racine WI - d. 12-28-1990
actor: Siri Allen "Against the Storm"; Clara Noble "Backstage Wife"
03-30-1892 - Floyd Odlum - Union City, MI - d. 6-17-1976
owner of rko studios: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
03-30-1893 - Dennis Hoey - London, England - d. 7-25-1960
actor: Edward Welby "Pretty Kitty Kelly"
03-30-1895 - Amos Binkley - d. 10-6-1985
banjoist: (Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers" WSM Nashville, TN
03-30-1896 - Samson Raphaelson - NYC - d. 7-16-1983
playwright: "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-30-1902 - Ted Heath - Wandsworth, London, England - d. 11-18-1969
bandleader: "Ted Heath and His Orchestra"
03-30-1905 - Don Hollenbeck - Lincoln, NE - d. 6-22-1954
news commentator: "CBS Views the Press"; "You Are There"
03-30-1913 - Frankie Laine - Chicago, IL - d. 2-6-2007
singer: "Big Show"; "Philco Radio Time"; "Spotlight Revue"
03-30-1914 - Stu Novins - Boston, MA - d. 11-7-1989
writer: "The City"
03-30-1916 - Will Hare - Elkins, WV - d. 8-31-1997
actor: "Words at War"; "New World A' Coming"; "Mysterious Traveler"
03-30-1922 - Anne Pitoniak - Westfield, MA - d. 4-22-2007
actor: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Magnificent
Montague"
03-30-1922 - Turhan Bey - Vienna, Austria
actor: Francois Tarique "Notorious Tarique"
03-30-1926 - Bill Farrell - Cleveland, OH - d. 6-30-2007
singer: "Bob Hope Show"
03-30-1926 - Jim Shean - d. 7-30-2007
writer: "Bobby Benson"; "Superman"
03-30-1929 - Richard Dysart - Augusta, ME
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
03-30-1930 - John Astin - Baltimore, MD
actor: "Zero Hour"; "Empire of the Air"
03-30-1930 - Pepper Barker - d. 3-15-1998
disk jockey: WCMB Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
03-30-1930 - Peter Marshall - Clarksburg, WV
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
03-30-1958 - Maurice LaMarche - Toronto, Canada
actor: "Empire of the Air"
03-30-1967 - Fuyumi Sakamoto - Kamitonda, Japan
enka singer: "Kohaku Uta Gassen"
March 30th deaths
01-08-1910 - Fabian Andre - La Crosse, WI - d. 3-30-1960
arranger for dance orchestras on NBC
01-11-1902 - Charlie Nehlsen - d. 3-30-1980
engineer: Recorded Hindenburg disaster as reported by Herb Morrison
03-12-1917 - Georgia Ellis - d. 3-30-1988
actor: Miss Kitty Russell "Gunsmoke"
04-09-1916 - Louise Larabee - Bremerton, WA - d. 3-30-1988
actor: "Calvacade of America"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
05-05-1879 - Max Marcin - Posen, Prussia, Germany - d. 3-30-1948
writer, producer, director: "Crime Doctor"; "The FBI in Peace and War"
07-17-1899 - James Cagney - NYC - d. 3-30-1986
actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
07-25-1905 - Harold Peary - San Leandro, CA - d. 3-30-1985
actor: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve , "Fibber McGee and Molly and The
Great Gildersleeve"
07-28-1920 - Art Hannes - Newport, KY - d. 3-30-1992
announcer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Gangbusters"; "Suspense"
08-11-1915 - Bernard "Buddy" Arnold - NYC - d. 3-30-2004
writer: "Your Hit Parade"
09-17-1890 - Gabriel Heatter - NYC - d. 3-30-1972
news, commentator: "News and Comment"; "We, the People"
10-17-1910 - Florence Williams - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-30-1995
actor: Anne Cameron "Barry Cameron"; Sally Farrell "Front Page Farrell"
11-11-1917 - Robert J. Shaw - Pewaukee, WI - d. 3-30-1996
writer: "Mr. District Attorney"; "Advs. of Christopher Wells"
11-20-1908 - Alistair Cooke - Manchester, England - d. 3-30-2004
host: "Transatlantic Quiz"; "Letter to America"; "Stage and Screen"
12-01-1921 - John Bunch - Tipton, IN - d. 3-30-2010
jazz pianist: "Eddie Condon"; "Maynard Ferguson"
12-22-1950 - Nick Enright - Maitland, Australia - d. 3-30-2003
writer: "Watching Over Israel"
Ron
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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:09:19 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Born 100 Years Ago in April
04-01-1912 - Lou Merrill - Canada - d. 4-7-1963
actor: Thomas Hyland "Crime Classics"; Aaron Saul "Point Sublime"
04-04-1912 - Charles Cliff - Asheville, NC - d. 4-30-2000
orchestra leader: NBC, CBS and MBS
04-05-1912 - John Le Mesurier - Bedford, England - d. 11-15-1983
actor: Sergeant Arthur Wilson "Dad's Army"
04-08-1912 - Sonja Henie - Kristiania, Norway - d. 10-12-1969
skater, actor: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Bill Ster's Colgate Sports
Newsreel"; "Shell Show"
04-11-1912 - John Larkin - Oakland, CA - d. 1-29-1965
actor: Perry Mason "Perry Mason"; "Dimension X; " Ford Theatre"
04-12-1912 - Herbert B. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 4-12-1989
singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
04-13-1912 - Roy Winsor - Chicago, IL - d. 5-31-1987
director, writer: "Vic and Sade"; "Sky King"
04-18-1912 - Al Hodge - Ravenna, OH - d. 3-19-1979
actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"; "Columbia Workshop"
04-18-1912 - Fred De Denise - NYC
drummer: "Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra"
04-18-1912 - Wendy Barrie - Hong Kong, China - d. 2-2-1978
hostess, actor: "Detect and Collect"; "Jack Haley Show"; "Star for a
Night"
04-26-1912 - John McGovern - d. 7-25-1985
actor: Mike Gallagher "Highway Patrol"; Harold Wilkinson "The O'Neills"
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"
04-30-1912 - Eve Arden - Mill Valley, CA - d. 11-12-1990
actor: Connie Brooks "Our Miss Brooks"; Libby Collins "Lux Radio
Theatre"
Ron
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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:09:24 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-31 births/deaths
March 31st births
03-31-1870 - James Cox - Jacksonburg, OH - d. 7-15-1957
radio station owner, Cox Broadcasting
03-31-1895 - Josef Cherniavsky - Russia - d. 11-3-1959
composer, conductor: "Musical Camera"
03-31-1896 - Eddie Dunn - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1951
quizmaster: "True or False"
03-31-1903 - Ralph Atlass - d. 6-20-1979
Chicaco radio pioneer
03-31-1907 - James L. Saphier - d. 4-9-1974
producer: "The Saint"; "Somebody Knows"
03-31-1907 - Ray Arvin - d. 12-28-1977
sportscaster: KORN Fremont, Nebraska; WREN Topeka, Kansas
03-31-1908 - Les Damon - Providence, RI - d. 7-20-1962
actor: Nick Charles "Advs. of the Thin Man"; Michael Waring "The Falcon"
03-31-1908 - Red Norvo - Beardstown, IL - d. 4-6-1999
jazz vibraphonist: "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Woody Herman Show"
03-31-1909 - Earle Graser - Kitchener, Canada - d. 4-9-1941
actor: Lone Ranger "Lone Ranger"
03-31-1915 - Henry Morgan - NYC - d. 5-19-1994
comedian: "Here's Morgan"; "Henry Morgan Show"
03-31-1916 - Lucille Bliss - NYC
actor: "Candy Matson"
03-31-1918 - Charles Russell - NYC - d. 1-18-1985
actor: Johnny Dollar "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
03-31-1921 - Peggy Rea - Los Angles, CA - d. 2-5-2011
actor: "Gunsmoke"
03-31-1922 - Richard Kiley - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1999
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
03-31-1923 - Thomas Arim - d. 1-28-2003
disk jockey: "Birthday Party"
03-31-1928 - Lefty Frizzell - Corsicana, TX - d. 7-19-1975
singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Louisana Hayride"; "Big D Jamboree"
03-31-1933 - Anita Carter - Maces Springs, VA - d. 7-29-1999
singer: (Carter Sisters) "Country Music Time"; "Grand Ole Opry"
03-31-1934 - Shirley Jones - Clarleroi, PA
singer-actor: "Calling All Hearts"; "Stars for Defense"
03-31-1945 - Myfanwy Talog - Caerwys, Clwyd, Wales - d. 3-11-1995
actor: "Dark Encounter"
March 31st deaths
01-17-1915 - Hugh Brundage - Montana - d. 3-31-1972
announcer: "Academy Award Theatre"; "Aunt Mary"
03-04-1888 - Knute Rockne - Voss, Norway - d. 3-31-1931
football coach: "Biography in Sound"
05-09-1920 - Frank Perdue - d. 3-31-2005
commercial spokesperson for Perdue Farms
06-19-1928 - Barry Took - London, England - d. 3-31-2002
writer, comedian: "Round the Horne"; "We're In Business"
08-11-1912 - Raphael David Blau - d. 3-31-1996
writer: "Theatre Five"
08-15-1894 - Harry Akst - NYC - d. 3-31-1963
writer: "The Barry Gray Show"
09-07-1888 - Alec Harford - London, England - d. 3-31-1955
actor: "Escape"; "NBC University Theatre"; "Romance"
09-17-1918 - Tom Moore - Meridian, MS - d. 3-31-2007
executive: President ABC Radio and Television
09-25-1915 - David Brooks - Portland, OR - d. 3-31-1999
actor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"; "New World A' Coming"
10-12-1899 - Phil Kramer - d. 3-31-1972
actor: grouch "The Grouch Club"
10-18-1910 - Addy Richton - d. 3-31-1995
writer: "Valiant Lady"; "Hilltop House"; "This Life is Mine"
12-12-1911 - Jules Dassin - Middletown, CT - d. 3-31-2008
writer: "Kate Smith"; Yiddish Theatre
Ron
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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:09:29 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 1-7 April
From Those Were The Days
4/1
1941 The first contract for advertising on a commercial FM station
began on W71NY in New York City.
1949 The first all black cast variety show, Happy Pappy was presented
on WENR TV in Chicago, IL.
4/2
1947 The Big Story was first heard on NBC. It stayed on the air for
eight years.
4/3
1939 Mr. District Attorney was heard for the first time on NBC. The
serial about the 'champion of the people' was originally a 15 minute
nightly program. In June of 1939, the program went to a half-hour weekly
format. Mr. District Attorney aired until 1952.
1942 People Are Funny was first heard this day on NBC.
1949 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted in an NBC.
4/4
1938 After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new
noontime talk show.
4/6
1931 Little Orphan Annie, the comic strip character developed by
Harold Gray, came to life on the NBC Blue network.
1942 We Love and Learn premiered on CBS. The serial featured Frank
Lovejoy as Bill. The program would continue until 1951.
1945 This is Your FBI debuted on ABC.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:13:59 -0500
From: Stephen Jansen <m00nman666666@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTRaoke At Cincinnati!
I'm presenting something "new" at this year's Cincinnati convention - I will
have a booth with some interactive OTR.
Yup - "OTRaoke" is what I'm calling it. YOU get to play the starring role in
your choice of pre-recorded Old Time Radio shows! Sit down in the recording
area, put on the headphones, and read the highlighted lines in the script!
Remember to turn those pages quietly, however, since you're being recorded
LIVE to cd! G'wan, act your tail off! Try out that great Austrian accent
you've been working on! Do your Jimmy Stewart imitation! You can even
improvise (if you dare)!
[removed]'T MAKE A MISTAKE. Since it is LIVE to cd, there is no going back
to get it right. Just like live radio, there is only ONE TAKE. A little
"gotta-get-it-right" adrenaline should help to keep the energy level up. No
need to be nervous, though, you don't have millions of listeners, like the
original radio stars [removed], they were good, weren't they? But, then
again, SO ARE YOU.
Sound interesting?
There is more information, and a short sample at my blog:
[removed]
Please check it out, and let me know what you think!
Thanks
Stephen Jansen
ilamfan@[removed]
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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:18:07 -0500
From: Tim Newport <newportitis@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny & SCOTUS
Did anyone hear Justice Scalia bring up Jack Benny and his "your money or
your life" line during Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing? Who knows, maybe
Constitutional Law students will have to familiarize themselves with Jack
Benny and his most famous gag for generations to come.
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