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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 204
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy  [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      11-28 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:26:19 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy

    Every year I make the same plea, hoping someone out there will be able to
    steer me in the right direction. Since there's always new people who
    subscribed to the OTR Digest since last year, hopefully I'll strike lucky and
    someone will know the answer to my question. For everyone else, it's a story
    they'll find shocking, disturbing or amusing.

    A few years ago someone posted more than 12 years worth of JACK ARMSTRONG,
    THE ALL-AMERICAN BOY radio scripts, bound in volumes, up on eBay. I learned
    about the auction way too late. End result was someone bought the scripts. I
    later found out who and I contacted them, offering to pay them (in advance)
    the entire amount they paid to buy the scripts, if I could borrow them
    temporarily to compile an episode guide. I have files and files of
    information about the series, but without access to the scripts, the material
    I have has little value for a book about JACK ARMSTRONG. The owner told me he
    was not interested - they were only interested in reading the scripts and
    collecting them. I respected their answer and left it at that.

    A year or two later I contacted the same owner (I'm not mentioning his name
    because he's a known person in this hobby) and made the same offer. This time
    they claimed they sold the scripts to someone else. I asked if I could
    contact the new owners so I could make the same offer. After all, the scripts
    were probably sold for four-digit figures and who wouldn't want that
    reimbursed? This time they told me they saw no reason why anyone would want
    an episode guide, and they felt certain the new owners would have the same
    opinion. I told the former owner that if the new owners planned to do a book
    with the scripts, I'd like to then mail what I have regarding the series to
    them, to ensure a good book is done on the subject and asked if he knew
    whether or not they planned to do a book. He didn't reply to my e-mail.

    Since then I have not been able to trace the scripts. I've spent hundreds of
    dollars on classified ads in an effort to find out who out there has the
    bound volumes of JACK AMRSTRONG scripts. Just this afternoon someone reminded
    me about this so I'm asking the following question: Anyone on the Digest have
    a clue or know who has the scripts? Contact me off-list if you know.

    Martin
    mmargrajr@[removed]

    [removed] There's a moral to this story -- the preservation of old time radio goes
    beyond remastering recordings. it includes scanning scripts, inter-office
    memos, backing up those scans, and
    documentation in the form of magazine articles and books. And sadly, there
    are individuals out there who will
    hamper preservation for reasons that don't involve bragging rights or money.

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:26:27 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-28 births/deaths

    November 28th births

    11-28-1891- Ethel Wilson - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-19-1980
    actor: Aunt Harriett "The Aldrich Family"; May Case "Lora Lawton"
    11-28-1894 - Frank Black - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-29-1968
    conductor: "Jack Benny Program"; "NBC String Symphony"; "Cities
    Service Concert"
    11-28-1895 - Jose Iturbi - Valencia, Spain - d. 6-28-1980
    pianist, conductor: "Telephone hour"; "Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra"
    11-28-1897 - John Kameaaloha Almeida - Pauao Valley, HA - d. 10-9-1985
    writer: "Hawaii Calls"; "Island Serenade"
    11-28-1901 - Bobbe Brox - Riverton, IA - d. 5-2-1999
    singer: (Brox Sisters) "A Tribute to Irving Berlin"
    11-28-1904 - Jane Ellen Ball - d. 8-1-1999
    woman's programming: WJAS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    11-28-1906 - Helen Jepson - Titusville, PA - d. 9-16-1997
    singer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Show Boat"
    11-28-1907 - Rose Bampton - Cleveland, OH - d. 8-21-2007
    singer: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"
    11-28-1910 - Russell Napier - Perth, Australia - d. 8-19-1974
    actor: "Midweek Theatre"
    11-28-1914 - Cecil Brower - Bowie, TX - d. 11-21-1965
    fiddle: "The Musical Brownies"
    11-28-1916 - Richard Tregaskis - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 8-15-1973
    author, war correspondent: (Guadalcanal Diary) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-28-1917 - Elliott Lewis - NYC - d. 5-20-1990
    actor, director: Frankie Remley "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"; "On
    Stage"; "Mr. Aladdin"
    11-28-1925 - Gloria Grahame - Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-5-1981
    actor: "Hollywood Star Playhouse"
    11-28-1925 - Robert Readick - NYC - d. 5-27-1985
    actor: (Son of Frank) Bill Roberts "Rosemary"; Don Cornwell "Second
    Mrs. Burton"
    11-28-1925 - Virginia Hewitt - Shreveport, LA - d. 7-21-1986
    actor: Coral Karlyle "Space Patrol"
    11-28-1941 - Jennifer Rankin - d. 12-8-1979
    writer: "Razorback Mountain Journey"

    November 28th deaths

    01-08-1879 - Emory S. Land - Canon City, CO - d. 11-28-1971
    [removed] naval officer: "Information Please"
    01-22-1872 - Beatrice Fairfax - Washington, [removed] - d. 11-28-1945
    writer: "Advice to the Lovelorn"
    01-31-1915 - Garry Moore - Baltimore, MD - d. 11-28-1993
    host, comedian: "Garry Moore Show"; "Camel Caravan"; "Take It or Leave
    It"
    02-17-1910 - Marc Lawrence - NYC - d. 11-28-2005
    actor: "Let George Do It"; "This Is Your FBI"; "Scout About Town"
    02-27-1880 - Georgia Burke - Atlanta, GA - d. 11-28-1985
    actor: Lily "When A Girl Marries"
    03-04-1934 - John Dunn - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 11-28-2004
    announcer, newsreader: "Roundabout"; "Housewive's Choice"; "Breadfast
    Special"
    03-28-1904 - Jon Dodson - Richland, MO - d. 11-28-1963
    singer: (Member of the King's Men) "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "King's
    Men"
    03-29-1878 - Frank Tinney - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-28-1940
    comedian, monologist: WWJ and WJR Detroit, Michigan
    04-03-1783 - Washington Irving - NYC - d. 11-28-1859
    author: Several of his works adapted for radio
    04-06-1913 - Martha Lipton - NYC - d. 11-28-2006
    opera singer: "Music from the House of Squibb"; "Great Days We Honor"
    04-21-1895 - Max Jordan - San Remo, Italy - d. 11-28-1977
    correspondent: "NBC News"
    04-27-1898 - George McCall - Renton, Scotland - d. 11-28-1952
    host: "Man About Hollywood"
    05-01-1912 - Anna Pollak - Manchester, England - d. 11-28-1996
    soprano: (English Opera Group) "BBC Third Programme"
    05-02-1911 - Myron Niesley - d. 11-28-1985
    singer: "Carefree Carnival"
    05-11-1910 - Johnnie 'Skat' Davis - Brazil, IN - d. 11-28-1983
    trumpet: "The Fred Waring Show"
    05-21-1918 - Jeanne Bates - Berkeley, CA - d. 11-28-2007
    actor: Teddy Lawson "One Man's Family"; "Gunsmoke"
    06-04-1907 - Rosalind Russell - Waterbury, CT - d. 11-28-1976
    actor: "Four-Star Playhouse"; "Silver Theatre"
    06-09-1912 - Don Forbes - Camrose, Alberta, Canada - d. 11-28-1995
    newscaster, announcer: "The Richfield Reporter"; Ten-Two-Four Ranch"
    06-29-1899 - Lester Vail - Denver, CO - d. 11-28-1959
    director: "Aldrich Family"; "March of Time"; "World's Most Honored
    Flights"
    07-24-1914 - Vincent Bogert - New York - d. 11-28-1978
    writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
    08-10-1911 - Wanna Coffman - d. 11-28-1991
    bass: "The Musical Brownies"
    09-24-1911 - Edmund L. Hartman - St. Louis, MO - d. 11-28-2003
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-06-1912 - Mel Dinelli - d. 11-28-1991
    writer: "Advs. of Philip Marlowe"
    10-11-1920 - Ralph Paul - Denver, CO - d. 11-28-1987
    announcer: "Aldrich Family"; "True Detective Mysteries"; "Might Casey"
    11-08-1916 - Norman Macdonnell - Pasadena, CA - d. 11-28-1979
    producer, director: "Gunsmoke"
    11-17-1902 - Ricky Craig, Jr. - NYC - d. 11-28-1933
    monologist: "Blue Ribbon Malt Jester"
    12-02-1924 - Margaret Fuller - Lisbon, Portugal - d. 11-28-2006
    actor: "The Guiding Light"
    12-16-1911 - Howard Reilly - d. 11-28-1991
    producer: "The Fred Allen Show"
    xx-xx-1908 - Fred Uttal - NYC - d. 11-28-1963
    quizmaster: "Detect and Collect"; "What's My Name"; "Melody Puzzles"

    Ron

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