Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #73
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Date: 3/7/2005 4:19 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 73
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      3-7 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Rege Cordic                           [ "David Ballarotto" <balla@earthlink ]
      Arnold Stang/Fred Allen               [ Paul Gough <paulgough@[removed] ]
      The Shadow Opening                    [ Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@y ]
      Satellite Radio, PBS                  [ "[removed]" <asajb2000@ ]
      Avi youth OTR book/tape               [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
      Satellite radio                       [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Listening to old time radio in old d  [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
      Re: Margaret Dumont correction        [ "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@ea ]
      Falcon                                [ "Mike Hobart" <zines50@[removed]; ]
      Say Goodnight Gracie Does Lebanon     [ seandd@[removed] ]
      "I Love a Mystery" Quesion            [ James Herman <californiajamesh@yaho ]
      Wilbur Hatch?                         [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      3-8 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:50:20 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-7 births/deaths

    March 7th births

    03-07-1913 - Smokey Montgomery - Rinard, IA - d. 6-6-2001
    banjo picker: (Member of the Light Crust Dough Boys) "Columbia's
    Country Caravan"
    03-07-1925 - Rene Gagnon - Manchester, NH - d. 10-12-1979
    Iwo Jima flagraiser: "Interview programs"
    03-07-1929 - Marion Marlowe - St. Louis, MO
    singer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"
    03-07-1934 - Willard Scott - Alexandria, VA
    disc jockey: (The Joy Boys)
    03-07-1937 - Rhoda Williams - Birmingham, AL
    actress: Betty Anderson "Life with Father"

    March 7th deaths

    01-01-1916 - Earl Wrightson - Baltimore, MD - d. 3-7-1993
    singer: "Highways in Melody"; "Getting the Most Out of Life"
    02-18-1914 - Pee Wee King - Abrams, WI - d. 3-7-2000
    singer, songwriter, accordionist: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Pee Wee King
    Show"
    03-06-1914 - Kiril Kondrashin - Moscow, Russia - d. 3-7-1981
    conductor: "Van Cliburn Concert"
    03-23-1910 - Paula Winslowe - d. 3-7-1996
    actress: Peg Riley "Life of Riley"; Jill "Joe E. Brown Show"
    03-25-1903 - Frankie Carle - Providence, RI - d. 3-7-2001
    bandleader, pianist: "Pot o' Gold"; "Treasure Chest"
    08-21-1882 - Helen Carew - KS - d. 3-7-1980
    actress: Vera Johnson "Stella Dallas"; "Mrs. Mitchell "Barry Cameron"
    09-12-1901 - Ben Blue - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 3-7-1975
    actor, comedian: "Hollywood Hotel"
    10-20-1927 - Priscilla Lyon - Washington County, NC - d. 3-7-1980
    actress: Corliss Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"; Amy Foster "Those We
    Love"
    11-05-1879 - Will Hays - Sullivan, IN - d. 3-7-1954
    puritanical censor: "Republican National Convention 1948";"A Tribute
    to FDR"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:50:27 -0500
    From: "David Ballarotto" <balla@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Rege Cordic

    Rege Cordic went to California after having made a name for himself at KDKA
    in the early 1960s.   I can't remember the circumstances, as to how or why
    I called him, but after an earthquake in the early 1990s in California, I
    did a phoner with him for KQV-AM, also in Pittsburgh, about having been in
    the quake.  At any rate, I'm not sure how long he was on the air at KNX,
    but his time at KDKA is still legendary in the Pittsburgh market.

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:50:58 -0500
    From: Paul Gough <paulgough@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arnold Stang/Fred Allen
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    There has been a recent flurry of activity about Arnold Stang. Well, if all
    goes well and my interpretartions of the schedule is correct, you will get to
    see him on the Game Show Network (GSN) at 3:30 [removed] EST on March 16. He will
    be the mystery guest on "What's My Line."

    Fred Allen has been a panelist most nights for the past few weeks, so any
    night you will get to see him. He is scheduled to be the mystery guest on the
    20th, from 7/17/55, so obviously he will have a susbtitute in his place on
    the panel that night!

    Thanks to the person who noted in the Digest that Allen was going to be a
    panelist on What's My Line on GSN a few weeks ago. Thanks to a digital video
    recorder, I don't have to stay up for the shows!

    Paul Gough

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:51:28 -0500
    From: Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Shadow Opening

          Hi everyone,
              Here's a question about the opening of The
    Shadow broadcasts during the Orson Welles run that
    I've always meant to ask about. I've heard that the
    opening was  really done by Frank Readick, and not
    Orson. While I believe the folks who've told me that,
    I've just never been able to hear it myself. To me, it
    sounds just like Welles.
              Is that really Readick? And, if so, why did
    he do the opening? My guess would be that Welles just
    couldn't get the laugh down right?  Sorry if this
    seems like a dumb question, but it's always been
    something I've wondered about.
             Ok, that's my 2 cents worth. I hope you all
    have a great week as we inch closer to Spring!

                             Ken Stockinger

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:52:37 -0500
    From: "[removed]" <asajb2000@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Satellite Radio, PBS

    Xm and Sirius Satellite radio are rumored to be
    discussing merging, but they deny it publicly.

    The oldtime radio tribute PBS did about 25 years ago
    was called
    "The Good Old Days of Radio" and was about an hour or
    two.  I have the audio taped off of TV back in 1979.

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:53:55 -0500
    From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
    To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Avi youth OTR book/tape
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    After mentioning the youth otr oriented book on tape,  _Who Was That Masked
    Man, Anyway_ by Avi, someone from the Digest suggested another title of his,
    _Don't You Know There's a War on?_  It takes place in l943 and mainly
    mentions in passing the different shows the twelve year old boy listens to
    (Sky King, etc) and about his going to the movies every Sat. morning for a
    serial.  Two questions:

    At one point he says to a friend, "Don't be such an abercrombie."  Is this an
    OTR reference?  I haven't been able to locate a definition for this. The boy
    (12) has a younger sister who rushes home from school to listen to soap
    operas. "My Gal Sunday" and "The Romance of Helen Trent" are mentioned.  At
    one point, the sister offers her brother and idea as a solution to a problem
    of his that she says she got from listening to the soaps.  Did kids that
    young listen to them?

    In this case the mother was working at a defense plant during the day--their
    dad was away in the war.

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:54:55 -0500
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Satellite radio

    On a recent trip I rented a car that had XM radio as an added feature (which
    I wasn't aware of until I drove away).  It was my first exposure to
    satellite radio.

    There are lots of channels and some truly great stuff.  I can't begin to
    enumerate it all but I loved the oldies channel (with replays of shows like
    The Whistler, My Favorite Husband, Suspense, etc.), as well as music
    channels for the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, country music with tunes by original
    artists I hadn't heard in forever and CNN to keep one informed, too.

    If you order XM service at home or for your personal car, it doesn't come
    cheap.  But my biggest hangup is over the constant barrage of advertising
    there.  They may claim it's ad-free, I'm not sure, but there is
    self-promotion to gut-wrenching excess.  It made me think of the countless
    upcoming TV shows the networks tout every time they have a commercial break.
    And on the country music channel, in addition to the ads, I routinely heard
    the sounds of a draft beer being poured as the host between tunes gleefully
    acknowledged someone who emailed him with a request for a song, saying
    "let's pour that gal another beer" or, occasionally, "let's give Joe a cup
    of coffee."  Then the long-playing gurgling of filling the mug or glass
    followed.  It happened several times every hour.  It got boring in a hurry
    and, having detected an ongoing pattern, I soon switched to another channel
    for some relief.

    You would think if the service costs such a pricey sum one really would get
    it advertising-free.  That would seem to be a major selling point instead of
    the frequency of garbage between selections.  Perhaps some other service
    omits that bombardment of self-promotion.  XM's handicap will prevent me
    from making an investment for the moment -- until the unnecessary chatter on
    favorite channels and repetitious sound effects subside.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:55:06 -0500
    From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Listening to old time radio in old days

    Have often wondered what it was like listening to old time radio. I was born
    in 1944 but don't ever remember the family sitting around the radio
    listening to any shows. Would like to know if families back then listened to
    all the prime time radio shows sometimes or just listened to a show from
    time to time?
    Would like to know what listeners were doing while listening to
    [removed] coffee? sewing? reading afternoon newspaper?...etc.
    Andrew Godfrey

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    Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:03:29 -0500
    From: "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Margaret Dumont correction

>     10-20-1889 - Margaret Dumont - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-6-1965
>     actress: "Paramount Movie Parade"

    According to Simon Louvish's excellent tome on the Marx Brothers, entitled
    "Monkey Business," Ms. Dumont's birth year is actually 1882 - the information
    found by a geneological researcher assisting the author.  The date and
    birthplace are otherwise correct.

    Mr. Louvish also effectively demolishes the legend - perpetuated by Groucho,
    [removed] - that Ms. Dumont had no sense of humor and never understood the
    brothers' jokes.  I strongly recommend this book to all Marx fans.

    Michael

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    Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 08:43:17 -0500
    From: "Mike Hobart" <zines50@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Falcon

    Anthony Tollin has an interesting point about where the original Falcon
    story first appeared.   I have seen it listed as appearing in THE STRAND in
    January 1940  -  the website Mystery Short Fiction
    lists it as such.   [removed]~homeville/[removed]#A169

    However the Thrilling Detective website lists it as first appearing in TOWN
    AND COUNTRY.  [removed]

    Maybe Arlen just had a really good [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:00:26 -0500
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Say Goodnight Gracie Does Lebanon

    Lebanon Pennsylvania is the latest stop for the touring show of "Say
    Goodnight Gracie."

    Details follow.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed],1413,139~10139~2747791,[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:12:42 -0500
    From: James Herman <californiajamesh@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "I Love a Mystery" Quesion

    Cotesworth Castle?

    This story was titled "The Case Of The Transplanted Castle"
    (January 6 to March 3, 1941; 9 half hour Chapters and later
    redone(January 9 to February 1, 1951; 18 fifteen minute
    episodes)

    Mansion type story where a letter brought the trio to Cotesworth
    Castle: "It's an old English Castle transplanted to the hills in
    back of Hollywood, stone for stone. The trouble is, the big
    organ in the chapel plays all by itself and every time it plays
    'Brahms Lullaby' something horrible happens. I will probably be
    dead before you arrive but do what you can for the rest of the
    household."

    And in this ancient castle, brought to the top of Stone Mountain
    from England, prowls a killer; apparently a madman; for
    sometimes he stands over people's beds and screams; and
    sometimes he walks the great halls in mailed armour; and
    sometimes he wanders vaguely, puzzled with hands out before him
    as though lost and groping. But always he kills and always he
    carries away the body. And when he prowls the organ in the
    castle's chapel plays "Brahms Lullaby". There is no one at the
    console of the organ and still it plays.

    Best,
    James

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    Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:12:59 -0500
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Wilbur Hatch?

         Last night, I listened to a few eps of "Yours
    Truly, Johnny Dollar" (sponsored by Signal Oil) and
    mentioned among the credits was the name Wilbur Hatch
    as musical director. For some reason, his name sounded
    familiar, but I can't understand why. Was he the
    musical director on several other OTR/classic TV programs?
    Which ones?

    Another OTR Fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:13:10 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-8 births/deaths

    March 8th births

    03-08-1891 - Sam Jaffe - NYC - d. 3-24-1984
    actor: "Fannie Hurst Presents"; "New World A-Coming"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    03-08-1893 - Victor Arden - Wenona, IL - d. 7-31-1962
    conductor, pianist: "American Album of Familiar Music"; "America the
    Free"
    03-08-1899 - Gladys Thornton - FL - d. 9-2-1964
    actress: Aunt Addie "My Son and I"; Mrs. Tasek "The O'Neills"
    03-08-1902 - Louise Beavers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-26-1962
    actress: Beulah "Beulah"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    03-08-1908 - Franklyn MacCormack - Waterloo, IA - d. 6-12-1971
    announcer: "Caroline's Golden Store"; "Jack Armstrong"
    03-08-1909 - Claire Trevor - NYC - d. 4-8-2000
    actress: Lorelei Kilbourne " Big Town", Theresa Travers "Results,
    Inc."
    03-08-1918 - Alan Hale, Jr. - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-2-1990
    actor: "Smiths of Hollywood"
    03-08-1921 - Cyd Charisse - Amarillo, TX
    actress, dancer: Guest: "Spike Jones Show"
    03-08-1922 - Al Gionfriddo - Dysart, PA
    sportscaster: KONG Visalia, CA
    03-08-1929 - Betty Carter - d. 9-26-1998
    jazz vocalist: "Jazz Alive"

    March 8th deaths

    03-06-1916 - Red Callender - d. 3-8-1992
    jazz bass player: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
    04-20-1893 - Harold Lloyd - Burchard, NE - d. 3-8-1971
    comedian: "Comedy Theatre"
    06-02-1889 - Martha Wentworth - NYC - d. 3-8-1974
    actress: Wintergreen Witch "Cinnamon Bear"; Nancy "Witch's Tale"
    07-08-1914 - Billy Eckstine - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-8-1993
    jazz vocalist: "Yessiree . . .It's Mr. B!"; "ABCs of Music";
    "Julilee"; "Big Show"
    08-17-1922 - Jack Sperling - Trenton, NJ - d. 3-8-2004
    drummer: Bands of Bunny Berrigan, Les Brown and others
    09-13-1876 - Sherwood Anderson - Camden, OH - d. 3-8-1941
    writer: "The Free Company"
    10-03-1890 - Henry Hull - Louisville, KY - d. 3-8-1977
    actor: Honest Abe "Abraham Lincoln"; Nathan Hale "Roses and Drums"
    11-25-1914 - Joe DiMaggio - Martinez, CA - d. 3-8-1999
    baseball superstar: "Joe DiMaggio Show"
    12-08-1904 - George Stevens - Oakland, CA - d. 3-8-1975
    film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-12-1909 - Karen Morley - Ottumwa, IA - d. 3-8-2003
    blacklisted actress: "War Town"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-30-1922 - Bert Holland - d. 3-8-1980
    actor: Emmett "Shorty Bell"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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