Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #192
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Date: 10/15/2009 10:08 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 192
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      10-10 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      MICHAEL HAYDE'S SUPERMAN              [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 11-17 Oct  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Cucamonga, Via Anaheim?               [ Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@sbcgl ]
      Cavalcade of America                  [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      [removed], [removed], etc.                      [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      "War of the Worlds" apology           [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Miracles in Health                    [ Karl Schadow <bluecar91@[removed] ]
      Curtis Katz's Train Circle            [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      10-11 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      The Mercury Theater                   [ Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:18:36 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-10 births/deaths

    October 10th births

    10-10-1870 - J. V. Barborka - Bohemia, Austria - d. 9-8-1936
    harpist: KMA Shenandoah, Iowa
    10-10-1889 - Harold Vermilyea - NYC - d. 1-8-1958
    actor: Cornlius Potter "Big Sister"; Mr. Bruce "Stella Dallas"
    10-10-1899 - Emily Kimbrough - Muncie, IN - d. 2-11-1998
    writer: "Information Please"
    10-10-1900 - Carlotta Stewart Watson - d. 6-14-2007
    Aunt Carrie on WDIA Memphis, Tennessee
    10-10-1900 - Helen Hayes - Washington, [removed] - d. 3-17-1993
    actor: "New Penny"; "Electric Theatre"; "O'Neill Cycle"
    10-10-1903 - Ronald Dawson - Johannesburg, South Africa - d. 1-24-1984
    actor, writer: "Martin Kane, Private Eye"; "The Clock"
    10-10-1903 - Vernon Duke - Pskov, Russia - d. 1-16-1969
    broadway composer: "Mildred Baily Show"; "Good News of 1940"; "March
    of Time"
    10-10-1906 - Paul Creston - NYC - d. 8-24-1985
    composer: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Creeps By Night"
    10-10-1908 - Johnny Green - NYC - d. 5-15-1989
    conductor: "In the Modern Manner"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Man Called X"
    10-10-1908 - Margaret Baker - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-3-1992
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    10-10-1909 - Florida Friebus - Auburndale, MA - d. 5-27-1988
    actor: "Great Plays"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    10-10-1909 - Kathleen Niday - Boise, ID
    actor: "Death Valley Days"; "Mr. District Attorney"
    10-10-1910 - Don Hancock - Anderson, IN - d. 5-6-1980
    announcer: "The Goldbergs"; "Ellery Queen"; "Vox Pop"
    10-10-1911 - George Mathews - NYC - d. 11-7-1984
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    10-10-1911 - Marion Shockley - Kansas City, MO - d. 12-14-1981
    actor: Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish Rose"; Nikki Porter "Advs. of
    Ellery Queen"
    10-10-1911 - Zeke Manners - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-14-2000
    singer, disc jockey: "Zeke Manners and His Gang"; "Zeke Manners"
    10-10-1913 - Janis Carter - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-30-1994
    scriptwriter: "Gangbusters"
    10-10-1913 - Johnny Downs - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-13-1994
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-10-1915 - Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Columbus, OH - d. 7-27-1999
    jazz trumpeter: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
    10-10-1918 - Bobby Byrne - Columbus, OH
    trombonist, bandleader: big band remote from Glen Island
    10-10-1918 - Paul Dubov - Illinois - d. 9-20-1979
    actor: Frank Race "Advs. of Frank Race"
    10-10-1920 - Bernard Grant - The Bronx - d. 6-30-2004
    actor: "Rober Kilgore"; "Big Story"
    10-10-1920 - William David Adams - Chicago, IL - d. 1-18-1989
    writer/producer: "Story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
    10-10-1926 - Oscar Brown, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 5-29-2005
    singer: "Destination Freedom"
    10-10-1926 - Richard Jaeckel - Long Beach, NY - d. 6-14-1997
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-10-1930 - Harold Pinter - Hackney, England - d. 12-24-2008
    writer, actor: "Focus on Football Pools"; "A Slight Ache"
    10-10-1946 - Ben Vereen - Miami, FL
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    10-10-1946 - Chris Tarrant - Reading, England
    writer, presenter: "Tiswas"; "OTT"

    October 10th deaths

    01-01-1939 - Ray Bellew - Montreal, Canada - d. 10-10-2006
    announcer for CBC radio
    01-20-1903 - Leon Ames - Portland, IN - d. 10-10-1993
    actor: "Earplay"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    01-31-1892 - Eddie Cantor - NYC - d. 10-10-1964
    singer, comedian: (Banjo Eyes) "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Chase & Sanborn
    Hour"
    03-19-1912 - Russ Case - Hamburg, IA - d. 10-10-1964
    orchestra leader: "On a Sunday Afternoon"; "Peggy Lee Show"; "Your Hit
    Parade"
    05-06-1915 - Orson Welles - Kenosha, WI - d. 10-10-1985
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; "Mercury Theatre on the Air"
    05-24-1886 - Paul Paray - Treport, Normandy, France - d. 10-10-1979
    conductor: "New York Philharmonic"
    07-07-1915 - Yul Brynner - Vladivostock, Czarist Russia - d. 10-10-1985
    actor: "As Easy as [removed]"
    07-08-1910 - Jack Rubin - New York - d. 10-10-1952
    writer: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "The Hardy Family"; "Hilltop House";
    "The O'Neills"
    07-10-1918 - Ernest Ricca - d. 10-10-1987
    director: "Lorenzo Jones"; "Valiant Lady"; "Stella Dallas"; "Romance
    of Helen Trent"
    07-12-1890 - Joseph Latham - Bolivar, NY - d. 10-10-1970
    actor: Uncle Will "Home Sweet Home"; Elmer Eeps "Just Plain Bill"
    07-24-1888 - Basil Ruysdael - Jersey City, NJ - d. 10-10-1960
    announcer: "Beggar's Bowl"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Cavalcade of America"
    07-31-1915 - Chet Forrest - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-10-1999
    composer, pianist: "[removed] Treasury Star Parade"
    08-11-1923 - Tommy Hanlon - Parkersburg, WV - d. 10-10-2003
    actor: "Orson Welles Mercury Theatre"
    09-06-1914 - Ken Vogt - Wisconsin - d. 10-10-2002
    disk jockey: WMIL; WFOX; WRIT Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    10-05-1912 - Tony Marvin - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-10-1998
    announcer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"
    10-23-1884 - Cesar Saerchinger - Aix-la-Chapelle, France - d. 10-10-1971
    news correspondent: "Story Behind the Headlines"; "America's Town
    Meeting of the Air"
    11-30-1885 - Charles West - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-10-1943
    actor: "Dramas of Youth"
    12-19-1902 - Ralph Richardson - Cheltenham, England - d. 10-10-1983
    actor: Doctor John H. Watson, "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
    12-24-1901 - Nola Luxford - New Zealand - d. 10-10-1994
    broadcast journalist: "1932 Olympic Games"
    12-24-1914 - Ralph Marterie - Naples, Italy - d. 10-10-1978
    bandleader: "Marlboro Cigarettes Show"
    xx-xx-1888 - Frederick Barron - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-10-1955
    actor: "Archie Andrews"; "Stepmother"; "Ma Perkins"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:18:41 -0400
    From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  MICHAEL HAYDE'S  SUPERMAN

         Sometime ago, Martin Grams, whose reputation as a researcher and
    writer in the world of   OTR,  I hold a deep regard, posted a book
    review on the OTR Digest.,

          . I recall Marty's review of Michael Hayde's  "Flights of
    Fantasy" a book about the radio and television adventures of
    Superman,   as going the extra mile in terms of praising the author
    for his outstanding scholarship  and noting how well the book
    documented the most complete daily log of Superman programs .  Coming
    from Marty. whose book about GANGBUSTERS is a classic and should be
    in the library of every true OTR  fan, I made a mental note to
    purchasw Hayde"s book, which by the way is published by Bear Manor publishers.

           Falling prey to a habit that affects many of us, I put off
    making the purchase until just a few days ago when, with apologies to
    my good friend Ben Ohmart whose magic charm permits him to operate
    the most successful and friendliest publishing company to serve the
    world OTR from far away Japan, I instead made my purchase through Amazon.

        Those in the hobby  who know me, know also that I am a sucker for
    any book dealing with old time radio.  In more instances than I care
    to admit,books purchased by me receive a quick scanning before being
    assigned to a shelf .Only perhaps a few dozen of the close to 2000
    volumes  dealing with radio in my collection and not being read from
    cover to cover

             The  Supermen book was delivered yesterday and I have yet to
    put it down.  It is everything and more i to was promised to Graham's
    original review. From the very beginning of the Siegel-Schusrter
    creation of the Man of Steel with more valuable information about the
    radio adventures than has ever appeared elsewhere, this is indeed a
    definitive volume, 533 pages which I hope to finish reading by this evening.

    Dave Siegel  (who by the way,  has never met nor spoken to Mr. Hayde)

           .

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:18:45 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 11-17 Oct

     From Those Were The Days

    10/11

    1936   Professor Quiz aired for the first time. It was the first
    national quiz show on radio and lasted until 1948. Guests asked
    Professor Quiz (Dr. Craig Earl) questions. If they were able to stump
    the prof, they collected a $25 prize. Professor Quiz announcers were
    Robert Trout and Arthur Godfrey. Sponsors included Kelvinator
    refrigerators, Teel Shampoo and Velvet pipe tobacco.

    1940   Glenn Miller recorded Make Believe Ballroom Time for Bluebird
    Records at the Victor studios in New York City. It would become the
    theme song for Make Believe Ballroom on WNEW, New York, with host Martin
    Block.

    10/12

    1937   The longest running detective show debuted. Mr. Keen, Tracer of
    Lost Persons lasted until 1955. Three different actors played the title
    role, Bennett Kilpack was Mr. Keen the longest, and Arthur Hughes saw
    the final show. Phil Clark also played the part. There were many more
    than three sponsors    Anacin, Kolynos (a toothpaste), BiSoDol antacid
    mints, Hill's cold tablets, Heet liniment, Dentyne, Aerowax, RCA Victor
    and Chesterfield cigarettes. Some are long gone, some are still around,
    some don't advertise on radio anymore, and some are not allowed to.

    10/14

    1934   Folks had clean hands for 21 years beginning this day. The Lux
    Radio Theater was heard on the NBC Blue [removed] and nearly every
    famous Hollywood star over the next three decades appeared on the
    program. Lux Radio Theater adapted novels, Broadway plays and Hollywood
    films into radio's favorite dramatic series.

     From NYT Today in history

    In 1943, the Radio Corporation of America completed sale of the NBC Blue
      network to businessman Edward J. Noble for $8 million; the network was
    renamed the American Broadcasting Company.

    10/16

    1939   Radio listeners welcomed The Right to Happiness on the NBC Blue
    network. The 15 minute drama turned out to be one of the longest running
    shows of its kind. It moved over to CBS in 1941, then back to NBC in
    1942. Fourteen years later Right to Happiness returned to CBS where it
    stayed until its last days in 1960. The show had a theme song, Song of
    the Soul, and what seemed like a cast of thousands. It just took a lot
    of different actors to play the continuing roles over a 21 year period.

    1945   Barry Fitzgerald starred as Judge Barnard Fitz in His Honor, the
    Barber, which debuted on NBC.

    10/17

    1919   The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed.

    1938   This was a big day in Tinseltown. NBC moved to the corner of
    Sunset and Vine, the 'Crossroads of the World'. The new Hollywood Radio
    City drew thousands of visitors ready to fill studio audience seats for
    popular radio programs.

    1938   Captain Midnight was heard on radio for the first time, on
    Mutual. The Captain flew his single engine plane all over the place
    fighting crime.

    Joe

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:18:59 -0400
    From: Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cucamonga, Via Anaheim?

    Like Glenn Mueller, I too would like Curtis Katz to confirm the existence of
    the train line running from downtown Los Angeles, to Anaheim, Azusa, and
    finally Cucamonga.  I am more interested in Jack Benny than in railroads, but
    it would not make geographical sense to go to Cucamonga via Anaheim. My guess
    is that the name Cucamonga was an amusingly sounding location for listeners
    who had never heard of it.

    Stuart Lubin

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:19:07 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cavalcade of America

    [removed] King commented:

    At the library the other day, I skimmed through the recent, widely-reviewed
    biography _Arthur Miller: 1915-1962_ (Harvard, 2009) by Christopher Bigsby.
    It devotes a decent number of pages to the playwright's radio [removed] Bigsby
    says the 1941
    Cavalcade episode about Sacajawea is actually by Miller, not Robert L.
    Richards.

    The script was written by Robert L. Richards. Bigsby is mistaken. I have a
    copy of the script
    (both drafts) and it clearly says Robert L. Richards.
    MG

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:19:40 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  [removed], [removed], etc.

     From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Me  and Orson Welles

>     (I thought of Arthur Anderson while reading it)

    Mr. A. was spoken to by the author, early on.

    But as the piece was going to be highly fictionalized, that was the extent
    of his involvement.

    -Craig W.

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:19:55 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "War of the Worlds" apology
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           Yeah, I thought Welles had apologized for his part in "The War of the
    Worlds" broadcast.

    As always,

    Kenneth

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:20:00 -0400
    From: Karl Schadow <bluecar91@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Miracles in Health
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    Miracles in Health (also billed as Miracles of Health, and Health Miracles)
    was created by the Connecticut Chiropractic Association in 1939. These 15
    minute dramas were aired live on Sunday at 12:30 pm on WELI in New Haven and
    were later transcribed and syndicated nationwide throughout the 1940s. If
    anyone has audio, scripts or other information on this program, please contact
    me directly. Thanks. Karl Schadow
    Your E-mail

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:20:14 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Curtis Katz's Train Circle

    Southern California old-timer Glenn Mueller inquires about the
    research concerning the famous Jack Benny program's loudspeaker
    announcement about the train leaving on Track # 5 for "Anaheim,
    Azusa, and [removed]!"

    As indicated in Oct 2009 issue of RADIO RECALL, railroad historian
    Curtis L. Katz determined that the only train making such a trip in
    1949 would be the Sante Fe "Daily Motor # 42" which left [removed] Union
    Station and went to Azusa and Cucamonga, had a lunch stop in San
    Bernadino, changed its number to # 43, and then returned to [removed] via
    a different route, via Fullerton, including a stop at Anaheim.
    Katz's research resulted in a lengthy article on this topic which was
    first published in the Feb/Mar 1999 issue of "Nostalgia Digest &
    Radio Guide" and was reprinted in the Winter 2000 issue of "Classic
    Trains."

    Railroad buff Katz is also a cartoonist for "Rail Fan & Railroad
    Magazine" and he illustrated his "Classic Trains" piece with cartoons
    of Benny and Frank Nelson.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:20:42 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-11 births/deaths

    October 11th births

    10-11-1883 - Fritz Stiedry - d. 8-8-1968
    conductor: "New Friends of Music"
    10-11-1884 - Albert Stoessel - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-12-1943
    conductor: Oratorio Society of New York, Chautauqua Symphony
    10-11-1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt - NYC - d. 11-7-1962
    commentator: "Eleanor Roosevelt Chats/It's a Woman's World/Talks by
    Eleanor Roosevelt"
    10-11-1887 - Oscar Shaw - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-6-1967
    singer: "Broadway Varieties"
    10-11-1897 - Jane Ace - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-11-1974
    comedian: "Easy Aces"; "Jane Ace, Disc Jockey"
    10-11-1897 - Leo Reisman - Boston, MA - d. 12-18-1961
    conductor: "Sheaffer Revue"; "Johnny Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"
    10-11-1900 - Edith Beutel - d. 6-27-1969
    contralto: Cleveland Opera Company
    10-11-1902 - Leon Belasco - Odessa, Ukraine, Russia - d. 6-1-1988
    actor: Pagan Zeldschmidt "A Man Called X)
    10-11-1906 - Geoffrey Bryant - Houston, TX - d. 3-xx-1982
    announcer, actor: "Death Valley Days"; "Mr. District Attorney"
    10-11-1913 - Sherman H. Dryer - d. 12-22-1989
    producer, director: "Two Thousand Plus"; "Heritage"; "Exploring the
    Unknown"
    10-11-1913 - Sunny Skylar - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-2-2008
    singer/songwriter: "Sunny Skylar Serenade"; "Mary Small Revue"
    10-11-1914 - Buddy Twiss - St. Paul, MN - d. 11-7-1952
    producer: "I Love A Mystery"; "One Man's Family"
    10-11-1918 - Linda Hayes - Sac City, IA - d. 12-19-1995
    actor: "Special Assignment"; "[removed] Jive"
    10-11-1918 - Olive Deering - NYC - d. 3-22-1986
    actor: Nita Bennett "Lone Journey"
    10-11-1919 - Art Blakey - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-16-1990
    jazz drummer: "Music for Moderns"
    10-11-1919 - George Rock - Farmer City, FL - d. 4-12-1988
    260 poind trumpet player: "The Spike Jones Shw"
    10-11-1919 - Jean Vander Pyl - d. 4-10-1999
    actor: Margaret Anderson "Father Knows Best"; "The Halls of Ivy"
    10-11-1920 - Ralph Paul - Denver, CO - d. 11-28-1987
    announcer: "Aldrich Family"; "True Detective Mysteries"; "Might Casey"
    10-11-1924 - Richard Alan Simmons - Toronto, Canada - d. 11-13-2004
    writer: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "NBC University Theatre"
    10-11-1925 - Nancy Guild - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-16-1999
    actor: "Proudly We Hail"
    10-11-1926 - Earle Hyman - Rocky Mount, NC
    actor: "Story of Ruby Valentine"
    10-11-1932 - Dottie West - McMinnville, TN - d. 9-4-1991
    country singer: "Country Music Time"
    10-11-1936 - Billy Higgins - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-3-2001
    jazz drummer: "Jazz Alive"
    10-11-1944 - Gun Gencer - Antioch, Turkey
    writer: "Yenilenir Hep"; "Kazma"

    October 11th deaths

    01-08-1910 - Richard Cromwell - Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-11-1960
    actor: Kit Marshall "Those We Love"
    02-02-1923 - Bonita Granville - Chicago, IL - d. 10-11-1988
    actor: "Continental Celebrity Club"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
    02-04-1904 - MacKinlay Kantor - Webster City, IA - d. 10-11-1977
    writer: "Lest We Forget"; "Author's Playhouse"
    02-12-1929 - Diana Olsson - London, England - d. 10-11-2003
    actor: "Phillip O'Dell Mysteries"; "Doomsday Book"
    03-18-1940 - Phil Harper - Raised in Chicago, IL - d. 10-11-2004
    actor: Harry Nile "The Adventures of Harry Nile"
    03-22-1886 - Chico Marx - NYC - d. 10-11-1961
    comedian: Emmanuel Revelli "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel"
    03-27-1914 - Richard Denning - Poughkeepsie, NY - d. 10-11-1998
    actor: George Cooper "My Favorite Husband"; Jerry North "Mr. and Mrs.
    North"
    06-02-1922 - Gil Stratton, Jr. - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-11-2008
    actor: "Billy Webster "Those Websters"; Jimmy "Life with Luigi";
    Freddie "My Little Margie"
    06-29-1924 - T. Tommy Cutrer - Tangipahoa Parish, LA - d. 10-11-1998
    announcer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    08-08-1895 - Nat Pendelton - Davenport, IA - d. 10-11-1967
    actor: "Dr. Kildare"
    10-03-1898 - Morgan Farley - Mamaroneck, NY - d. 10-11-1988
    actor: "Escape"
    10-29-1922 - Neal Hefti - Hastings, NE - d. 10-11-2008
    composer, et al: "Woody Herman Show"; "Manhattan Melodies"
    11-07-1890 - Phil Spitalny - Odessa, Russia - d. 10-11-1970
    conductor: "Nestles Chocolateers"; "Blue Coal Revue"; "Hour of Charm"
    12-03-1907 - Connee Boswell - Kansas City, MO - d. 10-11-1976
    singer: (The Boswell Sisters) "Kraft Music Hall"; "Chesterfield Supper
    Club"
    12-19-1915 - Edith Piaf - Paris, France - d. 10-11-1963
    singer: "The Big Show"
    12-21-1915 - Werner Von Trapp - Zell am See, Austria - d. 10-11-2007
    singer: (Trapp Family Singers) "Christmas Seal Sale"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:21:06 -0400
    From: Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Mercury Theater

    A number of years ago, Paul Stewart and Richard Wilson were invited to talk
    at one of Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters NOSTALGIA NIGHTS.
    We played the War of The World recording of the show, for that is what both
    men wanted to talk about most.

    Stewart and Wilson talked a great deal about how The Mercury Theater was put
    on, through rehearsals up to airtime.
    What I found most interesting was when Richard Wilson described the first
    rehearsal of WofW, That rehearsal was recorded onto ETs.
    Wells was there, directing and acting in the rehearsal. Wilson said that
    about half way through the rehearsal Welles dropped his script to his side
    and stopped right in his tracks, loudly yelling out "This is the worst script
    we've ever done!"

    Richard Wilson had that ET recording for years and told us he would have
    brought it to PPB for us to hear. But, sad to say, he moved and somehow lost
    the recording! He felt terrible about that because it was positive proof that
    Welles hated the script and never realized that The War of The Worlds
    broadcast would change his entire life and catapult him to instant national
    fame, thus clearing the way for him continue in radio with greater personal
    control and finally allowing him to enter film making with Citizen Kane.

    That Nostalgia night recording has been archived at PPB.

    Ken Greenwald

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