Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #301
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Date: 9/16/2004 12:50 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 301
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      OTR Books Information                 [ stewwright@[removed] ]
      Jessica Dragonette                    [ "Ken Lanza" <klanza@[removed]; ]
      PETER USTINOV                         [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
      Re: Jessica, Your Draggin' Your Net"  [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
      Jessica You're Draggin' Your Net      [ Michael Shoshani <mshoshani@sbcglob ]
      JESSICA DRAGGIN YOUR NET OR NECK IS.  [ C-NO <voxpop@[removed]; ]
      Re: Jessica, You're Draggin Your Net  [ Dick Bertel <dbertel@[removed]; ]
      Heimlich and Murray                   [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      Jessica                               [ "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@charter. ]
      AMOS N ANDY DEBATE                    [ "randy story" <hopharrigan@centuryt ]
      Jack Armstrong                        [ "Norman & Karen Schickedanz" <schic ]
      Re: Jessica , Your Draggin' your Nec  [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
      Thurber TV                            [ James Meadows <walthamus@[removed]; ]
      broken disks                          [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Re: AMOS/ ANDY DEBATE                 [ alo <alo@[removed]; ]
      Filling Chris Holm's Xmas Stocking    [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
      9-17 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Radio Theatre of Chicago              [ "GARY SMULLEN" <tsegs@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:42:48 -0400
    From: stewwright@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Books Information

    For information on books about OTR, try these URLs:

    Old-Time Radio Book Reviews
    [removed]

    Read A Book or View a DVD On Old Time Radio
    [removed]

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: And, of course, to support the OTR Digest when purchasing
    books, CDs, or DVDs, see:

    [removed]

    --cfs3]

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:34:17 -0400
    From: "Ken Lanza" <klanza@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jessica Dragonette

    Jessica Dragonette was a singer (soprano) in the 1930's and 1940's, I
    believe.
    She appeared on the follwing show:

    "The NBC Orchestra"
    "Welcome Back To Jessica Dragonet"
    8-21-37 (30:00) NBC SUSTAINED    Host Graham McNamee
    Popular Jessica Dragonet returns to the show after a three year extensive
    concert tour.

    She also sang in the famous Gulliver's Travels movie cartoon,
    And wrote a biography :Jessica Dragonette.
    FAITH IS A SONG: The Odyssey of an American Artist.

    More at:[removed]

    Regards,
    Ken Lanza

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:36:06 -0400
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  PETER USTINOV
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    Sadly, I miss Peter Ustinov already. We lost him last  March to a failure of
    the [removed] organ, not the spirit.
        That was a wonderful site featuring him reading  Thurber stories, but the
    sound was very bad at my end and I had to stop.
        I wonder if anyone has the entire recording.
        Love to hear the rest.
        I suddenly remember one sunny day mid 70s, I had  just parked my vintage
    1941 Packard in the parking lot at Schwab's Drugstore on  Sunset Boulevard and
    was eager for my usual breakfast and socializing that was  almost a guarantee
    at that fabled establishment.
        I walked past Lenny the shoeshine guy, we nodded as  usual, he looking at
    my feet and scowling because I wore sandals and me saluting  his courage to
    work on sunny hot days in a parking lot.
        Then I heard it. Softly at first.
        Children's [removed] the corner on  Sunset.
        Rounding same corner on my way to the front door  and my much anticipated
    view of the delightfully beautiful Turkish woman  behind the counter as I
    entered every morning, I heard said laughter grow in  intensity.
        Thinking it perhaps a group of children on an  outing I was thrilled to
    see them standing in a small circle surrounding a very  animated Peter
    Ustinov.
        I froze. He was making faces and sounds as only he  could and I too was
    captured for a goodly time.  The kids were in laughter  heaven. A woman seemed
    to be in charge of the lot which was about six or seven  and even she was
    captivated.
        He would shoot me an occasional wink from time to  time as if to allow us
    both acknowledgment of and entrance into  that sacred world of wonder that
    exists in all children  [removed], actor's too as Marlon Brando had
    mentioned to me over the  phone only the night before.
        What better corroboration could a person  need.
        Now it seemed for certain.
        I was doomed to lead the life of a child.
        A fact my lady friend never ceases to remind me  of.
        So, if some kind soul has more Ustinov readings I  would be thrilled to
    hear from them off line.
        Now I must go outside and play because I can now  hear two very
    entrancing sounds.
        Kids laughing and a jackhammer at work on my  street.
        Wow. Gotta go.
        Maybe I better have some lunch first so I can stay  out longer.
                            Michael  C. Gwynne

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:36:36 -0400
    From: Udmacon@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Jessica, Your Draggin' Your Net"

    Jessica Dragonnette (sp) was a well-known classical singer at that time.
    --
    BILL KNOWLTON: "Bluegrass Ramble," WCNY-FM ([removed]) Syracuse, WUNY ([removed])
    Utica; WJNY ([removed]) Watertown NY. On the web: [removed]. Sundays: 9 pm to
    midnight EST (since 1973)

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:37:16 -0400
    From: Michael Shoshani <mshoshani@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jessica You're Draggin' Your Net

>     Does anyone know what the phrase "Jessica, You're Draggin' Your Net
>     (or Neck)"  means or parodies?

    Singer Jessica Dragonette, who was very popular all through the 1930s.

    Michael Shoshani
    Chicago

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:38:29 -0400
    From: C-NO <voxpop@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  JESSICA DRAGGIN YOUR NET OR NECK [removed]
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    A  PLAY ON THE NAME OF JESSICA DRAGONETTE WHO WAS A SINGER AND MARRIED TO
    THE FAMOUS BAND LEADER ( CARMEN DRAGON) IN THE 40 OR 50'S
    CHET NORRIS

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:38:47 -0400
    From: Dick Bertel <dbertel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Jessica, You're Draggin Your Net

    The term is a pun on the name Jessica Dragonette, who was known as
    Radio's Star of Stars and whose voice appeared regularly on the airwaves
    in the 1930's and 40's.

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:39:27 -0400
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Heimlich and Murray

    Derek asked if Arthur Murray was the Father-in-law of
    Dr. Henry Heimlich, inventor of the Heimlich maneuver.
    Apparently so, according to this obituary of Murray's
    widow, Kathryn:

    [removed]

    Kathryn Murray's daughter, Jane Heimlich is the wife
    of Dr. Heimlich.

    Dr. Heimlich, for the record, is a professor at my
    Alma Mater, Xavier University in Cincinnati; and
    Cincinnati, is of course, known far and wide as the
    home of the Cincinnati OTR convention (at least among
    people of taste and distinction, like OTR fans).

    Rick

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:00:37 -0400
    From: "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jessica
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    Hello -- I suppose I'll be one of a number of people to explain the praise
    "Jessica, You're Draggin' Your Net", heard on a Phil Harris-Alice Faye show.
    It is a word play on Jessica Dragonet, a popular semi-classical singer heard
    on a number of OTR programs in the thirties and forties.
        I see a lot of plugs for books on the Digest.   I have several out -- I
    have a story about Tom Mix in "It's That Time Again" Vol. 1 and two stories
    about Sherlock Holmes and The Avenger plus the job of editor on Vol. 2 of that
    series, $15 ea. from BearManor or me.   Paperback trade editions of my
    non-fiction books, "The Great Radio Heroes" and "Radio Mystery and Adventure"
    are offered at $35 each from McFarland or from me.
    Also my science-fiction collection, featuring stories of special interest to
    fans I Love a Mystery, The Shadow, Lone Ranger, and of course Dimension X and
    X Minus One, the book called
    "Harmon's Galaxy" is available for $15 from Wildside Press or directly from
    me.  I am Jim Harmon at 634 South Orchard Dr., Burbank CA 91506.  Thank you.
    Best Wishes, JIM

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:00:58 -0400
    From: "randy story" <hopharrigan@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  AMOS N ANDY DEBATE
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    Hello, all!
    The AMOS N ANDY SHOW debate I was referring to in a recent posting was between
    the characters of(I think I am right here) Shorty Johnson and Algonquin J.
    Calhoun, the attorney. Does this stir anyone's memory? Any help is greatly
    appreciated as I need the material for a convention of educators I am
    attending next week, where I will be doing a workshop about OTR in the
    classroom.
    By the way, be looking for a textbook(for middle and high school levels) that
    I will have completed sometime in the next year. I will keep you posted and I
    hope that you will free to send me ideas for things to include in my workshops
    and texts.
    Just putting a little something in old OTR pot, boy.
    Randy

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:01:07 -0400
    From: "Norman & Karen Schickedanz" <schick@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jack Armstrong

    Hello, all.

    Is there a log for "Jack Armstrong"?  I'm confused by various names for the
    1940-41 sequence about the Philippines: The Luminous Dragon Eye Ring, The
    Missing Professor Loring, The Zamboanga Adventure, and The Mysterious
    Stranger.  Is there an official title?  If not, did the title change as the
    story advanced and the above titles are all of the same story line?

    Thanks,
    Norm Schickedanz
    Tucson

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:01:33 -0400
    From: BryanH362@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Jessica , Your Draggin' your Neck

    <<Does anyone know
    what the phrase "Jessica, You're Draggin' Your Net (or Neck)"  means or
    parodies?>>

    Yes, that would parody on  Jessica Dragonette the very popular singer of the
    day. She played Vivian the Coca Cola girl in the late 1920s and was a hugley
    successful when she appeared on the Cities Service Concert program on NBC
    1930-37. 1941-1946 she was featured on the Saturday Night Serenade program on
    CBS.

    -Bryan

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:02:10 -0400
    From: James Meadows <walthamus@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Thurber TV

      Nice to hear people remembering the late 1960s James
    Thurber TV sitcom "My World and Welcome to It". I
    remember it fondly, although I haven't had a good look
    at it since I was a kid.
       The show's link to OTR was Henry Morgan, who played
    one of the writers at the "Manhattanite" --- the "New
    Yorker"-type magazine, where the show's Thurberesque
    protagonist played by William Windom was a cartoonist.
       In addtion, a trip to Internet Movie Database tells
    me that Sheldon Leonard was a producer and sometime
    director on the show.
       I can't think of any radio shows drawn from Thurber
    material, and am certainly not the expert. However,
    Thurber certainly drew from radio. His "Soapland"
    series (reprinted in his book "The Beast in Me and
    Other Animals" is a funny and perceptive look at radio
    soap operas, written during their heyday.

    Jim Meadows

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:02:26 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  broken disks

    Has there ever been a successful repair of a broken or cracked phonograph
    record?  I once read that, after the lacquer master had been recorded,
    certain 'microsurgery' techniques were used to correct certain problems (I
    think it was an article in _Popular Electronics_.)  It would seem that such
    measures might restore shows that would otherwise be lost.

    M Kinsler

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    Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:03:01 -0400
    From: alo <alo@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: AMOS/ ANDY DEBATE

    At 12:35 PM 9/15/2004 -0400, Alan/Linda Bell <alanlinda43@[removed]; wrote
    in part:

>     Randy asks:

> >     Which show(air date?) is it that features the political
> >     debate between tow AMOS N ANDY characters?

>     We haven't heard from Elizabeth for a while, and she should be the
>     one to handle this, but I have an episode presumably from 1928 in
>     which A'n'A discuss the presidential election. Could that be the one
>     you mean?

    Elizabeth McLeod hasn't been online for some time now owing to some serious
    health issues which led to her having surgery recently. She is certainly
    the best person to answer the query, but at the moment she has no 'net
    access at all. (She's not too happy about it either. <g>) She'll be easing
    her way back to work as quickly as she can (and probably faster than she
    should), but in the meantime it's important to understand that she's not
    dropping the ball or snubbing anyone, she's just unwell at the moment.

    Most of you here have seen her postings to the digest -- she has been
    extremely generous in sharing her knowledge, time and research with many of
    us over the years. For anyone new to the list, she is one of the most
    knowledgeable broadcast historians out there and has a true gift for
    imparting her knowledge in an articulate & thoughtful manner. And she wrote
    the book on Amos'n'Andy. Literally. "The Original Amos'n'Andy: Freeman
    Gosden, Charles Correll and the 1928-1943 Radio Serial" will be published
    by McFarland in the not-too-distant future. I hope lots of people buy the
    book, whether out of interest in the subject or as a "thank you" to her for
    her generosity. There isn't anyone I can think of who deserves it more.

    Amanda

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    Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:23:32 -0400
    From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Filling Chris Holm's Xmas Stocking

    Chris Holm has requested assistance from OTR authors in completing his
    "Wish List" for the upcoming Yuletide.

    I'll hope he'll put my book "PRIVATE EYELASHES: Radio's Lady
    Detectives" on his list. This non-fiction work details the 44 network
    series that featured a feminine sleuth in the lead or co-lead. Nearly
    two dozen rare photographs of the women stars, who were behind the
    microphone, accompany the fascinating text. Since its release, the book
    has enjoyed unanimous acclaim in the OTR community with favorable
    reviews coming from  Jim Cox, Stewart Wright, Lou Genco, Dennis Crow,
    Ivan Shreve, Jr., Ron Sayles, Stephen Jensen and many others.

    My publisher, Bear Manor Media, under the guiding hand of Ben Ohmart,
    specializes in OTR books. If you'll check out his web site  <
    [removed] > you can find a host of great new OTR
    books on almost any genre, certainly enough to fill even the largest
    Christmas stocking.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

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    Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:03:12 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-17 births/deaths

    September 17th births

    09-17-1890 - Gabriel Heatter - NYC - d. 3-30-1972
    news, commentator: "News and Comment"; "We. the People"
    09-17-1902 - Esther Ralston - Bar Harbor, ME - d. 1-14-1994
    actress: Martha Jackson "Woman of Courage"; Kathy Marsh "Portia Faces Life"
    09-17-1904 - Jerry Colonna - Boston, MA - d. 11-21-1986
    comedian: "Bob Hope Show"
    09-17-1905 - Dolores Costello - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-1-1979
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Second Sunday"
    09-17-1907 - Alice Yourman - d. 10-28-2000
    actress: Mary Andrews "Archie Andrews"; [removed] Aldrich "Aldrich Family"
    09-17-1923 - Hank Williams - Georgiana, AL - d. 1-1-1953
    singer: "Louisiana Hayride"; "Grand Ole Opry"; "Health and Happiness"
    09-17-1928 - Roddy McDowall - London, England - d. 10-3-1998
    panelist: "Keep Up with the Kids"
    09-17-1931 - Anne Bancroft - The Bronx, NY
    actress: "Image Minorities"
    09-17-1933 - Patricia Crowley - Olyphant, PA
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-17-1943 - Beverly Aadland - Hollywood, CA
    actress: "Whatever Became of . . ."

    September 17th deaths

    01-16-1914 - Roger Wagner - Le Puy, France - d. 9-17-1992
    chorale director: "It's Time for Johnny Mercer"; "America Sings"; "This Is
    Our Music"
    02-03-1928 - Frankie Vaughan - Liverpool, England - d. 9-17-1999
    singer: "Al Jolson Centenary"
    02-13-1916 - James Griffith - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-17-1993
    actor: "Gunsmoke"
    05-07-1915 - Win Elliot - Chelsea, MA - d. 9-17-1998
    sportscaster, emcee: "Fish Pond"; "County Fair"; "Quick as a Flash"
    05-29-1913 - Iris Adrian - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-17-1994
    actress: Abbott and Costello Show"
    07-18-1913 - Red Skelton - Vincennes, IN - d. 9-17-1997
    comedian: "Avalon Time"; "Red Skelton Show"
    08-09-1902 - Zino Francescatti - Marseilles, France - d. 9-17-1991
    violinist: "Encores from the Bell Telephone Hour"; "Concert Hall Program"
    08-15-1909 - Hugo Winterhalter - d. 9-17-1973
    pop-music conductor, arranger: "Johnny Desmond Program"; "Musical Showcase"
    08-31-1914 - Richard Basehart - Zanesville, OH - d. 9-17-1984
    actor: "Document A/777"; "Hollywood Star Preview"
    09-06-1918 - Jay Stewart - Summitville, IN - d. 9-17-1989
    announcer: "Great Gildersleeve"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"; "Spotlight on Music"
    09-13-1903 - Ken Trietsch - Arcadia, IN - d. 9-17-1987
    musician-singer: "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
    10-29-1901 - Akim Tamiroff - Baku, Russia - d. 9-17-1972
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-12-1911 - Claudia Morgan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-17-1974
    actress: Carolyn Allen Walker Kramer Nelson MacDonald; "Right to Happiness"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:45:30 -0400
    From: "GARY SMULLEN" <tsegs@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Theatre of Chicago

    Does anyone have any information on the Radio Theatre of Chicago? They were
    performing in the late 70's thru the early 80's, I believe, and had shows
    aired over NPR. Any help would be appreciated.

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