Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #237
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Date: 8/31/2006 4:45 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 237
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      8-31 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Travler radio info                    [ Illoman <illoman@[removed]; ]
      Nick and Nora and Jerry and Pam       [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      A little bit about Joseph Curtain     [ Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed]; ]
      Glenn Ford                            [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      Jack Benny Performance Art?           [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Hackberry Hotel                       [ wa5pdk@[removed] ([removed] L.) ]
      New Ed Sullivan bio                   [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
      collections                           [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      pbs previews - superman               [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      September births with no death date   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:30:49 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-31 births/deaths

    August 31st births

    08-31-1897 - Fredric March - Racine, WI - d. 4-14-1975
    actor: "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    08-31-1897 - Sidney Ellstrom - Chicago, IL - d. 7-xx-1968
    actor: "Captain Midnight"; "Flying Patrol"; "Lights Out"
    08-31-1900 - Cedric Foster - Hartford, CT - d. 3-12-1975
    commentator: "News and Commentary"
    08-31-1903 - Arthur Godfrey - NYC - d. 3-16-1983
    emcee: (The Old Redhead) "Arthur Godfrey Time"; "Arthur Godfrey's
    Talent Scouts"
    08-31-1905 - Dory Schary - Newark, NJ - d. 7-7-1980
    writer: "America Calling"; "The Eternal Light"; "Hallmark Hall of Fame"
    08-31-1905 - Larry Elliott - Washington, [removed] - d. 7-27-1957
    announcer: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "American Melody Hour"; "Barry
    Cameron"
    08-31-1906 - Ruth Weston - Boston, MA - d. 11-5-1955
    actor: Maude Kellogg "Life Can Be Beautiful"
    08-31-1907 - Winifred Cecil - Staten Island, NY - d. 9-13-1985
    singer: "Show Boat"
    08-31-1908 - William Saroyan - Fresno, CA - d. 5-18-1981
    writer: "Columbia Workshop"; "The Free Company"; "Biography in Sound"
    08-31-1914 - Richard Basehart - Zanesville, OH - d. 9-17-1984
    actor: "Document A/777"; "Hollywood Star Preview"
    08-31-1917 - Burleigh Robbins Downey, Jr. - d. 3-1-2000
    news director: "You are the Jury"
    08-31-1918 - Alan Jay Lerner - NYC - d. 6-14-1986
    writer: "Victor Borge"; "Raleigh Room"; "Philco Hall of Fame"

    August 31st deaths

    02-01-1895 - John Ford - Cape Elizabeth, ME - d. 8-31-1973
    director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    03-19-1890 - Gayne Whitman - Chicago, IL - d. 8-31-1958
    actor, announcer: Frank Chandler "Chandu the Magician"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    03-28-1913 - Lucille Fletcher - NYC - d. 8-31-2000
    dramatist: "Columbia Workshop"; "Suspense"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    03-29-1908 - Dennis O'Keefe - Fort Madison, IA - d. 8-31-1968
    actor: Treasure Agent Larsen "T-Man"
    03-30-1916 - Will Hare - Elkins, WV - d. 8-31-1997
    actor: "Words at War"; "New World A' Coming"; "Mysterious Traveler"
    04-20-1908 - Lionel Hampton - Louisville, KY - d. 8-31-2002
    vibraphone artist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"; "Lionel Hampton and
    His Orchestra"
    04-28-1908 - Michael Fitzmaurice - Chicago, IL - d. 8-31-1967
    actor: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; Dick Grosvenor
    "Stella Dallas"
    05-08-1914 - Carmen Matthews - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-31-1995
    actor: "There Is No Light"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    xx-xx-1893 - Oscar Bradley - London, England - d. 8-31-1948
    orchestra leader: "The Phil Baker Show"; "Gulf Screen Guild Theatre"

    Ron Sayles
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    Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:31:11 -0400
    From: Illoman <illoman@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Travler radio info

    I recently acquired an antique radio and I am trying to research it.
    There is no model number on it, but the brand name Trav-ler is on the
    front dial. It is a cathedral style with a flat top.

    Can anyone recommend a web resource that might be able to give me
    further information on this radio? One site I visited had it listed
    as a Model 53, but I'm not sure that's it.

    Thanks,
    Mike

    illoman@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:52:50 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Nick and Nora and Jerry and Pam

    On Wednesday, August 30, 2006, at 08:39 PM, Kenneth Clarke wrote:

>     I've read a bit about a series with Joseph Curtin and Barbara Britton
>     called "Mr. and Mrs. North" which sounds to me very much like the
>     Charles' of "The Thin Man", except for a few differences.
>     Are there any eps of this program available and are they of any note?
>     Is this program as good as "The Thin Man" and others with crimesolving
>     couples, or better?  Possibly worse?

    Kenneth, if you'll reach up on your bookshelf and grab your copy of
    "Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives" (which all Digesters have
    heard you quote many times) and turn to my chapter "The Better Halves"
    beginning on page 53, all your questions will be [removed] much
    more.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:53:47 -0400
    From: Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A little bit about Joseph Curtain

    Joseph Curtain had a long career in radio, not just on the Mr and Mrs
    North show, but he did many others radio shows. A good example is his
    starring role on the X Minus One radio show called "The Parade." Did
    a wonderful acting job on that.
    Curtain had three children; two daughters and a son. One of the
    daughters I knew quite well. Valerie Curtain -- who went on to star
    in the tv version of 9 to 5, based on the movie of the same name. (I
    wish I knew where Valerie is now)
    Years ago, she told me that when TV came in, her father laughed it
    off, saying it would never last and that radio was here to stay.
    Of course, we know the outcome of all that, don't we.  What is not
    known is that Joseph Curtain was offered the role of playing Mr.
    North in the television series that was planned --- and he turned it
    down! Valerie told me that, years later, he always regretted not
    taking up the offer because he genuinely believed that radio was here
    to stay. He did not enter television but instead ended up being an
    insurance broker and agent. She said it broke his heart. Sad ending
    to a wonderful career in radio.
    Ken Greenwald

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    Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:48:53 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Glenn Ford

    Hi Everybody,

    Glenn Ford past a way tonight.  Frank Bresee and I will feature our
    interview that Glenn son Peter did for us.  Peter   is a wonderful person
    and a great story teller.  The interview will be heard this Friday on
    Yesterday USA.    Take care,

    Walden

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    Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:33:37 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny Performance Art?
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    This New York Times article on performance artist John Moran references an
    early work that utilized airchecks from Jack Benny programs as part of the
    [removed] pretty weird - is anyone familiar with this guy?
    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:30:46 -0400
    From: wa5pdk@[removed] ([removed] L.)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hackberry Hotel

    I seem to recall this program originated in Dallas, or Ft. Worth.  I
    used to listen to it fairly regularly in the 1940's era.  Does anyone
    recall it, or have information about it?
    Thanks,
    Ralph

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    Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:31:18 -0400
    From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
    To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  New Ed Sullivan bio
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    Just an FYI.  _Impresario:  The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan_ by James Maguire

      Billboard Books (an imprint of Watson-Guptill Publications NY 2006

      20 pgs each on Benny and Cantor-mentions radio guides.

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    Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:03:42 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  collections

    Hi Everybody,

    if you ever want to find a good home for any of your collection of OTR shows
    on tape, Reels, or LP, I have a friend who would like to get in touch with
    you.  Take care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:03:59 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  pbs previews - superman

    an excerpt from their e-mail announcement - times are eastern, may vary
    locally, so check your local listings

    I don't know if they will discuss Supes on the radio, altho I rather
    doubt it, but Superman was available to soldiers via the AFRS, was it not?

    HISTORY DETECTIVES
    Monday, September 4, 2006 9 - 10:00 pm
    The Detectives journey to Ohio, New York and New Jersey to
    investigate the early days of Superman and how this comic icon
    was used to inspire American GIs during wartime.

    Log on to find out more about the stories that have already
    aired or read more about next week's investigations.

    [removed]
    --
    Joe Salerno

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    Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:44:32 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  September births with no death date

    September births with no death date

    09-01-1922 - Yvonne De Carlo - Vancouver, Canada
    actor: " Screen Guild Theatre"; "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    09-01-1928 - George Maharis - Astoria, NY
    actor: "Zero Hour"
    09-01-1935 - Seiji Ozawa - Shenyang, China
    conductor: Boston Symphony Orchestra
    09-03-1910 - Kitty Carlisle - New Orleans, LA
    singer: "Song Shop"; "RCA Magic Key"
    09-03-1918 - Donna King - Salt Lake City, UT
    singer: (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"; "Al
    Pearce and His Gang"
    09-03-1926 - Irene Pappas - Chiliomodion, Greece
    actor: Greek Radio
    09-04-1918 - Paul Harvey - Tulsa, OK
    commentator: "Paul Harvey News"; "Speak Your Mind"
    09-04-1923 - Virginia Maxey - Indianapolis, IN
    singer: (Modernaires) "Club Fifteen"
    09-04-1931 - Mitzi Gaynor - Chicago, IL
    singer, actor: "Juke Box Jury"
    09-05-1908 - Elizabeth Day - St. Paul, MN
    actor: Sally Jones "Five Star Jones"
    09-05-1929 - Bob Newhart - Oak Park, IL
    comedian: "Newhart and Gallagher"
    09-05-1932 - Carol Lawrence - Melrose Park, IL
    singer: "New Faces of 1948"
    09-06-1916 - Marie Green - Antrim, NH
    vocalist: "Everything Goes"; "Hobby Lobby"; "Alec Templeton Time"
    09-07-1921 - Art Ferrante - NYC
    pianist: (Ferrante and Teicher) "The Zero Hour"
    09-07-1930 - Sonny Rollins - Harlem, NY
    jazz saxophonist: "White House Jazz Festival"
    09-08-1915 - Frank Cady - Susanville, CA
    actor: "Gunsmoke"
    09-08-1922 - Sid Caesar - Yonkers, NY
    comedian: "Voice of the Army"; "Tex and Jinx Show"
    09-09-1914 - Marion Mann - Columbus, OH
    singer: "The Breakfast Club Matinee"; "Danny Thomas Show"
    09-09-1918 - Blanche Thebom - Monessen, PA
    mezzo-soprano: "Bell Telephone Hour"; "Metropolitan Opera"; "Railroad
    Hour"
    09-10-1915 - Vivian Della Chiesa - Chicago, IL
    singer: (America's Great Lyric Soprano) "American Album of Familiar
    Music"
    09-10-1920 - Vivian Block - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: "Let's Pretend"; Ann Weston "Wilderness Road"; "Coast to Coast
    on a Bus"
    09-11-1923 - Betsy Drake - Paris, France
    actor: Muriel Blandings "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings"
    09-11-1928 - Earl Holliman - Delhi, LA
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    09-12-1915 - Paul Marion - The Bronx, NY
    actor: Husband "Merry Life of Mary Christmas"
    09-12-1925 - Dickie Moore - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay"
    09-12-1931 - Ian Holm - Goodmayes, England
    actor: Frodo: The Lord of the Rings"
    09-12-1940 - Skip Hinnant - Chincoteague Island, VA
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-13-1918 - Ray Charles - Chicago, IL
    choral director: (The Other Ray Charles) "The Big Show"; "Radio Hall
    of Fame"
    09-13-1920 - Carole Mathews - Montgomery, IL
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-13-1923 - Janice Gilbert - NYC
    actor: "Bachelor's Children"; "Dorothy Dix at Home"
    09-14-1924 - Jerry Coleman - San Jose, CA
    baseball announcer for the San Diego Padres
    09-15-1915 - John Conte - Palmer, MA
    emcee: "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "John Conte Show"
    09-15-1922 - Jackie Cooper - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "George Jessel Show"; "Voice of the Army"
    09-16-1922 - Janis Paige - Tacoma, WA
    actor: "MGM Theatre of the Air"; "Theatre of Romance"
    09-16-1924 - Lauren Bacall - NYC
    actor: Sailor Duval "Bold Venture"
    09-16-1925 - [removed] King - Itta Bena, MS
    disc jockey: "Boogie for Breakfast"
    09-16-1930 - Anne Francis - Ossinging, NY
    actor: Kathy Cameron "When a Girl Marries"
    09-17-1929 - Patricia Crowley - Olyphant, PA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-17-1943 - Beverly Aadland - Hollywood, CA
    actor: "Whatever Became of . . ."
    09-18-1917 - June Foray - Springfield, MA
    actor: Junie "Smile Time" "Stan Freberg Show"; "It's a Great Life"
    09-18-1929 - Phyllis Kirk - Syracuse, NY
    actor: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    09-18-1932 - Patricia Roe - NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-18-1939 - Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, PA
    singer: "Frankie Avalon Show"
    09-19-1926 - James Lipton - Detroit, MI
    actor: Dick Grant "The Guiding Light"; Dan Reid "The Lone Ranger"
    09-20-1915 - Joe King - Birmingham, AL
    announcer: "Songs By Morton Downey"; "Walk A Mile"
    09-20-1928 - Dr. Joyce Brothers - NYC
    psychologist: "Monitor"
    09-20-1929 - Anne Meara - NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-22-1917 - Richard C. Hottelet - Brooklyn, NY
    news correspondent: CBS news correspondent in Europe and New York
    09-22-1918 - Betty Wragge - NYC
    actor: Peggy Davis "Red Davis"; Peggy Young "Pepper Young's Family
    09-23-1920 - Mickey Rooney - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: Andy Hardy "Hardy Family"; Ralph J. 'Shorty' Bell "Shorty Bell"
    09-24-1924 - Sheila Macrae - London, England
    actor, singer: "Railroad Hour"; "Your Rhythmn Revue"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    09-25-1916 - Phil Rizzuto - NYC
    sportscaster: "Phil Rizzuto's Sports Caravan"; "Image Minorities"
    09-25-1931 - Barbara Walters - Boston, MA
    commentator: "Monitor"
    09-25-1943 - Lee Aaker - Inglewood, CA
    actor: Rusty "Rin-Tin-Tin"
    09-25-1951 - Mark Hamill - Oakland, CA
    actor: Luke Skywalker "Star Wars"
    09-27-1917 - James Andelin - Provo, UT
    actor: "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"; Og, Son of Fire"; "Houseboat Hannah"
    09-27-1920 - Jayne Meadows - Wu Chang, China
    actor: "Hollywood Star Preview"
    09-27-1934 - Claude Jarman, Jr. - Nashville, TN
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-28-1919 - Doris Singleton - NYC
    actor: Jean Gillespie "Alan Young Show"; Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"
    09-28-1925 - Arnold Stang - Chelsea, MA
    actor: Joey Brewster "That Brewster Boy"; Seymour Fingerhood "Goldbergs"
    09-28-1950 - John Sayles - Schenectady, NY
    writer: "Writers and Company"
    09-29-1911 - Pat Murphy - Bismark, ND
    actor; Timothy Storey "Midstream"; Scoop "Girl Alone"
    09-29-1922 - Lizabeth Scott - Scranton, PA
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"
    09-29-1922 - Lou Dinning - Franklin, KY
    singer: (The Dinning Sisters) "Dinning Sisters-Songs"; "Eddy Arnold
    Show"
    09-29-1924 - Steve Forrest - Huntsville, TX
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-30-1908 - Jay Michael - NYC
    actor: Butch Cavendish "The Lone Ranger"
    09-30-1921 - Deborah Kerr - Helensburgh, Scotland
    actor: "Hollywood Calling"; "Hollywood Star Playhouse"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    09-30-1922 - Lamont Johnson - Stockton, CA
    actor: Tarzan "Tarzan"; Mark Douglas "Wendy Warren and the News"
    09-30-1930 - Ben Cooper - Hartford, CT
    actor: Brad Burton "Second Mrs. Burton"; Scotty "Mark Trail"
    09-30-1935 - Jill Corey - Avonmore, PA
    singer: "Jill Corey Show"; "Stop the Music"
    09-30-1935 - Johnny Mathis - Gilomer, TX
    singer: "Star Carousel"
    09-30-1939 - Lou Cariou - Winnipeg, Canada
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    Ron Sayles
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