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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 44
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
2-6 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Red menace and radio [ "Cancilla, Dominick" <dcancilla@cal ]
The Halls Of Ivy on the podcast redu [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
Howard Duff [ "RyanO" <rosentowski@[removed]; ]
Radio Spirits on the Road [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
James Stewart and the Blacklist [ wayne_johnson@[removed] ]
Radio Gunsmoke Matt Dillon's recurri [ Vere Scott <verescott@[removed]; ]
Upton? [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
2-7 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Duffy's first name [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
Eisenhower and McCarthy [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
Space-hopping [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
RED SCARE MISINFORMATION [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:45:50 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-6 births/deaths
February 6th births
02-06-1878 - Walter B. Pitkin - Ypsilanti, MI - d. 1-25-1953
author: "The Clearing House of Hope"; "We Americans"
02-06-1888 - Bennett Kilpack - England - d. 8-17-1962
actor: Mr. Keen "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"; "James Benson
"David Harum"
02-06-1888 - Hugh Aspinwall - d. 1-xx-1981
tenor, chief announcer: WHT Chicago, Illinois
02-06-1888 - Lucille Gleason - Pasadena, CA - d. 5-18-1947
actor: "Jimmy Gleason's Diner"
02-06-1889 - Richard Bonelli - Port Byron, NY - d. 6-7-1980
baritone: "Universal Rhythm"
02-06-1895 - Babe Ruth - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-16-1948
baseball legend: "Advs. of Babe Ruth"; "Here's Babe Ruth"
02-06-1897 - Erna Sack - Spandau-Berlin, Germany - d. 3-2-1972
singer: (The German Nightingale) "General Motors Concerts"
02-06-1899 - Ramon Novarro - Durango, Mexico - d. 10-30-1968
actor: Freelance
02-06-1903 - Claudio Arrau - Chillans, Chile - d. 6-9-1991
classical pianist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Music America Loves Best"
02-06-1909 - John Allen Wolfe - Louisville, KY
announcer: "Capitol Family Hour"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Woman of Courage"
02-06-1911 - Ronald "Dutch" Reagan - Tampico, IL - d. 6-5-2004
panelist, actor: Hollywood Byline"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-06-1913 - John Lund - Rochester, NY - d. 5-10-1992
actor: Johnny Dollar "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; Chaplain Jim
"Chaplain Jim"
02-06-1913 - Porter Bourne - d. 8-28-2001
announcer: WXYZ Detroit
02-06-1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft - Norfolk, NE - d. 5-22-2005
singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
02-06-1917 - Penny Olsen - Milwaukee, WI
singer: (Wife of Johnny Olsen) "Ladies Be Seated"; "Rumpus Room"
02-06-1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor - Budapest, Hungary
actor: Intermission Guest: "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-06-1943 - Fabian (Forte) - Philadelphia, PA
singer: "NASA Special Report"
February 6th deaths
01-06-1912 - Danny Thomas - Deerfield, MI - d. 2-6-1991
actor: Amos "Bickersons"; Postman "Fanny Brice Show"
01-19-1922 - Guy Madison - Pumpkin Center, CA - d. 2-6-1996
actor: Wild Bill Hickok "Wild Bill Hickok"
01-26-1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1990
composer: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Command Performance"
03-09-1902 - Robert St. John - Chicago, IL - d. 2-6-2003
newscaster: 1943-46, NBC, weekdays at 10 [removed]
05-02-1878 - Roy Atwill - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1962
actor, comedian, composer: "The Fred Allen Show"; "The Fred Waring Show"
05-15-1905 - Joseph Cotten - Petersburg, VA - d. 2-6-1994
actor: Matthew Bell "Private Files of Matthew Bell"; "Mercury Theatre
on the Air"
06-13-1917 - Si Zentner - NYC - d. 2-6-2000
bandleader, trombonist: "Si Zentner and His Orchestra"; "Guard Session"
07-06-1898 - Hans Eisler - Germany - d. 2-6-1962
orchestra leader: "The Littlest Angel"; "Mr. Pickwick's Christmas"
08-07-1909 - Sheldon Stark - NYC - d. 2-6-1997
writer: "The Columbia Workshop"; "Straight Arrow"
08-11-1868 - Edgar Norton - London, England - d. 2-6-1953
actor: "I Love A Mystery"
08-26-1919 - Frances Wayne - Boston, MA - d. 2-6-1978
vocalist: "The Woody Herman Show"
09-07-1891 - Roscoe Karns - San Bernadino, CA - d. 2-6-1970
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
10-07-1915 - Francis Hunt - Buffalo, NY - d. 2-6-1993
vocalist: (Lou Bring Orchestra) "Kraft Music Hall"
12-06-1913 - Karl Haas - Speyer-on-the-Rhine, Germany - d. 2-6-2005
musician, broadcaster: "Adventures in Good Music"
12-26-1906 - Ashley Buck - d. 2-6-1980
writer: "We Are Always Young"
12-29-1898 - Pat Padgett - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-6-1990
comedian: January "Show Boat"; Pat "Model Minstrels"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:58:44 -0500
From: "Cancilla, Dominick" <dcancilla@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Red menace and radio
I'm not old enough to remember the Communist scare, and I don't recall a
whole lot of time being spent on it in school, so the current discussion
is incredibly interesting to me. I have two OTR-related questions on the
subject that I'm hoping someone out there can answer.
1) I remember hearing that Sam Spade was canceled, in part, because
Hammet (spelling?) was associated with Communism. If this is true (and,
actually, even if it's not), were there any other radio shows canceled
or significantly changed because of blacklisting, accusations, [removed]
2) "I Was a Communist for the FBI" is one of my favorite radio dramas,
in part because it always seemed so "over the top" to me. Now I'm
hearing that maybe it wasn't so unrealistic after all. How realistic
were the stories? Ignoring for the moment that one person probably
wouldn't have all these adventures (just like Friday probably wouldn't
work in so many different departments in Dragnet), how close to the
truth were individual stories?
Thanks a lot for the help with these. It's thoughtful, intelligent
conversations like these that keep me riveted to the digest. (Well, that
and trying to pin down the Lone Ranger's name and Kato's nationality.)
--Dominick
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:58:51 -0500
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Halls Of Ivy on the podcast [removed]
The Halls Of Ivy - The Minister's Son/Songwriter
As promised over a month ago (nothing like being on top of things, eh?), I am
posting two episodes of The Halls of Ivy which contain the complete theme
song. This second episode is from November 21st of 1951, and can be streamed
directly from teh web page, downloaded manually, or auto-downloaded by
subscribing to the podcast.
Note other episodes of The Halls of Ivy are available on the Fundraiser Discs
which help support the mailing lists, podcasts, and other OTR-related stuff
here on my little corner of the Net. You can find the show (and other OTR
programs, too) at [removed] You'll also find recent posts
about why sometimes I end up with a headahce by the end of the day, what I
think about the Boston/Turner kerfluffle, and what's gnawing at the XM
Satellite Radio studios, among other things.
(And apologies for the delay.)
AOL: <a ref="[removed]">[removed]</a>
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:59:19 -0500
From: "RyanO" <rosentowski@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Howard Duff
Jeff Weaver said:
As for radio, I have heard that the Red scare caused Howard Duff to
leave Sam Spade- that was a shame, I love Howard Duff and wished that
there was more Spade to enjoy. I appreciate Mr. Stone's story and
currently listening to 21st Precinct which I believe he did.
Can someone please offer more details on exactly hwy Howard Duff left Sam
Spade? Also, who is Mr. Stone, or did you mean, Sloane?
RyanO
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:59:33 -0500
From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radio Spirits on the Road
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For all my OTR pals on the East [removed]
Just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be out and about with Radio
Spirits at a few upcoming events in New York. The first event will be the New
York Comic Con at the Javits Center. The dates are Feb. 23rd - 25th. (Check
it out at: [removed])
The second event will be Long Island Radio Day on Saturday, March 3rd (Details
for this can be found at: [removed])
If any of you end up going to either of these events, please stop by and say
hello!
Karen Lerner
Radio Spirits, Inc.
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:59:59 -0500
From: wayne_johnson@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: James Stewart and the Blacklist
I was reading about James Stewart (The Six Shooter) in the biography section
of [removed] today and learned that he was fairly close to J. Edgar Hoover and
even spied for him in the late 40s and early 50s. Even in the later years of
his life he thought that the 'reds' were the ruination of his craft.
Another subject ...
I have my TIVO unit programmed to record movies whenever a select few OTR
names appears in the credits. Just a few days ago the 1954 version of
Dragnet was recorded. So many young faces! Virginia Gregg was wonderful
even though she was on for only about 5 minutes. Close your eyes and sudden
you're thinking of Johnny Dollar!
I particularly like the Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O'Brien films ... they made
good 'tough guys'.
If I am not mistaken, there is a flick on TCM in the next few days with Joel
McCrea (Tales of the Texas Rangers). Again, it is always interesting to see
them after hearing them for so long.
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:52:35 -0500
From: Vere Scott <verescott@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Gunsmoke Matt Dillon's recurring
greeting: "Hello John" [John Dehner]
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Somewhere I read that that common recurring casual
interaction between Matt Dillon and 'John' was a
running in-joke and that the 'John' in question
was William Conrad's famous fellow actor and
frequent Gunsmoke guest star, John Dehner (Radio's
Have Gun Will Travel's 'Paladin' and Frontier
Gentleman '[removed] (Jeremy Brett?) Kendall').
Frequently 'John' would reply with a shaky,
perhaps a bit senile, older gentleman's voice; so
much conveyed in so little dialogue.
That common greeting usually had nothing to do
with the episode's plot. It is the inclusion of
that sort of casual exchange which, like the
background chatter in the Alaferganza saloon or on
the train station platform, helped to bring
radio's Dodge to life. It lent the authenticity
so characteristic of radio Gunsmoke's soundscape.
Vere Scott.
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:53:12 -0500
From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Upton?
Jeffrey wrote:
Just last year documents emerged that
Sinclair Lewis knew the Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty as charged, but
he released his book proclaiming them innocent all the same.
You might mean Upton Sinclair who wrote a novel called BOSTON about
the case. Many years ago I read the book and really enjoyed it.
Steve
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 23:05:07 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-7 births/deaths
February 7th births
02-07-1812 - Charles Dickens - Portsmouth, England - d. 6-9-1870
author: "A Christmas Carol"
02-07-1866 - George Ade - d. 5-1-1944
humorist: WJZ New York City
02-07-1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder - Pepin, WI - d. 2-10-1957
writer: "Hallmark Playhouse"
02-07-1883 - Eubie Blake - Baltimore, MD - d. 2-12-1983
jazz pianist: "Ragtime"; "White House Jazz Festival"
02-07-1885 - Sinclair Lewis - Sauk Centre, MN - d. 1-10-1951
novelist: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Ford Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
02-07-1895 - Irving Aaronson - NYC - d. 5-10-1963
bandleader: "Irving Aaronson and His Orchestra"
02-07-1901 - Bob Stevenson - d. 9-5-1970
announcer: "Life with Luigi"
02-07-1903 - Graemer Lorimer - Wyncote, PA - d. 9-xx-1983
writer: "Maudie's Diary"
02-07-1908 - Bill Johnstone - Paisley, Scotland - d. 11-1-1996
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; Sam Young "Pepper Young's
Family"
02-07-1915 - Arthur Kurlan - d. 12-xx-1992
producer: "Keep 'Em Rolling"
02-07-1915 - Eddie Bracken - Astoria, NY - d. 11-14-2002
comedian: "Eddie Bracken Show"; Dizzy Stevens "Aldrich Family"
02-07-1923 - Jiri Pelikan - Olomouc, Czechoslovakia - d. 6-26-1999
head of the state run radio system who eliminated censorship
02-07-1923 - Keefe Brasselle - Elyria, OH - d. 7-7-1981
actor: "Stars in the Air"
02-07-1924 - Hattie Jacques - Sandgate, Kent, England - d. 10-6-1980
actor: Sophie Tuckshop "It's That Man Again"; Agatha Dangelbody
"Educating Archie"
02-07-1926 - Al Ramsen - NYC - d. 3-12-1984
actor: "Lights Out"; "Suspense"; "The Ford Theatre"
February 7th deaths
02-09-1910 - Peanuts Holland - Norfold, VA - d. 2-7-1979
jazz trumpeter, singer: "One Night Stand"; "Jubilee"; "Yank Swing
Session"
02-14-1896 - Anson Weeks - Oakland, CA - d. 2-7-1969
bandleader: "Lucky Strike Show"; "Lady Esther Serenade"; "[removed]
Coffee Program"
02-22-1918 - Sid Abel - Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada - d. 2-7-2000
sportscaster: "Play By Play Detroit Red Wings"
06-27-1900 - Rev. James G. Keller - Oakland, CA - d. 2-7-1977
priest: "The Christophers"
06-30-1918 - Stewart Foster - Binghamton, NY - d. 2-7-1968
singer: "Stewart Foster Show"; "Galen Drake"; "On a Sunday Afternoon"
08-10-1896 - Walter Lang - Memphis, TN - d. 2-7-1972
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
08-22-1909 - Philip G. Epstein - NYC - d. 2-7-1952
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-30-1896 - Fred Howard - San Diego, CA - d. 2-7-1990
actor: "The Saint"; "Dearest Mother"; "We Are Four"
10-18-1918 - Bobby Troup - Harrisburg, PA - d. 2-7-1999
singer, actor: "Navy Swings"; "Bobby Troup Program"; "Bobby Troup Trio"
10-31-1912 - Dale Evans - Uvalde, TX - d. 2-7-2001
actor, singer: (Queen of the Cowgirls) "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Roy
Rogers Show"
11-30-1884 - Rev. Dr. Daniel A. Poling - Portland, OR - d. 2-7-1968
clergyman: "The National Youth Conference"
xx-xx-1925 - Sonny Day - d. 2-7-2005
singer: (Smokey Mountain Boys) "Grand Ole Opry"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:04:06 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Duffy's first name
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 21:14:15 -0500
From: illoman@[removed]
Duffy's first name is Patrick J. As far as I know, Archie never did
have a last name on the show.
I thought Duffy's first name was John Reid! ;->
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed]
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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:04:36 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Eisenhower and McCarthy
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:03:54 -0500
From: <verotas@[removed];
It is recorded history that Dwight Eisenhower said after he left the
Presidency that probably the one thing he regretted the most of his time in
the White House was that he did not do what he could to squelch McCarthy.
Actually, it is recorded history that Eisenhower did a great deal
behind the scenes to squelch McCarthy. For years most of us thought
Eisenhower was an amiable non-politician who largely left things to
others. As documents from his administration became de-classified
and people started to talk, it turns out that he was much more hands-
on and politically savvy than he appeared. But he liked to work
behind the scenes and didn't want to get into an open confrontation
with anyone.
The 1982 book =The Hidden-Hand Presidency= by Fred I. Greenstein
describes how Eisenhower worked behind the scenes to squelch
McCarthy, including invoking executive privilege to keep McCarthy
from getting information about the meetings he was having to
coordinate the administration's position in the Army-McCarthy
hearings. Meetings were held at the White House to prepare the
Secretary of the Army for his testimony in the hearings.
On another occasion, Adlai Stevenson made a televised speech
depicting the Republican Party as "hopelessly, dismally, fatally torn
and rent ... divided against itself, half McCarthy and half
Eisenhower." McCarthy demanded time to reply, but Eisenhower
thwarted the demand by saying that Stevenson's attack was on the
party, therefore he had RNC chair Leonard Hall call the networks and
ask for time for the RNC to reply and said that he would call the
network presidents himself if Hall had any trouble with them. Then
he got a reluctant Nixon, who had been straddling the McCarthy issue,
to give the speech.
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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:05:16 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Space-hopping
From: "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Nearly all space-hopping SF, whether in radio, TV, film, literature or
what-have-you, presumes some form of faster-than-light travel; those that
don't feel severely disjointed as a result (Alien movies, Orson Scott Card
novels, etc.).
Actually, no. Science fiction that is confined to the solar system
does not assume faster-than-light travel. The space operas of old
generally assumed that the solar system was much smaller than it is,
so that one could get around the system fairly quickly. Faster-than-
light travel is generally assumed for travel beyond the solar system.
So, for example, Space Patrol used "Star Drive" and Tom Corbett used
"Hyper Drive," but only when going to other star systems. The 1950s
TV version of Flash Gordon, on the other hand, depicted travel around
the galaxy, but said nothing about faster-than-light travel, except
in one episode, in which Dr. Zarkov had developed faster-than-light
travel. When Flash arrived too late and found Dale dead, he used the
faster-than-light drive to make time go backwards, so that this time
he arrived in the nick of time.
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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:06:01 -0500
From: PURKASZ@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RED SCARE MISINFORMATION
Reader XB seems to have his hat on backwards regarding who broke the law
during that tumultuous time.
Let me quote the Encyclopedia Britannica:
In 1949, the Justice Department prosecuted the eleven top leaders of the
party for violation of the Smith Act of 1940, which made it illegal for
anyone
"to teach and advocate the overthrow and destruction of the United States
government by force and violence." After a long trial all eleven were
convicted
on October 14 and sentenced to prison terms. Their convictions were upheld by
the Supreme Court in the case of Dennis et al. v. United States (1951), with
two justices dissenting because of the free-speech issues involved. Another
126 members of the party--who composed the second level of leadership--were
then prosecuted also. Dozens of others who were aliens were rounded up for
deportation. With its leaders in prison and other members subjected to
various
degrees of persecution, the party was on the defensive and many of those left
in its ranks went underground.
That would seem to put the finger of guilt where it belonged. Those who
would seek to overthrow the government and that most certainly WAS a goal of
the
CPUSA.
It might still be.
Michael C. Gwynne
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