Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #260
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Date: 9/25/2006 4:19 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 260
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Diary of Fate                         [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Larry Ferrari                         [ "Michael Muderick" <michael@muderic ]
      9-25 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      The Weakest Links                     [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
      Arlene Francis                        [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Another Mystery Voice                 [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      Radio shows on tv.                    [ <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      New Resource for Locating OTR Script  [ "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@veriz ]

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    Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:28:15 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Diary of Fate

    On Saturday, September 23, 2006, at 04:56 PM, Jim Taylor wrote:

>     I m writing to inquire about the history of the radio
>     program "Diary of Fate. The program was syndicated by Larry Finley
>     syndication, would this program fall into the category
>     of what Jack French would call "a radio counterfeit of
>     the whistler". The stories were very similar. Did the
>     same writers do both programs? How popular was this
>     poor mans version of the Whistler?

    Regarding "Diary of Fate" I'm afraid there is relatively little
    information to go on regarding this syndicated series. Jerry Haendiges
    has a partial log of it at his site, <[removed]>   There
    were 35 episodes that originally ran from 12-15-47 to 8-10-48, and
    Jerry has the dates and titles for 24 of them.

    Incidentally, 35 is an unusual number for a syndicated run; they
    usually total 50 or 52 so the company could sell an entire year's worth
    of weekly shows.

    I can't find Larry Finley in any of my standard OT reference [removed]

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:55:31 -0400
    From: "Michael Muderick" <michael@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Larry Ferrari

    You are correct.  Larry Ferrari was on Philadelphia radio and television on
    WFIL-TV, later changed to WPVI-TV.  Here is his bio from the Broadcast
    Pioneers site of Philadelphia, run by president Gerry Wilkinson, and hosted
    by Anne Klein and Associates.

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    Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:46:44 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-25 births/deaths

    September 25th births

    09-25-1875 - Clyde Fillmore - McConnelsville, OH - d. 12-19-1946
    actor: Sam Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"
    09-25-1894 - John Howard Lawson - NYC - d. 8-12-1977
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-25-1895 - Jack Denny - Indiana - d. 9-15-1950
    music: "The American Revue"; "The Harry Richman Show"
    09-25-1897 - William Faulkner - New Albany, MS - d. 7-6-1962
    author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"; "Short Story"
    09-25-1905 - Carl Hoff - Oxnard, CA - d. 10-15-1965
    bandleader: "Al Pearche and His Gang"; "Your Hit Parade"
    09-25-1905 - Red Smith - Green Bay, WI - d. 1-15-1982
    sportscaster: "Al Schacht Sports Show"; "Bill Stern Sports News"
    09-25-1906 - Dimitri Shostakovich - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 8-9-1975
    composer: "Four for the Fifth"
    09-25-1917 - Phil Rizzuto - NYC
    sportscaster: "Phil Rizzuto's Sports Caravan"; "Image Minorities"
    09-25-1926 - Aldo Ray - Pen Argyl, PA - d. 3-27-1991
    actor; "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    09-25-1926 - John Ericson - Dusseldorf, Germany - d. 6-18-1972
    actor: "Stars On Parade"
    09-25-1929 - Ronnie Barker - Bedford, England - d. 10-3-2005
    comedian: "The Floggits"
    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"

    September 25th deaths

    01-03-1917 - Jay Sommers - NYC - d. 9-25-1985
    writer: "Lum and Abner"; "Joan Davis Time"; "Alan Young Show"
    01-14-1863 - R. F. Outcault - Lancaster, OH - d. 9-25-1928
    writer: Buster Brown based on Outcalt's comic strip
    01-31-1913 - Maurice Manson - d. 9-25-2002
    actor: Reverend McArthur "One Man's Family"
    03-23-1912 - Francis DeSales - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-25-1988
    actor: Bill Weigand "Mr. and Mrs. North"; Parris Mitchell "King's Row"
    04-11-1909 - Sylvia Picker - NYC - d. 9-25-1981
    actor: Suzy "Box 13"
    04-13-1923 - Don Adams - NYC - d. 9-25-2005
    comedian: "Kraft Music Hall"; "A Salute to Humble Howard"
    05-03-1906 - Mary Astor - Quincy, IL  - d. 9-25-1987
    actor: Mary Christmas "Merry Life of Mary Christmas"
    05-05-1912 - Bret Morrison - Chicago, IL - d. 9-25-1978
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"
    05-29-1909 - Dick Stabile - Newark, NJ - d. 9-25-1980
    bandleader: "Martin and Lewis Show"
    08-11-1891 - Helen Broderick - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-25-1959
    actor: (Mother of Broderick Crawford) "Shell Chateau"
    08-17-1900 - Gregory Abbott - d. 9-25-1981
    narrator: "Believe It or Not"
    09-23-1897 - Walter Pidgeon - East St. John, New Brunswick, Canada -
    d. 9-25-1984
    actor: "Hollywood Calling"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-30-1895 - Lewis Milestone - Odessa, Russia - d. 9-25-1980
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    10-03-1873 - Emily Post - Baltimore, MD - d. 9-25-1960
    commentator: "Emily Post"; "Right Thing to Do"
    10-16-1924 - Robert Hall - Rochester, NY - d. 9-25-1967
    actor, host: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"; "Music 'til Dawn"
    11-04-1906 - Bob Considine - Washington D. C. - d. 9-25-1975
    announcer: "Fred Waring Show"; "Sports Broadcasts"
    11-17-1897 - Frank Fay - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-25-1961
    actor: "Jack Oakie's College"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
    11-26-1905 - Emlyn Williams - Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales - d. 9-25-1987
    actor: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
    12-04-1903 - Cornell Woolrich - NYC - d. 9-25-1968
    writer: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Starring Boris Karloff"
    12-25-1906 - Anne Stone - d. 9-25-1980
    actor: "Those We Love"; "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:42:28 -0400
    From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Weakest Links

    Note that a huge dispute has erupted on Wikipedia after one person
    began deleting all of the "Listen to" links to various OTR sites:
    [removed]:Old-time_radio
    [removed]:Digital_Deli_Online

    The main focus is aimed at commercial vs. non-commercial aspects, but
    that is only one of many arguments being tossed about. Links to the
    Haendiges logs have also been eliminated.

    Bhob @ [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:33:30 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arlene Francis
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            Arlene Francis was also a panelist on the radio, and television,
    verisons of  "What's My Line?" and on another radio program titled
    "The Affairs of Ann Scotland".  This is according to the information I found
    in "Private Eyelashes: Radios Lady Detectives" by Jack French and John
    Dunning's "On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio.

            I'm sure there were others.

    Sincerely,

    Kenneth Clarke
    Another OTR Fan

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    Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:15:35 -0400
    From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Another Mystery Voice

    I am trying to hunt down the name of an actor for a customer.  All I know
    about the actor in question is that he played "Bat" Nelson on the Sgt.
    Preston episode entitled "Jailbreak."  Does anyone have any idea who this
    might be?

    Karen Lerner
    Radio Spirits

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    Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:01:33 -0400
    From: <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio shows on tv.
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    I know that some of the Gunsmoke shows were redone as TV shows when Gunsmoke
    was still a half-hour show and that Have Gun, Will Travel worked in reverse
    (TV to Radio).

    But, were any of the Dragnet or Lone Ranger radio shows redone as TV
    episodes?

    Roger Keel

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    Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:53:23 -0400
    From: "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  New Resource for Locating OTR Scripts

    With very little help from me, my wife, who has become almost as
    enthusiastic about OTR as I am, has co-authored a brand new radio reference
    book.

    Written for collectors, re-creation groups and researchers, RADIO SCRIPTS
    IN PRINT is designed to be an additional and inexpensive resource for
    locating scripts when none of the "usual" sources, [removed], the Internet,
    eBay, OTR club archives and library Special Collections bear fruit or are
    feasible or practical.

    The book identifies a total of 174 books that can either be purchased or
    borrowed from a library using the inter-library loan process and which,
    when taken together, contain more than 1,700 scripts for programs. The
    scripts cover series as well as one time only specials, ranging from comedy
    and drama to mystery, suspense, documentaries, science fiction, news,
    religion, soaps, etc.

    Included among the 1,700+ scripts are
    --   Popular series such as Cavalcade of America, Columbia Workshop and
    Theatre Guild
    --   One time only specials such as Stephen Vincent Benet's  They Burned
    The Books
    --   Scripts for series for which only a very few programs are available in
    audio such as Flywheel, Shyster, and Shyster
    --   Scripts of lesser known programs that may be of historic interest to
    collectors and radio historians but which are not known to be
          available in either audio or print format such as  scripts for Ultra
    Violet a science fiction program written by Fran Striker that
          predates his Lone Ranger
    --   Scripts of interest to teachers (elementary through high school) who
    may want to use radio plays to stimulate interest in
           classic literature, American history and the lives of famous Americans

    The book's user friendly format is designed so that the reader can search
    for scripts by series name, program (script) title or author or adapter.
    The listings also include, when the information was available, the date the
    script was broadcast, and the network or station that aired the program.

    RADIO SCRIPTS IN PRINT sells for $[removed], plus $[removed] shipping and handling
    and can be ordered directly from Book Hunter Press at
    [removed], bookhunterpress@[removed], or by
    phone  914-245-6608.   Visa and Mastercard are accepted.

    RADIO SCRIPTS IN PRINT is the latest OTR reference book that my wife and I
    have collaborated on. Earlier this year we co-authored "A Resource Guide to
    the Golden Age of Radio: Special Collections, Bibliography, and the
    Internet," the first ever guide to 3,800 primary and secondary sources for
    researching the Golden Age of Radio. Many of the 2,300 special collections
    identified in the Resource Guide also contain scripts.  We're pleased to
    report that the book has received wide praise from academic libraries and
    radio researchers.

    Dave Siegel

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