Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #131
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Date: 5/12/2006 12:36 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 131
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  5-12 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  "Adventures in Research" -- c@#*righ  [ Jim Erskine <homeway@[removed]; ]
  SUPERMAN narrator                     [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
  sponsored Inner Sanctums              [ Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@yahoo ]
  Film of Suspense                      [ "evantorch" <etorch@[removed]; ]
  The Death of Houdini                  [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
  RADIO NOIRE                           [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
  Color or black and white              [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
  Re: Some thoughts on visualization    [ Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@sbcglo ]
  RE: 5-11 Births/Deaths -- Forrest Le  [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
  Sad News Re: Frankie [removed]        [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]

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Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 23:18:50 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-12 births/deaths

May 12th births

05-12-1892 - John Barclay - Blethingly, Surrey, England - d. 11-21-1978
singer, actor: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Richard Gaylord "The
Guiding Light"
05-12-1894 - Leora Thatcher - Logan, UT - d. 3-5-1984
actor: Mrs. Kramer "Right to Happiness"
05-12-1896 - Milton Herman - NYC - d. 1-21-1951
actor: Gargoyle "The Bishop and the Gargoyle"; Italo "Today's Children"
05-12-1901 - Harold "Scrappy" Lambert - New Brunswick, NY - d.
11-30-1987
singer: Mark "Smith Brothers: Trade and Mark"; "Town Hall Tonight"
05-12-1901 - Whitey "Duke" Ford - De Soto, MO - d. 6-20-1986
comedian: (Duke of Paducah) "Grand Ole Opry"; "Plantation Party"
05-12-1902 - Philip Wylie - Beverly, MA - d. 10-25-1971
writer: "This Is War"; "Sportsman's Club"; "Tomorrow"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
05-12-1907 - Kathrine Hepburn - Hartford, CT - d. 6-29-2003
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-12-1907 - Leslie Charteris - Singapore - d. 4-14-1993
mystery writer: "The Adventures of the Saint"
05-12-1910 - Gordon Jenkins - Webster Groves, MO - d. 5-1-1984
conductor, composer: "Everything for the Boys"; "Bob Burns Show"
05-12-1910 - Jack Jenney - Mason City, IA - d. 12-16-1945
trombonist: "The Saturday Night Swing Club"
05-12-1914 - Howard K. Smith - Ferriday, LA - d. 2-15-2002
newsman: "World News Today"; "News Roundup"; "Howard K. Smith News"
05-12-1924 - Tony Hancock - Birmingham, England - d. 6-25-1968
comedian: "Hancock's Half Hour"
05-12-1927 - Suzanne Dalbert - Paris, France - d. 12-31-1970
actor: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"; "Command Performance"

May 12th deaths

02-19-1895 - Louie Calhern - NYC - d. 5-12-1956
actor: "Radio Reader's Digest"
02-26-1918 - Theodore Sturgeon - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-12-1985
science fiction writer: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "X Minus One"; "Future Tense"
05-18-1912 - Perry Como - Canonsburg, PA - d. 5-12-2001
singer: "Perry Como Program"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"
06-01-1878 - John Masefield - Ledbury, England - d. 5-12-1967
writer: "Against the Storm"
08-22-1897 - Elisabeth Bergner - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-12-1986
actor: "Radio Hall of Fame"
10-11-1884 - Albert Stoessel - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-12-1943
conductor: Oratorio Society of New York, Chautauqua Symphony
10-19-1911 - George Cates - NYC - d. 5-12-2002
orchestra leader: "Full Speed Ahead"; "Guest Star"; "Stand By for Music"
10-19-1932 - Robert Reed - Highland Park, IL - d. 5-12-1992
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
11-18-1888 - Frances Marion - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-12-1973
screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-24-1918 - Lee Bonnell (Terry Belmont) - Royal Center, IN - d.
5-12-1986
actor: (Husband of Gale Storm) "Gateway to Hollywood"
12-13-1910 - Lillian Roth - Boston, MA - d. 5-12-1980
singer, speaker: "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birthplace of Alfred Lunt

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Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 23:19:15 -0400
From: Jim Erskine <homeway@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Adventures in Research" -- c@#*right question

Hi folks,

I'm trying to find out the current ownership status of  "Adventures in
Research", the program syndicated by Westinghouse Research Labs in the
40s. I know Charlie doesn't care for much "c" word talk on this list
(and I don't blame you Charlie), but I'm wondering if anyone might be
aware of the specifics on this particular show and would contact me
offlist. I'd sure appreciate the help tracking this down one way or t'other.

Best Wishes,
Jim Erskine aka kylistener

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 01:14:14 -0400
From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  SUPERMAN narrator

on 5/11/06 10:27 PM, Matt asks:

Does anyone know who the announcer on Superman was in its earlier
[removed] to Jackson Beck taking over? I can't seem to find it
listed  anywhere.

Director Jack Johnstone narrated most of the early 1940-42 SUPERMAN
syndicated series.  THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN MBS network series
was initially narrated by Roland Winters (later a movie Charlie Chan),
then writer/director George Lowthar and finally Jackson Beck.  The
final ABC season of half-hour episodes starring Michael Fitzmaurice
was usually narrated by Ross Martin, who later costarred in TV's
MR. LUCKY and THE WILD, WILD WEST. --Anthony Tollin

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 01:14:54 -0400
From: Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  sponsored Inner Sanctums

I wish more of the network Inner Sanctums would
surface, especially the ones with Ends tablets.
"O-O-O!  Ends stops triple-o! (start of organ).

As soon as I get that AM transmitter, I'll be able to
utilize some of my 4 consoles and chairside as an OTR
listening device on occasions.  Listening to When
Radio Was on WBBM hundreds of miles away doesn't cut
it.  OTR locally is FM, which is pretty useless for
1937-40 radios.

Drop me a line at the yahoo address if you happen to
listen to OTR on a vintage radio Interesting to see
what people use.

Trav

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 01:15:23 -0400
From: "evantorch" <etorch@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Film of Suspense

In his new book on Peter Lorre, The Lost One, Stephen Youngkin has provided
sensational OTR photos, including what appears to be a picture of Mystery In
The Air, with Harry Morgan and others standing behind a plexiglass-like
sound screen. I would encourage everyone to obtain one.
In the book, Youngkin mentions that Roma Wines, as part of a promotion
campaign, filmed Lorre in an August 1945 live broadcast. Does anyone in the
Pacific Pioneers Org. have a copy of this?
Evan Torch, MD
Atlanta
etorch@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:21:46 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  The Death of Houdini

Kenneth Clarke, speaking of Houdini's death, notes,

I believe his death was much less theatrical than his life was.
Someone told me that he died of an infection which arose from an
appendectomy he had.

Actually, the cause of his death was a bit bizarre.  Houdini was
basically an escape artist, though he did a number of conventional stage
magic acts.  One of the things that enabled him to do many of his escapes
was that he was in really good physical condition, with a solid body.  He
commented on his condition, saying that anyone could hit him in the
abdominal region without it bothering him.  Before one performance, he
was with a couple of college students, and one sucker-punched him in the
abdomen, meaning that he was totally unprepared.  The blow ruptured his
appendix, but Houdini did his stage show before collapsing.  He died of
the ruptured appendix.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:21:54 -0400
From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  RADIO NOIRE

I hear OTR like I saw the great films of the '40s, film noire.

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:22:11 -0400
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Color or black and white

Back in the 60's or 70's, one of the networks broadcast what they
called "color radio". I haven't listened to it in years. I remember
recording it because it sound interesting. I pull it out and send in
a report in a few days.

Fred
Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:33:14 -0400
From: Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Some thoughts on visualization

On 5/11/2006, Chris Holm wrote:

Add me to the group that doesn't see OTR in color or black-and-white.  I
don't see it at all, I don't make visualizations of OTR at all, except
in rare cases when I construct a still image of a particular scene.

I might have said that a couple of years ago. But today I believe it's not
true. I don't know what I see really, but there are certainly
visualizations of scene settings in my mind as I listen to programs and
sometimes people. I suppose they are limited in content to things otherwise
familiar to me.

For twenty years or so I have listened to radio programs at night, all
night. Over the past five years I have used MP3 technology for this. And I
have transcribed many of my favorites to MP3 for this purpose including
many modern BBC stories. I have probably listened to Tinker, Taylor,
Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People fifty times in the last five years. Last
year I bought the BBC TV series for these two stories and find the
locations, furnishings, people, activities etc. look all wrong to me. I
have not seen the TV series since it aired in the early 80's on PBS.

I don't have that problem with The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. I am
familiar with that film more so than I was with the Smiley TV series and
have an excellent recollection of how things appear in the film. Perhaps
because of that I have not enjoyed that audio recording as much as I do the
Smiley stories.

On the other hand, I enjoy both the BBC radio and the 1974 film versions of
Murder on the Orient Express. I see something completely different from the
film when I listen to the radio version, maybe because I would never invent
someone who looks and acts as Albert Finney did. Even the Martin Balsam
character does not carry across to my radio vision. They seem to be
different stories.

Voyage of the Scarlet Queen creates vivid visualizations for me. I have
familiarity with sailing boats and ships as well as the Far East,
navigation and the Pacific Ocean generally and I'm sure this helps. But I
don't believe I see these things in color. Nor do I know how the characters
look. If anything I may occasionally see myself in these scenes.

Several actors have a lock on some characters for me so Bogart is always
who I see as Sam Spade and James Stewart is always the Six Shooter. Because
these actors have such strong images for me, it seems natural to make up
images of fictitious people for them to interact with in their programs,
and I seem to do that.

I imagine whole scenes and activities when listening to Gunsmoke, but I
don't have a lock on what the characters look like--that seems strange
considering that I am familiar with the TV series.

Don

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:33:37 -0400
From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  RE: 5-11 Births/Deaths -- Forrest Lewis

05-11-1899 - Forrest Lewis - Knightstown, IN - d. 6-2-1977
actor: Richard Q. Peavey "Great Gildersleeve"; Roy Delfeeno "Vic and Sade"

My old guy's memory is slipping, so I might have Forrest Lewis mixed up with
someone else, but wasn't he the guy who played Wash, the cook, on "Tom Mix"
and Mr. Meek on "Meet the Meeks"?

Thanx,

 B. Ray

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:35:02 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sad News Re: Frankie [removed]

Received this sad news from Barbara Watkins:

   We just heard this morning from Jan Merlin that Frankie Thomas, Jr., died
   last evening at the Sherman Oaks Hospital of respiratory failure while
   recovering from a stroke.

Frankie Thomas was, of course, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.

         Charlie
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