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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 182
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Golden Age of Radio [ "RyanO" <ryano218@[removed]; ]
7-25 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Metro Washington Club [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
RE: Lighthouses in OTR [ Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed] ]
Re: NY Suspense Run [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
This and that [ "Bob Watson" <crw934@[removed]; ]
Re: New York Suspense Run [ "Donald Ramlow" <pulpsotr@chartermi ]
OTR in Massachusetts [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
re: OTR stories in lighthouses [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
Re: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:06:33 -0400
From: "RyanO" <ryano218@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Golden Age of Radio
Hi all. For those who aren't aware, here is an archive of a program aired in
the '70's called the Golden Age of Radio. It features interviews with many
actors, producers and other people associated with radio. Included are Mason
Adams, William Spier, Mel Blanc, hans Conreid, Larry Haines and more. Enjoy.
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RyanO
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:06:39 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 7-25 births/deaths
July 25th births
07-25-1894 - Walter Brennan - Swampscott, MA - d. 9-21-1974
actor: Grandpa Vanderhof "You Can't Take it with You"; Judge Roy Bean
"Law West of the Pecos"
07-25-1896 - Leo Russotto - d. 1-29-1978
musical coach and arranger: "Roxy and His Gang"
07-25-1899 - Ralph Dumke - South Bend, IN - d. 1-4-1964
actor: Willie Tompkins "We, the Abbotts"; Pat Plenty "Quality Twins"
07-25-1900 - Al Pearce - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-2-1961
comedian: Elmer Blurt "Here Comes Elmer"; "Al Pearce Show"
07-25-1901 - Lila Lee - Union Hill, NJ - d. 11-13-1973
actor: "Fleischman's Yeast Hour"
07-25-1903 - Percy Angwin - d. 9-22-1985
sportscaster: WSKI Montpelier, Vermont
07-25-1904 - Bob Beddome - d. 8-xx-1983
baritone: KFWI San Francisco, California
07-25-1905 - Harold Peary - San Leandero, CA - d. 3-30-1985
actor: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve , "Fibber McGee and Molly and The
Great Gildersleeve"
07-25-1906 - Johnny Hodges - Cambridge, MA - d. 5-11-1970
alto saxophonist: "Esquire Jazz Concert"; "Duke Ellington and His
Orchestra"
07-25-1907 - Jack Gilford - NYC - d. 6-4-1990
comedian: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
07-25-1910 - Ted Dale - d. 7-25-1975
orchestra leader: :Carnation Contented Hour"
07-25-1916 - Barbara Vernon - Inverell, Australia - d. 4-6-1978
writer: "The Gerney"
07-25-1917 - Arthur Alsberg - NYC - d. 8-7-2004
wrote comedy routines for Milton Berle and Danny Kaye
07-25-1918 - Louanne Hogan - St. Paul, MN - d. 1-23-2006
singer: "One Night Stand"
07-25-1918 - Nan Grey - Houston, TX - d. 7-25-1993
actor: Kathy Marshall "Those We Love"
07-25-1922 - Earl Gillespie - Chicago, IL - d. 12-12-2003
sportscaster: voice of the Milwaukee Braves
07-25-1936 - Michael Chapin - Hollywood, CA
actor: Andy 'Skipper' Barbour "One Man's Family"
July 25th deaths
01-12-1915 - Martin Agronsky - Philadelphia, PA - d. 7-25-1999
newscaster: "The ABC Morning News"
03-23-1893 - Arnold Johnson - Chicago, IL - d. 7-25-1975
bandleader: "The Majestic Theatre Hour"; "True Story Time"
03-30-1893 - Dennis Hoey - London, England - d. 7-25-1960
actor: Edward Welby "Pretty Kitty Kelly"
04-26-1905 - Cecilia Parker - Fort William, Ontario, Canada - d.
7-25-1993
actor: "Good News of 1939"; "Mail Call"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-26-1912 - John McGovern - d. 7-25-1985
actor: Mike Gallagher "Highway Patrol"; Harold Wilkinson "The O'Neills"
04-29-1912 - Ian Martin - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 7-25-1981
actor: Horace Sutton "Young Dr. Malone"; Harry Archer "Meet Corliss
Archer"
05-27-1915 - Frank Crane - d. 7-25-1992
one time president of the Southern California Broadcasters Association
05-31-1903 - Blanche Stewart - Pennsylvania - d. 7-25-1952
actor: Brenda "Bob Hope Show"
07-11-1928 - Hope Miller - d. 7-25-1992
actor: "Let's Pretend"
07-18-1913 - Eric Pohlmann - Vienna, Austria - d. 7-25-1979
actor: During WWII broadcast for BBC European Service
07-25-1910 - Ted Dale - d. 7-25-1975
orchestra leader: :Carnation Contented Hour"
07-25-1918 - Nan Grey - Houston, TX - d. 7-25-1993
actor: Kathy Marshall "Those We Love"
08-16-1932 - Marianne Moylan - Southampten, NY - d. 7-25-1990
singer: (The Moylan Sisters) (Angels of the Airwaves) "Moylan Sisters"
09-20-1912 - Ron Cochran - d. 7-25-1994
newscaster: "Sounds of the World"; "Feature Project"
09-xx-1884 - Henrietta Tedrow - d. 7-25-1948
actor: Hannah O'Leary "Houseboat Hannah"; Helen Spalding "Woman in
White"
10-07-1914 - Alfred Drake - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-25-1992
singer: "Best Plays"; Broadway Matinee"; "Ford Festival of American
Music"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:03:01 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Metro Washington Club
The Metro Washington Old-Time Radio Club is now accepting their annual dues
this month. Their membership ends every year on June 30. The cost is $20 for
annual membership. $15 if you are out fo the area and/or a senior. This is a
great club and the newsletter, like the newsletters from other clubs, is a
great way to keep abreast of the events and news in the hobby. Address is
Michael Taylor, 9605 Glendower Court, Laurel, MD 20723. For more information:
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For anyone wanting to join a bunch of clubs (even if it's just for the
newsletters), this is another you do not want to overlook.
Martin
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:59:48 -0400
From: Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: RE: Lighthouses in OTR
Roger Keel wrote:
Other than "Three Skeleton Key" and a Superman story, what other OTR stories
took place in a lighthouse or featured a lighthouse?
Lighthouses were always good settings for horror stories. In addition to
"Three Skeleton Key," the French Grand Guignol play "The Lighthouse Keepers"
was done on THE COLUMBIA WORKSHOP in 1938, and Wilbur Daniel Steele's "The
Woman at Seven Brothers" on AUTHOR'S PLAYHOUSE in 1942. The Steele tale is
one of the great American ghost stories; the radio version was well-produced
and acted but completely ruined the supernatural element of the story at the
conclusion.
Also, even though it's NTR rather than OTR, the COLONIAL RADIO THEATRE OF THE
AIR did a fine production of "Minot's Light," a more-or-less true story about
a haunted lighthouse in Boston Harbor.
Mike Ogden
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:14 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: NY Suspense Run
Joe Webb wrote:
I'm not enough of an historian to know how many of the scripts and
plots were recycled for the NY run, but I suspect some of Robert Arthur's
scripts were from his Mysterious Traveler archives.
I do know that because of Arthur's involvement in the Radio Writers
Guild during the McCarthy years in the early fifties, he was basically
blacklisted and with David Kogan also a member, The Mysterious Traveler
came to an end. Arthur went back to his pulp writing roots though he
co-produced radio's Mystery Time. By 1959, he had divorced his wife
Joan Vaczek and moved to Hollywood to work in television. Since he
probably did no radio writing (that I am aware of) between that 1953 -
59 period, most likely the scripts of his used were recycled.
Jim Widner
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:34 -0400
From: "Bob Watson" <crw934@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This and that
I was browsing around the internet the other day and came across a magazine
called FILM and RADIO GUIDE. I am familiar with MOVIE AND RADIO GUIDE which
ended publication in 1943. This magazine looked similar, but it was dated
1946. Was this magazine anything like MRG, with regional listings of radio
stations and programs? Or did it contain generic listings?
Also, where can I find information about Pabsette? This was discussed a few
years ago in the digest, but I can't seem to reference anything about the
product and I can't remember much about what was said here about it.
Thanks,
Bob
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:01:13 -0400
From: "Donald Ramlow" <pulpsotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: New York Suspense Run
Joe Webb asked about the reason for the switch to New York for the Suspense
run.
I interviewed Bill Robson many years ago for my book about "Suspense", which
finally will be going to McFarland this fall after more years then I care to
admit. Bill told me that the main reason they moved the show to NY was to
save $60 in overall expense for the production of the series.
Also, Many of the scripts used during the last years of Suspense were
recycled from earlier Escape, Suspense and other radio shows, again reducing
the cost for the production of the series. Bill indicated that he was
unhappy about the switch, but understood the need, given the alternative of
simply canceling the productions.
Best!
Donald Ramlow
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:01:38 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR in Massachusetts
Here's an article about a horror-specific old time radio host and his
recreation troupe from Massachusetts.
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Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:01:47 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: re: OTR stories in lighthouses
<[removed]@[removed]; asked:
Other than "Three Skeleton Key" and a Superman story, what other OTR stories
took place in a Lighthouse or featured a Lighthouse?
Ray Bradbury wrote a story called "The Foghorn," about a deep sea monster who
mistakes a lighthouse's foghorn for a mating call. The BBC dramatized it, in
a series called "Golden Apples of the Sun." I don't know if it was ever done
on American OTR, but it would have been a good candidate. It was published in
1951. It was used (very loosely) as the basis for th 1953 film "The Beast
from 20,000 Fathoms," which was not adapted for Lux.
Kermyt
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:17:04 -0400
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
CASCADE TUNNEL DEDICATION PROGRAM
1-29-29
Announcers: Graham McNamee and Phillips Carlin ...
Thanks very much for including this on SAME TIME, SAME STATION.
I'm afraid the date above is incorrect. The broadcast took place on Saturday
January 12. At the end of the program is a plug for the first episode of
Empire Builders on Monday January 14.
Variety's radio columnist reviewed the "Cascade Tunnel hoop-de-doo" on the
16th: "One was more awed by the technical achievement of the hook-up and the
niceties of electrical engineering that thus span the country, than the
program matter. After all, a speech is a speech on the radio. That's why,
national presidents-elect and railways presidents or not, it was [George
Olsen's] dance band that was the hit of the hour, viewed only from one light,
that of audience reaction. Posterity can get the dope on the tunnel out of
history books."
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