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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2011 : Issue 74
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      5-12 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: Harry Shearer on Radio            [ Martin Fass <watchstop@frontiernet. ]
      FUMSI Article: Sound Advice: Online   [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      Frank Luther                          [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
      Lum & Abner are back!                 [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      5-13 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:53:28 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-12 births/deaths

    May 12th births

    05-12-1881 - Achmed Abdullah - Russia - d. 5-12-1945
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-12-1891 - Charles A. Bayha - NYC - d. 2-28-1957
    composer: "The Radio Aces"
    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"
    05-12-1900 - Mildred McAfee - Parkville, MO - d. 9-2-1994
    navy's first female line officer: "Information Please"
    05-12-1901 - Harold "Scrappy" Lambert - New Brunswick, NJ - 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"
    05-12-1903 - Wilfrid Hyde-White - Bourton-on-the-Water, England - d.
    5-6-1991
    actor: Roland Hamilton-Jones "Men of the Ministry"
    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"
    05-12-1909 - Margaret Harshaw - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-7-1997
    opera singer: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Sylvan Opera Condert"
    05-12-1910 - Giuletta Simionato - Forli, Italy - d. 5-5-2010
    mezzo-soprano:"Metropolitan Opera"
    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"
    05-12-1912 - Everett Clarke - d. 9-10-1980
    actor: Flamond "Crime Files of Flamond"
    05-12-1913 - Ken Peters - d. 1-12-1998
    actor: Dan Murray "One Man's Family"; Olsen "Life with Luigi"
    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"
    05-12-1925 - Yogi Berra - St. Louis, MO
    baseball hall of famer: "Feature Project, This Game of Baseball"
    05-12-1927 - Suzanne Dalbert - Paris, France - d. 12-31-1970
    actor: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"; "Command Performance"
    05-12-1932 - Tom Aaker - d. 9-17-1999
    newscaster: Rochester, Minnesota
    05-12-1936 - Tom Snyder - Milwaukee, WI - d. 7-29-2007
    talk show host: ABC Network
    05-12-1937 - George Carlin - NYC - d. 6-22-2008
    comedian : Teamed up with Jack Burns on KDAY Los Angeles
    05-12-1946 - Michael (Charles) Carson - Wallasey, England
    author: BBC Radio

    May 12th deaths

    01-09-1914 - Ted Berkman - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-12-2006
    reporter for ABC News
    02-19-1895 - Louie Calhern - NYC - d. 5-12-1956
    actor: "Radio Reader's Digest"
    02-22-1872 - John Shaw Neilson - Penola, South Australia - d. 5-12-1942
    poet: "The Pathfinder" based on Nelison's life story
    02-26-1918 - Theodore Sturgeon - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-12-1985
    science fiction writer: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "X Minus One"; "Future Tense"
    04-01-1911 - Maurice Tarplin - Boston, MA - d. 5-12-1975
    actor: Mysterious Traveler "Mysterious Traveler"; Inspector Faraday
    "Boston Blackie"
    05-12-1881 - Achmed Abdullah - Russia - d. 5-12-1945
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-14-1874 - Marie Nelson - Detroit, MI - d. 5-12-1943
    actor: Ellen Collins "Bachelor's Children"
    05-18-1912 - Perry Como - Canonsburg, PA - d. 5-12-2001
    singer: "Perry Como Program"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"
    05-24-1923 - Frank E. Amole - d. 5-12-2002
    newscaster: KDEN Denver, Colorado
    06-01-1878 - John Masefield - Ledbury, England - d. 5-12-1967
    writer: "Against the Storm"
    06-05-1890 - George Briegel - Scranton, PA - d. 5-12-1968
    wrote theme music for radio
    06-20-1876 - Raymond Ditmars - New Jersey - d. 5-12-1942
    curator bronx zoo: "Adventures in Reading"
    08-22-1897 - Elisabeth Bergner - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-12-1986
    actor: "Radio Hall of Fame"
    09-06-1900 - Charles Kemper - Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-12-1950
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    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"
    11-27-1907 - Joe Bishop - Monticello, AR - d. 5-12-1976
    composer, arranger, tuba and flugehorn: "Comedy Capers"
    12-01-1932 - Heather Begg - Nelson, New Zealand - d. 5-12-2009
    opera singer: "Die Walkure"
    12-05-1930 - Jeremy Sandford - Hertfordshire, England - d. 5-12-2003
    writer: "Dreaming Badsmen"
    12-13-1910 - Lillian Roth - Boston, MA - d. 5-12-1980
    singer, speaker: "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon"
    12-15-1904 - George Lessner - d. 5-12-1997
    composer: "The Nightingale and the  Rose"
    12-28-1927 - Simon Raven - London, England - d. 5-12-2001
    writer: "Loser Pays All"

    Ron
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    Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:53:41 -0400
    From: Martin Fass <watchstop@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Harry Shearer on Radio

    It should be noted that Harry was a CHILD actor in the early fifties.
    He was one of the cute little voices of the boys in the Beverly Hills
    Beavers.

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    Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:53:50 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  FUMSI Article: Sound Advice: Online audio
     archives &   repositories for research
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    Hi Folks
    Thought the link below might be of interest.
    Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )

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    Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:54:00 -0400
    From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Frank Luther
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    Paula Keiser asked about Frank Luther's radio program.  I checked my latest
    Hickerson (4th Revised Ultimate [removed]) and found nothing under Luther's
    name.  However, I did find "Luther-Layman Singers" with Frank Luther and
    Zora Layman, on NBC from 1939-1941.  It was a 15-minute program, but the
    entry does not say which episodes are in circulation.

    Ted Kneebone
    1528 S. Grant Street
    Aberdeen, SD 57401
    Old Time Radio [removed]
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    Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:54:08 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lum & Abner are back!

    Today fans of the Lum & Abner Society got a notice in the mail that
    the group is coming out of hibernation. As most OTR fans know, the
    last Lum & Abner Society convention was held in 2005 and their
    newspaper stopped publication in 2007. Even their web site
    disappeared when their beloved web master, Jim Temple, died.

    But there's good news, my friends. A new web site is up:
    [removed] and it contains back issue of "Jot "Em
    Down Journal."  Also a convention is planned for June 4, 2011 in
    Mena, AR, which will include a visit to the real Pine Ridge.

    Membership in the organization is now free, since no newsletter is
    being published. To get on their mailing list, email Donald Pitchford
    at <donald@[removed];, or call Sam Brown at
    618-827-3664, or write the society at [removed] Box 869, Carthage, TN 75633.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:54:17 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-13 births/deaths

    May 13th births

    05-13-1842 - Arthur Sullivan - London, England - d. 11-22-1900
    composer: (Gilbert and Sullivan) Several of his works were adapted for
    radio
    05-13-1899 - David Broekman - Leiden, The Netherlands- d. 4-1-1958
    conductor: "Mobil Magazine"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    05-13-1907 - Daphne du Maurier - London, England - d. 4-19-1989
    author: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Several of her works were adapted for
    radio
    05-13-1907 - Warren Angell - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-6-2006
    singer: "Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians"
    05-13-1909 - Ken Darby - Hebron, NE - d. 1-24-1992
    singer, choral conductor: (The King's Men) "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    05-13-1911 - Maxine Sullivan - Homestead, PA - d. 4-7-1987
    vocalist: "Night Life"
    05-13-1912 - Helen Craig - San Antonio, TX - d. 7-20-1986
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"
    05-13-1912 - Phil Alampi - d. 11-4-1992
    farm newscaster: ABC, WJZ New York, New York
    05-13-1913 - Ruth Doering Reynolds - Chicago, IL - d. 3-18-1999
    singer: (Doering Sisters) "Contented Hour"
    05-13-1914 - Bill Rose - Fort Dodge, IA
    actor: Chuck Ramsey "Captain Midnight"; Shamus "Houseboat Hannah"
    05-13-1914 - Joe Louis (The Brown Bomber) - Lafayette, AL - d. 4-12-1981
    heavyweight boxing champ: "Fred Allen Show"; "Freedom's People"
    05-13-1928 - Nils-Bertil Dahlander - Gothenburg, Sweden
    composer, drummer: "Thore Ehrling Radio Band"
    05-13-1938 - Anna Cropper - Brierfield, England - d. 1-22-2007
    actor: "Sherlock Holmes"

    May 13th deaths

    01-24-1913 - Gwen Bagni - d. 5-13-2001
    writer: "Suspense"; "Family Theatre"; "Escape"
    02-27-1902 - Gene Sarazen - Harrison, NY - d. 5-13-1999
    golf legend: "Tops in Sports"
    03-05-1922 - Robert Burr - Jersey City, NJ - d. 5-13-2000
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    03-06-1905 - Bob Wills - Limestone County, TX - d. 5-13-1975
    western singer: (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) "Rexall Rhythm
    Round-Up"
    04-05-1913 - Anne Scott-James - London, England - d. 5-13-2009
    journalist: "My Word"
    04-22-1939 - Jason Miller - NYC - d. 5-13-2001
    playwright: "Earplay"
    05-30-1896 - Whispering Jack Smith - The Bronx, NY - d. 5-13-1950
    singer: "Whispering Jack Smith"
    06-02-1902 - Rosa Rio - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-13-2010
    organist: "Rosa Rio Rhythms"; "The Shadow"
    07-24-1875 - Frank Moulan - NYC - d. 5-13-1939
    comedian: "Roxy and His Gang"
    08-16-1904 - Ruth Gillette - Chicago, IL - d. 5-13-1994
    actor: "Theatre Five"
    11-04-1902 - Frank Jenks - Des Moines, IA - d. 5-13-1962
    actor: "The Navy Comes Through"
    12-14-1899 - James Kelly - NYC - d. 5-13-1961
    actor: Mike Clancy "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"
    12-23-1924 - Floyd Kalber - Omaha, NE - d. 5-13-2004
    news correspondent: NBC; News Anchor for WMAQ and WLS in Chicago

    Ron
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