Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #184
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Date: 7/7/2006 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 184
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      7-6 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Syracuse Area Tribute to Jack Benny   [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Out of the Ivory palaces              [ "otrbuff" <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Eileen Barton                         [ Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      Jan Murray                            [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      New Book on OTR                       [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Tony Curtis                           [ "evantorch" <etorch@[removed]; ]
      Rocky King                            [ "whhsa" <whhsa@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:48:45 +0000
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-6 births/deaths

    July 6th births

    07-06-1882 - Ralph Morgan - NYC - d. 6-11-1956
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-06-1892 - Jack Yellen - Razcki, Poland - d. 4-17-1991
    lyricist: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-06-1894 - Myra Marsh - Maine - d. 10-29-1964
    actor: Dora Foster "A Date with Judy"; Mother "My Friend Irma"
    07-06-1896 - Grete Stueckgold - d. 9-xx-1977
    soloist: "The Chesterfield Show"; "Chesterfield Presents"
    07-06-1904 - Marie Baumer - d. 7-31-1977
    writer: "Mr. Chameleon"
    07-06-1905 - Pauline Drake - Denver, CO - d. 2-5-1981
    actor: Bessie "Great Gildersleeve"; "Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"
    07-06-1910 - Alexander Kendrick - d. 5-17-1991
    correspondent: "Years In Crisis"; "As Europe Sees the Marshall Plan"
    07-06-1910 - Dorothy Kirsten - Montclair, NJ - d. 11-18-1992
    singer: "Keepsakes"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Light Up Time"
    07-06-1915 - Laverne Andrews - Minneapolis, MN - d. 5-8-1967
    singer: (The Andrews Sisters) "Andrews Sisters Revue:
    07-06-1918 - Sebastian Cabot - London, England - d. 8-23-1977
    actor: Toussiant Charbonneau "Horizons West"; "Studio One"; "Lives of
    Harry Lime"
    07-06-1922 - William Schallert - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    07-06-1923 - Marie McDonald - Westchester, NY - d. 10-21-1965
    actor: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "Proudly We Hail"
    07-06-1924 - Billy Mauch - Peoria, IL
    actor: "Coast-to-Coast on a Bus"; "Let's Pretend"; "Robinson Crusoe,
    Jr."
    07-06-1924 - Bobby Mauch - Peoria, IL
    actor: "Coast-to-Coast on a Bus"; "Let's Pretend"; "Robinson Crusoe,
    Jr."
    07-06-1925 - Bill Haley, Jr. - Highland Park, MI - d. 2-9-1981
    rocker: "Camel Rock and Roll Party"; "Stars for Defense"
    07-06-1925 - Merv Griffin - San Mateo, CA
    singer: "San Francisco Sketchbook/Merv Griffin Show"
    07-06-1927 - Alan "Fluff" Freeman - Melbourne, Australia
    announcer, singer: "Records Around Five"; "Pick of the Pops"
    07-06-1927 - Janet Leigh - Merced, CA - d. 10-3-2004
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players" - Radio Debut
    07-06-1931 - Della Reese - Detroit, MI
    singer-actor: "Manhattan Melodies"; "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
    07-06-1946 - George Walker Bush - New Haven, CT
    [removed] president: Saturday morning presidential broadcast

    July 6th deaths

    04-02-1908 - Buddy Ebsen - Belleville, IL - d. 7-6-2003
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
    04-22-1887 - James Norman Hall - Colfax, IA - d. 7-6-1951
    writer: "Words at War"
    05-04-1916 - Jean Carroll - Toledo, OH - d. 7-6-1990
    comedienne: "The Sealtest Village Store"
    05-14-1885 - Otto Klemperer - Breslau, Germany - d. 7-6-1973
    conductor: "George Gershwin Memorial Program"
    06-01-1870 - Frank Cooley - Natchez, MS - d. 7-6-1941
    actor: Reverend McArthur/Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    06-20-1911 - Gail Patrick - Birmingham, AL - d. 7-6-1980
    actor: "The Dreft Star Playhouse"
    07-15-1889 - Marjorie Rambeau - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-6-1970
    actor: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-28-1892 - Joe E. Brown - Holgate, OH - d. 7-6-1973
    comedian, quizmaster: "Ceiling Unlimited"; "Joe E. Brown Show"; "Stop
    or Go"
    08-02-1916 - Johnny Coons - d. 7-6-1975
    actor: Chuck Ramsey "Captain Midnight"; Clipper "Sky King"; "Vic and
    Sade"
    08-04-1901 - Louis Armstrong - New Orleans, LA - d. 7-6-1971
    trumpeter: "Pursuit of Happiness"; "Sealtest Village Store"; "Story
    of Swing"
    09-25-1897 - William Faulkner - New Albany, MS - d. 7-6-1962
    author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"; "Short Story"
    10-14-1906 - Russell Thorson - Wisconsin - d. 7-6-1982
    actor: Jack Packard "I Love A Mystery"; Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"
    11-04-1918 - Cameron Mitchell - Dallastown, PA - d. 7-6-1994
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-05-1911 - Roy Rogers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 7-6-1998
    singer, actor: (King of the Cowboys) "Roy Rogers Show"; "Saturday
    Nite Round-Up"
    12-16-1918 - Paul Talbot - d. 7-6-2005
    actor: "It Happened to Me"; "Let's Playwright"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Arthur Elmer - New York - d. 7-6-1945
    actor: "The Jackk Benny Show"; "The Fred Allen Show"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of Jim Ameche
    Kenosha, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:48:52 +0000
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Syracuse Area Tribute to Jack Benny

    According to the Syracuse Post Standard, the Summerstage New York season
    opens with "Laughter in Bloom," a tribute to Jack Benny. It plays Aug. 4 to
    6 at Wellwood.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:50:28 +0000
    From: "otrbuff" <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Out of the Ivory palaces

     > 3. Truth or Consequences (Lever Bros -- Ivory Soap)

    Not to pick an argument but Ivory was ... is ... perhaps always will be ...
    the flagship product of the Procter & Gamble Co. -- not of Lever Brothers
    Co.  Ivory made P&G what it is, certainly until Tide and Crest and Pampers
    came along in mid 20th century.  I believe the two imposing edifices at P&G
    headquarters in Cincinnati are still referred to as the Ivory towers by
    insiders.  Lever Brothers' comparable bar was called Lux.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:51:02 +0000
    From: Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Eileen Barton

    OTR pop singer Eileen Barton died June 27 at age 76. Best remembered for her
    1950 hit recording "If I Knew You Were Coming,
    I'd've Baked A Cake." From DeLong's "Radio Stars" book - - - At age 7 she
    was singing 18 songs a week over WMCA and making appearances with Vallee and
    Cantor. At age 17 she was singing duets with Frank Sinatra on his CBS show
    (Frank Sinatra Show-1944-45). By August 1945 she had her own NBC program for
    teens every Saturday morning where she sang, acted and emceed (Teentimers
    Show-1945). She had a long run on "Community Sing" with Berle and appeared
    as a guest on "Your Hit Parade" in the early 50s. She has at least 15 OTR
    radio credits to her name.

    Rich

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    Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:03:52 +0000
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jan Murray

    While searching the movie data base, I came up with this. It is the
    first that I heard.

    10-04-1917 - Jan Murray - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-2-2006
    emcee: "Songs for Sale"; "Meet Your Match"

    Jan Murray died on the second of July.

    Ron Sayles

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: New York Times obit is available at:

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    --cfs3]

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    Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:04:04 +0000
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  New Book on OTR

    An affiliate of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reviews a new book on OTR by
    local author Jack Coombe, "When Radio Was King."

    A link follows.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:04:11 +0000
    From: "evantorch" <etorch@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tony Curtis

    Does anyone know of radio performances by Tony Curtis?
    Evan Torch, MD
    etorch@[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:04:41 +0000
    From: "whhsa" <whhsa@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Rocky King

    Dear folks;

    Pray for peace in the world.

    With all this talk about Rocky King I just wanted to note that during the
    last year of Straight Arrow, 1951, Sheldon Stark, who wrote all the
    Straight Arrow scripts, began writing Rocky King March 3, 1951 and
    eventually wrote the first 17 shows. I can find no evidences that Stark was
    ever given credit for his work. When interviewing Stark I never ask much
    about Rocky King. the only reason that King was mention was that on the
    ledger sheet copies that Stark sent me regarding Straight Arrow Rocky King
    was scripts were listed. This ledger sheet was used by Stark to keep up
    with monies earned and a most reliable research item. It is noted on-line
    that there are a few shows in circulation, does anyone know where I could
    get a video copy?

    Manituwah

    Bill

    PS The forthcoming definitive book on Straight Arrow will soon be available.

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