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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 139
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 1-7 June   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Don Ameche                            [ mchone@[removed] ]
      Let's flip all the cards over         [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Chester Proudfoot, Deputy?            [ David Coursey <david@[removed]; ]
      Adventures of Tom Sawyer              [ "randy story" <hopharrigan@centuryt ]
      OTR in the News                       [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      6-1 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Network Timing                        [ "W. Harris" <nbcblue@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
      100 Years Ago in June                 [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:03:26 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 1-7 June

     From These Were The Days --

    6/1

    1936 - The Lux Radio Theater moved from New York City to Hollywood.
    Cecil B. DeMille, the program's host on the NBC Blue network, introduced
    Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich in The Legionnaire and the Lady.

    6/2

    1937 - The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy was broadcast on NBC for the first time.
    Frank Morgan starred as the absent-minded Dr. Tweedy.

    1937 - CBS presented the first broadcast of Second Husband. The show
    continued on the air until 1946.

    6/3

    1946 - Mutual debuted The Casebook of Gregory Hood, the summer
    replacement for Sherlock Holmes. The mystery series became a regular
    weekly program in the fall of 1946.

    1949 - Dragnet was heard for the first time on NBC.

    6/4

    1944 - Leonidas Witherall was first broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting
    System. Witherall was a detective who looked just like William Shakespeare.

    6/6

    1938 - Stella Dallas was presented for the first time on the NBC Red
    network. The serial was "the true to life story of mother love and
    sacrifice." Stella Dallas continued to do this and so much more until 1955.

    1944 - CBS radio saluted America's war doctors with The Doctor Fights,
    presented for the first time this day.

    6/7

    1945 - The NBC program The Adventures of Topper was heard for the first
    time.

    1955 - NBC presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. The
    program had aired for 21 years.

    Joe

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:04:07 -0400
    From: mchone@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Don Ameche

    In the 5-31 Births/Deaths list, Ron Sayles lists:

>     05-31-1908 - Don Ameche - Kenosha, WI - d. 12-6-1993 actor, singer: John
>     Bickerson "Bickersons"; Captain Hughes "Jack Armstrong"

    Didn't Don Ameche also invent the telephone?

    Roby McHone

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:04:30 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Let's flip all the cards over

>     "Sorry, Miss Arlene"

    writes our beloved colleague in all things ethereal, Derek Tague.

    With no disrespect to Arlene McQuade or "our own" Osborne, I simply can't
    hear the epithet "Miss Arlene" without thinking of John Daly.  Does anybody
    share that instant (and incredibly wonderful) memory?

    Anyone who loved the show, by the way, will savor producer Gil Fates' volume
    of the same name, published in 1978 by Prentice-Hall.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:05:03 -0400
    From: David Coursey <david@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Chester Proudfoot, Deputy?

    It is widely believed that Chester Wesley Proudfoot (played by Parley
    Baer) was merely Marshal Matt Dillion's "reliable non-thinker" (as
    Baer described him) on Gunsmoke. In is also widely believed Chester
    was not Dillion's deputy, because in at least one case Dillion
    specifically said he wasn't.

    Yet, I was surprised to hear a Gunsmoke in which Dillon introduced
    Chester AS his deputy. I have a bet with Greg Bell (RadioClassics,
    etc.) about this, but can't refind the show in question in my
    collection. Does anyone know which episode this might have been or
    could at least confirm my recollection?

    Lastly, I hope that Bill, Parley, Georgia, Howard, and everyone
    involved in the program are somehow aware of the pleasure the program
    still brings so many listeners after so many years.

    Thanks!

    David Coursey
    Tracy, CA

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:05:19 -0400
    From: "randy story" <hopharrigan@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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    Hello, digesters.
    I am looking for ANY radio versions of Mark Twain's, "The Adventures of Tom
    Sawyer". Can anyone help me in my quest? I would also be curious to hear any
    radio biographies of Twain or stories in which he appears as a character. All
    assistance is appreciated, folks.
    Thanks,
    R. Story

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:10:13 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR in the News
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    Just a couple of short articles from around the web today:

    Jack Benny impersonator Eddie Carroll gets a profile in Lancaster, PA.

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    A salute here to Mel Blanc on his 100th birthday:

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:10:23 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-1 births/deaths

    June 1st births

    06-01-1870 - Frank Cooley - Natchez, MS - d. 7-6-1941
    actor: Reverend McArthur/Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    06-01-1878 - John Masefield - Ledbury, England - d. 5-12-1967
    writer: "Against the Storm"
    06-01-1887 - Clive Brook - London, England - d. 11-17-1974
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"
    06-01-1888 - Louis Mason - Danville, KY - d. 11-12-1959
    actor: Clem Betts "Moonshine and Honeysuckle"
    06-01-1890 - Frank Morgan - NYC - d. 9-18-1949
    actor: Thaddeus Q. Tweedy "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"
    06-01-1898 - Edward "Cookie" Fairchild - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
    conductor: "Johnny Presents Ginny Simms"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
    06-01-1898 - Molly Picon - NYC - d. 4-5-1992
    actor: "I Give You My Life"; "Molly Picon's Parade"
    06-01-1900 - Werner Janssen - NYC - d. 9-19-1990
    music: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    06-01-1901 - John Van Druten - London, England - d. 12-19-1957
    writer: "Radio Guild"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"; "Theatre Guild On
    the Air"
    06-01-1905 - Robert Newton - Shaftesbury, England - d. 3-25-1956
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-01-1908 - Percy Edwards - Suffolk, England - d. 6-7-1996
    animal impersonator: a chicken "Ray's a Laugh"; a dog "Life of Bliss"
    06-01-1909 - Ray Heatherton - Jersey City, NJ - d. 8-15-1997
    singer, host: "Old Gold Hour"; "Musical Cruise with Spearmint Crew"
    06-01-1911 - Erik Rolf - Chicago, IL - d. 5-28-1957
    actor: Hans Simon "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Thor Nielsen "Prairie Folks"
    06-01-1915 - John Randolph - NYC - d. 2-24-2004
    actor: "New World A' Coming"; "A Date with Judy"
    06-01-1915 - Johnny Bond - Enville, OK - d. 6-12-1978
    singer, comedian: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    06-01-1917 - Donald Dame - Titusville, PA - d. 1-21-1952
    singer: "Music for an Hour"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
    06-01-1917 - Maggi McNellis - Chicago, IL - d. 5-24-1989
    hostess: "Maggi's Private Wire"; "Leave It to the Girls"
    06-01-1917 - Norb Beckers - d. 4-17-1996
    disk jockey: WDSG Dyersburg, Tennessee
    06-01-1919 - Kathleen Norris - Newark, OH - d. 6-15-2005
    writer, announcer: "By Kathleen Norris"; "Bright Horizon"
    06-01-1920 - Elaine Kent - NYC
    actor: Jo March "Little Women"; Iris Houston "Lora Lawton"
    06-01-1920 - Robert Clarke - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-11-2005
    actor: "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"; "Cavalcade of America"
    06-01-1921 - Nelson Riddle - Oradell, NJ - d. 10-7-1985
    composer, conductor: "On a Sunday Afternoon"; "Sears Radio Theatre"
    06-01-1922 - Joan Caulfield - East Orange, NJ - d. 6-18-1991
    actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"
    06-01-1922 - Joan Copeland - NYC
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Faces Of Love"; "CBS Radio Mystery
    Theatre"
    06-01-1925 - Richard Erdman - Enid, OK
    actor: "Empire of the Air"; "We Hold These Truths"
    06-01-1926 - Andy Griffith - Mount Airy, NC
    host comedy night: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    06-01-1926 - Marilyn Monroe - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-5-1962
    actor: "Hollywood Star Playhouse"; "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    06-01-1930 - Edward Woodward - Croydon, Surrey, England
    actor: "Price of Fear"
    06-01-1934 - Pat Boone - Jacksonville, FL
    singer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"; "Special Delivery: Vietnam"
    06-01-1940 - Rene Auberjonois - New York, NY
    actor: "Empire of the Air"

    June 1st deaths

    01-01-1897 - Walter Greaza - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-1-1973
    actor: "Columbia Workshop"; "Suspense"
    01-10-1911 - Don Lowe - Hartford, CT - d. 6-1-1991
    announcer, emcee: "David Harding, Counterspy"; "The Fat Man"
    01-17-1919 - Dallas Townsend - NYC - d. 6-1-1995
    newscaster: "CBS World News Roundup"; "World Tonight"
    02-15-1883 - Sax Rohmer - London, England - d. 6-1-1959
    writer: "Fu Manchu detective novels
    04-01-1922 - William Manchester - Attleboro, MA - d. 6-1-2004
    author, historian: "Meet the Press"; "Biography in Sound"
    04-03-1893 - Leslie Howard - London, England - d. 6-1-1943
    actor: "Leslie Howard Theatre"; "Streamlined Shakespeare"
    04-10-1910 - Peg La Centra - Boston, MA - d. 6-1-1996
    singer, actor: "Court of Human Relations"; "For Men Only"; "Gulden
    Melodies"
    04-18-1918 - Page Gilman - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-1-2006
    actor: Jack Barbour "One Man's Family"; "Memory Lane"
    06-27-1880 - Helen Keller - Tuscumbia, AL - d. 6-1-1968
    deaf and blind lecturer: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"; "Meet the Press"
    07-06-1894 - Shelly Lee Alley - Alleyton, Texas - d. 6-1-1964
    songwriter, musician, vocalist: WFAA Dallas, Texas
    08-25-1918 - Richard Greene - Plymouth, England - d. 6-1-1985
    actor: "Somerset Maugham Theatre"; "This Is Hollywood"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    09-05-1897 - Arthur Nielsen - Chicago, IL - d. 6-1-1980
    Founder of the Nielsen Ratings
    09-20-1919 - Francis Heflin - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-1-1994
    actor: (Sister of Van Heflin) "Aunt Jenny"; "Big Sister"
    10-11-1902 - Leon Belasco - Odessa, Ukraine, Russia - d. 6-1-1988
    actor: Pagan Zeldschmidt "A Man Called X)
    10-23-1896 - Nathan Abas - d. 6-1-1980
    orchestra director, violinist: "Northern California Symphony Orchestra"
    12-09-1915 - Bob Emerick - Tacoma, WA - d. 6-1-1973
    announcer: "Two Thousand Plus"; "Mr. Feathers"; "Special Agent"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:10:40 -0400
    From: "W. Harris" <nbcblue@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Network Timing
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>     From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject:  Routing and timing of network shows

>     Is there a precise date
>     known when the Rangertone chimes went into service?

    The Rangertone chimes were put on the air in New York on September 17, 1932.

    See: [removed]

    Bill H.

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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:10:47 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

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    Episode 2    7-17-53    "The Ben Hogan Story"
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    Episode 20    3-4-51    Guests: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Claudette Colbert
    NBC SUSTAINING Sundays 8:00 - 8:30 pm
    Host: Hedda Hopper

    THE MARCH OF TIME
    3-14-42    "The Fifth Column"
    A Review Of The Years Top News Events
    Produced By Time Magazine
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    SPECIAL - "The Life and Legacy of Edward R. Murrow"
    (Courtesy: George Washington Univ.) April 24, 2008 Celebrates the 100th
    birthday anniversary of the famed pioneer in news broadcasting. A full
    hour forum with noted broadcasters: Marvin Kalb and Richard C. Hottelet,
    as well as Casey Murrow, son of the foremost radio newsman of the 20th
    Century. Host: Michael Freidman.

    THE WORLD ADVENTURER'S CLUB
    (Synd - 1932) "Grain of Death"
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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Dragnet - "The Big Jolt"
    originally aired October 5, 1952 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Sam Edwards, Harry Bartell, Vic
    Rodman, Herb Vigran, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal
    Gibney announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield

    Dragnet - "The Big Eavesdrop"
    originally aired December 14, 1952 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Lee
    Marvin, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal Gibney
    announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield

    Dragnet - "The Big Dream"
    originally aired March 29, 1953 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Ralph Moody, Eddie
    Firestone, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal Gibney
    announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield

    Dragnet - "The Big Joke"
    originally aired May 10, 1953 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen, Herb
    Vigran, Virginia Gregg, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal
    Gibney announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield

    Dragnet - "The Big Confession"
    originally aired March 30, 1954 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Herb Ellis, Georgia Ellis, Harry
    Bartell, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal Gibney
    announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield
    ==================================

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          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
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    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:26:07 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  100 Years Ago in June

    People born 100 years ago in June

    06-02-1908 - Ben Grauer - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-31-1977
    announcer, emcee: "Walter Winchell"; "Information, Please"; "Boston
    Symphony"
    06-03-1908 - Joey Nash - Brooklyn, NY
    singer: "The Capitol Family"; "Notes of Love"
    06-05-1908 - Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph) - Illinois - d.
    8-28-1957
    writer: "Murder and Mr. Malone"
    06-07-1908 - Boris Goldovsky - Moscow, Russia - d. 2-15-2001
    commentator: "Metropolitan Opera"
    06-07-1908 - Clarence Straight - d. 6-21-1988
    actor: Rags the Dog "Those We Love"
    06-08-1908 - June Meredith - Chicago, IL
    actor: Dorothy Wallace Webb "Attorney-at-Law"
    06-09-1908 - Robert Cummings - Joplin, MO - d. 12-1-1990
    actor: David Adair "Those We Love"; "Cavalcade of America"
    06-13-1908 - Carl Eastman - NYC - d. 1-16-1970
    actor: "Mrs. Miniver"; "Renfrew of the Mounted"
    06-14-1908 - John Scott Trotter - Charlotte, NC - d. 10-29-1975
    conductor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Philco Radio Time"
    06-18-1908 - Clayton "Bud" Collyer - NYC - d. 9-8-1969
    actor, announcer: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; "Cavalcade
    of America"
    06-18-1908 - Elmore Vincent - Amarillo, X - d. 3-27-2000
    actor: Phineas Peabody "Lum and Abner"
    06-19-1908 - Mildred Natwick - Baltimore, MD - d. 10-25-1994
    actor: "Starring Boris Karloff"; "Best Plays"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    06-23-1908 - Erik Barnouw - The Netherlands - d. 7-19-2001
    radio historian/author: "A Tower of Babel"; "The Golden Web"; "The
    Image Empire"
    06-23-1908 - Mary Livingston - Vancouver, Canada - d. 6-30-1983
    comedienne: (wife of Jack Benny) "Jack Benny Program"
    06-25-1908 - Hawley Ward Ades - Bloomington, IL
    arranger: "The Fred Waring Show"
    06-25-1908 - Larry Berns - Philadelphia, PA
    producer: "Jack Carson Show"; "Our Miss Brooks"; "Lum and Abner"
    06-28-1908 - Alan Bunce - Westfield, NJ - d. 4-27-1965
    actor: Albert Arbuckle "Ethel and Albert"; Jerry Malone "Young Dr.
    Malone"
    06-28-1908 - John W. Harrington - NYC - d. 9-xx-1974
    announcer: "Just Plain Bill"
    06-29-1908 - John Hench - Cedar Rapids, IA - d. 2-5-2004
    actor: Stanley Gilman "Those Happy Gilmans"
    06-29-1908 - Leroy Anderson - Cambridge, MA - d. 5-18-1975
    compser, arranger: " Contemporary Composers Concerts"; "Must for
    America"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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