Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #25
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Date: 1/22/2007 9:10 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 25
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Greatest OTR Loss                     [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      1-22 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      "Quiet Please," Walter Tetley         [ crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow) ]
      digitizing turntables                 [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
      The 70th anniversary                  [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      re: OTR on vinyl                      [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
      A bit more on Arthur Godfrey          [ Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed]; ]
      lost OTR                              [ John Ruklick <ruklick55@[removed]; ]
      Here's another on Phil and Alice.     [ Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed]; ]
      Greatest Loss                         [ "JLF" <jlf@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:16:48 -0500
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Greatest OTR Loss

    On Saturday, January 20, 2007, at 04:56 PM, Ryan wrote:

>     I'm wondering what readers of this Digest feel has
>     been the greatest loss to today's OTR fans in regards
>     to an entire series or large block of a series.

    I've been reading the many responses to Ryan's opening thread and most
    of them are along the lines of: "Gosh, there are only a hundred
    surviving audio copies of such-and-such a series: I sure wish we had
    all 20 years of this great series."

    I lament for a great series of which there are NO surviving
    [removed] audios, no scripts, nada, nothing. It was probably Arlene
    Francis' finest dramatic series, but we may never know, since nothing
    tangible has survived of her "Affairs of Ann Scotland." This half-hour
    female crime-solver show aired on ABC Wednesday nights in prime time
    from Oct 1946 to October 1947.

    As I pointed out in my book, "Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady
    Detectives" this series was unique in radio history since it was the
    only crime show whose driving force was three women: Arlene as the
    star, Helen Mack as the director, and Barbara Owens as the script
    writer.

    Last September, Jim Cox put me in touch with Peter Gabel, Arlene's son
    and executor of her estate. Mr. Gabel was very cordial to me, but like
    all the other sources I've checked with, Arlene's family has no audio
    copies, no scripts, no [removed] "Affairs of Ann Scotland."

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:17:04 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-22 births/deaths

    January 22nd births

    01-22-1872 - Beatrice Fairfax - Washington, [removed] - d. 11-28-1945
    writer: "Advice to the Lovelorn"
    01-22-1875 - D. W. Griffith - La Grange, KY - d. 7-23-1948
    movie producer-director: "Brooklyn Mark Strand Stage and Studio Program"
    01-22-1878 - Constance Collier - Windsor, Berkshire, England - d.
    4-25-1955
    actor: Jessie Atwood "Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy"
    01-22-1893 - Conrad Veidt - Potsdam, Germany - d. 4-3-1943
    actor: "Free World Theatre"
    01-22-1893 - Fulton Oursler - Baltimore, MD - d. 5-24-1952
    writer: "The Greatest Story Ever Told"; "Thatcher Colt Mysteries"
    01-22-1894 - Rosa Ponselle - Meriden, CT - d. 5-25-1981
    opera soprano: "Atwater Kent Hour"; "Metropolitan Opera"
    01-22-1895 - Ethel (Everett) Remey - d. 2-xx-1979
    actor: Kathleen Norris "By Kathleen Norris"
    01-22-1897- Linda Carlon - Stuttgart, Germany - d. 6-xx-1985
    actor: Mary Sothern "Life of Mary Sothern"
    01-22-1899 - Anne Elstner - Lake Charles, LA - d. 1-29-1981
    actor: Stella Dallas "Stella Dallas"; Mary Weston "Wilderness Road"
    01-22-1907 - Douglas 'Wrong-Way' Corrigan - Galveston, TX - d. 12-9-1995
    intrepid pilot: "Believe It or Not"
    01-22-1909 - Ann Sothern - Valley City, ND - d. 3-15-2001
    actor: Maisie Revere "Maisie"
    01-22-1911 - Arnold Robertson - Chicago, IL - d. 7-xx-1969
    comedian: Ed Potts "Scattergood Baines"; Dr. Jensen "This Is Nora Drake"
    01-22-1914 - Joy Hodges - Des Moines, IA - d. 1-19-2003
    vocalist; "The Joe Penner Show"
    01-22-1916 - Howard Teichmann - Chicago, IL - d. 7-7-1987
    writer: "Road of Life"; "Theatre USA"; "Valiant Lady"
    01-22-1920 - William Warfield - West Helena, AR - d. 8-25-2002
    bass-baritone singer: "Edgar Bergen Show"; "Beyond Victory"
    01-22-1924 - J. J. Johnson - d. 2-4-2001
    jazz trombonist: "Arthur Godfrey Show"; "One Night Stand"
    01-22-1932 - Piper Laurie - Detroit, MI
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "NBC Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    01-22-1934 - Bill Bixby - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-21-1993
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    01-22-1935 - Dave Holland - Raleigh, NC - d. 11-14-2005
    author: "From Out of the Past: A Pictorial History of the Lone Ranger"

    January 22nd deaths

    01-21-1922 - Telly Savalas - Garden City, NY - d. 1-22-1994
    actor: "[removed] Story"
    01-29-1913 - Daniel Taradash - Louisville, KY - d. 1-22-2003
    film writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
    02-10-1892 - Alan Hale, Sr. - Washington, [removed] - d. 1-22-1950
    actor:"Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-02-1905 - Marc Blitzstein - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-22-1964
    author: "Mercury Theatre On the Air"
    03-03-1911 - Henry Gladstone - Boston, MA - d. 1-22-1995
    announcer: "White Owl Reporter"
    04-10-1911 - Victor Lombardo - London, Canada - d. 1-22-1994
    musician: (Guy Lombardo's Orchestra) "Lady Esther Serenade"
    04-12-1919 - Ann Miller - Chireno, TX - d. 1-22-2004
    dancer, actor: "Forecast"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    05-23-1890 - Herbert Marshall - London, England - d. 1-22-1966
    actor: Ken Thurston "Man Called X"
    06-23-1895 - Pick Malone - nr. Dallas, TX - d. 1-22-1962
    comedian:"Show Boat"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"
    07-21-1901 - Allyn Joslyn - Milford, PA - d. 1-22-1981
    actor: "Island Boat Club"; "Page of Romance"; "Show Boat"
    08-21-1916 - Consuelo Velazquez - Ciudad Guzman, Mexico - d. 1-22-2005
    songwriter: (Besame Mucho) Oversaw classical music programs for
    station XEQ
    08-27-1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson - nr. Stonewall, TX - d. 1-22-1973
    [removed] president: "Meet the Press"; "World's Fair Holiday"
    09-10-1879 - Jess Pugh - Andersonville, IN - d. 1-22-1962
    actor: Scattergood Baines, "Scattergood Baines"
    10-22-1891 - Parker Fennelly - Northeast Harbor, ME - d. 1-22-1988
    actor: Titus Moody, "Fred Allen Show"; Dan Tucker, "Lawyer Dan Tucker"
    10-28-1908 - David LeWinter - NYC - d. 1-22-1976
    orchestra leader: Late night dance band remotes
    11-05-1933 - Donald Madden - NYC - d. 1-22-1983
    actor: "Let's Pretend"
    11-10-1916 - Billy May - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1-22-2004
    orchestra leader: "Music Depreciation"; "Stan Freberg Show"
    12-07-1920 - Frances Gifford - Long Beach, CA - d. 1-22-1994
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:33:40 -0500
    From: crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow)
    To: [removed]@[removed] (Old Time Radio Digest)
    Subject:  "Quiet Please," Walter Tetley

    I'd like to address two subjects if I may.

    First, I would like to thank the several people who wrote so eloquently about
    "The Thing on the Fourble Board," a QUIET PLEASE episode I had never fully
    appreciated.  I listened anew to  the show, finding more premonitory shudders
    than I discovered originally, including a truly terrifying narrative.  I have
    concluded that what distracted me  was the early, detailed discussion of oil
    drilling and its related paraphernalia. I then absorbed only scattered images
    of what followed, not ever completely seeing the story in a comprehensible,
    linear manner.  In short, I had stopped listening after about the first ten
    minutes of "The Thing on the Fourble Board."   I am glad the intelligent
    responses caused me to reconsider the episode.

    Secondly, Wikipedia continues to suggest Walter Tetley as the voice actor who
    created the character of "Jimmy Barton" in THE CINNAMON BEAR.   I have never
    taken that information  seriously because there is no evidence to support it.
    However, I am wondering if Digest posters would like to weigh in on this
    matter.  Tetley didn't come to Hollywood, according to Wikipedia, until 1938
    and CB was recorded in 1937.  Tetley was very busy at the time, and would
    have been skilled enough at portraying Jimmy.  I haven't read Ben Ohmart's
    book on Walter Tetley, but it evidently includes a list of the  actor's
    known radio work.

    If you Tetley fans have  any thoughts on the subject,  I'd love to have you
    share them.

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:34:24 -0500
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  digitizing turntables

>     [removed];en=bd2752241b74b5f3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

    Thank you for this.

    I found it interesting that the audiophile remains undaunted still:

    "We couldn't tell for sure which was the LP and which was the CD, although
    many experts probably could. "Any digitization process imposes limits on
    quality," said Mark Schubin, a media technology consultant in Manhattan. "Be
    prepared: it won't sound the same as you heard it through your analog system
    when you were playing back the record.""

    Limits on quality, indeed, like you're going to hear 128-bit resolution.
    The technology is just amazing.

    M Kinsler

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:38:30 -0500
    From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

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    Many new titles added to our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    Episode 498   10-11-47   "The Devil And The Syndicate" Part 1

    BIG CITY SERENADE
    Episode 25    5-19-51    "Salute To Boston"
    Honoring Tom Heathwood's home town
    NBC/WMAQ SUSTAINING
    MUSIC: Joseph Gallicchio and the NBC ORCHESTRA Announcer: Henry Cook

    THE JOHNSON'S WAX PROGRAM
    Episode 1    6-30-42    "Introductions"
    NBC JOHNSON'S WAX
    Featuring: Meredith Wilson, John Nesbit, Connie Haines, Bob Carroll

    THAT'S MY POP
    Episode 7    7-29-45    "Renting The Hotel"
    CBS SUSTAINED STARS: Raymond Walburn, Verna Felton, Tom Hanlen

    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF THE AIR
    CBS    2/29/36
    One of a few of the Second series of the show Starring: James Melton and
    Fanny Brice.

    THE CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON
    Michigan Radio Network Pre-ABC/MBS runs. Mid-40's Probably 7/10/45 - Jay
    Michael in "Caught By a Button"

    ====================================

    THE GLOWING DIAL

     Fibber McGee and Molly - "Gildersleeve's Diary"
    originally aired October 22, 1940 on NBC
    Starring: Jim and Marian Jordan, Harold Peary, Isabel Randolph, Bill
    Thompson, Harlow Wilcox announcing.
    Sponsor: Johnson's Wax

    Fibber McGee and Molly - "Enter Beulah"
    originally aired January 25, 1944 on NBC
    Starring: Jim and Marian Jordan, Marlin Hurt, Arthur Q. Bryan, Shirley
    Mitchell, Ransom Sherman, Harlow Wilcox announcing.
    Sponsor: Johnson's Wax

    Fibber McGee and Molly - "Off To Hollywood"
    originally aired June 24, 1941 on NBC
    Starring: Jim and Marian Jordan, Harold Peary, Isabel Randolph, Bill
    Thompson, Gale Gordon, Harlow Wilcox announcing.
    Sponsor: Johnson's Wax

    Screen Guild Theater - "Heavenly Days"
    originally aired February 10, 1947 on NBC
    Starring: Jim and Marian Jordan, Bill Johnstone, John Brown, Truman Bradley
    announcing.
    Sponsor: Lady Esther Cosmetics

    ==================================

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         Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
         The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
         Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:38:57 -0500
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The 70th anniversary

    It turns out there is an observance of The Guiding Light's 70th anniversary
    planned.  Beginning Jan. 22 and supposedly continuing for a year, the show
    will commemorate the milestone in various ways, including a week-long assist
    by cast members this week in Biloxi, Miss. helping Katrina victims.  I'm
    indebted to John Leasure for passing along the information.  See
    [removed] for more.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:39:35 -0500
    From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: OTR on vinyl

    I have the Ion turntable as mentioned in the NY Times article and was quite
    surprised with how easy it was to use and how well it works.

    If recording multi-song LP sides, you can record @ 45rpm and have Audacity
    convert it to 33-1/3, which saves some time. You then have to select each
    song and and make separate MP3 or whatever format files you want. So it helps
    to be familiar with sound processing software before you get one. Audacity
    comes with it, along with one of those stripped-down CD-making software
    packages.

    I got mine through [removed] The unit is pretty popular, and prices can be
    as much as $30 more here or there, so you might want to use [removed]
    to find the best deal for the day.

    Regards to all
    Joe Webb

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:40:11 -0500
    From: Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A bit more on Arthur Godfrey

    Andrew Godfrey writes in the OTR Digest for January 20th, 2007:

>       Another loss is the very few Arthur Godfrey shows that still are
>     available
>     for listening. After being on the air for 27 years only a little
>     over 50
>     exist and think some of those are the Talent Scout shows.
>       Andrew Godfrey

    Well, Andrew, all is not lost. There are over 100 Arthur Godfrey
    shows stored at the UCLA radio archives.
    Back in the 1980s, I helped the UCLA Archives to catalog the shows.
    All of them were CBS original network
    discs. OK, now comes the sad part. The UCLA Radio Archives has been
    shut down now for about 7 years.
    Part of the reason has to do with some "intrigue" and thievery with
    the archivist at the time. In order to get
    rid of the archivist, UCLA had to find some way to "displace" him
    (read get-rid-of) and that meant
    shutting down the archives to do it. It is possible, if you get to
    Los Angeles, to visit the radio archives and see
    if they will at least allow you to make a list of show dates and even
    listen to a few of the Godfrey shows.

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:40:36 -0500
    From: John Ruklick <ruklick55@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  lost OTR
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
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    Wow. EVERYBODY had GREAT answers. There were shows mentioned I had forgot
    about (the early Shadow where he was a narrator) or did not even know about
    (Old Gold on Broadway, Dodge victory Hour, [removed])
         This is just so sad.
          The ones that we all would truely love to hear were all mentioned: Oh
    man, how I would LOVE to hear the early run of Lights Out by Willis Reed. I
    would literally cut off my left arm. NO JOKE.
      Mr, Chamelian! ABSOLUTELY!
      The Sea Hound (EXCELLENT writing)
      Doc Savage! (TRUE Entertainment)
      The Thin Man (One of my ALL TIME FAVORITES!!!!!!)
      early (or any lost) Lights Out.
      Fred Allen (what a GENIUSS)
          I think those of us in this group who have and appreciate what is left
    of old time radio can see what GARBAGE is produced for television today.
    There are a few good shows on HBO and Showtime, but wasn't "cable [removed]"
    supposed to be commercial free? I know, topic for another [removed]
          Let me end this email by listing a few shows that we are BLESSED to
    have and that did [removed] on 100 years:
      Jack benny (my first episode is from 1932. We are BLESSED!)
      Boston Blacky (ok, so it wasn't the best written show, but we have a ton
    and they succeed in entertaining)
      Suspence (had this one not survived, it would be on the top of EVERYONE's
    list of 'wish it would have survived. We're BLESSED)
      Inner sanctum (were missing maybe 80%, but to have 150 shows is a BLESSING)
      Phillip Marlow (even tho NOT actually written by R. Chandler, I'd bet we
    would miss them if wer didn't have them)
      Escape
          and finally, a few more shows I would cut my other arm off to have:
      Mysterious Traveler
      Death Valley Days
      EARLY Falcone
      EARLY Nero Wolf
      Mr. District
    Attorney******************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
       Do we have ALL the Haunting Hour's? A VERY underrated show
      The Clock
      Finally, WAY TOO bad that James Stewart chose not to do another season of
    the 6 Shooter, though I completely understand his reasoning. What a STAND UP
    GUY! One of the top 5 greatest actors, EVER!

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:41:40 -0500
    From: Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Here's another on Phil and Alice.

    Wow! I'm running a little behind reading the OTR Digest. Here's a bit
    more info on Phil Harris and
    Alice Faye. I mention this because John Ruklick wrote:

>      the Phil &
>     Alice show. Hundreds of those are long lost and (especially the
>     early ones)
>     it also had some of the great writing and timing that the Benny
>     show had.

    I have to correct this--- When Phil Harris and Alice Faye were doing
    their radio show (The Fitch
    Bandwagon and The Phil Harris/Alice Faye show) Alice had copies of
    every show recorded and
    she had them stored weekly at their agents office. So, even though
    there are not that many
    Harris/Faye shows available, there are 100s stored away someplace. I
    wish I knew who their
    show business agent is. Since the show was dropped back in the 50s,
    it would be hard to track down the agent,
    if he's still alive. I should take the time to research this out, but
    I'm very busy working on
    some projects at present. Perhaps others could track this down and
    see if (through begging,
    borrowing or you know what) the shows could be released. If they are
    obtainable, I would be more
    that happy to record the discs to CDs. Been doing dubbing since 1970
    and have a rep for getting
    full fidelity/little to no noise out of discs.
    One other point: One time, on Nostalgia Night at PPB, we had as
    guests Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat,
    the writers of the show. Singer commented that the character Phil
    played on Jack Benny's show was a
    boozer/jokester type. However, when the Phil Harris/Alice Faye show
    was spun off of Jack Benny's show,
    the sponsor and the network felt that Phil should drop the boozer
    character -- especially since Phil and
    Alice had their children on the show. Well, not wishing to loose the
    fun that could be obtained by milking
    the boozey jokes, it was decided to switch all that from Phil to
    Frankie Remley. The sponsor and the
    network approved of the switch. And that's how Phil became more
    "respectable" but still funny on his own
    show.

    Ken Greenwald

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    Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:32:01 -0500
    From: "JLF" <jlf@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Greatest Loss

    I concur with "The Fat Man" and would add the Ovaltine run of
    "capptaaaainnnn Middddniiiiigghhhtttt" - late 40's. I've heard that someone
    in the Puget Sound area has the transcriptions (Seattle was kind of the end
    of the line for the mailing of transcriptions). Get out your 1948 [removed]
    6 - 18 - 10 etc!!!!!!!!

    JLF

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