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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2013 : Issue 2
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Check and Double Check - A Little My  [ rand@[removed] ]
  Larry Stevens                         [ Chuck Schaden <otrguru@[removed]; ]
  Re: thanks to Ron Sayles              [ klmartelle@[removed] ]

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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:05:18 -0500
From: rand@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Check and Double Check - A Little Mystery

I found the following post over at Nitrateville, a web forum on old
movies.  Quoting:

"Some time ago my friend Rich Correll decided to sponsor the restoration
of CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK, which starred his father, Charles Correll, he
of the team Amos and Andy. The LoC had the 35mm nitrate material, but when
UCLA called up the nitrate negative the LoC actually had two on hand and
sent both. As it turned out, the second print was a "second take": same
script, same lines, same sets ... but totally different "takes." The lines
are spoken differently, the music (Ellington's) is different in terms of
solo work, the shots sometime substitute closeup for long shot. It is
obvious that they shot a scene and then repeated it before moving on,
sometimes changing camera position, sometimes not. The question is, why?
Not a foreign language print since it is essentially an identical film.
Perhaps a protection negative since RKO anticipated such popularity that
they would be running lots of negatives and might need an additional
negative? This is indeed an anomaly and a delicious mystery Any thoughts
would be appreciated.

If at all possible, if you have some input, I would appreciate a response
to the email address below.

Mark Cantor
markcantor@[removed]"

I'm wondering if Elizabeth Macleod or another AnA expert might chime in on
this.

At the forum, some posters pointed out they had seen alternate versions of
movies like that from the same period where a foreign agreement required a
master negative.  I can't imagine that would be the case with this film.
Did RKO sell it to the UK or other countries where AnA weren't heard?

Another noted that it was produced during the same period as "Danger
Lights", a film that was shot in multiple versions at RKO for standard
35mm and an experimental 65mm widescreen format.  They wondered if "Check
and Double Check" might have been filmed (but perhaps not released) the
same way.

I'm wondering if the film was shot twice and two negatives produced so
that RKO could do a "saturation" release, sending copies out to many
theaters at once, similar to the way movies are distributed now, rather
than the usual pattern where movies hit the big cities first and then went
to smaller towns on down the line.

It would be curious to find out if one of the versions was never
circulated.  It would be nice to see a restored version released on home
video.

rand

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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:05:27 -0500
From: Chuck Schaden <otrguru@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Larry Stevens
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Larry Stevens, who replaced Dennis Day on the Jack Benny program during WW II,
has been mentioned recently in two or three postings of the OTR Digest.

I interviewed him on October 22, 1998 at the Friends of Old Time Radio
convention in Newark for my "Those Were The Days" radio program. He spoke of
his career before, during and after the Benny shows.  Along with the
interview, you can tune in to his first appearance with the Benny cast on
November 5, 1944 as he began substituting for Dennis Day who left the show to
join the Navy.

We spoke for 22 minutes and you may hear that conversation anytime at
[removed]  When you get there, go to "Interviews" and click on
"Larry Stevens."

This interview is among more than 200 we had with the stars of the Golden Age
of Radio.  All are available 24/7, along with many articles and features about
radio's glory days.

Chuck Schaden

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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:06:22 -0500
From: klmartelle@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: thanks to Ron Sayles

Just wanted to add my "thanks" and gratitude" to Ron for his excellent
list.
All the best
Joe Martelle
Mesa, Colorado

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