Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #180
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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 180
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Larry Haines Dies                     [ "Doug Douglass" <dougdouglass@[removed] ]
      7-22 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re: Goldbergs                         [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Old lady Trent                        [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Norman Corwin and Red Channels        [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
      7-23 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:24 -0400
    From: "Doug Douglass" <dougdouglass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Larry Haines Dies
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    PALM BEACH POST

    Larry Haines of Delray Beach, Florida and a former resident of New York passed
    away on July 17, 2008. Larry was a renowned television and stage actor whose
    career was marked by versatility and accomplishment. He was predeceased by his
    former wives, Gertrude Haines and Jean Pearlman Haines as well as by his only
    daughter, Debora Haines.

    Larry's Broadway appearances include TRIBUTE with Jack Lemmon, TWIGS with Sada
    Thompson, NO HARD FEELINGS with Eddie Albert and the lead role of Barney
    Cashman in LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS. Prior to that he played Dr. Dreyfus in
    PROMISES, PROMISES for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and he lists
    among his other Broadway credits the role of the theatrical agent in A
    THOUSAND CLOWNS with Jason Robards and that of the doctor in GENERATION, a
    performance which also won him a Tony Award nomination.

    His other theater credits are Neil Simon's GOD'S FAVORITE in which he
    co-starred with Godfrey Cambridge at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Florida
    and PARIS IS OUT in which he co-starred with Molly Picon at the Philadelphia
    Playhouse in the Park. He appeared as one of the card players in the
    record-breaking movie version of THE ODD COUPLE with Jack Lemmon. Other films
    include THE SEVEN-UPS and THE SWIMMER with Burt Lancaster.

    Mr. Haines has been heard on over 15,000 radio shows including INNER SANCTUM
    and GANGBUSTERS, and for 35 years he played the part of Stu Bergman on the
    popular TV soap opera SEARCH FOR TOMORROW for which he won two Emmys as best
    actor on a Daytime Series. He made guest appearances on MAUDE, KOJAK, ON OUR
    OWN, DOC, HALLMARK and co-starred in the series PHYL AND MIKKY and he appeared
    in BABY ON BOARD. He also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
    Academy in 1983.

    Larry is survived by his niece, Kathy Hecht. He will be greatly missed by his
    friends and admirers. Chapel services are scheduled for Tuesday, July 22, 2008
    at 12:00 pm Rubin Memorial Chapel, 7340 Boynton Beach Blvd. - Boynton Beach,
    FL 33437 (561) 853-3000, with burial to follow at Mt. Nebo Kendall Cemetery in
    South Miami.

    Contributions in his memory may be made to the Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood
    Headquarters, 5757 Wilshire Blvd. 7th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036-3600.

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    Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:30 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-22 births/deaths

    July 22nd births

    07-22-1874 - Arthur Maitland - d. 5-23-1959
    actor: Zeke "David Harum"; Mr. Weatherby "Archie Andrews"
    07-22-1879 - Harry Armstrong - Somerville, MA - d. 2-28-1952
    composer/singer
    07-22-1893 - Andrew Stanton - Philadelphia, PA - d. unknown
    actor: "Bachelor's Children"; "Little Orphan Annie"; "Pretty Kitty
    Kelly"
    07-22-1894 - Major George Fielding Eliot - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-21-1971
    cbs military analyst during World War II
    07-22-1898 - Stephen Vincent Benet - Bethlehem, PA - d. 3-13-1943
    writer: "Columbia Workshop"
    07-22-1903 - Betty Roland - Kaniva, Australia - d. 2-12-1996
    writer: "New Day"
    07-22-1904 - Magdalen King-Hall - London, England - d. 3-1-1971
    children's author who also wrote radio plays
    07-22-1907 - Perry Botkin - Richmond, IN - d. 10-14-1973
    musician: (Perry Botkin and Trio) "The King's Men"
    07-22-1908 - Amy Vanderbilt - Staten Island, NY - d. 12-27-1974
    etiquette expert: "Jack Benny Program"
    07-22-1908 - Shirley Howard - d. 1-13-1988
    singer: "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    07-22-1910 - Dorris Macon - d. 2-15-1982
    singer: (Son of Uncle Dave Macon) :"Grand Ole Opry"
    07-22-1912 - Orren Allen - d. 2-5-1993
    sportscaster: WKAN Kankakee, Illinois
    07-22-1913 - Licia Albanese - Bari, Italy
    singer: "Treasure Hour of Song"
    07-22-1917 - Lou McGarity - Athens, GA - d. 8-28-1971
    jazz trombonist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
    07-22-1918 - Buddy Black - Huntington, PA - d. 6-5-1990
    announcer: "Chuck Foster and His Orchestra"
    07-22-1922 - Jason Robards, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 12-26-2000
    actor: "Pepper Young's Family"
    07-22-1924 - Margaret Whiting - Detroit, MI
    singer: "Philip Morris Frolics"; "Barry Wood Show"; "Bob Hope Show"
    07-22-1926 - Bryan Forbes - Stratford, England
    actor: "Junior Brains Trust"
    07-22-1928 - Orson Bean - Burlington, VT
    actor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    07-22-1940 - Alex Trebek - Sudbury, Canada
    news reporter for CBC in Canada

    July 22nd deaths

    01-06-1878 - Carl Sandburg - Galesburg, IL - d. 7-22-1967
    poet: "Cavalcade of America"; "Columbia Workshop"
    01-07-1900 - Malcolm Uren - Hindmarsh, South Australia - d. 7-22-1973
    writer: "The Stirling Story"
    01-16-1895 - John B. Kennedy - Quebec, Canada - d. 7-22-1961
    commentator: "Collier's Hour"; "RCA Magic Key"
    02-01-1905 - Joan Morgan - Kent, England - d. 7-22-2004
    actor: "21st Precinct"
    03-10-1898 - Cy Kendall - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-22-1953
    actor: Captain Tracy "Tarzan"; Fred Thompson "One Man's Family";
    "Escape"
    03-12-1910 - Tony Galento - Orange, NJ - d. 7-22-1979
    boxer, actor: "Edgar Bergan/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-19-1916 - Eric Christmas - London, England - d. 7-22-2000
    actor: "CBC Wednesday Night"
    03-21-1867 - Florenz Ziegfeld - Chicago, IL - d. 7-22-1932
    showman: "Ed Sullivan Show"; "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
    05-29-1904 - Saxie Dowell - Raleigh, NC - d. 7-22-1974
    saxophonist, vocalist: (Hal Kemp Orchestra) "Music from Hollywood"
    07-05-1908 - Don Dunphy - NYC - d. 7-22-1998
    boxing play-by-play broadcaster: "Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn
    6-18-1941"; "Navy Relief Program"
    07-11-1929 - Hermann Prey - Berlin, Germany - d. 7-22-1998
    operatic baritone: "Metropolitan Opera"
    07-21-1915 - Floyd McDaniel - Athens, AL - d. 7-22-1995
    guitarist, vocalist: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots";
    "Let's Go Nightclubbing"
    09-04-1934 - Ron Batozech - d. 7-22-1997
    disk jockey: WJOL Joliet, Illinois
    09-10-1904 - Lyle Van - Troy, NY - d. 7-22-1997
    newscaster: "Lyle Van and the News"
    09-29-1898 - Leonard Salvo - d. 7-22-1985
    organist: "Little Orphan Annie"; "Cisco Kid"; "Billie Burke Show"
    10-07-1853 - James Whitcomb Riley - Greenfield, IN - d. 7-22-1916
    writer: "Way Down Home" a musical tribute drama based on Riley's life
    10-17-1920 - Elie Abel - Montreal, Canada - d. 7-22-2004
    journalist: "Meet the Press"; "When Conventions were Coventions"
    10-20-1900 - Wayne Morse - Dane County, WI - d. 7-22-1974
    [removed] senator: "Rebuttal"
    11-01-1915 - Michael Denison - Doncaster, England - d. 7-22-1998
    actor: "The Robinsons"
    11-17-1911 - Jack Lescoulie - Sacramento, CA - d. 7-22-1987
    announcer, emcee: "Grouch Club"; "Meet the Champions"
    11-22-1910 - John Carter - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-22-1988
    singer: "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Voice of Firestone"
    12-20-1900 - Ted Fio Rito - Newark, NJ - d. 7-22-1971
    bandleader: "Presenting Al Jolson"; "Wonder Show"; "Jack Haley Show"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:07:00 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Goldbergs
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    In a message dated 7/22/2008 11:05:53 [removed] Central Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     Can  anyone tell me if this includes the program in which Arthur  Godfrey
>     appeared, and opened with Molly looking out her window as usual,  but talking
>     with Arthur Godfrey replying from a window across the  airshaft?

    All the descriptions I've heard indicate this is from late in the series,
    and consists mostly of the filmed episodes that take place in suburbia.  So
    it's unlikely (hope I'm wrong) that the Godfrey cameo is in this batch.

    Dixon

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    Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:12:01 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:02:53 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Old lady Trent

    Bill Jaker points out for our edification, surely with tongue in cheek:

>     each of those 7,222 episodes lasted 15 minutes, which adds up to
>     1,805 1/2 hours.  There are 8,760 hours in a year, which would give
>     35-year old Helen more than enough time for her romance and anything
>     else she needed to do.  If you figure that the show was actually 14:30,
>     with a few minutes out to sell some Kolynos Tooth Powder there was no
>     way she could ever make it to 36.

    Bill, if she did nothing but tell Gil Whitney hundreds (thousands?) of times
    in real time that she couldn't make up her mind whether to marry him or not,
    the poor guy would be destroyed, wouldn't he?  It was bad enough that she
    kept him on the string for 27 years before riding off into the sunset with
    somone else on the final installment while announcer Fielden Farrington
    informed us "this concludes the present series of The Romance of Helen Trent
    broadcasts."  Frank and Anne Hummert, the entrepreneural prospering duo
    behind it all, could never allow heroines Helen Trent and Ellen (Young
    Widder) Brown to reach the altar.  If they had, decades of premise would
    have been blown in an instant.  They were hopeful in 1956 when Ellen left
    the air, and again in 1960 when Helen bit the dust, the networks would take
    pity on those resolute ladies and restore them by popular demand.  Alas, it
    never happened for either.

    Perish the thought that poor Gil be turned down so many times in a condensed
    few months according to Bill's timetable!  Why, that would have been
    ludicrous, even melodramatic, wouldn't it?

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:02:59 -0400
    From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Norman Corwin and Red Channels

    At the risk of raising the ire of fellow Digesters, like Ron
    Sayles declaring Fred Allen wasn't funny and having to duck and
    find a hidey-hole for a while, re Irene's statement: "The idea of
    Norman Corwin being on the list is amazing considering he
    presented some of the most memorable and patriotic programming of
    WWII."

    I won't argue they were sometimes masterful presentations, but I
    must say I find the language often troubling, smacking of
    one-worldism (United Nations) for the sake of peace and
    "progress," forgoing [removed] sovereignty in the pursuit. I don't
    know about Mr. Corwin's beliefs or motives, but I think it's
    clear enough why those who saw a Commie behind every bush in
    those days thought they might have spotted one in his case.

    Bob Cockrum

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    Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:03:06 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-23 births/deaths

    July 23rd births

    07-23-1883 - Albert Warner - Poland - d. 11-26-1967
    co-founder of warner brothers: "Warner Brothers Academy Theatre"
    07-23-1888 - Raymond Chandler - Chicago, IL - d. 3-26-1959
    detective story author: "Phillip Marlow"
    07-23-1891 - Everett Glass - Bangor, ME - d. 3-22-1966
    actor: spokesman for "the 21 old men of 10 grammercy park: "I Love
    Adventure"
    07-23-1892 - Dr. W. W. Bauer - d. 12-25-1967
    host: "Doctors at Work"; "Your Health"
    07-23-1894 - Arthur Treacher - Brighton, England - d. 12-14-1975
    actor: "Philco Radio Playhouse"; "Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway"
    07-23-1895 - Aileen Pringle - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-16-1989
    actor: Anne Hill "Joyce Jordan, Girl Interne"
    07-23-1900 - "Lefty" Ingram - Tennessee - d. 2-xx-1987
    reeds: "The Swift Jewel Cowboys"
    07-23-1901 - Maurice Brachhausen - d. 9-xx-1976
    sound effects: Head of the ABC Sound Effects department
    07-23-1908 - Ernest Dudley - Dudley, England - d. 2-1-2006
    writer: "Enter Sexton Blake"; "Dr. Morelle"
    07-23-1908 - Irving Mansfield - d. 8-25-1988
    producer: "It's Always Albert"; "The Morey Amsterdam Show"
    07-23-1908 - Karl Swenson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-8-1978
    actor: Lorenzo Jones "Lorenzo Jones"; Lord Henry Brinthrope "Our Gal
    Sunday"
    07-23-1909 - Helen Martin - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-25-2000
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    07-23-1910 - Gale Page - Spokane, WA - d. 1-8-1983
    actor: Holly Sloan "Story of Holly Sloan"; Gertrude Lamont "Masquerade"
    07-23-1910 - Nat Brandywine - NYC - d. 3-7-1978
    pianist, bandleader: "Wonderful City"
    07-23-1912 - Jackson Beck - NYC - d. 7-28-2004
    actor: Philo Vance "Philo Vance"; Gregory Hood "Casebook of Gregory
    Hood"
    07-23-1914 - Edward Axt - d. 9-1-1998
    saxophonist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family Program"
    07-23-1915 - Frances Chaney - Odessa, Ukraine - d. 11-23-2004
    actor: (One of Hollywood Ten) Marion Kirby "Advs. of Topper"; Burma
    "Terry and the Pirates"
    07-23-1916 - Kurt Kreuger - Michenberg, Germany - d. 7-12-2006
    actor: "New National Guard Show"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
    07-23-1916 - Sandra Gould - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-20-1999
    actor: Lucy Twitchell "Sad Sack"; Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"
    07-23-1918 - Anne Ayars - Los Angeles, CA - d. 2-27-1995
    vocalist: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    07-23-1918 - Pee Wee Reese - Ekron, KY - d. 8-14-1999
    baseball great: "Play Ball"; "Box Score Review"; "Feature Project:
    This Game of Baseball"
    07-23-1920 - Christopher Lynch - County Limerick, Ireland - d. 4-15-1994
    singer: "Voice of Firestone"
    07-23-1924 - Gavin Lambert - East Gristead, England - d. 7-17-2005
    writer: Wrote commercials for radio
    07-23-1925 - Gloria De Haven - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "NBC Radio Theatre"
    07-23-1936 - Don Drysdale - Van Nuys, CA - d. 7-2-1993
    baseball announcer: California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles
    Dodgers
    07-23-1937 - Robert W. Morgan - Galion, OH - d. 5-22-1998
    host (communicator) "Monitor"
    07-23-1940 - Don Imus - Riverside, CA
    host (communicator) "Monitor"
    07-23-1944 - Alex Buzo - Sydney, Australia - d. 8-16-2006
    writer: "File on Rod"

    July 23rd deaths

    01-22-1875 - D. W. Griffith - La Grange, KY - d. 7-23-1948
    movie producer-director: "Brooklyn Mark Strand Stage and Studio Program"
    01-23-1913 - Max Smith - Des Moines, IA - d. 7-23-1999
    singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
    02-13-1911 - Jean Muir - NYC - d. 7-23-1996
    actor: "Great Plays"; "The Magic Key"
    02-24-1876 - Victor Moore - Hammonton, NJ - d. 7-23-1962
    comedian: (The Lothario of the Lumbago Set) "Jimmy Durante Show"
    03-03-1907 - Donald Novis - Hastings, England - d. 7-23-1966
    actor: Matt Mulligan "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    03-16-1920 - Leo McKern - Sydney, Australia - d. 7-23-2002
    actor: Horace Rumpole "Rumpole of the Bailey"
    04-01-1921 - Charles Peck - d. 7-23-1996
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-10-1906 - Lilie Darvas - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-23-1974
    actor: Madame Sophie: We Love and Learn/As the Twig is Bent"
    05-04-1904 - Gray Gordon - d. 7-23-1976
    bandleader: "The Magic Key of RCA"
    05-08-1908 - Ted Corday - d. 7-23-1966
    director: "A Brighter Tomorrow"; "The Brighter Day"
    06-18-1906 - Kay Kyser - Rocky Mt., NC - d. 7-23-1985
    bandleader, emcee: (The Old Perfessor) "Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    07-20-1907 - Art Jarrett - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-23-1987
    singer, bandleader: "Coca Cola's Spotlight Parade"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    09-13-1909 - Leith Stevens - Mount Moriah, MO - d. 7-23-1970
    conductor: "Death Valley Days"; "Molle Merry Minstrels"
    09-28-1901 - T. Inglis Moore - Camden, Australia - d. 7-23-1979
    writer: "We're Going Through"
    09-28-1919 - Fred Robbins - Baltimore, MD - d. 7-23-1992
    disc jockey: New York
    10-05-1924 - Matteo Manuguerra - Tunis - d. 7-23-1998
    operatic baritone: "Metropolitan Opera"
    10-08-1890 - Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker - Columbus, OH - d. 7-23-1973
    host, narrator: "The World's Most Honored Flights"
    10-17-1920 - Montgomery Clift - Omaha, NE - d. 7-23-1966
    actor: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Ford Theatre"
    10-31-1922 - Illinois Jacquet - Broussard, LA - d. 7-23-2004
    jazz saxophonist: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
    11-05-1919 - Myron Floren - Webster, SD - d. 7-23-2005
    accordianist: "Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music"
    11-23-1894 - Ken Christy - Pennsylvania - d. 7-23-1962
    actor: Police Chief Gates "Great Gildersleeve"
    12-13-1910 - Van Heflin - Walter, OK - d. 7-23-1971
    actor: Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"; "Philip Marlowe "Advs. of Philip
    Marlowe"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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