Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #204
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Date: 7/28/2006 9:26 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 204
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      7-27 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Freddy Nightmares on Suspense         [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
      JACK WEBB AND HIS SOCKS               [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
      [removed]  [ "Ken Lanza" <klanza@[removed]; ]
      Big Little Books                      [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      OTR Death                             [ Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      Jack Webb                             [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      Gale Storm                            [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      CROSBY                                [ "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@veriz ]
      7-28 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:06:30 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-27 births/deaths

    July 27th births

    07-27-1877 - Florence Gill - London, England - d. 2-19-1965
    actor: "Uncle Walter's Doghouse"
    07-27-1890 - Judith Lowry - Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory - d.
    11-29-1976
    actor: Emma 'Stevie' Stevens "Valiant Lady"; Emmy Fergusson "Welcome
    Valley"
    07-27-1905 - Leo Durocher - West Springfield, MA - d. 10-7-1991
    baseball legend: "baseball announcer"
    07-27-1912 - Irve Tunick - NYC - d. 9-5-1987
    writer: "The Cavalcade of America"; "You Are There"
    07-27-1916 - Keenan Wynn - NYC - d. 10-14-1986
    actor: Moe 'Shrevie' Shrevnitz "The Shadow"; Gregory Smith "Amazing
    Mr. Smith"
    07-27-1918 - Veola Vonn - NYC - d. 10-28-1995
    actor: Dimples Wilson "Blondie"; Princess Nadji "Chandu the Magician"
    07-27-1919 - David Swift - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-31-2001
    writer: "Opie Cates Show"
    07-27-1920 - Henry "Homer" Haynes - d. 8-7-1971
    comedian: (Homer and Jethro) "Town and Country Time"
    07-27-1922 - Norman Lear - New Haven, CT
    writer: "The Martin and Lewis Show"
    07-27-1928 - Barbara Eiler - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: Babs Riley "Life of Riley"; Millie Anderson "Day in the Life
    of Dennis Day"

    July 27th deaths

    02-22-1915 - Dan Seymour - NYC - d. 7-27-1982
    actor, narrator: Danny "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories"; "War of the
    Worlds"
    03-25-1903 - Binnie Barnes - London, England - d. 7-27-1998
    panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"; "Breakfast with Binnie and Mike"
    04-18-1907 - Miklos Rozsa - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-27-1995
    composer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-15-1909 - James Mason - Huddersfield, England - d. 7-27-1984
    actor: "James and Pamela Mason Show"; "Studio One"
    05-29-1903 - Bob Hope - Eltham, England - d. 7-27-2003
    actor, comedian: Taxpayer "Quick and the Dead"; "Bob Hope Show"
    08-01-1923 - Carol Teitel - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-27-1986
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    08-31-1905 - Larry Elliott - Washington, [removed] - d. 7-27-1957
    announcer: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "American Melody Hour"; "Barry
    Cameron"
    10-10-1915 - Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Columbus, OH - d. 7-27-1999
    jazz trumpeter: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Ann DeMarco - d. 7-27-2004
    singer: (The DeMarco Sisters) "The Fred Allen Show"; "Texaco Star
    Theatre"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of Russell Thorson

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:06:57 -0400
    From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Freddy Nightmares on Suspense

    I guess this can't go beyond speculation, but who knows? Contributors
    here a remarkable range of arcane [removed]

    I have never been a fan of "slice-and-dice" horror movies, the
    _Nightmare on Elm Street_ franchise being no exception. Villains with
    god-like powers are just as boring as heroes with god-like powers.
    But I always thought Freddy Kruger was an amusing name for a monster;
    Freddy sounds so ordinary.

    Yesterday I was listening to an episode of Suspence titled "The
    Crisis of Dirk Diamond." It featured a character called Freddy who
    haunted who appears in the dreams of the protagonist and seems to
    pose a real tangible threat to the hero (a comic strip artist) and
    those around him. What are the odds that, 25 years after the Suspense
    episode aired, Wes Craven recalled a story that had haunted HIS
    dreams as a child, ever since, perhaps, lying in his bed listening to
    the show when his parents thought he was asleep, as I so often did,
    and drew upon those memories for his horror series?

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:07:38 -0400
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  JACK WEBB AND HIS SOCKS
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    Mark Kinsler writes:

    According to everything I have read, Mr Webb had both a good sense of  humor.
        I can also attest to that because there was always  this rumor around
    Hollywood that Jack wore red socks and nothing but.
        I always doubted the authenticity of that until one  night I walked into
    my favorite eatery, Musso & Frank's restaurant om  Hollywood Boulasvard in the
    late '70s.
        This would have been after my previous story about  Jack, whom I always
    loved by the way for his radio background as well as a fine  performance in
    SUNSET BOULEVARD.
        When you walk in the door of Musso &  Franks  restaurant from the street
    side as opposed to the parking lot side  which is where most of the
    recognizable people go, you look to the left and  there are the booths.
        One afternoon at lunch I made that journey only to  be shocked as I
    entered on a hot afternoon to see a pair of bright red socks on  a pair of
    crossed
    legs sitting on the outside of the booth.
        It was Jack Webb.
        We nodded.
        I moved to the counter where the real people  ate.
        The chef was Jean Louis who had been there for  fifty years.
        Anyone know what I'm talking about with  Musso's?
                            Michael  C. Gwynne

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:07:52 -0400
    From: "Ken Lanza" <klanza@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  [removed]

    Jack Webb's Copper Clapper Caper
    Here:
    [removed]

    Sincerely yours,

    Ken Lanza

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:08:10 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Big Little Books

    A few momth ago I asked for advice on disposing of OTR cassette collection
    for a friend, who is older and very [removed] I described Ed as a
    collector of many things besides OTR. Among the item he colllected BIG
    LITTLE books A. Digest reader wrote that he was interested in the books. Ed
    has 150 of them in fair to good condiion.
     I saved the OTR Digest reader e-mail but must have deleted. If there is
    intrest let me know.

    Frank McGurn
    McHenry, Il.

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:01:36 -0400
    From: Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR (Plain Text Only)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR Death

    OTR actress Barbara Eiler died July 16, 2006 in Sherman Oaks, California.
    She was 79. She is probably best remembered as the perennial teenage
    daughter/girlfriend on West Coast comedies such as "The Life of Riley" on
    which she played Riley's daughter Babs from 1947 on. Radio Gold has 262
    listings for her. Her TV credits include "Wagon Train" and "The Donna Reed
    Show."

    Rich

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:01:56 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jack Webb

    Jack was a great personality and seemed like a very nice person. The Tonight
    show appearence with Johnny carson is a classic. It was about the theft of
    Mr Cooper's copper clappers, coped from his closet. Both Jack & Johnny kept
    a straight face

    No one has mentioned that Jack was once married to singer Julie London, a
    she could "Cry Me A River"' any time, and a very, very attractive woman and
    with a sexy voice.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:34:58 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gale Storm

    Hi Everybody,

    Frank Bresee and I are going to interview Gale Storm next week, and I am
    trying to find some of her radio credits.  I know she did Get Way to
    Hollywood, Lux Radio Theater, and her own show in the 1950s.  Can any one
    help me come  up with some more radio credits.  Thank you for any help,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:15:14 -0400
    From: "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  CROSBY

        A number of years ago I was able to acquire two publications from the
    late Larry Kiner. The two items I speak of are:

    A)  DIRECTORY & LOG OF THE BING CROSBY CREMO SINGER RADIO SERIES (NOVEMBER
    1931 TO DECEMBER 1932)
           VOLUME  2    (1973)  AND

    B) DIRECTORY & LOG OF THE BING CROSBY MUSIC THAT SATISFIES: 1933 RADIO
    SERIES  (1976)
           VOLUME  3

       I AM MOST ANXIOUS TO ACQUIRE VOLUME 1 OF THE KINER SERIES AS WELL AS
    VOLUME 4 IF THERE WAS ONE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE
    WILLING TO PROVIDE ME WITH A PHOTO COPY OF THE VOLUMES I AM LOOKING FOR.

    DAVE SIEGEL

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    Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:08:26 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-28 births/deaths

    July 28th births

    07-28-1874 - Alice Duer Miller - NYC - d. 8-22-1942
    author: "Author, Author"
    07-28-1892 - Joe E. Brown - Holgate, OH - d. 7-6-1973
    comedian, quizmaster: "Ceiling Unlimited"; "Joe E. Brown Show"; "Stop
    or Go"
    07-28-1901 - Felix Mills - Fort Collins, CO
    musical director: "Aldrich Family"; "Burns and Allen"; "Tarzan"
    07-28-1901 - Rudy Vallee - Island Pond, VT - d. 7-3-1986
    singer, bandleader, emcee: (The Vagabond Lover) "Fleischmann Hour";
    Rudy Vallee Show"
    07-28-1903 - Duane Thompson - Red Oaks, IA - d. 8-15-1970
    actor: Telephone Operator "Hollywood Hotel"
    07-28-1910 - Frank Loesser - NYC - d. 7-28-1969
    composer: "Cavalcade for Victory"; "Abe Burrows Show"; "Heartbeat of
    Broadway"
    07-28-1911 - Ann Doran - Amarillo, TX - d. 9-19-2000
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-28-1912 - George Cisar - Illinois - d. 6-13-1979
    actor: Tim "Tena and Tim"
    07-28-1914 - Carman Dragon - Antioch, CA - d. 3-28-1987
    conductor: "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "Baby Snooks Show"; "Railroad
    Hour"
    07-28-1915 - Frankie Yankovic - d. 10-14-1998
    polka king: "Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks"; "Guest Star Time"
    07-28-1916 - Laird Cregar - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-9-1944
    actor: "Hello, Americans"; "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Suspense"
    07-28-1920 - Art Hannes - Newport, KY - d. 3-30-1992
    announcer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Gangbusters"; "Suspense"
    07-28-1931 - Darryl Hickman - Hollywood, CA
    actor: "Family Theatre"
    07-28-1937 - Peter Duchin - NYC
    pianist: "Stars for Defense"
    07-28-1940 - Phil Proctor - Goshen, IN
    actor: "Empire of the Air"

    July 28th deaths

    02-08-1905 - Truman Bradley - Sheldon, MO - d. 7-28-1974
    announcer: "Easy Aces"; "Red Skelton & Co."; "Drene Show"
    02-09-1914 - Ralph Hermann - Milwaukee, WI - d. 7-28-1994
    bandleader: "Herb Oscar Anderson Show"
    03-13-1903 - Charles D. Livingstone - d. 7-28-1986
    producer, director: "Lone Ranger"; "Green Hornet"; "Challenge of the
    Yukon"
    04-09-1911 - Jim Bannon - Kansas City, MO - d. 7-28-1984
    announcer, narrator: "Joe Penner Show"; "Eddie Bracken Show"
    04-17-1911 - George Seaton - South Bend, IN - d. 7-28-1979
    actor, film director: Lone Ranger "The Lone Ranger"; "Screen
    Director's Playhouse"
    05-26-1915 - Sam Edwards - Macon, GA - d. 7-28-2004
    actor: Tracy Baker "One Man's Family"; Dexter Franklin "Meet Corliss
    Archer"
    06-16-1899 - Helen Traubel - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-28-1972
    singer: "Metropolitan Opera"; "Telephone Hour"; "Jimmy Durante Show"
    07-01-1902 - William Wyler - Muhlhausen, Germany - d. 7-28-1981
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Hollywood Fights Back"
    07-23-1912 - Jackson Beck - NYC - d. 7-28-2004
    actor: Philo Vance "Philo Vance"; Gregory Hood "Casebook of Gregory
    Hood"
    07-28-1910 - Frank Loesser - NYC - d. 7-28-1969
    composer: "Cavalcade for Victory"; "Abe Burrows Show"; "Heartbeat of
    Broadway"
    08-22-1897 - Nick Lucas - Newark, NJ - d. 7-28-1892
    singer: (The Singing Troubador) "Al Pearce and His Gang"
    10-13-1910 - Tex McCrary - Calvert, TX - d. 7-28-2003
    interviewer: "Hi Jinx"; "Tex & Jinx"
    11-04-1904 - Sam Hayes - Cooksville, IL - d. 7-28-1958
    news commentator: "Newstime with Sam Hayes"; "Sperry Breakfast News"
    11-25-1886 - Rex Maupin - St. Joseph, MO - d. 7-28-1966
    orchestra leader: "Breakfast Club"; "National Farm and Home Hour"
    xx-xx-1910 - Jud Conlon - Cuba City, WI - d. 7-28-1966
    Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires: "Bing Crosby Show"; "Stan Freberg Show"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Tommy McLaughlin - d. 7-28-1936
    baritone: "Threads of Happiness"; "Vick's Open House"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of Ed Thorgerson

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