Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #233
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 8/27/2006 10:18 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 233
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Gangbusters Date                      [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
  Johnny Dollar music                   [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
  Hammett in New Black Mask             [ William Harker <wharker@[removed] ]
  I Deal in Crime                       [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
  I Deal in Crime                       [ <celticone22-radiodigest@[removed]; ]
  The Continental Op-inion              [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
  This week in radio history 27 August  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  (Only) The Shadow Knows?              [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  My Dear Fellow-Doylean Traveler!      [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  Rose Marie                            [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
  Unidentified Radio People             [ Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed]; ]
  Jack Benny at You Tube                [ "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@hotm ]
  8-27 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  WNYC's WOTW documentary               [ Clif Martin <martbart@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:10:39 -0400
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Gangbusters Date

This digest is an amazing resource.  Several people responded to me off-list
and I have now confirmed to my satisfaction that the Danville Bank Job
episode of Gangbusters was on February 5, 1955.

Thanks.

Ted

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:17:28 -0400
From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Johnny Dollar music

I've been wondering about the classical music used as bridges for the
Bailey-Readick-Kramer YTJD era. Does anyone know the titles of the original
classical bridges?

This also came to mind when I was listening to the Philip Morris Playhouse of
8/19/53, "Night Has A Thousand Eyes", where Mandel Kramer is in a supporting
role, and one musical bridge is one that would be used constantly on YTJD
just a few years later (one of those "stranger than fiction"/"believe it or
not!" otr coincidences we all love).

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:18:40 -0400
From: William Harker <wharker@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Hammett in New Black Mask

Dashiell Hammett's original treatment of _After the Thin Man_ was a
two-parter in The New Black Mask.
The New Black Mask lasted only 8 issues and _After the Thin Man_ was
in numbers five and six.

Both issues are available at a reasonable price from places like
[removed] or ABE.

Regarding Gutman and The Fat Man, Hammett said this in a letter to
his daughter Mary Hammett on December 11, 1945, "My agent's trying to
rig up another radio program from me:  Sydney Greenstreet as The Fat
Man or something of the sort and seems to think it could be hot
stuff, though it seems kind of wacky to your old man, who, however,
readily admits he doesn't understand much about what's good and bad
on the air waves.  The idea, of course, if for me to work out a
detective character who will be something on the order of Gutman --
the fat crook Greenstreet played in The Maltese Falcon.  I'm not
supposed to do any work on it after I get the character set, and that
part at least is OK by me."  (From _Dashiell Hammett:  Selected Letters_.)

Bill Harker

Marlowe is a man "in a lonely street, in lonely rooms, puzzled but
never quite defeated."
       Raymond Chandler, 1959

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:45:11 -0400
From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  I Deal in Crime

I've posted 4 episodes (unless there are some naming problems) as a zipped file (40mb) at [removed];ufid=21E2228E5EC834B7 
 
Some background on the show are at [removed]+Deal+In+Crime and at the Thrilling Detective site at [removed], which I notice was contributed by Jack French.
 
Looks like some of the people who worked on the show also worked on Box 13 a couple of years later.
 
JWW

 
[ADMINISTRIVIA: There are naming problems; two of the episodes included in the ZIP file are the same episode with different names, so there are only three different episodes therein.

To make things a little easier, I'm also going to make these programs available through the podcast at [removed] so if you're already subscribed, you should already have the first one and the others will follow. If you're not subscribed, just add the RSS feed to your podcast [removed] if you haven't a podcast client (yes, dial-up works just fine, BTW), click the link to Juice on the sidebar of the blog.

And don't forget, you can listen to the shows directly on the blog, too, thanks to the new embedded player (requires Macromedia Flash). So whether you want to download automatically, download via link, or just stream-anmd-listen, you can do it at [removed] - add the RSS feed to your blog reader, and you'll know when new shows are added.  --cfs3]

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:42:23 -0400
From: <celticone22-radiodigest@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  I Deal in Crime

Kenneth Clarke asked about a series titled "I Deal in
Crime".  According to the Old Time Radio Researchers
Group, there were 92 episodes, of which three are
available.  I have one dated January 21, 1946.

Anne

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:42:34 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  The Continental Op-inion

Kermyt, maybe I'm remembering this incorrectly, but weren't many of the
Continental Op short stories originally GENERIC Dashiell Hammet
detective shorts that Hammet than slightly rewrote, for an anthology
collection?

Jim Burns

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:56:29 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 27 August to 2
 September

 From Those Were The Days -

8/28

1922 - The first commercial to be broadcast on radio was heard on WEAF
in New York City. Announcer [removed] Blackwell spoke about Hawthorne Court,
a group of apartment buildings in Queens, New York. The Queensboro
Realty Company, of Jackson Heights, bought what was called Toll
Broadcasting. WEAF, owned by AT&T, sold their block programming, five
one-minute programs, one a day for five days, for $50 plus long-distance
toll fees. The Queensboro Realty Company paid $100 for 10 minutes of
commercial airtime.

 From The [removed] --

1938 -- The first degree given to a ventriloquist's dummy is awarded to
Charlie McCarthy--Edgar Bergen's wooden partner. The honorary degree,
"Master of Innuendo and Snappy Comeback," is presented on radio by Ralph
Dennis, the dean of the School of Speech at Northwestern University.

8/30

1951 - Screen Directors' Playhouse was heard for the final time on NBC.
  The program had featured some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

8/31

1941 - The Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly,
started on NBC.

1946 - "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound ... the caped crusader
returned to radio on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Superman had been
dropped from the program schedule earlier in the year, but the outrage
of youngsters brought the show back to the airwaves. Wow! The amazing
power of Kryptonite in the hands of kids! Bud Collyer, later of TV's
Beat the Clock, played Clark Kent aka Superman on the series. His
identity had been well guarded for years. Most people didn't have a clue
as to the identity of Superman until a TIME magazine article about
Collyer appeared in 1946.

9/1

1922 - The first daily news program on radio was The Radio Digest, on
WBAY. The program, hosted by George F. Thompson, the program's editor,
originated from New York City.

9/2

1931 - 15 Minutes with Bing Crosby debuted on CBS.

Joe

--
Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:31:56 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  (Only) The Shadow Knows?

From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];

The  question
is: Exactly when was the 'golden age of radio'?

Dear Kenneth-

It's not a "silly" question; in fact, I think it's one that any interested
party would [removed] but it's one that can never really have a definitive
answer, because there's so much opinion as to what constitutes a "Golden Age"
involved.

For my part, if pressed, I'd go with Master Chas.' answer: it ran from
somewhere in the '20's (perhaps, from the time of the first real Radio Drama,
on  a
station in New York state, I believe?), until the last last Network
broadcast of that animal, in '62.

BUT, I'd add an asterisk and maintain that, in broadest terms, it never
QUITE "died" (and no, Charlie, before you draw your guns, I'm not referencing
NTR/MAD here!). Sadly true, it was strangled to the level of a pale,
life-supported existence.

If we include such new Net shows as THEATER 5, soon after the '62 cut  off
date, and the concurrent re-syndication by Charlie Michelson of shows that
were
in many cases then (almost) first-run (shows that many on this list  will
point to, in almost Prime-Time, as their introduction to the medium,) that
basically bridges the time to the era of the mini-rebirth of Net Radio Drama
in
the early '70's, with CBSRMT, SEARS/GENERAL MILLS shows, and ZERO  HOUR.

Programs, in fact, that were in large part created by  then
not-even-retirement-aged Vets of the Golden Age.

Was it - will it ever be - "what it was?" Of course not!

But neither was it wiped totally from humanities' mind, like an airbrushed
Soviet leader who fell from favor.

Best,
-Craig Wichman

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:32:53 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  My Dear Fellow-Doylean Traveler!

From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];

Subject:   Watson / Sidekick
I have discovered, much to my chagrin, that many  people think the 40's film
and radio version is how  Doyle wrote the  character and why don't we play
him
that way on our audio series

Dear Larry-

As my own ears can attest, you have indeed dealt with "Steel True, and  Blade
Straight," as Sir Arthur would've wanted.

We at Quicksilver Radio Theater have as well, in the shows we were blessed
to have authorized by his daughter, Dame Jean. (In fact, when I've Sherlocked
in  other venues as well, I've fought to have The Good Doctor "upgraded.")

And yes, though the audience may be jarred a bit at first, it generally
comes to really appreciate the change.
(Bruce, by most accounts, was largely the culprit in the old days; he  pushed
hard for the comic-opera turn that he loved.)

But one has only to see the terrific Brett video series, to be shown by
comparison how very wobbly-wheeled a "Walrus Watson/Divine Holmes" cart  runs!

Best,
-Craig Wichman

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:33:05 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Rose Marie

Hi Everybody,

I will be interviewing Rose Marie next week, and would like to know some of
her radio credits.  I know she started singing  on NBC at 3 years Old.  I
believe she work on the Jimmy Durante show, and had a guest shot  on Phil
Harris and Alice Faye.  Thank you for any help,

Walden

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:30:44 -0400
From: Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Unidentified Radio People

In 1937, when my dad (Jess Oppenheimer) was writing the Packard Hour,
he took some photos at KFI in Hollywood. I recognize Ken Carpenter
and Mel Blanc, but not the others. Can anyone help me in identifying
these folks?

See the photos at

  [removed]

Thanks for your help!

- Gregg Oppenheimer

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:00:28 -0400
From: "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jack Benny at You Tube

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, sorry if it has.  If you go
to

[removed]

and type in "Jack Benny" in search you can see (in addition to excerpts from
Jack's TV show) two films totalling 7-8 minutes showing excerpts from a WW2
radio broadcast from Camp Hahn featuring Jack and the Gang. (Can someone
provide an exact date for this?)

[ADMINISTRIVIA: As on the fundraiser disc available at
[removed] 

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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:11:37 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  8-27 births/deaths

August 27th births

08-27-1871 - Theodore Dreiser - Terre Haute, IN - d. 12-28-1945
writer: "The Heinz Magazine of the Air"
08-27-1882 - Samuel Goldwyn - Warsaw, Poland - d. 1-31-1974
panelist: "People's Platform"
08-27-1896 - Morris Ankrum - d. 9-2-1964
actor: "Shakespeare Festival"; "Campbell Playhouse"; "A Report to the
Nation"
08-27-1899 - C. S. Forester - Cairo, Egypt - d. 4-2-1966
poet, biographer, novelist: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Words at War";
"Theatre Guild On the Air"
08-27-1901 - Al Ritz - Newark, NJ - d. 12-22-1965
comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) "Hollywood Hotel"
08-27-1901 - John Gannon - Chicago, IL - d. 11-8-1969
actor: Billy Fairfield "Jack Armstrong"
08-27-1901 - Roger Pryor - NYC - d. 1-31-1974
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Summer
Symphony"
08-27-1905 - Frederick O'Neal - Brooksville, MA - d. 8-25-1992
actor: "New World A-Coming"
08-27-1908 - Frank Leahy - O'Neill, NE - d. 6-21-1973
football coach (Notre Dame): "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bill Stern
Colgate Sports Newsreel"
08-27-1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson - nr. Stonewall, TX - d. 1-22-1973
[removed] president: "Meet the Press"; "World's Fair Holiday"
08-27-1916 - Larry Thor - Canada - d. 3-15-1976
actor: Danny Clover "Broadway Is My Beat"
08-27-1916 - Martha Raye - Butte, MT - d. 10-19-1994
comedienne: "Tuesday Night Party"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen
Guild Theatre"
08-27-1916 - Vicki Vola - Denver, CO - d. 7-21-1985
actor: Shanghai L'il DeVries "Jungle Jim"; Edith Miller "Mr. District
Attorney"
08-27-1921 - Leo Penn - d. 9-5-1998
actor, film director: "Family Theatre"; "Hollywood Calling: George
Fisher Interviews"
08-27-1925 - Carter Stanley - Stratton, VA - d. 12-1-1966
bluegrass singer: (The Stanley Brothers) "Farm and Fun Program"
08-27-1926 - Pat Coombs - London, England - d. 5-25-2002
comedian: Nola "Hello Playmates"
08-27-1936 - Anne Whitfield - Oxford, MS
actor: Phyllis Harris "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; Sandy Carter
"Woman in My House"

August 27th deaths

01-21-1919 - Jinx Falkenburg McCrary - Barcelona, Spain - d. 8-27-2003
hostess: "Hi! Jinx"; "Tex & Jinx"; "Weekend"
02-13-1919 - Joan Edwards - NYC - d. 8-27-1981
singer: "Chesterfield Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"
03-21-1912 - Suzanne Kaaren - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-27-2004
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-25-1892 - Bennett Cerf - NYC - d. 8-27-1971
narrator, panelist: "Biography in Sound"; "What's My Line?"
06-02-1913 - Burt Farber - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-27-2005
orchestra leader: "Curtain Time"
06-30-1894 - Phillips Carlin - NYC - d. 8-27-1971
announcer: "Palmolive Hour"; "Atwater Kent Hour"
07-26-1902 - Gracie Allen - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-27-1964
comedienne: "Adventures of Gracie"; "The George Burns and Gracie
Allen Show"
09-20-1918 - Gordon Heath - NYC - d. 8-27-1991
actor: "New World A' Coming"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
09-20-1925 - Joan Barton - d. 8-27-1976
actor: Cashier "Meet Me at Parky's"
12-11-1911 - Sam Levenson - NYC - d. 8-27-1980
humorist: "Arthur Godfrey Show"; "City Club Forum"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:00:41 -0400
From: Clif Martin <martbart@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  WNYC's WOTW documentary

If Public radio's War of the Worlds documentary has been discussed  here, I
missed it.  I just heard the show.  Seemed to be more about sociology,
history of the times that lent itself to panic, etc. than the power of radio.
There were many clips of the Orson Welles broadcast and some contemporary
re-creations of a few scenes that somehow didn't have the "theater of the
mind" power of the 1938 show.   It felt like the producers, with all the
amazing present day resources they had to work with,   did not understand
radio drama  as well as Welles, Housemen and the Mercury Players did. In one
scene they failed to keep background music in the background, making it hard
to hear the dialogue.   Any comments from others who heard it? OK, go ahead
and tell me it's time for me to check into the old fogey rest home.  I'll
have lots of company there.

Clif Martin

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