Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #130
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 4/25/2005 10:18 PM
To: [removed]@[removed]

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 130
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  question about Town Meeting           [ jjljackson@[removed] ]
  Re: James Burns at the Billy Rose Li  [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
  border radio and zizex springs        [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
  Clarence Hartzell                     [ "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed]; ]
  4-25 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Gentlemen's Agreement                 [ Jeff Weaver <jweaver@[removed]; ]
  Re: Inner sanctum/Judas Clock         [ Illoman <illoman@[removed]; ]
  "Meet Miss Sherlock"                  [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  Card suits on OTR                     [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  joe bolton                            [ "Joseph" <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
  Tales of the Texas Rangers            [ Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed] ]
  Re: Clarence Hartzell                 [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
  Fred Allen Tributes                   [ "Kevin W." <batchman4@gbpackersfan. ]

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:56:29 -0400
From: jjljackson@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  question about Town Meeting
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Apparently there was a show called America's Town Meeting of the Air. I found
a reference to it while I was searching on [removed]  And apparently it was
on for at least 20 years, because there was a 20th anniversary show. Seems to
deal with political matters and characters.

So I'd like to know what date the anniversary show was. Must be in the late
1950s or early 1960s.

Anybody have any ideas?

Joy Jackson
American Radio Theater
jjljackson@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:57:00 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: James Burns at the Billy Rose Library

Conrad Binyon (conradab@[removed]), Wrote Something Like:

I read James' entire report about his visit to the Billy Rose Library,
to the very bottom, fully expecting Jim to reveal seeing a box of Rose's
Stork Club Sortiledge Soap portrait [removed]

No, but I may have run into Jimmy Caan, later, at Sardi'[removed]

;-)

Jim Burns

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:57:21 -0400
From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  border radio and zizex springs

I can remember listening to Kurtis Springer talking about zizex Mineral
springs near baker california.  I was reading I think it was the Narrows
and they talked about Zizex springs and the radio preacher who used the
place to his advantage.  He did not mention the preacher's name or the
station, which I don't remember, but I do remember hearing him preach,
although I think he was more interested in getting people out there to
take their money.  And I won't even mention A. A. Allen who I hear died
an alcoholic, but that was only gossip I think.  Kurt

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:08:06 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Clarence Hartzell

Here's some info I found on the web, and in an interview on "Whatever Became
Of" (72-09-27). Interestingly, I couldn't find date of birth or death, but
Hartzell was a native of Huntington, West Virginia. He did most of his radio
work at WNBQ in Chicago, but did a few shows in Los Angeles.

Some roles:
----------
Love Birds: Dick
L'il Abner: Pappy Yokum
Waterloo Junction: Jonas Hale
The Road to Danger: Cottonseed Sample
Those Websters: Mr. Watts
One Man's Family: Cousin Jediah
Cactus Jim Show: Cactus Jim -- (1949-51) this was a daily kid's show from
WNBQ, Chicago, that showed western movies in serial form, with Hartzell
provided commentary as old-timer Cactus Jim.

Other shows he mentioned in the interview:

Bachelor's Children
Tom Mix
Sky King
Straight Arrow

In retirement Hartzell helped his wife run her antique shop at 715 Main St,
Dundee, Illinois, and raised and photographed wildflowers. He was very
interested in preserving wildflower species, and helped establish a
botanical garden to re-establish wildflowers that had disappeared from the
region.

Doug Leary

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:27:42 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-25 births/deaths

April 25th births

04-25-1899 - Guinn (Big Boy) Williams - Decatur, TX - d. 6-6-1962
actor: "Biography In Sound"
04-25-1908 - Edward R. Murrow - Pole Cat Creek, NC - d. 4-27-1965
newscaster: (This is London) "Edward R. Murrow with the News"
04-25-1909 - Karl Farr - Rochelle, TX - d. 9-20-1961
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show)
04-25-1918 - Ella Fitzgerald - Newport News, VA - d. 6-15-1996
singer: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"; "Jubilee"
04-25-1919 - Albert Aley - NYC - d. 1-1-1986
actor: Hop Harrigan "Hop Harrigan"; Bob James "Stella Dallas"
04-25-1921 - Robert Q. Lewis - NYC - d. 12-11-1991
disc jockey, comedian, host: "Arthur Godrey Time"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"

April 25th deaths

01-09-1915 - Anita Louise - NYC - d. 4-25-1970
actress: "Stars Over Hollywood"
01-16-1907 - Alexander Knox - Strathroy, Ontario, Canada - d. 4-25-1995
actor: "Document A/777", BBC
01-19-1906 - Lanny Ross - Seattle, WA - d. 4-25-1988
singer: "Lanny Ross Program"; "Maxwell House Show Boat"
01-22-1878 - Constance Collier - Windsor, Berkshire, England - d. 4-25-1955
actress: Jessie Atwood "Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy"
02-16-1896 - Alexander Brailowsky - Kiev, Ukriane, Russia - d. 4-25-1976
pianist: "Music America Loves Best"; "New York Philharmonic"
02-27-1923 - Dexter Gordon - Los Angeles, Ca - d. 4-25-1990
saxophonist: "Newport Jazz Festival";"White House Jazz Festival"
03-10-1905 - Richard Haydn - London, England - d. 4-25-1985
actor: Professor Lemuel Carp "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
07-03-1906 - George Sanders - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-25-1972
host: "High Adventure"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Cavalcade of
America"
07-16-1911 - Ginger Rogers - Independence, MO - d. 4-25-1995
actress: "Star and the Story"; "Packard Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-29-1911 - Florence Freeman - NYC - d. 4-25-2000
actress: Ellen Brown "Young Widder Brown"; Wendy Warren "Wendy Warren and the
News"
09-01-1900 - Don Wilson - Lincoln, NE - d. 4-25-1982
announcer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Good News of 1941"
10-01-1903 - George Coulouris - Manchester, England - d. 4-25-1989
actor: Hugh Drummond "Bulldog Drummond"; Frank Harrison "As the Twig Is Bent"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:02:05 -0400
From: Jeff Weaver <jweaver@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Gentlemen's Agreement

Was Gentlemen's Agreement ever done on the radio? Lux or any other
show? Thanks

Jeffrey

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:50:31 -0400
From: Illoman <illoman@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Inner sanctum/Judas Clock

On Saturday, April 23, 2005, at 07:48 PM,
[removed]@[removed] wrote:

Is this an Inner Sanctum episode, or is it a doctored version of the
script from a different series?

It has been my experience in collecting IS shows that a lot of times it
is an episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater, not an official IS show.
This is probably due to the Hyman Brown connection, I'm sure.  This
*might* be what happened in your case.

Mike

--
Visit my site! View my paintings! See Homer!
[removed]~illoman

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:50:40 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Meet Miss Sherlock"

     My question is simple?

     Who played the role of Peter Blossom in the OTR
series, "Meet Miss Sherlock"? I checked in Jack French's
book "Private Eyelashes" and he said that Monty Margett
(sp) said that she thought the actor's first name was
(coincidentally) Peter, but she couldn't remember what his
last name was. BTW, does anyone remember if Peter Blossom
and Jane Sherlock ever got married (like Candy Matson and
Capt. Ray Mallard did when that shows series ended)?

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:50:47 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Card suits on OTR

    The only ones I can think of are "Sam Spade", "Richard
Diamond", "Eno Crime Club", "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club",
and "Queen For A Day". I can't recall any 'Hearts' in OTR
titles.

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:50:57 -0400
From: "Joseph" <drjoewebb@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  joe bolton

i remember him hosting the three stooges movies on wpix, and he would always
talk about his correspondence with moe now and then, with of course the
reminders not to poke other kids in the eyes.

but i'll never forget watching wpix late one night (8:59pm-- whattayawant-- i
was a little kid) they had a 1 minute news brief, and sure enough it was joe
bolton, not officer joe, and he had no hat! i was shocked! i wondered what
else he might do at night that he never told us kids about. it wasn't nice to
keep secrets.

bolton is mentioned in this profile about chuck mcann
[removed] -- at the bottom of the page is a
picture of bolton with the stooges

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:51:33 -0400
From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Tales of the Texas Rangers

Recently, I have been listening to "Tales of the Texas Rangers."   AVPRO
sent me about forty programs in this series in excellent sound at a good
price.

It struck me how violent the program is, particularly for a very early
fifties show, which was probably listened to by more kids than adults.

Tonight's episode featured an entire family wiped out by botulism -- Mom,
Dad, and two small children. The  ears picked up every lurch as the dead
father's carcass bumped down the stairs. Yesterday,  I heard a killer
causing  a slow death by shooting the  victim in the kidneys. Another
typical "tale" presented a baby crying for about five seconds. A gunshot
rang out and the crying stopped.  Sound effects are excellent, screams are
quite realistic, and the "police procedural" dramas were well written and
suspenseful.  Lots of actors were engaged on the series because Hal Gibney
reads a list of about five, six (or more) radio artists during the show's
ending credits.  Unsponsored for most of its two year run, it  gave the
Texas Rangers well deserved publicity. Full orchestral accompaniment added
to the show's quality.

My point ---the realism of violence got to me because I wasn't expecting
it.  After all, it wasn't "Gunsmoke" or "Dragnet."  I was expecting "Roy
Rogers" or "Hopalong Cassidy" (the latter shot to kill but you rarely heard
the victims  scream)  but  I got something quite different.  The star,
Joel McCrea,  is a somewhat wooden radio actor, but his cast members  cried
and yelled with the best of them, particularly Lillian Buyeff and Peggy
Webber. Herb Vigran's wailing after bullets shattered his body changed my
image of this reliable multi-purpose, often comic utility player.

The television version of this series was quite a bit different.  I am
certainly not being critical, but radio's  "Tales of the Texas Rangers" is
certainly not "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch."

Dennis Crow

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:21:47 -0400
From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Clarence Hartzell

Hello again --

Here's some information about Clarence Hartzell for Dennis Townsend, who
asked about him in the OTR Digest Volume 2005, Issue 129. This info comes
courtesy of my membership in the Friends of Vic and Sade, the official,
Chicago-based fan club for that old (but still very funny) program:

Clarence Hartzell was born in Huntington WV on Oct. 26, 1910, and died in
Bella Vista Arkansas on March 5, 1988.  Born into a family of six musical
children, he and his brother were a musical comedy duo on the radio at age
16 and 18. He dropped out of high school, but later got his diploma through
night school. First he moved to Cincinnati and then later to Chicago where
he was a radio station manager. His appearances as Uncle Fletcher -- who had
been referred to many times on the Vic and Sade show but never heard -- were
due to Art Van Harvey's heart trouble; Paul Rhymer had to find another adult
male character to take over for Vic's place in the show during Art's
convalescence and possible continued absence from the program. While Vic and
Sade were still running, Hartzell had a comparatively serious role in a
short-lived adventure series, "The Road to Danger," playing Cottonseed
Sample, a behind-the-lines American truck driver, whose partner Stumpy was
played by Curly Bradley, later of "Tom Mix" fame. He also played the part of
Pappy in the "L'il Abner" radio program. I've never heard either of these
shows, although a few are known to exist.

After Vic and Sade ended c. 1945, Clarence went to Hollywood where he wrote
scripts for NBC, used his "old man" talents to play Ben Withers on the Lum
'n' Abner show during its first season in the half-hour format (Charlie
Weaver replaced him in the second), then returned to Chicago where he played
the bewhiskered old prospector Cactus Jack on early television, and
continued to entertain into his retirement years in the Bella Vista
retirement community. He was a ham radio operator, an avid naturalist and
gardener, and a musician, playing piano and writing many hymns and other
songs.

Clarence was so identified with Uncle Fletcher that in interviews the show's
other actors often referred to him by the name of his on-air persona. I feel
that among so many eccentrics referred to in the show, Uncle Fletcher stands
out as Paul Rhymer's supreme comedy creation, and Clarence Hartzell the
perfect actor to portray him. The Ben Withers character, by comparison, was
but a pale echo of Uncle Fletcher.

Jan Bach

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:10:34 -0400
From: "Kevin W." <batchman4@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Fred Allen Tributes

After just seeing the Fred Allen tribute show of What's My Line, I was
wondering
if there were any other major tributes to Fred at the time. Nowadays, when a
celebrity dies, many of the networks and cable outlets have tributes.

I know there was the "Biography in Sound" aired a couple weeks after. Does
anyone know of anything else, or was Fred's popularity not as high at the time.
(I'm only 21 so that was a bit before my time).

Thanks,
Kevin Wondrash
Two Rivers/Madison, WI

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