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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 215
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
A couple of issues [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
last ep of command performance? [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
Episode Guide [ JimBourg@[removed] ]
Railroad Hour book [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
7-23 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Bea Wain [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
Re: Film explores tiny Yukon land ru [ John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:25:44 +0000
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: A couple of issues
When Martin Grams produces a book, he goes whole hog in what he crams
inside, to the utter amazement of his reading public and his peers. The
tradition appears to continue with his new release "The Railroad Hour"
which he has just described for us. Although I've yet to see this wealth
of knowledge that he adds to our growing OTR library shelves, I'm confident
we can not only trust his research but discover a pleasant encounter along
that reading journey. Therefore, to historians and fans of the show alike,
I'd encourage you to order.
Meanwhile, Joe Mackey called our attention to the beginning of The Romance
of Helen Trent this week in 1933. That was on a local station in Chicago,
if I'm not mistaken; it went to CBS on October 30, 1933. The eternal
35-year-old Helen departed on Friday, June 24, 1960 in that fateful year
the daytime dramas breathed their last. CBS reorganized a portion of its
sunshine schedule at that juncture, on Monday, June 27, 1960 moving The
Couple Next Door into the coveted 12:30 ET spot that Helen, Gil Whitney and
their entourage occupied since 1936 (the narrative played in other
quarter-hours for three years before settling down for the long haul).
To dismiss a pure, innocent goddess with no more than "This concludes the
present series of The Romance of Helen Trent" should have spoken volumes to
addictees of Washboard Weeperland. Carolyn Nelson (The Right to
Happiness), Ma Perkins, Young Doctor (Jerry) Malone and The Second Mrs.
(Terry) Burton were all living on borrowed time then. In just five months,
only the memories -- and transcriptions -- would remain.
Ms. Trent was allowed to slip quietly away ahead of the others, according
to one historographer, for her "goodness." Silly. Hardly. Seems to me it
was a display by the network brass to the affiliates that "we hear you ...
we continue to hear you clamoring for less of the same ... and we are being
responsive in another way to your cries of anguish." Getting rid of Helen
didn't fix anything, of course; they had to relinquish the midday time
block (four closed-in serials, that henpecked husband and his
tongue-wagging wife, and two anthologies, Best Seller and Whispering
Streets), to rid weekdays of all such fiction before local stations were
satisfied. The handwriting was on the wall when Helen Trent bit the
dust. For bonafide aficionadoes of that form, the worst was yet to be.
Jim Cox
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:25:55 +0000
From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: last ep of command performance?
What was the last ep of CP?
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Joe Salerno
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:26:31 +0000
From:
JimBourg@[removed]
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Episode Guide
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In a message dated 7/22/2007 9:09:29 [removed] Central Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:
> A broadcast log is often referred to as a list of episodes, giving episode
> numbers, titles, airdates, and sometimes a partial cast. An episode
guide is
> simply that - a "guide", not a "log." An episode guide has tons of
details
> like the entry below:"
Is there an episode guide for "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"?
Thanks,
Jim Bourg
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:26:43 +0000
From: "Bob C"
<rmc44@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Railroad Hour book
Here we go again ... where the cover art of a book doesn't quite
match the show as we knew it. I went to the Bear Manor Media site
and there on the cover of "The Railroad Hour" is depicted one of
those diesel streamliners, even though the signature sound of the
program was that of a steam engine.
Not that the diesels weren't around of course, from the '30s, I
guess. But I can remember in the late 1940s in West Texas sitting
on my grandparents porch and watching the steam trains roll by on
the Santa Fe tracks a scant 100 yards away ... but they
eventually gave way to diesels in the early '50s - and The
Railroad Hour was on the air then, so it all can fit somehow.
Anyway, I'll be getting the book. I really became fascinated with
the program in the 1970s ... more appreciative then of the music,
I suppose, than I was as a 7- or 8-year-old.
Bob Cockrum
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:26:53 +0000
From: Ronald Sayles
<bogusotr@[removed];
To:
<[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"
07-23-1901 - 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"
07-23-1910 - 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"
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"
02-24-1876 - Victor Moore - Hammonton, NJ - d. 7-23-1962
comedian: (The Lothario of the Lumbago Set) "Jimmy Durante Show"
03-03-1906 - 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"
04-10-1906 - 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"
09-28-1919 - Fred Robbins - Baltimore, MD - d. 7-23-1992
disc jockey: New York
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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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:26:59 +0000
From: Bhob Stewart
<bhob2@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Bea Wain
February 13, 2007 interview with 89-year-old vocalist Bea Wain:
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In Amanda Wilde's 48-minute interview (on KUOW Seattle), Bea Wain
discusses YOUR HIT PARADE, THE KATE SMITH SHOW, "My Reverie,"
singing on radio during the 1940s and her radio show with husband
Andre Baruch. She mentions they interviewed James Michener on their
show after discovering that he had characters talking about Wain and
"My Reverie" in one of his novels. A check on Amazon reveals this to
be two different passages in his novel THE DRIFTERS (1971).
Bhob @
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:28:25 +0000
From: John Olsen
<jrolsen2@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Film explores tiny Yukon land rush
Stephen Davies
<SDavies@[removed]; wrote:
> "Film explores tiny Yukon land rush created by Quaker Oats"
> scheduled to air on History Television at 8 [removed] ET Friday
I'd love to watch this documentary. Does anyone know if it'll show in
the US in the near future? Did anyone in Canada record it? Is it
available on DVD?
Some years back, a fellow offered to sell me a dozen or so of those
Sergeant Preston land deeds. And I took him up on it. I still have a
bunch left, so I have a vested interest in seeing this documentary.
I know the basic story behind the land deeds, and their eventual fate.
(See my web site at:
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for details) But I'd still love to watch this new documentary.
Any help out there?
John
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