Subject: [removed] Digest V2010 #86
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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 86
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      5-11 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Cincinnati OTR Convention Report      [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 14:20:11 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-11 births/deaths

    May 11th births

    05-11-1884 - Alma Gluck - Lasil, Romania - d. 10-27-1938
    opera singer: made one radio appearance in 1929
    05-11-1888 - Irving Berlin - Temum, Russia - d. 9-22-1989
    composer: "Ed Sullivan Show"; "People's Platform"
    05-11-1892 - Margaret Rutherford - London, England - d. 5-22-1972
    actor: "Wisdon of Miss Marple"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    05-11-1894 - Martha Graham - Allegheny, PA - d. 4-1-1991
    choreographer: Miss Hush on "Truth or Consequences"
    05-11-1895 - George Henninger - Binghamton, NY - d. 12-28-1953
    musician: "Brenda Curtis"; "Ladies be Seated"; "Modern Romances"
    05-11-1895 - Maurice Joachim - d. 11-19-1980
    actor: Omar "Omar, the Mystic"; "Unseen Friend "Your Unseen Friend"
    05-11-1899 - Forrest Lewis - Knightstown, IN - d. 6-2-1977
    actor: Richard Q. Peavey "Great Gildersleeve"; Roy Delfeeno "Vic and
    Sade"
    05-11-1900 - Georgia Fifield - d. 3-6-1985
    actor: Mrs. Hipplewater "Frank Watanabe and Honorable Archie"
    05-11-1902 - Bidu Sayao - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. 3-12-1999
    sopranist opera singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"; "The Telephone Hour"
    05-11-1907 - Kent Taylor - Nashua, IA - d. 4-11-1987
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
    05-11-1909 - Ocie Stockard - Crafton, TX - d. 4-23-1988
    bango: "The Musical Brownies"
    05-11-1909 - Pattie Chapin - Atlantic City, NJ
    singer: "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
    05-11-1910 - Johnnie 'Skat' Davis - Brazil, IN - d. 11-28-1983
    trumpet: "The Fred Waring Show"
    05-11-1911 - Doodles Weaver - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-13-1983
    comedian: (Brother of Pat Weaver) Professor Feedlebaum "Spike Jones
    Show"
    05-11-1911 - Phil Silvers - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-1-1985
    comedian: "Phil Silver's Show"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Suspense"
    05-11-1912 - Bob Trendler
    pianist, conductor: "Bob Trendler Orchestra"
    05-11-1912 - Foster Brooks - Louisville, KY - d. 12-20-2001
    disc jockey: "Foster Brooks Show"; "Melody, Inc."; "Million Dollar
    Ballroom"
    05-11-1913 - John Weigel - Springfield, MO - d. 12-12-2002
    announcer: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"; "Meet the Meeks"
    05-11-1913 - Tutti Camaratta - Glen Ridge, NJ - d. 4-13-2005
    orchestra leader: "Double Feature"
    05-11-1914 - Bob Atcher - Hardin County, KY - d. 10-30-1993
    singer: "Faultless Starch Time"; "WLS Barn Dance"
    05-11-1915 - Nathan Scott - Salinas, CA - d. 2-27-2010
    composer: "The Log of the Black Parrot"; "Mail Call"
    05-11-1916 - Peg Lynch - Lincoln, NE
    writer, actor: Ethel Arbuckle "Ethel and Albert"; "Couple Next Door"
    05-11-1919 - John Michael Hayes - Worcester, MA - d. 11-19-2008
    writer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Twelve Players"; "Sam Spade"
    05-11-1922 - Eve Boswell - Budapest, Hungary - d. 8-14-1998
    singer: "The Eve Bosewell Show"
    05-11-1927 - Mort Sahl - Montreal, Canada
    comedian: "Mort Sahl Show"
    05-11-1930 - Stanley Elkin - NYC - d. 5-31-1995
    writer: "Earplay"
    05-11-1931 - Marilyn King - Los Angeles, CA
    singer: (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"

    May 11th deaths

    01-04-1935 - Floyd Patterson - Waco, NC - d. 5-11-2006
    boxer: "Life and the World"; "Tops in Sports"
    01-29-1874 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr. - Cleveland, OH - d. 5-11-1960
    rich person: "The Collier Hour"
    02-04-1927 - Dolores Sutton - NYC - d. 5-11-2009
    actor, writer: "The Author's Studio"; "Radio City Playhouse"
    03-01-1903 - Charlie Lyon - Detroit, MI - d. 5-11-1985
    announcer: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Lum and Abner"
    03-11-1952 - Douglas Adams - Cambridge, England - d. 5-11-2001
    writer: "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
    03-15-1915 - Johnny Frazer - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-11-1945 Died in WWII
    announcer: "Brenthouse"; "The Bob Hope Show"; "The Kool Show"
    03-22-1910 - Bob Kendrick - d. 5-11-1998
    fiddle, clarinet, sax, mandolin: "Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets"
    04-04-1889 - Dorothy Gordon - Odessa, Russia - d. 5-11-1970
    moderator: "Dorothy Gordon's Youth Forum"
    04-09-1921 - Frankie Thomas, Jr. - NYC - d. 5-11-2006
    actor: Tom Corbett "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
    05-08-1919 - Lex Barker - Rye, NY - d. 5-11-1973
    actor: "MGM Theatre of the Air"
    06-13-1873 - Jean Adair - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - d. 5-11-1953
    actor: "Radio Guild"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    07-25-1906 - Johnny Hodges - Cambridge, MA - d. 5-11-1970
    alto saxophonist: "Esquire Jazz Concert"; "Duke Ellington and His
    Orchestra"
    08-16-1900 - Walter Kinsella - NY - d. 5-11-1975
    actor: Pat Patton "Dick Tracy"; Sergeant Mullins "Mr. and Mrs. North"
    10-01-1922 - Ernest Altschuler - NYC - d. 5-11-1973
    composer/author/engineer: "Voice of America"
    10-03-1913 - Mark Houston - Ohio - d. 5-11-1971
    announcer: "Queen for a Day"
    11-20-1900 - Chester Gould - Pawnee,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-11-1985
    comic strip artist: "Dick Tracy"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 14:22:00 -0400
    From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincinnati OTR Convention Report
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    This year's Cincinnati convention was one of the best ever.  The hotel
    staff was from another world (I have NEVER seen so many smiling, friendly
    employees).  The cast selection for the re-creations was impeccable, and
    the actors, pros and amateurs both, sounded totally professional.  We did
    X-1, Duffy's Tavern, Gunsmoke, and Our Miss Brooks.

    But the absolute highlight was when Bob Hastings and Rosemary Rice sat on
    stage Saturday night and discussed their careers.  The questions from the
    audience were insightful, the shameless namedropping was delightful, the
    stories were wonderful, and there was not a dry eye in the house when
    Rosemary recited the opening to her early CBS TV show I Remember Mama.

    The new Trivia Bowl went over well (BRAG ALERT:  As
    originator/writer/emcee I may be a bit biased, but everybody told me they
    enjoyed it).  Seven teams entered, and the winners were The Ralston Tom
    Mix Straightshooters, comprised of Jack French, Jim Widner, Meredith
    Granger, and Randy Larson.

    The Saturday night awards were plentiful.  OTR Author Jack French won a
    Dave Warren Award and the Stone-Waterman Award, Ken Stockinger from Radio
    Once More won a Dave Warren Award and the Parley Baer Award, and longtime
    re-creation actress Laura Jansen won a Dave Warren Award.

    On a personal note, we made some delightful new friends.  A young man
    named Chad who was going to travel from Nebraska to the convention by bus
    (his parents didn't like the idea, so they drove him to Cincinnati and
    spent the two days shopping and sightseeing while he was soaking in OTR),
    and Charlie, with a huge book of spreadsheets and listings of the many
    thousands of OTR shows in his collection, and Jim and his wife who were
    first-timers who drove down from Canada, and Frank who didn't let his
    wheelchair stop him from enjoying the show, and so many more.

    The date has already been set for next year's show:  May 20 and 21, 2011.
      Again at the Cincinnati Crowne Plaza.  (By putting that "e" at the end
    of "Crown," they can charge higher prices, I think.)

    For the full report, and photos from the convention, visit
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    ---Dan Hughes, [removed] (spiffy home page)

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    Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 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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