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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 68
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Eddie Dunstedter's "Fast Freight" [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
re: Linda Smith [ benohmart@[removed] ]
Meister Brau Showcase [ Radioclass <radioclass@[removed] ]
Dan Reid [ "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed] ]
Franklyn McCormick [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
3-6 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Dan Reed [ Russ Butler <songbook2@[removed]; ]
Who was that Dan Reid? [ [removed]@[removed] ]
My Submissions [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
Meister Brau Showcase [ "Steve Dillie" <sjdillie@[removed] ]
Corwin film wins Oscar [ <ercjncpr2006@[removed]; ]
"Golden Age of Radio" and "One Night [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
Diana Barrymore on The Rudy Vallee S [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
Diana Barrymore [ "Donald" <alanladdsr@[removed]; ]
Seattle Convention [ HRRMIKES@[removed] ]
Re: Who played Dan Reid? [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
Send Congratulations to Norman [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 16:28:11 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Eddie Dunstedter's "Fast Freight"
On Friday, March 3, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Tas Richardson wrote:
It mentions Dunstedter's memorable "Fast Freight" broadcasts of the middle
thirties. A perusal of Dunning's book showed that Eddie provided the music
on other programs but no mention of this earlier
program. I wonder if any of them still exist?
Once again, Jay Hickerson's great compendium (3rd Revised Ultimate
History) comes to the rescue. It indicates this series began in 1929
and was last aired on 11-2-32 on CBS. Sponsors included Wheaties and
Gold Medal Flour. No known copies survived.
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 16:28:30 -0500
From: benohmart@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: re: Linda Smith
I just wanted to say that I was also Very sad to hear about Linda Smith's passing. As
someone who listens to BBC Radio 4 daily, next to Sue Perkins, I thought she was The
best and funniest female comic in the UK today. She is really irreplaceable. :(
Ben
Old radio. Old movies. New books.
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 16:28:45 -0500
From: Radioclass <radioclass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Meister Brau Showcase
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Jake asked if there were any recordings of Franklin MacCormack's radio
program, Meister Brau Showcase. Chuck Schaden has such a recording on CD
which is offered at his website.
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 16:30:31 -0500
From: "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Dan Reid
I hate to quibble with fellow Lone Ranger aficionado Phil Stallings, but
there doesn't seem to be any credible evidence that Ernie Winstanley ever
played Dan Reid on the radio series. This despite Ernie's first-person
claim to that effect during a Detroit radio interview conducted shortly
after the death of Brace Beemer.
Though transcriptions of Ranger programs prior to 1938 do not exist, Terry
Salomonson has doggedly chronicled the plots of each program aired since the
series went on the air in early 1933. Nowhere is the character of Dan Reid
mentioned. Also, in the series which appears to introduce Dan's character
in late 1942, the final episode is titled, "A Nephew is Found". If Dan had
been found earlier, this would not have made any sense.
Lone Ranger historian Dave Holland cites both James Lipton and Bob Martin as
actors who portrayed Dan during the series. We also know that Dick Beals
took a turn after joining the WXYZ cast during his final years at Michigan
State University in the early 1950's.
It should also be cited here that Dick Osgood's book, "Wyxie Wonderland"
relates a story concerning the Dan Reid character, Ernie Winstanley and
Earle Graser. Supposedly, George Trendle threatened to turn the program
over to the nephew if Graser insisted upon more money than Trendle thought
he was worth. But given the evidence that does exist, and the fact that
Osgood gets his time frames jumbled more than once in the book, I personally
doubt that Dan Reid and Earle Graser, before his death in 1941, ever
co-existed in the west of the Lone Ranger.
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:00:19 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Franklyn McCormick
Jake asked about the Meister Brau program on a Chicago station with Franklyn
McCormick as the host. I do not have any of those shows, but I do have some
recordings Franklyn McCormick made of patriotic and religious readings. If
anyone is interested, I will be glad to trade. They are on cassette.
Ted Kneebone. OTR website: [removed]
Democrats: [removed]
1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:36:12 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-6 births/deaths
March 6th births
03-06-1882 - Guy Kibbee - El Paso, TX - d. 5-24-1956
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-06-1885 - Ring Lardner - Niles, MI - d. 9-27-1933
writer: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "NBC Presents: Short Story"
03-06-1885 - Rosario Bourdon - Longuereil, Canada - d. 4-24-1961
conductor: "Cities Service Concert"; "Great Personalities"
03-06-1900 - Jay C. Flippen - Little Rock, AR - d. 2-3-1971
actor: Sergeant "Rookies"
03-06-1906 - Lou Costello - Paterson, NJ - d. 3-3-1959
comedian: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Abbott and Costello Show"
03-06-1913 - Ella Logan - Glasgow, Scotlans - d. 5-1-1969
singer: "The Chase and Sanborn Hour"; "Kraft Music Hall"
03-06-1914 - Kiril Kondrashin - Moscow, Russia - d. 3-7-1981
conductor: "Van Cliburn Concert"
03-06-1916 - Red Callender - d. 3-8-1992
jazz bass player: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
03-06-1916 - Rochelle Hudson - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 1-17-1972
actress: "Hollywood Hotel"
03-06-1916 - Virginia Gregg - Harrisburg, IL - d. 9-15-1986
actress: Helen Asher "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
03-06-1917 - Frankie Howerd - York, England - d. 4-19-1992
comedian: "Frankie Howerd Show"
03-06-1918 - Roger Price - Charleston, WV - d. 10-31-1990
writer, actor: "The Comedy Writers Show"
03-06-1923 - Ed McMahon - Detroit, MI
actor-announcer: Monitor"
03-06-1927 - William J. Bell - Chicago, IL - d. 4-29-2005
writer: "The Guiding Light"
03-06-1930 - Lorin Maazel - Paris, France
conductor: "NBC Summer Symphony"
March 6th deaths
01-26-1907 - Rita Ascot - d. 3-6-1988
actress: "Fay "Ma Perkins"; "Chicago Theatre of the Air"
02-02-1905 - Ayn Rand - St. Petersberg, Russia - d. 3-6-1982
author: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-14-1895 - Lew Lehr - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-6-1950
comic: "Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro"; "Stop Me If You've Heard This One"
05-26-1904 - George Formby - Lancashire, England - d. 3-6-1961
singer, actor: "Manitoba Flood Relief Show"
06-04-1927 - Phil Rammacher - d. 3-6-2003
drums: "The Hoagy Carmichael Show"
06-10-1921 - Chuck Thompson - Palmer, MA - d. 3-6-2005
sportscaster: Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Colts
06-24-1921 - Peggy DeCastro - On a Sugar Plantation, Dominican
Republic - d. 3-6-2004
singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) "Steve Lawrence Show"; "Here's to
Veterans"
06-26-1892 - Pearl S. Buck - Hillsboro, WV - d. 3-6-1973
author: "America's Town Meeting of the Air"; "Pacific Story"
06-29-1901 - Nelson Eddy - Providence, RI - d. 3-6-1967
singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Vicks Open House"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour"
07-11-1943 - Tommy Vance - Oxford, England - d. 3-6-2005
presenter: Radio 1
07-20-1912 - Tom McDermott - McHenry, IL - d. 3-6-1996
producer, director: "Portia Faces Life"; "Rosemary"; "Wendy Warren
and the News"
09-06-1904 - Maxie Rosenbloom - NYC - d. 3-6-1976
light heavyweight boxing champion, actor: "Slapsie Maxie Show"
09-08-1905 - Henry Wilcoxon - Dominica, West Indies - d. 3-6-1984
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-19-1904 - Elvia Allman - Concord, NC - d. 3-6-1992
comedienne: Tootsie Sagwell "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show";
Cora Dithers "Blondie"
10-11-1887 - Oscar Shaw - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-6-1967
singer: "Broadway Varieties"
10-20-1882 - Margaret Dumont - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-6-1965
actress: "Paramount Movie Parade"
10-27-1918 - Teresa Wright - NYC - d. 3-6-2005
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-23-1888 - Al Bernard - New Orleans, LA - d. 3-6-1949
singer: "Dutch Masters Minstrels"; "Molle Merry Minstrels"
11-26-1907 - Francis Dee - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-6-2004
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
xx-xx-xxxx - Georgia Fifield - d. 3-6-1985
actress: Mrs. Hipplewater "Frank Watanabe and Honorable Arcie"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:55:41 -0500
From: Russ Butler <songbook2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dan Reed
Regarding Dan Reed: My college roommate was Jim Hawkins from the
Detroit area and we both were in the School of Speech at Northwestern
University in 1957-59 studying broadcasting.
He and I were NBC Pages in Chicago at The Merchandise Mart after
classes. He went on to produce the Jack Eigan Show remote from the Chez
Paree nightclub on WMAQ. His wife, Sandy, was a make-up artist for the
WMAQ-TV talent.
Jim told me that he played the part of Dan Reed on a few Summer episodes
of LR. Although he was not specific as to story, dates, or year - he
said he was a teenager, which would be in 1947-48-49 era, we were the
same age. He did describe the WXYZ studios, cast members and mentioned
that his parents drove him there for the broadcast.
He also voiced radio commercials and was a child actor in Detroit
according to the clippings that he showed me, so I tend to believe him
about LR. Jim died about 18 years ago in Seattle, WA where he was with
The Boeing Company doing public relations projects. No further
information available.
=Russ Butler songbook2@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:55:50 -0500
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Who was that Dan Reid?
Phil Stallings asked who else played Dan Reid. Casey Kasem, the former DJ and
national host of the American Top 40 radio show, started in Detroit as an actor
on the Lone Ranger and played Dan Reid in it's last days on the air. Also John
Todd, Tonto on the Lone Ranger, played an old man version Dan Reid on the Green
Hornet radio show when Dan goes to see his son, Brit Reid (aka the Green
Hornet). Todd turned in a great performance as he recalls his days in the west
as a boy. I think the episode was titled, Too Hot To Handle and aired on
November 11, 1947.
Paul Urbahns
Radcliff, KY
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:31:25 -0500
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: My Submissions
As per Donald Frey's request.
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Conrad Binyon
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conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
Encino, CA
Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:31:57 -0500
From: "Steve Dillie" <sjdillie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Meister Brau Showcase
A reader posted
Hello out there,
Does anyone remember Franklin Mc Cormick on the Meister Brau Showcase.
Do any recording exist? Thanks Jake
Chuck Schaden's website [removed] has a two hour collection
from the Meister Brau Showcase under Music and Big Bands. Chuck has
advertised the CD on his Saturday afternoon broadcast over the past year.
Chuck is in Arizonia, but I've heard Ed is handling orders when he isn't
guarding the vault.
Regards,
Steve Dillie
Wheeling, IL
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Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:28:34 -0500
From: <ercjncpr2006@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Corwin film wins Oscar
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Well, at last somebody at the Motion Picture Acadeny has good taste--A NOTE OF
TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN has won the Oscar for Best
Documentary Short Subject
Eric Cooper
Lake Forest CA
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:52:27 -0500
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: "Golden Age of Radio" and "One Night Stand"
The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].
Each week we feature three complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
Age of Radios" and one "One Night Stand." We present new
shows every week or so. The current three programs will be
available on line at least until the morning of March 13, 2006.
Program 24 - March, 1972 - Shirley Eggleston
In searching for material on this week's featured actress, Shirley
Eggleston, I found this interesting article from "Radio Days:"
In the style of The Adventures of Sam Spade, ABC broadcast a
thirty minute radio detective series beginning on Halloween,
October 31, 1952 on Fridays at 8:00 [removed] EST. The series was
sponsored by Gillette-Toni, but was short-lived leaving after the
last broadcast on February 27, 1953.
The series starred veteran radio and film actor Myron McCormick
as Dan Dodge with Shirley Eggleston as his secretary. McCormick
is probably best known today as Sgt Orville C. King in the comedy
film No Time For Sergeants who always seemed victimized by the
innocent Andy Griffith.
The series always started each episode with Dodge dictating a letter
or case summary for his secretary. The story was then told, like Sam
Spade, in a flashback sequence. The opening sequence is so much
like The Adventures of Sam Spade with wacky secretary thrown in
that one could almost think it was created by some of the same
production people.
You can read more of at our website, [removed]
Program 25 - April, 1972 - Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Keeler, (August 25, 1910 - February 28,
1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer.
She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her first "show-business"
job was as a chorine, working in a speakeasy for the Prohibition-era
hostess Texas Guinan. After that stint, Keeler made her Broadway
debut (at Guinan's request) in George M. Cohan's The Rise of Rosie
O'Reilly in 1923. In 1927, Keeler appeared in a total of three musicals:
Bye Bye Bonnie, Lucky, and Sidewalks of New York.
In 1971, Keeler came out of retirement to star in the hugely successful
Broadway revival of No, No, Nanette. The production was directed by
Keeler's 42nd Street director Busby Berkeley. She has a Star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6730 Hollywood Blvd.
(From a 1965 interview. Not part of the original broadcast series.
Program 25 as broadcast featured Leon Janney. That show was repeated
in 1976 as Program 72. See [removed]
for details.)
"A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" With Arnold Dean
Glenn Miller Society
This weeks's program features five prominent Connecticut Yankees
who were members of the Glenn Miler Society. Arnold's guests are
Howard Holcombe, of the Glenn Miller Society; Pete Campbell, of
the Traditional Jazz Society; George Malcomb-Smith, of the Hartford
Jazz Society and former WTIC program host; Al Gentile, of the
Connecticut Big Band Society; and Bob Harrington, of the Coon
Sanders Nighthawks. Musicians all, they discuss the Glenn Miller
Society and big band music in general and their areas of interest.
In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."
Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.
Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.
Bob Scherago
Webmaster
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:11:39 -0500
From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Diana Barrymore on The Rudy Vallee Show
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In response to Sandra's post:
I only know of 2 shows that I've ever heard Diana Barrymore in, she was in
Crime Does Not Pay as scheming Carnival Frail, she was MAGNIFICENT!! She was
also in a show w/John Barrymore & Lionel but I forgot what the program was.
Sandra
Sandra,
The show that Diana Barrymore appeared in along with John and Lionel Barrymore
was The Rudy Vallee Show. I'm not sure of the date, but it would have to have
been between March 7, 1940 (when John Barrymore became a regular on the
program) and May 14, 1942 (John's final broadcast).
Karen Lerner
Radio Spirits, Inc.
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:31:24 -0500
From: "Donald" <alanladdsr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Diana Barrymore
I have Diana Barrymore on the Crime Does Not Pay but also on a Charlotte
Greenwood Show from 1/6/46.
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:32:34 -0500
From: HRRMIKES@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Seattle Convention
June 23 and 24 are shaping up to be like the days of other Radio Enthusiasts
of Puget Sound Radio [removed] and fun. The ACTORS on tap are Alan
Young, Dick Van Patten, Gil Stratton, Jr., Hal Stone, Rosemary Rice, Elliott
Reid, Herb Ellis, Tommy Cook, Donald Buka, Frank Bresee, Dick Beals.
They'll be
joined by Paul Herlinger, Jim French, Frank Buxton, Larry Albert and others.
With the loose but unifying theme of "Kids Again!", the PROGRAM will include
The Cinnamon Bear, The Adventures of Superman, Family Theater (20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea), Duffy's Tavern and I Remember Mama. New radio re-creations
will be from Adventures in Odyssey and The Adventures of Harry Nile. Frank
Bresee will be hosting segments called "Flashback With Frank" as only he can
do.
This is a very friendly convention in a beautiful place at a wonderful time
of year. Come join in the fun. Details can be found at [removed]
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:12:47 -0500
From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Who played Dan Reid?
on 3/5/06 11:18 AM, Phil Stallings wrote:
In answer to Robert's question .... Dan Reid was played by Ernie Winstanley,
James Lipton and Dick Beals ... anyone out there know of others who played
the part .....
Ernie Winstanley's claim for playing Dan Reid is highly suspect, since he
claimed to have played the role in 1934 and the character wasn't introduced
until the Christmas 1942 storyline. (I've long suspected that the role of
the Lone Ranger's nephew was created in 1942 as a response to the higher
ratings of RED RYDER, which of course featured a kid sidekick.) By the
early 1940s, Winstanley was playing young adult roles on THE LONE RANGER,
not teenagers. Also, you didn't mention Bob Martin, who played Dan Reid for
many years. Martin voiced the role in the 15th anniversary show (06/20/48:
"The Lone Ranger's Origin"), the 20th anniversary show (01/30/53: "Return of
Cavendish") and the Decca 78-RPM records. And of course, Chuck Courtney
played Dan Reid opposite both John Hart and Clayton Moore in the television
series. --ANTHONY TOLLIN
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:01:57 -0500
From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Send Congratulations to Norman
If anyone is interested in sending a congratulatory email message to Norman
Corwin here's the email address.
corwin@[removed]
This info came from the Norman Corwin website [removed]
which states that he "enjoys hearing from colleagues and listeners. We
cannot give out his address, but we will immediately forward any
communications addressed to him"
They also provide a snail mail address:
Norman Corwin
c/o Lodestone Catalog
627 N. Morton St. #204
Bloomington, Indiana 47404
Irene
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