Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #285
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 10/20/2006 10:19 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 285
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Superman serial                   [ "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@ea ]
      Re: Superman Serial                   [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
      Re: WLW: The Nation's STation         [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      10-19 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Why Don't We Do This More Often?      [ Jeffrey Ellis <jellis@[removed] ]
      "The War Of The Worlds" ???           [ "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed]; ]
      Friends of Old Time Radio Convention  [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      Bobby Troup and Julie London          [ "Dave DiSisto" <ddisist1@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:37:03 +0000
    From: "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Superman serial

    This isn't exactly on-topic for this forum, and I apologize, but since the
    matter was raised here, I thought I should chime in.  Martin Grams, Jr. -
    my favorite OTR author and a good friend - wrote:

     >The (Superman) serial was supposedly destroyed decades ago when the TV
     >Superman series became popular.  They falsely advertised the show of
     >featuring George Reeves, the first man to portray Superman on the screen
     >when in fact, that was false.  Kirk (Alyn) played the man in tights for two
     >serials and somehow an attempt was made to destroy the prints to prevent the
     >serials from being featured in the theaters while the TV series remained
     >popular.

    I've never heard any of this before.  I do know that the contract between
    Columbia Pictures (producers of the serial) and National Comics (owners of
    Superman) specifically forbade the serials' release to television.  I also
    believe there was a clause that limited Columbia's distribution rights, and
    possibly even ownership (just as there was for Warner Brothers' 1954
    DRAGNET theatrical feature - which is why Universal now owns it).  Ordering
    the serial to be destroyed sounds a bit extreme - I'd like to know the
    exact source for this.

    Nor have I, in over a quarter-century of research into the SUPERMAN TV
    series, ever seen any publicity or advertisements claiming that George
    Reeves was the first live-action Man of Steel.  I can't speak for a few
    misguided journalists, but there was no concerted effort by National Comics
    to suppress knowledge of Kirk Alyn's work in the role.  Advertising for the
    Reeves film "Superman and the Mole Men" (1951) called it the character's
    "first full-length feature adventure" - which it certainly was.  That was
    as far as it went.

    Michael

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    Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:37:16 +0000
    From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Superman Serial

    As I recall, another OTR favorite, MGM comedy/jazz singer Virginia O'Brien
    (aka "Miss Red Hot
    Frozen Face") was married to Superman (Kirk Allyn).

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    Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:37:31 +0000
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: WLW: The Nation's STation

    Andrew Steinberg asked:
     > Does anyone know where I can purchase the CD set produced at WVXU called
    Cincinnati Radio - The Nation's Station (1921-1941)?

    While the web site is still very much under construction, you can go to
    this page and enter the submission that you want the information on the WLW
    set. It is very good, by the way. I bought mine years ago at the Cincinnati
    Historical Museum, but not sure they are selling it anymore.

    If you don't get a response, let me know. I might be able to just ask Mike
    Martini about it. He has in the past been a contributor to this page, but
    he is working pretty constantly and not sure he is reading this as often.

    [removed]

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:37:42 +0000
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-19 births/deaths

    October 19th births

    10-19-1889 - Fannie Hurst - Hamilton, OH - d. 2-23-1968
    writer: "United China Relief"; "Fanny Hurst Reviews"; "Big Joe";
    "United Nations Today"
    10-19-1903 - Robert Hardy Andrews - Effingham, KS - d. 11-11-1976
    writer: "Skippy"; "Jack Armstrong"; "Just Plain Bill"
    10-19-1907 - Roger Wolfe Kahn - Morristown, NJ - d. 7-12-1962
    bandleader: "Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra"
    10-19-1910 - John C. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 1-24-1936
    singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"; "Bing Crosby
    Show"
    10-19-1911 - George Cates - NYC - d. 5-12-2002
    orchestra leader: "Full Speed Ahead"; "Guest Star"; "Stand By for Music"
    10-19-1917 - Evelyn Kaye Klein - NYC
    violinist: (Evelyn and Her Magic Violin) "Hour of Charm"
    10-19-1918 - Bob Sweeney - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-7-1992
    actor: "Sweeney and March"; "Sara's Private Caper"
    10-19-1920 - Harry Alan Towers - London, England
    producer: "The Black Museum"; "Horatio Hornblower"; "The Scarlet
    Pimpernel"
    10-19-1921 - George Nader - Pasadena, CA - d. 2-4-2002
    actor: "Family Theatre"
    10-19-1925 - Eddie Layton - d. 12-16-2004
    organist: New York Yankees and many radio programs
    10-19-1930 - Wally Flaherty - The Bronx, NY - d. 9-23-1998
    host: "Open Line"
    10-19-1932 - Robert Reed - Highland Park, IL - d. 5-12-1992
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    10-19-1945 - John Lithgow - Rochester, NY
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    October 19th deaths

    01-31-1894 - Isham Jones - Coalton, OH - d. 10-19-1956
    bandleader: "Isham Jones and His Orchestra"
    02-22-1892 - Edna St. Vincent Millay - Rockland, ME - d. 10-19-1950
    author: "Against the Storm"
    03-16-1920 - Wolf Rilla - Berlin, Germany - d. 10-19-2005
    writer for the BBC
    04-16-1914 - John Hodiak - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-19-1955
    actor: L'il Abner "L'il Abner"; Butch Cavendish "Lone Ranger"
    05-01-1919 - John Meredyth Lucas - d. 10-19-2002
    film director, producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    07-13-1902 - Phillips H. Lord - Hartford, CT - d. 10-19-1975
    actor: Seth Parker "Seth Parker"; Mitchell Frazier "Story of Mary
    Marlin"
    08-27-1916 - Martha Raye - Butte, MT - d. 10-19-1994
    comedienne: "Tuesday Night Party"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen
    Guild Theatre"
    11-04-1911 - Josephine Huston - d. 10-19-1967
    vocalist: "Take a Note"
    11-30-1667 - Jonathan Swift - Dublin, Ireland - d. 10-19-1745
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    12-22-1911 - Bob Guilbert - Wisconsin - d. 10-19-1990
    actor: Don Winslow "Don Winslow of the Navy"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:37:55 +0000
    From: Jeffrey Ellis <jellis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Why Don't We Do This More Often?

    Hi--

    Anyone know of an available recording of Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman
    Orchestra of "Why Don't We Do This More Often?", recorded November 7, 1941
    on Mutual?

    I'm actually also looking for anyone else's recordings of that song. For
    example, I know there's an Andrews Sisters recording of it as well, with Vic
    Schoen's orchestra, recorded [removed], but I don't know the network.

    Thanks :)

    All My Best,
    Jeffrey

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    Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:38:15 +0000
    From: "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "The War Of The Worlds" ???

        "The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations, present
    'The War Of The Worlds,' starring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre On
    The air!"

        So begins my favorite Old-Time Radio show of all time -- the now
    world-infamous "Panic Broadcast" of 1938.    :)

        Does anyone know whether there is any station planning to rebroadcast
    it here in the New Jersey area this Halloween (and let's all PLEASE pray
    that people have become more sophisticated in their discernments since
    1938!) ???    :/

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    Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:38:39 +0000
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Friends of Old Time Radio Convention in
      The Daily News

    David Hinckley, stalwart radio reporter at The New York Daily News gives
    the Friends of Old Time Radio Convention feature treatment in today's edition.

    The article focuses on an interview with guest Simon Jones of Hitchhiker's
    Guide to the Galaxy and previews all of this weekend's excitement.

    Come on down!

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:38:56 +0000
    From: "Dave DiSisto" <ddisist1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Bobby Troup and Julie London
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    I believe that Bobby Troup and Julie London were husband and wife.  That
    being stated, did anyone else notice in the 10-18 births/deaths segment that
    Bobby Troup was born on 10-18-18 and Julie London died on 10-18-2000?  One
    sometimes has to wonder about significance of such occurrences.  Sort of
    like, Abe Lincoln having a secretary named Kennedy and John Kennedy having a
    secretary named Lincoln.  At this time of year, one might go so far as to
    call it spooky.

    Dave DiSisto

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