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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2009 : Issue 209
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
10-31 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:16:41 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-31 births/deaths
October 31st births
10-31-1886 - Courtney Ryley Cooper - Kansas City, MO - d. 9-29-1940
writer: "The Gibson Family"
10-31-1887 - Chiang Kai-Shek - Hsikow, Chekiang, China - d. 4-5-1975
world leader: "Free World Theatre"
10-31-1896 - Ethel Waters - Chester, PA - d. 9-1-1977
blues singer: "American Revue"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
10-31-1900 - Neal Bliss Enslen - Delphos, OH - d. 5-23-1938
opera singer, announcer: "The Baldwin Concert"; "The Slumber Hour"
10-31-1901 - Eric Hatch - d. 7-4-1973
commentator: "Cresta Blanca Carnival of Music"
10-31-1905 - Dewey Cole - d. 3-23-1991
sound effects: "The Lone Ranger"; "Challenge of the Yukon"
10-31-1909 - Thelma Boardman - Panama Canal Zone - d. 4-21-1978
actor: Minnie Mouse "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
10-31-1910 - Donovan Joyce - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-16-1980
writer, producer, director: "T-Men"
10-31-1912 - Dale Evans - Uvalde, TX - d. 2-7-2001
actor, singer: (Queen of the Cowgirls) "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Roy
Rogers Show"
10-31-1915 - Chris Griffin - d. 6-18-2005
trumpet: (Benny Goodman's Orchestra) "Camel Caravan"
10-31-1916 - James Broom-Lynne - London, England - d. 12-1-1995
writer: "Charlie and Duke"; "Return Visit"
10-31-1917 - Don Hughes - d. 5-2-1990
juvenile actor: Rollo "Daddy and Rollo"; "Helen and Mary"
10-31-1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes - NYC - d. 8-8-2005
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Ford Theatre"; "[removed] Steel Hour";
"Cavalcade of America"
10-31-1922 - Illinois Jacquet - Broussard, LA - d. 7-23-2004
jazz saxophonist: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
10-31-1926 - Shirley Dinsdale - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-9-1999
ventriloquist: Judy Splinters "Judy in Wonderland, The Eddie Cantor
Show"
10-31-1928 - Cleo Moore - Baton Rouge, LA - d. 10-25-1973
actor: "Bud's Bandwagon"
10-31-1931 - Dan Rather - Wharton, TX
newscaster: Houston Radio
10-31-1942 - David Ogden Stiers - Peoria, IL
actor: "Empire of the Air"
October 31st deaths
How is this for a coincidence? John Houseman, who was so involved with
the "War of the Worlds" broadcast, died on its 50th anniversary.
01-28-1914 - Arthur Gary - NYC - d. 10-31-2005
announcer: "The Amazing Mr. Malone"; "The Colgate Sports Newsreel"
02-02-1895 - George Halas - Chicago, IL - d. 10-31-1983
football coach: "Tops in Sports"
03-05-1894 - Henry Daniell - London, England - d. 10-31-1963
actor: "Theatre Guild of the Air"
03-06-1918 - Roger Price - Charleston, WV - d. 10-31-1990
writer, actor: "The Comedy Writers Show"
05-16-1912 - Studs Terkel - The Bronx, NY - d. 10-31-2008
journalist, sometimes actor: "Destination Freedom"; "Ma Perkins"
05-25-1908 - Linda Watkins - Boston, MA - d. 10-31-1976
actor: Dot "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"; "Big Guy"; "Fat Man"
06-08-1894 - Charles Frederick Lindsley - Higginsport, OH - d.
10-31-1960
judge: "Noah Webster Says"
06-21-1907 - Charles 'Bud' Dant - Washington, IN - d. 10-31-1999
music: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "Glamour Manor"
06-21-1921 - Joan Tetzel - NYC - d. 10-31-1977
actor: Sylvia Field "When a Girl Marries"; Jane Brown "The Goldbergs"
06-24-1915 - Jack Sterling - Baltimore, MD - d. 10-31-1991
announcer/emcee: "Make Up Your Mind"
07-16-1882 - Charles Egelston - Covington, KY - d. 10-31-1958
actor: Shuffle Shober "Ma Perkins"; Humphrey Fuller "Just Plain Bill"
07-27-1913 - Liam Redmond - Limerick, Ireland - d. 10-31-1989
actor: "Great Plays"
08-02-1915 - Johnny Long - Newell, NC - d. 10-31-1972
bandleader: "The Teen-Timers Show"; "Judy, Joe, and Johnny"
08-13-1913 - Rita Johnson - Worcester, MA - d. 10-31-1965
actor: Martha Curtis "John's Other Wife"; Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan,
[removed]"
08-14-1889 - Robert Woolsey - Oakland, CA - d. 10-31-1938
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
08-19-1915 - Ring Lardner, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 10-31-2000
screenwriter: (Member of the Hollywood Ten) "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-15-1896 - Julia Hoyt - d. 10-31-1955
actor: Conducted a fashion program for NBC
09-22-1902 - John Houseman - Bucharest, Romania - d. 10-31-1988
writer, producer: "Mercury Theatre on the Air"; "Campbell Playhouse"
09-24-1916 - Johnny Catron - Boston, MA - d. 10-31-1998
bandleader: "The Union Oil Company Show"
10-02-1902 - Percy Crawford - Minnedosa, Canada - d. 10-31-1960
evangelist: "Young People's Church of the Air"
10-18-1906 - Adele Ronson - NYC - d. 10-31-2000
actor: Wilma Deering "Buck Rogers"; Sally Gibson "Gibson Family"
10-23-1943 - Roger Scott - London, England - d. 10-31-1989
disc jockey: "Three O'Clock Thrill"; "Hitline"
10-26-1907 - Tony Pastor - Middletown, CT - d. 10-31-1969
bandleader: "Tony Pastor and His Orchestra"
11-01-1879 - Merle Thorpe - Brimfield, IL - d. 10-31-1955
businessman: "How's Business"; "The New Business World"
11-18-1912 - Arthur Peterson - Mandan, ND - d. 10-31-1996
actor: Reverend John Rutledge "The Guiding Light"; "World's Great
Novels"
12-06-1916 - Elmore Balthis - d. 10-31-1989
newscaster: KCOK Tulare, California
12-09-1906 - Ken Niles - Livingston, MT - d. 10-31-1988
announcer: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Rudy Vallee Show"; "A Date with Judy"
12-28-1915 - Dick Joy - Putnam, CT - d. 10-31-1991
announcer: "My Secret Ambition"; "The Saint"; "Advs of Sam Spade"
xx-xx-xxxx - Merna Barry - NYC - d. 10-31-1976
singer: (Barry Sisters) "Yiddish Swing"; "Molly Picon's Parade"
Ron
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:16:46 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history
From Those Were The Days
11/1
1937 The first broadcast of Hilltop House was aired on CBS; while on
NBC, the comic strip character Terry and the Pirates debuted.
11/2
1931 Myrt and Marge was heard for the first time on CBS. The
program centered on two chorus girls who competed for the same parts and
the same men. The creator and writer (Cliff Thomas wrote some) of the
series, Myrtle Vail, also played the role of Myrt; and the original
Marge was performed by Vail's daughter, Donna Fick. Three other
performers played the part when Donna died giving birth. Myrt and Marge
continued for 11 years.
1934 The first broadcast of The Gumps was heard on CBS. Wilmer Walter
played Andy Gump, Agnes Moorehead was Gump's wife, Min, and Jackie Kelk
was son, Chester. Karo syrup and Pebico toothpaste/tooth powder sponsored.
1950 "The greatest stars of our time on one big program" was the
introduction by actress Tallulah Bankhead, who opened the 90 minute Big
Show on NBC. It was a big show all right. The peacock saw red as losses
exceeded a million dollars in the three years the program was on the air.
11/7
1932 CBS presented the first broadcast of Buck Rogers in the 25th
Century. Matt Crowley, Curtis Arnall, Carl Frank and John Larkin played
Buck in the serial over the years (1932-1947).
1937 Dr. Christian debuted on CBS. Jean Hersholt played the part of
the kindly, elderly Dr. Christian who practiced on the air until 1954.
Laureen Tuttle, Kathleen Fitz, Helen Kleeb and Rosemary De Camp played
his nurse, Judy. The Dr. Christian theme song was Rainbow on the River.
Sponsors of the show included Vaseline (petroleum jelly, hair tonic and
lip ice).
1938 The first broadcast of This Day is Ours was heard on CBS. Eleanor
McDonald, played by Joan Banks and later by Templeton Fox, had all kinds
of problems. Her child was kidnapped, she lost her memory, helped a
friend find a killer, etc. The soap opera ran for two years.
Joe
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