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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 247
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Laugh Crafters IS good                [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
      Kenny Delmar/Doc Savage OTR           [ "Dave Adams" <daveadams-hollywood@c ]
      Re: Little Jack Little                [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      Re: Gildersleeve War Bulletin         [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
      interesting review of OTR book        [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history            [ "Grant Shorten" <shorten@[removed] ]
      Subject: script needed                [ Larry Groebe <lgroebe@genericradio. ]
      Re: Gildersleeve show                 [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Re: The Shadow                        [ Bob <hrkeller@[removed]; ]
      9-11 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Was this a Suspense Radio Play?       [ Craig Melville <craigmelville@yahoo ]
      re: Commissioner Weston               [ Rob Chatlin <rchatlin@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:29:16 -0400
    From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Laugh Crafters IS good

    I'm also a fan of Young's Laugh Crafters book. It and
    Chuck's Speaking of Radio are the most entertaining
    conversational books on radio I've ever read.

    Ben Ohmart

    Old radio. Old movies. New books.
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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:29:39 -0400
    From: "Dave Adams" <daveadams-hollywood@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Kenny Delmar/Doc Savage OTR

>     Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 17:42:34 -0400
>     From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];

>     I think Commissioner Weston considerably softened during the years that
>     Kenny Delmar played the role regularly, roughly 1940-44.

    <snip>

>     BTW, I recently obtained the license to reprint Walter Gibson's original
>     SHADOW pulp novels (and also the DOC SAVAGE novels), and am co-publishing
>     them with Nostalgia Ventures in double-novel trade paperbacks priced at

    just

>     $[removed]

    Anthony,

    I seem to recall reading somewhere that Kenny Delmar played a part in the
    long lost
    Doc Savage OTR series. I think you that originally wrote that in one of the
    intros
    to a Shadow collection.
    Can you confirm that for me? I would just look it up but I have most or all
    those collections
    and I've not been able to find which one that comment is from.
    I've read on several Doc websites that the players from Doc Savage on radio
    are unknown.
    Are you aware of any other cast members from that show?
    I had in mind to share the answer with the FeaRun Yahoo Group (aren't you
    also a member?)

    By the way, congrats on those Shadow/Doc rights. 'Bout time reprints were
    available. I know
    they'll be in capable hands.

    -Dave

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:29:48 -0400
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Little Jack Little

    On 9/8/06 9:30 AM [removed]@[removed] wrote:

>     Jack had very bass voice and he doesn't sing but rather
>     speaks the lyrics while I'm guessing he plays the piano.  Who was he?  Matt

    "Little Jack" Little was a very popular personality of the Depression era
    who became well known as a "talk-singing" pianist, who half-sang,
    half-talked the lyrics of his songs in a whispery crooning voice. The
    programs you have were recorded for syndication, and distributed on
    Columbia transcriptions -- which were of a quality comparable to
    commercial phonograph records of the era. The format of these recordings
    is basically the same as that used in Little's live broadcasts -- just
    Little and a piano for fifteen minutes. The syndications ran a bit short
    in order to allow time for the insertion of locally-sold commercials.
    This type of intimate one-performer program was very common in pre-1935
    radio.

    Little was born in England in 1900, and started out with the idea of
    becoming a doctor -- but during his college years he became distracted by
    music, and began writing songs and playing in campus orchestras. From
    there he found his way into vaudeville, and from there into radio, where
    he first made a name for himself around 1924 on the "Midnight Frolic" out
    of KYW, Chicago. He also continued writing songs -- "There's a Shanty In
    Old Shanty Town" is probably his best known accomplishment in that field.

    By 1933 Little was leading a dance orchestra which recorded regularly for
    Columbia -- and his recordings of "You Oughta Be In Pictures" and "I'm In
    The Mood For Love" are likely the definitive versions of those songs. But
    by 1939, Little's style was out of date, and he tried to reinvent himself
    by leading an unusual novelty orchestra that played all its selections in
    "bolero" rhythm. This didn't catch on, and Little's career was
    essentially over. He slipped down the ladder thru the forties, and by the
    end of the decade he was scraping along as a smalltime disk jockey. He
    finally ended up in Florida -- where he committed suicide in 1956.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:31:26 -0400
    From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Gildersleeve War Bulletin

      Found this additional information at [removed] about the
    Gildersleeve show now that I have the date of the broadcast.
    Andrew Godfrey

    42112. The Great Gildersleeve. February 25, 1945. NBC net. Sponsored by:
    Kraft Parkay, Kraft Dinner. The start of the program is delayed by a war
    bulletin from Guam, which is not heard on this recording. Harold Peary and
    Walter Tetley are heard telling jokes and fooling around with the audience
    instead. It's not possible to determine from this recording whether the
    first seven minutes were broadcast as fooling around, or were just recorded
    on these discs with the bulletin originating from elsewhere. The bulletin
    runs seven minutes before the program starts. Aunt Hattie is proving to be
    somewhat of a trial. Harold Peary, Walter Tetley, Louise Erickson, Lillian
    Randolph, Noreen Gammill, Earle Ross, Ken Carpenter (announcer), John Whedon
    (writer), Sam Moore (writer), Claude Sweeten (music director). 29:45. Audio
    condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:31:55 -0400
    From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  interesting review of OTR book

    [removed];list=Jhistory&month=0607&week=d&msg=DabESpHiopVV8x5IzwV/fA&user=&pw=

    A friend recently brought to my attention a new and quite interesting review of WORDS AT WAR, my book about US radio and its role in helping the W WW II effort

    Above is the URL for the review. It can also be accessed by Googling WORDS AT WAR and Graham Barnfield (author of the review)

    Howard Blue

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:32:24 -0400
    From: "Grant Shorten" <shorten@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history
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    " Say Johnny, that's a good one but the way I heerd it", Popeye was a real
    character who sat on his front porch smoking a corn cob pipe and greeted folks
    as they passed by in Mr. Segar's hometown of Chester, Ill near St Louis. I
    remember hearing this from a ham radio friend of mine a few years ago who was
    also born in Chester . Can anyone from near Chester testify to this?
    Grant

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:33:08 -0400
    From: Larry Groebe <lgroebe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Subject: script needed

>     does any one know where I can get a copy of radio script for the
>     story It,s A Wonderful Life for an upcoming event?  Take care,

    Hi Walden --

    An "It's a Wonderful Life" transcript can be found on our
    [removed] website as a Lux Radio Theater broadcast.

    Go here: [removed]

    Enjoy!

    --Larry Groebe

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:33:58 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Gildersleeve show

     > The Gildersleeve show in which a war bulletin appeared was December
    7,1941.
     > Somehow the engineers got some lines crossed and so we didn't catch
     > the network feed in the discs but instead got the studio.

    Actually, the December 7th show was broadcast but had bulletin
    interruptions. The NBC logs at the Library of Congress show the program
    broadcasting though it does list the interruptions.

    Matthew Bullis had the right show according to what the questioner
    originally asked. The battle for the Marianas was going strongly and in
    US favor at the time. Then Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal, was
    giving the public a report on the ongoing events and NBC broke to cover
    that report. Meanwhile, due to the report, the show was delayed since
    all were assembled. So there was some interaction between Walter Tetley
    and Hal Peary who kept repeated asking if they were going on. So little
    mini-rehearsals were heard while they all waited along with interaction
    with the audience. Finally, the show was allowed to go on.

    I believe as Matthew mentioned that an mp3 copy is floating around
    called "audience warm-up" but it does not include the complete show.
    That is a separate file.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:34:27 -0400
    From: Bob <hrkeller@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The Shadow

    Let me give a tip of the hat to list member Anthony Tollin for his work on
    the Shadow reprints.

    I've only read a fraction of the titles because of the cost of originals, and
    the fraglity of originals. I've read his first installment and look forward
    to the second. Production quality and new intro material is first rate.

    Let me also mention the novel "The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril" by Paul
    Malmont. I just read it last weekend. Shadow fans should get a kick of out it
    as it pits Shadow creator Walter Gibson and Dov Savage creator Lester Dent
    (and a cast of other notables) in an adventure that narrowly avoids New York
    City being gassed! It is, of course, set with a backdrop of the Shadow being
    the king of radio dramas and pulps, and a kind reference to Blue Coal and
    Goodyear as sponsors!

    Regards from Wisconsin,

    Bob Keller

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    Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:20:12 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-11 births/deaths

    September 11th births

    09-11-1862 - O. Henry (Wm. Sydney Porter) - Greensboro, NC - d. 6-5-1910
    short story writer: "Alias Jimmy Valentine"; "The Cisco Kid"
    09-11-1887 - Gus Arnheim - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-19-1955
    orchestra leader: "Woodbury Soap Show"
    09-11-1889 - Bill Comstock - Syracuse, NY - d. 6-xx-1979
    actor: Tizzy Lish "Mirth Parade"
    09-11-1908 - Elisebeth A. Heisch - Madison, WI - d. 8-17-2003
    writer: "The Cinnamon Bear"
    09-11-1909 - Anne Seymour - NYC - d. 12-11-1988
    actor: "Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Francie Nolan "Tree Grows
    in Brooklyn"
    09-11-1909 - Kenneth Banghart - Paramus, NJ - d. 5-25-1980
    announcer: "Archie Andews"; "Lora Lawton"; "Robert Shaw Chorale"
    09-11-1915 - Athena Lorde - NYC - d. 5-23-1973
    actor: Maggie Sprague "Young Widder Brown"; Sherry "Front Page Farrell"
    09-11-1923 - Betsy Drake - Paris, France
    actor: Muriel Blandings "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings"
    09-11-1926 - Lee Richardson - Chicago, IL - d. 10-2-1999
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-11-1928 - Earl Holliman - Delhi, LA
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    09-11-1936 - Roger Barkley - Minnesota - d. 12-21-1997
    actor: "Empire of the Air"

    September 11th deaths

    01-04-1881 - Norman Field - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 9-11-1956
    actor: Glen Hunter "One Man's Family"
    02-04-1912 - Erich Leinsdorf - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1993
    conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Pioneers of Music"; "Musicians
    Off Stage"
    02-12-1915 - Lorne Greene - Ottowa, Canada - d. 9-11-1987
    host Western Night: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    02-16-1901 - Chester Morris - NYC - d. 9-11-1979
    actor: Boston Blackie "Boston Blackie"; Great Merlini "Great Merlini"
    02-17-1897 - Harry Tugend - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-11-1989
    writer: "The Fred Allen Show"
    02-18-1913 - Dane Clark - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-11-1998
    actor: Perry 'Quiz' Quisinberry "Passport for Adams
    03-05-1893 - Dorothy Sands - Cambridge, MA - d. 9-11-1980
    actor: Mary Ann Clarke "Barry Cameron"; Margot "Backstage Wife"
    04-08-1937 - Bernelda Wheeler - Saskatchewan, Canada - d. 9-11-2005
    worked as a disc jockey in Churchill, Manitoba
    04-11-1907 - Paul Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-11-1959
    announcer, sportscaster, actor: Lawyer Feldman "Meyer the Buyer"
    05-23-1898 - Frank McHugh - Homestead, PA - d. 9-11-1981
    actor: Fairchild Finnegan "Phone Again Finnegan"
    06-07-1909 - Jessica Tandy - London, England - d. 9-11-1994
    actor: Liz Marriott "Marriage"; Mildred Rogers "Of Human Bondage"
    07-19-1889 - Max Fleischer - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1972
    cartoonist: "Popeye the Sailor"
    08-21-1923 - Chris Schenkel - Bippus, IN - d. 9-11-2005
    sportscaster: "Campy's Corner"; "11:30 Clubhouse"
    09-04-1898 - Charlie Cantor - Worcester, MA - d. 9-11-1966
    actor: Clifton Finnegan "Duffy's Tavern"; Levy Soloman "Abie's Irish
    Rose"
    09-13-1896 - Laidman Browne - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England - d.
    9-11-1961
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Corner in Crime"
    09-15-1915 - Al Casey - Louisville, KY - d. 9-11-2005
    guitarist: "One Night Stand"; "New World A' Coming"; "Eddie Condon's
    Jazz Concert"
    10-18-1914 - Louise Fitch - Iowa - d. 9-11-1996
    actor: Dale Locke "Manhattan Mother"; Carol Evans Martin Brent "Road
    of Life"
    11-12-1922 - Kim Hunter - Detroit, MI - d. 9-11-2002
    actor: "Medicine USA"; "Philco Radio Playhouse"; "CBS Radio Mystery
    Theatre"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:32:57 -0400
    From: Craig Melville <craigmelville@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Was this a Suspense Radio Play?

    I'm trying to remember the name of a radio play the
    life of me I can't recall.  These are the details I
    remember:

    I believe it was a Suspense play and the title was
    something like "Still a Cop" or "Always a Detective"?.
     The storyline is of an ex-policeman who works as a
    library detective tracking down overdue books. The
    body of a murder victim is discovered with a scrape of
    paper with a number scrawled on it. It is discovered
    the number is a library book reference number. At the
    request of the detective working the case, the
    ex-policeman/library detective, starts investigating
    the crime. Suspicion falls on a crooked cop currently
    on the force. therefore our hero (ex-policeman/library
    detective) can be trusted to bring him to justice.

    If this radio play rings any bells, I would love to
    hear your thoughts.

    Craig

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    Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:42:18 -0400
    From: Rob Chatlin <rchatlin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: Commissioner Weston
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    As Anthony Tollin wrote:

>     BTW, I recently obtained the license to reprint Walter Gibson's original
>     SHADOW pulp novels (and also the DOC SAVAGE novels), and am co-publishing
>     them with Nostalgia Ventures in double-novel trade paperbacks priced at just
>     $[removed]

    I don't recall seeing it mentioned on the list yet, so I wanted alert
    folks to a new novel by author Paul Malmont
    called "The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril." It's set during the days of
    Pulp fiction, and the two protagonists are Walter Gibson and Lester
    Dent, along with numerous other cameos, including Orson Welles.

    It's a fun read, and although the characterizations are fictionalized,
    it's a great way to get into the heads of these 2 great writers.

    rob

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