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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2010 : Issue 175
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Fire Bugs Or Arson Shows for Johnny [ John Abbott <mraastro@[removed]; ]
10-6 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Charles Magnante Trio [ <beachcrows@[removed]; ]
Tales of the Texas Rangers - Theme [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
Re: Art Gilmore's passing [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
10-7 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Looking For Fire Bug [ "Riedstra, Daniel D (Dan)" <daniel. ]
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:01:55 -0400
From: John Abbott <mraastro@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Fire Bugs Or Arson Shows for Johnny Dollar
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A while back Louie Johnson asked about arson programs for a number of
programs, and I must have missed it.
Anyway, I looked through my book, "The Who is Johnny Dollar Matter" and have
some up with the following list of YTJD programs directly or tangentally
related to arson or fire bugs:
THE FIREBUG HUNTER MATTER - 1/7/1950
THE MONOPOLY MATTER - 2/3/1951 & 12/1/1953
THE SINGAPORE ARSON MATTER - 11/28/1952
THE ELLIOTT CHAMPION MATTER - 12/12/1952
THE LATOURETTE MATTER - 2/20/1953
THE LESTER MATSON MATTER - 9/8/1953
THE MAGNOLIA AND HONEYSUCKLE MATTER - 4/13/1954
THE BENNET MATTER - 2/20/1956 Thru 2/24/1956
THE MEG'S PALACE MATTER - 9/24/1956 Thru 9/24/1956
THE BURNING CAR MATTER - 12/9/1956
THE PEERLESS FIRE MATTER - 5/5/1957
THE SMOKEY SLEEPER MATTER - 8/25/1957
THE DOUBTFUL DIARY MATTER - 9/29/1957
THE CARSON ARSON MATTER - 5/4/1958
THE FRISCO FIRE MATTER - 4/5/1959
THE LARSON ARSON MATTER - 11/8/1959
THE BURNING DESIRE MATTER - 12/27/1959
THE PHONY PHONE MATTER - 5/8/1960 & 12/17/1961
THE WHO'S WHO MATTER - 2/5/1961
THE WAYWARD FIREMAN MATTER - 2/12/1961
THE DO IT YOURSELF MATTER - 2/11/1962
THE IKE AND MIKE MATTER - 3/18/1962
THE ALL TOO EASY MATTER - 6/17/1962
THE CASE OF TROUBLE MATTER - 8/5/1962
I might have missed one, but I think this will give Louie somthing to smolder
over.
YT
John C. Abbott
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:02:00 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-6 births/deaths
October 6th births
10-06-1866 - Dr. Reginald Fessenden - Milton, Canada - d. 6-22-1932
made world's first radio voice broadcast (Decmeber 24, 1906)
10-06-1887 - Maria Jeritza - Brunn, Austria-Hungary - d. 7-10-1982
singer: "General Motors Concerts"
10-06-1893 - Milton Ager - Chicago, IL - d. 5-6-1979
composer of many songs broadcast on radio
10-06-1897 - Jerome Cowan - NYC - d. 1-24-1972
actor: "Best Plays"; "Philip Morris Playhouse"; "Suspense"
10-06-1898 - Cliff Burwell - New Haven, CT - d. 10-9-1976
pianist: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
10-06-1899 - Mitchell Leisen - Menominee, MI - d. 10-28-1972
director: Lux Radio Theatre
10-06-1901 - Leslie Arliss - London, England - d. 12-30-1987
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
10-06-1905 - Clinton C. Balmer - d. 2-8-1988
news commentator: WLVA Lynchberg, Virginia
10-06-1905 - Helen Wills Moody - Centerville, CA - d. 1-1-1998
tennis playeer: "Information Please"
10-06-1906 - Janet Gaynor - Philadelphia, PA, - d. 9-14-1984
hostess, actor: "Hollywood Showcase: Stars Over Hollywood"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
10-06-1907 - Owen Davis, Jr. - NYC - d. 5-21-1949
actor: Allen McCrea "Those We Love"
10-06-1908 - Carole Lombard - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 1-16-1942
actor: "The Circle"; "Hollywood Hotel"
10-06-1910 - Lawrence Langner - Swansea, South Wales - d. 4-2-2002
theatre guild supervisor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
10-06-1912 - Mel Dinelli - d. 11-28-1991
writer: "Advs. of Philip Marlowe"
10-06-1914 - Randolph Carter - Lexington, NE - d. 10-12-1998
writer: "Florence Nightingale"
10-06-1914 - Thor Heyerdahl - Larvik, Norway - d. 4-18-2002
archaeologist: "London Column"
10-06-1917 - Rosella Qualey - Donnelly, MN - d. 2-18-2007
home economist: KWLM-FM Willmar, Minnesota
10-06-1921 - Cliff White - d. 4-2-1998
guitarist: (Mills Brothers) "Jubilee"; "Radio Hall of Fame", "Mail Call"
10-06-1925 - Shana Alexander - NYC - d. 6-23-2005
writer and commentary
10-06-1926 - Alan Copeland - Los Angeles, CA
singer: (The Modernaires) "Jan Garber and His Orchestra"; "Monitor"
10-06-1937 - Dawn Bender
actor: Margaret Herbert Murray "One Man's Family"; Suzie Sample
"Cousin Willie"
10-06-1941 - Tom Carroll - NYC - d. 3-18-2001
narrator: "Monitor"
October 6th deaths
01-06-1917 - Dan Cubberly - Colorado - d. 10-6-1991
announcer: "Rocky Jordan"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
01-25-1916 - Les Crutchfield - d. 10-6-1966
writer: "Escape"; "Fort Laramie"; "Gunsmoke"
02-07-1924 - Hattie Jacques - Sandgate, Kent, England - d. 10-6-1980
actor: Sophie Tuckshop "It's That Man Again"; Agatha Dangelbody
"Educating Archie"
02-27-1954 - Douglas Campbell - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 10-6-2009
actor/director: Saturday Night "Appointment with Venus"
03-07-1907 - George Beck - NYC - d. 10-6-1999
screenwriter: "Good News of 1939"; "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"
03-30-1895 - Amos Binkley - d. 10-6-1985
banjoist: (Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers" WSM Nashville, TN
04-05-1908 - Bette Davis - Lowell, MA - d. 10-6-1989
actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players"; "Prudential Family Hour of
Stars"
05-14-1910 - Bill Danch - Hammond, IN - d. 10-6-2004
writer: "Baby Snooks Show"; "Honest Harold"; "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
05-25-1918 - Henry Calvin - Dallas, TX - d. 10-6-1975
actor: Joshua Sharpe "Big Guy"
05-31-1922 - Denholm Elliott - London, England - d. 10-6-1992
actor: 'Michael and His Lost Angel"
08-06-1915 - Pamela Blake - Oakland, CA - d. 10-6-2009
actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
09-04-1937 - Red Shipley - Johnson City, TN - d. 10-6-2007
host: "Stained Glass Bluegrass"; "Orange & Blue Review"
09-13-1897 - David Rubinoff - Grodno, Poland - d. 10-6-1986
violinist, conductor: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Rubinoff and His Violin"
09-19-1888 - Porter Hall - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-6-1953
actor: "March of Time"
09-22-1885 - George Gaul - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-6-1939
actor: Jeb Stuart "Roses and Drums"; "Grits and Gravy"
10-04-1894 - Cliff Hall - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-6-1972
comedian: Sharlie "Baron and the Bee, Jack Pearl Show"
10-23-1901 - Arthur Jacobson - NYC - d. 10-6-1993
actor: Kirk Harding "Woman in White"; Anthony J. Marleybone "Affairs
of Anthony"
11-05-1893 - Theodore von Eltz - New Haven, CT - d. 10-6-1964
actor: Inspector Fernak "The Saint"
12-01-1900 - Ted Hammerstein - d. 10-6-1973
emcee: "The Hammerstein Music Hall"
xx-xx-1914 - Walter Herlihy - Massachusetts - d. 10-6-1956
announcer: (Brother of Ed) "Dorothy Kilgallen's Dairy"; "Police Woman"
Ron
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:56:05 -0400
From: <beachcrows@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Charles Magnante Trio
Jim Cox asked for information about a George Schackle who he
understood to be one of the musicians along with Charles Magnante and
Tony Mottola during the mid forties Jack Berch weekday show. The
Charles Magnante Trio with Magnante on accordian, Mottola playing
guitar and George Wright at the organ were part of the show for some
half dozen years according to the musicians credits. Dave Goldin
credits a George Schackley as the organist on some of the shows in his
listing. If Goldin is correct he may have been filling in for Wright,
but I suspect the correct spelling is George Shackley who had varied
early radio credits and I believe was also an organist.
Paul Thompson
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:56:37 -0400
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Tales of the Texas Rangers - Theme
Hi Gang -
When I listened to "Tales of the Texas Rangers" actual broadcasts, I heard
one program where the theme song,"Texas Rangers March" was played all the
way through, at the end of the story. Before the theme was played, the
announcer said that this is highly unusual, but this was being done because
of
some unusual circumstance. I don't remember what that reason was.
He then announced the name of the theme song (not "The Eyes of [removed]" as
erroneously reported in several books), and the orchestra played "The
Texas Rangers March" all the way through without interruption and without
anybody talking over it. I believe he mentioned the composer's name, too.
I now have many broadcasts of the "Tales of the Texas Rangers" in my dusty
archives of tapes, but apparently I don't have that particular broadcast.
What I'd like to know is the broadcast date or any other information about
the theme song. I presume other fans of that series would like to know,
too.
I'm hoping that someone who reads this has an answer, and will report in a
forthcoming issue.
Happy Taping (does anybody use tape any more?) -
Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois and Alma, Arkansas
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:57:15 -0400
From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Art Gilmore's passing
Hello again --
In Issue 170, LBiel writes "Art Gilmore passed away on the 25th at 98" and
then follows that statement with a link to his obituary.
Art may be dead, but for those of us who relish the old "Vic and Sade" show,
he has achieved an immortality of sorts, being mentioned in one of the last
half-hour scripts Paul Rhymer wrote for that series.
Near the program of August 26, 1946, "Office Homework," two unknown
characters briefly passing through the Gook household have this interchange:
"Say, Pete, you ever see anything of Art Gilmore these days?"
"Gee, I don't guess I've seen Art Gilmore in six months."
"He talked about going to Terre Haute, Indiana."
"Yes, I know he did."
"Maybe that's where he went."
"I wouldn't be surprised."
Art himself contributed to his biography listed on Wikipedia, at
[removed], but despite a long, active and
colorful career -- including the co-founding of Pacific Pioneer
Broadcasters -- neither Chicago's WMAQ (where Vic and Sade originated) nor
Terre Haute are mentioned there. It would be interesting to know just what
conditions prompted Rhymer to mention Art in his program.
yOurs TRuly,
Jan Bach
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:57:23 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-7 births/deaths
October 7th births
10-07-1853 - James Whitcomb Riley - Greenfield, IN - d. 7-22-1916
writer: "Way Down Home" a musical tribute drama based on Riley's life
10-07-1870 - "Uncle Dave" Macon - Smart Station, TN - d. 3-22-1952
banjo player: "Grand Ole Opry"
10-07-1888 - Henry Wallace - Adair County, IA - d. 11-18-1965
vice president: "Free World Theatre"
10-07-1889 - Clarence Muse - Baltimore , MD - d. 10-13-1979
singer: "Paducah Plantation"
10-07-1890 - Marion Bernstein Bearman - d. 4-xx-1985
singer: WLAG Minneapolis, Minnesota
10-07-1896 - Phil Ohman - New Britain, CT - d. 8-8-1954
pianist: "Names of Tomorrow Finding Stardom Today in Hollywood"
10-07-1898 - Alfred Wallenstein - Chicago, IL - d. 2-8-1983
conductor: "Virtuosos"; "Voice of Firestone"
10-07-1900 - Heinrich Himmler - Munich, Germany - d. 5-23-1945
nazi leader: "This is a Chapter of Glory"
10-07-1905 - Andy Devine - Flagstaff, Arizona Territory - d. 2-20-1977
actor: Jingles P. Jones "Wild Bill Hickok"; Mose Muich "Lum and
Abner"; "Jack Benny Program"
10-07-1905 - Jean Ellyn - NYC - d. 11-23-1989
actor: Margie 'Cookie' Cook "Valiant Lady"; Dr. Watson "Strange Dr.
Karnac"
10-07-1908 - Richard Caldicot - London, England - d. 10-16-1995
actor: "The Navy Lark"
10-07-1910 - Wayne Ackley - d. 10-3-1988
newscaster: Des Moines, Iowa
10-07-1911 - Vaughn Monroe - Akron, OH - d. 5-21-1973
singer, bandleader: "Penthouse Party"; "Vaughn Monroe Show"
10-07-1912 - Sally Vass - Greenville, SC
singer: (The Vass Family) "The Lady Next Door"; "Kraft Phoenix Program"
10-07-1913 - Elizabeth Janeway - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-15-2005
writer: "Information Please"
10-07-1914 - Alfred Drake - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-25-1992
singer: "Best Plays"; Broadway Matinee"; "Ford Festival of American
Music"
10-07-1914 - Sarah Churchill - London, England - d. 9-24-1982
actor: (Daughter of Winston Churchill) "Romance"
10-07-1915 - Francis Hunt - Buffalo, NY - d. 2-6-1993
vocalist: (Lou Bring Orchestra) "Kraft Music Hall"
10-07-1916 - Palmer Williams - Tenafly, NJ - d. 1-1-1996
producer: "Hear It Now"
10-07-1917 - Helmut Dantine - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-2-1982
actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Silver Theatre"; "Theatre of Romance";
"Suspense"
10-07-1917 - June Allyson - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-8-2006
actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "NBC Star Playhouse"; "Harold Lloyd
Comedy Theatre"
10-07-1922 - Martha Stewart - Bardwell, KY
vocalist: "Your All-Time Hit Parade"
10-07-1925 - Fred Collins - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 8-5-2006
announcer: "Dimension X"; "X-Minus One"; "The Chase"
10-07-1926 - Diana Lynn - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-18-1971
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
10-07-1927 - Al Martino - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-14-2009
singer: "The Steve Lawrence Show"; "Here's to Veterans"
10-07-1927 - Don Rickles - Portland, OR - d. 2-19-1985
announcer: "Nightbeat"; The Whisperer"; "The Whistler"
10-07-1931 - Gordon Terry - Decatur, AL - d. 4-9-2006
fiddler: "Country Music Time"; "Country Style [removed]"
October 7th deaths
01-10-1914 - Polly Rowles - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-2001
actor: Nita's Aunt "Lone Journey"
01-19-1809 - Edgar Allan Poe - Boston, MA - d. 10-7-1849
author: Several of his works adapted for radio
01-31-1921 - Mario Lanza - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-1959
singer: "Mario Lanza Show"
05-28-1911 - Lynn Biggler - d. 10-7-2003
newscaster: KWFT Witchita Falls, Texas
06-01-1921 - Nelson Riddle - Oradell, NJ - d. 10-7-1985
composer, conductor: "On a Sunday Afternoon"; "Sears Radio Theatre"
07-27-1905 - Leo Durocher - West Springfield, MA - d. 10-7-1991
baseball legend: "baseball announcer"; "Double Play with Durocher and
Day"
08-16-1890 - Myron "Grim" Natwick - Wisconsin Rapids, WI - d. 10-7-1990
creator of Betty Boop
11-02-1911 - Johnny Richards - Schenectady, NY - d. 10-7-1968
orchestra leader: "The Jack Carson Show"
11-17-1898 - "Quin" Ryan - d. 10-7-1978
announcer, actor: "Quin Ryan Reports"; "Uncle Quin"; "Uncle Quin's
Scalawags"
11-26-1910 - Cyril Cusack - Durban, South Africa - d. 10-7-1993
actor: "Great Expectations"
Ron
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:57:31 -0400
From: "Riedstra, Daniel D (Dan)" <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Looking For Fire Bug
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There was also a long running serial called "The Firefighters". I can't
imagine that there wasn't at least a couple episodes concerning arson.
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