Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #74
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Date: 3/5/2007 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 74
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Clark Kent's clothes                  [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Paul Temple                           [ "Austotr" <austotr@[removed]; ]
      Benny Allen Fued                      [ Tom Barnett <[removed]@earthlink. ]
      Re: Burns and Allen                   [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      tax donations, OTR                    [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      re: Paul Temple                       [ Chargous@[removed] ]
      Cassette Storage                      [ Radioclass <radioclass@[removed] ]
      3-5 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 09:04:58 -0500
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Clark Kent's clothes

>     Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:27:04 -0500
>     From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];

>     This would have been in a comic from perhaps 1960, and it is of some
>     interest from the standpoint of anyone who teaches science because it
>     shows the sort of interest in science that kids had in those days.

    I was following the comics fairly closely, and that's about when that
    device first appeared.  I know it never appeared on the TV show.  I'm
    not old enough to have heard the radio show when it was originally
    on, and I've heard only a few of the recordings.  But I would be
    awfully surprised if that ever appeared on the radio show.  If it
    had, I would think it would have been in the TV show and in the
    comics much earlier.

    I don't think this had anything to do with kids' interest in science
    (though, in the wake of Sputnik, the school systems were pushing
    science pretty heavily).  This isn't science, it's comic book pseudo-
    science.  It's in the same league with the explanation of Superman's
    non-strength powers that first appeared sometime in the 1960s, to the
    effect that it's caused by radiation from our yellow sun (Krypton had
    a red sun).

    If this in any way represented actual advances in fiber science, it
    was only a coincidence.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 09:05:48 -0500
    From: "Austotr" <austotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Paul Temple

    David Rogers in issue #73 asked:

>     Ian, I did not know that there was an Australian production of Paul
>     Temple.  (Takes a deep breath) Are there any recordings of the
>     Australian production available?

    I don't know David.  ABC had a far worse track record than BBC when it came
    to destroying material.  They are partnering with us on the Encyclopaedia of
    Australian Radio Shows database (EARSdb) so I will ask their archivist.  I
    am not aware of any copies in Collectors hands, but I will ask them as well.

    Ian Grieve
    Moderator
    Australian Old Time Radio Group

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    Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 10:02:21 -0500
    From: Tom Barnett <[removed]@[removed];
    To: OTR <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Benny Allen Fued

    Years ago there was a 2 LP set that had snippets of the Benny-Allen Fued that
    culminated with the "King for a Day" (I believe it was Radiolo LPs) sketch on
    Allen's show. This was one of my favourite records. However, I no longer
    owned an LP and had sent them to someone to transfer to CD or MP3 for me.
    Lonmg story short, I never received the transfers.

    Does anybody out there have this LP set and a follow up single LP that was
    the "Benny-Allen Fued Continued"? Would you habe it on CD?

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    Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 12:33:59 -0500
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Burns and Allen

    Ken Greewald commented:
     > May I suggest, Frank, that you try and contact the University of
     > Southern California Radio Archives and ask them if they have a list
     > of their radio shows?

    This would be a good time to plug an excellent resource book if one is
    interested in researching out collections, etc. of radio programs,
    scripts, actors, papers, etc.

    David and Susan Siegel's "A Resource Guide to the Golden Age of Radio"
    published by Book Hunter Press is very complete in providing pointers to
    such collections along with the contact information, how to research
    these locations, etc.  Besides USC's Burns and Allen collection, there
    are other locations with additional material.

    [removed]

    Plus Dave is an esteemed member of this digest, so he can offer advise
    about the book!

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:28:17 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  tax donations, OTR

    Someone asked:

>     I am donating my entire collection of old radio programs on reel to
>     reel tape to a university. Does anyone know what value to put on
>     an individal reel (for tax purposes)?

    Jack French's suggestion to consult a CPA/accountant is the best advice when
    it concerns dollar values.  If you do your own taxes, and do not employ an
    accountant, I too would suggest you still consult an accountant.

    As for donating to a University, make sure they actually plan to make the
    collection available.  One University that received OTR-related scripts and
    materials have kept the collection unavailable for library patrons for more
    than 15 years and even e-mails and letters have not gotten the staff to
    catalog, inventory or make their collection available to the public yet.
    (Their excuse is they don't have the staff or funding to have it cataloged
    and I am sure this excuse is used over and over by other libraries with the
    same issues, even when I myself volunteer to catalog and inventory their
    holdings for free.)

    Lastly, make sure it isn't a library that "may" sell your collection.
    Though no staff on hand will tell you they do it, some libraries have VERY
    STRICT policies to only shelve or archive materials that originate from
    distributors such as Eagle and Ingram, and anything else is considered a
    "donation" that occassionally ends up in their annual "book sale."  I once
    donated books to a University library and weeks later I was at their annual
    book sale and saw my own books on the sale shelf for $[removed] and $[removed] prices.
      I did buy them back and learned this horrible fact.  Not saying the
    University you are donating will do this to your reels, but it won't hurt to
    at least ask and confirm that they won't sell the reels after you donate
    them and get the answer from a first-hand source that handles such matters.
    An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

    Martin

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    Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:15:14 -0500
    From: Chargous@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: Paul Temple

    In response to the gent that posted about Paul Temple, a couple isolated
    eps of the '38 Paul Temples showed up, too.  One of The Front Page Men,
    I  think the other is Send For Paul Temple.

    								Travis

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    Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:15:43 -0500
    From: Radioclass <radioclass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cassette Storage

    Hi all

    I have my large collection of old radio programs
    mostly on cassettes.  These are stored in the Fellowes
    plastic storage cases that hold 15 tapes per box.  I
    have several tapes to file but can no longer find
    these boxes.  I contacted Fellowes and was told that
    they are no longer manufacturing these storage cases.
    I used to get them at Walmart, but they no longer have
    them (at least at the store near me).  Any suggestions
    as to where I can find some of these or something
    similar?  I'm in the Chicago area, north suburbs.

    Thanks for any help.

    Anne

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    Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:44:05 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-5 births/deaths

    March 5th births

    03-05-1881 - Toby Gremmer - Bainbridge, GA - d. 9-6-1981
    actor: Hermit "The Hermit's Cave"
    03-05-1882 - Eustace Wyatt - Bath, England - d. 10-25-1944
    actor: Lord Percy "Our Gal Sunday"; Madison "When a Girl Marries"
    03-05-1891 - Chic Johnson - Chicago, IL - d. 2-28-1962
    comedian: "Olsen and Johnson"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
    03-05-1892 - Paul Wing - Sandwich, MA - d. 5-29-1957
    actor/emcee: "The Story Man"; "Uncle Toddy"; "Youth vs. Age"
    03-05-1893 - Dorothy Sands - Cambridge, MA - d. 9-11-1980
    actor: Mary Ann Clarke "Barry Cameron"; Margot "Backstage Wife"
    03-05-1894 - Henry Daniell - London, England - d. 10-31-1963
    actor: "Theatre Guild of the Air"
    03-05-1898 - Bud Selvin - d. 7-15-1980
    bandleader: "Devoe Redskins"; "Kolster Radio Hour"
    03-05-1900 - Sam Hearn - Jersey City, NJ - d. 10-27-1964
    comedian: Schlepperman "Jack Benny Program, Glamour Manor"
    03-05-1903 - Minerva Pious - Odessa, Russia - d. 3-16-1979
    commedienne: Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum "Fred Allen Show"
    03-05-1906 - Harry Lubin - d. 7-21-1977
    music: "Glamour Manor"; "Burns and Allen"; "Blondie"
    03-05-1908 - Rex Harrison - Huyton, England - d. 6-2-1990
    actor: Rex Saunders "Private Files of Rex Saunders"
    03-05-1920 - Virginia Christine - Stanton, IA - d. 7-24-1996
    actor: "Confession"; "Gunsmoke"
    03-05-1921 - Milt Kamen - Hurleyville, NY - d. 2-24-1977
    satirist: "Voices of Vista"; "Here's to Veterans"
    03-05-1922 - Robert Burr - Jersey City, NJ - d. 5-13-2000
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    03-05-1925 - Lucy Gilman - Chicago, IL
    actor: "(Sister of Toni Gilman) "I Love A Mystery"; Welcome Valley"
    03-05-1927 - Jack Cassidy - NYC - d. 12-12-1976
    singer, actor: "Stars for Defense"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"
    03-05-1936 - Dean Stockwell - North Hollywood, CA
    actor: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"

    March 5th deaths

    02-18-1907 - Billy de Wolf -  Wollaston, MA - d. 3-5-1974
    actor: "Ginny Simms Show"; "Philco Radio Playhouse"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-03-1939 - Sam Chu Lin - Mississippi - d. 3-5-2006
    newscaster, actor: "Empire of the Air"
    03-07-1880 - Sidney Scott Booth - Birmingham, England - d. 3-5-1946
    radio performer
    03-17-1879 - Sid Grauman - Indianapolis, IN - d. 3-5-1950
    theatre owner: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-31-1922 - Richard Kiley - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1999
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    04-08-1896 - Yip Harburg - NYC - d. 3-5-1981
    lyricist: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
    04-18-1889 - Gene Carroll - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1972
    comedian: Lena, the maid "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    05-12-1894 - Leora Thatcher - Logan, UT - d. 3-5-1984
    actor: Mrs. Kramer "Right to Happiness"
    07-06-1875 - Roger Babson - d. 3-5-1967
    economist: "Babson Reports"
    07-29-1892 - William Powell - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-5-1984
    actor: Father "My Mother's Husband"
    07-29-1909 - Bernard Mackey - d. 3-5-1980
    singer, guitarist: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots";
    "Let's Go Nightclubbing"
    08-02-1915 - Gary Merrill - Hartford, CT - d. 3-5-1990
    actor: Bruce Wayne/Batman "Adventures of Superman"
    08-03-1886 - Russ Westover - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-5-1966
    writer: Creator of the comic strip "Tillie the Toiler"
    08-23-1869 - Edgar Lee Masters - Garnett, KS - d. 3-5-1950
    author: "Cavalcade of America"; "CBS Radio Workshop"
    09-04-1898 - Harry Salter - Bucharest, Romania - d. 3-5-1984
    conductor: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"; "Lanny Ross Show"; "Stop the Music"
    09-06-1915 - Kleve Kirby - d. 3-5-1949
    actor: John Murray "Today's Children"
    09-08-1932 - Patsy Cline - Gore, VA - d. 3-5-1963
    country singer: "Country Hoedown"; "Town and Country Time"
    09-26-1915 - Tony Romano - Fresno, CA - d. 3-5-2005
    guitarist: "The Bob Hope Show"
    10-26-1910 - Clarence Hartzell - Huntington, WV - d. 3-5-1988
    actor: Uncle Fletcher "Vic and Sade"; Pappy Yokum "Li'l AAbner"; "Ben
    Withers "Lum and Abner"
    11-07-1897 - Herman J. Mankiewicz - NYC - d. 3-5-1953
    screenwriter, producer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-17-1905 - Mischa Auer - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 3-5-1967
    actor: "Mischa the Magnificent"
    12-02-1906 - Donald Woods - Brandon, Manitoba, Canada - d. 3-5-1998
    actor: Leslie Foster "Those We Love"; "Woolworth Hour"
    12-22-1921 - Hawkshaw Hawkins - Huntingdon, WV - d. 3-5-1963
    singer: "Country Style [removed]"; "Country Music Time"

    Ron Sayles

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