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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2004 : Issue 147
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Hag or Witch [ allherenow@[removed] ]
Katharine Hepburn on radio [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
Salinas on Gildersleeve [ "Rich Weil" <richweil@[removed]; ]
Rosie [ "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed] ]
Reveille with Beverly [ "Paul M. Thompson" <beachcomber@com ]
Looking for a Jack Benny show [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
Re: LUCY on radio [ Mark J Cuccia <mcuccia@[removed]; ]
4-28 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Matty who? [ Dick Judge <dickjudge@[removed]; ]
Gasoliine Alley [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
Lucy on OTR [ kclarke5@[removed] ]
Chicago OTR on WGN online [ John Francis MacEachern <JohnFMac@c ]
Old Radio Show in Wisconsin [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
Re: Baby Themed Shows [ Joe C <packers2003@[removed]; ]
OTR references in Warner Bros. carto [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:01:13 -0400
From: allherenow@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Hag or Witch
I just listened to a 15 minute episode of a 1930s show called Old Hag's
Hourglass. The resemblance to the Witches Tale is uncanny. Is the Witches
Tale based upon the Old Hag's Hourglass? Are any of the actors in both
series? How many episodes are there of the Hag series?
Thanks for any information you can give.
Lennell H-M
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:01:38 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Katharine Hepburn on radio
Katharine Hepburn did make limited OTR appearances,
including the following:
Arch Oboler's Plays 11/25/39 Mirage/Miss American
(Suffer Little Children)
Campbell Playhouse, The 12/30/38 A Farewell To Arms
(This one doesn't survive, alas)
Lux Radio Theater 07/20/42 The Philadelphia Story
Lux Radio Theater 10/06/47 Undercurrent (I don't think
this one survives either)
Theater Guild on the Air 12/23/45 Little Women
Theater Guild on the Air 01/02/49 The Game Of Love And
Death
To the best of my knowledge, she never appeared on
Informaion Please--at least, not officially. If you
want to hear what an episode with her might have
sounded like, watch "Woman of the Year" and keep your
ear on the opening scene.
Kermyt
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:46:08 -0400
From: "Rich Weil" <richweil@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Salinas on Gildersleeve
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I was listening to the Gildy episode where Leroy is arrested for stealing wood
and Chief Gates is out of town (March 17, 1946). The desk sergeant Gildy has
to deal with to get Leroy home tells Gildy that the chief has driven over to
Salinas to see his mother. I always thought Gildy lived somewhere in the
Midwest, and the only Salinas's I could find are in Puerto Rico, New Mexico,
and California. Is there any meaning to this, or just whim on the part of the
writer? Or does Gildy live in California or NM or close to one of them?
Thank you.
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:29:18 -0400
From: "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Rosie
A friend asked for help that I couldn't give him, maybe someone on the list
can help. He remembers hearing a song 'Rosie The Riveter' on either "Your
Hit Parade" or "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge". Does anyone out
there have the lryics to "Rosie" or know where I can find them? Thanks in
advance.
Roby McHone
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:09:09 -0400
From: "Paul M. Thompson" <beachcomber@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Reveille with Beverly
For those on the list with an interest in World War II wartime radio,
the May issue of Smithsonian magazine has a short but interesting
two page story on Jean Ruth who hosted a early morning "chat and
swing" program that she called Reveille with Beverly. It started out
on Denver's 5000 watt KFEL in 1941 as a brainchild of Jean and
aired six days a week from 5:30 to 6:30 AM for the soldiers in the
Rocky Mountain area. A story about the show appeared in Time
magazine and she was soon hired away by KNX in Los Angeles.
The AFRS eventually picked up her program and it was then heard
by GI's in some 54 countries. During the war, Columbia Pictures made
a mini-musical called Reveille with Beverly that starred Ann Miller with
Jean Ruth as the technical advisor. Jean continued in broadcasting
after the war in southern California and was very popular according
to this article by Owen Edwards.
Jean Ruth Hay is now 86 and lives in northern California. She will be
a featured speaker during this Memorial Day Weekend dedication of
the World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington DC staged by
the Smithsonian. It's called "Tribute to a Generation: National World
War II Reunion".
Paul Thompson
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:09:32 -0400
From: JackBenny@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Looking for a Jack Benny show
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I know this is a television show, but the radio tie-in is that Stuart Canin
(the boy who originally played "The Bee" on Fred Allen's program) was the
guest
star on it. Does anyone know of a copy of the television Jack Benny Program
from February 12, 1965? Jack plays Antonio Stradivarius in the second half
skit. Any help is appreciated.
--Laura Leff
President, IJBFC
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:10:19 -0400
From: Mark J Cuccia <mcuccia@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: LUCY on radio
Dick Backus wrote:
I am preparing a CD as a gift for my niece who is a great Lucille
Ball fan, but not old enough to remember radio. Other than "My
Favorite Husband" can anyone give me some suggestions for Lucy on
OTR?
Thanks
Lucy appeared in at least six episodes of SUSPENSE on CBS Radio:
13-Jan- 1944 "Dime a Dance"
22-June-1944 "The Ten Grand"
25-Oct- 1945 "A Shroud for Sarah"
14-Oct- 1948 "A Little Piece of Rope"
17-Nov- 1949 "The Red Headed Woman" (also with Desi)
12-Apr- 1951 "Early to Death (also with Desi)
Lucy also must have appeared in various radio commedy/variety shows at
times, most likely with Desi in the later 1940s and into the 1950s.
I wonder if she appeared on Jack Benny's radio show? He appeared on
several episodes of "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy" on CBS TV in the
1960s/70s. I don't remember offhand if she appeared on any of his
regular weekly or bi-weekly TV shows of the 1950s/60s though. Lucy did
appear as a gues on some of his hour-long color videotaped variety
specials which aired on NBC-TV in the later 1960s and into the 1970s
just before he died. I would assume that Lucy did appear on some of the
radio episodes of "Bob Hope" though.
I know that she appeared on at least one of the "movie adaptation" radio
programs, when they did the movie "Fancy Pants" with her and Bob Hope.
I don't remember offhand whether this was "Lux" (on CBS) or maybe the
"NBC Theater/ Screen Directors' Playhouse"...
BTW, speaking of Lux / Lever Brothers, CBS, and Lucy:
In the 1940s/50s, on Monday Nights, CBS Radio had "Lux Radio Theater"
sponsored by Lever Brothers for Lux Soap. In the 1960s/70s, on Monday
Nights, "The Lucy Show" (1962-68) or "Here's Lucy" (1968-74) aired on
the CBS Television Network, many times sponsored buy Lever Brothers (for
Lux Soap and other products).
There wree probably other variety/movie adaptation type programs for
other movies Lucy did which would have been aired on "Lux" or another
similar type of program.
There is also that obscure reference to "I Love Lucy" also airing on the
CBS Radio Network for a while in the early 1950s. I have never found any
reference to it on CBS Radio in any radio listings of the New York Times
or any other newspaper listings I have researched or other radio
schedule sources. Of course, all I have immediate access to would be
Eastern/Central time zone parts of CBS Radio (or any other network).
I wonder if the Pacific Coast part of the CBS Radio Network had an "I
Love Lucy" in Summer 1952? There *IS* at least ONE "I Love Lucy" radio
episode in circulation, and it mentions that it is the Summer
replacement for the "Helen Hayes Theater". I guess this would have been
in June or July of 1952. Maybe it was something that only aired on the
west coast? Maybe it was a pilot/audition which never aired or made it
into a regular Summer replacement series? But the one episode that
floats around is "Break the Lease", and all it is, is an audio
soundtrack of the TV episode. There is some added radio/audio narration
by Desi "as Ricky", and the Philip Morris cigarette commercials are
radio version commercials. Announcer John Stevenson does some added
radio-only announcing including the "This is the CBS Radio Network"
outcue at the end, and so forth.
And, of course, "My Favorite Husband", which ran on the CBS Radio
Network from 1948-51!
BTW, circa 1968 or so, when Garry Moore was leaving radio altogather
(he had had a ten minute weekday daytime "variety" segment on CBS Radio
since the late 1950s or so), Lucy replaced him for about a year or so,
with a pre-recorded segment called "Let's Talk with Lucy", a ten minute
program weekdays/daytime on CBS Radio where she would have interviews
and chit-chat with her various friends from Hollywood movies and TV.
I've never heard any of those segments, but I hope that they survive
somewhere, even only if at vaults of CBS/Viacom/[removed]
Mark J. Cuccia
mcuccia@[removed]
New Orleans LA CSA
WE ALL LOVE LUCY! :-)
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:10:31 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-28 births/deaths
April 28th births
04-28-1874 - Sidney Toler - Warrensburg, MO - d. 2-12-1947
actor: "Southern California WPA Symphony Orchestra"; "It's Time to Smile"
04-28-1878 - Lionel Barrymore - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-15-1954
actor: Leonard Gillispie "Dr. Kildare"; Ebenezzer Scrooge "A Christmas Carol"
04-28-1892 - Joseph Dunninger - NYC - d. 3-9-1975
mentalist: (Master Mind of Mental Mystery) "Dunninger Show"
04-28-1896 - Edith Evanson - Tacoma, WA - d. 11-29-1980
actress: Helmi "Myrt and Marge"
04-28-1908 - Michael Fitzmaurice - Chicago, IL - d. 8-31-1967
actor: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; Dick Grosvenor "Stella Dallas"
04-28-1920 - Nan Merriman - Pittsburgh, PA
singer: "Serenade to America"; "Music of the New World"
04-28-1929 - Carolyn Jones - Amarillo, TX - d. 8-3-1983
actress: "Dragnet"; "Survivors"
April 28th deaths
02-16-1915 - Dorothy Lovett - Providence, RI - d. 4-28-1998
actress: Libby Collins "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-18-1914 - Ben Gage - Chicago, IL - d. 4-28-1978
actor: Jimmy Gale "Modern Cinderella"
03-25-1901 - Ed Begley - Hartford, CT - d. 4-28-1970
actor: Walt Levinson "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"; Charlie Chan
"Charlie Chan"
06-18-1902 - Tom Breneman - Waynesboro, PA - d. 4-28-1948
emcee: "Breakfast at Sardi's/in Hollywood"; "My Secret Ambition"
07-02-1916 - Ken Curtis - Lamar, CO - d. 4-28-1991
singing cowboy: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
07-08-1913 - Ann Thomas - Newport, RI - d. 4-28-1989
actress: Sharon O'Shaughnessy "Bob Burns Show"; Barbara Weeks "We Love and
Learn"
08-08-1922 - Rory Calhoun - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-28-1999
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
--
Ron Sayles
For a complete list:
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:11:00 -0400
From: Dick Judge <dickjudge@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Matty who?
Ron Sayles does a terrific job by providing us with valuable information
about our favorites stars of the past and present.
I assume that it was a typo error when he offered statistics about Matty
Malneck. He gave the last name as Matlock.
MEMORIES OF RADIO/Dick Judge
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:36:15 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Gasoliine Alley
My rescources tell me that "Gasoline Alley," the comic strip, was a radio
show twice in the 1940s. Anyway, is anybody following this week's story in
that venerable comic strip?
It appears that Uncle Walt (who HAS to be a centenarian) is about to go to
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Well, it would make sense, as the comic was proud of the fact that its
characters all [removed]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:50:11 -0400
From: kclarke5@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lucy on OTR
I have an episode of "Abbott and Costello"
called "A Hot Date with a Pair of Nylons" on which
Lucy co-starred. I was also told about a series
called "Met The Cugats" which starred Lucy, but I
believe that was the title of "My Favorite Husband"
before it changed.
Good luck in finding some.
Yours in OTR,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:28:17 -0400
From: John Francis MacEachern <JohnFMac@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Chicago OTR on WGN online
Hey all,
Well, WGN finally put the Extension 720 OTR broadcast online, available
for listening on demand.
This 90 minute show features: Mercita DeMonk, Connie Foster, Guy Barile
and Herb Graham (representatives of AFTRA/SAG Radio Players) recreating
excerpts from I Remember Mama, Albert's Bridge, Mars is Heaven (X-1) and
Arsenic an Old Lace. They also reminisce about the days when network
radio originated from Chicago.
You can listen to the show at the following URL:
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This site also has many other shows on a very wide range of topics that
you might enjoy.
'til [removed]
John Mac
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:02:38 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Old Radio Show in Wisconsin
Briefly noted - there is an old time radio show in Milwaukee.
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Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:10:29 -0400
From: Joe C <packers2003@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Baby Themed Shows
I am trying to put together a list of radio programs that is a baby
theme episode, such as episodes with babies or expecting a baby,
The following are 3 Baby Themed Shows I found in a quick search of some
of my logs.
The Aldrich Family: 10/21/48 Babysitting
0ur Miss Brooks: 11/14/48 Babysitting For Three
Burns & Allen: 11/10/42 Expecting A Baby
Joe Caramella
Warwick, New York
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:11:02 -0400
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OTR references in Warner Bros. cartoons
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It's me again, Gang:
As everybody who reads this list knows, old Warner Brothers "Looney
Tunes" & "Merrie Melodies" from the 1930s & 40s are rife with OTR references.
I once presented a seminar about this at the 1998 FOTR convention. However,
sometimes things are just too arcane or obscure for me. If anybody can help
with the following queries, I'd greatly appreciate it.
The 1937 W-B cartoon release "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos" presents an
all-animal take-off of the then popular radio show "Community Sing." Lots of
OTR celebs are featured such as Alexander Owlcott, Walter Finchell, Ben
Birdie, Milton Squirrel, Eddie Gander, Sophie Turkey (the Last of Red-Hot
Gobblers), Deanna Terrapin, Lanny Hoss, and many others. But alas! there's a
couple of animalized OTR types I'm not familiar with. One is a bird named
"Raven MacQuandrie" who acts out a dramatic scene. I once came across the name
"Haven MacQuarrie," but I'm not actually sure who he is. Insights, anyone?
Also, in this film, there's a brief radio cooking show segment presided over
by "Tizzie Fish." Again, can someone help me out as regards as to whom this
character is supposed to be a parody of?
In several other W-B cartoons, I have also heard the expression "tattletale
gray," which I'm led to believe was an advertising slogan that for a time
became a popular catch-phrase. It's my supposition that the phrase was from
some detergent ad or another and was used to laud one brand (which resulted in
brighter white sheets) over the competitors (which turned the sheets
"tattletale gray"). If anybody knows which detergent popularized this now
obsolete phraseology, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Finally, in the 1941 film "Goofy Groceries," one of several films in which the
advertising mascots on popular brands come to life after-hours in a grocery
store, a brown rabbit emerges drom a can of a product I can never seem to
make out (possibly tobacco? coffee?) The rabbit smokes a cigar and greets the
audience, "Hello, folks. This is Jack Bunny." Does anybody know of any tinned
products from that time known to have bunny rabbits thereupon?
"Th-that's ether, Folks!"
Derek Tague
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