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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 65


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Jack Benny and Sorry Wrong Number
	 Backstage, Onstage and some snippets
	 Music for The Lone Cereal Salesman (aka Kimosabe)
	 Cathy Lewis/Gildersleeve
	 John Archer as the SHADOW
	 Joan Benny book
	 I LOVE A MYSTERY
	 Orson Welles
	 15minute Fibber McGee & Molly
	  

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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:44:06 -0600 (CST)
From: Roger Bullis <rbullis@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny and Sorry Wrong Number
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

On the Radio Spirits page on the WWW they are currently running a 
RealAudio copy of Agnes Moorehead's Suspense show of Sorry Wrong Number.  
This is a complete episode of When Radio Was.
  
Then the next half hour is The Jack Benny Show with host Barbara Stanwyck 
where Jack and the gang go see the Wrong Number movie and then spoof it.  

Great show and thanks Radio Spirits.  Go to 

	[removed]

And once again thanks to Lou Genco for the link on his home page.

I'm still looking for regular offerings of When Radio Was or other OTR on 
radio stations on the web.


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 |  "Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx             |
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		Roger Bullis   (rbullis@[removed])
 			Division of Communication
	University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI  54481 USA

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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 17:51:03 GMT
From: bilj@[removed] (Bill Jaker)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: dennisdm@[removed]
Subject: Backstage, Onstage and some snippets
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        On our last show, Dennis DeMarco asked whether radio stars waited 
backstage at the studio to make their appearance for both the seen and 
unseen audience. This depended upon both the show and the studio (some 
didn't have much space "backstage").  Sometimes they did, and this gives me 
the opportunity to tell you about one of my fondest and earliest memories.
        I was about six years old when my parents took me to see my first 
live radio show, an event I seem never to have recovered from.  My memory of 
that entire event isn't clear, but it seems to me that after we were seated 
in a big auditorium the program's announcer welcomed us and then asked us to 
be perfectly quiet.  The orchestra played the themesong, the announcer said 
"Sanka -- the coffee that let's you sleep -- presents Fanny Brice as Baby 
Snooks", we all applauded and then, to my childish amazement, a grown-up 
lady walked out on stage!
        Sure, I guess I should have known that Baby Snooks wasn't really my 
age, but I never forgot that moment and it should answer Dennis DeMarco's 
question.
        By the way, Dennis, are you the brother of the DeMarco Sisters?
                    ///////////////0\\\\\\
A SNIPPET: We've been hearing about many wonderful little moments from the 
great days of radio.  I especially like the themesongs from "The Great 
Gildersleeve", "Ozzie and Harriet" and the Whistler whistling (though now 
that I know the secret I can't ignore the fact that it was a teenage girl 
who actually whistled).
        But the best snippet of all is the opening of that powerfully sleazy 
series "Calling All Cars".  The show -- which ran on CBS West Coast stations 
in the 30s and can be found in many catalogues -- begins with the voice of 
the actual Los Angeles police dispatcher who calls the cars in a deep, husky 
voice and ends with his "signature", saying his name.  The name: Rosenquist, 
pronounced "Rowzzzenkwist".  Great moment!
        "Calling All Cars" was directed by William N. Robson, who admitted 
that hearing Rowzzzenkwist on the LA police radio was the inspiration for 
the whole series.
        By the way, does anyone know if Rosenquist had a first name and what 
his rank and title was? [Not a trivia question, I'd just like to know.  Thanks]

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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 11:07:47 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Music for The Lone Cereal Salesman (aka Kimosabe)
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Music used at the mid point or story wrap up on the Lone Cereal
Salesman was Liszt's Les Prelude.

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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 15:01:07 -0600
From: bigsteve@[removed] (Steve Darnall)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Cathy Lewis/Gildersleeve
Message-Id: <v01530500ad4be3c4206b@[[removed]]>

Hey everybody,

I was reading through [removed] and saw the items about Cathy Lewis, radio
actress extraordinaire and was reminded of a mildly interesting tidbit I
heard recently. Yes, Cathy Lewis was married to Elliott Lewis for several
years; when they divorced, he remarried Mary Jane Croft (another radio
veteran who appeared as "Mary Jane" in THE LUCY SHOW, which Elliott Lewis
produced), and Cathy apparently married another Suspense producer, William
Spier. Looks like radio really is one big happy [removed]

<I have a friend who claims that at the time Fibber McGee and Molly went to 15
minute shows,  the Great Gildersleeve did also. It was not successful and
lasted only one season; then went back to a 30 min format.

Can anyone confirm that?  If true, what were the dates and are copies of the
15 min shows available and where.>

It's true. I've got a couple of the fifteen minute shows from the 1954-55
season, and they're interesting, alhtough they certainly suffer in
comparison to the half-hour episodes. (BTW, Cathy Lewis spent some time on
Gildersleeve in the 1950s as Kathryn Milford, one of his many flames)

My contribution to pop culture. Happy listening!

Best, Steve Darnall

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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 16:46:20 -0500
From: BCH66@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: John Archer as the SHADOW
Message-ID: <960217164619_146817603@[removed]>

It has been stated by some that the episodes in circulation reportedly
starring John Archer  are in fact Steve Curtleigh.
( not sure of Steve's last name ) .Apparently both shows in circulation are
from late in the season when reportedly Archer had already left.
Just an FYI folks.

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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 14:57:29 -0800
From: AndyBlatt@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Joan Benny book
Message-ID: <960217145720_25309106@[removed]>

Sorry about the spelling errors and grammatical errors in last posting from
me.  Needless to say, let me know by e-mail if you would like a copy of the
book "Sunday Nights at Seven".  

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Date: 17 Feb 96 18:52:01 EST
From: Steve Lewis <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: I LOVE A MYSTERY
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

A couple of years ago author Jim Harmon was at the Newark FOTR convention and he
played a 5-minute clip from  a series of new recordings he was making of the
"lost" I LOVE A MYSTERY serials.  Les Tremayne starred as Jack.  Harmon was
planning to market these recordings commercially through bookstores.  Does
anyone know what the current status is of this project?

Steve Lewis  

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Date: 17 Feb 96 18:52:39 EST
From: Steve Lewis <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Orson Welles
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I agree with Sean Dougherty in saying that Orson Welles is my favorite performer
to play the Shadow.  He just has a certain "presence" that I don't hear in the
other actors.  I also think the scripting during the Welles years is a little
better than the stories we got later in the run of the show.

Another reader issued a challenge to name worthwhile films Welles made outside
of CITIZEN KANE.  Try TOUCH OF EVIL - a real masterpiece, in my humble opinion.

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Date: 17 Feb 96 18:52:31 EST
From: Steve Lewis <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: 15minute Fibber McGee & Molly
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Yes, FIBBER MCGEE & MOLLY did go to a 15m daily show at the end of their run.
According to Jay Hickerson's Ultimate History, the show ran in that format from
10/5/53 to 3/23/56, running either Sunday-Thursday or Monday-Friday.  121 are in
existance.  I have a few in my collection and the show still holds up even in
the shorter format.  Usually the plot features Fibber, Molly, and one of the
other familiar supporting characters.  Sometimes the storyline was serialized
for the week, other times it was just a standalone plotline for the show.

THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE also went to a 15m format according to Jay's book,
running Monday-Thursday from 9/27/54-6/30/55, before returning to a 25-minute
format for a final 2 years.  None of those shows appear to be in circulation
today.  

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Date: 16 Feb 96 23:20:35 EST
From: Gene Brown <[removed]@[removed]>
To: <otr-request@[removed]>
Subject:  
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

subscribe


  E-mail from: Gene Brown, 16-Feb-1996

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