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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 65
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Mermaids in OTR                       [ ilamfan@[removed] (S Jansen) ]
      Re: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge    [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
      RE: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg  [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed] ]
      MP3 s                                 [ "wayne_johnson" <wayne_johnson@mind ]
      playing 78s                           [ KC0PWA <oldradiotimes@[removed]; ]
      Saint's Alive!                        [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Mermaids                              [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      The Barbours: Radio's Squeakiest Cle  [ Bethany Rutledge <bsr_mmr@[removed] ]
      An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge     [ "Chuck Case" <ccase15840@[removed] ]
      3-12 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:08:57 -0400
    From: ilamfan@[removed] (S Jansen)
    To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
    Subject:  Mermaids in OTR

    Some OTR that might be about mermaids:

    [removed]
    [removed]'sMirrors
    [removed]'sMermaid
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    Let'[removed]

    Stephen Jansen

    See y'all in Cincy!
    --
    Old Time Radio never dies - it just changes formats!

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:09:11 -0400
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    Hello again --

    In answer to Dr. Jim who asked about the specific series and date of the
    radio dramatization of "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," I find among my
    tapes a Suspense episode from 12-9-56 starring Victor Jory.

    I'm also wondering what the connection is between Owl Creek Bridge and
    Hitchcock's Vertigo and/or their discrepancies. I'm at a loss to find any
    connections between the two.

    Dr. Jan Bach

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:09:59 -0400
    From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Broadcast
     Dates

    In The Old Time Radio Digest V2008 #64

    JBelpedio asked:

>     I do not have a radio script of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,
>     however I have a copy of the Ambrose Bierce short story and a video
>     (VHS)of the movie short. On what radio series was the story broad cast?

    . . .

>     I would like to know when the story was broadcast and on which series. I
>     am guessing it was Suspense.

    "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" aired on least two series:
    ESCAPE and SUSPENSE.
    ESCAPE Air Date:
    12/10/1947
     And
    SUSPENSE Air Dates:
    12/09/1956, 12/15/1957, & 07/19/1959

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:55:33 -0400
    From: "wayne_johnson" <wayne_johnson@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  MP3 s

    Quite possibly the best explanation of MP3 conversion and process I have
    ever read.  Complete with tests and graphs, theory and fact.

    I have seen many questions and many more explanations on this site and was
    thinking that this might be of interest to many of you.

    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:55:55 -0400
    From: KC0PWA <oldradiotimes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  playing 78s

    I've picked up several dozen 78 records over the past
    couple years and would like to listen to them, at
    least once. I've read one should never use a regular
    record player, even an older one with 78 capabilities.
    Do any readers have suggestions for how to enjoy these
    records without harming them or the player? Feel free
    to contact me off list.
    Thanks,
    Ryan

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:06:55 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Saint's Alive!
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    Television is bringing back The Saint.  Sadly, this article in today's New
    York Post glosses over Vincent Price and the radio [removed] can only hope
    this will work out better than the teenage angst version of The Lone Ranger
    they tried a couple of years
    ago.
    [removed]
    Sean
    DoughertySeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:10:26 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mermaids

    I know of several shows about mermaids (or at least with mermaids in
    the title):

    Let's Pretend 08/29/42 Little Mermaid, The
    Lux Radio Theater 09/06/48 Mister Peabody And The Mermaid
    Lux Radio Theater 12/14/53 Million Dollar Mermaid
     (not technically about mermaids, from what I know of the film)
    Philip Marlowe, The Adventures of  10/01/49 Tale Of The Mermaid
     (I'll bet the Mermaid here refers to a ship)

    Also, some recent BBC broadcasts:
    Tale Teller for our Times - Hans Christian Andersen 05/16/05 1 The
    Little Mermaid
    Just A Minute  01/31/05 What I would say to a mermaid
    Just A Minute  01/15/07 Mermaids

    I'm also sure I listened to a horror show about mermaids--possibly Dark
    Fantasy or Weird Circle. I think it was about a man who gets sucked
    into an undersea world by a treacherous beauty. It may possibly have
    been:

    Dark Fantasy 11/28/41 The Thing From The Sea

    I'm sure other horror shows have touched on similar topics. (Lights
    Out's "The Sea" has a related theme of a drowned man coming back from
    the dead to seek revenge--not a mermaid story, but very effective!)

    Kermyt

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:47:56 -0400
    From: Bethany Rutledge <bsr_mmr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Barbours: Radio's Squeakiest Clean Family

    I'm listening to "One Man's Family" for the first time
    this winter. I've read so many good things about it
    over the years, so I was looking forward to its
    arrival with much [removed] Alas, I cannot stand
    the Barbours! I don't think I've ever come across
    another family so squeaky clean and one-dimensional in
    radio or television. ACK! I've only listened to the
    first 25 or so episodes, so maybe I'll warm up to them
    soon. I'd really like [removed] Any thoughts?

    Bethany

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:09:25 -0400
    From: "Chuck Case" <ccase15840@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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    An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge was on the series Escape. Harry Bartell
    played the lead role and it is said that this was one of his all time favorite
    shows that he did. Every year to mark the anniversary of Harrys passing, I sit
    with a bottle of wine, listen to Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge and the
    Gunsmoke Episode Doc Holliday (which Harry also starred in) and salute his
    great career. We Miss You Harry.

    Chuck Case

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    Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:03:04 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-12 births/deaths

    March 12th births

    03-12-1888 - Hall Johnson - Athens, GA - d. 4-30-1970
    choral director: (Hall Johnson Choir) "Paducah Plantation"; "Show Boat"
    03-12-1890 - Lou Clayton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-12-1950
    partner: "The Jimmy Durante Show"
    03-12-1893 - Gene Morgan - Racine, WI - d. 8-13-1940
    actor: Rex Marvin "Myrt and Marge"; Bill Taylor "All My Children"
    03-12-1899 - Amparo Iturbi - Valencia, Spain - d. 4-22-1969
    concert Pianist: (Jose's sister) "Concert Hall"
    03-12-1900 - Harlow Wilcox - Omaha, NE - d. 9-24-1960
    announcer: "Fibber McGee and Molly Show"; "Suspense"; "Amos 'n' Andy"
    03-12-1905 - Milton Merlin - California - d. 10-29-1996
    writer: "The Halls of Ivy"; "The Man Called X"; "Presenting Charles
    Boyer"
    03-12-1908 - Eugene Conley - Lynn, MA - d. 12-18-1981
    operatic tenor: "NBC Presents Gene Conley"; "Voice of Firestone"
    03-12-1908 - William Lally - New York - d. 8-20-1956
    actor: "The NBC University Theatre"
    03-12-1910 - R. Dale Butts - Lamasco, KY - d. 1-30-1990
    staff arranger for NBC Chicago
    03-12-1910 - Robert Denton - d. 1-30-1990
    announcer: "Dimension X"; "The Robert Merrill Show"
    03-12-1910 - Tony Galento - Orange, NJ - d. 7-22-1979
    boxer, actor: "Edgar Bergan/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-12-1912 - Henry Gibson - NYC - d. 5-29-2003
    writer: "Junior Miss"
    03-12-1912 - Paul Weston - Springfield, MA - d. 9-20-1996
    conductor: "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Paul Weston Orchestra"
    03-12-1913 - Agathe von Trapp - Pola, Istria, Austria
    singer: (Trapp Family Singers) "Christmas Seal Sale"
    03-12-1914 - Loretta Poynton - Jackson, MI
    actor: Betty Fairfield "Jack Armstrong"; Ruth Morrow "Flying Time"
    03-12-1916 - Mandel Kramer - Cleveland, OH - d. 1-29-1989
    actor: Johnny Dollar "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    03-12-1917 - Georgia Ellis - d. 3-30-1988
    actor: Miss Kitty Russell "Gunsmoke"
    03-12-1917 - Googie Withers - Karachi, British India
    actor: "Theatre Royale"
    03-12-1919 - Frank Campanella - NYC - d. 12-20-2006
    actor: "21st Precinct"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    03-12-1921 - Earl Nightingale - d. 3-25-1989
    actor, announcer: Sky King "Sky King"
    03-12-1921 - Gordon MacRae - East Orange, NJ - d. 1-24-1986
    singer: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Railroad Hour"
    03-12-1923 - Walter Schirra - Hackensack, NJ - d. 5-3-2007
    astronaut: "Meet the Press"
    03-12-1924 - Betty Barclay - Macon, GA
    singer: (Sammy Kaye Band) "So You Want to Lead a Band"
    03-12-1926 - Gwen Cherrell - Leicester, England
    actor, writer: "The Primal Scene, as it [removed]"
    03-12-1928 - Edward Albee - Washington [removed]
    writer: "Earplay"

    March 12th deaths

    01-03-1886 - Josephine Hull - Newtonville, MA - d. 3-12-1957
    actor: Miss Julia "Miss Julia"; Mrs. Kayden "The O'Neills"
    01-07-1896 - Arnold Ridley - Bath, Somerset, England - d. 3-12-1984
    actor: Arthur 'Doughy' Hood "The Archers"; Charles Godfrey "Dad's Army"
    02-07-1926 - Al Ramsen - NYC - d. 3-12-1984
    actor: "Lights Out"; "Suspense"; "The Ford Theatre"
    03-24-1902 - Sir Lancelot - Cumuto, Trinidad, West Indies - d. 3-12-2001
    calypso singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
    04-22-1916 - Yehudi Menuhin - NYC - d. 3-12-1999
    classical violinist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Pause that Refreshes"
    05-08-1928 - Benny Martin - Sparta, TN - d. 3-12-2001
    country singer: "Country Music Time"
    05-10-1899 - Lois Holmes - Galion, OH - d. 3-12-1986
    actor: Jane Waters "Second Mrs. Burton"
    05-11-1902 - Bidu Sayao - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. 3-12-1999
    sopranist opera singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"; "The Telephone Hour"
    05-20-1906 - Lyda Roberti - Warsaw, Poland - d. 3-12-1938
    actor, singer: Freelance; Sang with Al Jolson two days before her death
    06-02-1884 - Frank Hummert - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-12-1966
    producer: "Backstage Wife"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
    06-03-1901 - Maurice Evans - Dorchester, England - d. 3-12-1989
    actor: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    06-03-1914 - Roy Glenn - Pittsburg, KS - d. 3-12-1971
    actor: "The Beulah Show"
    06-26-1916 - Alex Dreier - Honolulu, Hawaii Territory - d. 3-12-2000
    reporter: "Morning News Roundup"; "NBC D-Day Coverage"; "Weekly War
    Journal"
    08-10-1887 - Hugh Herbert - Binghamton, NY - d. 3-12-1952
    actor: Pop "That's My Pop"; "Rudy Vallee Hour"; "Family Theatre"
    08-12-1887 - Gus Van - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-12-1968
    comedian: (Van and Schenck) "Eveready Hour"; "Sinclair Wiener Minstrels"
    08-29-1920 - Charlie Parker - Kansas City, MO - d. 3-12-1955
    jazz musician: "This Is Jazz"
    09-09-1898 - Frankie Frisch - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-12-1973
    baseball broadcaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) New York Giants
    10-25-1926 - William E. Greene - Iron City, GA - d. 3-12-1970
    actor: Dr. Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    11-02-1886 - Philip Merivale - Rehuta, Manickpur, India - d. 3-12-1946
    actor: Reverend Spence "One Foot in Heaven"
    11-11-1914 - Howard Fast - NYC - d. 3-12-2003
    writer: "New World A' Coming"; "Cavalcade of America"
    11-18-1899 - Eugene Ormandy - Budapest, Hungary - d. 3-12-1985
    conductor: "Roxy's Gang"; "Phildelphia Orchestra"
    12-12-1910 - Morris Mamorsky - d. 3-12-2003
    composer, musical director: "The Eternal Light"; "Wanted"; "Words at
    War"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:12:01 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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