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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 12
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Cincinnati Convention Discussion      [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]
      1-23 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Eddie Cantor weekday show?            [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      Sammie Hill                           [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]

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    Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:17:53 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincinnati Convention Discussion

    Folks;

       The post last issue about the Cincinnati Convention is sparking postings
    which have nothing to do with Old-Time Radio, and are leaning into the realms
    of convention management, television, etc. Where normally I'd have a good
    feel for whether to include or reject them, in this case I am
    [removed] On the one hand, I don't want the list to get
    bogged-down in the minutae of what a nostalgia convention should be, on the
    other hand it's possible that it may be of interest to a significant number
    of subscribers. Alternativerly, it may be too much "inside baseball,"
    something only those within shouting distance of Ohio really care about.

       So thanks to my indecision, I'm going to punt the decision to YOU. I'd
    appreciate if everyone would take a moment to drop a note to:

    feedback003@[removed]

       ...with your thoughts on whether or not the Digest should discuss the
    Cincy convention in any way other than to promote _this_ year's convention
    (which isn't really up for [removed] course posts from Bob promoting this
    year's con are going to be included). PLEASE understand I won't be responding
    to any of the comments (I'm expecting to receive a whole lot of them), so if
    you have questions about the list, please send them to the "usual" address.
    Do NOT send postings yes-or-no to the Digest, as they will be summarily
    deleted. And before a few people ask, no, this is not going to be some
    pseudo-scientific tabulation; I will read the comments and certainly get a
    feel for the mood of the subscriber base.

       Until then, I'm going to hold all postings specifically about the
    convention, the future of OTR conventions, what they should or should not be,
    whether they should change, etc., etc., so feel free to send them in while
    it's fresh in your mind if you like, just understand these posts won't appear
    until I know better what y'all think about that discussion. (Posts on other
    topics will continue to appear.)

             Charlie

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    Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:18:19 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-23 births/deaths

    January 23rd births

    01-23-1884 - George McManus - St. Louis, MO - d. 10-22-1954
    "Bringing Up Father" based on his comic strip
    01-23-1892 - Eleanor Nash - d. 10-3-1969
    beauty and style consultant (Sister of Ogden Nash): "Ask Eleanor Nash"
    01-23-1893 - Franklin Pangborn - Newark, NJ - d. 7-20-1958
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
    01-23-1894 - Clara Acuff Adams - d. 12-31-1950
    soprano: KOA Denver, Colorado
    01-23-1898 - Randolph Scott - Orange County, VA - d. 3-2-1987
    actor: "Academy Award Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    01-23-1899 - Joseph Nathan Kane - NYC - d. 9-22-2002
    writer: "Break the Bank"
    01-23-1899 - Margaret Carreau - Bedford, PA - d. 4-4-1997
    accompanist to John Charles Thomas
    01-23-1907 - Dan Duryea - White Plains, NY - d. 6-7-1968
    actor: Lou Dana "Man from Homicide"
    01-23-1910 - Django Reinhardt - Belgium - d. 5-16-1953
    jazz artist: "Djanjo Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club France"
    01-23-1910 - Dorothy Arbuckle - Eldred, IL - d. 11-14-1982
    radio journalist
    01-23-1913 - Max Smith - Des Moines, IA - d. 7-23-1999
    singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
    01-23-1919 - Ernie Kovacs - Trenton, NJ - d. 1-12-1962
    announcer, panelist: Monitor, "Where Have You Been?"
    01-23-1919 - Millard Lampell - d. 10-3-1997
    co-founder of the Almanac Singers: "Treasury Star Parade"
    01-23-1920 - Jack Coleman - Denver, CO - d. 6-6-1985
    singer: (Avon Comedy Four) "Old Fashioned Revival Hour"
    01-23-1923 - Florence Halop - Jamaica Estates, NY - d. 7-15-1986
    actor: Hotbreath Houlihan "Jimmy Durante Show"; Miss Duffy "Duffy's
    Tavern"
    01-23-1925 - Bernice Wirsbitzke - Milwaukee, WI - d. 9-14-2006
    singer: "Heinie and the Grenadiers"
    01-23-1926 - Lyn Osborn - Wichita Falls, TX - d. 8-30-1958
    actor: Cadet Happy "Space Patrol"
    01-23-1933 - Chita Rivera - Washington, [removed]
    singer: "WOR Diamond Jubilee"

    January 23rd deaths

    01-16-1916 - Norval Taborn - d. 1-23-1990
    singer: (The Vagabonds) "The Breakfast Club"
    01-19-1887 - Alexander Woollcott - Phalanx, NJ - d. 1-23-1943
    commentator: "Early Bookworm"; "Town Crier"
    01-28-1937 - Ken Hill - Birmingham, England - d. 1-23-1995
    writer: "Night Season"
    02-06-1888 - Hugh Aspinwall - d. 1-23-1981
    tenor, chief announcer: WHT Chicago, Illinois
    02-09-1911 - Harry Kramer - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-23-1996
    announcer: "Alfred Antonini Orchestra"; "Mike and Buff's Mailbag"
    03-26-1907 - Phil Rapp - d. 1-23-1996
    creator, writer, director: "The Bickersons"; "Baby Snooks"; "Old Gold
    Time"
    03-28-1924 - Freddie Bartholomew - London, England - d. 1-23-1992
    guest: "Anchors Aweigh"
    04-08-1919 - Virginia O'Brien - Los Angles, CA - d. 1-23-2001
    actor: "Blue Ribbon Town"
    04-09-1898 - Paul Robeson - Princeton, NJ - d. 1-23-1976
    singer: "Pursuit of Happiness"
    04-13-1918 - Brad Ansley - d. 1-23-1992
    sportscaster: WIOD Miami Florida
    05-20-1925 - Vic Ames - Malden, MA - d. 1-23-1978
    singer,: (Ames Brothers) "Sing It Again"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"
    05-29-1932 - Rosalyn Borden - Hartford, CT - d. 1-23-2003
    singer: (Borden Twins) "The Kiddies Hour"
    05-30-1914 - Bob Sherwood - Indianapolis, IN - d. 1-23-1981
    music: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
    07-07-1899 - George Cukor - NYC - d. 1-23-1983
    film director: "Marilyn Monroe: Fame is Fickle"; "Hollywood Calling"
    07-25-1918 - Louanne Hogan - St. Paul, MN - d. 1-23-2006
    singer: "One Night Stand"
    08-12-1919 - Peter Luke - St. Albans, England - d. 1-23-1995
    writer: "The Other Side of the Hill"
    08-17-1921 - Wayne Raney - Wolf Bayou, AR - d. 1-23-1993
    country music harmonica player: "Grand Ole Opry"
    09-11-1908 - Ray Beals - Missouri - d. 1-23-1983
    newscaster: KVGB Great Bend, Kansas
    09-16-1893 - Alexander Korda - Pusztaturpaszto, Hungary - d. 1-23-1956
    director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-16-1902 - Philip Reep - d. 1-23-1985
    singer: (Elm City Four) "The Gay Nineties Revue"
    09-29-1919 - Arthur Bernard - Gary, IN - d. 1-23-2001
    producer: "Turning Point"
    10-16-1920 - Gus Wayne - The Bronx, NY - d. 1-23-1998
    actor: Little Johnny for Phillip Morris
    10-23-1925 - Johnny Carson - Corning, IA - d. 1-23-2005
    announcer, disc jockey: "Johnny Carson Show"
    11-01-1933 - Art Stamper - nr. Hindman, Knott County, KY - d. 1-23-2005
    bluegrass fiddler: Performed with Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe's
    Bluegrass Boys
    11-04-1896 - Ian Wolfe - Canton, IL - d. 1-23-1992
    actor: "Suspense"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Escape"
    11-12-1903 - Jack Oakie - Sedalia, MO - d. 1-23-1978
    comedian: "Jack Oakie's College"
    11-26-1915 - Earl Wild - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1-23-2010
    pianist: KDKA Pittsburgh; "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
    12-18-1915 - Bill Zuckert - NYC - d. 1-23-1997
    actor: Detective. Lieutenant. Parker "Crime and Peter Chambers"
    12-25-1886 - Kid Ory - LaPlace. LA - d. 1-23-1973
    dixieland jazz trombonist: "This is Jazz";"Radio Almanac"; "Here's to
    Veterans"
    12-28-1929 - Brian Redhead - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - d. 1-23-1994
    presenter: "Today"; "A World in Edgeways"; "From Plato to Nato"

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:18:32 -0500
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Eddie Cantor weekday show?

    I've never seen this mentioned in any of the otr books that I've read,
    but I remember a half-hour weekday afternoon Eddie Cantor show circa
    1955.  The station it was on was either an ABC or a Mutual affiliate,
    but I suppose the show might have been syndicated.  It was on weekdays
    at 4:00 or 4:30 where I lived in Albany, NY.  I remember that Eddie
    Cantor used to sign off with a version of the song "When You're
    Smiling," with the line, "So till the next time, be full of good Cheer/
    I hope that next time, I'll meet you right [removed]"  The reference to
    "next time" leads me to suspect syndication.

    Does anyone know anything about this show?

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                     [removed]
    92 State Street, Suite 700          Fax: [removed]
    Boston, MA 02109-2004     [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:18:39 -0500
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: oldtimeradio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sammie Hill

    Does anyone have any information on radio actress Sammie Hill who appeared on
    many radio shows in the 1950s?

    Barbara

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