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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 270
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Re: Dorothy Kilgallen & OTR [ "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed]; ]
Re: Bil and Cora Baird [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
9-6 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
JOHNNIE RAY [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
Re: New Orleans area posters [ "Edward Hutchison" <ehutchison@jam. ]
SPONSORS [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
Actors on "Beulah" [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
CARMEN CAVALLARO [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
Re: NBC CHIMES [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
Community Theater in Virginia to Sta [ seandd@[removed] ]
classical theme music [ [removed]@[removed] (Marj ]
NBC CHIMES [ BH <radiobill@[removed]; ]
Meeting Mantan [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
Dodge Shows [ mmartini@[removed] ]
"Spontaneity " [ "evantorch" <etorch@[removed]; ]
Concert Notice - Ken Double - Best o [ Christopher Werner <werner1@globalc ]
Sgt Preston show date wanted [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
uncirculated detective series surfac [ Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@yahoo ]
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 02:51:44 -0400
From: "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Dorothy Kilgallen & OTR
Whiteside details Johnnie's unique relationship with Dorothy
Kilgallen, which connects to OTR through Dorothy's husband,
Dick "Boston Blackie" Kollmar.
Actually, it connects with OTR even =without= the Kollmar connection.
Kilgallen, after all, appeared on the summer 1952 What's My Line radio show.
Of course, along with Kollmar, she co-hosted the long-running morning
program, Breakfast With Dorothy And Dick.
(I've long presumed, as nearly every other major NYC gossip columnist had
his/her own radio version of same at some point, that Kilgallen had a
similar solo feature, but have thus far been unable to confirm.)
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:18:02 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Bil and Cora Baird
I, for one, would like to hear more memories. from our pal, Lee Munsick,
on the legendary Bairds, and their puppets!
Best, Jim
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:18:12 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 9-6 births/deaths
September 6th births
09-06-1885 - Otto Kruger - Toledo, OH - d. 9-6-1974
actor: "Nobody's Children"
09-06-1888 - Joseph P. Kennedy - East Boston, MA - d. 11-18-1969
ambassador to Great Britain: "Ambassador Joseph Kennedy"
09-06-1889 - Louis Silvers - New York City, NY - d. 3-26-1954
music director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-06-1891 - John Charles Thomas - Meyersdale, PA - d. 12-13-1960
singer: "John Charles Thomas Program"; "Westinghouse Program"
09-06-1894 - Billy Mills - Flint, MI - d. 10-20-1971
conductor: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Great Gildersleeve"; "Amos 'n' Andy"
09-06-1899 - Billy Rose - New York City, NY - d. 2-10-1966
creator-stager: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
09-06-1902 - Morgan Beatty - Little Rock, AR - d. 7-4-1975
newscaster: "News of the World"
09-06-1904 - Maxie Rosenbloom - New York City, NY - d. 3-6-1976
light heavyweight boxing champion, actor: "Slapsie Maxie Show"
09-06-1908 - Paul Lavalle - Beacon, NY - d. 6-24-1997
conductor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"; "Dinah Shore Show"
09-06-1909 - Michael Gordon - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-29-1993
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
09-06-1911 - Eleazar Lipsky - d. 2-14-1993
district attorney, writer: "Indictment"
09-06-1915 - Kleve Kirby - d. 3-xx-1949
actor: John Murray "Today's Children"
09-06-1918 - Jay Stewart - Summitville, IN - d. 9-17-1989
announcer: "Great Gildersleeve"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"; "Spotlight on Music"
09-06-1925 - Jimmy Reed - Dunleith, MS - d. 8-29-1976
blues singer, guitarist, harmonica playere: "One Night Stand"
09-06-1930 - Bernard Jaffe - d. 8-2-1993
science writer: "Information, Please"
September 6th deaths
02-09-1914 - Ernest Tubb - Crisp, TX - d. 9-6-1984
singer: (The Texas Troubador) "Grand Ole Opry"
02-15-1910 - Vladimir Selinsky - Kiev, Russia - d. 9-6-1984
music: "The Doctor Fights"; "The FBI in Peace and War"; "The Electric Theatre"
03-23-1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan - d. 9-6-1998
film director: NHK Tokyo, Japan
06-27-1911 - Dr. Jay Morton - Hollywood, CA - d. 9-6-2003
Best know for the catchphrase "Look; up in the sky, etc." on "Superman"
07-04-1900 - Gertrude Lawrence - London, England - d. 9-6-1952
singer, actress: "Royal Gelatin Hour"; "Campbell Playhouse"; "Radio Reader's
Digest"
07-11-1914 - Tommy Bartlett - Milwaukee, WI - d. 9-6-1998
emcee: "Welcome Travlers"
07-18-1918 - Jane Frazee - Duluth, MN - d. 9-6-1985
vaudeville act with sister
09-06-1885 - Otto Kruger - Toledo, OH - d. 9-6-1974
actor: "Nobody's Children"
09-07-1908 - Max Kaminsky - Brockton, MA - d. 9-6-1994
jazz musician: :This Is Jazz"
09-26-1875 - Edmund Gwenn - Glamorgan, Wales - d. 9-6-1959
actor: Ebenezer Scrooge "Christmas Carol"; "Lux Radio Theatre
10-02-1909 - Alexander Raymond - New Rochelle - d. 9-6-1956
cartoonist: Created Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim
11-14-1920 - Johnny Desmond - Detroit, MI - d. 9-6-1985
singer: "I Sustain the Wings"; "Philip Morris Frolics"; "Songs for Sale"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:54:31 -0400
From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: JOHNNIE RAY
The then, unknown, Four Lads, were the background singers, on the early
Ray records.
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:14:30 -0400
From: "Edward Hutchison" <ehutchison@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: New Orleans area posters
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Andrew Godfrey asked about digest posters in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. I
live in Madison, a suburb just north of Jackson, MS, where most residents are
just now getting electricity restored and gas is very limited.
I have posted info at:
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and a few post-hurricane photos can be viewed at:
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Our travails have, of course, been nothing in comparison with those in New
Orleans and on the Mississippi coast. I hope you will keep them in your
prayers.
Edward Hutchison
Madison, MS
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:14:47 -0400
From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: SPONSORS
General Mills used to send us all the premiums offered on Jack Armstrong.
One day, during a playful rehearsal, we threw, the now, collectors item,
Green-Eye Dragon Ring, at each other. Very few times did we get
'playful' because Jim Jewel was a bear to work for, but on this day he
was ill, and we had a sub director.
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:35:04 -0400
From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Actors on "Beulah"
In Ron Sayles' Birth/Deaths the other day, I noted the following:
> 09-02-1896 - Amanda Randolph - Louisville, KY - d. 8-24-1967
> actress: Mama "Amos 'n' Andy"; Oriole "Beulah"
Could someone refresh my ever-fading memory; the way I remember it, Oriole
was played by Butterfly McQueen, and, when Hattie McDaniel became too ill to
perform, her role as Beulah was taken on, first by Ethyl Waters and then by
Lillian Randolph, until Ms. McDaniel passed, after which McDaniel reruns were
broadcast.
I suppose I could get into a great deal of trouble for saying this, but I
thought Butterfly McQueen deserved the Academy Award for "Gone With the
Wind," rather than McDaniel, because she was the one who acted 'against
type.' McDaniel played "Mammy" as a strong woman, which McDaniel was. My
understanding is that McQueen was also a strong woman, but she played the
part of a blooming idiot, totally unlike herself.
B. Ray
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:35:16 -0400
From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: CARMEN CAVALLARO
Have to disagree Lee -- I did a show at the piano, mixing live and
recorded music. One night Cavallaro wouldn't even go IN the studio with
the piano. On the other hand, Roger Williams and I played duets, and
Roger said, "If the union squawks, I'll take care of it."
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:31:43 -0400
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: NBC CHIMES
Michael C. Gwynne repeated the old wives tale "Because General Electric
Corporation owned NBC at the time, the notes on those bongs were, G, E, C."
Ain't true. [removed] was part owner, just PART owner, of RCA when NBC was
founded, but had been forced to divest its holdings by the time the
three-note chimes seemed to be standardized. (There were differing 3, 5
and 7 note versions prior to that.) Furthermore, it depends upon what key
the chimes are in. Many of the physical chimes used were in different
keys, which result in different pitched notes. There are a number of us
working on gathering every recording of pre- and early 3 note chime
recordings dating back to the twenties and samples of the exact make and
models of the chimes actually used in the different studios. (In one
instance, having the actual chimes that conclusively used where a recording
was made has resulted in a drastic repitching of the recording with an
astonishing -- and very understandable -- change in the sound and styles of
the performers' voices. Portions of the story have already been posted,
but some holes in the story still remain, and research continues.
But we can definitely count out both the General Electric connection and
the contention that the notes are always GEC.
Michael Biel mbiel@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:34:04 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Community Theater in Virginia to Stage
"Charlie's Aunt"
The Jack Benny classic is going to be performed in Lynchburg.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:38:46 -0400
From: [removed]@[removed] (Marjorie M. Nutt)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: classical theme music
On the subject of classical theme music, does anyone know who wrote the
lyrics to the theme music James Melton (who happens to be my father)
used often on radio, always in concert, "I Will Bring You Music"? The
music is from Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto.
I have a suspicion it was Frank Black. Can anyone confirm this? Dr.
Black was a long-time associate of my father's, beginning with The
Revelers Quartet (1920s), on radio (1930s and 40s), and finally on TV
(Ford Festival early 1950s).
Margo Melton Nutt
Thetford, VT
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:20:13 -0400
From: BH <radiobill@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: NBC CHIMES
PURKASZ@[removed] posted:
Because General Electric Corporation owned NBC at the time, the notes on
those bongs were, G, E, C.
Probably more urban legend than fact. See:
[removed]
Bill H.
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:22:26 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Meeting Mantan
Michael C. Gwynne PURKASZ@[removed] wrote:
. . . . He was introduced to me as Mantan
Moreland and it took me a while to search my brain
for that name as this was in 1972 and the nostalgia
craze for a lot of these guys had yet to kick in.
It became clearer when I heard his voice and then I
knew I was in the presence of Hollywood Royalty
shall we say. . . . .
Michael, Mr. Moreland didn't utter, "Feet, get me to
that car." now, did he?
In his Charlie Chan movies he was always addressing
them to carry him somewhere, usually out of the
threated area.
CAB
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conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
Encino, CA
Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:42:00 -0400
From: mmartini@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dodge Shows
I need to go to the mountain to seek your collective [removed]
I am hoping someone has some information about the syndicated Dodge Brothers
program from around 1935 or 36. I have acquired a few of the Decca Red Label
discs and wanted to learn more about the program that featured the Victor
Young Orchestra along with, alternately, the Mills Brothers, Ruth Etting, Bob
Crosby and the Boswells (certainly near the end of their career together).
Is there a log of programs? Who distributed the 15-min. show and, being
syndicated, I guess it would air at different times in different markets?
What other artists appeared on the program and how long was it available? Is
there anything else I should know about the show?
My sincere thanks,
Mike Martini
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:04:22 -0400
From: "evantorch" <etorch@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: "Spontaneity "
I was listening to Philo Vance last night while falling asleep and I had the
same feeling I've had with a variety of shows in the past; not for a minute
did Jackson Beck seem to be talking to someone in reality. Rather, I was
continually conscious he was reading a script.
I never heard Parley Baer or Ray Collins or Harold ([removed] Hal) Stone sound
for one minute as though I hadn't stumbled upon a real "in time"
conversation. On the other hand, I never heard Vincent Price (The Saint) or
anyone on Henry Aldrich sound as though they were doing anything but
reading. Was it a prerequisite to give the listener the total illusion no
script was present to call it great radio?
Evan Torch, MD
Atlanta
etorch@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:05:14 -0400
From: Christopher Werner <werner1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Concert Notice - Ken Double - Best of
Broadway: Past andPresent
I received this through the ATOS list, but thought others might find the
OTR connedtion worth investigating:
:
We cordially invite you to the Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour live broadcast
(over WCLV [removed] FM) on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at3PM. The show is
entitled "Saturday Night Swing!" and is the Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour's
salute to the Big Band Era. There will be 18 performers on stage, plus yours
truly at the 3/19 Plaza Theater Wurlitzer (from Kansas City, MO) and the1927
Steinway Duo-Art Reproducing Grand Piano. This is our 13th year on WCLV
with quarterly broadcasts, and the programs and format are unique. If you
come by 2PM, you'll also have an opportunity to view the John Milton
Williams Museum of Radio Broadcasting History, a world class collection of
artifacts from commercial radio's earliest beginnings. If you can come,
bring some friends with you. Let us know, and I'll provide easy directions.
Sincerely,
Larry Kass
Producer, musical director, pianist and Wurlitzer organist The Mighty
Wurlitzer Radio Hour
Enjoy,
Chris
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:47:05 -0400
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Sgt Preston show date wanted
I have a recording of The Challenger of the Yukon for which I would like to
find the name and date of the episode.
The story involves a Lawyer named Kane, a young couple named Demarest, a
mine called The Big Strike. It takes place in Selkirk.
The show was on Mutual, and during the program they plugged four other
mutual shows: Eddie Fisher, Johnny Desmond, The Enchanted Hour and Hawaii
Calls.
They also gave a short preview of the next episode which was about a town
called Nugget Crossing.
Anyone have any clue on name and date for this?
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Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 01:05:10 -0400
From: Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: uncirculated detective series surfaces
On the highspeed OTR mp3 newsgroup on usenet, I have
posted hi-quality copies of what's dubbed so far of a
long-lost mystery series, the Adventures of the
Abbotts. I have more of them, but it'll be a long
while till I get to dubbing them. I had promised an
OTR researcher copies, but I had been too lazy to copy
the CDs, so I decided to share it with everyone. I
think I have every episode made except one or two. My
microgroove stylus broke and I've been too cheap to
get another, so it'll be a while till I dub the rest.
I have many other uncirculated shows and series, and
would like to share them in the (hopefully near)
future. The CDs that the original .wav's of the
Abbotts had series like I Deal In Crime, Dick Tracy,
Bill Lance, Charlie Chan. Perhaps someone could take
the example of Ian Grieve, who, with some other
Australian collectors, have unselfishly shared many
rare and lost series with collectors. Also thanks to
Jim Widner for sharing Peter Salem and Dan Dodge, and
Ted Blake. Big thanks to Dan Haefele and SPERDVAC for
sharing part 5 of the Sea Legs Matter.
I have a lot of uncirc. shows, but there are many
people out there who make mine look pathetically small
-it's a good feeling to share, so hopefully Ian and
Jim's example will influence more collectors like me,
Also, fellow collectors, think about it, if there's
only one copy there's a MUCH greater chance of the
show being lost forever.
Anyway, if you don't know how to get to the highspeed
newsgroup, email me and I'll attempt to explain how.
(It's easy).
[removed] I'm looking for a copy of the uncirc. Fat Man
that some ebayer named Orthacoustic won a couple years
ago. Willing to trade and I do honor do-not-trade
clauses.
Trav
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