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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 149
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      9-15 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Court of Human Relations              [ <beachcrows@[removed]; ]
      That racist Norman Corwin             [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 16-22 Sep  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:56:38 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-15 births/deaths

    September 15th births

    09-15-1876 - Bruno Walter - Berlin, Germany - d. 2-17-1962
    conductor: "Salzburg Music Festival"; "Word from the People"; "New
    York Philharmonic"
    09-15-1878 - William Hard - Painted Post, NY - d. 1-30-1962
    commentator: "Back of the News"
    09-15-1889 - Robert Benchley - Worcester, MA - d. 11-21-1945
    comedian: "Buick Program"; "Melody and Madness"
    09-15-1890 - Agatha Christie - Torquay, England - d. 1-12-1976
    author: Creator of "Hercule Poirot"
    09-15-1894 - Edwin Cooper - Illinois - d. 2-2-1984
    actor: "The Eddie Bracken Show"
    09-15-1896 - Irene Arledge - d. 7-11-1977
    contralto: KFDM Beaumont, Texas
    09-15-1896 - Julia Hoyt - d. 10-31-1955
    actor: Conducted a fashion program for NBC
    09-15-1898 - Dave Belman - d. 10-xx-1982
    disk jockey: KONG Visalia, California
    09-15-1898 - Gene Arnold - d. 4-12-1954
    singer: (the man with a tear in his throat) "National Barn Dance"
    09-15-1899 - Dr. Milton Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 5-2-1985
    doctor: (Brother of Ike) "Second Seagram's Symposium"; "Meet the Press"
    09-15-1902 - Alexander Kirkland - Mexico City, Mexico - d. unknown
    actor: "Helen Hayes Theatre"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Society Girl"
    09-15-1903 - Jean Tennyson - Chicago, IL - d. 3-16-1991
    soprano: "Great Moments in Music"
    09-15-1903 - Roy Acuff - Maynardsville, TN - d. 11-23-1992
    singer: (The King of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
    09-15-1904 - Sheilah Graham - Leeds, England - d. 11-17-1988
    gossip commentator: "Heinz Magazine of the Air"; "Sheilah Graham"
    09-15-1904 - Tom Conway - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-22-1967
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
    09-15-1906 - Kathryn Murray - Jersey City, NJ - d. 8-6-1999
    hostess: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    09-15-1907 - Elspeth Eric - d. xx-xx-1993
    actor: Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Diane Ramsey "Big Sister"
    09-15-1907 - Jack Bailey - Hampton, IA - d. 2-1-1980
    emcee: "Queen for a Day"; "Truth or Consequences"
    09-15-1908 - Penny Singleton - Phildelphia, PA - d. 11-12-2003
    actor: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie" Penny Williamson "Penny Singleton
    Show"
    09-15-1909 - Eric Linden - NYC - d. 7-14-1994
    actor: "Hollywood On the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-15-1909 - Frank Richards - NYC - d. 4-15-1992
    actor: "I Love A Mystery"
    09-15-1911 - Grace Carney - Hartford, CT - d. 3-25-2009
    actor: Freelance
    09-15-1913 - Henry Brant - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-26-2008
    composer: "The Eternal Light"
    09-15-1915 - Al Casey - Louisville, KY - d. 9-11-2005
    guitarist: "One Night Stand"; "New World A' Coming"; "Eddie Condon's
    Jazz Concert"
    09-15-1915 - John Conte - Palmer, MA - d. 9-4-2006
    emcee: "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "John Conte Show"
    09-15-1915 - Phil Brito - Boomer, WV - d. 10-28-2005
    narrator: "Moon River"
    09-15-1916 - Margaret Lockwood - Karachi, British India - d. 7-15-1990
    actor: "A Christmas Carol"
    09-15-1919 - Nelson Giddings - NYC - d. 5-1-2004
    writer: "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"
    09-15-1922 - Jackie Cooper - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-3-2011
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "George Jessel Show"; "Voice of the Army"
    09-15-1923 - Arvell Shaw - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-5-2002
    jazz bassist: "Floor Show"; "Damon Runyon Memorial Concert"; "Jubilee"
    09-15-1924 - Bobby Short - Danville, IL - d. 3-21-2005
    singer: Sang on Chicago radio at beginning of his career
    09-15-1928 - Cannonball Adderley - Tampa, FL - d. 8-8-1975
    jazz saxphonist: "Voices of Vista"

    September 15th deaths

    01-20-1896 - Rolfe Sedan - NYC - d. 9-15-1982
    actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"; "Mystery in the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-23-1919 - Frances Bay - Mannville, Canada - d. 9-15-2011
    actress: "Everybody's Program"
    01-25-1922 - Raymond Baxter - Essex, England - d. 9-15-2006
    broadcaster for the BBC
    02-06-1927 - Smoky Burgess - Caroleen, NC - d. 9-15-1991
    sportscaster: "Sports Report"
    02-09-1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong - Portland, OR - d. 9-15-2003
    preacher: (Son of Herbert W. Armstrong) "Plain Truth"; "The World
    Tomorrow"
    02-17-1914 - Larry Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-15-1996
    actor, singer: "Here's to Romance"
    03-01-1914 - Barrett Deems - Springfield, IL - d. 9-15-1998
    jazz drummer: "Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra"; "Louis Armstrong's All Stars"
    03-06-1916 - Virginia Gregg - Harrisburg, IL - d. 9-15-1986
    actor: Helen Asher "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
    03-10-1898 - Bert Bacharach - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-15-1983
    columnist: "Letters to Your Serviceman"; "Men's Corner"
    03-23-1915 - Louis Quinn - Chicago, IL - d. 9-15-1988
    actor: "Studio One"
    04-24-1905 - Robert Penn Warren - Guthrie, KY - d. 9-15-1989
    author: (All the King's Men) "NBC University Theatre"
    06-05-1922 - Gordon "Specs" Powell - NYC - d. 9-15-2007
    jazz drummer: "Music 'Til Midnight"; "All-Star Sextette"
    06-18-1913 - Johnnie Neblett - Mississippi - d. 9-15-1946
    announcer: "Bargain Counter"; "Tin Pan Alley"
    06-25-1920 - Frances Lafferty - New Jersey - d. 9-15-1999
    actor: "Ladies Home Journal"; "Mr. District Attorney"; "Myrt and Marge"
    06-29-1915 - Leo Diamond - NYC - d. 9-15-1966
    harmonica player: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
    07-07-1911 - Joan Perry - Pensacola, FL - d. 9-15-1996
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-24-1919 - Jerry Wayne - Buffalo, NY - d. 9-15-1996
    vocalist: Lover "Happy Island"; "Your All-Time Hit Parade"
    08-20-1908 - Andre Baruch - Paris, France - d. 9-15-1991
    announcer, disc jockey: "Your Hit Parade"; "Kate Smith Program"; "Myrt
    and Marge"
    09-25-1895 - Jack Denny - Indiana - d. 9-15-1950
    music: "The American Revue"; "The Harry Richman Show"
    10-02-1921 - Edmund Crispin - Chesterham Bois, England - d. 9-15-1978
    author: "The Moving Toyshop"
    10-05-1904 - John Hoyt - Bronxville, NY - d. 9-15-1991
    actor: Robard "Shorty Bell"; "Escape"; "Suspense"
    11-07-1918 - Fred Cusick - Boston, MA - d. 9-15-2009
    sportscaster "Irish Hour"
    11-11-1906 - Harry Holcomb - Malta, OH - d. 9-15-1987
    director, narrator: "Curtain Time; "Dr. [removed], The Mental Banker";
    "Moon River"
    11-26-1891 - Anne Nichols - Dales Mill, GA - d. 9-15-1966
    writer: "Abie's Irish Rose"
    11-27-1899 - Silvio Coscia - Milan, Italy - d. 9-15-1977
    co-principal horn: "Metropolitan Opera Orchestra"
    12-13-1915 - Mark Stevens - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-15-1994
    actor: "This Is Hollywood"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Suspense"
    12-xx-1879 - Gertrude Bondhill - Cincinnati, OH - d. 9-15-1960
    actor: Dal Tremaine's Mother "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:58:12 -0400
    From: <beachcrows@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Court of Human Relations

    Charlie asked about this show. Some information is out there on the
    internet via a search using the program's title:

    Aired first in 1933, NBC, sponsor: True Story Magazine,

    In 1937, NBC Red, same sponsor, than on Mutual, sponsored by a cold
    medication.

    Some of the cast: Santos Ortega, Brian Donlevy, Alice Reinhardt,
    Chestor Stratton and Allyn Joslyn.

    The program apparently dramatized life situations and a jury from the
    studio audience would provide solutions to the "problem".

    Dave Goldin lists one definite 30 minute program from 1937 as
    available.

    Some links and references: [removed] and [removed], also
    The big Broadcast by Buxton and Owen and Great Radio Audience
    Participation Shows by Jim Cox.

    Paul Thompson

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    Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:26:19 -0400
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  That racist Norman Corwin
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    The bigots of the 1940s would be pleased to know that he was unwittingly on
    their side all along.

    Yes, here's another Corwin article by an academic:
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    Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:26:26 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 16-22 September

     From Those Were The Days

    9/18

    1927   The Columbia Broadcasting System was born on this day in 1927.
    CBS broadcast an opera, The King's Henchman, as its first program.

    1948   The Original Amateur Hour returned to radio on ABC, two years
    after the passing of the program's originator and host, Major Bowes.
    Bowes brought new star talent into living rooms for 13 years.

    9/19

    It was just an average day this day in 1932, when Just Plain Bill was
    first heard on CBS. It was "The real life story of people just like
    people we all know." The 15 minute show (Monday through Friday at 7:15
    [removed]) was all about (just plain) Bill Davidson and his daughter, Nancy,
    who lived in (just plain) Hartville. Since Bill was the town barber,
    everybody came to him with their problems    and Bill helped them
    straighten things out.

    Instead of playing the usual organ, as a first, Hal Brown played
    harmonica and whistled the Just Plain Bill introduction music (Darling
    Nellie Gray). Hal also handled the closing theme (Polly Wolly Doodle) in
    the same manner.

    The show, created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who also came up with Mr.
    Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, Little Orphan Annie, Amanda of Honeymoon
    Hill, Front Page Farrell, John's Other Wife, Mr. Chameleon, Our Gal
    Sunday and many other radio dramas, later moved to NBC. Just Plain Bill
    chalked up 23 years on the air, until 30 September, 1955. A few of the
    Just Plain Bill sponsors over the years were Kolynos toothpaste and
    Clapp's baby [removed]

    9/20

    1921   KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania started one of the first daily
    radio newscasts in the country. The broadcast came from the city desk of
    The Pittsburgh Post.

    1953   Jimmy Stewart debuted in The Six Shooter on NBC. He played Britt
    Ponset on the Western.

    9/21

    1946   After being tested on a regional basis, The Second Mrs. Burton
    was heard for the first time on the entire CBS network. The Second Mrs.
    Burton fared very well, having a relationship with the network for 14 years.

    1948   The serial Life With Luigi debuted on CBS. Luigi Basko was played
    by J. Carroll Naish. Naish, an Irish American, became typecast as an
    Italian immigrant, and went on to play the same role in the TV version
    in 1952.

    9/22

    1943   Singer Kate Smith finished her War Bond radio appeal. For 13
    continuous hours Smith had stayed on the air, collecting a whopping $39
    million dollars in bond pledges. ($486,202,709 in 2010 dollars.)

    1957   The CBS Radio Workshop was silenced after 18 months of what the
    critics said was "ingenious radio programming."

    Joe

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