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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 41
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      3-1 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Inner Sanctum episode                 [ Jerry Purvis <jerry@[removed] ]
      Cincinnati Radio                      [ "mmartini@[removed]" <mmartini ]
      Remember back in [removed]          [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]
      Cincinnati convention                 [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      Thoughts on [removed]           [ Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@yahoo. ]

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:34:36 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-1 births/deaths

    March 1st births

    03-01-1869 - Edward Bell - near Terre Haute, IN - d. 9-23-1943
    commentator WMAQ during the 1920s
    03-01-1878 - Dr. Louis K. Anspacher - d. 5-10-1947
    lecturer, host: "True Ghost Stories"
    03-01-1885 - Lionel Atwill - Croydon, England - d. 4-22-1946
    singer: "Eveready Hour"
    03-01-1896 - Dimitri Mitropoulos - Athens, Greece - d. 11-2-1960
    conductor: "The NBC Symphony Orchestra"
    03-01-1896 - George Frame Brown - d. 11-19-1979
    actor: Gus "Tony and Gus"
    03-01-1902 - Parker Bailey - d. xx-xx-1982
    pianist: WTAM Cleveland, Ohio
    03-01-1903 - Charlie Lyon - Detroit, MI - d. 5-11-1985
    announcer: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Lum and Abner"
    03-01-1904 - Glenn Miller - Clarinda, IA - d. 12-15-1944
    bandleader: "Moonlight Serenade"; "USO Matinee"
    03-01-1904 - Paul Hartman - d. 10-2-1973
    actor: "Tony Awards"
    03-01-1905 - Doris Hare - Bargoed, Monmouthshire, Wales - d. 5-30-2000
    actor, host: "Navy Mixture"
    03-01-1906 - Lester Grffith - Illinois - d. 11-20-1991
    announcer: "Dan Harding's Wife"; "Candid Microphone"
    03-01-1910 - David Niven - Kirriemuir, Scotland - d. 7-29-1983
    actor, panelist: "NBC Radio Theatre"; "Transatlantic Quiz"
    03-01-1914 - Aaron Ruben - Chicago, IL - d. 1-30-2010
    writer: "The Milton Berle Show"
    03-01-1914 - Barrett Deems - Springfield, IL - d. 9-15-1998
    jazz drummer: "Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra"; "Louis Armstrong's All Stars"
    03-01-1914 - Gil Doud - Minnesota - d. 12-17-1957
    writer, director: "Sam Spade"; "Escape"; "One out of Seven"; "Pat
    Novak for Hire"
    03-01-1915 - Cy Harrice - Chicago, IL - d. 2-14-2007
    announcer: "Big Story"; "Cavalcade of America"
    03-01-1917 - Cliffie Stone - Stockton, CA - d. 1-19-1998
    host: "Hollywood Barn Dance"; "The Cliffie Stone Show"
    03-01-1917 - David Dunhill - England - d. 3-20-2005
    announcer: "BBC Light Programme"; "Take It From Here"
    03-01-1920 - Antony Ellis - England - d. 9-26-1967
    creator, writer, director: "Frontier Gentleman"
    03-01-1921 - Kenny Baker - Yorkshire, England - d. 12-7-1999
    trumpeter: "Let's Settle for Music"
    03-01-1923 - Andrew Faulds - Tanzania, East Africa - d. 5-31-2000
    actor: Jet Morgan "Journey Into Space"
    03-01-1923 - Peggy Chantier Dick - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-20-2001
    writer: "Edgar Bergen Comedy Hour"
    03-01-1927 - Harry Belafonte - NYC
    singer, actor: "Imaage Minorities"; "Stagestruck"
    03-01-1929 - Eddie Jones - New Jersey - d. 5-31-1997
    jazz bassist in the Count Basie band
    03-01-1931 - Larry Keith - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-17-2010
    actor: "The Man and His Music"
    03-01-1933 - Mary Linn Beller - d. 4-13-2000
    actor: Barbara (Babby) "The Brighter Day"
    03-01-1946 - Jim Crace - England
    writer: "Salateen"; "The Bird Has Flown"

    March 1st deaths

    01-20-1895 - Roscoe Ates - Grange, MS - d. 3-1-1962
    stuttering comedian: "Shell Chateau"; "Comedy Stars of Hollywood"
    02-17-1907 - Charlie Spivak - Kiev, Ukraine - d. 3-1-1982
    orchestra leader: "Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel"; Million Dollar
    Band"
    02-20-1907 - Nadine Conner - Compton, CA - d. 3-1-2003
    singer: "Show Boat"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Bell Telephone Hour"
    03-15-1904 - Pat O'Malley - Burnley, Lancashire, England - d. 3-1-1985
    actor: "Cavalcade of America";"Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-27-1937 - Sandy Dennis - Hastings, NE - d. 3-1-1992
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    05-17-1907 - Jack Petruzzi - Cleveland, OH - d. 3-1-1967
    actor: "Ann Worth, Housewife"; "The Lone Ranger"; "Joe Palooka"
    05-27-1911 - Herb Meadow - d. 3-1-1995
    creator, writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    06-14-1915 - Kay Sutton - Irvington, NJ - d. 3-1-1988
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-29-1922 - Tony Osborne - Cambridge, England - d. 3-1-2009
    arranger: "The Goon Show"; "Take It From Here"
    07-16-1903 - Edith Walton - d. 3-1-1975
    journalist: "Speaking of Books"; "Author Meets the Critics"
    07-16-1915 - Elaine Barrie - NYC - d. 3-1-2003
    actor: (Wife of John Barrymore) "Streamlined Shakespeare"
    07-22-1904 - Magdalen King-Hall - London, England - d. 3-1-1971
    children's author who also wrote radio plays
    08-12-1907 - Joe Besser - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-1-1988
    comedian: ("No so faaaast! . . . oh, you craaaaze you!) "Jack Benny
    Program"
    08-31-1917 - Burleigh Robbins Downey, Jr. - d. 3-1-2000
    news director: "You are the Jury"
    09-16-1911 - Dorian St. George - d. 3-1-2004
    announcer: "Advs. of Charlie Chan"; "Candid Microphone"
    09-17-1905 - Dolores Costello - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-1-1979
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Second Sunday"
    10-04-1892 - Kathryn Card - Butte, MT - d. 3-1-1964
    actor: Grandmother Barton "The Bartons"; Mrs. Wiggins "Uncle Walter's
    Dog House"
    10-26-1914 - Jackie Coogan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-1-1984
    actor: Ernest Botch "Forever Ernest"
    11-03-1903 - John Sylvester - Mississippi - d. 3-1-1995
    actor, host: "Now Hear This"; "One Thousand Dollars Reward"
    11-24-1922 - Joan Turner - Befast, Ireland - d. 3-1-2009
    singer, actor: "Just a Minute"; "[removed]"
    11-29-1909 - Ann Corio - Hartford, CT - d. 3-1-1999
    burlesque queen: "G. I. Jive", "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    12-09-1902 - Brace Beemer - Mount Carmel, IL - d. 3-1-1965
    actor: Lone Ranger "Lone Ranger"
    12-11-1920 - Eddie Firestone, Jr. - San Francisco, CA - d. 3-1-2007
    actor: Joey Brewster "That Brewster Boy"; William Herbert Murray "One
    Man's Family"
    12-12-1908 - Victor Babin - Moscow, Russia - d. 3-1-1972
    concert pianist with a career in radio
    12-26-1893 - Vladimir Golschmann - Paris, France - d. 3-1-1972
    conductor: New York Philharmonic

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:35:35 -0500
    From: Jerry Purvis <jerry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Inner Sanctum episode
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    Hi gang,
    I'm been looking for some time for an episode of Inner Sanctum called
    "The Enchanted Ghost" from Dec. 25, 1950. Several databases had no
    listing and some contacts told me they never heard of it. But it is
    listed in the radio logs at the Jerry
      Haendiges Vintage Radio Place. Does anyone have information on where I
    should look for a copy? Thanks for any help you can provide.
    Jerry Purvis

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:36:05 -0500
    From: "mmartini@[removed]" <mmartini@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincinnati Radio

    If anyone is interested in Cincinnati radio history, I have a book of
    photographs available with plenty of stories, previously unpublished images
    and lots of memories.  The title is "Cincinnati Radio" (Arcadia) and it can
    be purchased on the usual on-line sellers or through me at
    [removed]

    Thanks,
    Mike Martini

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:11:43 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Remember back in [removed]

    Folks;

       [removed] discussions have obscured it (and somewhat distracted
    me personally), back in January I asked you all if a discussion about the
    future of OTR conventions belonged here. I was gratified to see that as a
    group, and sometimes as individuals as well, you were as ambivalent as I am,
    delivering a resounding, "Maybe." The comment I kept seeing over and over was
    on the order of: yeah, ok, but don't let it go on very long. So that's what
    we'll do.

       About the only thing I ask is that we try to stay focused on OTR;
    discussing general-nostalgia conventions, Modern Audio Drama, and other
    non-OTR topics  in-depth doesn't make much sense to me, frankly. I'll try to
    judge that, "not too long" point, but don't be too surprised if I don't hit
    it exactly when you think I should.

       The following two postings were written and submitted back in January and
    are included here and now for the first time - if the opinions of the posters
    have modified in the last month, I apologize to them, and remind you the fault
    is wholely mine, not the posters.

             Charlie

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    Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:19:57 -0800 (PST)
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincinnati convention

    Dan Hughes wondered if there's any way to save the Cincinnati convention.

    It should be possible, though, obviously, someone who lives in that area
    would have to step up and take the reins. As to what a revised Cincinnati
    convention might entail, I refer back to my comments in Digest Volume 2011 :
    Issue 123:

    Among other things, I suggested that maybe conventions need to have fewer
    re-creations of actual aired episodes and more wholly original scripts.

    As I also indicated, last May I wrote an article for the paper I work for
    about "timeless" radio shows, indicating some that remain more or less
    "evergreen." The fact that people like me who weren't around during the OTR
    era enjoy listing to OTR would seem to support that claim. To give two
    examples cited in the article (and my earlier Digest post), the _Suspense_
    episodes "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "Circumstantial Terror" could be updated
    to a modern setting, with only minor changes. Likewise certain _I Love a
    Mystery_ stories.

    More to the point, I think people would listen to well-written,
    acted and directed full-cast audio adventures. Lots of people listen to books
    on tape and CD, and that's usually one (maybe two) people reading all the
    parts.

    And with that in mind, I suggested that maybe more emphasis should be put on
    audio dramas (and mysteries, and comedies, and detective shows, and so on) as
    "theater of the mind" and less on "this was the big thing, decades ago."
    While it's important to let people know about radio's
    impact and influence, I think we should also emphasize that people can-- and
    do-- still make audio dramas today.

    Future Cincinnati conventions might have a dual focus: entertain, educate and
    inform attendees about traditional OTR; and through things like live
    performances of original scripts, show not only how such performances are
    done, but also that audio drama wasn't limited to one time period, not caught
    in amber.

    Or to put it more succinctly, the convention should celebrate "theater of the
    mind"-- past and present-- as well as have a nostalgic element (which can
    include early TV). It should be about the medium of audio adventures not a
    specific time period.

    Rick

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    Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:36:47 -0800 (PST)
    From: Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Thoughts on [removed]
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    Like Dan and a lot of folks, I'm really sad to see the Cincinnati Convention
    come to an end.  This will be my 12th year attending, and I probably would've
    attended several more had I known about it.  I regret that I feel like I
    missed what sound like the glory days of the event.  I missed Parley, Willard
    and a few of the other great guests that had visited before I was able to.
    But I have a lot of good memories, as so many of you do.  Without events like
    this, OTR because a hobby enjoyed individually instead of a group activity.  I
    do not feel that you can discount the impact of these kids of events.
    I don't know if continuing on the convention with someone new taking on the
    financial responsibility is a good solution.  Surely, bringing in TV stars
    shouldn't be an issue (it is after all a nostalgia convention).  But it is
    difficult to make ends meet with events of this size.  As I'm sure Bob would
    vouch, it's often more a matter of breaking even than making money.  Of
    [removed] all know that OTR is first and foremost a labor of love.
    I live locally in the area, and I do feel that having some sort of special
    guests are important to these kinds of events.  The general public needs to
    have a reason to attend.  The Cincinnati convention often benefited from
    attendees coming in from the street, who may have read about the plans for the
    weekend in the paper, or on our local radio station.  Without guests, even if
    they aren't super famous guests, it would be tough to make this happen.
    Would I still be interested in helping to work on a new convention?  I might
    be.  I certainly live close enough to the site.  If the stars aligned and the
    event were sponsored by a group that I felt were promoting these shows in a
    positive way, in a way that would ensure that they'd be properly preserved for
    future generations, sure I might.  But that's a mighty tall [removed]
    Bob is a special guy, who stepped up with a mid-west event at a time when it
    was needed.  I applaud what he did and what he sacrificed to give us a place
    to go.  Yep, Bob's one of the good ones.  And the good ones don't come along
    as often as we'd like.  Even in OTR.
    Rodney Bowcock

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