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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 100
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      June issue: RADIO RECALL              [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      6-2 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Joyce Jordan & The Brighter Day       [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Best Gildy Episodes                   [ "Ryano" <ryano218@[removed]; ]
      6-3 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 23:46:12 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  June issue: RADIO RECALL

    The June 2010 issue of RADIO RECALL in PDF format and full color has
    been emailed to cyber-space subscribers, with the black & white, hard
    copy version scheduled to be sent via USPO to the rest of our
    subscribers within two weeks. This issue leads off with Maury Cagle's
    lengthy article on the history of "Lights Out," the scary anthology
    network series.

    Next, Ryan Ellett has a well-researched piece entitled "Uncovering
    Black Radio's Roots, 1927-29" which will engross readers. A famous
    OTR singer, now largely forgotten, Lucy Monroe, is remembered by Cort
    Vitty in his article, "The Star Spangled Soprano." Our historical
    theme continues with Rob Farr's article on the 1916 presidential
    election, the incorrect results of which were broadcast around the
    world by three powerful Navy radio towers in Arlington, VA.

    Our gal-reporter, Melanie Aultman, recounts all the details that
    transpired at the 2010 Cincinnati Convention in her breezy, yet
    factual, style. Adam Roslewicz, our resident puzzle master,
    contributes another head-scratcher in "OTR Unscrambler." Finally, the
    editor muses on what went right (or wrong) with the 1930s show,
    "Sunbrite Junior Nurse Corps," in its attempt to draw little girls to
    their radio sets, a feat that not even Little Orphan Annie could
    accomplish.

    All this, plus information on upcoming OTR conventions and events,
    along with Letters to the Editor.

    To read articles from back issues of RADIO RECALL, or to obtain
    subscription details, point your mouse at:

    <[removed]>

    Or for a free PDF copy of a sample back issue,  direct your email
    request to <OTRpiano@[removed];

    Jack French
    Editor

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    Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 23:46:32 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-2 births/deaths

    June 2nd births

    06-02-1879 - Florence Edney - London, England - d. 11-24-1950
    actor: Aunt Maizie "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    06-02-1884 - Frank Hummert - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-12-1966
    producer: "Backstage Wife"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
    06-02-1889 - Martha Wentworth - NYC - d. 3-8-1974
    actor: Wintergreen Witch "Cinnamon Bear"; Nancy "Witch's Tale"
    06-02-1891 - Joe Schenck - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-28-1930
    singer, comedian, dancer: (Gus Van and Joe Schenck) "The Eveready Hour"
    06-02-1896 - Katherine Bacon - Chesterfield, England - d. 1-30-1982
    pianist: WOR New York
    06-02-1900 - Charles Tazewell - d. 6-26-1972
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"; "Tom Mix"; "Mayor of the Town"
    06-02-1901 - Lou Shoobe - d. 7-14-1989
    bassist: "The Saturday Night Swing Club"
    06-02-1902 - Jimmie Lunceford - Fulton, MO - d. 7-12-1947
    bandeader: "Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra"
    06-02-1902 - Rosa Rio - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-13-2010
    organist: "Rosa Rio Rhythms"; "The Shadow"
    06-02-1904 - Johnny Weissmuller - Windber, PA - d. 1-20-1984
    actor: Movie Tarzan and Jungle Jim
    06-02-1908 - Ben Grauer - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-31-1977
    announcer, emcee: "Walter Winchell"; "Information, Please"; "Boston
    Symphony"
    06-02-1909 - June MacCloy - Sturgis, MI - d. 5-5-2005
    vocalist: "Griff Williams and Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra"
    06-02-1909 - Martin Ashe - Bradford, IL - d. 4-15-1991
    actor: "Grand Central Station"
    06-02-1910 - Ward Bryon - NYC - d. 2-4-1996
    announcer: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    06-02-1913 - Burt Farber - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-27-2005
    orchestra leader: "Curtain Time"
    06-02-1913 - Nicholas Saunders - Kiev, Russia - d. 8-16-2006
    actor: Sergeant Ross "Martin Kane, Private Eye"
    06-02-1915 - Lionel Murton - London, England - d. 9-26-2006
    Began career in radio with Montreal Repertory Company
    06-02-1915 - Walter Tetley - NYC - d. 9-4-1975
    actor: Julius Abbruzio "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"; LeRoy Forrester
    "Great Gildersleeve"
    06-02-1920 - Johnny Speight - London, England - d. 7-5-1998
    comedy writer: "Frankie Howerd Show"
    06-02-1920 - Toni Gilman - Chicago, IL
    actor: (Sister of Lucy Gilman) "Young Widder Brown"
    06-02-1921 - Awdrey Hewlett - Maidenhead, England - d. 9-3-1995
    writer: "Clever Wife"
    06-02-1921 - Bob Arthur - Kansas - d. 3-25-1997
    newscaster: "Bob Arthur Show"
    06-02-1922 - Gil Stratton, Jr. - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-11-2008
    actor: "Billy Webster "Those Websters"; Jimmy "Life with Luigi";
    Freddie "My Little Margie"
    06-02-1924 - Peter Hackes - NYC - d. 4-17-1994
    newscaster: "News of the World"; "Meet the Press"
    06-02-1928 - Bob Amsberry - Boring, OR - d. 11-27-1957
    actor: KEX Portland, Oregon
    06-02-1929 - Perry Beaumont - d. 6-26-2005
    disk jockey: WLOK Lima, Ohio
    06-02-1934 - John E. Carter - Chicago, IL - d. 8-21-2009
    singer: (The Dells; The Flamingoes) "Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"
    06-02-1941 - Stacy Keach, Jr. - Savannah, GA
    actor, narrator: "Twilight Zone"
    06-02-1942 - Marie Cheatham - Oklahoma
    actor" "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    June 2nd deaths

    01-14-1930 - Johnny Grande - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-2-2006
    pianist: (Bill Haley and The Comets) "Stars for Defense"
    01-16-1928 - Pilar Lorengar - Zaragoza, Spain - d. 6-2-1996
    soprano: "Ondas Infantiles"
    01-24-1915 - Evie Juster - d. 6-2-1988
    actor: "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"; "Our Gal Sunday"
    02-11-1908 - Philip Dunne - NYC - d. 6-2-1992
    screenwriter, director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-18-1894 - Andres Segovia - Linares, Spain - d. 6-2-1987
    classical guitarist: "The Magic Key"; "Theatre [removed]"; "Concert Hall"
    03-05-1908 - Rex Harrison - Huyton, England - d. 6-2-1990
    actor: Rex Saunders "Private Files of Rex Saunders"
    03-13-1910 - Sammy Kaye - Lakewood, OH - d. 6-2-1987
    bandleader: (Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye) "Sunday Serenade"
    04-04-1897 - Erno Balogh - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-2-1989
    pianist: WEAF New York City
    05-04-1886 - Earl Lee - Topeka, KS - d. 6-2-1955
    actor: Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    05-11-1899 - Forrest Lewis - Knightstown, IN - d. 6-2-1977
    actor: Richard Q. Peavey "Great Gildersleeve"; Roy Delfeeno "Vic and
    Sade"
    05-29-1883 - Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe - Canada - d. 6-2-1943
    doctor who attended Dionne quintuplets birth: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie
    McCarthy Show"
    06-03-1917 - Leo Gorcey - NYC - d. 6-2-1969
    actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
    06-13-1905 - Doc Cheatham - Nashville, TN - d. 6-2-1997
    jazz trumpeter: "Benny Goodman and His Sextet/Orchestra"; "Benny
    Goodman Quintet"
    06-19-1903 - Lou Gehrig - NYC - d. 6-2-1941
    baseball iron man: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-12-1886 - Jean Hersholt - Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 6-2-1956
    actor: Dr. Paul Christian "Dr. Christian"
    07-25-1900 - Al Pearce - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-2-1961
    comedian: Elmer Blurt "Here Comes Elmer"; "Al Pearce Show"
    08-02-1892 - Karolyn Wells Bassett - Derby, CT - d. 6-2-1931
    was very popular in early radio
    08-13-1907 - Mabel Todd - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-2-1977
    vocalist: "The Al Pearce Show"; "Your Hollywood Parade"
    08-25-1917 - Mel Ferrer - Elberon, NJ - d. 6-2-2008
    actor: "Eternal Light"; "Cloak and Dagger"; "MGM Theatre of the Air"
    09-12-1927 - Helen Carter - Maces Springs, VA - d. 6-2-1998
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-05-1879 - John Erskine - NYC - d. 6-2-1951
    writer: "Information Please"
    10-24-1901 - Harry Breuer - Brooklyn, NY - D. 6-2-1989
    percussionist: "A&P Gypsies"; "Bert Hirsch's Novelty Dance Orchestra"
    11-02-1908 - Bunny Berrigan - Hilbert, WI - d. 6-2-1942
    bandleader: "Saturday Night Swing Club"; "Tim and Irene"
    11-16-1889 - George S. Kaufman - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-2-1961
    panelist: "Information, Please"; "This Is Broadway"; "Who Said That?"
    11-18-1908 - Imogene Coca - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-2-2001
    comedian: "Big Show"
    12-06-1924 - Eric Merriman - Golders Green, England - d. 6-2-2003
    writer, creator: "Beyond Our Ken"
    12-20-1897 - Felix Holt - Calloway County, KY - d. 6-2-1954
    writer: "Challenge of the Yukon"; "Cimarron Tavern"; "The One Ranger"
    xx-xx-1903 - Lyndall Hadow - Kalgooarlie, Australia - d. 6-2-1976
    writer: "A World to Gain"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 23:48:13 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Joyce Jordan & The Brighter Day

    Joe Mackey tells us that "Joyce Jordan, Girl Intern" began in 1938 on
    CBS and "later evolved into 'The Brighter Day' in 1948."

    Close, but no cigar.

    As Jim Cox pointed out in his 1999 book, "The Great Radio Soap
    Operas," Joyce Jordan did begin on CBS in 1938 but in the 40s, she
    was "Joyce Jordan, MD" on NBC, presumably having served her five
    years of internship. Jordan for three years was a surgeon at mythical
    Hotchkiss Memorial Hospital in an equally mythical town of Preston.
    By 1948, Jordan was relegated to hostess status on her series, merely
    narrating stories of her patients.

    One of those patients, Elizabeth Dennis, widow of Rev. Richard
    Dennis, lived in nearby Three Rivers. Jordan visited this family
    several times before her series ended on October 8, 1948. "The
    Brighter Day" debuted on October 11, 1948 and the sponsor (P & G, of
    course) moved Joyce's announcer, Ron Rawson, to "The Brighter Day"
    which took Joyce's time slot. As Jim surmised correctly, "The
    transition could hardly have been smoother, creating a virtually
    captive audience."

    Moreover, Joyce was not gone forever. There were two later attempts
    to reprise (or resuscitate) "Joyce Jordan, MD." ABC did so in
    1951-52, as did NBC in 1954-55. Neither attempt was successful, Jim
    reports, and each of these later series lasted less than six months
    each.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Wasn't Joe, was "Those Were the Days." Joe just spends the
    time gathering up the radio-related info and forwarding it to the Digest each
    week, he doesn't make the mistakes [removed]  --cfs3]

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    Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 23:48:39 -0400
    From: "Ryano" <ryano218@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Best Gildy Episodes
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        Hi all. I need the opinions of the experts. What would people say are the
    best episodes of the Great Gildersleeve? I mean the episodes that are the
    funniest, saddest and most touching. I've already decided that the premier
    episode, the hick-ups, the golf tournament, the failed marriage to Leila, the
    jolly boys band and the lost mayoral election are among the best.

    More recommendations are much appreciated. Also wondering what the name of the
    Christmas episode is in which Gildy tells a story about why the chimes rang.
    It has something to do with little brother.

    RyanO

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    Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 23:48:45 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-3 births/deaths

    June 3rd births

    06-03-1900 - Frank Dailey - Bloomfield, NJ - d. 2-27-1956
    bandleader: "Matinee at Meadowbrook"
    06-03-1901 - Maurice Evans - Dorchester, England - d. 3-12-1989
    actor: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    06-03-1904 - Jan Peerce - NYC - d. 12-15-1984
    singer: "Music Hall of the Air"; "A & P Gypsies"; "Golden Treasury of
    Song"
    06-03-1905 - Paulette Goddard - Whitestone Landing, Long Island, NY -
    d. 3-23-1990
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Players"
    06-03-1906 - Brooke Temple - Niagra Falls, NY - d. 04-1982
    actor: Red Ryder "Red Ryder"
    06-03-1906 - Josephine Baker - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-12-1975
    singer: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    06-03-1908 - Joey Nash - Brooklyn, NY
    singer: "The Capitol Family"; "Notes of Love"
    06-03-1911 - Ellen Corby - Racine, WI - d. 4-14-1999
    actor: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    06-03-1911 - Jack McCarthy - Pernell, MI - d. 12-xx-1977
    actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"
    06-03-1913 - Lucille Lund - Buckley, WA - d. 2-15-2002
    actor: "First Nighter"
    06-03-1914 - Roy Glenn - Pittsburg, KS - d. 3-12-1971
    actor: "The Beulah Show"
    06-03-1915 - Ralph Allinger - d. 10-xx-1971
    sportscaster: White Plains and Utica, New York
    06-03-1916 - Jack Manning - Cincinnati, OH
    actor: David Crawford "Young Dr. Malone"
    06-03-1917 - Leo Gorcey - NYC - d. 6-2-1969
    actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
    06-03-1918 - Patrick Cargill - London, England - d. 5-23-1996
    actor: "Brothers in Law"
    06-03-1919 - Charles F. McCarthy - d. 7-4-1988
    newscaster: "Charles F. McCarthy and the News"
    06-03-1922 - Joy Shelton - London, England - d. 1-28-2000
    actor: "PC 49"
    06-03-1924 - Colleen Dewhurst - Montreal, Canada - d. 8-22-1991
    actor: "Will Cather: A Look of Rememberance"
    06-03-1924 - Jimmy Rogers - Ruleville, MS - d. 12-19-1997
    blues singer: "Stars for Defense"; "Here's to Veterans"; "Guest Star"
    06-03-1924 - Ted Mallie - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-25-1999
    announcer: "I Love A Mystery"; "The Shadow"; "Bill Hickok"
    06-03-1925 - Tony Curtis - NYC
    actor: "Hollywood Star Playhouse"; "Stars in the Air"; "Suspense"
    06-03-1927 - Boots Randolph - Paducah, KY - d. 7-2-2007
    saxophonist: "Grand Ole Opry"
    06-03-1933 - Lillian Briggs - Allentown, PA - d 4-11-1998
    singer: "The Steve Lawrence Show"
    06-03-1942 - Curtis Mayfield - Rosewell, GA - d. 12-26-1999
    soul singer, songwriter: "Voices of Vista"

    June 3rd deaths

    01-06-1913 - Tom Brown - NYC - d. 6-3-1990
    actor: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-09-1909 - Patrick Peyton - Carracastle, Ireland - d. 6-3-1992
    preacher: (The Rosary Priest) "Family Theatre"
    01-11-1899 - Eva Le Gallienne - d. 6-3-1991
    actor: "Civic Repertory Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-26-1916 - Peter Brough - West London, England - d. 6-3-1999
    ventriloquist: "Educating Archie"; "Navy Mixture"
    03-20-1906 - Ozzie Nelson - Jersey City, NJ - d. 6-3-1975
    actor: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
    04-12-1905 - Audrey Call - Alton, IL - d. 6-3-2001
    violinist: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    04-21-1915 - Anthony Quinn - Chihauha, Mexico - d. 6-3-2001
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Your Radio Theatre"
    05-25-1905 - Joseph C. Harsch - Toledo, OH - d. 6-3-1998
    news commentator: "A Closer Look at the News"; "Emphasis"
    05-26-1908 - Robert Morley - Semley, England - d. 6-3-1992
    actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
    07-20-1901 - Dilys Powell - Bournemouth, England - d. 6-3-1995
    film critic: "The Critics"; "Critics Forum"
    08-13-1905 - Olga Albani - Barcelona, Spain - d. 6-3-1940
    singer: "Coca-Cola Hour"; "Silken String"
    08-13-1910 - Skinnay Ennis - Salisbury, NC - d. 6-3-1963
    bandleader, singer: "Bob Hope Show"; "Abbott and Costello Show"
    08-17-1927 - Sam Butera - New Orleans, LA - d. 6-3-2009
    tenor sax: (Sam Butera and the Witnesses) "The Navy Swings"
    08-24-1917 - Dennis James - Jersey City, NJ - d. 6-3-1997
    host, announcer: "Lawyer Q"; "Major Bows Original Amateur Hour"
    09-18-1910 - Joe "Curley" Bradley - Coalgate, OK - d. 6-3-1985
    actor, singer: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; "Singing Marshall"
    10-12-1909 - Jack Orrison - Colorado - d. 6-3-1986
    actor: "X Minus One"; "Gangbusters"
    10-20-1904 - Anna Neagle - Forest Gate, Essex, England - d. 6-3-1986
    actor: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Kate Smith Hour"; "Radio Tribute to the
    Kind and Queen"
    10-22-1914 - Harry Hickox - Big Spring, TX - d. 6-3-1994
    actor: "Jump-Jump and the Ice Queen"
    10-22-1917 - Harold Goodwin - Wombwell, England - d. 6-3-2004
    actor: "The Cruel Sea"
    11-07-1895 - Jerry Belcher - Austin, TX - d. 6-3-1962
    interviewer: "Vox Pop"; "Our Neighbors"
    12-09-1925 - Patricia Wheel - NYC - d. 6-3-1986
    actor: "Stroke of Fate"; "Crime and Peter Chambers"

    Ron

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