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Date: 6/21/2007 9:16 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 182
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      6-21 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Steve Swires, [removed]                  [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
      brodcasting at REPS                   [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      Nostalgic Article from the Montrose   [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      It was a Bold but Rocky Fortune Vent  [ mmartini@[removed] ]
      Request for [removed]                   [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      The Mystery of Fibber's Music         [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Something Wicker This Way Comes       [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      Re: That Radio Program                [ "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed] ]
      Radio Stations Broadcasting Old Time  [ Ronald Reeland <ronreeland@[removed]; ]
      6-22 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:51:59 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-21 births/deaths

    June 21st births

    On this day in 1954 I entered the [removed] Navy, can't believe I am that
    old.

    06-21-1880 - Mary Young - d. 6-23-1971
    actor: Lily "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
    06-21-1882 - William Afsprung - d. 1-xx-1976
    reader: WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
    06-21-1895 - Saul B. Arenson - d. unknown
    lecturer on scientific topics on WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
    06-21-1900 - Jack Arthur - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-1-1980
    singer, emcee: "Echoes of New York"; "Family Time"; "Jack Arthur Show"
    06-21-1907 - Charles 'Bud' Dant - Washington, IN - d. 10-31-1999
    music: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "Glamour Manor"
    06-21-1909 - Ted Sherdeman - d. 8-22-1987
    producer, director, writer: "Latitude Zero"; "Sad Sack"; "Sears Radio
    Theatre"
    06-21-1911 - Irving Fein - Brooklyn, NY
    producer: "Jack Benny Program"
    06-21-1911 - Wonderful Smith - Arkadelphia, AR
    comedian: "Red Skelton Show"
    06-21-1912 - Mary McCarthy - Seattle, WA - d. 10-25-1989
    novelist: "Guest Star Time"
    06-21-1916 - Al Brown
    actor: Og "Og, Son of Fire"
    06-21-1921 - Jane Russell - Bemidji, MN
    actor: Guest Detective: "Adventures of Ellery Queen"
    06-21-1921 - Joan Tetzel - NYC - d. 10-31-1977
    actor: Sylvia Field "When a Girl Marries"; Jane Brown "The Goldbergs"
    06-21-1921 - Judy Holliday - NYC - d. 6-7-1965
    actor: "Big Show"
    06-21-1925 - Byron Palmer - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Plays for Americans"
    06-21-1925 - Maureen Stapleton - Troy, NY - d. 3-13-2006
    actor: "Best Plays"
    06-21-1928 - Rudy Wissler - d. 1-11-2007
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    06-21-1940 - Mariette Hartley - Weston, CT
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    June 21st deaths

    03-27-1892 - Thorne Smith - Annapolis, MD - d. 6-21-1934
    writer: "Advs. of Topper" based on his book
    04-07-1908 - Walt Framer - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-21-1988
    producer, director: "Break the Bank"; "Strike It Rich"
    06-07-1908 - Clarence Straight - d. 6-21-1988
    actor: Rags the Dog "Those We Love"
    06-09-1922 - George Axelrod - NYC - d. 6-21-2003
    writer: "Midnight in Manhattan"; "Grand Ole Opry"
    07-07-1903 - Joe Boland - d. 6-21-1987
    actor: Police Sergeant "Abie's Irish Rose"
    08-27-1908 - Frank Leahy - O'Neill, NE - d. 6-21-1973
    football coach (Notre Dame): "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bill Stern
    Colgate Sports Newsreel"
    11-18-1860 - Jan Ignace Paderewski - Kurilovka. Poland - d. 6-21-1941
    concert pianist, statesman: "Paderewski's Eightieth Birthday Tribute"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:52:23 -0400
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Steve Swires, [removed]

    Many of you would have met Steve, through the years, at many of the
    various movie cons around the New York area, and elsewhere.
    Many more of you read his movie and nostalgia articles, over the last
    three decades.

    Steve and I weren't particularly close, but I thought I should get the
    word [removed]

    (Along the way, we wrote for some of the same magazines; some of you
    know Steve was a rather ardent fantasy film historian.)

    Sadly, Steve apparently passed away in October, but it didn't seem to
    become known until March--

    And some of us didn't find out, until a week ago.
    Steve's articles appeared in STARLOG, FANGORIA, some Marvel Comics mags,
    and many other outlets, as well as, most recently, some DVD movie
    editions.

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:16:28 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  brodcasting at REPS

    Hi Everybody,

    on Friday and saturday, Yesterday USA will be broadcasting live from the
    REPS convention starting  around [removed] PM Eastern time both days.  You can
    read about the convention by going to [removed], and you can hear
    it at [removed]

    Take care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:59:48 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Nostalgic Article from the Montrose Daily Press
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    The Montrose Daily Press runs a nostalgic column that mentions several OTR
    personalities, including a purported quote from Jack Benny on the transition
    to television: "It isn't great, we try to keep it from being lousy."

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:49:25 -0400
    From: mmartini@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  It was a Bold but Rocky Fortune Venture

    Hi,

    I'm sure others will elaborate with much greater detail, but it was asked why
    Bogey, Bacall and Frankie agreed to forego their lucrative films careers for
    [removed]  [removed] both series came at very NON-lucrative points in their
    respective careers.  Frank had been dropped by his label and lost his music
    variety show.  He was at the bottom of the well professionally (and
    financially) in 1951.  By all accounts he didn't enjoy doing Rocky but it was
    a decent paycheck.  While "From Here to Eternity" came out in '53, it wasn't
    until '54 that its positive impact was truly felt on Frank's career.  When he
    "re-emerged" as a legitimate actor (no longer the teenage heartthrob), in
    1954, he dropped Rocky immediately.

    Bogey and Bacall had similar circumstances.  Bogart's career was really
    languishing in the late '40's, thanks in part to his troubles in front of the
    House Un-American Committee.  So Bogey and his young bride started Santana
    Productions in 1948 and although their company produced some critically
    accalimed pictures (Sierra Madre as an example), the company was never a
    financial success.  In 1951, when Santana was in dire straights, Ziv offered
    the couple $4-K a week to do Bold Venture.  Pretty good money for a couple of
    hours of work.  They'd come in, record two or three shows, and then be on
    their way to the bank to cash Ziv's check.  Plus the recording sessions could
    be set up in such a way to fit in to their schedule (Bogey was filming
    African Queen at about this time.)  Bacall didn't talk about Bold Venture at
    all in her bio.  I don't think they particularly enjoyed doing the show, but
    it was a decent paycheck that came at just the right time.  They even took
    the option of recording the extra half -season, for a total of 78 episodes,
    even though they didn't have to.  If you're hungry enough, anything looks
    good.

    Mike

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:55:58 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Request for [removed]

       Received this on the website; please copy americanscientist2@[removed] on
    any reply you might make.

             Charlie

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    From: FleurMartin <americanscientist2@[removed];

    I am looking for a radio program that I heard some years ago. I don't know
    the name of the program but thisepisode was about 2 women trapped in an
    apartment building and the lights went out. The whole episode was built on
    this and it was a mystery. Like I said, I don't know the name of the show. I
    have tried looking in the web, but can't find anything. I don't know if it's
    a Lights Out episode or Suspence or what. Can you please help me find this
    episode. Thanks

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:13:50 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Mystery of Fibber's Music

    Thanks, Tim, for the info; and thanks, Ted, for  the music score!

    Best,
    -Craig

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:14:18 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Something Wicker This Way Comes
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    I need help with OTR-related pronunciations here at Talking Books. 1) Did "The
    Singing Lady" Ireene Wicker pronounce her first name EYE-reen (like the song
    "Goodnight, Irene") or eye-REE-nee (like British actor Irene Worth).  2) A
    line of text in a book reads "During World War II, the [removed] Army built a
    primitive recorder called a Tapak." We went with the pronunciation "TAYP-ak,"
    invoking the word "tape," but we could be mistaken. Any help from the ether
    would be immensely appreciated.

    BTW, I just learned that Ireene Wicker was the sister-in-law of industrialist
    Armand Hammer. Who'd've thnk it.

    That's about the size of it.

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:14:38 -0400
    From: "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: That Radio Program

    In reference to Wayne Johnson's question about references to the Johnny
    Dollar program in the story line, the first instance I can find is in "The
    Blooming Blossom Matter", aired on 1/20/1957.  For the remainder of the run,
    there were a number of references to Johnny's radio programs.

    In "The Winsome Widow Matter", Pat McCracken calls Johnny while he is in
    Hollywood conferring with Jack Johnstone about the program.

    I don't know if any other serial di this to the extent that YTJD did, but it
    did add an air of reality to a fictional world.

    John C. Abbott

    Note:
    No Trees were harmed in sending this message.
    However, some electrons along the way were inconvenienced.

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:36:25 -0400
    From: Ronald Reeland <ronreeland@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio Stations Broadcasting Old Time Radio Shows
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    Kenneth Clarke asked for help locating radio stations that play OTR shows. Try
    the following three web sites. If anyone knows of other sites that will help
    locate OTR broadcasts, please submit the information to the Digest.  Here is a
    Radio Locater web site:
    [removed];s=T&state=KS&format=&band=
    What you see is when I entered only kansas(KS) in search box. You will want to
    add you city location as well, of course. You can then access each nearby
    station web site(if online) to determine programming. Here is another old time
    radio station list, although it has not been updated for since September 13,
    2005: [removed] And here is the web site for
    "when Radio Was" with host Chuck Schaden: [removed]  Notice
    that it has a locater for stations that broadcast Chuck's program. However, in
    the past I have found the information to be outdated. Hopefully it has been
    updated. Hope these prove of some use to you. Regards,Ron

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    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:04:16 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-22 births/deaths

    June 22nd births

    06-22-1887 - Julian Huxley - London, England - d. 2-14-1975
    film director: "Information Please"
    06-22-1901 - Charlie Agnew - Illinois - d. 10-22-1978
    bandleader: "Yeast Foam Program"; "Armandes Face Cream Program"
    06-22-1901 - Jack Whiting - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-15-1961
    singer: "MGM Radio Club"
    06-22-1902 - Phil Duey - Macy, IN - d. 4-7-1982
    singer: "Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra"; "Leo Reisman Orchestra";
    "Happy Bakers"
    06-22-1903 - Ben Pollack - Chicago, IL - d. 6-7-1971
    bandleader: Bib band remotes - became the Bob Crosby Orchestra
    06-22-1903 - Glenhall Taylor - d. 12-28-1997
    producer, director: "Blondie"; "Sherlock Holmes"; "Dinah Shore Show";
    "Ozzie and Harriett"
    06-22-1906 - Billy Wilder - Sucha, Austria-Hungary - d. 3-27-2002
    screenwriter, film director: "Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    06-22-1907 - Mike Todd - Minneapolis, MN - d. 3-22-1958
    film producer: "Closing the New York World's Fair"
    06-22-1909 - Milton Kaye - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-14-2006
    pianist/arranger: "Roger Kilgore, Public Defender"; "Under Arrest"
    06-22-1912 - June Carroll - Detroit, MI - d. 5-16-2004
    composer: "New Faces of 1948"
    06-22-1915 - Robert Soderberg - Ohio - d. 4-9-1996
    writer: "Junior Miss"
    06-22-1916 - Johnny Jacobs - Milwaukee, WI - d. 2-8-1982
    announcer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Frontier Gentleman";
    "Granby's Green Acres"
    06-22-1918 - Julian Anthony - d. 6-xx-1984
    newscaster: "News of Tomorrow"
    06-22-1919 - Gower Champion - Geneva, IL - d. 8-25-1980
    choreographer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Guest Star"
    06-22-1920 - Paul Frees - Chicago, IL - d. 11-1-1986
    actor: Jethro Dumont/Green Lama "Green Lama"; Robert Aladdin "Mr.
    Aladdin"
    06-22-1922 - Joe Siracuso - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-5-1997
    drummer: "The Spike Jones Show"
    06-22-1930 - Roy Drusky - Atlanta, GA - d. 9-24-2004
    singer: "Grand Old Opry"
    06-22-1932 - Prunella Scales - Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England
    actor: Sybil Fawlty "Fawlty Towers"; Sarah France "After Henry"
    06-22-1941 - Ed Bradley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-9-2006
    newscaster: WBCS New York, New York
    06-22-1949 - Meryl Streep - Summit, NJ
    actor. "Earplay"

    June 22nd deaths

    01-14-1909 - Joseph Losey - La Crosse, WI - d. 6-22-1984
    director: "Words at War"
    01-26-1899 - Wyllis Cooper - Pekin, IL - d. 6-22-1955
    producer, writer, director: "Lights Out"; "Quiet Please"
    03-17-1905 - Lisa Sergio - Florence, Italy - d. 6-22-1989
    news and music commentator: "Let's Talk it Over"; "One Woman's Opinion"
    03-30-1905 - Don Hollenbeck - Lincoln, NE - d. 6-22-1954
    news commentator: "CBS Views the Press"; "You Are There"
    05-03-1897 - Charlie Lung - England - d. 6-22-1974
    actor: Paul Sycamore "You Can't Take It with You"; "Wild Bill
    Hickok"; "Escape"
    05-10-1899 - Fred Astaire - Omaha, NE - d. 6-22-1987
    dancer, actor: "Fred Astaire Show"
    05-10-1902 - David O. Selznick - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-22-1965
    film producer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
    05-10-1907 - Pee Wee Hunt - Mount Healthy, OH - d. 6-22-1979
    composer: "The Hoagy Carmichael Show"
    05-17-1906 - John Cannon - Chicago, IL - d. 6-22-2001
    announcer, actor: "City Hospital"; "Jack Armstrong, the All-American
    Boy"
    05-21-1916 - Dennis Day - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-22-1988
    singer, comedian: "Jack Benny Program"; "Day in the Life of Dennis Day"
    06-07-1896 - Hope Summers - Mattoon, IL - d. 6-22-1979
    actor: Clara "Girl Alone"
    06-10-1922 - Judy Garland - Grand Rapids, MN - d. 6-22-1969
    singer, actor: Romantic Interest "The Hardy Family"; "Good News of 1938"
    08-10-1902 - Venezuela Jones - d. 6-22-1995
    actor: Susie Robinson "Our Gal Sunday"
    10-06-1866 - Dr. Reginald Fessenden - Milton, Canada - d. 6-22-1932
    made world's first radio voice broadcast (Decmeber 24, 1906)
    10-18-1908 - Rene Garriguenc - d. 6-22-1998
    composer: "Rogers of the Gazette"; "Advs. of Sam Spade, Detective"
    12-09-1927 - Benny Green - Leeds, England - d. 6-22-1998
    musician, conversationalist, writer: ""Stop the Week"; "Kaleidoscope"
    12-14-1884 - Jane Cowl - Boston, MA - d. 6-22-1950
    actor: "Great Plays"; "Brownstone Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-28-1896 - Rose Franken - Gainesville, TX - d. 6-22-1988
    writer: "Claudia and David" based on her stories
    12-29-1892 - Emory Parnell - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-22-1979
    actor: Grouch "Grouch Club"; "Eddie Bracken Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron Sayles

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