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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2015 : Issue 55
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
Fred Allen [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
info wanted on William L. Stuart [ John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed]; ]
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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:32:57 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
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Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
*Father's Day Special*
LIVING 1949
Episode 24 6-12-49 "No Family Should Be Without One"
Host: Ben Grauer
Director: James Harvey
Announcer: Robert Warren
Music: Milton Katims
NBC Sustaining
INFORMATION PLEASE
Episode 266 6-14-43 Guest: Hillary St. George Saunders
Host: Clifton Fadiman
Panel: Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant
Announcer: Ben Grauer
NBC HEINZ Fridays 8:30 - 9:00 pm
LUX RADIO THEATER
Episode 244 1-1-40 "Sorrell And Son"
Stars: Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlton, Karen Morley
Host: Cecil B. DeMille
CBS LUX Soap
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
LET'S PRETEND
(CBS) 9/27/47 "Cinderella" The favorite story of the series
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
(NBC Blue) 1/18/33 "Murder By Proxy" stars: Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell.
THE STRANGE DR. WEIRD
(MBS) 4/25/45 "The Ghost Ship" with host, Maurice Tarplin.
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
We continue our salute to Joe Kearns.
DR. CHRISTIAN
11-15-38 "The Accident"
SCREEN GUILD THEATER
2-15-42 Episode 104 "Liberty's A Lady"
Stars: Loretta Young
SUSPENSE
Episode 15 10-27-42 "Lord Of The Witch Doctors"
Joe Kearns appears as The Man In Black.
THE WHISTLER
6-13-42 "Shrunken Head"
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 174
EDDIE HUBBARD SPECIAL: WEDDING SONGS
As a follow-up to Eddiie Hubbard's June Songs Special this episode
brings an undated Eddie Special with focus on weddings and love.
Popular wedding songs for this show include "Always," the Irving Berlin
classic performed by Patsy Cline, "The Wedding Song," written and sung
by Paul Stookey, and "Forever Together," from the 1966 Broadway show "I
Do! I Do!" and sung touchingly by the happily married Steve and Eydie.
Eddie adds a personal touch by dedicating Jack Jones' "My Funny
Valentine" to his son's (then) recent marriage to his bride Mary Valentine.
Among other classic love songs on this Special are "When I Fall in
Love," performed by Nat King Cole, "It's Magic," by Dick Haymes, "Those
Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine," by the Four Aces,
and the song so meaningful to those of us who have been married almost a
lifetime, "When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New," sung beautifully by
Jimmy Roselli.
Joining those classics are super love songs like ""Candy," by Johnny
Mercer and the Pied Pipers, "Linda," by Buddy Clark, "Someone to Watch
Over Me," by Keely Smith, "It's Love," by Lena Horne, "I'll Dance at
Your Wedding," by Buddy Clark along with Anita Gordon and Ray Noble's
orchestra, the popular lighthearted "Love and Marriage," by Frank
Sinatra, and more.
Russian immigrant Irving Berlin was truly legendary. An interesting note
about "Always," is that Berlin wrote it for the Broadway musical "The
Cocoanuts," which starred the Marx Brothers, but he cut it before the
show opened and then gave it to his wife as a wedding present. When
published her song became a musical wedding present for countless
couples over the century.
Walter Cronkite at the 100th birthday tribute for Berlin said that "he
helped write the story of this country, capturing the best of who we are
and the dreams that shape our lives." Berlin's self-stated aim was to
write music and lyrics that were uncomplicated and direct to "reach the
heart of the average American ... the real soul of the country."
Whether you recall observing friends getting married, being newly in
love or engaged, perhaps remembering your time as a newlywed, or are a
codger like me, happily wed for over fifty years, there's at least one
song here especially for you. For me and my bride, our love was and is
truly "not for just an hour, not for just a day, not for just a year but
always." And we will be truly "Forever Together" into eternity --singing
and dancing on streets of gold with the Lord.
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Big John and Greg celebrate Father's Day and Independence Day!
The Magnificent Montague - "Father Of The Year"
originally aired Saturday, June 16, 1951 on NBC
Starring: Monty Wooley, Anne Seymour, Pert Kelton, Art Carney, Johnny
Gibson,
Arnold Stang, John Griggs.
Don Pardo announcing.
Sponsors: Chesterfield, Anacin, RCA Victor.
Night Beat - "Expectant Father"
originally aired Friday, December 28, 1951 on NBC
Starring: Frank Lovejoy, William Conrad.
Don Rickles announcing.
Sustained
Calling All Cars - "July Fourth, 1934"
originally aired Wednesday, July 4, 1934 on CBS
Starring: Chief James E. Davis [removed], Mary Tuthill, Jeanette Nolan,
Martha Wentworth,
Ralph Scott, Joe Franz, Hanley Stafford, Sam Pierce, Charlie Lang,
Richard LeGrand,
Robert Frazier, Fred Harrington, Lindsay McCarey.
Frederick Lindsley announcing.
Sponsor: Rio Grande Oil Company
Cavalcade Of America - "The Declaration Of Independence"
originally aired Wednesday, January 1, 1936 on CBS
Starring: no cast information available.
Frank Singiser announcing.
Sponsor: DuPont
=======================================================If you have any
questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry Haendiges
Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
the Net
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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:33:10 -0400
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Fred Allen
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:02:04 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
1949 Fred Allen had his final program, though he continued for several
years to guest on other shows.
Fred Allen was a regular panelist on "What's My Line" and on at least
one occasion that I recall, substituted for Herb Shriner as host of the
quiz show "Two for the Money." It featured dancing Old Gold cigarette
cartons and billed itself as the "Comedy Quiz Show." Since it was hosted
by a comedian and the contestants appeared as couples, it seemed obvious
that it was "inspired" by "You Bet Your Life." According to Wikipedia,
it was.
When Fred Allen died in 1956, I remember hearing a tribute to him on the
radio. Our TV happened not to be working at the time, and we all sat in
the living room, listening to the old Philco radio (which is now in my
living room), and at one point I looked around the room and felt that
this must be what it was like in the days before television.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]| 92 State Street| Suite 700 | Boston, MA 02109-2004
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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:33:21 -0400
From: John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: info wanted on William L. Stuart
I am looking for information about William L. Stuart's radio work.
William L. Stuart wrote the script "Ship of the Living Dead" for The
Shadow in late 1945. It was the only Shadow script he wrote.
I've check my usual resources with the following results:
John Dunning's "Tune In Yesterday" or it's updated and retitled version
"The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio." Niether listed any information on
Stuart. I also checked the misspelling "Stewart" just in case. Still
nothing.
[removed] listed (under the misspelling of Stewart):
Gangbusters, April 30, 1955 "The Case Of The Missing Detective"
Gangbusters, May 14, 1955 "The Case Of The Tapped Telephone"
Suspense, October 7, 1948 "Night Cry"
Martin Grams' excellent resource "The Shadow" listed Stuart's one Shadow
scriptwriting credit, but nothing else.
Checking [removed] indicates a lot of television credits, including "The
Man Called X" and "Lux Video Theater". He wrote scripts for a lot of
classic 1960s TV, including "Perry Mason" and "The Green Hornet." His
1948 novel "Night Cry" was adapted to the 1950 feature film "Where The
Sidewalk Ends." Nothing is said about his radio work
And finally, a Google search turned up various versions of the above
information, but shed nothing new on his radio career.
So I come to you, here on the OTR Digest. Do you have any information on
William L. Stuart's radio work, other than the four scripts I've
identified above? Any assistance will be appreciated!
John
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"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
The wonderful old pulp mystery stories are all reviewed at:
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