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Date: 3/2/2007 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 72
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Paul Temple                           [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Hal Stone                             [ "laurie platt" <laurie1125@hotmail. ]
      Paul Temple                           [ "Austotr" <austotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: Paul Temple                       [ IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Re: Jim Cox's latest                  [ IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Super, man.                           [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Burns and Allen Logs                  [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      3-2 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      reel to reel tape donation            [ riesse2@[removed] ]
      Re: Eric Blore                        [ Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed]; ]
      Addendum to earlier Burns & Allen     [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      Greenbriars PIcture Show              [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:22:27 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Paul Temple

    From: "david rogers" _david_rogers@[removed]_
    (mailto:david_rogers@[removed])

>     Does  anyone know if the BBC plan to (re) record any other Paul  Temple
>     shows

    Dear David-

    I can't speak to that; but I do know that Bill Nadel directed a
    recreation/tribute at last year's FOTR that was well received.

    A DVD of same may yet be available from lister Fred Berney.

    Best,
    -Craig Wichman

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:24:55 -0500
    From: "laurie platt" <laurie1125@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hal Stone

    As one of many contributors to [removed] I have entered Hal onto this
    site. If you would like to leave a flower or memorial, here is the link

    [removed];GRid=18038378

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:25:45 -0500
    From: "Austotr" <austotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Paul Temple

    David Rogers in issue #71 asked

>     Does anyone know if the BBC plan to (re) record any other Paul Temple
>      shows or in fact any other old shows?

    Do you know of the other Paul Temple shows in circulation David? Gilbert
    Case, Alex Affair, Geneva Mystery , Conrad Case, Jonathan Mystery,  Lawrence
    Affair, Paul Temple Intervenes, Madison Case, Sullivan Mystery.  Those are
    just the ones I could reach easily.  Paul Temple has a lot of followers.

    I didn't know until recently that ABC in Australia did a production of Paul
    Temple and The Front Page Men as a half hour 8 parter in 1940 and Paul
    Temple Intervenes in 1944.

    Ian Grieve

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:26:19 -0500
    From: IreneTH@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Paul Temple
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    David Rogers asked about the 'Paul Temple' BBC broadcasts.
    This story is about radio here as well as in England.  Well, so far as the
    shortsightedness in disposing of many radio transcriptions.  The Paul Temple
    stories were multi-episode ones and for a number of years there have been
    about  8 stories. 40+  episodes, hrough file-sharing.  I have those eight and
    enjoyed them very much.  The program was on the air for over 30 years I think
    the dates are:  1936-1968.  It was said that the BBC had tossed most of them.

    Given their popularity both here and in the UK the BBC soon realized that
    they had thrown out a good cash cow. I also have heard the recently produced
    'Sullivan Affair', which is a dramatization.  The BBC has also released a
    reading by Anthony Head of a Paul Temple script,  The Kelby Affair.  Both of
    these are available through [removed]  I suspect they are burrowing
    through the cellar to find more.
    Irene

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:26:34 -0500
    From: IreneTH@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Jim Cox's latest
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    I second Ron Sayles well-deserved accolades for Jim's latest book.  Having
    helped in a very small way from time-to-time on some of Jim's research,  I
    know that he will not go with anything until it can be documented.  I
    continue to be amazed at his output.  Of course, he's already working on a
    new book.  I get tired just thinking about it.
    Bravo, Jim
    Irene

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:27:04 -0500
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Super, man.

    One of the comic books showed ol' Kal-el (his real name) taking his Clark
    Kent suit, folding it into a little packet, and compressing it into the size
    of a Long Island Railroad ticket with one clap of his super hands.  It was
    explained that the clothes were made of a special resiliant fiber that could
    be uncompressed at the appropriate time.

    This would have been in a comic from perhaps 1960, and it is of some
    interest from the standpoint of anyone who teaches science because it shows
    the sort of interest in science that kids had in those days.  I think it's
    significant that they felt comfortable mentioning this rather arcane level
    of technology to a generation of thirteen-year-olds, an age group not
    normally known for its interest in advances in fiber science.

    Is it possible that our generation--born in the late '40's--was the last to
    take a real interest in such things?  I have noticed references to industry
    in old radio shows that have a similar level of detail, things that would
    interest an average person with a healthy interest in science and
    engineering.  Somewhere along the line, science fiction took a turn to
    fantasy, where you merely need magic crystals and spells to do amazing
    things.  But the writers of Superman, and many of the old shows and comics,
    apparently knew that they were dealing with a more
    technologically-sophisticated crowd, people who could run a steel mill or
    design an airliner.

    This is the sort of thing you think about after you've just spent the
    morning judging a science fair.

    M Kinsler
    512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 43130 740-687-6368 740-503-1973
    [removed]
    [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:27:44 -0500
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Burns and Allen Logs

    I have a lot of B&A episodes and I really like their the a lot. I have
    about 100 episodes and I have 10 that I cannot find a date of the
    broadcast, and some I have used detective work to date, maybe.
     I have been through the logs published by OTR Radio Researchers, Jerry
    Haendiges logs, Audio Classic Archives and Radio Golden Index. and I
    found out that 3 out 4 have about the same episodes date and one has
    only a few (8 or 9).
     what is amazing to me is that most of the situation comedies that have
    a long history of 15 or 20 years seem to have close to complete logs,
    but Burns and Allen have very few considering they were on the for over
    600 episodes.
    Bob Hope show are also hard to find date too.

    I am I missing a more complete log of B & A ? Maybe someone knows the
    date from  a description of the following episode.
    I think all are from the 1940's

    Thank for any help.
    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:50:57 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-2 births/deaths

    March 2nd births

    03-02-1890 - Paul De Kruif - Zeeland, MI - d. 2-28-1971
    writer: "Men Against Death" based on De Kruif's book
    03-02-1900 - Kurt Weill - Dessau, Germany - d. 4-3-1950
    composer: "Der Lindergflug"; "This Is War"
    03-02-1902 - Flora Robson - Brighton, England - d. 7-7-1984
    actor: BBC Radio "Streets of Pompeii"
    03-02-1902 - Moe Berg - NYC - d. 5-29-1972
    major league baseball player, world war 2 spy: "Information, Please"
    03-02-1904 - Leonard Levinson - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1-30-1974
    writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Great Gildersleeve"; "Jack Carson
    Show"
    03-02-1904 - Theodor "Dr. Suess" Geisel - Springfield, MA - d. 9-24-1991
    children's book author: "American School On the Air"; "Columbia
    Workshop"
    03-02-1905 - Marc Blitzstein - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-22-1964
    author: "Mercury Theatre On the Air"
    03-02-1909 - Mel Ott - Gretna, LA - d. 11-21-1958
    sportscaster: Play-by-Play Detroit Tigers; "Babe Ruth Show"
    03-02-1909 - Narvin Kimball - d. 3-17-2006
    vocal, banjo: (Preservation Hall Jazz Band) "Newport Jazz Festival"
    03-02-1914 - Martin Ritt - NYC - d. 12-8-1990
    film director, teacher: "Coming Home"
    03-02-1917 - Desi Arnaz - Santiago, Cuba - d. 12-2-1986
    actor, bandleader: Ricky Ricardo "I Love Lucy"; "Bob Hope Show"
    03-02-1918 - Elmira Roessler - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-30-1975
    actor, singer: Jennifer Davis "Backstage Wife"; Tweetsie Herringbone
    "Ma Perkins"
    03-02-1919 - Jennifer Jones - Tulsa, OK
    actor: "Radio Hall of Fame"
    03-02-1923 - Jean Metcalfe - Reigate, England - d. 1-28-2000
    announcer, presenter: "Two-Way Family Favourites"
    03-02-1949 - Randy Paar - Los Angeles, CA
    disc jockey: (Daughter of Jack Paar) "The Jack Paar Show"

    March 2nd deaths

    01-23-1898 - Randolph Scott - Orange County, VA - d. 3-2-1987
    actor: "Academy Award Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    01-29-1916 - Bill Lawrence - Lincoln, NE - d. 3-2-1972
    newsman for the ABC network
    02-06-1897 - Erna Sack - Spandau-Berlin, Germany - d. 3-2-1972
    singer: (The German Nightingale) "General Motors Concerts"
    02-12-1884 - Bessie McCammon - Cincinnati, OH - d. 3-2-1964
    actor: Jessie King "Lone Journey"; Olivia McEvoy "Young Widder Brown"
    02-14-1908 - Lonnie Glosson - Judsonia, AR - d. 3-2-2001
    country music harmonica player: "Grand Ole Opry"
    02-19-1915 - Fred Freiberger - NYC - d. 3-2-2003
    writer: "Suspense"; "Family Theatre"
    03-16-1916 - Mercedes McCambridge - Joliet, IL - d. 3-2-2004
    actor: Sunny Richards "I Love A Mystery"; Martha Ellis Bryant
    "Defense Attorney"
    04-05-1911 - Martin Denny - NYC - d. 3-2-2005
    orchestra leader: Live radio show for Alaskan Air Force Command Radio
    07-24-1913 - Hollace (Vivien) Shaw - Fresno, CA - d. 3-2-1976
    singer: "Blue Velvet"; "Vic Damone and Hollace Shaw Show"
    08-20-1920 - Stefan Hatos - Aurora, IL - d. 3-2-1999
    producer, writer, announcer: "Beulah"; "The Green Hornet"
    10-16-1917 - Rowena Clark - Staten Island, NY - d. 3-2-2004
    actor: "Gateway to Hollywood"
    10-21-1913 - Jack McElroy - Kansas - d. 3-2-1959
    announcer, host: "Bride and Groom"; "Breakfast at Sardi"s"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:51:09 -0500
    From: riesse2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  reel to reel tape donation
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    Hi,

    I am donating my entire collection of old radio programs on reel to reel tape
    to a university.

    Does anyone know what value to put on an individal reel (for tax purposes)?
    Any help would be appreciated.

                                            Joe Riesselman

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    Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:49:13 -0500
    From: Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Eric Blore

    Blore was the quintessential Hollywood butler, best known for his
    appearance in the Astaire & Rogers musicals such as "The Gay
    Divorcee" and "Top Hat." He also turns up in scores of other films,
    including Preston Sturges' "Sullivan's Travels," "Love Happy" with
    the Marx Brothers, and "Fancy Pants" with Bob Hope.

    Jordan R. Young

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    Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:51:32 -0500
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Addendum to earlier Burns & Allen

    My Copy and Paste didn't work on Burns and Allen  request for info. So
    here is what I intended to include.
    Have a few other I'm not sure of , but this is enough.

    8/9/1944 ?   "Antiques Auction"     Gracie need $[removed] to pay for
    antiques . AFRS
    1940's  ?    "Trying to Buy a Lot"    Burns trys to buy the last lot in
    the area. From the 1943-44 season n CBS for [removed]
    1943    ?    "Redecorating the House"  Gracie wants to redecorate house.
    AFRS
    1943    ?    "Geo. Wants To Sing In The Hollywood Bowl".
    1943    ?    "George Thinks He is Losing Gracie."  NBC
    1943    ?    "The Wrecked Car"      Gracie has an accident  AFRS
    1947    ?    "No More Devisions for George"    On Thur. for Maxwell
    House [removed]

    Sorry about that, Frank McGurn.

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    Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:37:27 -0500
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Greenbriars PIcture Show

    Today's entry on the Greenbiars Picture Shows blog
    ([removed]) profiles both the Dragnet
    and Lone Ranger films from the 50s. No real reference made to the radio
    origins of either character. It is a movie site, after all. (Or perhaps
    the webmaster figured it was so obvious and well known it didn't need
    mentioning.) Anyway, worth checking out just for the photos.

    Kermyt

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