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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2004 : Issue 151
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
mics [ Michael Berger <intercom1@attglobal ]
Record Your Tapes on Your Computer [ "D. Fisher" <dfisher@[removed]; ]
Re: Lobotomobile Parked Near Gasolin [ Mark Stratton <cty57251@centurytel. ]
Re: 1941 World Series [ Mark Stratton <cty57251@centurytel. ]
Mayor of Doodyville [ "Arthur Funk" <Art-Funk@[removed]; ]
Re: GASOLINE ALLEY death [ SanctumOTR@[removed] ]
5-1 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Walden Hughes this weekend [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
Alfred Hitchcock and MURDER BY EXPER [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
combined response [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
Unsolved mysteries in OTR [ vigor16@[removed] ]
The term "radio" [ BH <radiobill@[removed]; ]
As i remember lucille ball [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
41 world series [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
Gunsmoke [ PGreco2254@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:45:42 -0400
From: Michael Berger <intercom1@[removed];
To: otr <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: mics
This website is a bit quirky but lots of interesting
stuff besides everything and more than you ever wanted
to know about mics.
Michael Berger
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:48:06 -0400
From: "D. Fisher" <dfisher@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Record Your Tapes on Your Computer
There has been some discussion of late about recording tapes & records on to
your computer. For the last couple of years I have been using a very
inexpensive shareware program from [removed] . It is very
versatile & easy to use. It records either wav. or mp3 files. I have tried
various programs & have found this one to give me the best results with the
greatest of ease. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in dubbing
cassettes or reel to reel or records onto your computer. I have my computer
connected up to a complete stereo system (Technics receiver, Kenwood
cassette deck, Technics turntable, Sony CD player, Pioneer R-R & Sony
speakers). This is in my TV/Computer room. I also have the computer hooked
up to play through my 4 channel stereo system in my living room. I also use
another program for audio sweetning called Goldwave, which I have found to
be much easier to use than Cool Edit 2000. It's a great program for taking
out clicks & pops, speed correcting, plus many other great features. When
we have friends over to listen to oldtime radio I can either play them on
the cassette player in the living room system or from mp3's from the
computer. Very handy. I, of course, have no affiliation with Polderbits or
Goldwave. Just a happy user of the product & pass this on to help other
users find something that really works for recording.
If anyone has any questions just email me. I'll be glad to offer what ever
help I can.
Don Fisher
[ADMINISTRIVIA: PLEASE, folks, if you're going to discuss software, gie the
operating system the software runs under. Not everyone uses the same one;
indeed, because of the high number of creative people on this list, we
probably have a higher-than-average percentage using non-Microsoft operating
systems. --cfs3]
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:48:38 -0400
From: Mark Stratton <cty57251@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Lobotomobile Parked Near Gasoline Alley
>Bhob Stewart said;
The strip that made Walt's death official was last Monday (4/26). Strips
setting up his death go back to the middle of April, but Ucomics/Tribune
Media only archive the previous 14 days for non-subscribers.
The ensuing days have made nothing official about anyone's death. There
is a funeral in today's strip, but there is still no indication to the
reader who died. The GA Bulletin Board at the Comicspage site is
rampant with speculation, but nothing definitive. They also have a 90
day archive of strips.
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Best,
Mark
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:49:12 -0400
From: Mark Stratton <cty57251@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: 1941 World Series
Alan Asked:
This question goes back to a reference from about a month ago! (I
really got behind, obviously) Anyway, one of the recordings selected
for the National Registry was Game Four of the 1941 World Series with
Red Barber and others. I may feel silly when I get the answer, but
what was particularly notable about this one?
Mickey Owen, Brooklyn Dodger catcher dropped what appeared to be the
third strike in the 9th inning and the Yankees came back to win the game
and the Series.
More information can be found here:
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This is one of the great chapters in WS lore.
Best,
Mark
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:49:24 -0400
From: "Arthur Funk" <Art-Funk@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Mayor of Doodyville
In Digest 148 A. Joseph Ross, [removed], asked who was mayor before Mr. Bluster.
I don't have a clue but I can tell you that the mayor of the town in which
Big Jon & Sparkie lived was Mr. Plumpfront (for whatever that information is
worth).
Regards to all,
Art Funk
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:57:44 -0400
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: GASOLINE ALLEY death
In a message dated 4/30/04 11:17:24 AM, Bhob Stewart writes:
The strip that made Walt's death official was last Monday (4/26). Strips
setting up his death go back to the middle of April, but Ucomics/Tribune
Media only archive the previous 14 days for non-subscribers.
***Uh, Monday's funeral strip only makes it clear that someone has died, not
necessarily Uncle Walt. There's also speculation that it could be his wife
Phyllis. It seems to me that Phyllis (around the same age as Walt) may be the
more likely candidate, since she was about to reveal an 80-year-old secret the
next day. Writer-artist Jim Scancarelli has created a very-carefully crafted
storyline that has not yet established who died. I just hope it's not a dream
sequence, since Skeezix first learned of the tragedy in the middle of the
night when he was apparently awakened by a phone call. Some of the jokes
made by
the female mortician seem a bit too glib to be delivered to family members at
such a tragic moment.
BTW, GASOLINE ALLEY's Jim Scancarelli is a big fan of OTR, and a really nice
guy.
--Anthony Tollin
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:57:50 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5-1 births/deaths
May 1st births
05-01-1888 - Anna Appel - Bucharest, Romania - d. 11-19-1963
actress: Mrs. Cohen "Abie's Irish Rose"
05-01-1892 - Howard Barlow - Plain City, OH - d. 1-31-1972
conductor: "March of Time"; "Voice of Firestone"
05-01-1907 - Kate Smith - Greenville, VA - d. 6-17-1986
singer, emcee: (Songbird of the South) "Kate Smith Revue"; Kate Smith Speaks"
05-01-1916 - Glenn Ford - Quebec, Canada
actor: Christopher London "Advs. of Christopher London"
05-01-1918 - Jack Paar - Canton, OH - d. 1-27-2004
comedian: "Jack Paar Show"; "Take It or Leave It"
05-01-1919 - Dan O'Herlihy - Wexford, Ireland
actor: Nicholas Lacey "One Man's Family"
05-01-1922 - Louie Nye - Hartford, CT
comedian: "Louie Nye Show"
05-01-1942 - Joan Hackett - NYC - d. 10-8-1983
actress: "CBS Mystery Theatre"
May 1st deaths
05-12-1910 - Gordon Jenkins - Webster Groves, MO - d. 5-1-1984
conductor, composer: "Everything for the Boys"; "Bob Burns Show"
06-30-1904 - Glenda Farrell - Enid, Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-1-1971
opposing pitcher: "Quizzer's Baseball"
11-05-1878 - Henry M. Nealy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-1-1963
emcee: (The Old Stager) "Philco Theatre of Memories"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
12-14-1911 - Spike Jones - Long Beach, CA - d. 5-1-1965
bandleader: "Bob Burns, The Arkansas Traveler"; "Spike Jones Show"
--
Ron Sayles
For a complete list:
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:18:01 -0400
From: BryanH362@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Walden Hughes this weekend
Enjoy a mix of interviews and
Old Time Radio starting at 7-30 [removed] Pacific /10:30 Eastern Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. Yesterday USA
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Friday 4-30-04
A. Frank Bresee interview with Peggy Weber. One of the first ladies of
radio.
B. many Old Time Radio shows like I Love A Mystery and Family Theater,
Kraft Music Hall, and Screen Director Play House
Saturday 5-1-04
A. live interview with Peter Keeper the archives for the Fred Wearing
collection at Penn [removed] Learn how you can obtain copies of Fred's radio
shows.
B. Enjoy an evening of Fred Waring radio shows from the Fred Waring
archive.
Sunday 5-2-04
A. Mike Biels talks about the style of 1920s radio announcers and hear
sound examples.
B. Laura Leff talks about the Jack
Benny show of 4-25-37 the actual shows follows.
C. other OTR includes One Man Family, Fred Allen show, and Lux Radio
Theater
D. Bill Bragg interview with Jim Westmoreland.
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:18:20 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Alfred Hitchcock and MURDER BY EXPERTS
Kermyt asked about MURDER BY EXPERTS.
The hosts of MURDER BY EXPERTS, known as the "masters of mystery," were
writers John Dickson Carr and Brett Halliday, but during the last few months
of 1951, Alfred Hitchcock became a temporary, weekly host. Supposedly, the
"master of mystery" chose the stories, which involved tales by leading
mystery writers of the day that were described by scholar John Dunning as
"highly-charged plots of crime and passion that turned on emotion rather
than gimmicks." In reality, Arthur and Kogan chose the stories, not
Hitchcock.
As for the FORECAST broadcast Kermyt mentioned, it was described as "Alfred
Hitchcock" hosting but if you listen to the recording, you'll discover he
appeared by proxy. It's not really Hitchcock. That's Joseph Kearns doing
Hitchcock. Since Mr. Hitchcock was not a TV name in 1940, the majority of
the radio audience had no idea what he sounded like so they just took the
word of the announcer as the gospel. (I once thought it was Hitchcock too,
till Leonard Maltin pointed it out to me.)
OTHER HITCHCOCK'S RADIO APPEARANCES
(circa, 1938) Hitchcock was interviewed by critic Otis Ferguson upon his
arrival to the United States.
April 13, 1939, The Royal Gelatin Hour hosted by Rudy Vallee.
June 27, 1941, Information Please
January 22, 1943, Information Please
January 24, 1943, The Texaco Star Theater starring Fred Allen.
March 21, 1948, The Charlie McCarthy Show
March 26, 1948, Information Please
January 30, 1949, Screen Directors' Playhouse "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with
Robert Montgomery.
Hitchcock commented about one of the scenes in the movie.
November 11, 1950, Screen Directors' Playhouse "Lifeboat" with Tallulah
Bankhead.
Hitchcock commented about the movie.
August 15, 1954, Sunday with Garroway, Hitchcock was guest to promote Rear
Window.
September 18, 1955, Monitor, hosted by Dave Garroway, Hitchcock and Shirley
MacLaine was guest to promote The Trouble With Harry.
April 27, 1958, As Easy as [removed] "O is for Old Wives' Tales" with Boris
Karloff and Peter Lorre.
HITCHCOCK'S MOVIES ADAPTED FOR RADIO
The Lux Radio Theatre (December 13, 1937) "The Thirty-Nine Steps" with Ida
Lupino and Robert
Montgomery.
The Campbell Playhouse (December 9, 1938) "Rebecca" with Orson Welles and
Agnes Moorehead.
Many radio fans insist that Orson Welles dramatized adaptations of novels,
not movies, and with such reasoning some would consider this broadcast an
adaptation of the novel, rather than the movie. After all, production for
Hitchcock's movie had not begun yet. Still, David O' Selznick sold Welles
the radio rights to "Rebecca," as long as a mention of the up-coming movie
was made. There is a possibility that Selznick wanted to hear Welles'
solution to complications within the plot, for his own use. This in turn,
is probably one of the first adaptations of a movie not-yet-filmed.
The Lux Radio Theatre (March 2, 1941) "Rebecca" with Ronald Colman and
Ida Lupino.
The Lux Radio Theatre (June 9, 1941) "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with Bob Hope
and Carole Lombard.
Philip Morris Playhouse (Deember 19, 1941) "The Lady Vanishes" with Flora
Robson and Errol Flynn.
The Gulf Screen Guild Theater (February 8, 1942) "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with
Errol Flynn
and Lana Turner.
The Lux Radio Theatre (May 4, 1942) "Suspicion" with Joan Fontaine and
real-life husband
Brian Aherne.
Philip Morris Playhouse (November 6, 1942) "Rebecca" with Herbert Marshall.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater (December 14, 1942) "Mrs. and Mrs.
Smith" with Joan Bennett.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater (January 4, 1943) "Suspicion" with
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
and Joan Fontaine.
Philip Morris Playhouse (January 22, 1943) "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with
Virginia Bruce.
Philip Morris Playhouse (May 21, 1943) "The Thirty-Nine Steps" with
Madeleine Carroll.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater (May 24, 1943) "Shadow of a Doubt"
with Joseph Cotton.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater (May 31, 1943) "Rebecca" with Joan
Fontaine and Brian Aherne.
Philip Morris Playhouse (October 15, 1943) "Suspicion" with Madeleine
Carroll.
Philip Morris Playhouse (November 12, 1943) "Shadow of a Doubt" with Orson
Welles.
The Lux Radio Theatre (January 3, 1944) "Shadow of a Doubt" with William
Powell and Teresa Wright.
The Lux Radio Theatre (September 18, 1944) "Suspicion" with William Powell
and Olivia DeHavilland.
Matinee Theater (November 26, 1944) "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with Victor Jory
and Gertrude Warner.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater (January 1, 1945) "Mr. and Mrs.
Smith" with Louise Allbritton,
Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin and Preston Foster.
Matinee Theater (January 21, 1945) "Rebecca" with Victor Jory and Blanche
Yurka.
Theater of Romance (July 17, 1945) "Suspicion" with Anthony Quinn and
Judith Evelyn.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater (January 21, 1946) "Suspicion" with
Loretta Young
and Nigel Bruce.
Theater of Romance (April 9, 1946) "Jamaica Inn" with Louise Albritton.
Theater of Romance (April 30, 1946) "Shadow of a Doubt" with Brian Donlevy.
Hollywood Startime (July 20, 1946) "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with Robert
Montgomery.
Academy Award Theater (July 24, 1946) "Foreign Correspondent" with Joseph
Cotton.
The Hour of Mystery (September 1, 1946) "The Thirty-Nine Steps" with David
Niven.
Academy Award Theater (September 11, 1946) "Shadow of a Doubt" with Joseph
Cotton
and Joan Fontaine.
Hollywood Players (October 1, 1946) "Rebecca" with Joseph Cotton and Joan
Fontaine.
Academy Award Theater (October 30, 1946) "Suspicion" with Cary Grant and
Ann Todd. Nigel Bruce
was originally scheduled to reprise his screen role in this radio broadcast,
but was forced to bow out because of illness. His role was replaced by
another actor.
The Lux Radio Theatre (January 26, 1948) "Notorious" with Joseph Cotton
and Ingrid Bergman.
The Lux Radio Theatre (March 8, 1948) "Spellbound" with Joseph Cotton and
Alida Valli.
Studio One (March 23, 1948) "The Thirty-Nine Steps" with Glenn Ford and
Mercedes McCambridge.
The Camel Screen Guild Players (June 21, 1948) "Shadow of a Doubt" with
Vanessa Brown
and Joseph Cotton.
The Screen Guild Theater (November 18, 1948) "Rebecca" with John Lund and
Loretta Young.
The Screen Guild Theater (January 6, 1949) "Notorious" with Ingrid Bergman
and John Hodiak.
The Ford Theater (February 18, 1949) "Shadow of a Doubt" with Ray Milland
and Ann Blyth.
The Lux Radio Theatre (May 9, 1949) "The Paradine Case" with Joseph
Cotton.
Prudential Family Hour of Stars (July 24, 1949) "Rebecca" with Audrey
Totter.
The Screen Guild Theater (November 24, 1949) "Suspicion" with Cary Grant,
Nigel Bruce
and Joan Fontaine.
The Lux Radio Theatre (November 6, 1950) "Rebecca" with Vivian Leigh and
Laurence Olivier. Oliver,
who starred in the original Hitchcock production, was against Joan Fontaine
being cast as the leading lady. Instead, he had asked that his real-life
wife, Vivian Leigh to play the role. She never got the opportunity. In
this Lux production, Leigh finally got her chance to play the role of the
second Mrs. DeWinter, as she originally wanted back in 1939.
The Screen Directors' Playhouse (November 9, 1950) "Shadow of a Doubt" with
Cary Grant.
The Screen Directors' Playhouse (January 25, 1951) "Spellbound" with Joseph
Cotton
and Mercedes McCambridge.
The Lux Radio Theatre (December 3, 1951) "Strangers on a Train" with Ray
Milland and Frank Lovejoy.
Stars in the Air (December 27, 1951) "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with Jane Greer
and Fred MacMurray.
Hollywood Sound Stage (January 10, 1952) "Shadow of a Doubt" with Ann Blyth
and Jeff Chandler.
Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway (May 25, 1952) "Rebecca" with Melvyn
Douglas.
The Lux Radio Theatre (September 21, 1953) "I Confess" with Phyllis Thaxter
and Cary Grant.
The Lux Radio Theatre (April 12, 1954) "Strangers on a Train" with Dana
Andrews
and Robert Cummings.
Note: There were many radio broadcasts based on published works in which
Hitchcock based his movies from. Lowndes' "The Lodger" had been performed
on literally dozens and dozens of radio programs, but those were omitted
from the list above because the majority of those were adaptations of the
novella, not the movie. (Check out Jack the Ripper: His Life and Crimes in
Popular Entertainment by Gary Coville and Patrick Lucanio, published by
McFarland for such a list.) Same goes for other broadcasts such as the
March 3, 1952 broadcast of Suspense, which featured Herbert Marshall in an
adaptation of "The Thirty-Nine Steps" because that production was based on
the novel, not the movie.
Martin Grams, Jr.
Co-author of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS COMPANION (yep, a book about the
TV series . . . but Charles Huck supplied an informative chapter about
Hitchcock's radio appearances for me and radio dramas are discussed in
detail throughout the book).
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:53:24 -0400
From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: combined response
The ELP turntable is more like $20,000.
The films of the Telephone Hour were for educational purposes in the
schools. I know of 3, but certainly there could be more.
Joe Salerno
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:53:45 -0400
From: vigor16@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Unsolved mysteries in OTR
Hi all,
Let's see how many of these we can come up with. Thinking about how we
tie up mysterious loose ends these days got me wondering what kind of
questions can we raise about unsolved mysteries in Old Time Radio plot
lines. Here are a couple.
1. Did Miss Brooks and Phillip Bointon ever have an official date?
2. How 'bout Louiji Paskel and the oversized Rosa. Did Pasqualli ever
get those two together?
3. What did Jack Benny ever do with his favorite car, the Maxwell?
4. What happened to some characters on F. McGee and Molly:
Millicent Upington
Horasio K. Boomer
Nick Depopolis
5. Was there ever a romantic angle between Kitty and Matt on Gunsmoke or
was that a television thing only?
Here is a question of personal interest. Does anybody know how many
episodes of "the price of fear" were made and are in circulation.
Deric M.
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:54:20 -0400
From: BH <radiobill@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The term "radio"
Nicoll wonders:
My daughter came up with this one. What is origin of the word "radio" and
when did start to be used.
Will Nicoll
This question has been asked many times over the years and I am not sure
there is a definitive answer. One source states the term was first used
in 1906 but I have never heard of the origin of the word. It isn't AFAIK
an acronym like "radar" (RAdio Detection And Ranging). Perhaps someone
else in more enlightned.
Bill H.
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Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 09:44:31 -0400
From: Jer51473@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: As i remember lucille ball
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She was a second level radio and movie actress thru the forties and not a
real star until tv and the lucy series came along in the early fifties. In
fact
most of the public had never heard of her until then. Even though her friends
may have long called her lucy, it was probably the mid fifties berore the
public started thinking of her as lucy and not lucille ball. She was never a
major
radio or movie star, but at a later time did indeed become a major tv star.
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Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 09:44:39 -0400
From: Jer51473@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 41 world series
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Game 4 was probably the one in which mickey owens, the dodger catcher,
dropped the third strike allowing tommy henrich of the yankees to reach first
base
after two were out, thus starting a rally that resulted in the yankees winning
the game and eventually the series. Up until that point the dodgers were
leading the series 2 games to 1 and would have gone ahead 3 games to 1, if
owens
had held the strike, and had the series all but won.
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Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 09:44:59 -0400
From: PGreco2254@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Gunsmoke
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Hi,
A quick question for all the Gunsmoke fans out there. I read
that on one program Matt asked Chester his last name or
something like that and Parley Baer addlibbed Proudfoot. What
program did this appear on??..a new Gunsmoke [removed]
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