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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 442

Table Of Contents: 

	 Christmas list
	 Has Anyone Heard Jack Benny
	 Philip Marlowe
	 "Casablanca" on OTR
	 Re: Philip Marlowe
	 Anaheim, Azuza, [removed]
	 Schickele Mix

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:19:08 -0500
From: vintage@[removed] (Andy Blatt)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Christmas list
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Tom Heathwood mentioned Christmas programs.  I am always looking to trade
for any I do not [removed]

Right now we've got approximately 225 Christmas shows on 100 Christmas tapes
available now through January, 1997 for sale or trade.  If you'd like the
list, please e-mail or call and I will fax or otherwise deliver to you the
list of Christmas programs.  (The list is also available at our web site.)

Andy Blatt
Vintage Broadcasts
1-800-418-1445
vintage@[removed]

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:02:37 -0600
From: [removed]@[removed] (Donald Dortmund)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Has Anyone Heard Jack Benny
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  I was wondering if anyone has heard the 2 part Christmas shows from 1946, 
  buying/ returning shoelaces for Don Wilson? Are the episodes good? 

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 13:05:05 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
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Subject: Philip Marlowe
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Norman Cox submitted an overview of the Adventures of Philip Marlowe, plus
a brief synopsis of one tape.

Thanks, Norman. I think this is great and another fine addition to the
digest similar to what Frank Passage has been giving us. 

Keep it up and keep up the good work.

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 13:10:09 -0500
From: Bigkids@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "Casablanca" on OTR
Message-ID: <961116131008_1949881286@[removed]>

I was just listening to the Lux Radio Theater production of "Casablanca."
This version of the film has a rather startling cast -- Alan Ladd as Rick
(not Bogie), Hedy Lamarr as Ilsa (not Ingrid Bergman), John Loder as Victor
Laszlo (not Paul Henreid). I was curious about this and checked some other
materials and found that there was another OTR version, produced by The
Screen Guild Players, with Bogie and Bergie.

Which leads me to wonder, How many different OTR versions of "Casablanca"
were there? And how did this come about? My wife theorized that that Bogie &
Co. were tied up by studio contracts and couldn't do the Lux version, but in
fact Bogie did a good many shows for Lux -- just not "Casablanca."

Similar question might arise, regarding "The Maltese Falcon." How many
different productions were there? Did Bogie play Sam Spade in any of them?
Who else played Spade?

Howard Duff, of course, played the role in the Sam Spade *series.* I have
several of these on tape, and they're quite good, although rather different
in tone from "TMF." Much lighter. According to Swarz & Reinehr, Stephen Dunne
took over the role in a second series -- I've never heard any of these.

But of course, all of these are "stand-alone" adventures, *not* other
versions of "The Maltese Falcon."

Info, anyone? I'd be most grateful!

Dick Lupoff

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 10:51:59 -0800
From: Dick Lochte <dlock@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: Philip Marlowe
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Thanks to Norman Cox for the Philip Marlowe reviews.  Please keep 'em
coming.  IMO the show is second only to SAM SPADE when it comes to
private eye radio.  The only thing missing is Spade's sense of humor. 
Oddly enough, the Spade character as Dashiell Hammett created him wasn't
nearly as witty as Raymond Chandler's Marlowe.  It's as if the radio
shows got the two characters mixed up. 

Judging by Chandler's letters, he listened to quite a lot of detective
shows. He didn't dislike the Marlowe show, but he thought Mohr was a
little too tough (as I recall). He did like Jack Webb's JEFF REGAN,
found some of the similes and metaphores quite good but so numerous that
they wore him out after a while.

I love 'em all -- Marlowe, Spade, Diamond, Shayne, Rogue, Regan -- with
one exception.  One of the last private eye series that starred William
Gargan -- was it Barry Craig? -- sounds as if they were trying to
stretch a fifteen minute episode into a half hour.  Everybody, including
Gargan who was otherwise a terrific radio and tv presence, talks as if
they're a ... little ... stoned. 

Dick Lochte

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 16:07:03 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Anaheim, Azuza, [removed]
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I was talking to someone who works in Rancho Cucamunga and he
told me there's a Jack Benny Drive and other streets named after
cast members of the show. Could somone with a set of LA area
maps document this for the interest of us all?

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 23:24:55 -0500
From: JanBach@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Schickele Mix
Message-ID: <961116232455_1116593012@[removed]>

Hello again --
While this is somewhat off the subject of Old Time Radio, I can't help but
wonder if there are any kind subscribers out there who have discovered and
recorded Peter Schickele's (AKA P. D. Q. Bach) show on Public Radio
International SCHICKELE MIX



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