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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 215
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  A couple of issues                    [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  last ep of command performance?       [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
  Episode Guide                         [ JimBourg@[removed] ]
  Railroad Hour book                    [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
  7-23 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Bea Wain                              [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
  Re: Film explores tiny Yukon land ru  [ John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed]; ]

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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:25:44 +0000
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  A couple of issues

When Martin Grams produces a book, he goes whole hog in what he crams 
inside, to the utter amazement of his reading public and his peers.  The 
tradition appears to continue with his new release "The Railroad Hour" 
which he has just described for us.  Although I've yet to see this wealth 
of knowledge that he adds to our growing OTR library shelves, I'm confident 
we can not only trust his research but discover a pleasant encounter along 
that reading journey.  Therefore, to historians and fans of the show alike, 
I'd encourage you to order.

Meanwhile, Joe Mackey called our attention to the beginning of The Romance 
of Helen Trent this week in 1933.  That was on a local station in Chicago, 
if I'm not mistaken; it went to CBS on October 30, 1933.  The eternal 
35-year-old Helen departed on Friday, June 24, 1960 in that fateful year 
the daytime dramas breathed their last.  CBS reorganized a portion of its 
sunshine schedule at that juncture, on Monday, June 27, 1960 moving The 
Couple Next Door into the coveted 12:30 ET spot that Helen, Gil Whitney and 
their entourage occupied since 1936 (the narrative played in other 
quarter-hours for three years before settling down for the long haul).

To dismiss a pure, innocent goddess with no more than "This concludes the 
present series of The Romance of Helen Trent" should have spoken volumes to 
addictees of Washboard Weeperland.  Carolyn Nelson (The Right to 
Happiness), Ma Perkins, Young Doctor (Jerry) Malone and The Second Mrs. 
(Terry) Burton were all living on borrowed time then.  In just five months, 
only the memories -- and transcriptions -- would remain.

Ms. Trent was allowed to slip quietly away ahead of the others, according 
to one historographer, for her "goodness."  Silly.  Hardly.  Seems to me it 
was a display by the network brass to the affiliates that "we hear you ... 
we continue to hear you clamoring for less of the same ... and we are being 
responsive in another way to your cries of anguish."  Getting rid of Helen 
didn't fix anything, of course; they had to relinquish the midday time 
block (four closed-in serials, that henpecked husband and his 
tongue-wagging wife, and two anthologies, Best Seller and Whispering 
Streets), to rid weekdays of all such fiction before local stations were 
satisfied.  The handwriting was on the wall when Helen Trent bit the 
dust.  For bonafide aficionadoes of that form, the worst was yet to be.

Jim Cox

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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:25:55 +0000
From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  last ep of command performance?

What was the last ep of CP?
-- Joe Salerno ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:26:31 +0000 From: JimBourg@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Episode Guide X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain In a message dated 7/22/2007 9:09:29 [removed] Central Daylight Time, [removed]@[removed] writes: > A broadcast log is often referred to as a list of episodes, giving episode > numbers, titles, airdates, and sometimes a partial cast. An episode guide is > simply that - a "guide", not a "log." An episode guide has tons of details > like the entry below:" Is there an episode guide for "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"? Thanks, Jim Bourg *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:26:43 +0000 From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Railroad Hour book Here we go again ... where the cover art of a book doesn't quite match the show as we knew it. I went to the Bear Manor Media site and there on the cover of "The Railroad Hour" is depicted one of those diesel streamliners, even though the signature sound of the program was that of a steam engine. Not that the diesels weren't around of course, from the '30s, I guess. But I can remember in the late 1940s in West Texas sitting on my grandparents porch and watching the steam trains roll by on the Santa Fe tracks a scant 100 yards away ... but they eventually gave way to diesels in the early '50s - and The Railroad Hour was on the air then, so it all can fit somehow. Anyway, I'll be getting the book. I really became fascinated with the program in the 1970s ... more appreciative then of the music, I suppose, than I was as a 7- or 8-year-old. Bob Cockrum ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:26:53 +0000 From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: 7-23 births/deaths July 23rd births 07-23-1883 - Albert Warner - Poland - d. 11-26-1967 co-founder of warner brothers: "Warner Brothers Academy Theatre" 07-23-1888 - Raymond Chandler - Chicago, IL - d. 3-26-1959 detective story author: "Phillip Marlow" 07-23-1891 - Everett Glass - Bangor, ME - d. 3-22-1966 actor: spokesman for "the 21 old men of 10 grammercy park: "I Love Adventure" 07-23-1892 - Dr. W. W. Bauer - d. 12-25-1967 host: "Doctors at Work"; "Your Health" 07-23-1894 - Arthur Treacher - Brighton, England - d. 12-14-1975 actor: "Philco Radio Playhouse"; "Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway" 07-23-1895 - Aileen Pringle - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-16-1989 actor: Anne Hill "Joyce Jordan, Girl Interne" 07-23-1901 - Maurice Brachhausen - d. 9-xx-1976 sound effects: Head of the ABC Sound Effects department 07-23-1908 - Ernest Dudley - Dudley, England - d. 2-1-2006 writer: "Enter Sexton Blake"; "Dr. Morelle" 07-23-1908 - Irving Mansfield - d. 8-25-1988 producer: "It's Always Albert"; "The Morey Amsterdam Show" 07-23-1908 - Karl Swenson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-8-1978 actor: Lorenzo Jones "Lorenzo Jones"; Lord Henry Brinthrope "Our Gal Sunday" 07-23-1910 - Gale Page - Spokane, WA - d. 1-8-1983 actor: Holly Sloan "Story of Holly Sloan"; Gertrude Lamont "Masquerade" 07-23-1910 - Nat Brandywine - NYC - d. 3-7-1978 pianist, bandleader: "Wonderful City" 07-23-1912 - Jackson Beck - NYC - d. 7-28-2004 actor: Philo Vance "Philo Vance"; Gregory Hood "Casebook of Gregory Hood" 07-23-1914 - Edward Axt - d. 9-1-1998 saxophonist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family Program" 07-23-1915 - Frances Chaney - Odessa, Ukraine - d. 11-23-2004 actor: (One of Hollywood Ten) Marion Kirby "Advs. of Topper"; Burma "Terry and the Pirates" 07-23-1916 - Kurt Kreuger - Michenberg, Germany - d. 7-12-2006 actor: "New National Guard Show"; "Bud's Bandwagon" 07-23-1916 - Sandra Gould - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-20-1999 actor: Lucy Twitchell "Sad Sack"; Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern" 07-23-1918 - Anne Ayars - Los Angeles, CA - d. 2-27-1995 vocalist: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air" 07-23-1918 - Pee Wee Reese - Ekron, KY - d. 8-14-1999 baseball great: "Play Ball"; "Box Score Review"; "Feature Project: This Game of Baseball" 07-23-1920 - Christopher Lynch - County Limerick, Ireland - d. 4-15-1994 singer: "Voice of Firestone" 07-23-1924 - Gavin Lambert - East Gristead, England - d. 7-17-2005 writer: Wrote commercials for radio 07-23-1925 - Gloria De Haven - Los Angeles, CA actor: "NBC Radio Theatre" 07-23-1936 - Don Drysdale - Van Nuys, CA - d. 7-2-1993 baseball announcer: California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers 07-23-1937 - Robert W. Morgan - Galion, OH - d. 5-22-1998 host (communicator) "Monitor" 07-23-1940 - Don Imus - Riverside, CA host (communicator) "Monitor" July 23rd deaths 01-22-1875 - D. W. Griffith - La Grange, KY - d. 7-23-1948 movie producer-director: "Brooklyn Mark Strand Stage and Studio Program" 01-23-1913 - Max Smith - Des Moines, IA - d. 7-23-1999 singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program" 02-24-1876 - Victor Moore - Hammonton, NJ - d. 7-23-1962 comedian: (The Lothario of the Lumbago Set) "Jimmy Durante Show" 03-03-1906 - Donald Novis - Hastings, England - d. 7-23-1966 actor: Matt Mulligan "Jumbo Fire Chief Program" 03-16-1920 - Leo McKern - Sydney, Australia - d. 7-23-2002 actor: Horace Rumpole "Rumpole of the Bailey" 04-10-1906 - Lilie Darvas - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-23-1974 actor: Madame Sophie: We Love and Learn/As the Twig is Bent" 05-04-1904 - Gray Gordon - d. 7-23-1976 bandleader: "The Magic Key of RCA" 05-08-1908 - Ted Corday - d. 7-23-1966 director: "A Brighter Tomorrow"; "The Brighter Day" 06-18-1906 - Kay Kyser - Rocky Mt., NC - d. 7-23-1985 bandleader, emcee: (The Old Perfessor) "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" 07-20-1907 - Art Jarrett - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-23-1987 singer, bandleader: "Coca Cola's Spotlight Parade"; "Fitch Bandwagon" 09-13-1909 - Leith Stevens - Mount Moriah, MO - d. 7-23-1970 conductor: "Death Valley Days"; "Molle Merry Minstrels" 09-28-1919 - Fred Robbins - Baltimore, MD - d. 7-23-1992 disc jockey: New York 10-08-1890 - Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker - Columbus, OH - d. 7-23-1973 host, narrator: "The World's Most Honored Flights" 10-17-1920 - Montgomery Clift - Omaha, NE - d. 7-23-1966 actor: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Ford Theatre" 10-31-1922 - Illinois Jacquet - Broussard, LA - d. 7-23-2004 jazz saxophonist: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee" 11-05-1919 - Myron Floren - Webster, SD - d. 7-23-2005 accordianist: "Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music" 11-23-1894 - Ken Christy - Pennsylvania - d. 7-23-1962 actor: Police Chief Gates "Great Gildersleeve" 12-13-1910 - Van Heflin - Walter, OK - d. 7-23-1971 actor: Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"; "Philip Marlowe "Advs. of Philip Marlowe" Ron Sayles Milwaukee, Wisconsin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:26:59 +0000 From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Bea Wain February 13, 2007 interview with 89-year-old vocalist Bea Wain: [removed] In Amanda Wilde's 48-minute interview (on KUOW Seattle), Bea Wain discusses YOUR HIT PARADE, THE KATE SMITH SHOW, "My Reverie," singing on radio during the 1940s and her radio show with husband Andre Baruch. She mentions they interviewed James Michener on their show after discovering that he had characters talking about Wain and "My Reverie" in one of his novels. A check on Amazon reveals this to be two different passages in his novel THE DRIFTERS (1971). Bhob @ [removed] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:28:25 +0000 From: John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: Film explores tiny Yukon land rush Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed]; wrote: > "Film explores tiny Yukon land rush created by Quaker Oats" > scheduled to air on History Television at 8 [removed] ET Friday I'd love to watch this documentary. Does anyone know if it'll show in the US in the near future? Did anyone in Canada record it? Is it available on DVD? Some years back, a fellow offered to sell me a dozen or so of those Sergeant Preston land deeds. And I took him up on it. I still have a bunch left, so I have a vested interest in seeing this documentary. I know the basic story behind the land deeds, and their eventual fate. (See my web site at: [removed] for details) But I'd still love to watch this new documentary. Any help out there? John -------------------------------- End of [removed] Digest V2007 Issue #215 ********************************************* Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved, including republication in any form. If you enjoy this list, please consider financially supporting it: [removed] For Help: [removed]@[removed] To Unsubscribe: [removed]@[removed] To Subscribe: [removed]@[removed] or see [removed] For Help with the Archive Server, send the command ARCHIVE HELP in the SUBJECT of a message to [removed]@[removed] To contact the listmaster, mail to listmaster@[removed] To Send Mail to the list, simply send to [removed]@[removed]