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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 39
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
2-11 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Re: "foreign accent." [ Grams46@[removed] ]
Jack Benny cheap joles [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
RE: Radio -- Tool of the Devil [ "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser1@[removed]; ]
Smithsonian Honors Murrow [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
Article on evolution of entertainmen [ seandd@[removed] ]
Re: "Evangelical" in its original, n [ Grams46@[removed] ]
Re: supense, escape, inner sanctum, [ Grams46@[removed] ]
Re Stereotyping [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:57:57 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-11 births/deaths
February 11th births
02-11-1882 - John H. Mills - Bellfonte, PA - d. 12-8-1967
singer: (Father of the Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
02-11-1891 - Paul Ash - Saxony, Germany - d. 7-13-1958
orchestra leader: "The Merry Mad Gang Program"
02-11-1901 - Fritz Blocki - d. 5-14-1972
writer: "Chick Carter, Boy Detective"
02-11-1905 - Liebert Lombardo - London, Canada - d. 6-16-1993
musician: (Guy Lombardo's Orchestra) "Lady Esther Serenade"
02-11-1906 - James Jewell - d. 8-5-1975
writer, actor director: "The Lone Ranger"
02-11-1907 - Art Millet - Chicago, IL - d. 4-9-1943
announcer: "American Album of Familiar Music"; "Popeye"
02-11-1908 - Hiram Sherman - Boston, MA - d. 4-11-1989
actor: "Les Miserables"; "Mercury Theatre on the Aie"
02-11-1908 - Philip Dunne - NYC - d. 6-2-1992
screenwriter, director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-11-1909 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Wilkes-Barre, PA - d. 2-5-1993
screenwriter, film director: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
02-11-1909 - Max Baer - Omaha, NE - d. 11-21-1959
heavyweight boxing champion, actor: Lucky Smith "Lucky Smith"
02-11-1916 - Walter Brown Newman - NYC - d. 10-14-1993
writer: "Escape"; "Gunsmoke"; "On Stage"; "Robers of the Gazette"
02-11-1917 - Sidney Sheldon - Chicago, IL - d. 1-30-2007
writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-11-1919 - Eva Gabor - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-4-1995
disc jockey: "Little Night Music"
02-11-1920 - Billy Halop - NYC - d. 11-9-76
actor: Bobby Benson "Bobby Benson Adventures"; Dick Kent "Home, Sweet
Home"
02-11-1926 - Leslie Nielsen - Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
actor: "Jive Patrol"
February 11th deaths
03-13-1898 - Henry Hathaway - Sacramento, CA - d. 2-11-1985
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
03-20-1908 - Kermit Murdock - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2-11-1981
actor: Rod Buchanan "Whisper Men"
03-28-1925 - Jerry Walter - Illinois - d. 2-11-1979
actor: Gil Perry "Island Adventure"
03-29-1889 - Howard Lindsay - Waterford, NY - d. 2-11-1968
writer, host: "The Ford Theatre"
05-02-1904 - J. Anthony Hughes - NYC - d. 2-11-1970
actor: Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"
05-16-1904 - Ruth Coleman Bilchick - d. 2-11-1989
singer and pianist on radio
05-28-1906 - Phil Regan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-11-1996
singer: (The Singing Cop) "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
06-10-1891 - Al Dubin - Zurich, Switzerland - d. 2-11-1945
lyricist: "Mutual-Don Lee Dedicatory Program"
06-16-1903 - Ona Munson - Portland, OR - d. 2-11-1955
actor: Lorelei Kilbourne "Big Town"
07-20-1908 - Jerry Desmonde - Middlesbrough, England - d. 2-11-1967
actor: "Crime Classics"
08-13-1904 - Jonathan Hole - Eldora, IA - d. 2-11-1998
actor: Paul Henderson "Ma Perkins"; Dr. Clifford "Bachelor's Children"
08-21-1927 - Barry Foster - Beeston, England - d. 2-11-2002
actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"
09-19-1931 - Ray Danton - NYC - d. 2-11-1992
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
09-22-1910 - Del Courtney - Oakland, CA - d. 2-11-2006
bandleader: "Kodak Camera Show"
09-27-1920 - William Conrad - Louisville, KY - d. 2-11-1994
actor: Matt Dillon "Gunsmoke"; Louis Dumont "Jason and His Golden
Fleece"
10-10-1899 - Emily Kimbrough - Muncie, IN - d. 2-11-1998
writer: "Information Please"
11-21-1912 - Eleanor Powell - Springfield, MA - d. 2-11-1982
singing tap dancer: "Flying Red Horse Tavern"
11-23-1903 - Victor Jory - Dawson City, AK - d. 2-11-1982
actor: "Matinee Theatre"; "Crisis in War Town"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
11-23-1912 - George O'Hanlon - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-11-1989
actor: Husband "George O'Hanlon Show; Me and Janie"
12-08-1911 - Lee J. Cobb - NYC - d. 2-11-1976
actor: the tailgunner "Roosty of the AAF"; "Citizen of the World";
"Hollywood Startime"
12-25-1888 - David Lawrence - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-11-1973
journalist, commentator: "Our Government"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:52:55 -0500
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: "foreign accent."
mayer@[removed] wrote:
Often "foreigners" came off little better
when they spoke with radio's generic, usually high-pitched, pigeon
English "foreign accent."
kathy writes:
sometimes. but listening to the french characters on sgt preston and any
time ben wright played an asian - such as hey boy on have gun will travel, is
painful.
ben wright's german characters (as herr zeller in the sound of music) were
much better. and of course, as a brit, his english voices were dead on.
peace from kathy
support our troops; end the war
john 3:16
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:24:13 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny cheap joles
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:26:57 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
His guest appearances on Eddie Cantor's
show, for example, always relied on really obvious cheap jokes that
generally lacked the careful pacing and subtle modifications that made
it work on his own show.
On Fred Allen's last show, Jack's cheapness is exaggerated to the
point where Jack finally says, "Nobody ever made me this cheap on my
own show!"
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004 [removed]
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:13:18 -0500
From: "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: RE: Radio -- Tool of the Devil
In issue #38, Bryan wrote,
I am certain that among the many digest subscribers, many would think of
themselves as fundamentalists and this sort of statement is somewhat
offensive.
Whoa, Bryan! I didn't mean to start a flame throwing contest with this
question (and it was a question). I didn't call any group anything. I
merely quoted the gist of a story I had heard in my youth, and I asked if it
had any basis in fact.
So far, the story has had no factual support, so I am simply going to forget
about it. I hope you do, too.
Paula Keiser
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:32:16 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Smithsonian Honors Murrow
For Digesters in the [removed] [removed]
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Edward R. Murrow will be
celebrated in a program sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates, held
in Jack Morton Auditorium, Media & Public Affairs Building, 805
Twenty-first St, [removed], George Washington University, Washington, DC.
The event will begin at 7 PM on Thursday evening, April 24, 2008.
Michael Freedman, former general manager of CBS News will host and
the keynote panelists will be Richard C. Hottelet and Marvin Kalb.
Hottelet is one of "Murrow's boys" and covered D-Day, the Battle of
the Bulge, among other famous WW II battles. Kalb was the last
journalist hired by Murrow and went on to become the chief diplomatic
correspondent for both CBS and NBC News.
This multi-media program will feature clips and recordings of
Murrow's broadcasts. Tickets are required; admission is $ 20 for
Smithsonian Associate members and $ 30 for the public. Reception
follows the program. For more details or to make reservations. go to
Smithsonian web site:
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Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:32:43 -0500
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Article on evolution of entertainment, mentions
Andy Devine
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This article is really more about the evolution of television into Internet
video, but it starts by looking at the origins of television and mentions
Andy Devine (who had an early TV show) and Jack Benny, who was Devine's
employer on the radio.
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Sean DoughertySeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:04:25 -0500
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: "Evangelical" in its original,
non-purjorative form
Wich2@[removed] writes:
Well, if we use "Evangelical" in its original, non-purjorative form, as it
was preferred by Dr. Martin Luther as a name for the reformed church,
we have to largely credit a man,and a show, mentioned on this list before.
Dr. Walter A. Maier began THE LUTHERAN HOUR on Oct. 11, 1930. It pretty
quickly became a National, then an International, show, and continues to
this [removed];
kathy writes:
the evangelical lutheran church in america (of which i am a member) is the
name for one of the larger lutheran bodies in the united states today.
however, some more conservative "evangelicals" do not consider the elca as a
true evangelical church.
the lutheran hour is still a presentation of the lutheran church missouri
synod - a more conservative group of lutherans in the united states.
peace from kathy
support our troops; end the war
john 3:16
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:04:54 -0500
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: supense, escape, inner sanctum, and lights
out
Richard Carpenter newsduck@[removed] writes:
"Suspense," of course, was one of radio's greatest series
as a child listening to suspense, escape, inner sanctum, and lights out, i
was often terrified.
occasionally, as a much much older person, i am still frightened when i
listen to these programs. and i simply refuse to re experience the chill of
three skeleton key or sorry wrong number. that was and is the true test of
the power of radio.
peace from kathy
support our troops; end the war
john 3:16
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:05:41 -0500
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re Stereotyping
On 2/10/08 11:03 PM [removed]@[removed] said:
I wonder if some of the stereotyping was simply radio
trying to make clear by voice alone which characters were black and
doing it rather clumsily. Often "foreigners" came off little better
when they spoke with radio's generic, usually high-pitched, pigeon
English "foreign accent."
>From "Radio Writing," by Peter Dixon (1930), one of the first serious
studies published on how to create dramatic scripts for broacasting:
"Too much originality in the treatment of characters is not advisable in
[removed] policemen must talk as policemen are supposed to talk, and
if you use a messenger-boy or a newsboy, he is best supplied with 'dese,'
'dems' and 'doses.' And as for having a Frenchman who doesn't speak with
a decided accent -- it just isn't done. This is not intended as a
reflection on the intelligence of the radio audience. It is merely a
condition made necessary by the fact that the speakers cannot be seen
except in the imagination. And if you can help that image by having your
actors speak as the listener imagines they ought to speak, then you are
merely strengthening the entire production."
Elizabeth
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