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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2009 : Issue 137
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
7-22 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
BBC announcer Jill Balcon [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
Help a good scholarly cause? [ Wich2@[removed] ]
Lone Ranger and Tonto lied? [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
Jell Well [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
7-23 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Up dating OTR [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
Jan Struther [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
The Mystery of the Masked Man's Musi [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:37:01 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 7-22 births/deaths
July 22nd births
07-22-1874 - Arthur Maitland - d. 5-23-1959
actor: Zeke "David Harum"; Mr. Weatherby "Archie Andrews"
07-22-1879 - Harry Armstrong - Somerville, MA - d. 2-28-1952
composer/singer
07-22-1893 - Andrew Stanton - Philadelphia, PA - d. unknown
actor: "Bachelor's Children"; "Little Orphan Annie"; "Pretty Kitty
Kelly"
07-22-1894 - Major George Fielding Eliot - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-21-1971
cbs military analyst during World War II
07-22-1898 - Stephen Vincent Benet - Bethlehem, PA - d. 3-13-1943
writer: "Columbia Workshop"
07-22-1903 - Betty Roland - Kaniva, Australia - d. 2-12-1996
writer: "New Day"
07-22-1904 - Magdalen King-Hall - London, England - d. 3-1-1971
children's author who also wrote radio plays
07-22-1907 - Perry Botkin - Richmond, IN - d. 10-14-1973
musician: (Perry Botkin and Trio) "The King's Men"
07-22-1908 - Amy Vanderbilt - Staten Island, NY - d. 12-27-1974
etiquette expert: "Jack Benny Program"
07-22-1908 - Shirley Howard - d. 1-13-1988
singer: "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
07-22-1910 - Dorris Macon - d. 2-15-1982
singer: (Son of Uncle Dave Macon) :"Grand Ole Opry"
07-22-1912 - Orren Allen - d. 2-5-1993
sportscaster: WKAN Kankakee, Illinois
07-22-1913 - Licia Albanese - Bari, Italy
singer: "Treasure Hour of Song"
07-22-1917 - Lou McGarity - Athens, GA - d. 8-28-1971
jazz trombonist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
07-22-1918 - Buddy Black - Huntington, PA - d. 6-5-1990
announcer: "Chuck Foster and His Orchestra"
07-22-1922 - Jason Robards, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 12-26-2000
actor: "Pepper Young's Family"
07-22-1924 - Margaret Whiting - Detroit, MI
singer: "Philip Morris Frolics"; "Barry Wood Show"; "Bob Hope Show"
07-22-1926 - Bryan Forbes - Stratford, England
actor: "Junior Brains Trust"
07-22-1928 - Orson Bean - Burlington, VT
actor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
07-22-1940 - Alex Trebek - Sudbury, Canada
news reporter for CBC in Canada
July 22nd deaths
01-06-1878 - Carl Sandburg - Galesburg, IL - d. 7-22-1967
poet: "Cavalcade of America"; "Columbia Workshop"
01-07-1900 - Malcolm Uren - Hindmarsh, South Australia - d. 7-22-1973
writer: "The Stirling Story"
01-16-1895 - John B. Kennedy - Quebec, Canada - d. 7-22-1961
commentator: "Collier's Hour"; "RCA Magic Key"
02-01-1905 - Joan Morgan - Kent, England - d. 7-22-2004
actor: "21st Precinct"
03-10-1898 - Cy Kendall - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-22-1953
actor: Captain Tracy "Tarzan"; Fred Thompson "One Man's Family";
"Escape"
03-12-1910 - Tony Galento - Orange, NJ - d. 7-22-1979
boxer, actor: "Edgar Bergan/Charlie McCarthy Show"
03-19-1916 - Eric Christmas - London, England - d. 7-22-2000
actor: "CBC Wednesday Night"
03-21-1867 - Florenz Ziegfeld - Chicago, IL - d. 7-22-1932
showman: "Ed Sullivan Show"; "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
04-30-1914 - Vermont Royster - Raleigh, NC - d. 7-22-1996
teacher of journalism: "Spectrum"
05-29-1904 - Saxie Dowell - Raleigh, NC - d. 7-22-1974
saxophonist, vocalist: (Hal Kemp Orchestra) "Music from Hollywood"
07-05-1908 - Don Dunphy - NYC - d. 7-22-1998
boxing play-by-play broadcaster: "Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn 6-18-1941";
"Navy Relief Program"
07-11-1929 - Hermann Prey - Berlin, Germany - d. 7-22-1998
operatic baritone: "Metropolitan Opera"
07-21-1915 - Floyd McDaniel - Athens, AL - d. 7-22-1995
guitarist, vocalist: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots";
"Let's Go Nightclubbing"
09-04-1934 - Ron Batozech - d. 7-22-1997
disk jockey: WJOL Joliet, Illinois
09-10-1904 - Lyle Van - Troy, NY - d. 7-22-1997
newscaster: "Lyle Van and the News"
09-29-1898 - Leonard Salvo - d. 7-22-1985
organist: "Little Orphan Annie"; "Cisco Kid"; "Billie Burke Show"
10-07-1853 - James Whitcomb Riley - Greenfield, IN - d. 7-22-1916
writer: "Way Down Home" a musical tribute drama based on Riley's life
10-17-1920 - Elie Abel - Montreal, Canada - d. 7-22-2004
journalist: "Meet the Press"; "When Conventions were Coventions"
10-20-1900 - Wayne Morse - Dane County, WI - d. 7-22-1974
[removed] senator: "Rebuttal"
11-01-1915 - Michael Denison - Doncaster, England - d. 7-22-1998
actor: "The Robinsons"
11-17-1911 - Jack Lescoulie - Sacramento, CA - d. 7-22-1987
announcer, emcee: "Grouch Club"; "Meet the Champions"
11-22-1910 - John Carter - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-22-1988
singer: "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Voice of Firestone"
12-20-1900 - Ted Fio Rito - Newark, NJ - d. 7-22-1971
bandleader: "Presenting Al Jolson"; "Wonder Show"; "Jack Haley Show"
Ron
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:22 -0400
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: BBC announcer Jill Balcon
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London's 'Daily Telegraph' carried an Obituary today for the BBC announcer
Jill Balcon. During the 1940's + 1950's she was a continuity announcer on the
BBC's General Overseas, Forces, and Third Programme. She later married the
poet Cecil Day-Lewis, and was mother of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis.
Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:28 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Help a good scholarly cause?
Dear Folks-
I asked this a while back, but with little response, so - Take II!
I'm in contact with a very gifted, and very nice, writer who is working on
a definitive bio of Lon Chaney, Jr. She's looking for info on his OTR
career, which is very sparse. He didn't do that much work in the field, but
info is even scarcer.
Recordings of course are welcome; but facts, as well!
Look forward to hearing whatever might be of use, onlist or off.
-Craig
for any occasion.
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:33 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Lone Ranger and Tonto lied?
We've always known that both the Masked Rider of the Plains and his
faithful Indian companion never lied. However the two actors who
played them did lie, to the government, to get in military service to
fight in WW I.
Most of us know that teen-aged Brace Beemer lied about his age in
order to convince authorities he was old enough to enlist. The ploy
worked and he served honorably in WW I.
It turns out that John Todd also lied to get into service, but from
the other end. At 42, he was too old to enlist in the armed forces so
he lied, making himself to be younger, and also got into service.
However his enlistment came too late for any combat duty and his
service was brief.
Our pleas for a Digester in the Erie, PA region to verify John Todd's
date and place of birth went unheeded. However, I have located a
volunteer that should be able to handle this matter. Mark "Lefty"
Anderson, a VA librarian who retired to Erie (and a former staffer in
MWOTRC) has agreed to look into this matter. Todd was born Fred
McCarthy, probably in Crossingville, PA on August 14, 1876, but this
has never been verified.
We may rely upon Lefty to solve this [removed] in fact, the
records still exist.
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:49 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jell Well
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Seeking information about a product known as Jell Well. It sponsored a number
of radio programs but after three months of searching I cannot find any
information about the company (where their main office was located, products
they offered, etc.)
Hoping someone on the Digest can help.
Martin
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:54 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[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"
07-23-1900 - "Lefty" Ingram - Tennessee - d. 2-xx-1987
reeds: "The Swift Jewel Cowboys"
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"
07-23-1909 - Helen Martin - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-25-2000
actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
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"
07-23-1944 - Alex Buzo - Sydney, Australia - d. 8-16-2006
writer: "File on Rod"
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"
02-13-1911 - Jean Muir - NYC - d. 7-23-1996
actor: "Great Plays"; "The Magic Key"
02-24-1876 - Victor Moore - Hammonton, NJ - d. 7-23-1962
comedian: (The Lothario of the Lumbago Set) "Jimmy Durante Show"
03-03-1907 - 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"
04-01-1921 - Charles Peck - d. 7-23-1996
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
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"
09-28-1901 - T. Inglis Moore - Camden, Australia - d. 7-23-1979
writer: "We're Going Through"
09-28-1919 - Fred Robbins - Baltimore, MD - d. 7-23-1992
disc jockey: New York
10-05-1924 - Matteo Manuguerra - Tunis - d. 7-23-1998
operatic baritone: "Metropolitan Opera"
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
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:01:51 -0400
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Up dating OTR
JimBourg@[removed] asked:
Interesting question. How would you update a western, say "Gunsmoke" or
"Have Gun, Will Travel"
Whats to update it's a period play (1860's) or series. would you give Matt
Dillon a an automatic gun instead of a 6 shooter or a police car? Call
[removed] a whore or prostitute, or add colorful language like SOB or GD. I
don't think that would not be acceptable at least to me. It it isn't broke
don't fix it!
Frank McGurn
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:02:37 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jan Struther
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I was reading a book on "Information, Please" recently and it said
that
although Jan Struther had been a guest panelist on the program many
times, she was not asked to return in this capacity after providing an answer
regarding the title of a certain Agatha Christie novel as it appeared in her
home country, England (which was different from the title as it appeared in
America). The British title, needless to say, contained a word which was
considered offensive to the American public. My questions are:
1) If the program was 'spontaneous and totally unrehearsed' as it claimed,
why was it so unexpected to the sponsors that such a situation might happen
somewhere along the line?
2) Clifton Fadiman was a noted book reviewer. He surely would have known
book titles can be different from country to country. If Ms. Struther was
only
aware of the title as it appeared in her home country, why should she be
penalized for it?
3) Was it the decision of just the sponsors which led to her dismissal as a
guest
panelist on this program, or did the American public have a say in the matter
as well?
This was one of the perils of having such a program on the air.
Because
the knowledge of the panelists was based on their various backgrounds, surely
the sponsors of the program could have foreseen such an eventuality and
prepared
themselves for it.
As always,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:02:52 -0400
From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The Mystery of the Masked Man's Music
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There are a few copies for sale from various internet sources, but according
to Worldcat, over 100 libraries have this book should you care to interlibrary
loan it. OCLC number is 15081973
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:35:34 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The Masked Man's Music
I recently read a few chapters of a book published through Scarecrow Press
titled "THE MYSTERY OF THE MASKED MAN'S MUSIC: A Search for the Music Used on
'The Lone Ranger' Radio Program, 1933-1954" by Reginald M. Jones, Jr. It was
lent to me by good friend Terry Salomonson. While the prospect of reading a
book about the music cues on a long-running radio program seemed obsessive
for any author to research and write, I discovered to my surprise that this
was extremely fascinating.
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