Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #208
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 6/20/2004 3:43 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 208
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Sea Legs Matter #5                [ Jack Harris <jack@[removed] ]
      The Lane Girls                        [ zbob@[removed] ]
      Brace Beemer Interviews               [ "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@charter. ]
      The Reagan-Benny connection           [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
      Emile Berliner and the Birth of the   [ Shawn Miner <shawn7@[removed]; ]
      Don McNeill's Breakfast Club          [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
      Lindbergh Trial Discovery             [ "Marvin R. Bensman" <MBensman@memph ]
      6-21 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 18:52:09 -0400
    From: Jack Harris <jack@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Sea Legs Matter #5

    Bob Steinmetz president of Sperdvac told me that they do have Part 5 and he
    has heard it. He said it was being put in their catalogue.  I have yet to
    see it surface from them and that has been three months ago. Before and
    when I first joined the organization I received prompt responses from a few
    messages I left on their answering machine. I sent them 50 cds of shows and
    was told I would be contacted. The only further response I have gotten was
    when I personally called several months ago and was told that it is a
    volunteer organization. Like many of us I am more interested in the Sea
    Legs Matter than the cds I sent. At least the newsletter comes on time.
    <G>.  Draw your own conclusions.

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    Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 19:25:51 -0400
    From: zbob@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Lane Girls

    I was just wondering if there was any relation between  Lois  Lane  and
    Margo  Lane  ????

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    Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 19:25:57 -0400
    From: "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Brace Beemer Interviews

    Hello -- I have several Brace Beemer interviews on VHS video tape.   One is
    the interview that was used as a radio broadcast days after he died.   It was
    taped for a TV broadcast as well.   Brace is quite slender here (having lost a
    lot of weight) but is smoking like a chimney -- undoubtedly contributing to
    his heart attack.   Also I have him on "I've Got a Secret" TV show with other
    radio performers such as Al Hodge (the Green Hornet before he became TV's
    Captain Video).
    These tapes have gone through several generations, and are not the highest
    quality.  They would stand another generation.  They would take up most on one
    two hour tape.  I would copy them for anyone interested for five dollars to
    cover the cost of the tape and postage.
        While sending money, I would remind everyone that I have copies of my
    science fiction collection, 'HARMON'S GALAXY', a trade edition that has a
    story of a certain masked rider of the Old West who lives on into the 20th
    Century, as well as a story that might remind some of 'I Love a Mystery', and
    other stories similar to the Hermit's Cave and X Minus 1 ($[removed]).
        Also Vol. 2 of 'IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN', edited by me, with two stories by
    me of Sherlock Holmes and the other invisible man from radio, The Avenger,
    with other stories by such  as Jack French (on Bobby Benson), Martin Grams
    (Columbia Presents), Richard Lupoff (Witch's Tales), Barbara Gratz (My Friend
    Irma), and many others.  (Trade edition, $[removed]).
    -- Jim Harmon, 634 South Orchard Dr., Burbank CA 91506

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    Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:36:51 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Reagan-Benny connection

    A. Joseph Ross intoned:

>     I also remarked that if they wanted to control state spending, they  should

    nominate Jack

>     Benny.

    There's a record called "Three Billion Millionaires" which is an unusual
    all-star disc that was apparently done to raise money for the [removed]  Looks
    like
    Adlai Stevenson used his connections to parlay talent for it.  Jack  has a
    small section in it where he's quizzing someone about the cost of the  [removed],
    and
    the narrator responds how much countries spend on war, thus how much  the [removed]
    saves (which is ironic today, but I won't be political here).

>     When Reagan ran for governor in 1966, I joked to friends that the

    Democrats should

>     nominate Groucho Marx -- and I'd love to see the  debate!

    Minutes ago, I called the man who delivered a rose to Mary Benny every day
    after Jack died.  I could hear a rushed tone in his voice and I said, "I've
    caught you at a bad time."  He responded, "Yes, I'm on the phone with Mrs.
    Reagan."  I said I'd call back later.

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:37:05 -0400
    From: Shawn Miner <shawn7@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Emile Berliner and the Birth of the
     Recording Industry
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    Found this site in my newsletter from "The Internet Scout Project"
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    Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry

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     From the Library of Congress site:

    Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry is a selection
    of more than 400 items from the Emile Berliner Papers and 108 Berliner
    sound recordings from the Library of Congress's Motion Picture,
    Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Berliner (1851-1929), an
    immigrant and a largely self-educated man, was responsible for the
    development of the microphone and the flat recording disc and
    gramophone player. Although the focus of this online collection is on
    the gramophone and its recordings, it includes much evidence of
    Berliner's other interests, such as information on his businesses, his
    crusades for the pasteurization of milk and other public-health issues,
    his philanthropy, his musical composition, and even his poetry.
    Spanning the years 1870 to 1956, the collection comprises
    correspondence, articles, lectures, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs,
    catalogs, clippings, experiment notes, and rare sound recordings.

    take care

    shawn

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    Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 01:15:10 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Don McNeill's Breakfast Club

>     Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 16:30:11 -0400
>     From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];

>     1933 - The Pepper Pot program welcomed a new host. Don McNeill took
>     over the show and renamed it The Breakfast Club. The show, a huge
>     success for the NBC Blue and later, ABC,

    This raises an interesting question, since it's been explained around here a number of times
    that the distinction between Red and Blue networks wasn't always exactly clear, and some
    programs were on Red at one time and Blue at another, and some Red programs were
    carried on nominal Blue affiliates and vice versa.  So when the Blue Network was split off,
    how did they determine which programs went with the Blue Network and which ones stayed
    with NBC?  Did NBC try to transfer the best programs to the Red Network before the split?

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 lawyer@[removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:06:02 -0400
    From: "Marvin R. Bensman" <MBensman@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Lindbergh Trial Discovery
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    A press release from the NY Museum of Television & Radio announced
    acquisition of only radio broadcast known to exist of Lindbergh
    Kidnapping Trial.

    The problem with that aquisition is that you will have to travel to
    NY to "listen" to copies of the broadcast but will likely never see
    it in the hands of OTR collectors.

    Over seven hundred reporters and thousands of spectators descended
    upon a tiny courtroom in Flemington, New Jersey, for the 1935 trial
    of Bruno Hauptmann.  Radio networks covered the Lindbergh kidnapping
    trial daily, but none of these broadcasts were known to exist until
    now.  WHN Radio hired famed defense attorney Samuel Leibowitz (known
    for his defense in the Scottsboro Boys trial) to comment on the
    trial.  During the course of these recordings (approximately five
    hours), Leibowitz never speculates on Hauptmann's guilt or innocence,
    but rather speaks about the nature of the evidence and gives insight
    into various court proceedings, the jury's behavior, and the strategy
    of the prosecution and defense.  His commentary also includes
    discussions on the use of cameras in the courtroom and women as
    jurors.

    The further story can be found at:

    [removed]
    --
    Prof. Emeritus Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]
    [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:25:32 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-21 births/deaths

    June 21st births

    Personal note. 50 years ago this date I joined the [removed] Navy.

    06-21-1880 - Mary Young - d. 6-23-1971
    actress: Lily "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
    06-21-1900 - Jack Arthur - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-1-1980
    singer, emcee: "Echoes of New York"; "Family Time"; "Jack Arthur Show"
    06-21-1911 - Irving Fein - NYC
    producer: "Jack Benny Program"
    06-21-1921 - Jane Russell - Bemidji, MN
    guest detective: "Adventures of Ellery Queen"
    06-21-1921 - Joan Tetzel - NYC - d. 10-31-1977
    actress: Sylvia Field "When a Girl Marries"; Jane Brown "The Goldbergs"
    06-21-1922 - Judy Holliday - NYC - d. 6-7-1965
    actress: "Big Show"
    06-21-1925 - Maureen Stapleton - Troy, NY
    actress: "Best Plays"

    June 21st deaths

    06-07-1908 - Clarence Straight - d. 6-21-1988
    actor: Rags the Dog "Those We Love"
    06-09-1922 - George Axelrod - NYC - d. 6-21-2003
    writer: "Midnight in Manhattan"; "Grand Ole Opry"
    07-07-1903 - Joe Boland - d. 6-21-1987
    actor: Police Sergeant "Abie's Irish Rose"
    08-27-1908 - Frank Leahy - O'Neill, NB - d. 6-21-1973
    football coach (Notre Dame): "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bill Stern Colgate
    Sports Newsreel"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    For a complete list:
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