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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 288
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Eddie Carroll in The Boston Globe [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
Broadway's My Beat [ DanHaefele@[removed] ]
Not Henry Aldrich, [removed] [ Wich2@[removed] ]
10-9 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
"Broadway Is My Beat" Series Name [ Larry Groebe <lgroebe@genericradio. ]
Captain Midnight's real name [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
Mickey Rooney [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
OTR in the News [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
Pending FOTR Coverage - The Record ( [ seandd@[removed] ]
Shadow info [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
Mickey Rooney On radio [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
Mickey Rooney and OTR [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:19:46 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Eddie Carroll in The Boston Globe
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That Eddie Carroll is working up a storm before he gets to the Friends of Old
Time Radio Convention, October 18-21 at the Holiday Inn North in Newark, NJ,
[removed].
His Jack Benny impersonation show was profiled in The Boston Globe, here:
[removed]
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
201-739-2541
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:20:09 -0400
From: DanHaefele@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Broadway's My Beat
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I once wondered about the correctness of the program title Broadway's My
Beat (vs. Broadway is My Beat). I went to writer Mort Fine's home and looked at
his scripts. The solution: Broadway's My Beat. Some of the confusion
might come from transcription labels, but the authors didn't prepare them. I'll
go with the scripts.
Dan Haefele
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:22:41 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Not Henry Aldrich, [removed]
From: "Wayne Johnson" _wayne_johnson@[removed]_
(mailto:wayne_johnson@[removed])
...Mickey Rooney ... had 4 starts in Holloywood and one was
for Radio ... Can someone fill me in please?<
...that would be Andy Hardy, Wayne. And some Lux's, I think?
-Craig W.
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:22:53 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-9 births/deaths
October 9th births
10-09-1871 - Albert Edward Wiggam - Austin, IN - d. xx-xx-1957
bioligist: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
10-09-1888 - Irving Cummings - NYC - d. 4-18-1959
host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-09-1897 - Robert Armbruster - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-20-1994
conductor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Cousin Willie"
10-09-1905 - Norman Gottschalk - Chicago, IL - d. 9-xx-1979
actor: Joe Palooka "Joe Palooka": "Captain Midnight"
10-09-1907 - Henry Hunter - Rahway, NJ - d. 5-25-1985
actor: Anthony J. Marleybone "Affairs of Anthony"; Terry Regan
"Attorney at Law"
10-09-1909 - Robert Beatty - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - d. 3-3-1992
announcer: BBC Radio Newsreel"; "London Column"
10-09-1910 - Phil Hanna - River Forest, IL - d. 7-20-1957
actor: Three Cheers "Al Pearce Show"
10-09-1911 - Leo Boulette - d. 10-9-1990
scriptwriter: "The Lone Ranger"
10-09-1911 - Michael Allman - Cincinnati, OH - d. 2-13-1989
arranger for such bands as Mitchell Ayres, Freddy Martin and Harry James
10-09-1912 - John Tackaberry - Adelaide, Australia - d. 6-24-1969
writer: "Jack Benny Program"
10-09-1912 - Walter Compton - Charleston, SC - d. 12-9-1959
quizmaster: "Double or Nothing"
10-09-1913 - John Guedel - Portland, IN - d. 12-15-2001
producer: "You Bet Your Life"; "People Are Funny"; "Pillsbury House
Party"
10-09-1915 - Edward Andrews - Griffin, GA - d. 3-9-1985
actor: Nat "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
10-09-1915 - Lee Wiley - Port Gibson, OK - d. 12-11-1975
singer: "Lee Wiley"; "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"; "It's Florida's
Treat"
10-09-1916 - Jack Boyle - Illinois - d. 10-15-1965
actor: Andy Gump "The Gumps"
10-09-1918 - Skip Farrell - Illinois - d. 5-8-1962
actor, singer: "National Barn Dance"
10-09-1922 - Phil Sterling - d. 11-30-1998
actor: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Hilltop House"; "Special Agent"
10-09-1929 - Harry Harvey - Florida - d. 12-8-1978
actor: Oogie Pringle "A Date with Judy"
October 9th deaths
02-02-1898 - William Costello - Rhode Island - d. 10-9-1971
actor: Freddie Frog "Betty Boop Fables"
03-10-1903 - Claire Boothe Luce - NYC - d. 10-9-1987
correspondent: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Wake Up America"
03-20-1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Cotton Plant, AR - d. 10-9-1973
singer: "Jubilee"
04-08-1882 - Lulu McConnell - Kansas City, MO - d. 10-9-1962
comedienne: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"
05-01-1913 - Louis Nye - Hartford, CT - d. 10-9-2005
comedian: "Louis Nye Show"; "Official Detective"
06-13-1939 - Tom Cheek - Pensacola, FL - d. 10-9-2005
sports announcer: Original Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play
10-09-1911 - Leo Boulette - d. 10-9-1990
scriptwriter: "The Lone Ranger"
10-13-1924 - Marilyn Hare - Flushing, NY - d. 10-9-1981
singer: (Daughter of Ernie Hare) "The Happiness Boys"
10-15-1908 - Gus Hatula - d. 10-9-1997
audio engineer for WXYZ
10-17-1909 - Minnabelle Abbott - Covington, KY - d. 10-9-1981
actor: Mary Sothern "The Life of Mary Sothern"
10-18-1902 - Miriam Hopkins - Bainbridge, GA - d. 10-9-1972
actor: "Exploring the Unknown"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"; "These Are Our Men"
11-02-1899 - Glenn Rowell - Pontiac, MI - d. 10-9-1965
singer, comedian: "Quaker Early Birds"; "Gene and Glenn"
11-24-1903 - Bernard Lenrow - Binghamton, NY - d. 10-9-1963
actor: Geoffrey Barnes "Molle Mystery Theatre"
11-29-1921 - Virginia Egnor "Dagmar" - Huntington, WV - d. 10-9-2001
dumb blonde: "Stars On Parade"; "Says Who?"
12-07-1918 - Randy Atcher - d. 10-9-2002
disk jockey: WKLO Louisville, Kentucky
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:12:32 -0400
From: Larry Groebe <lgroebe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "Broadway Is My Beat" Series Name
The question [removed] is it "Broadway's My Beat" or is it
"Broadway is My Beat"?
Although for some reason I can't lay my hands on the actual original
script in our files at this moment, according to our catalog notes
the title for the series, as typed on the script, was "Broadway's My
Beat" -- or at least it was in August of 1951.
--Larry Groebe
Generic Radio Workshop
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:20:40 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Captain Midnight's real name
I think Captain Midnight's real name was John Reid! ;->
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004 [removed]
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:21:10 -0400
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Mickey Rooney
Wayne Johnson asked:
I was lucky enough to attend Mickey Rooney's show last night: "Let's Put On
A Show". It was mentioned that he had 4 starts in Holloywood and one was
for Radio. I have never personally run into anything that he has done in
radio. Can someone fill me in please?
Mickey in did have a syndicated sitcom "The Hardy Family" January 1952
to January 1, 1953. was heard on Mutual. There are about 14 episodes
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It was spin of of his Andy Hardy,16 MGM movies series ( 1937 to 1958)
that he stared as teen ager with his troubles and [removed], in
some of the movies were Judy Garland and Ann Rutherford who were his
love interests. It
His movie Father, Judge Hardy, and Mother were in the radio series.
Lewis Stone and Fay Holden. as his parents.
I know Mickey made appearances on "Suspense"
Frank McGurn
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:21:29 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR in the News
Here's a nostalgic article about old time radio that ran recently in the
Napa Valley Register.
[removed]
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:09:02 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Pending FOTR Coverage - The Record (Hackensack)
This Sunday
An interview with X Minus One writer George Lefferts, scheduled guest of The
Friends of Old Time Radio Convention (October 18-21 at the Holiday Inn North
in Newark, NJ, [removed]), will appear in the Sunday October 14 edition of
The Record (aka the Bergen Record), [removed] article will also
feature a preview of the convention.
Reporter and OTR fan Jim Beckerman again does the honors, featuring Leonia,
[removed] resident Lefferts.
Everyone be on the lookout!
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:25:10 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Shadow info
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I'm hoping someone out there can provide some background, or
at least some clarification, on "The Shadow". Recently, someone told me
something about the true identity of the Shadow which totally contradicts
what I've been told. She said that the true identity of the Shadow wasn't
Lamont Cranston, but was a pilot. I checked the eps of this program I've
got and each one says that Cranston learned his secret of invisability in the
Far East and that 'his constant companion, the lovely Margo Lane, was the
only person who knew to whom the voice of the Shadow belonged'.
I'm confused. Was Lamont Cranston, indeed, the Shadow's alter ego?
Did this pilot act as one of his helpers (like Moe Shrevnitz, the cabbie)?
Was he ever part of any of the scripts to begin with or am I being strung
along?
Was Margo aware of this pilot and his part in helping the Shadow, if he ever
existed to begin with? Why would she tell me that this pilot existed if he
didn't?
Please help.
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:29:09 -0400
From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mickey Rooney On radio
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Dear Sir, Mickey Rooney starred on "The Hardy Family" in the late
1940's-early 1950's as teenager, "Andy Hardy" on radio. Best Regards,
Bob Slate
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:58:20 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Mickey Rooney and OTR
Wayne Johnson inquires about the radio series in which Mickey Rooney
was the lead.
This series was "Shorty Bell" which ran for part of 1948 (March to
June) on CBS, usually on Sunday nights. It was a comedy-adventure
show whose cast also included Florence Halop, John Hoyt, and Burt
Holland. William Robson directed the series and billed it as "stark
realism."
Mickey played the lead, a cub reporter, and Jeanne Bates was "Joan"
while Parley Baer voiced "Packrat." Four programs are in circulation
today, and if the one I have is any evidence, it was neither funny
nor exciting.
When the show was cancelled, it was replaced by "Hollywood Showcase"
with Mickey as a performing emcee.
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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