Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #10
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Date: 1/9/2007 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 10
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Oboler 3D                             [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
      Old Time Radio memories               [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
      Phil Harris and The Thing             [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      1-9 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re: More African-Americans on Early   [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
      Re: Radio and Silent Pictures         [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
      Colnel Robert McCormick               [ matthew cox <mbcox99@[removed]; ]
      WOR's towers are coming down          [ "[removed]" <asajb2000@ ]

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    Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:27:40 -0500
    From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Oboler 3D

    Sandy said:

>     Bwana Devil was the very first film shot in 3-D.  It was shot in sepia
>     tone, written and directed by Arch Obler,

    Yeah he must have been INTO 3D since he wrote and directed The Bubble
    in 3D in 1966. Unfortunately the red/blue glasses DVD version doesn't
    work so well with the 3D.
    Is it Obler or Oboler?

    Steve

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    Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:17:02 -0500
    From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Old Time Radio memories

      Wrote another OTR related post on my [removed] site.
    Since I don't write about OTR regularly on the site won't mention the site
    again anytime soon. Have found out you don't have to listen to OTR long to
    have memories of certain shows and events.
      The list I compiled is too long to run on the Digest so am refering
    readers of the Digest to the site one last time. Just remember to scroll
    down on January 8th post till you get to Old Time Radio portion.
      Hope the items on list bring memories back to the readers.
      Andrew Godfrey

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    Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:49:50 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Phil Harris and The Thing

    In 1950, Phil Harris recorded and had commercially released a song called
    "The Thing."  In Christmas of 1950, some radio programs actually centered
    their episodes/dramas around Phil Harris' Thing song, with in an attempt to
    help raise donations for needy children.  I have come across a couple radio
    programs but wondered if anyone knows more about this or knows of other
    radio programs that did this during the holiday season of 1950?
    Martin

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    Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:42:50 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-9 births/deaths

    January 9th births

    01-09-1886 - Arthur "Bugs" Baer - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-17-1969
    writer: "The Eveready Hour"
    01-09-1898 - Gracie Fields - Rochdale, Lancashire, England - d.
    9-27-1979
    comedienne, singer: "Gracie Fields Victory Show"; "Gracie Fields Show"
    01-09-1899 - Ted Maxwell - Oakland, CA - d. 7-15-1959
    actor: "Captain Ross "Flying Time"; Fred Nino "Masquerade"
    01-09-1901 - Chic Young - Chicago, IL - d. 3-14-1973
    cartoonist: Creator of Blondie Bumstead nee Boopadoop
    01-09-1909 - Patrick Peyton - Carracastle, Ireland - d. 6-3-1992
    preacher: (The Rosary Priest) "Family Theatre"
    01-09-1913 - Richard Nixon - Yorba Linda, CA - d. 4-22-1994
    [removed] president: "Image Minorities"; "Kennedy-Nixon Debates"
    01-09-1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee - Seattle, WA - d. 4-26-1970
    exotic dancer: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "What Makes You Tick?"
    01-09-1915 - Anita Louise - NYC - d. 4-25-1970
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"
    01-09-1915 - Fernando Lamas - Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. 10-8-1982
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-09-1921 - Lister Sinclair - Mumbai, India - d. 10-16-2006
    writer, actor: "American School of the Air"; "Stage Forty-Seven"

    January 9th deaths

    01-12-1894 - Tommy Handley - Liverpool, England - d. 1-9-1949
    comedian: Minister of Aggravation "It's That Man Again"; "Radio
    Radiance"
    03-28-1904 - Day Keene - Illinois - d. 1-9-1969
    writer: "Kitty Keene, Incorporated"; "Little Orphan Annie"
    07-17-1906 - Anton Karras - Vienna, Austria - d. 1-9-1985
    composer, zither: "The Third Man"
    10-02-1893 - Roy Shield - Waseca, MN - d. 1-9-1962
    conductor: "Design for Listening"; "RCA Victor Show"; "Eternal Light"
    10-30-1896 - Bill Terry - Atlanta, GA - d. 1-9-1989
    sportscaster: WAGA Atlanta
    11-17-1937 - Peter Cook - Devonshire, England - d. 1-9-1995
    satirist, writer, comedian: "Why Bother"
    11-21-1919 - Steve Brodie - El Dorado, KS - d. 1-9-1992
    actor: Mike Mallory "Mike Mallory"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:44:01 -0500
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: More African-Americans on Early Radio

    I happen to be reading Henry T. Sampson's two-volume book, _Swingin'
    on the Ether Waves_ (Scarecrow, 2005) which is subtitled "A
    Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television
    Broadcasting, 1925--1955." There's a lot that's wrong with this
    massive book -- uncited sources being the biggest problem -- but it
    reprints lots of interesting and valuable stuff (contemporary
    articles, photos, a few scripts) that probably aren't found easily
    elsewhere. For all its faults, it's very likely a must-read for
    anybody interested in the subject.

    Elizabeth McLeod writes:

>     I've also seen mentions of Bert Williams, the legendary  Ziegfeld

    star,

>     making at least one broadcast in 1921, possibly in connection with
>     his role in the Broadway revue "Shuffle Along," but I've not seen
>     any documentation for this.

    As far as I know, Bert Williams wasn't in 1921's "Shuffle Along"
    (which was a book musical, not a revue) or any of its touring
    companies (the show was such a hit that it was on the road before it
    had even left Broadway). But Williams toured with a new musical of his
    own later that year and it's certainly possible that stations in the
    cities he visited may very well have either broadcast the show or had
    him in the studio to promote it.

    An article in the March 25, 1923 The Davenport (IA) Democrat and
    Leader (presumably reprinted from the Chicago Evening-American)
    mentions that the cast of "Shuffle Along" had appeared on KYW: 'Since
    KYW started broadcasting midnight programs, the casts of the following
    plays have entertained the ether prowlers: "The French Doll," "Shuffle
    Along," "Greenwich Village Follies," and "The Spices of 1922."'
    Sampson's book says that performances of "Shuffle Along" were
    broadcast over KDKA in 1923 (no source cited) and Boston's WGBH in
    October 1924 (according to a Chicago Defender review).

    Since the show was created and performed entirely by African-American
    talent, these are some early examples of broadcasts with black actors
    performing dramatic material written by blacks.

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    Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:09:24 -0500
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Radio and Silent Pictures

    Station WLW coined the term "radario" to describe a radio play but it
    didn't catch on. Here's an amusing editorial in the July 18, 1923
    Portsmouth (NH) Herald:

    The Radario.

    After the scenario comes the radario. The latter, as may be vaguely
    suspected, has to do with radio. Just as the scenario is the written
    version of a film play, the radario is the written version of a play
    meant to be broadcast from a radio station.

    Scenario writers are now being invited to try their hands at the new
    game. They ought to be able to adapt themselves to it. Yet it is
    really quite a different form of art.

    The movie drama might be described as nearly all stage directions,
    with as few words as possible. The radio drama, on the contrary, is
    nearly all words, with as few stage directions as possible. Here is a
    specimen passage from an imaginary radario, submitted by a writer in
    the New York World:

    "WXZ speaking I am Lady Epstein and I am in the drawing room of my
    house in Mayfair I am Lord Algy and I am on my knees at her feet I
    have on my uniform O my God you are beautiful you vampire I could not
    refrain from stealing ten thousand pounds from the regimental mess
    fund and I am disgraced through you come fly with me to Somaliland Oh
    Algy how could you with no encouragement look out I hear my husband
    damn your husband I'll atone for what I have done Diana Epstein bang
    bang Oh what shall I do he has gone into the bathroom and has shot
    himself and I am disgraced a daughter of a Duke the next number on the
    program is the Bride's Revenge."

    Any radio fan or budding radario artist can see for himself the
    possibilities of the new art. Yet it can hardly be destined to attain
    the success of moving pictures. It is easier for most people to look
    than to listen, wherefore our drama will doubtless continue to be
    absorbed mainly through the eye.

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    Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:48:58 -0500
    From: matthew cox <mbcox99@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Colnel Robert McCormick

    At the end of "Same TTime Same Station," this week is a broadcast of
    "The Chicago Theater Of The Air," with the production of "The Merry
    Widow."  I found this enjoyable but in the beginning was interested
    in the talk given by Colnel Robert McCormick.  Jerry says he owned
    WGn.  Who was he?  Did he have a PHD in history or was he more like a
    modern day talk show host who figured "Hey this is my station I'm
    going to read countles pages of script and see if the audience is
    awake at the end of the lecture to enjoy the performance?"  He
    reminded me so much of one of my old profesors I hated to push the
    pause button to run to get something to drink for fear he'd find a
    way out of the laptop grab me by the collar and marshall me back to
    the bedroom.  Any enlightenment on this truly interesting man would
    be appreciated.  Matt

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    Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:36:52 -0500
    From: "[removed]" <asajb2000@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  WOR's towers are coming down
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    This from the NY Daily News thir morning (to go along with leaving their old
    studios at 1440 Broadway in 2006):

    ""After one false start last year, WOR (710 AM) will knock down its old
    towers Thursday at 11 [removed] in East Rutherford, [removed] The first demolition was
    halted when local police said it might cause a panic and told the station to
    ensure it had warned all the locals first.""

    Andy

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