Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #233
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 8/27/2006 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 233
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Gangbusters Date                      [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
      Johnny Dollar music                   [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
      Hammett in New Black Mask             [ William Harker <wharker@[removed] ]
      I Deal in Crime                       [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
      I Deal in Crime                       [ <celticone22-radiodigest@[removed]; ]
      The Continental Op-inion              [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
      This week in radio history 27 August  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      (Only) The Shadow Knows?              [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      My Dear Fellow-Doylean Traveler!      [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Rose Marie                            [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      Unidentified Radio People             [ Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed]; ]
      Jack Benny at You Tube                [ "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@hotm ]
      8-27 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      WNYC's WOTW documentary               [ Clif Martin <martbart@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:10:39 -0400
    From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gangbusters Date

    This digest is an amazing resource.  Several people responded to me off-list
    and I have now confirmed to my satisfaction that the Danville Bank Job
    episode of Gangbusters was on February 5, 1955.

    Thanks.

    Ted

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:17:28 -0400
    From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Johnny Dollar music

    I've been wondering about the classical music used as bridges for the
    Bailey-Readick-Kramer YTJD era. Does anyone know the titles of the original
    classical bridges?

    This also came to mind when I was listening to the Philip Morris Playhouse of
    8/19/53, "Night Has A Thousand Eyes", where Mandel Kramer is in a supporting
    role, and one musical bridge is one that would be used constantly on YTJD
    just a few years later (one of those "stranger than fiction"/"believe it or
    not!" otr coincidences we all love).

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:18:40 -0400
    From: William Harker <wharker@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hammett in New Black Mask

    Dashiell Hammett's original treatment of _After the Thin Man_ was a
    two-parter in The New Black Mask.
    The New Black Mask lasted only 8 issues and _After the Thin Man_ was
    in numbers five and six.

    Both issues are available at a reasonable price from places like
    [removed] or ABE.

    Regarding Gutman and The Fat Man, Hammett said this in a letter to
    his daughter Mary Hammett on December 11, 1945, "My agent's trying to
    rig up another radio program from me:  Sydney Greenstreet as The Fat
    Man or something of the sort and seems to think it could be hot
    stuff, though it seems kind of wacky to your old man, who, however,
    readily admits he doesn't understand much about what's good and bad
    on the air waves.  The idea, of course, if for me to work out a
    detective character who will be something on the order of Gutman --
    the fat crook Greenstreet played in The Maltese Falcon.  I'm not
    supposed to do any work on it after I get the character set, and that
    part at least is OK by me."  (From _Dashiell Hammett:  Selected Letters_.)

    Bill Harker

    Marlowe is a man "in a lonely street, in lonely rooms, puzzled but
    never quite defeated."
           Raymond Chandler, 1959

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:45:11 -0400
    From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  I Deal in Crime

    I've posted 4 episodes (unless there are some naming problems) as a zipped file (40mb) at [removed];ufid=21E2228E5EC834B7

    Some background on the show are at [removed]+Deal+In+Crime and at the Thrilling Detective site at [removed], which I notice was contributed by Jack French.

    Looks like some of the people who worked on the show also worked on Box 13 a couple of years later.

    JWW

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: There are naming problems; two of the episodes included in the ZIP file are the same episode with different names, so there are only three different episodes therein.

    To make things a little easier, I'm also going to make these programs available through the podcast at [removed] so if you're already subscribed, you should already have the first one and the others will follow. If you're not subscribed, just add the RSS feed to your podcast [removed] if you haven't a podcast client (yes, dial-up works just fine, BTW), click the link to Juice on the sidebar of the blog.

    And don't forget, you can listen to the shows directly on the blog, too, thanks to the new embedded player (requires Macromedia Flash). So whether you want to download automatically, download via link, or just stream-anmd-listen, you can do it at [removed] - add the RSS feed to your blog reader, and you'll know when new shows are added.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:42:23 -0400
    From: <celticone22-radiodigest@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  I Deal in Crime

    Kenneth Clarke asked about a series titled "I Deal in
    Crime".  According to the Old Time Radio Researchers
    Group, there were 92 episodes, of which three are
    available.  I have one dated January 21, 1946.

    Anne

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:42:34 -0400
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Continental Op-inion

    Kermyt, maybe I'm remembering this incorrectly, but weren't many of the
    Continental Op short stories originally GENERIC Dashiell Hammet
    detective shorts that Hammet than slightly rewrote, for an anthology
    collection?

    Jim Burns

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:56:29 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 27 August to 2
     September

     From Those Were The Days -

    8/28

    1922 - The first commercial to be broadcast on radio was heard on WEAF
    in New York City. Announcer [removed] Blackwell spoke about Hawthorne Court,
    a group of apartment buildings in Queens, New York. The Queensboro
    Realty Company, of Jackson Heights, bought what was called Toll
    Broadcasting. WEAF, owned by AT&T, sold their block programming, five
    one-minute programs, one a day for five days, for $50 plus long-distance
    toll fees. The Queensboro Realty Company paid $100 for 10 minutes of
    commercial airtime.

     From The [removed] --

    1938 -- The first degree given to a ventriloquist's dummy is awarded to
    Charlie McCarthy--Edgar Bergen's wooden partner. The honorary degree,
    "Master of Innuendo and Snappy Comeback," is presented on radio by Ralph
    Dennis, the dean of the School of Speech at Northwestern University.

    8/30

    1951 - Screen Directors' Playhouse was heard for the final time on NBC.
      The program had featured some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

    8/31

    1941 - The Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly,
    started on NBC.

    1946 - "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"
    Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound ... the caped crusader
    returned to radio on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Superman had been
    dropped from the program schedule earlier in the year, but the outrage
    of youngsters brought the show back to the airwaves. Wow! The amazing
    power of Kryptonite in the hands of kids! Bud Collyer, later of TV's
    Beat the Clock, played Clark Kent aka Superman on the series. His
    identity had been well guarded for years. Most people didn't have a clue
    as to the identity of Superman until a TIME magazine article about
    Collyer appeared in 1946.

    9/1

    1922 - The first daily news program on radio was The Radio Digest, on
    WBAY. The program, hosted by George F. Thompson, the program's editor,
    originated from New York City.

    9/2

    1931 - 15 Minutes with Bing Crosby debuted on CBS.

    Joe

    --
    Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:31:56 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  (Only) The Shadow Knows?

    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];

>     The  question
>     is: Exactly when was the 'golden age of radio'?

    Dear Kenneth-

    It's not a "silly" question; in fact, I think it's one that any interested
    party would [removed] but it's one that can never really have a definitive
    answer, because there's so much opinion as to what constitutes a "Golden Age"
    involved.

    For my part, if pressed, I'd go with Master Chas.' answer: it ran from
    somewhere in the '20's (perhaps, from the time of the first real Radio Drama,
    on  a
    station in New York state, I believe?), until the last last Network
    broadcast of that animal, in '62.

    BUT, I'd add an asterisk and maintain that, in broadest terms, it never
    QUITE "died" (and no, Charlie, before you draw your guns, I'm not referencing
    NTR/MAD here!). Sadly true, it was strangled to the level of a pale,
    life-supported existence.

    If we include such new Net shows as THEATER 5, soon after the '62 cut  off
    date, and the concurrent re-syndication by Charlie Michelson of shows that
    were
    in many cases then (almost) first-run (shows that many on this list  will
    point to, in almost Prime-Time, as their introduction to the medium,) that
    basically bridges the time to the era of the mini-rebirth of Net Radio Drama
    in
    the early '70's, with CBSRMT, SEARS/GENERAL MILLS shows, and ZERO  HOUR.

    Programs, in fact, that were in large part created by  then
    not-even-retirement-aged Vets of the Golden Age.

    Was it - will it ever be - "what it was?" Of course not!

    But neither was it wiped totally from humanities' mind, like an airbrushed
    Soviet leader who fell from favor.

    Best,
    -Craig Wichman

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:32:53 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  My Dear Fellow-Doylean Traveler!

    From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];

>     Subject:   Watson / Sidekick
>     I have discovered, much to my chagrin, that many  people think the 40's film
>     and radio version is how  Doyle wrote the  character and why don't we play
>     him
>     that way on our audio series

    Dear Larry-

    As my own ears can attest, you have indeed dealt with "Steel True, and  Blade
    Straight," as Sir Arthur would've wanted.

    We at Quicksilver Radio Theater have as well, in the shows we were blessed
    to have authorized by his daughter, Dame Jean. (In fact, when I've Sherlocked
    in  other venues as well, I've fought to have The Good Doctor "upgraded.")

    And yes, though the audience may be jarred a bit at first, it generally
    comes to really appreciate the change.
    (Bruce, by most accounts, was largely the culprit in the old days; he  pushed
    hard for the comic-opera turn that he loved.)

    But one has only to see the terrific Brett video series, to be shown by
    comparison how very wobbly-wheeled a "Walrus Watson/Divine Holmes" cart  runs!

    Best,
    -Craig Wichman

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:33:05 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Rose Marie

    Hi Everybody,

    I will be interviewing Rose Marie next week, and would like to know some of
    her radio credits.  I know she started singing  on NBC at 3 years Old.  I
    believe she work on the Jimmy Durante show, and had a guest shot  on Phil
    Harris and Alice Faye.  Thank you for any help,

    Walden

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:30:44 -0400
    From: Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Unidentified Radio People

    In 1937, when my dad (Jess Oppenheimer) was writing the Packard Hour,
    he took some photos at KFI in Hollywood. I recognize Ken Carpenter
    and Mel Blanc, but not the others. Can anyone help me in identifying
    these folks?

    See the photos at

      [removed]

    Thanks for your help!

    - Gregg Oppenheimer

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:00:28 -0400
    From: "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny at You Tube

    I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, sorry if it has.  If you go
    to

    [removed]

    and type in "Jack Benny" in search you can see (in addition to excerpts from
    Jack's TV show) two films totalling 7-8 minutes showing excerpts from a WW2
    radio broadcast from Camp Hahn featuring Jack and the Gang. (Can someone
    provide an exact date for this?)

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: As on the fundraiser disc available at
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:11:37 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-27 births/deaths

    August 27th births

    08-27-1871 - Theodore Dreiser - Terre Haute, IN - d. 12-28-1945
    writer: "The Heinz Magazine of the Air"
    08-27-1882 - Samuel Goldwyn - Warsaw, Poland - d. 1-31-1974
    panelist: "People's Platform"
    08-27-1896 - Morris Ankrum - d. 9-2-1964
    actor: "Shakespeare Festival"; "Campbell Playhouse"; "A Report to the
    Nation"
    08-27-1899 - C. S. Forester - Cairo, Egypt - d. 4-2-1966
    poet, biographer, novelist: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Words at War";
    "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    08-27-1901 - Al Ritz - Newark, NJ - d. 12-22-1965
    comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) "Hollywood Hotel"
    08-27-1901 - John Gannon - Chicago, IL - d. 11-8-1969
    actor: Billy Fairfield "Jack Armstrong"
    08-27-1901 - Roger Pryor - NYC - d. 1-31-1974
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Summer
    Symphony"
    08-27-1905 - Frederick O'Neal - Brooksville, MA - d. 8-25-1992
    actor: "New World A-Coming"
    08-27-1908 - Frank Leahy - O'Neill, NE - d. 6-21-1973
    football coach (Notre Dame): "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bill Stern
    Colgate Sports Newsreel"
    08-27-1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson - nr. Stonewall, TX - d. 1-22-1973
    [removed] president: "Meet the Press"; "World's Fair Holiday"
    08-27-1916 - Larry Thor - Canada - d. 3-15-1976
    actor: Danny Clover "Broadway Is My Beat"
    08-27-1916 - Martha Raye - Butte, MT - d. 10-19-1994
    comedienne: "Tuesday Night Party"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen
    Guild Theatre"
    08-27-1916 - Vicki Vola - Denver, CO - d. 7-21-1985
    actor: Shanghai L'il DeVries "Jungle Jim"; Edith Miller "Mr. District
    Attorney"
    08-27-1921 - Leo Penn - d. 9-5-1998
    actor, film director: "Family Theatre"; "Hollywood Calling: George
    Fisher Interviews"
    08-27-1925 - Carter Stanley - Stratton, VA - d. 12-1-1966
    bluegrass singer: (The Stanley Brothers) "Farm and Fun Program"
    08-27-1926 - Pat Coombs - London, England - d. 5-25-2002
    comedian: Nola "Hello Playmates"
    08-27-1936 - Anne Whitfield - Oxford, MS
    actor: Phyllis Harris "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; Sandy Carter
    "Woman in My House"

    August 27th deaths

    01-21-1919 - Jinx Falkenburg McCrary - Barcelona, Spain - d. 8-27-2003
    hostess: "Hi! Jinx"; "Tex & Jinx"; "Weekend"
    02-13-1919 - Joan Edwards - NYC - d. 8-27-1981
    singer: "Chesterfield Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"
    03-21-1912 - Suzanne Kaaren - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-27-2004
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-25-1892 - Bennett Cerf - NYC - d. 8-27-1971
    narrator, panelist: "Biography in Sound"; "What's My Line?"
    06-02-1913 - Burt Farber - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-27-2005
    orchestra leader: "Curtain Time"
    06-30-1894 - Phillips Carlin - NYC - d. 8-27-1971
    announcer: "Palmolive Hour"; "Atwater Kent Hour"
    07-26-1902 - Gracie Allen - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-27-1964
    comedienne: "Adventures of Gracie"; "The George Burns and Gracie
    Allen Show"
    09-20-1918 - Gordon Heath - NYC - d. 8-27-1991
    actor: "New World A' Coming"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-20-1925 - Joan Barton - d. 8-27-1976
    actor: Cashier "Meet Me at Parky's"
    12-11-1911 - Sam Levenson - NYC - d. 8-27-1980
    humorist: "Arthur Godfrey Show"; "City Club Forum"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:00:41 -0400
    From: Clif Martin <martbart@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  WNYC's WOTW documentary

    If Public radio's War of the Worlds documentary has been discussed  here, I
    missed it.  I just heard the show.  Seemed to be more about sociology,
    history of the times that lent itself to panic, etc. than the power of radio.
    There were many clips of the Orson Welles broadcast and some contemporary
    re-creations of a few scenes that somehow didn't have the "theater of the
    mind" power of the 1938 show.   It felt like the producers, with all the
    amazing present day resources they had to work with,   did not understand
    radio drama  as well as Welles, Housemen and the Mercury Players did. In one
    scene they failed to keep background music in the background, making it hard
    to hear the dialogue.   Any comments from others who heard it? OK, go ahead
    and tell me it's time for me to check into the old fogey rest home.  I'll
    have lots of company there.

    Clif Martin

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