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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 159
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      10-2 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: Danger Zone-Pat Novak             [ Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@rocketmai ]
      10-3 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:26:39 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-2 births/deaths

    October 2nd births

    10-02-1886 - Tony Burger - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-17-1964
    actor: "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"; "Kate Smith"
    10-02-1890 - Groucho Marx - NYC - d. 8-19-1977
    comedian: "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel"; "Blue Ribbon Town"; "You
    Bet Your Life"
    10-02-1893 - Roy Shield - Waseca, MN - d. 1-9-1962
    conductor: "Design for Listening"; "RCA Victor Show"; "Eternal Light"
    10-02-1895 - Bud Abbott - Asbury Park, NJ - d. 4-24-1974
    comedian: "Abbott and Costello Show"
    10-02-1896 - Bob Burns - Van Buren, AR - d. 2-2-1956
    comedian: (The Arkansas Traveler) "Kraft Music Hall"; "Bob Burns Show"
    10-02-1897 - Jess Kirkpatrick - Illinois - d. 8-9-1976
    actor: Harry Henderson "Beulah"
    10-02-1898 - Baron Keyes - Greenwood, WI - d. 9-26-1976
    writer: "Air Castle"; "The Story Man"
    10-02-1900 - Barton Yarborough - Goldthwaite, TX - d. 12-19-1951
    actor: Ben Romero "Dragnet"; Doc Long "I Love A Mystery/Adventure"
    10-02-1900 - Cecil Roy - St. Paul, MN - d. 1-26-1995
    actor: (Girl of a Thousand Voices) Junior Fitz "Ma Perkins"
    10-02-1902 - Percy Crawford - Minnedosa, Canada - d. 10-31-1960
    evangelist: "Young People's Church of the Air"
    10-02-1904 - Godfrey Baseley - Alvechurch, England - d. 2-2-1997
    creator: "The Archers"
    10-02-1904 - Graham Greene - Berkhampstead, England - d. 4-3-1991
    writer: "Lives of Harry Lime"; "Studio One"; "NBC University Theatre"
    10-02-1905 - Mary Breckinridge - NYC - d. 12-11-2002
    correspondent: "CBS News of Europe"; "World News Today"
    10-02-1909 - Alexander Raymond - New Rochelle - d. 9-6-1956
    cartoonist: Created Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim
    10-02-1911 - Jack Finney - Milwaukee, WI - d. 11-14-1995
    writer: "Cloud Nine"
    10-02-1914 - Charles Drake - Bayside, NYC - d. 9-10-1994
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    10-02-1915 - Bonnie Kay - Iowa City, IA
    actor: "Barton Family"; "Mary Nobel, Backstage Wife"
    10-02-1915 - Chubby Wise - Lake City, FL - d. 1-6-1996
    musician: "Town and Country Time"
    10-02-1919 - Henry (Noel) Bentinck - Exton, England - d. 1-30-1997
    BBC talks producer
    10-02-1920 - Rosemarie Brancato - d. 6-18-1994
    operatic soprano: "Twin Sisters"
    10-02-1921 - Edmund Crispin - Chesterham Bois, England - d. 9-15-1978
    author: "The Moving Toyshop"
    10-02-1921 - Scott Crossfield - Berkely, CA - d. 4-19-2006
    test pilot: "Great Moments To Music"
    10-02-1928 - George 'Spanky' McFarland - Dallas, TX - d. 6-30-1993
    actor: "Thirty Minutes In Hollywood"
    10-02-1934 - Peggy Joan Moylan - Sag Harbor, NY - d. xx-xx-2002
    singer: (The Moylan Sisters, Angels of the Airwaves) "Moylan Sisters"
    10-02-1937 - Jack Wilson - Bally Robert, County Down, Northern Ireland
    author: "A Day Like Tomorrow"

    October 2nd deaths

    02-10-1913 - James Monks - NYC - d. 10-2-1994
    actor: Jim Brandon "The Avenger" I. A. Moto "Mr. I. A. Moto"
    02-17-1921 - Ken Platt - Lancashire, England - d. 10-2-1998
    comedian: "Fanfare"; "Worker's Playtime"; "Hit the Road"
    02-26-1906 - Madeleine Carroll - West Bromwich, England - d. 10-2-1987
    actor: "The Circle"; "NBC Radio Theatre"; "Stage Door Canteen"
    03-01-1904 - Paul Hartman - d. 10-2-1973
    actor: "Tony Awards"
    03-28-1912 - Frank Lovejoy - The Bronx, NY - d. 10-2-1962
    actor: Randy 'Lucky' Stone "Nightbeat"; Bill Weigand "Mr. and Mrs.
    North"
    06-11-1920 - Hazel Scott - Port of Spain, Trinidad - d. 10-2-1981
    singer, pianist: "Free World Theatre"; "New World A-Coming"
    07-14-1912 - Woody Guthrie - Okemah, OK - d. 10-2-1967
    songwriter, singer: "Pursuit of Happiness"
    07-18-1909 - Harriet Nelson - Des Moines, IA - d. 10-2-1994
    actor: Daisy June "Red Skelton Show"; "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
    07-27-1933 - Nick Reynolds - San Diego, CA - d. 10-2-2008
    singer: (The Kingston Trio) "Guest Star"; "Guard Session"
    09-11-1926 - Lee Richardson - Chicago, IL - d. 10-2-1999
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-13-1910 - Raymond Raikes - London, England - d. 10-2-1998
    producer: "Dick Barton"; "The Foundling"; "National Theatre of the Air"
    09-14-1922 - Frances Bergen - Birmingham, AL - d. 10-2-2006
    actor: (Wife of Edgar, Mother of Candice) "New Edgar Bergen Hour"
    09-29-1907 - Gene Autry - Tioga, TX - d. 10-2-1998
    singer, actor: "National Barn Dance"; "Melody Ranch"
    11-17-1925 - Rock Hudson - Winnetka, IL - d. 10-2-1985
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-16-1913 - Verlye Mills - St. John, KS - d. 10-2-1983
    harpist: "The Hour of Charm"; "Your Hit Parade"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:28:06 -0400
    From: Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Danger Zone-Pat Novak
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    I saw a movie from 1951 called Danger Zone that was a direct video clone
    of Pat Novak. Guy named O'Brien (Novak)  rents boats down on the
    San Francisco waterfront. He gets sucked into buying a suitcase at an
    auction by a blonde who disappears when he goes back to his seat with the
    suitcase.  He goes back to his apartment with the suitcase,  gets slugged and
    knocked out
    and wakes up. The suitcase is missing  and a detective Travis (Hellman) is
    there. The frame is on. So O'Brien drops into a bar to discuss his situation
    with the alcoholic, pontificating Professor Shicker (Jocko Madigan). O'Brien
    goes to see a musician who was slipped some poison. He dies and then in walks
    the detective, Travis. Eventually Shicker calls O'Brien with all the scoop on
    all the players just like Jocko Madigan. Snappy dialogue and similes ("the
    only thing left in the closet were the moths") a
    la Richard Breen but written
    by a guy named Herbert Margolis.
    The kicker is that O'Brien is played by Ward Cleaver (Hugh Beaumont) who
    doesn't have the cynical tough guy presence of Jack Webb.

    Here's a Wikipedia description of a typical Novak episode which pretty much
    matches what I described above.
    Typically, a person unknown to Pat asks him to do an unusual or risky job. Pat
    reluctantly accepts and finds himself in hot water in the form of an
    unexplained dead body. Sultry females are usually involved. Police Inspector
    Hellman (played by Raymond Burr) arrives on the scene and pins the murder on
    Novak. With only circumstantial evidence to go on, Hellman promises to haul
    Novak in the next day for the crime. The rapid, staccato dialogue between Webb
    & Burr is typical of hardboiled fiction and is often humorous. Pat uses the
    time to try to solve the case. He usually employs the help of his friend Jocko
    Madigan (played by Tudor Owen) - a drunken ex-doctor typically found at some
    disreputable tavern or bar - to help him solve the case. As Pat asks for his
    help, Jocko launches a long-winded philosophical diatribe, full of witty and
    funny remarks, until Novak cuts him off.

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    Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:29:01 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-3 births/deaths

    October 3rd births

    10-03-1873 - Emily Post - Baltimore, MD - d. 9-25-1960
    commentator: "Emily Post"; "Right Thing to Do"
    10-03-1881 - George Moran - Elwood, KS - d. 8-1-1949
    comedian: (Two Black Crows) "Majestic Theatre of the Air"; "Eveready
    Hour"
    10-03-1882 - Ulderico 'Rico' Marcelli - Rome, Italy - d. 8-17-1962
    bandleader: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    10-03-1890 - Henry Hull - Louisville, KY - d. 3-8-1977
    actor: Honest Abe "Abraham Lincoln"; Nathan Hale "Roses and Drums"
    10-03-1897 - Vincent Sorey - Turin, Italy - d. 3-29-1977
    conductor/violinist: Musical director for WOR New York
    10-03-1898 - Leo McCarey - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-5-1969
    judge: "This Is My Story"
    10-03-1898 - Morgan Farley - Mamaroneck, NY - d. 10-11-1988
    actor: "Escape"
    10-03-1899 - Gertrude Berg - NYC - d. 9-14-1966
    actor: Molly Goldberg, "Goldbergs"
    10-03-1907 - Paul Nugent - Brooklyn, NY - d. unknown
    actor: Paul Strong "Mother O' Mine"; "Just Plain Bill"
    10-03-1908 - Johnny Burke - Antioch, CA - d. 2-25-1964
    composer: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "The Big Show"
    10-03-1910 - Gwen Davenport - Colon, Canal Zone, Panama - d. 3-23-2002
    author: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-03-1911 - Michael Hordern - Berkhamsted, England - d. 5-2-1995
    actor: Gandolf "The Lord of the Rings"
    10-03-1912 - Gabriel Julian - Newark, NJ - d. 9-29-2002
    piano: "Bobby Byrne Orchestra"; arranger: "Glenn Miller Orchestra"
    10-03-1913 - Mark Houston - Ohio - d. 5-11-1971
    announcer: "Queen for a Day"
    10-03-1916 - James Alfred "Alf" Wight - Sunderland, England - d.
    2-23-1995
    author: James Herriot Books
    10-03-1918 - Perry Lafferty - Davenport, IA - d. 8-25-2005
    producer: "Meet the Music"; "Columbia Workshop"
    10-03-1923 - Von Freeman - Chicago, IL - d. 8-12-2012
    jazz saxophonist: "Jazz America"
    10-03-1924 - Joe Allison - McKinney, TX - d. 8-2-2002
    songwriter: Began his career as a radio disk jockey

    October 3rd deaths

    01-23-1892 - Eleanor Nash - d. 10-3-1969
    beauty and style consultant (Sister of Ogden Nash): "Ask Eleanor Nash"
    01-23-1919 - Millard Lampell - d. 10-3-1997
    co-founder of the Almanac Singers: "Treasury Star Parade"
    02-24-1914 - Zachary Scott - Austin, TX - d. 10-3-1965
    actor: "Suspense"; "Encore Theatre"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Screen Guild
    Theatre"
    03-14-1891 - Dr. Dolphe Martin - Poland - d. 10-3-1974
    conductor: "Tydol Jubilee (Music on the Air)
    05-17-1903 - Artie Auerbach - NYC - d. 10-3-1957
    actor: Mr. Kitzel "Jack Benny Program"
    05-19-1919 - Louisa Vass - Greenville, SC - d. 10-3-2000
    singer: (The Vass Family) "The Lady Next Door"; "Kraft Phoenix Program"
    05-26-1915 - Vernon Alley - d. 10-3-2004
    musician, disk jockey: San Francisco area
    06-04-1917 - Charles Collingwood - Three Rivers, MI - d. 10-3-1985
    newscaster: CBS News UN Correspondent/White House Correspondent
    06-05-1897 - Woods O. Dreyfus - Wisconsin - d. 10-3-1965
    singer, announcer, program director WISN Milwaukee, WI
    06-13-1911 - Maurice Copeland - Rector, AR - d. 10-3-1985
    actor: Augustus Pendelton "Ma Perkins"; "Curtain Time"; "Hall of
    Fantasy"
    06-27-1920 - Betty Bryant - Bristol, England - d. 10-3-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-30-1893 - Virginia Beberus - Mercer, ME - d. 10-3-1964
    composer/author: conducted a radio program
    07-06-1927 - Janet Leigh - Merced, CA - d. 10-3-2004
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players" - Radio Debut
    07-17-1914 - Eleanor Steber - Wheeling, WV - d. 10-3-1990
    singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "[removed] Fox Trappers"
    07-24-1911 - Dudley McCarthy - Sydney, Australia - d. 10-3-1987
    auther of radio plays
    08-27-1900 - Gene Burdette - Chicago, IL - d. 10-3-1968
    producer, director: "Luck of the Irish"
    09-13-1903 - Dave Binder - London, England - d. 10-3-1992
    formed "Jingle Jem Co," to produce radio jingles
    09-17-1928 - Roddy McDowall - London, England - d. 10-3-1998
    panelist: "Keep Up with the Kids"
    09-20-1896 - Si Wills - Pennsylvania - d. 10-3-1977
    writer: (Husband of Joan Davis) "Joan Davis Time"
    09-25-1929 - Ronnie Barker - Bedford, England - d. 10-3-2005
    comedian: "The Floggits"
    10-07-1910 - Wayne Ackley - d. 10-3-1988
    newscaster: Des Moines, Iowa
    11-02-1915 - Kay Armen - Chicago, IL - d. 10-3-2011
    singer: "Stop the Music!"; "Pet Milk Show"; "Bob Crosby Show"
    11-18-1907 - Gwen Meredith - Orange, Australia - d. 10-3-2006
    writer: "Blue Hills"; "The Lawsons"
    11-30-1913 - John K. M. McCaffrey - Moscow, ID - d. 10-3-1983
    newscaster: "Author Meets the Critics"; "What Makes You Tick?"
    12-22-1891 - Mc Kay Morris - Fort Sam Houston, TX - d. 10-3-1955
    actor: Abe Lincoln "The Abe Lincoln Story"; Gregory Ivanoff "Ma Perkins"

    Ron

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