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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 151
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Re: "Banquo's Chair"              [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
      Re: The Word Detective                [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
      Charlie Chan In OTR Case              [ "Williebuilt" <retiredwillie@charte ]
      6-16 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      reel to reel machines                 [ EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed]; ]
      6-17 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:01:47 -0400
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Re: "Banquo's Chair"

    Jan Bach, <janbach@[removed];, Wrote:

>     Has Macbeths' choice of chair at the banquet become known as the dread
>     Scot decision?

    I'm not sure, but it is the perfect place for--

    --Are you ready for this?

    (Can't--

    (You--

    ([removed]

    (FEEL it coming?)

    Macbeth's choice of chair could be the perfect place for his favorite:

    Mac-Duff.

    Heh, heh, [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:02:09 -0400
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The Word Detective

>     Any Digester have anything more to contribute on this
>     subject?

    Checked the usual computerized newspaper databases but I'm afraid I didn't
    find much. It looks like the series was being syndicated by the fall of '59
    at the earliest. Here's an ad for the show from the 20 September 1959 Helena
    (MT) Independent Record:

    [removed]

    According to the Amarillo (TX) Globe-Times radio listings, KGNC aired it in
    November-December '59 at 9:40 [removed] weeknights just before "News & Weather" at
    9:45.

    In September and October '59, the Chicago Tribune occasionally lists a show
    as "Rathbone" which aired at 6:30 p. m. over WNMP. But I couldn't tell if
    this was Basil or some other Rathbone.

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:02:29 -0400
    From: "Williebuilt" <retiredwillie@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Charlie Chan In OTR Case
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    In response to Melanie's question re Charlie Chan in an
    OTR mystery, I too watched and taped the three Chan
    movies presented by TCM.  The one she referred to was
    "The Scarlet Clue".

    I am a Charlie Chan fan and have taped a lot of the "Chan"
    movies.  Rather than tie the Digest up with non-otr trivia, if
    Melanie would like more info and a source for movies, she
    make contact me off-line.

    Best Regards,

    Bill

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:02:38 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-16 births/deaths

    June 16th births

    06-16-1885 - Tom Howard - County Tyrone, Ireland - d. 2-27-1955
    comedian: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"; "Sunday Night Party"
    06-16-1890 - Bertha Brainard - South Orange, NJ - d. 6-11-1946
    manager of the commercial program division of NBC in 1937
    06-16-1890 - Stan Laurel - Ulverston, England - d. 2-23-1965
    comedian: "Laurel and Hardy Show" Pilot, never broadcast
    06-16-1892 - Al Llewelyn - d. 4-6-1964
    comedian, singer: (Brad and Al) Heard over CBS and NBC
    06-16-1895 - Murray Leinster - Norfolk, VA - d. 6-8-1975
    writer: "Dimension X"
    06-16-1898 - Harold McClinton - d. 6-xx-1977
    producer: "This Is War"
    06-16-1899 - Frank X. Capano - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-10-1956
    singer and program director
    06-16-1899 - Helen Traubel - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-28-1972
    singer: "Metropolitan Opera"; "Telephone Hour"; "Jimmy Durante Show"
    06-16-1903 - Louis Raderman - d. 10-xx-1974
    musician: "The Ipana Troubadors"
    06-16-1903 - Ona Munson - Portland, OR - d. 2-11-1955
    actor: Lorelei Kilbourne "Big Town"
    06-16-1907 - Joan Winters - Dayton, OH - d. 1-1-2001
    actor: Alice Ames "Girl Alone"; Sylvia Bertram "Road of Life"
    06-16-1907 - Jack Albertson - Malden, MA - d. 11-25-1981
    actor: "Milton Berle Show"; "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Cavalcade
    of America"
    06-16-1907 - Stuart Allen - NYC - d. 10-xx-1978
    baritone: (Richard Himber Orchestra) "The Monday Night Show"
    06-16-1908 - Grace Albert - d. 4-9-2003
    singer: "The Honeymooners"; "Time Out"; "Cavalcade of America"
    06-16-1912 - Ilona Massey - Budapest, Hungary - d. 8-20-1974
    actor: Mata Hari-style operative in World War II "Top Secret";
    "Screen Guild Theatre"
    06-16-1914 - Edward Gruskin - d. 11-15-2005
    writer: "Nick Carter, Master Detective"; "Rendezvous in Paris"
    06-16-1916 - Stanley Niss - Illinois - d. 7-21-1969
    writer, director: "Counterspy"; "Gang Busters"; "Twenty-First Precinct"
    06-16-1919 - Al Viola - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-21-2007
    guitarist: "Elgin Thanksgiving Day Greeting to America"
    06-16-1920 - Amy Sedell - NYC
    actor: "Pretty Kitty Kelly"; "Gangbusters"; "Big Sister"
    06-16-1958 - Mark Lewisohn - London, England
    radio news administrator: "The Beeb's Lost Beetle Tapes"

    June 16th deaths

    01-02-1932 - Peter Redgrove - Kingston-on-Thames, England - d. 6-16-2003
    writer: "The Nature of Cold Weather"
    01-06-1914 - George Reeves - Woolstock, IA - d. 6-16-1959
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay"
    02-10-1905 - Chick Webb - d. 6-16-1939
    bandleader: "Chick Webb and His Orhestra"
    02-11-1905 - Liebert Lombardo - London, Canada - d. 6-16-1993
    musician: (Guy Lombardo's Orchestra) "Lady Esther Serenade"
    02-14-1913 - Mel Allen - Birmingham, AL - d. 6-16-1996
    sportscaster, announcer: "White Owl Sports Smoker"; "Truth or
    Consequences"
    02-16-1937 - Gary Barkdoll - d. 6-16-2001
    disk jockey: WAYZ Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
    02-29-1920 - Arthur Franz - Perth Amboy, NJ - d. 6-16-2006
    actor: In radio following WWII
    04-01-1908 - Bob Nolan - New Brunswick, Canada - d. 6-16-1980
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    04-03-1921 - George Bauer - d. 6-16-2004
    announcer, newscaster: "Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    04-28-1882 - Henry Bellamann - Fulton, MO - d. 6-16-1945
    author: "King's Row" based on his novel
    07-07-1922 - Artie Malvin - NYC - d. 6-16-2006
    vocalist: "Moonlight Serenade"; "I Sustain These Wings"; "Wehrmact Hour"
    08-02-1913 - Hal Block - d. 6-16-1981
    writer, panelist: "Burns and Allen"; "Milton Berle Show"; "What's My
    Line"
    08-04-1904 - Alice Bahman - d. 6-16-1970
    woman's program: (Mother of Jonathan Winters) WIZE Springfield, Ohio
    08-07-1911 - Nicholas Ray - Galesville, WI - d. 6-16-1979
    director: Free lance
    08-16-1891 - Harry V. "Pappy" Cheshire - Emporia, KS - d. 6-16-1968
    actor: "The Old Corral"
    10-13-1884 - Jack McLaren - Fitzroy, Australia - d. 6-16-1954
    writer: "The Ghost of the Cabaret"
    10-13-1896 - Jack Shilkret - NYC - d. 6-16-1964
    orchestra leader: "Bond Bread Show"; "Let's Be Charming"; "Tea Time
    Tunes"
    11-20-1891 - Reginald Denny - Richmond, Surrey, England - d. 6-16-1967
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Texaco Star
    Theatre"
    12-17-1909 - Murray Brody - d. 6-16-2004
    producer: KOH Reno, Nevada

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:02:44 -0400
    From: EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  reel to reel machines
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    i have a few decks left for sale fairly cheap, but have 1 channel out that
    needs repair, so for those interested yet in open reel, let me know, also i
    now have a list of bbc material on reels for sale, but there is a min 10
    reels, email for list and price, please only those really interested
    ed carr at edcarr@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:09:14 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-17 births/deaths

    June 17th births

    06-17-1874 - Robert Boice Carson - Rossville, IN - d. 8-22-1941
    director of the Apollo Orchestra on KVOO Tulsa, Oklahoma
    06-17-1877 - Charles Coburn - Savannah, GA - d. 8-30-1961
    actor: "Roses and Drums"; "Song of Liberty"
    06-17-1882 - Igor Stravinsky - Oranienbaum, Russia - d. 4-6-1971
    composer: "Columbia Work Shop"; "New York Philharmonic"
    06-17-1894 - Harold Levey - NYC - d. 6-18-1967
    composer, conductor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    06-17-1897 - Vivian Duncan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-19-1986
    singer: (Topsy and Eva) "Wireless Vaudeville"
    06-17-1899 - Benny Krueger - Newark, NJ - d. 4-29-1967
    bandleader: "The Rudy Vallee Show"; "Side Walk Cafe"
    06-17-1904 - Ralph Bellamy - Chicago, IL - d. 11-29-1991
    actor: "These Are Our Men"
    06-17-1905 - Anne Teeman - New York - d. 8-18-1991
    actor: Sally Gibson "The Gibson Family"; Joyce "The Goldbergs"
    06-17-1905 - Frank Cunkle - Ft. Smith, AR - d. 2-4-1986
    arranger: "The Fred Waring Show"
    06-17-1910 - Red Foley - Blue Lick, KY - d. 9-19-1968
    singer: "National Barn Dance"; "Grand Ole Opry"; "Red Foley Show"
    06-17-1913 - Bob Allen - Allendale, OH - d. 4-24-1989
    singer: (Hal Kemp Band) "Phil Baker Show"; "Calling America"
    06-17-1914 - John Hersey - Tientsin, China - d. 3-24-1993
    author: "Bell for Adano"; "Hiroshima"
    06-17-1916 - Terry Gilkyson - Mont Clare, PA - d. 10-15-1999
    singer, songwriter: "Solitary Singer"; "America Sings"; "Here's to
    Veterans"
    06-17-1919 - Beryl Reid - Hereford, England - d. 10-13-1996
    actor: Monica "Educating Archie"
    06-17-1919 - Gene De Paul - NYC - d. 2-27-1988
    composer, arranger, pianist: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    06-17-1920 - Aaron "Red" Doff - Washington, D. C. - d. 6-13-1997
    actor: "Uncle Whoa Bill"
    06-17-1921 - Ben Morris - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 8-18-1982
    actor: Pat Novak "Pat Novak for Hire"
    06-17-1921 - Earl Hammond - NYC - d. 5-19-2002
    actor: "Coounterspy"; "Martin Kane, Private Eye"
    06-17-1921 - Tony Scott - Morristown, NJ - d. 3-28-2007
    jazz clarinetist: American Armed Forces Radio
    06-17-1922 - Jerry Fielding - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2-17-1980
    conductor: "Hardy Family"; "Jack Paar Show"; "You Bet Your Life"
    06-17-1923 - Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch - Wausau, WI - d. 1-28-2004
    pro football hall of fame, host: "Elroy Hirsch Sports Show";
    "Touchdown Tips"

    June 17th deaths

    02-19-1913 - Jack Leonard - NYC - d. 6-17-1988
    singer: (Tommy Dorsey's Band) "Meet the Music"
    03-30-1892 - Floyd Odlum - Union City, MI - d. 6-17-1976
    owner of rko studios: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
    04-14-1905 - Bob Stanton - Minneapolis, MN - d. 6-17-1977
    nbc staff announcer: "Bob Stanton Sports"
    05-01-1907 - Kate Smith - Washington [removed] - d. 6-17-1986
    singer, emcee: (Songbird of the South) "Kate Smith Revue"; Kate Smith
    Speaks"
    06-07-1913 - Tom Collins - Chicago, IL - d. 6-17-1973
    actor: Chandu "Chandu the Magician"; Nicholas Lacey "One Man's Family"
    10-13-1915 - Hugh James - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-17-2001
    announcer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Three Star Final"; "Big Town"
    11-07-1868 - Royal Copeland - Dexter, MI - d. 6-17-1938
    commentator: "Health Talk"; "Fleischmann Hour"
    11-14-1915 - Billy Bauer - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-17-2005
    jazz guitarist: "Band for Bonds"
    11-29-1906 - Luis Van Rooten - Mexico City, Mexico - d. 6-17-1973
    actor: George Priestly "County Seat"; John Perry "John's Other Wife";
    Nero Wolfe "Nero Wolfe"
    12-02-1908 - Hy Gardner - NYC - d. 6-17-1989
    columnist, author, host: Celebrity Interviews
    12-09-1919 - Gil Rodin - Russia - d. 6-17-1974
    saxophone: "The Bob Crosby Show"
    12-15-1918 - Jeff Chandler - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-17-1961
    actor: Michael Shayne, "Michael Shayne, Detective"; Philip Boynton,
    "Our Miss Brooks"
    12-19-1882 - Bronislaw Huberman - Czestochowa, Poland - d. 6-17-1947
    violinist: "A Tribute to . . . ."
    12-24-1910 - Tony Labriola - d. 6-17-1999
    actor: Oswald "The Ken Murray Show"
    xx-xx-1909 - Beryl Wallace - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-17-1948
    actor: "Furlough Fun"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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