Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #5
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 1/6/2006 9:03 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 5
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      1-6 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      a Gildersleeve detractor              [ "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@hot ]
      The Phantom                           [ James Meadows <walthamus@[removed]; ]
      Walden Hughes Weekend Show            [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
      Changing Times                        [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Re:Gildersleeve                       [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
      Changing Times                        [ "Danny Goodwin" <dg125gra@[removed] ]
      Re: Gildersleeve                      [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      Re: The Gildersleever Show            [ David Phaneuf <david_phaneuf@yahoo. ]
      Gildersleeve                          [ "Penne Yingling" <bp_ying@[removed] ]
      New Jack Benny Book                   [ "Mike Leannah" <mleannah@[removed] ]
      recording programs from LP's          [ Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed]; ]
      "Changing Times"                      [ "Stuart Lubin" <StuartLubin@[removed] ]
      Keeping Christmas (Carols) Well?      [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Great Gildersleeve                    [ "Jed Dolnick" <jdolnick@[removed] ]
      Myron Wallace                         [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      1-7 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:52:44 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-6 births/deaths
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    January 6th births

    01-06-1878 - Carl Sandburg - Galesburg, IL - d. 7-22-1967
    poet: "Cavalcade of America"; "Columbia Workshop"; "Word from the
    People"
    01-06-1880 - Tom Mix - Mix Run, PA - d. 10-12-1940
    legend: "Tom Mix Ralston Straightshooters" based on his life
    01-06-1903 - Francis L. Sullivan - London, England - d. 11-19-1956
    actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
    01-06-1907 - Helen Kleeb - South Bend, WA - d. 12-28-2003
    actress: Sarah Tuttle "Dr. Kate"; "Gunsmoke"
    01-06-1911 - Joey Adams - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-2-1999
    host: "Rate Your Mate"
    01-06-1912 - Danny Thomas - Deerfield, MI (Raised: Toledo, OH) - d.
    2-6-1991
    actor: Amos "Bickersons"; Postman "Fanny Brice Show"
    01-06-1913 - Loretta Young - Salt Lake City, UT (Raised: Los Angeles,
    CA) - d. 8-12-2000
    actress: "Family Theatre"; "Four Star Playhouse"
    01-06-1913 - Tom Brown - New York, NY - d. 6-3-1990
    actor: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-06-1914 - George Reeves - Woolstock, IA - d. 6-16-1959
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay"

    January 6th deaths

    02-23-1883 - Victor Fleming - Pasasena, CA - d. 1-6-1949
    film director: "Gulf Screen Theatre"
    04-22-1902 - John W. Vandercook - London, England - d. 1-6-1963
    commentator: "Newsroom of the Air/News of the World"
    05-14-1910 - B. S. Pully - Newark, NJ - d. 1-6-1972
    comedian: "Command Performance"; "Mail Call"
    05-30-1899 - Ruth Perrott - d. 1-6-1996
    actress: Prudence Rockbottom "Meet Me at Parky's"; Dottie Brainfeeble
    "Vic and Sade"
    06-26-1891 - Octavus Roy Cohen - Charleston, SC - d. 1-6-1959
    writer: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "The Personal Column of the Air"
    08-01-1910 - Alice Frost - Minneapolis, MN - d. 1-6-1998
    actress: Pamela North "Mr. and Mrs. North"; Martha Jackson "Woman of
    Courage"
    09-24-1900 - Poley McClintock - d. 1-6-1980
    comedic singer: "The Fred Waring Show"
    10-02-1915 - Chubby Wise - Lake City, FL - d. 1-6-1996
    musician: "Town and Country Time"
    10-21-1917 - Dizzy Gillespie - Cherow, SC - d. 1-6-1993
    musician: "This Is Jazz"
    10-29-1873 - Walter C. Kelly - Mineville, NY - d. 1-6-1939
    actor: (The Virginia Judge) "The Eveready Hour"
    12-01-1915 - Johnny Johnston - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-6-1996
    singer: "Rhapsody in Rhythm"; "Club Matinee"; "Duffy's Tavern";
    "Breakfast Club"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 01:28:49 -0500
    From: "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  a Gildersleeve detractor

    Although I've been collecting old radio shows, both British and American,
    from a young age, and although my emphasis has always been on comedy, it was
    only quite recently that I acquired a number of GREAT GILDERSLEEVE episodes.
      Like many of you, I've consulted John Dunning's invaluable book(s) for
    many years, and I've always found his evaluations of various shows to be
    well-considered.  So, I took my cue from him, getting hold of a run from the
    '44-'45 season when-- according to Mr. [removed] the series hit its stride.  I'm
    sorry to say that I've been very disappointed, finding the show to be pretty
    mild at best and juvenile at worst.

    (This isn't to denigrate anyone who finds the show to be aural comfort food,
    of course; I've watched/listened to more than my share of vintage junk-- a
    lot of it much inferior to Gildersleeve-- purely for the cozy feelings I
    happen to derive from it.   There's no arguing with the warm reaction that
    something from one's youth can engender; this is one reason, amongst
    several, that I hope I'm no longer around when the AMERICAN PIE generation
    reaches the nostalgic age.  Oy.)

    However, I wanted to ask if anyone might care to suggest a better period of
    Gildersleeve shows to sample.  After all, the show was around for sixteen
    years, and for all I know I just haven't been listening to the cream of the
    crop.

    Thanks.

                   Karl Tiedemann

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 01:29:55 -0500
    From: James Meadows <walthamus@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Phantom

      The recent discussion about "The Phantom" in TV and
    movies inspired me to check the Internet Movie
    Database ([removed]) online.

       The Phantom TV show that's been mentioned
    apparently is the one from 1961. IMDB does not make
    clear if this was a series or just a pilot, but Roger
    Creed (described as Bob Hope's stunt double) played
    the Phantom. What impressed me was the supporting
    cast. Paulette Goddard as "Mrs. Harris"! Lon Chaney
    Junior as "Jed"! And a young Richard Kiel (he would
    have been in his early 20s) as "Big Mike"!

       The Phantom was also featured in a 1943 Columbia
    serial starring Tom Tyler, and the 1996 movie with
    Billy Zane in the title role. There's also a 2005
    version listing in IMDB, which apparently has been "in
    production" for some time.

       I've lost track of the beginning of this
    discussion, so I don't know if Lee Falk's comic strip
    ever actually made it to radio or not. I hope someone
    will fill me in on that. But an online bio of Falk
    ([removed]) mentions that
    the creator of the Phantom directed radio shows for a
    time at KMOX in St. Louis.

    Jim Meadows

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:31:35 -0500
    From: BryanH362@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Walden Hughes Weekend Show
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    This weekend with Walden Hughes heard Fri , Sat and Sunday on YesterdayUSA
    Superstation at 7:30 pm Pacific Time .  Live streaming heard at
    _[removed]_ ([removed])  .

    Friday Jan 6th

    A. An interview with June Foray.
    B. Christmas Command Performance

    Saturday Jan 7th

     A.  Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran interview radio actors Mary Jane  Higby and
    her husband.

     B. Interview with Jim Cox regarding his new book on Radio Soap  Operas.

     C. Fibber and Molly 1951 , Great Gildersleeve 1950
     D. Information Please

    Sunday January 8th

    A:   Laura Leff presents Jack Benny from  01-06-1946

    B.   Biel

    C:   Classic Interview with Jack Benny

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:36:24 -0500
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Changing Times

>     Does anybody recall a series titled "Changing Times"?

    It was a weekly program for the most part, 15 minutes  (From Jan 1956-Oct
    1958 it was broadcast on both Saturday and Sunday mornings in NY.  Might
    have been repeats.  The LA Times, Chic Tribune and Washington Post listed
    the program only once a week.)

    The New York Times lists the program from Jan 23, 1955 on Sunday mornings
    through Oct 7, 1958.  The first couple of listings are identified as 'Tips
    from Changing Times' and  include the name Sidney Walton but after the first
    two programs it appeared only as 'Changing Times'  Sidney Walton was an
    announcer, then a commentator, then specifically a finance commentator.   He
    has written many books on finance and real estate.  Hickerson's dates are
    correct for the first series.   I found nothing for 1954-56 under that name.

    After a two-year break 'Changing Times' reappears in the listings from Dec
    18, 1960 through April 29, 1962.

    The Kiplinger letters are private subscription letters, a bit pricy, and
    still going strong.  (I used to subscribe to the tax letter, when I was a
    tax professional.)  Willard Kiplinger also published a magazine 'Changing
    Times' which he started in 1947.    It was directed toward family finances.
    At that time he only had one 'letter'; now he has many, all to a specialized
    readership, no advertising.

    In NY it was broadcast most often on WOR, but also on  WABC and WRCA

    Irene

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:36:37 -0500
    From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Gildersleeve

      To me Great Gildersleeve would be in the top 3 or 4 comedies on old time
    radio. To me Hal Peary did great job while Willard Waterman wasn't quite as
    good but still did fine considering people were so used to hearing Hal Peary
    for so many years.
      The actors who played Mr. Peavey and Judge Hooker really got into their
    characters and you could almost feel like you were in the drugstore when Mr.
    Peavey was talking to Gildersleeve.
      Walter Tetley was very convincing as Leroy. For some reason the Marjorie
    character didn't seem to be featured like Leroy was.
      The classic show of all to me was when Hal Peary and Walter Tetley were
    waiting to go on air during war waitng for a speech to be over by a military
    officer. They did or didn't know the mike was on but anyway it was funny
    just to hear them talking and it turned out like a comedy bit. Forgot the
    date of this show but someone on the digest may remember it.
      Andrew Godfrey

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:36:51 -0500
    From: "Danny Goodwin" <dg125gra@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Changing Times

    Hello Jim:

    I just read your inquiry on the OTR Newsletter concerning CHANGING TIMES.
    Unfortunately, I don't have any information on who hosted the program, but I
    do have some stats on when the program was on the air.

    1954-1955      NBC      Saturday Morning      9:15 AM     No Nielsen Rating
    1955-1956      NBC      2T (My guess would be Saturday & Sunday)     9:15 AM
         [removed] Nielsen Rating
    1956-1957      WOR/Mutual     Saturday & Sunday     9:15 AM
    1957-1958      WOR/Mutual     Sunday     10:15 AM

    That is the last of the CHANGING TIMES listings I have.  During the
    1958-1959 season, I found KIPLINGER NEWS on WOR/Mutual.  I'm not sure if
    this is CHANGING TIMES renamed, but I'll list it anyway.

    1958-1959     WOR/Mutual     Sunday Morning     9:15 AM, 10:15 AM, and 11:15
    AM.
    1959-1960     WOR/Mutual     Sunday Morning     9:15 AM & 10:15 AM.

    I'm not sure if KIPLINGER NEWS was on the air after 1960, because the radio
    schedule info I have compiled ends at the 1959-1960 season.

    Hope this information helps.

    Danny Goodwin

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 09:37:26 -0500
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Gildersleeve

>     My introduction to The Great Gildersleeve came in a set of
>     children's records. I was a child in the 1940's and my parents would
>     always buy me those great Capital Children's Records. One of them or
>     acutally two of them were The Great Gildersleeve (Harold Perry)
>     telling children's fairy tales. I think the reason I like those
>     records so much was how Perry would tell the stories with little jokes put in.

    As a child I thought of them as ad libs, but today looking back, they
    were probably scripted. But, when you listen to Jack and the
    Beanstalk or any of the other stories told by Hal Perry, you'll hear
    the unique way he had of telling a story. I can listen to these
    records today and still chuckle over his style.

    As far as the radio show, it is just a down to earth home spun humor.
    I don't remember listening to it too much as a child, but I sure did
    enjoy those records.

    Fred
    Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
    [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 09:38:00 -0500
    From: David Phaneuf <david_phaneuf@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The Gildersleever Show

    Richard Carpenter wrote in Digest #4:

>     [removed] One puzzlement: As I recall, Marjorie got older,
>     married, and hadchildren, while Leroy remained a
>     pre-adolescent. An amazing feat.

    Richard, if you listen to my wife, it's really no
    puzzlement. My wife insists all men remain
    pre-adolescent. LOL

    DPhaneuf

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:05:07 -0500
    From: "Penne Yingling" <bp_ying@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gildersleeve

    Gildy is one of my favorites; however, a friend of mine just can barely wait
    until she gets home to put on Arch's "Lights Out."  Another favorite of mine
    is Fibber & Molly; she also can't tolerate too much of that.  So, the old
    adage applies here - "Some like it hot, some like it cold".  Guess I'll be
    "shoveling  off" now & listen to an episode of Riley, while my friend enjoys
    her episode of "Suspense" (which I like, by the way).  Happy Listenin'

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:21:10 -0500
    From: "Mike Leannah" <mleannah@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  New Jack Benny Book

    BearManor Media is calling for contributions to a new book on Jack Benny.
    We are looking for essays/research/reminiscences of 1000-4000 words on
    aspects of Jack Benny's life and career. Examples of chapter ideas include:
    a history of the Benny-Allen feud; the changing roles of various cast
    members; the wonderful use of sound effects on the show and how they
    contributed to the enjoyment of the listeners by appealing to the
    imagination; specific writer contributions to the series; the masochistic
    Jack and the anatomy of an ego. There are lots more ideas possible. Please
    don't limit yourself to these suggestions. Come up with your own and have
    fun with it. Before writing an entire article, tell us your idea to make
    sure it fits with what we already have and hasn't already been covered.

    A call for submissions was made some time ago so we have some chapters ready
    to go but we need more. We'd like to solicit different topics from perhaps
    twenty different writers altogether. Photos to accompany the stories are
    most welcome. Already published writers and/or incredibly smart Jack Benny
    fans only please! Pay will be $50 or 2 copies of the book. Please write to
    Michael Leannah at mleannah@[removed] if interested.

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:01:16 -0500
    From: Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  recording programs from LP's

    I have a number of radio shows that are on LP records
    and have been trying to put the shows on cassette
    tapes. Sounds easy but how does one get rid of the
    hisses, pops, scratch clunks etc or in other words the
    noisy sounds that records make??
    I understand that there is a unit that one can buy
    that allows a person to transfer sound from LP's or
    tapes and put them onto CD's and that would be better
    but my question to this one is the same as [removed]
    you still get that old records noise??
    Pete

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:06:31 -0500
    From: "Stuart Lubin" <StuartLubin@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "Changing Times"

    Oh, Jim Cox, you jog my memory with your books and postings probably more
    than anyone else in the hobby. And now you come along and mention a program,
    albeit infomercial, which I had not thought of for fifty years!

    I cannot really contribute much, except to say that I think it was broadcast
    Sunday mornings.  Maybe Saturdays, but I doubt it.  The program's host was
    someone with a slightly Southern twang, in the style of Gene Autry or
    President Bush.  I had never heard him on other shows, so I assumed he was
    an employee of Kiplinger.

    The program was called Changing Times because that was the name of the
    publication that they wanted you to subscribe to.  As its title denotes, the
    magazine as well as the program gave interesting financial and business
    predictions, not in the style of a fortune teller, but in a very logical,
    respectable, and plausible manner.  The publication, which now publishes
    "The Kiplinger Letter", as well as the company, had and has prestige.

    Jim, I am trying to guess at the category of your next book.  "Infomercials
    Of the Past"???

    Stuart

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:20:59 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Keeping Christmas (Carols) Well?

    From: Joe Mackey _joemackey108@[removed]_
    (mailto:joemackey108@[removed])

>     1934  - The Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, was read by
>     Lionel  Barrymore

    Dear Joe (& gang)-

    To the best of my knowledge,  this was not "READ by," but rather "ENACTED by,
    in a dramatised  version."
    TCM's Robert Osborne used that formulation, too, when introducing  the '38
    film, which was to have been Lionel's; but it's incorrect - I think? I'd  love
    to hear other information, if anyone has it.

    (Or, for that matter, any recordings of Barrymore's performance as Scrooge
    BEFORE the famous '39 Mercury one?)

>     on The Campbell Playhouse on CBS.  The reading of the
>     tale became an annual radio event for years to  come.

    LB did it until '53, I think? Either free-standing, or as a  segment on other
    shows. Jack subbed for him once (PLEASE tell me if anyone has  this one -
    HOLLYWOOD HOTEL '36, I think?)

    Best,
    Past (and Future?)  "Scrooge" Wichman

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:40:38 -0500
    From: "Jed Dolnick" <jdolnick@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Great Gildersleeve

    In retrospect, everyone has their own preferences so I probably should have
    left it alone. However, it was so obvious by the audience reaction (silence)
    that some of the jokes just died.

    In the same vein, I bet there are many people who think that Phil
    Harris/Alice Faye is crude and juvenile, whereas I think it's hilarious!

    Jed

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:25:11 -0500
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Myron Wallace

    Listing in the NY Times  ' Today on the Radio' - Feb 7, 1939

    8:30 - WJZ - Information Please; Clifton Fadiman, Director; Franklin P.
    Adams, John Kieran, Columnists; Myron Wallace, Student; Oscar Levant,
    Composer

    Irene

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    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 23:01:50 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-7 births/deaths

    January 7th births

    01-07-1873 - Adolph Zukor - Ricse, Austria-Hungary - d. 6-10-1976
    film executive: "Time Capsule"; "Flashback"; "Cavalcade of Stars"
    01-07-1888 - Myrtle Vail Damerel - Joilet, IL - d. 9-18-1978
    actress: Myrtle Spear "Myrt and Marge"
    01-07-1889 - Robert Hilmar ([removed]) Baukhage - La Salle, IL - d. 1-31-1976
    commentator: "Four Star News"; "News and Comments"
    01-07-1896 - Arnold Ridley - Bath, Somerset, England - d. 3-12-1984
    actor: Arthur 'Doughy' Hood "The Archers"; Charles Godfrey "Dad's Army"
    01-07-1898 - Art Baker - New York, NY - d. 8-26-1966
    announcer, emcee: "People Are Funny"; "Dinah Shore Show"
    01-07-1903 - Alan Napier - Birmingham, England - d. 8-8-1988
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"
    01-07-1903 - Betty Hanna - d. 10-25-1976
    actress: Deborah Matthews "Ma Perkins"; Luella Hayworth "Step Mother"
    01-07-1908 - Eliot Daniel - Massachusetts - d. 12-6-1997
    music: "Fabulous Dr. Tweddy"; "The King's Men"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
    01-07-1910 - Joe Bigelow - d. 2-20-1976
    writer, producer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Spike Jones
    Show"
    01-07-1913 - Shirley Ross - Omaha, NE - d. 3-9-1975
    actress, singer: "Raleigh and Kool Cigarette Program with Tommy
    Dorsey"; "Bob Burns Show"
    01-07-1922 - Vincent Gardenia - Naples, Italy - d. 12-9-1992
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    01-07-1930 - Douglas Kiker - Griffin, KS - d. 8-14-1991
    nbc newsman: "Meet the Press"

    January 7th deaths

    01-28-1904 - Irene Beasly - Whitehaven TN - d. 1-7-1980
    actress: Old Dutch Girl "Red Hook 31"
    03-13-1896 - Leona Powers - Salida, CO - d. 1-7-1970
    actress: Mrs. Bixby "My Son Jeep"; [removed] Brown "Aldrich Family"
    04-29-1901 - Emperor Hirohito (Showa) - Tokyo, Japan - d. 1-7-1989
    emperor: End of war speech
    08-30-1905 - Sarah Selby - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-7-1980
    actress: Grace Graves "Junior Miss"; Wife "My Mother's Husband"
    09-26-1912 - Jacqueline de Wit - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-7-1998
    actress: Ruth Thompson "Meet Mr. McNutley"; Valerie "Second Husband"
    09-29-1913 - Trevor Howard - Cliftonville, England - d. 1-7-1988
    actor: "London Playhouse"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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