Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #214
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Date: 9/10/2008 8:22 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 214
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      9-8 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      " N - R - C" !                        [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      RE: Don LaFontaine died               [ "Tom Rose" <TomR5@[removed]; ]
      Stan Freberg as host of When Radio W  [ "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@sbcglob ]
      Howdy Doody on the radio              [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
      RE: Don LaFontaine [removed]             [ "bkidera" <rkidera1@[removed] ]
      Collecting OTR                        [ "Sammy Jones" <sjones69@[removed] ]
      9-9 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      The Magic Key                         [ "Tom Hood" <thood@[removed]; ]
      Click Through Fraud                   [ <georgewagner@[removed]; ]
      Re: The National Recording Company    [ <georgewagner@[removed]; ]
      photo from "The Mouse that Jack Buil  [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      ISIHAC coming back                    [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
      Mar-Bren Sound Company                [ "Donald" <alanladdsr@[removed]; ]
      Ray Dennis [removed]                [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
      about Michael Pate                    [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:12:01 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:32:55 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-8 births/deaths

    September 8th births

    09-08-1877 - Bide Dudley - Minneapolis, MN - d. 1-4-1944
    drama critic: "Around Little 'Ol Broadway"
    09-08-1889 - Robert A. Taft - Cincinnati, OH - d. 7-31-1953
    us senator: "American Forum of the Air"; "The People's Platform"
    09-08-1896 - Howard Dietz - NYC - d. 7-30-1983
    song lyricist: "The Gibson Family"
    09-08-1897 - Jimmie Rodgers - Meridian, MS - d. 5-26-1933
    singer: "The Singing Brakeman"
    09-08-1902 - Milton Watson - Salinas, CA - d. 1-2-1982
    vocalist: "Burns and Allen"
    09-08-1902 - Welcome Lewis - d. 3-25-1999
    singer: "Singo"; "The Singing Bee"
    09-08-1905 - Henry Wilcoxon - Dominica, West Indies - d. 3-6-1984
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-08-1906 - Orlo Bagley - d. 7-2-1986
    sportscaster: KOMB Cottage Grove, Oregon
    09-08-1907 - Eleanor Phelps - Baltimore, MD - d. 9-29-2001
    actor: Susan Chandler "Life and Loves of Doctor Susan"
    09-08-1907 - Tom McAvity - d. 10-1-1972
    producer, director: "A Date with Judy"; "Rudy Vallee Show"; "The Saint"
    09-08-1908 - John Griggs - Chesterfield, SC - d. 2-25-1967
    actor: Capt. Randy Claymore of the Confederacy "Roses and Drums"
    09-08-1910 - Joe Bolton - Flushing, NY - d. 8-13-1986
    announcer: "The 1937 Radio Show"
    09-08-1913 - Patricia Wilder - Macon, GA - d. 8-11-1995
    actor: Honey Chile "Bob Hope Show"
    09-08-1913 - Patricia 'Honeychile' Wilder - Macon, GA - d. 8-11-1995
    actor: "Maxwell House Showboat"; "Atlantic Family"; [removed] Jive"
    09-08-1914 - Hillary Brooke - Astoria, NY - d. 5-25-1999
    actor: "Suspense"
    09-08-1915 - Frank Cady - Susanville, CA
    actor: "Gunsmoke"
    09-08-1921 - Harry Secombe - Swansea, Wales - d. 4-12-2001
    comedian: Neddie Seagoon "Goon Show"
    09-08-1922 - Sid Caesar - Yonkers, NY
    comedian: "Voice of the Army"; "Tex and Jinx Show"
    09-08-1925 - Peter Sellers - London, England - d. 7-24-1980
    comedian: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, Major Dennis Bloodnok, others
    "Goon Show"
    09-08-1932 - Patsy Cline - Gore, VA - d. 3-5-1963
    country singer: "Country Hoedown"; "Town and Country Time"

    September 8th deaths

    01-03-1898 - Freddie Rich - Warsaw, Poland - d. 9-8-1956
    bandleader: "Friendly Five Footnotes"; "Freddie Rich's Penthouse Party"
    02-28-1915 - Zero Mostel - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-8-1977
    comedian: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    05-18-1932 - Walter Anglin - d. 9-8-2001
    disk jockey: WJLD Birmingham, Alabama
    05-28-1919 - Frank Middlemass - Stockton-on-Tees, England - d. 9-8-2006
    actor: "Too the Manor Born"
    06-18-1908 - Clayton "Bud" Collyer - NYC - d. 9-8-1969
    actor, announcer: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; "Cavalcade
    of America"
    09-30-1922 - Oscar Pettiford - Okmulgee, OK - d. 9-8-1960
    jazz composer, bass player: "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Esquire Jazz
    Concert"
    10-09-1905 - Norman Gottschalk - Chicago, IL - d. 9-8-1979
    actor: Joe Palooka "Joe Palooka": "Captain Midnight"
    10-10-1870 - J. V. Barborka - Bohemia, Austria - d. 9-8-1936
    harpist: KMA Shenandoah, Iowa
    11-09-1922 - Dorothy Dandridge - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-8-1965
    actor, writer: "Beulah Show"
    11-27-1882 - Norman Baker - Muscatine, IL - d. 9-8-1958
    vaudevillian: "Mr. Baker Himself"
    12-06-1913 - Oswald Hoffman - Nebraska - d. 9-8-2005
    preacher: "The Lutheran Hour"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:33:31 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  " N - R - C" !

    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." mmargrajr@[removed]

>     In the 1960s  and 1970s, there was apparently a company known as The National
>     Recording  Company, located in Glenview, Illinois.

    Martin, I did business with them by mail, and also saw their cassettes at  my
    Public Library. They survived into the new millenium, and were later in
    Florida.

    Best,
    -Craig W.

    plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at [removed]
    ([removed])

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:33:39 -0400
    From: "Tom Rose" <TomR5@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Don LaFontaine died

    Funny, as great as LaFontaine was (and is), when I think of movie trailers,
    only one name come to mind:
    Art Gilmore

    Regards,  TR

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:34:00 -0400
    From: "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Stan Freberg as host of When Radio Was

    Hi!

    I've been meaning to ask this for a long time, so finally here's my
    question.  I've been listening to When Radio Was for several years on my
    local station in Monterey, CA Saturday and Sunday nights.  I want to know,
    why the heck did they get rid of Stan Freberg as host of the show?

    Thanks.

    Jim Hilliker

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:34:18 -0400
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Howdy Doody on the radio
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    Is anyone familiar with Howdy Doody on the radio? Everything I can find on
    the internet is about the TV show. I have a show from 53-12-24 in which
    Buffalo Bob says it is the second anniversary of the Howdy Doody radio show.
    They go on to say it is Christmas Eve. One confusing note is that a search of
    the New York Times radio listings shows Howdy Doody radio shows from 1948
    forward.

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:36:08 -0400
    From: "bkidera" <rkidera1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Don LaFontaine [removed]

    I enjoyed Michael Biel's remembrance of Don LaFontaine.  I, too had the
    experience of working for Floyd L. Peterson, tho' a bit later ('69-'70) and
    remember meeting LaFontaine and Bret Morrison there.  And I can vouch for
    Jackson Beck, too, as Peterson still owes me a couple of hundred bucks.
    (FYI, Floyd passed away in 2002) The money meant nothing compared to the
    experience, however.  What a creative crew worked there - not just
    LaFontaine, Windy Craig, and some of the fellows Biel mentioned.  I also
    worked with Robert Downey (Sr.) and Brain DePalma there.  By then, Peterson
    was trying to move from voice-over and trailer work in feature film
    production.  His lack of success other than Downey's "Putney Swope" is one
    of the reasons than neither Beck nor I got paid!

    Bob Kidera
    bkidera@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:36:23 -0400
    From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Collecting OTR

    I got started in the mid-90s while I was in the 5th grade.  I think it was
    my interest in Sherlock Holmes that introduced me to OTR, because the first
    OTR shows I ever heard were the eight episodes of the Basil Rathbone series
    that were released by Radio Yesteryear or Radiola on cassette.  They were in
    my local public library, but that was all there was.  Around the same time I
    discovered cassettes from Great American Audio of Jack Benny, Burns & Allen,
    Fibber McGee and Molly, and Amos 'n' Andy.

    Along the way I found Radio Spirits and Adventures in Cassettes (Metacom)
    through cassette collections that were available from special interest
    catalogs.  I collected several hundred shows on cassette from those
    companies and a few others before I discovered CDs from Terry Salomonson at
    Audio Classics and the First Generation Radio Archives on the internet.

    After recently acquiring a 16" capable turntable and a Technics 1520 reel to
    reel deck, I've been collecting lots of shows on transcription discs and
    reels, which is probably the most fun I've ever had collecting.

    I generally don't collect mp3s unless there's no other way to get a show.
    Sound quality is very important to me, and most mp3s sound terrible.  Plus
    it's just too easy to get thousands of shows for free over the internet.  It
    just takes all the fun out of it.

    The great thing about this hobby is that there is still so much more to
    learn and collect.  I bought a copy of Jay Hickerson's Ultimate Guide around
    1996, and I finally got Mike Biel's Making and Use of Broadcast Recordings a
    couple of years ago.  Both works have been indispensible.

    Sadly, I've never made it to one of the many conventions; they're just too
    far away, and I usually have some kind of conflict.  Here's hoping I'll make
    it to one yet so that I can meet some of the people I've been reading about,
    corresponding with, and buying from all this time.

    Sammy Jones

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:36:35 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-9 births/deaths

    September 9th births

    09-09-1828 - Leo Tolstoy - Yasnaya, Polyana, Russia - d. 11-20-1910
    author: Several works adapted for radio
    09-09-1873 - Max Reinhardt - Baden, Austria - d. 10-30-1943
    film director: "Texaco Star Theatre"
    09-09-1882 - Clem McCarthy - East Bloomfield, NY - d. 6-4-1962
    sportscaster: The Kentucky Derby
    09-09-1885 - Billy Curtis - Lowell, MA - d. 4-28-1954
    writer of radio scripts
    09-09-1887 - Raymond Walburn - Plymouth, IN - d. 7-26-1969
    actor: "That's My Pop"
    09-09-1894 - Arthur Freed - Charleston, SC - d. 4-12-1973
    songwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-09-1898 - Frankie Frisch - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-12-1973
    baseball broadcaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) New York Giants
    09-09-1899 - Neil Hamilton - Lynn, MA - d. 9-24-1984
    actor: [removed] Raffles "Raffles"
    09-09-1899 - Waite Hoyt - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-25-1984
    sportscaster, "Sports Review"; "According to Hoyt"; play-by-play:
    Cincinnati Reds
    09-09-1900 - James Hilton - Leigh, Lancashire, England - d. 12-20-1954
    host: "Hallmark Hall of Fame/Hallmark Playhouse"; "Ceiling Unlimited"
    09-09-1901 - James Blades - Peterborough, England - d. 5-19-1999
    percussionist: Freelance, best known as the drummer for  'V for Victory'
    09-09-1903 - Phyllis Whitney - Yokohoma, Japan - d. 2-8-2008
    author: "The Young Book Reviewers"
    09-09-1905 - Elsie Park Gowan - Helensburgh, Scotland - d. 2-2-1999
    writer: "New Lamps for Old"
    09-09-1905 - Ulric Cole - NYC - d. 5-21-1992
    composer, conductor: "NBC String Symphony"
    09-09-1908 - Ed Prentiss - Chicago, IL - d. 3-19-1992
    actor: Red Albright/Captain Midnight "Captain Midnight"; Ned Holden
    "The Guiding Light"
    09-09-1909 - Giulio Gari - Medias, Romania - d. 4-15-1994
    operatic tenor: "Musical Bits"; "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
    09-09-1914 - Marion Mann - Columbus, OH
    singer: "The Breakfast Club Matinee"; "Danny Thomas Show"
    09-09-1915 - Richard Webb - Bloomington, IL - d. 6-10-1993
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay
    09-09-1918 - Blanche Thebom - Monessen, PA
    mezzo-soprano: "Bell Telephone Hour"; "Metropolitan Opera"; "Railroad
    Hour"
    09-09-1920 - Michael Aldridge - Glastonbury, England - d. 1-10-1994
    actor: "Relatively Speaking"
    09-09-1922 - Imogene Lynn - Trenton, MO - d. 2-24-2003
    singer: "Spotlight Bands"
    09-09-1924 - Jane Greer - Washington, [removed] - d. 8-24-2001
    singer, actor: "Rudy Vallee Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-09-1927 - Elvin Ray Jones - Pontiac, MI - d. 5-18-2004
    jazz drummer: "Newport Jazz Festival"
    09-09-1927 - "Mary" Olive Major - Santa Barbara County, CA - d.
    8-12-1998
    vocalist: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
    09-09-1930 - Martha Jean "The Queen" Steinberg - d. 1-29-2000
    Owned WQBH-AM Detroit, Michigan
    09-09-1931 - Barbara Lyon - Hollywood, CA - d. 7-10-1995
    actor: "Life  with the Lyons"

    September 9th deaths

    01-31-1872 - Rupert Hughes - Lancaster, MO - d. 9-9-1956
    writer: (Uncle to Howard Hughes) "The Story of Holly Sloan"
    02-02-1911 - Jussi Bjorling - Stora Tuna, Sweden - d. 9-9-1960
    singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-19-1927 - Richie Ashburn - Tilden, NE - d. 9-9-1997
    sportscaster: "Philadelphia Phillies Play by Play"
    03-21-1903 - Nan Boardman - NYC - d. 9-9-1984
    actor: "The Modern Adventures of Casanova"
    03-23-1911 - Herbert Rudley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-9-2006
    actor: "Helen Hayes Theatre"; "Great Plays"; "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    05-23-1921 - Helen O'Connell - Lima, OH - d. 9-9-1993
    singer: (Jimmy Dorsey Band) "Kraft Music Hall"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    06-10-1916 - Bill Waddington - Lancashire, England - d. 9-9-2000
    actor: "Ack-Ack, Beer Beer"
    06-30-1905 - Nestor Paiva - Fresno, CA - d. 9-9-1966
    actor: "NBC Presents: Short Story"; "Escape"
    08-02-1892 - Jack L. Warner - London, Ontario, Canada - d. 9-9-1978
    film studio owner" "Jack Benny Program"; "Warner Brothers Academy
    Award Theatre"
    08-16-1908 - Russell Preston Pike, Jr. - d. 9-9-1995
    singer: "The Prairie Knights"
    09-13-1911 - Bill Monroe - Rosine, KY - d. 9-9-1996
    mandolin player: (Father of Bluegrass) "Rider's Radio Theatre"
    09-22-1900 - Hanley Stafford - Hanley, Staffordshire, England - d.
    9-9-1968
    actor: Mr. Higgins "Baby Snooks Show"; Julius C. Dithers "Blondie"
    09-26-1927 - Patrick O'Neal - Ocala, FL - d. 9-9-1994
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    11-16-1907 - Burgess Meredith - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-9-1997
    actor: "Red Adams/Red Davis "Red Adams/Red Davis" (the precursor to
    "Pepper Young's Family")
    12-23-1922 - Ruth Roman - Boston, MA - d. 9-9-1999
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hollywood Sound Stage"
    12-24-1915 - Helen Brown - Washington - d. 9-9-1994
    actor: Miss Foster "Big Town"
    12-26-1906 - Catherine Turney - Chicago, IL - d. 9-9-1998
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:36:46 -0400
    From: "Tom Hood" <thood@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Magic Key

    Hi all
    Over the years I have collected 40 of these [removed] &
    [removed] quality of some of them is good but some of them are 4th or
    5th generation copies heavy with tape hiss & [removed] know there are
    better copies out there somewhere but where?I would be grateful to anyone
    who can point me in the right direction or who is interested in trading
    copies either on cassettes or CDs The programs are a fascinating look into
    the 1930's & the stars of that time.
    Tom Hood

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:37:03 -0400
    From: <georgewagner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Click Through Fraud

    Larry, that estimated 5000 customers a week is one reason I was always
    reluctant to take the story at full face value. I quoted the story as I'd
    learned it growing up here in Greater Cincinnati.

         However, in your Cincinnati statistics you ignored the population of
    Northern Kentucky. At the period in question Northern Kentuckians did much of
    their shopping in downtown Cincinnati (usually on a once-a-week basis). In
    fact I learned the Smilin' Ed McConnel story as a Northern Kentuckian.

         Sincerely,

         George Wagner
         georgewagner@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:37:11 -0400
    From: <georgewagner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The National Recording Company

         Martin, what I remember about the NRC is that they apparently sold
    heavily to public libraries. The Cincinnati Public Library stocked DOZENS of
    their OTR cassettes through the early to mid-1970s. And the product was
    always first-rate - classic shows, bright and clear-sounding. It was
    wonderful finding this stuff when I had no more than 75 - 100 shows in my
    collection.

         Sincerely,

         George Wagner
         georgewagner@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:37:44 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  photo from "The Mouse that Jack Built" recording
     session

    Cartoon Brew has posted a photo from "The Mouse that Jack Built" recording
    session. Mel looks a bit scruffy--he apparently hasn't shaved in several
    days. Jack is wearing an overcoat, and Rochester looks to have a heavier coat
    on as well, suggesting they may just have come in from the outside, and
    perhaps it's a bit nippy out. (The others are just wearing regular sports
    coats.) Cartoon Brew dates the recording session at December 57 or January
    58--I guess even in California it gets a bit nippy in the middle of winter.

    [removed]

    Kermyt

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:37:57 -0400
    From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ISIHAC coming back

    I just saw this article:

    [removed]

    I have mixed feelings about this, mostly negative. I love this show, but I
    was always impressed with the way the remaining members never replaced Willie
    Rushton when he died. They merely rotated guests in his chair. And after this
    respectful silence, I was sure Humph would never be replaced. But he's going
    to be. :( I'm surprised the teams want this. I have great respect for their
    writing skills. I just wish they'd come up with a New show instead -
    something improv also.

    Ben Ohmart

    Old radio. Old movies. New books.
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:38:07 -0400
    From: "Donald" <alanladdsr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mar-Bren Sound Company

    Reading about early otr collecting and their catalogs
    brought to mind a question I've asked before: Does anyone know whatever
    happened to Mar-Bren Sound Company and its owner Howard Brenner of New
    Rochelle, New York. I started collecting in 1968 and he had a wonderful
    catalog(s) and list of shows. He went from reels to cassettes and then
    disappeared. I remember his organization fondly. And Radio Vault in
    Michigan,
    great catalog and list of holdings. Disappeared. Great Radio Shows and
    George Fowler in Washington state
    was another first class dealer. Can anyone supply an update on these folks.
    Don Frey

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:22:37 -0400
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Ray Dennis [removed]

    About a year ago, I finally got my hands on Steckler's LEMON GROVE KIDs
    short [removed]  As a kid, I had regretted missing  the "homage" to The
    Bowery [removed]

    And had the unexpected pleasure of seeing Jim Harmon, among the cast.

    I meant to post, [removed]

    But, catching up on old emails, I found this news, from the B-FILM email
    group. from about ten days [removed]  Steckler directed some very strange
    movies, but I bet that at least those Lemon Grove Kids movies provided
    some folks, as youths, with happy matinee memories.

    "We have just learned that Ray is once again in the hospital with
    further complications. Please take a minute out of your day to send this
    wonderful gentleman a Get Well card. This is your chance to tell one of
    the pioneers in our type of movies how much you enjoy his work.
    Send all cards to the address below."

    Ray Dennis Steckler
    % Mascot Movies, LLC
    2375 E. Tropicana Ave. #2
    Las Vegas, NV 89119

    I would imagine one could also email him, through his website:

    [removed]

    Jim

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    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:22:42 -0400
    From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  about Michael Pate

    The weirdest thing happened. About 2 weeks before he died, Michael Pate sent
    me a long query letter for three books he's written, one on westerns, one on
    his life, and one on his own pet project, a biography on Dame Judith
    Anderson, containing her unpublished autobiography. I lept at these,
    responding by email. A few days later, his granddaughter emailed me to say he
    was in the hospital. A few days later, I read his obit on a newsgroup, and
    emailed the family to say how sorry I was. It's sad. I really wanted to talk
    to him about his wonderful career. Well, the projects may still go ahead. But
    I'm sorry he won't see them published.

    Ben Ohmart

    Old radio. Old movies. New books.
    [removed]

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