Subject: [removed] Digest V2010 #80
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Date: 5/3/2010 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 80
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Gosden & Correll photos               [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
      Born 100 years ago in May             [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      5-1 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Cincy Address Correction              [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 2-8 May    [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Radio Spirits Arch Oboler Retrospect  [ Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed] ]
      5-2 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:22:16 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
    To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gosden & Correll photos

    I'm looking at Radiola release #74. Amos & Andy, Secret Melody, and
    Deputy Dirt Commissioner. Everyone who collected OTR in LP days probably
    has this LP.

    Turn it over. On the back are 4 pix of Gosden & Correll made during an
    "early" A/A b'cast, altho they don't look so young to me. I'm just
    wondering where these pix came from and if there are any more to be found.

    joe salerno

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    Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:22:50 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Born 100 years ago in May

    Born 100 years ago in May

    05-03-1910 - Curt Massey - Midland, TX - d. 10-21-1991
    singer: "Show Boat"; "Curt Massey Show"
    05-03-1910 - Norman Corwin - Boston, MA
    writer, director: "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Twenty-Six by Corwin"
    05-06-1910 - Alice Reinheart - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-10-1993
    actor: Anne Williams "Casey, Crime Photographer"; Jean Abbott "Abbott
    Mysteries"
    05-08-1910 - Mary Lou Williams - Atlanta, GA - d. 5-28-1981
    jazz pianist, composer: "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Andy Kirk and His
    Clouds of Joy"
    05-08-1910 - Nathan Van Cleave - Bayfield, WI - d. 7-2-1970
    music: "The Man Behind the Gun"; "This Is Your FBI"
    05-10-1910 - Louis Buck - Bessemer, AL - d. 5-18-1971
    announcer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Sunday Down South"
    05-11-1910 - Johnnie 'Skat' Davis - Brazil, IN - d. 11-28-1983
    trumpet: "The Fred Waring Show"
    05-12-1910 - Gordon Jenkins - Webster Groves, MO - d. 5-1-1984
    conductor, composer: "Everything for the Boys"; "Bob Burns Show"
    05-12-1910 - Jack Jenney - Mason City, IA - d. 12-16-1945
    trombonist: "The Saturday Night Swing Club"
    05-14-1910 - B. S. Pully - Newark, NJ - d. 1-6-1972
    comedian: "Command Performance"; "Mail Call"
    05-14-1910 - Bill Danch - Hammond, IN - d. 10-6-2004
    writer: "Baby Snooks Show"; "Honest Harold"; "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    05-14-1910 - Paul Sutton - Albuquerque, NM - d. 1-31-1970
    actor: Sergeant William Preston "Challenge of the Yukon"
    05-15-1910 - Constance Cummings - Seattle, WA - d. 11-23-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-15-1910 - Walter Cassel - Council Bluffs, IA - d. 7-2-2000
    baritone: "General Motors Concerts"; "Calling America"
    05-19-1910 - Wayne Nelson - d. 2-xx-1984
    announcer: "The Camel Caravan"; "The Ted Lewis Show"
    05-22-1910 - Johnny Olson - Windom, MN - d. 10-12-1985
    emcee, announcer: "Ladies Be Seated"; "Get Rich Quick"
    05-23-1910 - Artie Shaw - NYC - d. 12-30-2004
    bandleader: "Melody and Madness"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
    05-23-1910 - Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers - Terre Haute, IN - d.
    11-26-1986
    jazz musician: early radio into the 40s
    05-26-1910 - Larry Rhine - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-27-2000
    writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
    05-27-1910 - Sidney Slon - Chicago, IL - d. 1-21-1995
    actor: Solly "The Goldbergs"; Mr. Trent "Valiant Lady"
    05-28-1910 - Rachel Kempson - Dartmouth, Devon, England - d. 5-24-2003
    actor: "The Archers"; "Tom's Midnight Garden"05-1910

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:22:57 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-1 births/deaths

    May 1st births

    05-01-1888 - Anna Appel - Bucharest, Romania - d. 11-19-1963
    actor: Mrs. Cohen "Abie's Irish Rose"
    05-01-1888 - [removed] Armstrong - Waverley, Australia - d. 11-18-1973
    writer: "Drought"
    05-01-1892 - Howard Barlow - Plain City, OH - d. 1-31-1972
    conductor: "March of Time"; "Voice of Firestone"
    05-01-1906 - Rose Hobart - NYC - d. 8-29-2000
    actor: "Nightbeat"
    05-01-1906 - "Little" Jackie Heller - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-15-1988
    singer: "Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro"
    05-01-1907 - Kate Smith - Greenville, VA - d. 6-17-1986
    singer, emcee: (Songbird of the South) "Kate Smith Revue"; Kate Smith
    Speaks"
    05-01-1912 - Anna Pollak - Manchester, England - d. 11-28-1996
    soprano: (English Opera Group) "BBC Third Programme"
    05-01-1913 - Louis Nye - Hartford, CT - d. 10-9-2005
    comedian: "Louis Nye Show"; "Official Detective"
    05-01-1916 - Glenn Ford - Quebec, Canada - d. 8-30-2006
    actor: Christopher London "Advs. of Christopher London"
    05-01-1918 - Jack Paar - Canton, OH - d. 1-27-2004
    comedian: "Jack Paar Show"; "Take It or Leave It"
    05-01-1919 - Dan O'Herlihy - Wexford, Ireland - d. 2-17-2005
    actor: Nicholas Lacey "One Man's Family"
    05-01-1919 - John Meredyth Lucas - d. 10-19-2002
    film director, producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    05-01-1922 - Katy Abraham - Wayland, NY - d. 5-25-2005
    gardening expert: "The Green Thumb"
    05-01-1924 - Art Fleming - The Bronx, NY - d. 4-25-1995
    host/announcer: "When Radio Was"
    05-01-1924 - Dennis Main Wilson - Dulwich. London, England - d.
    1-20-1997
    producer: "Goon Show"; "Hancock's Half Hour"; "Citizen Smith"
    05-01-1927 - Bill Byers - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-1-1996
    trombone, arranger: "Count Basie Orchestra"
    05-01-1933 - Joan Hackett - NYC - d. 10-8-1983
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    May 1st deaths

    02-03-1907 - Paul Laven - d. 5-1-1950
    writer: "The Bob Hope Show"
    02-07-1866 - George Ade - d. 5-1-1944
    humorist: WJZ New York City
    03-06-1913 - Ella Logan - Glasgow, Scotlans - d. 5-1-1969
    singer: "The Chase and Sanborn Hour"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    03-27-1930 - Bob Larson - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-1-2002
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-01-1927 - Bill Byers - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-1-1996
    trombone, arranger: "Count Basie Orchestra"
    05-12-1910 - Gordon Jenkins - Webster Groves, MO - d. 5-1-1984
    conductor, composer: "Everything for the Boys"; "Bob Burns Show"
    05-20-1903 - Bob White - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-1-1984
    actor: Eric Cunningham "Ma Perkins"; Dr. Petrie "Fu Manchu"
    05-21-1912 - Stephen Estaban Kelen - Budapest, Hungary - d. 5-1-2003
    writer: "Fifty Years from Farrer"
    06-30-1904 - Glenda Farrell - Enid,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-1-1971
    opposing pitcher: "Quizzer's Baseball"
    07-06-1938 - Luana Patten - Long Beach, CA - d. 5-1-1996
    actor: "Martha Deane Show"; "Radio Reader's Digest"; "Hallmark
    Playhouse"
    08-04-1901 - Arcadie Berkenholz - d. 5-1-1975
    violinist, orchestra leader: NBC Blue Network
    08-20-1916 - Bernard Archard - London, England - d. 5-1-2008
    actor: "The Murder of Walter Raleigh"
    09-15-1919 - Nelson Giddings - NYC - d. 5-1-2004
    writer: "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"
    10-09-1912 - John L. Barrett - d. 5-1-1984
    actor: "Covered Wagon Days"; "Lone Ranger"
    11-05-1877 - Henry M. Neely - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-1-1963
    actor, writer, director, producer: "Fitch Bandwagon"
    12-12-1914 - Buzzy Bavasi - NYC - d. 5-1-2008
    baseball executive: "Monitor"; "Top In Sports"
    12-14-1911 - Spike Jones - Long Beach, CA - d. 5-1-1965
    bandleader: "Bob Burns, The Arkansas Traveler"; "Spike Jones Show"
    12-17-1906 - Martin Skiles - d. 5-1-1981
    music: "Mr. Aladdin"
    12-17-1909 - Odile Pope - Mobile, AL - d. 5-1-2009
    singer: (Pope Sisters) NBC Radio

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:23:05 -0400
    From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincy Address Correction
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    The Cincinnati convention is less than a week away - next Friday and
    Saturday.  We're madly gathering our stuff together - don't want to
    forget anything in a last-minute rush.

    The flyer Bob Burchett sent out has the wrong address for the hotel.  The
    flyer says 3901 Pfeiffer Road, but the hotel is actually at 5901 Pfeiffer
    Road.   And if you want a refrigerator in your room, it's an extra ten
    bucks a day.  More info about the convention here:  [removed].

    If it's your first time there, look me up and introduce yourself!  I'm
    easy to spot, just look for the guy next to the pigtailed girl wearing
    the (front) JACK JACK JACK (back) BENNY BENNY BENNY T-shirt.

    ---Dan Hughes, [removed] (spiffy home page)

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    Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:24:11 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 2-8 May

     From Those Were The Days

    5/5

    1935   The program, Rhythm at Eight, made its debut. The star of the
    show was 24 year old Ethel Merman. Though Merman would become a legend
    years later, she didn't fare so well on radio. Her show was taken off
    the air after 13 weeks and Miss Merman returned to her first love, Broadway.

    5/6

    1937   A student of history, a broadcaster or anyone interested in news
    coverage, will remember this day and the words of NBC's Herbert
    Morrison. "Oh, the humanities!" Morrison's emotion filled historic
    broadcast of the explosion of the dirigible, Hindenburg at Lakehurst,
    NJ, became the first recorded coast to coast broadcast as it was carried
    on both the NBC Red and NBC Blue networks from New York City.

    Joe

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    Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:24:20 -0400
    From: Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio Spirits Arch Oboler Retrospective: Like,
     what gives?

    Fans of The Shadow are well aware that Radio Spirits has been gradually
    making available the previously-unreleased episodes of the 1938
    Goodrich/Orson Welles summer series. This, of course, is terrific, and I
    would unhesitatingly urge every OTR collector to support them in this
    [removed] for one thing. They have been, literally, eking out these
    new shows in very small increments--2 to a boxed set, of which the dozen or
    so remaining titles are all long-circulating episodes which presumably
    everyone has already. On some financial level this probably makes sense to
    the Radio Spirits people, but to long-time collectors it poses a frustrating
    dilemma that strikes deep to one's pocketbook: whether or not to shell out
    thirty-some dollars for two new shows per set.

    No disrespect intended to Radio Spirits, who deserve commendation for making
    these shows available in the first place, but I've found my own way around
    the purchase dilemma by simply waiting six months from publication and then
    requesting the sets through Inter-Library Loan at my local public library.
    It's a hit-or-miss thing, because a lot of libraries will not loan
    audio-visual materials. But so far I've been lucky and have received what I
    requested.

    Which brings me to the topic at hand: the Radio Spirits set entitled "Arch
    Oboler Retrospective" which was released last year. I've just received it
    through ILL and have a couple of thoughts on the contents. (By the way, the
    liner notes are by Elizabeth McLeod.)

    Firstly, amidst all the previously-circulated Oboler material in the set,
    there is one rare gem that absolutely stands out: "What the Devil," the 1942
    premiere episode of Oboler's CBS revival of LIGHTS OUT. This, to my
    knowledge, has never been available before anywhere, and yet Radio Spirits
    has seemingly shot themselves in the foot by not promoting the heck out of
    this. After all, this is the legendary episode that Oboler claimed was stolen
    from him for the Steven Spielberg TV-movie DUEL, over which Oboler sued the
    network. What was Radio Spirits thinking in NOT making a big deal over the
    release of this episode?

    Secondly, why did Radio Spirits not deal-make with the necessary
    rightsholders to release some of the uncirculated Oboler material in the
    Library of Congress? Why give us in this set the 1943 broadcast of "Valse
    Triste" which everybody who's a LIGHTS OUT fan has heard already, when the
    LOC has the original 1938 "Valse Triste" with both Boris Karloff as star and
    a more gruesome ending than the 1943 version?

    So it's perplexing from several angles. There's still interesting and
    uncirculating material out there that's crying for release, but by golly if
    you ARE going to release it, then why would you NOT let people know in a
    meaningful way that indeed you HAVE released it.

    As a final question, then--by the same token--why does Radio Spirits not
    arrange to release the extremely rare 1932-33 episodes of SHERLOCK HOLMES
    which the LOC also has?

    Mike Ogden

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    Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:24:27 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-2 births/deaths

    May 2nd births

    05-02-1878 - Roy Atwill - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1962
    actor, comedian, composer: "The Fred Allen Show"; "The Fred Waring Show"
    05-02-1885 - Hedda Hopper - Hollidaysburg, PA - d. 2-1-1966
    actor, columnist: Portia Brent "Brenthouse"; "Hedda Hopper Show"
    05-02-1892 - Bruno Wick - Krefeld, Germany - d. 11-xx-1979
    actor: Ming the Merciless "Flash Gordon"; Mr. Fowler "The Goldbergs"
    05-02-1895 - Lorenz Hart - NYC - d. 11-22-1943
    lyricist: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour";
    "Railroad Hour"
    05-02-1897 - J. Fred Coots - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-8-1985
    composer, pianist: "Ray Shield's Revue"
    05-02-1898 - Edmund Barclay - Gosford, Australia - d. 8-26-1961
    writer: "As Ye Sow"
    05-02-1902 - Brian Aherne - King's Norton, England - d. 2-10-1986
    actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"
    05-02-1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-3-1979
    actor: Elsa Banning "Big Sister"
    05-02-1903 - Sylvan Levin - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-10-1996
    conductor: "Sinfonietta"; "Brownstone Theatre"; "Let's Go to the Opera"
    05-02-1904 - J. Anthony Hughes - NYC - d. 2-11-1970
    actor: Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"
    05-02-1905 - Sidney Skolsky - NYC - d. 5-3-1983
    newspaper columnist: "Songs by Arlen, Stories by Skolsky"; "Bromo
    Seltzer Program"
    05-02-1907 - Pinky Lee - St. Paul, MN - d. 4-3-1993
    comedian: "Hoagy Carmichel Show"; "Carefree Carnival"
    05-02-1908 - William R. Carter - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-14-1976
    pianist and soloist
    05-02-1908 - Wilms Herbert - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1951
    actor: Sergeant Otis Ludlum "Richard Diamond, Private Detctive"
    05-02-1911 - Myron Niesley - d. 11-28-1985
    singer: "Carefree Carnival"
    05-02-1912 - Arnold Auerebach - Manhattan, NY - d. 10-20-1998
    comedy writer: "Fred Allen Show"; "Milton Berle Show"
    05-02-1915 - Van Alexander - NYC
    bandleader: "The Callihans"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    05-02-1916 - Robert Grapperhaus - d. 12-13-1966
    sound effects: "One Man's Family"; "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Duffy's Tavern"
    05-02-1916 - Two Ton Baker - Chicago, IL - d. 5-4-1975
    singer, pianist: "Tip Top Lunch Program"
    05-02-1917 - Herman Clebanoff - Chicago, IL - d. 1-13-2004
    musician: (Herman Clebanoff and the Ensemble) "Big City Serenade"
    05-02-1918 - Frank Milano - d. 12-15-1962
    animal sounds: "Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders"
    05-02-1924 - Theodore Bikel - Vienna, Austria
    actor: "Eternal Light"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    05-02-1925 - Svatopluk Havelka - Vrbice, Czechoslovakia - d. 2-24-2009
    composer: member music department Czechoslovakia in Ostrava
    05-02-1945 - Leah Garchik - Brooklyn, NY
    panelist: "Minds Over Matter"
    05-02-1952 - Campbell McComas - Melbourne, Australia - d. 1-8-2005
    regular performer on Australia's ABC radio
    05-02-1961 - Lisa Bellear - Melbourne, Australia - d. 7-6-2006
    writer: "From a Tribute to Sir Ronald Wilson"

    May 2nd deaths

    01-21-1902 - Smith Ballew - Palestine, TX - d. 5-2-1984
    singer: "The Ipana Troubadors"; "Shell Chateau"
    01-30-1911 - Hugh Marlowe - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-2-1982
    actor: Ellery Queen "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; Jim Curtis "Brenda Curtis"
    01-30-1933 - Louis Rukeyser - NYC - d. 5-2-2006
    economic commentator: "Rukeyser's World"; "College Quiz Bowl"
    02-01-1908 - George Pal - Cegled, Austria-Hungary - d. 5-2-1980
    film producer, director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    02-15-1918 - Jean Hatton - Denver, CO - d. 5-2-2009
    assistant to Fulton Lewis, Jr.
    02-25-1899 - Wini Shaw - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-2-1982
    actor: Air Trailers "Good News of 1935 and In Caliente"
    03-07-1889 - Lula Vollmer - Keyser, NC - d. 5-2-1955
    writer: "Moonshine and Honeysuckle"
    03-20-1918 - Jack Barry - Lindenhurst, NY - d. 5-2-1984
    actor: "It's the Barrys"
    03-27-1919 - Robert Homme - Stoughton, WI - d. 5-2-2000
    created "Friendly Giant" for radio in Madison, Wisconsin
    04-05-1905 - William Andrews - Oakland, CA - d. 5-2-1985
    announcer: "One Man's Family"
    04-30-1926 - Lou Cioffi - d. 5-2-1998
    news reporter: "The Warning Bell"; "Big News of 1957/58"
    05-04-1902 - Dudley Williamson - Above Discovery, AK - d. 5-2-1948
    emcee: "What's the Name of the Song?"; "Queen for a Day"
    06-11-1908 - Katherine Carrington - South or East Orange, NJ - d.
    5-2-1953
    vocalist: "Evening in Paris"
    07-20-1935 - Ted Rogers - South London, England - d. 5-2-2001
    comedian: "The Billy Cotton Band"
    08-17-1909 - Larry Clinton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-2-1985
    bandleader: "Larry Clinton's Musical Sensations"; "Tommy Riggs and
    Betty Lou"
    09-15-1899 - Dr. Milton Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 5-2-1985
    doctor: (Brother of Ike) "Second Seagram's Symposium"; "Meet the Press"
    09-23-1913 - Robert Hudson Ballard - Nyack, NY - d. 5-2-1992
    violinist, arranger: "Phil Harris Orchestra"
    10-03-1911 - Michael Hordern - Berkhamsted, England - d. 5-2-1995
    actor: Gandolf "The Lord of the Rings"
    10-07-1917 - Helmut Dantine - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-2-1982
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Silver Theatre"; "Theatre of Romance";
    "Suspense"
    10-16-1912 - Maidie Norman - Villa Rica, GA - d. 5-2-1998
    character actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    10-17-1925 - Robert Pauley - New Canaan, CT - d. 5-2-2009
    president of abc radio: "Then, Now and Later"
    10-28-1895 - Herb Butterfield - Rhode Island - d. 5-2-1957
    actor: Clarence Wellman "Halls of Ivy"; Hunter Glenn "One Man's Family"
    10-31-1917 - Don Hughes - d. 5-2-1990
    juvenile actor: Rollo "Daddy and Rollo"; "Helen and Mary"
    11-10-1909 - Robert Arthur, Jr. - Corregidor, Philipines - d. 5-2-1969
    writer: "The Mysterious Traveler"
    11-14-1908 - Joseph McCarthy - Appleton, WI - d. 5-2-1957
    despotic senator: "Meet the Press"
    11-28-1901 - Bobbe Brox - Riverton, IA - d. 5-2-1999
    singer: (Brox Sisters) "A Tribute to Irving Berlin"

    Ron

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