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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 175
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Fire Bugs Or Arson Shows for Johnny   [ John Abbott <mraastro@[removed]; ]
      10-6 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Charles Magnante Trio                 [ <beachcrows@[removed]; ]
      Tales of the Texas Rangers - Theme    [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
      Re: Art Gilmore's passing             [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
      10-7 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Looking For Fire Bug                  [ "Riedstra, Daniel D (Dan)" <daniel. ]

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    Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:01:55 -0400
    From: John Abbott <mraastro@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fire Bugs Or Arson Shows for Johnny Dollar
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    A while back Louie Johnson asked about arson programs for a number of
    programs, and I must have missed it.

    Anyway, I looked through my book, "The Who is Johnny Dollar Matter" and have
    some up with the following list of YTJD programs directly or tangentally
    related to arson or fire bugs:

    THE FIREBUG HUNTER MATTER - 1/7/1950
    THE MONOPOLY MATTER - 2/3/1951 & 12/1/1953
    THE SINGAPORE ARSON MATTER - 11/28/1952
    THE ELLIOTT CHAMPION MATTER - 12/12/1952
    THE LATOURETTE MATTER - 2/20/1953
    THE LESTER MATSON MATTER - 9/8/1953
    THE MAGNOLIA AND HONEYSUCKLE MATTER - 4/13/1954
    THE BENNET MATTER - 2/20/1956 Thru 2/24/1956
    THE MEG'S PALACE MATTER - 9/24/1956 Thru 9/24/1956
    THE BURNING CAR MATTER - 12/9/1956
    THE PEERLESS FIRE MATTER - 5/5/1957
    THE SMOKEY SLEEPER MATTER - 8/25/1957
    THE DOUBTFUL DIARY MATTER - 9/29/1957
    THE CARSON ARSON MATTER - 5/4/1958
    THE FRISCO FIRE MATTER - 4/5/1959
    THE LARSON ARSON MATTER - 11/8/1959
    THE BURNING DESIRE MATTER - 12/27/1959
    THE PHONY PHONE MATTER - 5/8/1960 & 12/17/1961
    THE WHO'S WHO MATTER - 2/5/1961
    THE WAYWARD FIREMAN MATTER - 2/12/1961
    THE DO IT YOURSELF MATTER - 2/11/1962
    THE IKE AND MIKE MATTER - 3/18/1962
    THE ALL TOO EASY MATTER - 6/17/1962
    THE CASE OF TROUBLE MATTER - 8/5/1962

    I might have missed one, but I think this will give Louie somthing to smolder
    over.

    YT

    John C. Abbott

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    Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:02:00 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-6 births/deaths

    October 6th births

    10-06-1866 - Dr. Reginald Fessenden - Milton, Canada - d. 6-22-1932
    made world's first radio voice broadcast (Decmeber 24, 1906)
    10-06-1887 - Maria Jeritza - Brunn, Austria-Hungary - d. 7-10-1982
    singer: "General Motors Concerts"
    10-06-1893 - Milton Ager - Chicago, IL - d. 5-6-1979
    composer of many songs broadcast on radio
    10-06-1897 - Jerome Cowan - NYC - d. 1-24-1972
    actor: "Best Plays"; "Philip Morris Playhouse"; "Suspense"
    10-06-1898 - Cliff Burwell - New Haven, CT - d. 10-9-1976
    pianist: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    10-06-1899 - Mitchell Leisen - Menominee, MI - d. 10-28-1972
    director: Lux Radio Theatre
    10-06-1901 - Leslie Arliss - London, England - d. 12-30-1987
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    10-06-1905 - Clinton C. Balmer - d. 2-8-1988
    news commentator: WLVA Lynchberg, Virginia
    10-06-1905 - Helen Wills Moody - Centerville, CA - d. 1-1-1998
    tennis playeer: "Information Please"
    10-06-1906 - Janet Gaynor - Philadelphia, PA,  - d. 9-14-1984
    hostess, actor: "Hollywood Showcase: Stars Over Hollywood"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    10-06-1907 - Owen Davis, Jr. - NYC - d. 5-21-1949
    actor: Allen McCrea "Those We Love"
    10-06-1908 - Carole Lombard - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 1-16-1942
    actor: "The Circle"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    10-06-1910 - Lawrence Langner - Swansea, South Wales - d. 4-2-2002
    theatre guild supervisor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    10-06-1912 - Mel Dinelli - d. 11-28-1991
    writer: "Advs. of Philip Marlowe"
    10-06-1914 - Randolph Carter - Lexington, NE - d. 10-12-1998
    writer: "Florence Nightingale"
    10-06-1914 - Thor Heyerdahl - Larvik, Norway - d. 4-18-2002
    archaeologist: "London Column"
    10-06-1917 - Rosella Qualey - Donnelly, MN - d. 2-18-2007
    home economist: KWLM-FM Willmar, Minnesota
    10-06-1921 - Cliff White - d. 4-2-1998
    guitarist: (Mills Brothers) "Jubilee"; "Radio Hall of Fame", "Mail Call"
    10-06-1925 - Shana Alexander - NYC - d. 6-23-2005
    writer and commentary
    10-06-1926 - Alan Copeland - Los Angeles, CA
    singer: (The Modernaires) "Jan Garber and His Orchestra"; "Monitor"
    10-06-1937 - Dawn Bender
    actor: Margaret Herbert Murray "One Man's Family"; Suzie Sample
    "Cousin Willie"
    10-06-1941 - Tom Carroll - NYC - d. 3-18-2001
    narrator: "Monitor"

    October 6th deaths

    01-06-1917 - Dan Cubberly - Colorado - d. 10-6-1991
    announcer: "Rocky Jordan"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    01-25-1916 - Les Crutchfield - d. 10-6-1966
    writer: "Escape"; "Fort Laramie"; "Gunsmoke"
    02-07-1924 - Hattie Jacques - Sandgate, Kent, England - d. 10-6-1980
    actor: Sophie Tuckshop "It's That Man Again"; Agatha Dangelbody
    "Educating Archie"
    02-27-1954 - Douglas Campbell - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 10-6-2009
    actor/director: Saturday Night "Appointment with Venus"
    03-07-1907 - George Beck - NYC - d. 10-6-1999
    screenwriter: "Good News of 1939"; "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"
    03-30-1895 - Amos Binkley - d. 10-6-1985
    banjoist: (Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers" WSM Nashville, TN
    04-05-1908 - Bette Davis - Lowell, MA - d. 10-6-1989
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players"; "Prudential Family Hour of
    Stars"
    05-14-1910 - Bill Danch - Hammond, IN - d. 10-6-2004
    writer: "Baby Snooks Show"; "Honest Harold"; "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    05-25-1918 - Henry Calvin - Dallas, TX - d. 10-6-1975
    actor: Joshua Sharpe "Big Guy"
    05-31-1922 - Denholm Elliott - London, England - d. 10-6-1992
    actor: 'Michael and His Lost Angel"
    08-06-1915 - Pamela Blake - Oakland, CA - d. 10-6-2009
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    09-04-1937 - Red Shipley - Johnson City, TN - d. 10-6-2007
    host: "Stained Glass Bluegrass"; "Orange & Blue Review"
    09-13-1897 - David Rubinoff - Grodno, Poland - d. 10-6-1986
    violinist, conductor: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Rubinoff and His Violin"
    09-19-1888 - Porter Hall - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-6-1953
    actor: "March of Time"
    09-22-1885 - George Gaul - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-6-1939
    actor: Jeb Stuart "Roses and Drums"; "Grits and Gravy"
    10-04-1894 - Cliff Hall - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-6-1972
    comedian: Sharlie "Baron and the Bee, Jack Pearl Show"
    10-23-1901 - Arthur Jacobson - NYC - d. 10-6-1993
    actor: Kirk Harding "Woman in White"; Anthony J. Marleybone "Affairs
    of Anthony"
    11-05-1893 - Theodore von Eltz - New Haven, CT - d. 10-6-1964
    actor: Inspector Fernak "The Saint"
    12-01-1900 - Ted Hammerstein - d. 10-6-1973
    emcee: "The Hammerstein Music Hall"
    xx-xx-1914 - Walter Herlihy - Massachusetts - d. 10-6-1956
    announcer: (Brother of Ed) "Dorothy Kilgallen's Dairy"; "Police Woman"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:56:05 -0400
    From: <beachcrows@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Charles Magnante Trio

    Jim Cox asked for information about a George Schackle who he
    understood to be one of the musicians along with Charles Magnante and
    Tony Mottola during the mid forties Jack Berch weekday show. The
    Charles Magnante Trio with Magnante on accordian, Mottola playing
    guitar and George Wright at the organ were part of the show for some
    half dozen years according to the musicians credits. Dave Goldin
    credits a George Schackley as the organist on some of the shows in his
    listing. If Goldin is correct he may have been filling in for Wright,
    but I suspect the correct spelling is George Shackley who had varied
    early radio credits and I believe was also an organist.

    Paul Thompson

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    Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:56:37 -0400
    From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Tales of the Texas Rangers - Theme

    Hi Gang -

    When I listened to "Tales of the Texas Rangers" actual broadcasts, I heard
    one program where the theme song,"Texas Rangers March" was played all the
    way  through, at the end of the story.  Before the theme was played, the
    announcer said that this is highly unusual, but this was being done because
    of
    some unusual circumstance.  I don't remember what that reason was.

    He then announced the name of the theme song (not "The Eyes of [removed]" as
     erroneously reported in several books), and the orchestra played "The
    Texas  Rangers March" all the way through without interruption and without
    anybody  talking over it.  I believe he mentioned the composer's name, too.

    I now have many broadcasts of the "Tales of the Texas Rangers" in my dusty
    archives of tapes, but apparently I don't have that particular  broadcast.
    What I'd like to know is the broadcast date or any other  information about
    the theme song.  I presume other fans of that series  would like to know,
    too.

    I'm hoping that someone who reads this has an answer, and will report in a
    forthcoming issue.

    Happy Taping (does anybody use tape any more?) -
    Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois and Alma,  Arkansas

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    Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:57:15 -0400
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Art Gilmore's passing

    Hello again --

    In Issue 170, LBiel writes "Art Gilmore passed away on the 25th at 98" and
    then follows that statement with a link to his obituary.

    Art may be dead, but for those of us who relish the old "Vic and Sade" show,
    he has achieved an immortality of sorts, being mentioned in one of the last
    half-hour scripts Paul Rhymer wrote for that series.

    Near the program of August 26, 1946, "Office Homework," two unknown
    characters briefly passing through the Gook household have this interchange:

    "Say, Pete, you ever see anything of Art Gilmore these days?"
    "Gee, I don't guess I've seen Art Gilmore in six months."
    "He talked about going to Terre Haute, Indiana."
    "Yes, I know he did."
    "Maybe that's where he went."
    "I wouldn't be surprised."

    Art himself contributed to his biography listed on Wikipedia, at
    [removed],  but despite a long, active and
    colorful career -- including the co-founding of Pacific Pioneer
    Broadcasters -- neither Chicago's WMAQ (where Vic and Sade originated) nor
    Terre Haute are mentioned there. It would be interesting to know just what
    conditions prompted Rhymer to mention Art in his program.

    yOurs TRuly,
    Jan Bach
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    Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:57:23 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-7 births/deaths

    October 7th births

    10-07-1853 - James Whitcomb Riley - Greenfield, IN - d. 7-22-1916
    writer: "Way Down Home" a musical tribute drama based on Riley's life
    10-07-1870 - "Uncle Dave" Macon - Smart Station, TN - d. 3-22-1952
    banjo player: "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-07-1888 - Henry Wallace - Adair County, IA - d. 11-18-1965
    vice president: "Free World Theatre"
    10-07-1889 - Clarence Muse - Baltimore , MD - d. 10-13-1979
    singer: "Paducah Plantation"
    10-07-1890 - Marion Bernstein Bearman - d. 4-xx-1985
    singer: WLAG Minneapolis, Minnesota
    10-07-1896 - Phil Ohman - New Britain, CT - d. 8-8-1954
    pianist: "Names of Tomorrow Finding Stardom Today in Hollywood"
    10-07-1898 - Alfred Wallenstein - Chicago, IL - d. 2-8-1983
    conductor: "Virtuosos"; "Voice of Firestone"
    10-07-1900 - Heinrich Himmler - Munich, Germany - d. 5-23-1945
    nazi leader: "This is a Chapter of Glory"
    10-07-1905 - Andy Devine - Flagstaff, Arizona Territory - d. 2-20-1977
    actor: Jingles P. Jones "Wild Bill Hickok"; Mose Muich "Lum and
    Abner"; "Jack Benny Program"
    10-07-1905 - Jean Ellyn - NYC - d. 11-23-1989
    actor: Margie 'Cookie' Cook "Valiant Lady"; Dr. Watson "Strange Dr.
    Karnac"
    10-07-1908 - Richard Caldicot - London, England - d. 10-16-1995
    actor: "The Navy Lark"
    10-07-1910 - Wayne Ackley - d. 10-3-1988
    newscaster: Des Moines, Iowa
    10-07-1911 - Vaughn Monroe - Akron, OH - d. 5-21-1973
    singer, bandleader: "Penthouse Party"; "Vaughn Monroe Show"
    10-07-1912 - Sally Vass - Greenville, SC
    singer: (The Vass Family) "The Lady Next Door"; "Kraft Phoenix Program"
    10-07-1913 - Elizabeth Janeway - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-15-2005
    writer: "Information Please"
    10-07-1914 - Alfred Drake - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-25-1992
    singer: "Best Plays"; Broadway Matinee"; "Ford Festival of American
    Music"
    10-07-1914 - Sarah Churchill - London, England - d. 9-24-1982
    actor: (Daughter of Winston Churchill) "Romance"
    10-07-1915 - Francis Hunt - Buffalo, NY - d. 2-6-1993
    vocalist: (Lou Bring Orchestra) "Kraft Music Hall"
    10-07-1916 - Palmer Williams - Tenafly, NJ - d. 1-1-1996
    producer: "Hear It Now"
    10-07-1917 - Helmut Dantine - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-2-1982
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Silver Theatre"; "Theatre of Romance";
    "Suspense"
    10-07-1917 - June Allyson - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-8-2006
    actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "NBC Star Playhouse"; "Harold Lloyd
    Comedy Theatre"
    10-07-1922 - Martha Stewart - Bardwell, KY
    vocalist: "Your All-Time Hit Parade"
    10-07-1925 - Fred Collins - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 8-5-2006
    announcer: "Dimension X"; "X-Minus One"; "The Chase"
    10-07-1926 - Diana Lynn - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-18-1971
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    10-07-1927 - Al Martino - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-14-2009
    singer: "The Steve Lawrence Show"; "Here's to Veterans"
    10-07-1927 - Don Rickles - Portland, OR - d. 2-19-1985
    announcer: "Nightbeat"; The Whisperer"; "The Whistler"
    10-07-1931 - Gordon Terry - Decatur, AL - d. 4-9-2006
    fiddler: "Country Music Time"; "Country Style [removed]"

    October 7th deaths

    01-10-1914 - Polly Rowles - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-2001
    actor: Nita's Aunt "Lone Journey"
    01-19-1809 - Edgar Allan Poe - Boston, MA - d. 10-7-1849
    author: Several of his works adapted for radio
    01-31-1921 - Mario Lanza - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-1959
    singer: "Mario Lanza Show"
    05-28-1911 - Lynn Biggler - d. 10-7-2003
    newscaster: KWFT Witchita Falls, Texas
    06-01-1921 - Nelson Riddle - Oradell, NJ - d. 10-7-1985
    composer, conductor: "On a Sunday Afternoon"; "Sears Radio Theatre"
    07-27-1905 - Leo Durocher - West Springfield, MA - d. 10-7-1991
    baseball legend: "baseball announcer"; "Double Play with Durocher and
    Day"
    08-16-1890 - Myron "Grim" Natwick - Wisconsin Rapids, WI - d. 10-7-1990
    creator of Betty Boop
    11-02-1911 - Johnny Richards - Schenectady, NY - d. 10-7-1968
    orchestra leader: "The Jack Carson Show"
    11-17-1898 - "Quin" Ryan - d. 10-7-1978
    announcer, actor: "Quin Ryan Reports"; "Uncle Quin"; "Uncle Quin's
    Scalawags"
    11-26-1910 - Cyril Cusack - Durban, South Africa - d. 10-7-1993
    actor: "Great Expectations"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:57:31 -0400
    From: "Riedstra, Daniel D (Dan)" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Looking For Fire Bug
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    There was also a long running serial called "The Firefighters". I can't
    imagine that there wasn't at least a couple episodes concerning arson.

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