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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 246
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
10-18 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 19-25 Oct [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
10-19 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:15:22 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-18 births/deaths
October 18th births
10-18-1892 - Leo G. Carroll - Weedon Northants, England - d. 10-16-1972
actor: Lux Radio Theatre
10-18-1901 - Annette Hanshaw - NYC - d. 3-13-1985
singer: "Show Boat"; "Camel Caravan"
10-18-1902 - Barbara Brown - d. 7-7-1975
actor: "Land of the Free"
10-18-1902 - Miriam Hopkins - Bainbridge, GA - d. 10-9-1972
actor: "Exploring the Unknown"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"; "These Are Our Men"
10-18-1903 - Webb Allen - d. 4-xx-1987
sportscaster: WELO Mississippi
10-18-1906 - Adele Ronson - NYC - d. 10-31-2000
actor: Wilma Deering "Buck Rogers"; Sally Gibson "Gibson Family"
10-18-1908 - Rene Garriguenc - d. 6-22-1998
composer: "Rogers of the Gazette"; "Advs. of Sam Spade, Detective"
10-18-1910 - Addy Richton - d. 3-31-1995
writer: "Valiant Lady"; "Hilltop House"; "This Life is Mine"
10-18-1911 - Helen Claire - Union Springs, AL - d. 1-12-1974
actor: Virginia Lansing "Backstage Wife"; Joyce Jordan "Joyce
Jordan,[removed]"
10-18-1912 - Gerta Rozan - Vienna, Austria-Hungary
actor: Eleta "Terry and the Pirates"
10-18-1913 - Evelyn Venable - Cincinnati, OH - d. 11-15-1993
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Stars of Tomorrow 1934"
10-18-1913 - Martin Blaine - Illinois - d. 1-19-1989
actor: Adam Sheppard "FBI in Peace and War"; Scott 'Tubby' Truman
"Valiant Lady"
10-18-1914 - David W. Dole - Minneapolis, MN
sound effects, animal imitator: "Bob Becker's Chats About Dogs"
10-18-1914 - Louise Fitch - Iowa - d. 9-11-1996
actor: Dale Locke "Manhattan Mother"; Carol Evans Martin Brent "Road
of Life"
10-18-1914 - Louise Lewis - Iowa - d. 9-11-1996
actor: "Broadway Is My Beat"
10-18-1915 - Reuben Ship - Montreal, CA - d. 8-23-1975
writer: "Life of Riley"; "The Man Who Liked Christmas"
10-18-1918 - Bobby Troup - Harrisburg, PA - d. 2-7-1999
singer, actor: "Navy Swings"; "Bobby Troup Program"; "Bobby Troup Trio"
10-18-1919 - Anita O'Day - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-23-2006
jazz singer: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"
10-18-1920 - Willis Conover - Buffalo, NY - d. 5-17-1996
jazz producer: "Voice of America Music USA"
October 18th deaths
01-13-1925 - Gwen Verdon - Culver City, Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-18-2000
actor, singer, dancer: "Stagestruck"; "WOR Diamond Jubilee"
01-19-1927 - Nancy Dickerson - Wauwatosa, WI - d. 10-18-1997
newswoman: "784 Days That Changed America (Watergate Scandal)
01-29-1902 - Florence Rinard - d. 10-18-1984
panelist: "Twenty Questions"
02-02-1909 - Purv Pullen - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-18-1992
bird and animal imitator: Horatio G. Birdbath "The Spike Jones Show"
04-14-1898 - Lee Tracy - Atlanta, GA - d. 10-18-1968
actor: Martin Kane "Martin Kane, Private Detective"
05-08-1909 - Gustavo Agrait - d. 10-18-1998
sportscaster: WIPR San Juan, Puerto Rico
05-10-1894 - Frank Knight - St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - d.
10-18-1973
actor, announcer: Dr. Billbert "Arabesque"; "Literary Digest"
06-27-1938 - Alan Coren - Paddington, London, England - d. 10-18-2007
panellist: "The News Quiz"
06-29-1913 - Charles Gussman - Kansas City, MO - d. 10-18-2000
writer: "Road to Life"; "Right to Happiness", Young Doctor Malone"
07-13-1922 - Lois Kibbee - Rhinelander, WI - d. 10-18-1993
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
08-22-1910 - David Victor - d. 10-18-1989
writer: "Joan Davis Time"; "Let George Do It"; "The Mel Blanc Show"
08-22-1912 - Charles Carpenter - Chicago, IL - d. 10-18-1978
writer: "Brownstone Theatre"
09-07-1907 - Johnny McAfee - d. 10-18-1982
vocalist: (Harry James Band) "Chesterfield Time"
09-26-1926 - Julie London - Santa Rosa, CA - d. 10-18-2000
torch singer: "Guest Star"; "Here's to Veterans"
12-27-1911 - Anna Russell - London, England - d. 10-18-2006
opera singer: "The Nutcraker Suite"
xx-xx-1954 - Mark Tavener - England - d. 10-18-2007
novelist: His novel "In the Red" adapted for radio
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:15:28 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 19-25 October
From Those Were The Days --
10/19
1937 - "The freedom of the press is a flaming sword. Use it justly, hold
it high, guard it well." The radio classic, Big Town, made its debut on
CBS radio. Star reporters at the Illustrated Press, Steve Wilson and
Lorelei Kilbourne, were played by Edward G. Robinson and Claire Trevor.
Tell the Story was the theme song. Sponsors included Ironized Yeast
tablets and Lifebuoy soap.
10/20
1930 - One of the most memorable of all radio shows, The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes, was first heard on the NBC Red network. Its first
entry, The Speckled Band, featured William Gillette in the role of the
famous detective. Gillette introduced Holmes to New York audiences as
early as 1899.
1932 - Journalist Robert Trout joined CBS.
10/23
1932 - Fred Allen made his radio debut. His wife, Portland Hoffa, joined
him on the CBS broadcast. Allen's comedy-variety program was known as
The Linit Bath Club Revue. It then became The Salad Bowl Revue, then,
The Sal Hapatica Revue, The Hour of Smiles, Town Hall Tonight, The
Texaco Star Theatre and finally, someone with just a bit of sense, came
up with The Fred Allen Show. The comedic legend stayed on radio for 17
years.
10/24
1929 - The Rudy Vallee Show was broadcast for the first time on NBC.
Actually, the Rudy Vallee show had several different titles over the
years, all of which were referred to by the public as The Rudy Vallee
Show. Megaphone-totin' Rudy and his Connecticut Yankees band were
mainstays on radio into the late 1940s.
10/25
1937 - Stella Dallas made her debut on the NBC Red network. Stella hung
out on NBC until 1955 with Anne Elstner in the title role for the
entire run. Stella Dallas was "A continuation on the air of the
true-life story of mother love and sacrifice, in which Stella saw her
own beloved daughter, Laurel, marry into wealth and society, and
realizing the difference in their tastes and worlds, went out of
Laurel's life."
Joe
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Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:15:54 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-19 births/deaths
October 19th births
10-19-1885 - R. R. Brown - Dagus Mines, PA - d. 2-20-1964
minister: "Radio Chapel Service"<<229>>
10-19-1889 - Fannie Hurst - Hamilton, OH - d. 2-23-1968
writer: "United China Relief"; "Fanny Hurst Reviews"; "Big Joe";
"United Nations Today"
10-19-1897 - Atilio Baggiore - d. 1-xx-1963
tenor, conductor: "Chase and Sanborn Hour"; "Pageant of Melody"
10-19-1903 - Robert Hardy Andrews - Effingham, KS - d. 11-11-1976
writer: "Skippy"; "Jack Armstrong"; "Just Plain Bill"
10-19-1907 - Roger Wolfe Kahn - Morristown, NJ - d. 7-12-1962
bandleader: "Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra"
10-19-1910 - Howard Smith - Ardmore, OK
pianist/orchestra leader: "A Bouquet for You"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"
10-19-1910 - John C. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 1-24-1936
singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"; "Bing Crosby
Show"
10-19-1911 - George Cates - NYC - d. 5-12-2002
orchestra leader: "Full Speed Ahead"; "Guest Star"; "Stand By for Music"
10-19-1916 - David Lewis - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 12-11-2000
actor: "Wake Up America"
10-19-1917 - Evelyn Kaye Klein - NYC
violinist: (Evelyn and Her Magic Violin) "Hour of Charm"
10-19-1918 - Bob Sweeney - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-7-1992
actor: "Sweeney and March"; "Sara's Private Caper"
10-19-1920 - Harry Alan Towers - London, England
producer: "The Black Museum"; "Horatio Hornblower"; "The Scarlet
Pimpernel"
10-19-1921 - Bern Bennett - Rochester, NY
announcer: "Rock and Roll Dance Party"; "Winner Take All"
10-19-1921 - George Nader - Pasadena, CA - d. 2-4-2002
actor: "Family Theatre"
10-19-1925 - Eddie Layton - d. 12-16-2004
organist: New York Yankees and many radio programs
10-19-1930 - Wally Flaherty - The Bronx, NY - d. 9-23-1998
host: "Open Line"
10-19-1932 - Robert Reed - Highland Park, IL - d. 5-12-1992
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
10-19-1945 - John Lithgow - Rochester, NY
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
10-19-1957 - Charles Ross - NYC
host: "Your Personal Finance"
10-19-1961 - Michael Gurr - Melbourne, Australia
writer: "A Pair of Claws"; "Worlds Apart"
10-23-1887 - Oliver M. Saylor - Huntington, IN - d. 10-19-1958
reviewer: WGBS New York City
11-04-1911 - Josephine Huston - d. 10-19-1967
vocalist: "Take a Note"
October 19th deaths
01-31-1894 - Isham Jones - Coalton, OH - d. 10-19-1956
bandleader: "Isham Jones and His Orchestra"
02-22-1892 - Edna St. Vincent Millay - Rockland, ME - d. 10-19-1950
author: "Against the Storm"
03-16-1920 - Wolf Rilla - Berlin, Germany - d. 10-19-2005
writer for the BBC
04-16-1914 - John Hodiak - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-19-1955
actor: L'il Abner "L'il Abner"; Butch Cavendish "Lone Ranger"
05-01-1919 - John Meredyth Lucas - d. 10-19-2002
film director, producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
05-17-1912 - Grant Turner - Abilene, TX - d. 10-19-1991
announcer: "Grand Ole Opry"
05-30-1892 - Russ Brown - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-19-1964
singer: "Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro"; "The Joe Penner Show"
07-13-1902 - Phillips H. Lord - Hartford, CT - d. 10-19-1975
actor: Seth Parker "Seth Parker"; Mitchell Frazier "Story of Mary
Marlin"
08-05-1900 - Frances Royster Williams - d. 10-19-1998
cartoonist: Created "Cuddles and Tuckle" the basis for several radio
shows
08-27-1916 - Martha Raye - Butte, MT - d. 10-19-1994
comedienne: "Tuesday Night Party"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen
Guild Theatre"
09-21-1902 - Dymphna Cusak - Wyalong, Australia - d. 10-19-1981
writer: "Shoulder the Sky"
10-16-1924 - Pierre Salinger - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-19-2004
press secretary to President JFK: "Meet the Press"
11-18-1936 - Don Cherry - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 10-19-1995
jazz trumpeter: "Manhattan Melodies"
11-30-1667 - Jonathan Swift - Dublin, Ireland - d. 10-19-1745
writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
12-22-1911 - Bob Guilbert - Wisconsin - d. 10-19-1990
actor: Don Winslow "Don Winslow of the Navy"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
***** WARNING! UNHANDLED BAD CHARACTER!!!!!
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