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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 137
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      7-22 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      BBC announcer Jill Balcon             [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      Help a good scholarly cause?          [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Lone Ranger and Tonto lied?           [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Jell Well                             [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      7-23 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Up dating OTR                         [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      Jan Struther                          [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      The Mystery of the Masked Man's Musi  [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:37:01 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-22 births/deaths

    July 22nd births

    07-22-1874 - Arthur Maitland - d. 5-23-1959
    actor: Zeke "David Harum"; Mr. Weatherby "Archie Andrews"
    07-22-1879 - Harry Armstrong - Somerville, MA - d. 2-28-1952
    composer/singer
    07-22-1893 - Andrew Stanton - Philadelphia, PA - d. unknown
    actor: "Bachelor's Children"; "Little Orphan Annie"; "Pretty Kitty
    Kelly"
    07-22-1894 - Major George Fielding Eliot - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-21-1971
    cbs military analyst during World War II
    07-22-1898 - Stephen Vincent Benet - Bethlehem, PA - d. 3-13-1943
    writer: "Columbia Workshop"
    07-22-1903 - Betty Roland - Kaniva, Australia - d. 2-12-1996
    writer: "New Day"
    07-22-1904 - Magdalen King-Hall - London, England - d. 3-1-1971
    children's author who also wrote radio plays
    07-22-1907 - Perry Botkin - Richmond, IN - d. 10-14-1973
    musician: (Perry Botkin and Trio) "The King's Men"
    07-22-1908 - Amy Vanderbilt - Staten Island, NY - d. 12-27-1974
    etiquette expert: "Jack Benny Program"
    07-22-1908 - Shirley Howard - d. 1-13-1988
    singer: "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    07-22-1910 - Dorris Macon - d. 2-15-1982
    singer: (Son of Uncle Dave Macon) :"Grand Ole Opry"
    07-22-1912 - Orren Allen - d. 2-5-1993
    sportscaster: WKAN Kankakee, Illinois
    07-22-1913 - Licia Albanese - Bari, Italy
    singer: "Treasure Hour of Song"
    07-22-1917 - Lou McGarity - Athens, GA - d. 8-28-1971
    jazz trombonist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
    07-22-1918 - Buddy Black - Huntington, PA - d. 6-5-1990
    announcer: "Chuck Foster and His Orchestra"
    07-22-1922 - Jason Robards, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 12-26-2000
    actor: "Pepper Young's Family"
    07-22-1924 - Margaret Whiting - Detroit, MI
    singer: "Philip Morris Frolics"; "Barry Wood Show"; "Bob Hope Show"
    07-22-1926 - Bryan Forbes - Stratford, England
    actor: "Junior Brains Trust"
    07-22-1928 - Orson Bean - Burlington, VT
    actor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    07-22-1940 - Alex Trebek - Sudbury, Canada
    news reporter for CBC in Canada

    July 22nd deaths

    01-06-1878 - Carl Sandburg - Galesburg, IL - d. 7-22-1967
    poet: "Cavalcade of America"; "Columbia Workshop"
    01-07-1900 - Malcolm Uren - Hindmarsh, South Australia - d. 7-22-1973
    writer: "The Stirling Story"
    01-16-1895 - John B. Kennedy - Quebec, Canada - d. 7-22-1961
    commentator: "Collier's Hour"; "RCA Magic Key"
    02-01-1905 - Joan Morgan - Kent, England - d. 7-22-2004
    actor: "21st Precinct"
    03-10-1898 - Cy Kendall - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-22-1953
    actor: Captain Tracy "Tarzan"; Fred Thompson "One Man's Family";
    "Escape"
    03-12-1910 - Tony Galento - Orange, NJ - d. 7-22-1979
    boxer, actor: "Edgar Bergan/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-19-1916 - Eric Christmas - London, England - d. 7-22-2000
    actor: "CBC Wednesday Night"
    03-21-1867 - Florenz Ziegfeld - Chicago, IL - d. 7-22-1932
    showman: "Ed Sullivan Show"; "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
    04-30-1914 - Vermont Royster - Raleigh, NC - d. 7-22-1996
    teacher of journalism: "Spectrum"
    05-29-1904 - Saxie Dowell - Raleigh, NC - d. 7-22-1974
    saxophonist, vocalist: (Hal Kemp Orchestra) "Music from Hollywood"
    07-05-1908 - Don Dunphy - NYC - d. 7-22-1998
    boxing play-by-play broadcaster: "Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn 6-18-1941";
    "Navy Relief Program"
    07-11-1929 - Hermann Prey - Berlin, Germany - d. 7-22-1998
    operatic baritone: "Metropolitan Opera"
    07-21-1915 - Floyd McDaniel - Athens, AL - d. 7-22-1995
    guitarist, vocalist: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots";
    "Let's Go Nightclubbing"
    09-04-1934 - Ron Batozech - d. 7-22-1997
    disk jockey: WJOL Joliet, Illinois
    09-10-1904 - Lyle Van - Troy, NY - d. 7-22-1997
    newscaster: "Lyle Van and the News"
    09-29-1898 - Leonard Salvo - d. 7-22-1985
    organist: "Little Orphan Annie"; "Cisco Kid"; "Billie Burke Show"
    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
    10-17-1920 - Elie Abel - Montreal, Canada - d. 7-22-2004
    journalist: "Meet the Press"; "When Conventions were Coventions"
    10-20-1900 - Wayne Morse - Dane County, WI - d. 7-22-1974
    [removed] senator: "Rebuttal"
    11-01-1915 - Michael Denison - Doncaster, England - d. 7-22-1998
    actor: "The Robinsons"
    11-17-1911 - Jack Lescoulie - Sacramento, CA - d. 7-22-1987
    announcer, emcee: "Grouch Club"; "Meet the Champions"
    11-22-1910 - John Carter - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-22-1988
    singer: "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Voice of Firestone"
    12-20-1900 - Ted Fio Rito - Newark, NJ - d. 7-22-1971
    bandleader: "Presenting Al Jolson"; "Wonder Show"; "Jack Haley Show"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:22 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  BBC announcer Jill Balcon
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    London's 'Daily Telegraph' carried an Obituary today for the BBC announcer
    Jill Balcon. During the 1940's + 1950's she was a continuity announcer on the
    BBC's  General Overseas, Forces, and Third Programme. She later married the
    poet Cecil Day-Lewis, and was mother of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis.

    Graeme  ( ORCA / UK )

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:28 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Help a good scholarly cause?

    Dear Folks-

    I asked this a while back,  but with little response, so  - Take II!

    I'm in contact with a very  gifted, and very nice, writer who is working on
    a definitive bio of Lon Chaney,  Jr. She's looking for info on his OTR
    career, which is very sparse. He didn't do  that much work in the field, but
    info is even scarcer.

    Recordings of  course are welcome; but facts, as well!

    Look forward to hearing whatever  might be of use, onlist or off.
    -Craig

    for any occasion.

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:33 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lone Ranger and Tonto lied?

    We've always known that both the Masked Rider of the Plains and his
    faithful Indian companion never lied. However the two actors who
    played them did lie, to the government, to get in military service to
    fight in WW I.

    Most of us know that teen-aged Brace Beemer lied about his age in
    order to convince authorities he was old enough to enlist. The ploy
    worked and he served honorably in WW I.

    It turns out that John Todd also lied to get into service, but from
    the other end. At 42, he was too old to enlist in the armed forces so
    he lied, making himself to be younger, and also got into service.
    However his enlistment came too late for any combat duty and his
    service was brief.

    Our pleas for a Digester in the Erie, PA region to verify John Todd's
    date and place of birth went unheeded. However, I have located a
    volunteer that should be able to handle this matter. Mark "Lefty"
    Anderson, a VA librarian who retired to Erie (and a former staffer in
    MWOTRC) has agreed to look into this matter. Todd was born Fred
    McCarthy, probably in Crossingville, PA on August 14, 1876, but this
    has never been verified.

    We may rely upon Lefty to solve this [removed] in fact, the
    records still exist.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:49 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jell Well
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    Seeking information about a product known as Jell Well. It sponsored a number
    of radio programs but after three months of searching I cannot find any
    information about the company (where their main office was located, products
    they offered, etc.)

    Hoping someone on the Digest can help.
    Martin

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:54 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-23 births/deaths

    July 23rd births

    07-23-1883 - Albert Warner - Poland - d. 11-26-1967
    co-founder of warner brothers: "Warner Brothers Academy Theatre"
    07-23-1888 - Raymond Chandler - Chicago, IL - d. 3-26-1959
    detective story author: "Phillip Marlow"
    07-23-1891 - Everett Glass - Bangor, ME - d. 3-22-1966
    actor: spokesman for "the 21 old men of 10 grammercy park: "I Love
    Adventure"
    07-23-1892 - Dr. W. W. Bauer - d. 12-25-1967
    host: "Doctors at Work"; "Your Health"
    07-23-1894 - Arthur Treacher - Brighton, England - d. 12-14-1975
    actor: "Philco Radio Playhouse"; "Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway"
    07-23-1895 - Aileen Pringle - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-16-1989
    actor: Anne Hill "Joyce Jordan, Girl Interne"
    07-23-1900 - "Lefty" Ingram - Tennessee - d. 2-xx-1987
    reeds: "The Swift Jewel Cowboys"
    07-23-1901 - Maurice Brachhausen - d. 9-xx-1976
    sound effects: Head of the ABC Sound Effects department
    07-23-1908 - Ernest Dudley - Dudley, England - d. 2-1-2006
    writer: "Enter Sexton Blake"; "Dr. Morelle"
    07-23-1908 - Irving Mansfield - d. 8-25-1988
    producer: "It's Always Albert"; "The Morey Amsterdam Show"
    07-23-1908 - Karl Swenson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-8-1978
    actor: Lorenzo Jones "Lorenzo Jones"; Lord Henry Brinthrope "Our Gal
    Sunday"
    07-23-1909 - Helen Martin - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-25-2000
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    07-23-1910 - Gale Page - Spokane, WA - d. 1-8-1983
    actor: Holly Sloan "Story of Holly Sloan"; Gertrude Lamont "Masquerade"
    07-23-1910 - Nat Brandywine - NYC - d. 3-7-1978
    pianist, bandleader: "Wonderful City"
    07-23-1912 - Jackson Beck - NYC - d. 7-28-2004
    actor: Philo Vance "Philo Vance"; Gregory Hood "Casebook of Gregory
    Hood"
    07-23-1914 - Edward Axt - d. 9-1-1998
    saxophonist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family Program"
    07-23-1915 - Frances Chaney - Odessa, Ukraine - d. 11-23-2004
    actor: (One of Hollywood Ten) Marion Kirby "Advs. of Topper"; Burma
    "Terry and the Pirates"
    07-23-1916 - Kurt Kreuger - Michenberg, Germany - d. 7-12-2006
    actor: "New National Guard Show"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
    07-23-1916 - Sandra Gould - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-20-1999
    actor: Lucy Twitchell "Sad Sack"; Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"
    07-23-1918 - Anne Ayars - Los Angeles, CA - d. 2-27-1995
    vocalist: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    07-23-1918 - Pee Wee Reese - Ekron, KY - d. 8-14-1999
    baseball great: "Play Ball"; "Box Score Review"; "Feature Project:
    This Game of Baseball"
    07-23-1920 - Christopher Lynch - County Limerick, Ireland - d. 4-15-1994
    singer: "Voice of Firestone"
    07-23-1924 - Gavin Lambert - East Gristead, England - d. 7-17-2005
    writer: Wrote commercials for radio
    07-23-1925 - Gloria De Haven - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "NBC Radio Theatre"
    07-23-1936 - Don Drysdale - Van Nuys, CA - d. 7-2-1993
    baseball announcer: California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles
    Dodgers
    07-23-1937 - Robert W. Morgan - Galion, OH - d. 5-22-1998
    host (communicator) "Monitor"
    07-23-1940 - Don Imus - Riverside, CA
    host (communicator) "Monitor"
    07-23-1944 - Alex Buzo - Sydney, Australia - d. 8-16-2006
    writer: "File on Rod"

    July 23rd deaths

    01-22-1875 - D. W. Griffith - La Grange, KY - d. 7-23-1948
    movie producer-director: "Brooklyn Mark Strand Stage and Studio Program"
    01-23-1913 - Max Smith - Des Moines, IA - d. 7-23-1999
    singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
    02-13-1911 - Jean Muir - NYC - d. 7-23-1996
    actor: "Great Plays"; "The Magic Key"
    02-24-1876 - Victor Moore - Hammonton, NJ - d. 7-23-1962
    comedian: (The Lothario of the Lumbago Set) "Jimmy Durante Show"
    03-03-1907 - Donald Novis - Hastings, England - d. 7-23-1966
    actor: Matt Mulligan "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    03-16-1920 - Leo McKern - Sydney, Australia - d. 7-23-2002
    actor: Horace Rumpole "Rumpole of the Bailey"
    04-01-1921 - Charles Peck - d. 7-23-1996
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-10-1906 - Lilie Darvas - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-23-1974
    actor: Madame Sophie: We Love and Learn/As the Twig is Bent"
    05-04-1904 - Gray Gordon - d. 7-23-1976
    bandleader: "The Magic Key of RCA"
    05-08-1908 - Ted Corday - d. 7-23-1966
    director: "A Brighter Tomorrow"; "The Brighter Day"
    06-18-1906 - Kay Kyser - Rocky Mt., NC - d. 7-23-1985
    bandleader, emcee: (The Old Perfessor) "Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    07-20-1907 - Art Jarrett - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-23-1987
    singer, bandleader: "Coca Cola's Spotlight Parade"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    09-13-1909 - Leith Stevens - Mount Moriah, MO - d. 7-23-1970
    conductor: "Death Valley Days"; "Molle Merry Minstrels"
    09-28-1901 - T. Inglis Moore - Camden, Australia - d. 7-23-1979
    writer: "We're Going Through"
    09-28-1919 - Fred Robbins - Baltimore, MD - d. 7-23-1992
    disc jockey: New York
    10-05-1924 - Matteo Manuguerra - Tunis - d. 7-23-1998
    operatic baritone: "Metropolitan Opera"
    10-08-1890 - Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker - Columbus, OH - d. 7-23-1973
    host, narrator: "The World's Most Honored Flights"
    10-17-1920 - Montgomery Clift - Omaha, NE - d. 7-23-1966
    actor: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Ford Theatre"
    10-31-1922 - Illinois Jacquet - Broussard, LA - d. 7-23-2004
    jazz saxophonist: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
    11-05-1919 - Myron Floren - Webster, SD - d. 7-23-2005
    accordianist: "Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music"
    11-23-1894 - Ken Christy - Pennsylvania - d. 7-23-1962
    actor: Police Chief Gates "Great Gildersleeve"
    12-13-1910 - Van Heflin - Walter, OK - d. 7-23-1971
    actor: Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"; "Philip Marlowe "Advs. of Philip
    Marlowe"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:01:51 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Up dating OTR

    JimBourg@[removed] asked:

>     Interesting question. How would you update a western, say "Gunsmoke" or

> >     "Have Gun, Will Travel"

    Whats to update it's  a period play (1860's) or series. would you give Matt
    Dillon a an automatic gun instead of a 6 shooter or a police car? Call
    [removed] a whore or prostitute, or add colorful language like SOB or GD. I
    don't think that would not be acceptable at least to me. It it isn't broke
    don't fix it!

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:02:37 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jan Struther
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           I was reading a book on "Information, Please" recently and it said
    that
    although Jan Struther had been a guest panelist on the program many
    times, she was not asked to return in this capacity after providing an answer
    regarding the title of a certain Agatha Christie novel as it appeared in her
    home country, England (which was different from the title as it appeared in
    America). The British title, needless to say, contained a word which was
    considered offensive to the American public. My questions are:

    1) If the program was 'spontaneous and totally unrehearsed' as it claimed,
    why was it so unexpected to the sponsors that such a situation might happen
    somewhere along the line?
    2) Clifton Fadiman was a noted book reviewer. He surely would have known
    book titles can be different from country to country. If Ms. Struther was
    only
    aware of the title as it appeared in her home country, why should she be
    penalized for it?

    3) Was it the decision of just the sponsors which led to her dismissal as a
    guest
    panelist on this program, or did the American public have a say in the matter
    as well?

           This was one of the perils of having such a program on the air.
    Because
    the knowledge of the panelists was based on their various backgrounds, surely
    the sponsors of the program could have foreseen such an eventuality and
    prepared
    themselves for it.

    As always,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:02:52 -0400
    From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
    To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Mystery of the Masked Man's Music
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    There are a few copies for sale from various internet sources, but according
    to Worldcat, over 100 libraries have this book should you care to interlibrary
    loan it.  OCLC number is 15081973

    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:35:34 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Masked Man's Music

    I recently read a few chapters of a book published through Scarecrow Press
    titled "THE MYSTERY OF THE MASKED MAN'S MUSIC: A Search for the Music Used on
    'The Lone Ranger' Radio Program, 1933-1954" by Reginald M. Jones, Jr. It was
    lent to me by good friend Terry Salomonson. While the prospect of reading a
    book about the music cues on a long-running radio program seemed obsessive
    for any author to research and write, I discovered to my surprise that this
    was extremely fascinating.

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