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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 8
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      THE WHISTLER AND FIBBER               [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
      Re: smoking                           [ <georgewagner@[removed]; ]
      Smoking in OTR                        [ "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed] ]
      Studio One                            [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      1-10 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Radio About Radio                     [ Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@sbcgl ]
      radio about radio                     [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 4-17 Janu  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Re: Cigarette and Smoking in the Plo  [ "Pamela K. Gitta" <wjmtv@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:36:06 -0500
    From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  THE WHISTLER AND FIBBER
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from text/html

         Two writers who are currently researching books that will eventually
       join the list of that wonderful publisher of  reasonably priced
       volumes dealing with vintage media (radio, television, and film) BEAR
       MANOR MEDIA, would you please to hear from subscribers who might have
       specific information relevant to their project.
       A) THE WHISTLER FILMS: While the book will focus on the films, since
       it was the radio programs that influenced the films the author is also
       interested in background material on the Whistler radio series,
       information on people who may have worked on the series, and/or
       biographical material on J. Donald Wilson or any other participant /
       subscribers who have relevant material to share with the author are
       invited to contact him at  DVann2800@[removed]
       B) FIBBER MC GEE AT WAR: the title pretty much speaks for itself.  The
       author is a respected retired college professor who has written well
       researched articles dealing with  pharmacies as the are portrayed in
       various radio series such as the Great Gildersleeve and Fibber McGee.
       Subscribers with particular specific information regarding plots,
       characters, cast, support crew  sponsor or any other connection
       between the program and the events taking place during World War II
       are invited to contact the author: mickandmary@[removed]
       Dave Siegel

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:37:25 -0500
    From: <georgewagner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: smoking

    Count, sometime, how many cigarettes are smoked on DRAGNET. By cops and
    apprehended criminals alike. And what I've always considered the all-time
    smokers' song, Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra's classic "Smoke Rings,"
    was often heard on radio. In fact, I now have to go and stoke up my pipe and
    it's all the OP's fault. <ggg>

         Sincerely,

         George Wagner
         georgewagner@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:37:35 -0500
    From: "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Smoking in OTR

    In digest #6, David T. Beito wrote:

>     Does anybody have examples of references to
>     smoking, either positive or negative, in the
>     plots or dialogue of OTR shows?

    Something that was done quite frequently on Dragnet (sponsored by
    Fatima, et al) were scenes where everyone would light up.  There
    wouldn't be a lot of dialogue, but lots of those great Dragnet sound
    effects.  One character would offer the others a cigarette, and then
    you'd hear lighters clicking, the characters taking the first drag, and
    the satisfied exhale of that rich tobacco flavor.  It always sounds a
    little funny to my modern ears, and usually gives me a snicker.

    What I can't decide is the motivation.  Typically, shows don't spend a
    lot of time on non-plot related stuff, and especially don't spend a lot
    of time with no dialogue.  Was Dragnet doing an intentional product
    placement of sorts, or was it just a chance to add some realism and
    non-plot everyday stuff to make the story fuller?  Who knows.
    Personally, I suspect it's a little bit from column A and a little bit
    from column B.

    -chris holm

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:37:45 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Studio One

    I am going through all the episodes of radio and TV versions of STUDIO ONE
    and making lists of what does and does not exist in recorded form.

    A complete radio log of the radio series of STUDIO ONE is enclosed below. Jay
    Hickerson's ULTIMATE GUIDE book claims every episode is known to exist but I
    have searched and cannot find eleven episodes. The ones marked with a * means
    I cannot find it and would like to know if anyone has any of the eleven
    marked with *.  (Also note: there are a few rehearsal recordings floating
    about and some collectors have mistaken the rehearsals as the regular
    episode. I am looking for the network broadcast, not the rehearsals.)
    If anyone have any of the eleven, please drop me a line.

    1.  Under the Volcano  (4/29/47)
    2.  Topaz  (5/6/47)
    3.  An Enemy of the People  (5/13/47)
    4.  Alibi Ike  (5/20/47)
    5.  Dodsworth  (5/27/47)
    6.  Hay Fever  (6/3/47)
    7.  The Red Badge of Courage  (6/10/47)
    8.  The Mysterious Mickey Finn  (6/17/47) *
    9.  Romantic Comedians  (6/24/47)
    10. Baby Cyclone  (7/1/47)
    11. Payment Deferred  (7/8/47) *
    12. Ah, Wilderness  (7/15/47)
    13. Holiday  (7/22/47)
    14. A Bill of Divorcement  (7/29/47)
    15. Carmen  (8/5/47)
    16. Pride and Prejudice  (8/12/47)
    17. Laburnam Grove  (8/19/47)
    18. The Hunted  (8/26/47)
    19. Thunder Rock  (9/2/47)
    20. The Barrets of Wimple Street  (9/9/47)
    21. An Act of Faith  (9/16/47)
    22. Gentle Julia  (9/23/47)
    23. Wuthering heights  (9/30/47)
    24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  (10/7/47)
    25. Anthony Adverse  (10/14/47)
    26. Singing Guns  (10/21/47)
    27. Kitty Foyle (11/4/47)
    28. Let Me Do the Talking  (11/11/47)
    29. Young Man of Manhattan  (11/18/47) *
    30. Payment Deferred  (11/25/47)
    31. Earth and High Heaven  (12/2/47)
    32. To Mary, With Love  (12/9/47) *
    33. Experiment Perilous  (12/16/47) *
    34. Painted Veils  (12/23/47)
    35. So Big  (12/30/47) *
    36. Confidential Agent  (1/6/48) *
    37. Wednesday's Child  (1/13/48) *
    38. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse  (1/20/48)
    39. The Great Impersonation  (1/27/48)
    40. Dodsworth  (2/3/48)
    41. Golden Boy  (2/10/48) *
    42. A Farewell to Arms  (2/17/48)
    43. King's Row  (2/24/48)
    44. Uncle Harry  (3/24/48)
    45. Sometime Every Summertime  (3/9/48)
    46. One More Spring  (3/16/48)
    47. The Thirty-Nine Steps  (3/23/48)
    48. Babbit  (3/30/48)
    49. The Kimballs  (4/6/48)
    50. The Glass Key  (4/13/48)
    51. Pride and Prejudice  (4/20/48) *
    52. South Riding (4/27/48)
    53. Private Worlds  (5/4/48)
    54. Wine of the Country  (5/11/48)
    55. The Last Tycoon  (5/18/48)
    56. Angelic Avengers  (5/25/48)
    57. One Foot in Heaven  (6/1/48)
    58. Let Me Do The Talking  (6/8/48)
    59. The Return of the Native  (6/15/48)
    60. Arabesque  (6/29/48)
    61. Topaz  (7/6/48) *
    62. Spanish Bayonet  (7/20/48)
    63. The Constant Nymph  (7/27/48)

    Small notes: The 5/6/47 version of "Topaz" has Anne Burr and Sebastain Cabot.
    The missing version from 7/6/48 stars Claude Rains so I'm looking for the
    version with Rains. The missing version of "Pride and Prejudice" from 4/20/48
    features Geraldine Fitzgerald and the 8/12/47 version does not. There are
    rehearsal recordings for "To Mary, With Love" and "Young Man in Manhattan."
    One of the easiest ways to determine whether the recording you have is the
    rehearsal or network is the length of time. The rehearsal of "Young Man in
    Manhattan" is one hour and seven minutes long.

    Hoping this list can help verify that every episode does exist in recorded
    form? I have listened to all of the episodes above and would like to listen
    to the eleven missing to verify it does exist.

    Martin
    mmargrajr@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:37:52 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-10 births/deaths

    January 10th births

    01-10-1882 - Olive Higgins Prouty - Worcester, MA - d. 3-24-1974
    writer: "Stella Dallas" based on Prouty's novel without her approvals
    01-10-1883 - Francis X. Bushman - Norfolk, VA - d. 8-23-1966
    actor: John Fairchild "Step Mother"; Peter Standish "Betty and Bob"
    01-10-1893 - John Bonnell - Prince Edward Island, Canada - d. 2-23-1992
    preacher: "Our Spiritual Life"; "Your Life Today"
    01-10-1896 - Frances Lockridge - d. 2-17-1963
    writer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"
    01-10-1897 - John P. McEvoy - d. 8-8-1958
    writer: "Information Please"
    01-10-1899 - Kenneth Casey, Sr. - NYC - d. 8-10-1965
    conductor: "Winnie the Wave"
    01-10-1904 - Ray Bolger - Dorchester, MA - d. 1-15-1987
    singer, dancer: "Ray Bolger Show"
    01-10-1905 - Harold Stokes - Nokomis, IL - d. unknown
    orchestra leader: "Climalene Carnival"; "Great Gunns"; "Jamboree"
    01-10-1908 - Paul Henreid - Trieste - d. 3-29-1992
    actor: "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-10-1911 - Don Lowe - Hartford, CT - d. 6-1-1991
    announcer, emcee: "David Harding, Counterspy"; "The Fat Man"
    01-10-1914 - Polly Rowles - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-2001
    actor: Nita's Aunt "Lone Journey"
    01-10-1916 - Don Gardiner - NYC - d. 3-27-1977
    newscaster: "Monday Morning Headlines"
    01-10-1916 - Jack Halloran - Rock Rapids, IA - d. 1-24-1997
    singer: "The Breakfast Club with Don MacNeil"
    01-10-1917 - Jerry Wexler - The Bronx, NY - d. 8-15-2008
    record producer: "Sound Stage"
    01-10-1919 - Amzie Strickland - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 7-5-2006
    actor: "The Fat Man"; "The Shadow"; "Brownstone Theatre"
    01-10-1924 - Max Roach - New Land, NC - d. 8-15-2007
    jazz drummer: "Bands for Bonds"; "Jazz Alive"; "Newport Jazz Festival"
    01-10-1927 - Gisele Mackenzie - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 9-5-2003
    singer: "[removed] Woolworth Hour"; "Mario Lanza Show"; "Meet Giesele"
    01-10-1927 - Johnnie Ray - The Dalles, OR - d. 2-24-1990
    singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    01-10-1936 - Roger William Brown - New Brunswick, NJ
    singer on radio

    January 10th deaths

    01-08-1901 - Forman Brown - Otsego, MI - d. 1-10-1996
    wrote for CBS radio
    02-07-1885 - Sinclair Lewis - Sauk Centre, MN - d. 1-10-1951
    novelist: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Ford Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
    02-22-1907 - Sheldon Leonard - NYC - d. 1-10-1997
    comedian: Tout "Jack Benny Program"; Joe Crunchmiller "Judy Canova Show"
    03-10-1919 - Marion Hutton - Battle Creek, MI - d. 1-10-1987
    singer: (Sister of Betty), (Glenn Miller Orchestra) "Moonlight Serenade"
    04-17-1905 - Arthur Lake - Corbin, KY - d. 1-10-1987
    actor: (Brother of Florence Lake) Dagwood Bumstead "Blondie"
    04-29-1903 - Frank Parker - NYC - d. 1-10-1999
    singer: "A & P Gypsies"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Frank Parker Show
    05-14-1905 - Herbert Morrison - d. 1-10-1989
    announcer: Hindenburg Disaster; "Call to Arms"; "Good Old Days of Radio"
    05-27-1894 - Dashiell Hammett - St. Mary's County, MD - d. 1-10-1961
    author: "Fat Man"; "Adventures of Sam Spade"
    06-18-1917 - Richard Boone - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-10-1981
    actor: "Dragnet"
    07-26-1903 - Donald Voorhees - Allentown, PA - d. 1-10-1989
    conductor: "Show Boat"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Telephone Hour"
    08-05-1890 - Al Goodman - Nikopol, Russia - d. 1-10-1972
    orchestra leader: "Fred Allen Show"; "Al Goodman's Musical Album";
    "Your Hit Parade"
    08-06-1909 - Mike Barry - d. 1-10-1992
    sportscaster: WKO Louisville, Kentucky
    08-12-1893 - Howard Smith - Attleboro, MA - d. 1-10-1968
    actor: Will Brown "Aldrich Family"; Jack Galloway "Jane Arden"
    09-04-1903 - Bennie Bonacio - Mineo, Italy - d. 1-10-1974
    saxophonist: Paul Whiteman, Vincent Lopez orchestras
    09-06-1927 - Waring Jones - Minneapolis, MN - d. 1-10-2008
    announcer: Armed Forces Radio
    09-07-1900 - Emerson Treacy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-10-1967
    actor: Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    09-09-1920 - Michael Aldridge - Glastonbury, England - d. 1-10-1994
    actor: "Relatively Speaking"
    10-22-1916 - Sidney Miller - Shenandoah, PA - d. 1-10-2004
    actor-director-songwriter: "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Jeff Regan, Private
    Investigator"
    10-28-1912 - Madaline Lee - Dallas, TX - d. 1-10-1974
    actor: Genevive Blue "Amos 'n' Andy"; Wendy Burton "Second Mrs. Burton"
    11-11-1904 - Joe Penner - Magybecskereck, Hungary - d. 1-10-1941
    comedian: "Joe Penner Program"; "Penners of Park Avenue"
    11-22-1911 - Ernie Caceres - Rockport, TX - d. 1-10-1971
    clarinet, saxophone: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    11-23-1917 - John Newland - Cincinnati, OH - d. 1-10-2000
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:38:03 -0500
    From: Stuart Lubin <stuartlubin6686@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio About Radio

    If this has been referred to already, please don't print it.

    I am reminded of an episode of "The Whistler", and I do not remember the
    title. An on-air employee wanted to commit the perfect murder, and so he
    recorded his normal portion of the broadcast and had it played while he was
    doing the killing, using the recording as an alibi.  The only problem:  The
    needle skipped, skipped, skipped!!!

    Stuart

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:38:11 -0500
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  radio about radio

    I'm posted 10 minutes from my CD album The History of Radio. This
    includes a selection of the History of Amos and Andy, told by Amos and Andy.

    [removed]

    Fred
    Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:38:28 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  This week in radio history 4-17 January

     From Those Where The Days

    1/4

    1928   NBC debuted one of radio's first variety shows. The Dodge Victory
    Hour starred Will Rogers, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra and singer Al
    Jolson. The cost to produce this one show was $67,600.

    1932   NBC Red presented The Carnation Contented Hour. The show
    continued on network radio for 19 years as a showcase for top singers
    and musicians.

    1935   Bob Hope was first heard on network radio as part of The Intimate
    Revue with Jane Froman, James Melton and the Al Goodman Orchestra.

    1/5

    1935   We proudly remind you that Phil Spitalny's All Girl Orchestra was
    featured on CBS this day on the program, The Hour of Charm.  (ed  And
    who can ever forget Evelyn and her magic violin?)

    1940   The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first
    demonstration of FM radio. The new medium, free of interference, static,
    and noise in thunderstorms, was developed by Major [removed] Armstrong. The
    first FM transmitter was put in operation in 1941.

    1/6

    1941   A young actor appeared for the first time in a new program on CBS
    titled, The Home of the Brave. Along with others in the cast, this was
    Richard Widmark's radio debut.

    1950   Ronald Coleman starred as the president of Ivy College in The
    Halls of Ivy.

    1974   CBS radio returned to dramatic programming at night with the
    first broadcast of Radio Mystery Theatre, hosted by [removed] Marshall. The
    program debuted on 218 CBS network stations.

    1/7

    1926   A famous marriage that endured for many years is remembered this
    day. It's the wedding anniversary of George Burns and Gracie Allen who
    were married by a Justice of the Peace in Cleveland, Ohio.

    1940   The gate to Gene Autry's Melody Ranch opened. The 'singing
    cowboy' would entertain on CBS radio for the next 16 years, other than
    1942-45 when he was in the Army Air Corps.

    1941   The NBC Blue network presented the first installment of Inner
    Sanctum.

    1950   Ernest Tubb made his first appearance at The Grand Ole Opry in
    Nashville, TN. Ernest also did a 15 minute radio program each day that
    became very popular in West Texas. So popular, in fact, that he bought
    the radio station that had aired the program for years and years: KGKL
    in San Angelo, Texas.

    1/10

    1943   The quiz show, The Better Half, was first heard on Mutual this
    day. The program brought four married couples to compete in stunts
    involving traditional concepts of 'manhood' and 'womanhood'.

    1/11

    1947   Amazing Mr. Malone (aka Murder and Mr. Malone) starring Frank
    Lovejoy, debuted on ABC.

    1/12

    1926   Sam 'n' Henry debuted on WGN in Chicago, Illinois.  The show's
    name was changed to Amos 'n' Andy with the voices of its creators,
    Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.

    1932   Ed Sullivan joined CBS radio in a program of gossip and interviews.

    1/13

    1906   Hugh Gernsback of the Electro Importing Company advertised radio
    receivers for sale for the low, low price of just $[removed] in Scientific
    American magazine. The first ad selling the gizmos guaranteed reception
    of about one mile.

    1910   Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn were heard via a telephone
    transmitter; rigged by DeForest Radio Telephone Company to broadcast
    from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

    1/14

    1927   Jack Benny married Sadye Marks on this day.

    1939   The program, Honolulu Bound, was heard on CBS. Phil Baker and the
    Andrews Sisters were featured on the program.

    1/15

    1945   Art Linkletter starred on the CBS debut of House Party. The show
    continued on the air for 22 years, including a long stint on CBS t--------n.

    1/16

    1939   The shrill siren call of I Love a Mystery was heard for the first
    time as the show debuted on NBC's West Coast outlets.

    1/17

    1938   Francis X. Bushman was the star of the program, Stepmother, which
    debuted on CBS. The show continued on the air for the next four years.

    Joe -- Sorry I'm a little late, had pc problems last week.

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    Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:39:28 -0500
    From: "Pamela K. Gitta" <wjmtv@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Cigarette and Smoking in the Plots

>     Does anybody have examples of references to smoking, either positive or
>     negative, in the plots or dialogue of OTR shows?

>     David T. Beito

    When Dragnet was sponsored by Fatima/Chesterfield, they were always lighting
    up in mid-conversation, offering cigs to suspects before they interrogated
    them, being hit up for smokes by informants, etc. Allowed for a lot of those
    long pauses that I love so much about that show. Man, they weren't afraid to
    let you feel the boredom that often comes with police work!

    Pam G

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