Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #146
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 6/10/2008 5:22 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 146
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Choose a Song Partner and ladies unm  [ rand@[removed] ]
      Gangbusters shows                     [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
      Fred Allen letters                    [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
      Seeking Our Miss Brooks Information   [ "garyjane" <garyjane@[removed]; ]
      6-10 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Gang Busters                          [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Gertrude Lawrence                     [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
      Harry Bartell and Amos n' Andy        [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
      Nevada OTR club                       [ jerrymyrnajena@[removed] ]
      calling raw aluminum experts          [ Chargous@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:43:57 -0400
    From: rand@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Choose a Song Partner and ladies unmentionables

    I just obtained five discs (10 shows) of a series I'm hoping to post on my
    otr blog in the next few weeks.  I try to research shows and put what info
    I can on them or at least the performers, but I'm turning up empty on this
    one.  Anyone have some additional data they can share?

    The show is called "Pick a Song Partner" and features Beryl Vaughn and Don
    Moreland with organist Adele Scott.  The concept is pretty simple - Beryl
    gives humorous "clues" on songs and Don sings them.  Based on the songs
    I'm hearing and references, it may have been done as early as 1947.

    Anyone have some more info on the show or performers?  I found a listing
    for Beryl in the IMDB; she appeared in a bit part in "Penny Serenade" and
    played a part on "Sky King" on tv.  For Don, he appeared in "Dubarry Was a
    Lady" as part of a vocal group and was apparently active in Chicago radio.
     I'm not sure if it will help with the dating, but the matrix number for
    the program 1 disc I have is YTC 4723 and it was pressed by Columbia.

    The show is from Eugenia Price Productions - Eugenia had a career in radio
    and later as an author and was one of the main figures behind the
    long-running series "Unshackled!", according to Wikipedia.

    The other thing that's unusual about this show are the commercials - it's
    sponsored by Free Form Bras.  In all my years of collecting and listing to
    radio shows, I can't think of any other advertising ladies undergarments.

    Randy

    _____________
    Randy A. Riddle
    Mebane, NC

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    Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:44:14 -0400
    From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gangbusters shows

    the other day "RyanO" was looking for two Gangbusters shows. From searching
    RadioGoldIndex, it seems like they are:

    91305. Gangbusters. March 20, 1942. Blue Network. "The Case Of The
    Black Bottom Bandit". Sponsored by: Sloane's Linament. The story is
    also known as, "The Case Of Earl Joiner." "The gay young southern
    killer who wed two [removed] machine gun and a clarinet." The story
    of a musical bank robber. gangbusters Nationwide Clues have been
    deleted. Norman Schwarzkopf (host), Frank Gallop (announcer). 26:52.
    Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.

    11845. Gangbusters. August 28, 1948. Program #544. ABC net origination,
    syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York rebroadcast. "The Case Of The Cowboy
    Killers". Sponsored by: Arrow Audio. Four bad-guys wear their guns on
    the hips. WRVR rebroadcast date: March 28, 1974. . 1/2 hour. Audio
    condition: Excellent. Complete.

    I don't have them. If anyone does, it would be appreciated if they could be
    posted somewhere such as YouSendIt or another service.

    Thanks!!
    jww

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:43:38 -0400
    From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Fred Allen letters

    Ben Ohmart asked re sources for the letters of Fred Allen. Ben mentioned
    Boston Public Library is one such source. Possibly you meant the Mugar
    Special Collections library at Boston University.

    Ben, please see the acknowledgments pages in my book, WORDS AT War (Scarecrow
    Press) about World War II era radio for the names of most of the major
    special collections libraries that house OTR collections. Besides BU, there
    are the University of Wyoming, the Wisconsin Historical Society, Columbia
    University etc.

    I spent eight years researching my book, so I made extensive use of a wide
    range of such libraries.

    Knowing Ben, I suspect he may have already checked these sources as well as
    consulting the Siegel's excellent reference work re libraries etc. having OTR
    collections.

    Howard Blue
    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:43:49 -0400
    From: "garyjane" <garyjane@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Seeking Our Miss Brooks Information
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    Does anyone have a definitive listing of the Our Miss Brooks programs?  And,
    are they all available?  The most I have seen on DVDs/CDs for sale are 103
    programs.

    Newcomer.

    Gary Schultz

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:43:54 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-10 births/deaths

    June 10th births

    06-10-1889 - Sessue Hayakawa - Chiba, Japan - d. 11-23-1973
    actor: Freelance NHK Tokyo, Japan
    06-10-1891 - Al Dubin - Zurich, Switzerland - d. 2-11-1945
    lyricist: "Mutual-Don Lee Dedicatory Program"
    06-10-1895 - Hattie McDaniel - Wichita, KS - d. 10-26-1952
    actor: Beulah "Beulah"; Mammy "Maxwell House Showboat"
    06-10-1897 - Boris Kroyt - d. 11-15-1969
    violinist: (Member of the Budapest String Quaratet) "Library of
    Congress Concert"
    06-10-1898 - Dorothy Day - NYC - d. 7-24-1975
    actor, writer: "The House Beside the Road"
    06-10-1898 - Norman Brokenshire - Murcheson, Ontario, Canada - d.
    5-4-1965
    announcer: "Music That Satisfies"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    06-10-1901 - Fritz Loewe - Vienna, Austria - d. 2-14-1988
    composer: "Mitch Miller Show"
    06-10-1903 - Clyde Beatty - Bainbridge, OH - d. 7-19-1965
    big game hunter: "The Clyde Beatty Show"
    06-10-1903 - Ernest Chappell - Syracuse, NY - d. 7-4-1983
    announcer: "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"; "Quiet Please"; "Big Story"
    06-10-1909 - Larry LeSueur - NYC - d. 2-5-2003
    CBS news correspondent: "This Week in Europe"; "The World Today"
    06-10-1910 - Charles O'Connor - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-17-1942
    announcer: "Johnny Presents"; "Breezing Along"
    06-10-1910 - Julie Haydon - Oak Park, IL - d. 12-24-1994
    actor: "Suspense"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    06-10-1911 - Denes Agay - Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary - d. 1-24-2007
    composer/conductor: "Guest Star"
    06-10-1911 - Mary Lansing - Louisiana - d. 9-30-1988
    actor: Betty Crane "The Greatest of These"; Julie Collins "The
    Guiding Light"
    06-10-1916 - Bill Waddington - Lancashire, England - d. 9-9-2000
    actor: "Ack-Ack, Beer Beer"
    06-10-1917 - Meredith Edwards - Denbighshire, Wales - d. 2-8-1999
    actor: "The Cruel Sea"
    06-10-1918 - Barry Morse - London, England - d. 2-2-2008
    actor: "Odyssey of Honor"; "George Orwell: A Radio Biography"
    06-10-1919 - Hal Simms - Boston, MA - d. 7-2-2002
    announcer: "The Steve Allen Show"; "Stop the Music!"
    06-10-1920 - Anne Burr - Boston, MA - d. 2-1-2003
    actor: Regina Rawlings "Backstage Wife"; "Nona Marsh "Wendy Warren
    and the News"
    06-10-1921 - Chuck Thompson - Palmer, MA - d. 3-6-2005
    sportscaster: Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Colts
    06-10-1922 - Judy Garland - Grand Rapids, MN - d. 6-22-1969
    singer, actor: Romantic Interest "The Hardy Family"; "Good News of 1938"
    06-10-1926 - June Haver - Rock Island, IL - d. 7-4-2005
    vocalist: (Fio Rito Orchestra) "Hollywood Hotel"
    06-10-1931 - Hal "Harlan" Stone - Whitestone, Long Island, NY - d.
    2-21-2007
    actor, author: Jughead Jones "Archie Andrews"; "[removed], Archie!
    Re-laxx!

    June 10th deaths

    01-07-1873 - Adolph Zukor - Ricse, Austria-Hungary - d. 6-10-1976
    film executive: "Time Capsule"; "Flashback"; "Cavalcade of Stars"
    03-09-1912 - Ned Le Fevre - Indiana - d. 6-10-1966
    actor: Ned Holden "The Guiding Light"; Jonathan Kegg "A Life in Your
    Hands"
    04-05-1900 - Spencer Tracy - Milwaukee, WI - d. 6-10-1967
    actor: "Good News of 1938"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-06-1910 - Alice Reinheart - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-10-1993
    actor: Anne Williams "Casey, Crime Photographer"; Jean Abbott "Abbott
    Mysteries"
    05-25-1919 - Lindsey Nelson - Campbellsville, TN - d. 6-10-1995
    sportscaster: "Monitor Preview"; "Biography In Sound"
    06-27-1925 - Chuck Balding - d. 6-10-2000
    sportscaster: WOAY Oak Hill, West Virginia
    06-30-1898 - George Chandler - Waukegan, IL - d. 6-10-1985
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-12-1863 - Herschel Mayall - Bowling Green, KY - d. 6-10-1941
    actor: "The Lone Ranger"; "The March of Time"
    07-14-1904 - Nadia Reisenberg - Vilna, Lithuania - d. 6-10-1983
    pianist: "Benny Goodman Music Festival"
    08-25-1909 - Michael Rennie - Bradford, Yorkshire, England - d.
    6-10-1971
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-30-1910 - Elinor Herriot - Duluth, MN - d. 6-10-2000
    actor: "Ruby Jones "Amos 'n' Andy"; Dorothy Wright "Couple Next Door"
    09-09-1915 - Richard Webb - Bloomington, IL - d. 6-10-1993
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay
    09-25-1911 - Eldon Barrick - d. 6-10-1969
    disk jockey: KTRM Modesto, California
    10-20-1925 - Carolina Cotton - Cash, AR - d. 6-10-1997
    singer, actress: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    11-12-1920 - Richard Quine - Detroit, MI - d. 6-10-1989
    actor: "Doctor Christian"; "Mayor of the Town"; "Family Theatre"
    12-28-1890 - Frank Butler - Oxford, England - d. 6-10-1967
    actor: Dave Arnold "Mr. Chameleon"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:44:06 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gang Busters

    RyanO asked about two episodes, one of which he had no title or airdate.
    Hopefully the info below will help:

    1. The Case of the Cowboy Killers: Gangsters hold up a series of bars in one
    night, staying just ahead of the cops.
    The date is August 28, 1948.

    2. Not sure of the title of this one, but its about a bandit who plays the
    jazz clarinet as a hobby. He ends up in a battle with police and hides in a
    pig pin trough, but dies there because of infected bullet wounds.
    The episode is "The Case of the Black Bottom Bandit," also titled "The Case
    of Earl Joiner."
    Broadcast March 20, 1942.

    Martin

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:44:14 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gertrude Lawrence

    Helen Cannell asked:

     >Can anyone help me find them (Gertrude Lawrence Appearances)please.
     >All suggestions will be gratefully received.

    Hi Helen,

    	Below you will find a list of programs in our collection in which
    Gertrude Lawrence appeared.  All are available for purchase on CD.

    =================================================================
      55578        06-11-39  :59:45 E   "A TRIBUTE TO THEIR MAJESTIES"

         Series: BIOGRAPHY IN SOUND ... NBC   SUSTAINED
      70252      5 01-23-55  :60:00 EX  "MEET GERTRUDE LAWRENCE"
      70268     21 06-14-55  :60:00 E   "MEET GERTRUDE LAWRENCE"

         Series: CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE ... ABC  CAMPBELL SOUP
      89325     20 04-21-39  :58:30 VG+ "PRIVATE LIVES"
      80200     49 02-11-40  :60:00 E   "MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN"

         Series: DUFFY'S TAVERN ... CBS  IPANA
      30000D1  121 03-14-44  :29:50 E  "GUEST: GERTRUDE LAWRENCE"

         Series: GREEN VALLEY, USA ... MUTUAL, WOR     EMERSON
      90327B       04-23-44  :29:20 VG+ "GUESTS: GERTRUDE LAWRENCE,

         Series: THE MAGIC KEY ... "THE MAGIC KEY OF RCA"
      7904C     69 02-07-37  :60:00 VG+ "MISS BENT BOWS"

         Series: PORTRAITS ... CBS WABC NEW YORK   SUSTAINED
      3968D2    AUD 10-19-41  :30:00 VG+ "LADY HAMILTON"

         Series: RADIO READER'S DIGEST
      93663B     7 02-24-46  :29:00 VG+ "THE LADY WITH THE GREEN EYES"
      93697B    79 09-11-47  :30:00 VG  "MADAME CURIE"

         Series: RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 ... NBC  SUSTAINED
      90812A    11 09-05-56  :24:30 EX  "BON VOYAGE TO KING GEORGE VI"

         Series: THE RUDY VALLEE SHOW ... "THE ROYAL GELATIN HOUR"
      6470B     18 12-03-36 1:00:50 E   "TONIGHT AT EIGHT-THIRTY"
      54262    104 07-28-38  :59:51 E   "SHADOW PLAY"

         Series: THE SCREEN GUILD THEATER ... CBS    GULF GASOLINE
      98077B    33 12-03-39  :30:00 E   "ACCENT ON YOUTH"

         Series: THEATER GUILD ON THE AIR
      94192     35 05-05-46  :60:00 E   "MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY"
      94204     48 11-03-46  :60:00 E   "LAST OF MRS. CHENEY"
      94241     88 10-19-47  :60:00 E   "LADY IN THE DARK"

    ==================================

    Hope this helps.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

    	Have a Great Day,

    		Jerry

    Jerry Haendiges

    Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
    Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:44:25 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Harry Bartell and Amos n' Andy

    I recently purchased issue #79 of FILMFAX magazine, June/July 2000 issue. It
    features an article about the Amos n' Andy television program, and part one
    of a two-part interview with Harry Bartell. The interview is great because
    Bartell talks a lot about being on radio. The second part of the interview
    (which I already had) extends into issue #80. In the second part, Bartell
    comments about doing a recreation of ESCAPE at the Friends of Old-Time Radio
    Convention and then commented that "A Shipment of Mute Fate" was his favorite
    of the series. He thought he only did a couple, but a kind-hearted vendor who
    had done an episode guide and log on ESCAPE, gave Bartell's daughter a
    freebee and apparently that evening, in the hotel room, Bartell looked it
    over and realized that he did A TON of ESCAPE episodes, not just a couple.
    Though he didn't comment what vendor gave his daughter the log, I theorize
    that Terry Salomonson probably did because he's know for giving stuff like
    that, and I don't recall anyone else having an ESCAPE log done or at FOTR.
    While Bartell may not have given a "thank you" to Terry personally, he did
    acknowledge the gift in the interview.

    Oh, shameless plug, sorry. The same issue features a brief interview with
    Margaret Kerry, one of the Little Rascals (Our Gang member) who also modeled
    for Disney's Tinkerbell. I got a kick out of the interview because she's
    going to be at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Aberdeen, Maryland,
    and she'll be doing a radio recreation on stage during the Saturday night
    banquet.  ([removed])

    Martin

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:44:32 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The
    Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."  Streamed in
    high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
    Several new additions to our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
    [removed]
    =======================================

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    WANTED!
    Episode 2    7-14-50   "Wanted: Myron (Mike) Selick"
    NBC Sustained Fridays 10:00-10:30 Pm
    Host: Walter Mcgraw
    Announcer/Narrator: Fred Collins
    Supervisor: James Kovac

    HELLO SUCKER
    Episode 3    1-19-52    "Demonstration Home Rackets"
    WMAQ SUSTAINED
    Produced in cooperation with the Chicago Better Business Bureau

    IT'S POST TOSTIES TIME
    Episode 1    7-2-42   "Modifying The Baby Carriage"
    Reginald Gardner, Frank Morgan, Fannie Brice as "Baby Snooks", John Conti

    LIVING 1948
    Episode 24    8-8-48   "The Sun And You"
    NBC Sustaining Sundays At Various Times
    Host: Ben Grauer
    Director: James Harvey
    Announcer: Robert Warren
    Music: Milton Katims
    Cast: Grace Keddy, Barry Thomson, Marilyn
    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    (SYND-ZIV) 1952-53 "The Case of The Bank Killer" David Brian stars.

    THE ALDRICH FAMILY
    (NBC) 4/14/49 "Henry, The Shortstop" Ezra Stone & Jackie Kelk.

    TREASURY STAR PARADE
    ([removed]) 4/14/49 FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY "Watering The Lawn"
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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Bob Hope Show - "Chico Marx"
    originally aired November 8, 1938 on NBC
    Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Six Hits and a Miss, Skinnay Ennis
    and his Orchestra, Chico Marx, Bill Goodwin announcing.
    Sponsor: Pepsodent

    Bob Hope Show - "Basil Rathbone"
    originally aired January 28, 1941 on NBC
    Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Six Hits and a Miss, Skinnay Ennis
    and his Orchestra, Art Baker announcing the commercials, Bill Goodwin
    announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Pepsodent

    Bob Hope Show - "New Bandleader Desi Arnaz"
    originally aired September 24, 1946 on NBC
    (first show of 9th season for Pepsodent)
    Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Carol Richards, The Starlighters,
    Barbara Jo Allen as Vera Vague, Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra, Wendall
    Niles announcing.
    Sponsor: Pepsodent

    Bob Hope Show - "Jack Benny"
    originally aired November 9, 1948 on NBC
    Starring: Bob Hope, Irene Ryan, Jack Kirkwood, Doris Day, Bill Farrell,
    Four Hits and a Miss, Les Brown and his Band of Renown, Hy Averback
    announcing.
    Sponsor: Swan Soap

    Bob Hope Show - "Jack Webb, Dragnet Parody"
    originally aired February 4, 1953 on NBC
    Starring: Bob Hope, Bill Johnstone, Jane Morgan, Margaret Whiting, Les
    Brown and his Band of renown, Bill Goodwin announcing.
    Sponsor: Jell-O
    ==================================

    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:44:45 -0400
    From: jerrymyrnajena@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Nevada OTR club
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    [removed] Do you know of any OTR Clubs or Organizations in Nevada or Las Vegas?
    Thanks, Jerry Boehm???? jerrymyrnajena@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:20:32 -0400
    From: Chargous@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  calling raw aluminum experts

    I finally got around to getting the custom stylus to do some 1932-34 raw
    aluminums I have.  I've done oodles and oodles of other type of
    transcriptions of all sizes, but I've only done a small handful of raw
    aluminum, and I'd like to get a refresher course.

    I remember that they were to be tracked much lighter, and one has to
    babysit them to make sure the groove doesn't stick.

    My main question is per cleaning and prepping raw aluminum.  I think I
    remember that a soapy mixture was not appropriate for them?  What's the
    best way to clean them?

    Thanks,
    Travis

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