Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #44
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Date: 2/6/2007 11:07 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 44
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      2-6 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Red menace and radio                  [ "Cancilla, Dominick" <dcancilla@cal ]
      The Halls Of Ivy on the podcast redu  [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      Howard Duff                           [ "RyanO" <rosentowski@[removed]; ]
      Radio Spirits on the Road             [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      James Stewart and the Blacklist       [ wayne_johnson@[removed] ]
      Radio Gunsmoke Matt Dillon's recurri  [ Vere Scott <verescott@[removed]; ]
      Upton?                                [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
      2-7 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Duffy's first name                    [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Eisenhower and McCarthy               [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Space-hopping                         [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      RED SCARE MISINFORMATION              [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:45:50 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-6 births/deaths

    February 6th births

    02-06-1878 - Walter B. Pitkin - Ypsilanti, MI - d. 1-25-1953
    author: "The Clearing House of Hope"; "We Americans"
    02-06-1888 - Bennett Kilpack - England - d. 8-17-1962
    actor: Mr. Keen "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"; "James Benson
    "David Harum"
    02-06-1888 - Hugh Aspinwall - d. 1-xx-1981
    tenor, chief announcer: WHT Chicago, Illinois
    02-06-1888 - Lucille Gleason - Pasadena, CA - d. 5-18-1947
    actor: "Jimmy Gleason's Diner"
    02-06-1889 - Richard Bonelli - Port Byron, NY - d. 6-7-1980
    baritone: "Universal Rhythm"
    02-06-1895 - Babe Ruth - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-16-1948
    baseball legend: "Advs. of Babe Ruth"; "Here's Babe Ruth"
    02-06-1897 - Erna Sack - Spandau-Berlin, Germany - d. 3-2-1972
    singer: (The German Nightingale) "General Motors Concerts"
    02-06-1899 - Ramon Novarro - Durango, Mexico - d. 10-30-1968
    actor: Freelance
    02-06-1903 - Claudio Arrau - Chillans, Chile - d. 6-9-1991
    classical pianist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Music America Loves Best"
    02-06-1909 - John Allen Wolfe - Louisville, KY
    announcer: "Capitol Family Hour"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Woman of Courage"
    02-06-1911 - Ronald "Dutch" Reagan - Tampico, IL - d. 6-5-2004
    panelist, actor: Hollywood Byline"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-06-1913 - John Lund - Rochester, NY - d. 5-10-1992
    actor: Johnny Dollar "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; Chaplain Jim
    "Chaplain Jim"
    02-06-1913 - Porter Bourne - d. 8-28-2001
    announcer: WXYZ Detroit
    02-06-1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft - Norfolk, NE - d. 5-22-2005
    singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
    02-06-1917 - Penny Olsen - Milwaukee, WI
    singer: (Wife of Johnny Olsen) "Ladies Be Seated"; "Rumpus Room"
    02-06-1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor - Budapest, Hungary
    actor: Intermission Guest: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-06-1943 - Fabian (Forte) - Philadelphia, PA
    singer: "NASA Special Report"

    February 6th deaths

    01-06-1912 - Danny Thomas - Deerfield, MI - d. 2-6-1991
    actor: Amos "Bickersons"; Postman "Fanny Brice Show"
    01-19-1922 - Guy Madison - Pumpkin Center, CA - d. 2-6-1996
    actor: Wild Bill Hickok "Wild Bill Hickok"
    01-26-1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1990
    composer: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Command Performance"
    03-09-1902 - Robert St. John - Chicago, IL - d. 2-6-2003
    newscaster: 1943-46, NBC, weekdays at 10 [removed]
    05-02-1878 - Roy Atwill - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1962
    actor, comedian, composer: "The Fred Allen Show"; "The Fred Waring Show"
    05-15-1905 - Joseph Cotten - Petersburg, VA - d. 2-6-1994
    actor: Matthew Bell "Private Files of Matthew Bell"; "Mercury Theatre
    on the Air"
    06-13-1917 - Si Zentner - NYC - d. 2-6-2000
    bandleader, trombonist: "Si Zentner and His Orchestra"; "Guard Session"
    07-06-1898 - Hans Eisler - Germany - d. 2-6-1962
    orchestra leader: "The Littlest Angel"; "Mr. Pickwick's Christmas"
    08-07-1909 - Sheldon Stark - NYC - d. 2-6-1997
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"; "Straight Arrow"
    08-11-1868 - Edgar Norton - London, England - d. 2-6-1953
    actor: "I Love A Mystery"
    08-26-1919 - Frances Wayne - Boston, MA - d. 2-6-1978
    vocalist: "The Woody Herman Show"
    09-07-1891 - Roscoe Karns - San Bernadino, CA - d. 2-6-1970
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
    10-07-1915 - Francis Hunt - Buffalo, NY - d. 2-6-1993
    vocalist: (Lou Bring Orchestra) "Kraft Music Hall"
    12-06-1913 - Karl Haas - Speyer-on-the-Rhine, Germany - d. 2-6-2005
    musician, broadcaster: "Adventures in Good Music"
    12-26-1906 - Ashley Buck - d. 2-6-1980
    writer: "We Are Always Young"
    12-29-1898 - Pat Padgett - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-6-1990
    comedian: January "Show Boat"; Pat "Model Minstrels"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:58:44 -0500
    From: "Cancilla, Dominick" <dcancilla@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Red menace and radio

    I'm not old enough to remember the Communist scare, and I don't recall a
    whole lot of time being spent on it in school, so the current discussion
    is incredibly interesting to me. I have two OTR-related questions on the
    subject that I'm hoping someone out there can answer.

    1) I remember hearing that Sam Spade was canceled, in part, because
    Hammet (spelling?) was associated with Communism. If this is true (and,
    actually, even if it's not), were there any other radio shows canceled
    or significantly changed because of blacklisting, accusations, [removed]

    2) "I Was a Communist for the FBI" is one of my favorite radio dramas,
    in part because it always seemed so "over the top" to me. Now I'm
    hearing that maybe it wasn't so unrealistic after all. How realistic
    were the stories? Ignoring for the moment that one person probably
    wouldn't have all these adventures (just like Friday probably wouldn't
    work in so many different departments in Dragnet), how close to the
    truth were individual stories?

    Thanks a lot for the help with these. It's thoughtful, intelligent
    conversations like these that keep me riveted to the digest. (Well, that
    and trying to pin down the Lone Ranger's name and Kato's nationality.)

    --Dominick

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:58:51 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Halls Of Ivy on the podcast [removed]

    The Halls Of Ivy - The Minister's Son/Songwriter

    As promised over a month ago (nothing like being on top of things, eh?), I am
    posting two episodes of The Halls of Ivy which contain the complete theme
    song. This second episode is from November 21st of 1951, and can be streamed
    directly from teh web page, downloaded manually, or auto-downloaded by
    subscribing to the podcast.

    Note other episodes of The Halls of Ivy are available on the Fundraiser Discs
    which help support the mailing lists, podcasts, and other OTR-related stuff
    here on my little corner of the Net. You can find the show (and other OTR
    programs, too) at [removed]  You'll also find recent posts
    about why sometimes I end up with a headahce by the end of the day, what I
    think about the Boston/Turner kerfluffle, and what's gnawing at the XM
    Satellite Radio studios, among other things.

    (And apologies for the delay.)

    AOL: <a ref="[removed]">[removed]</a>

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:59:19 -0500
    From: "RyanO" <rosentowski@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Howard Duff

    Jeff Weaver said:

    As for radio, I have heard that the Red scare caused Howard Duff to
    leave Sam Spade- that was a shame, I love Howard Duff and wished that
    there was more Spade to enjoy. I appreciate Mr. Stone's story and
    currently listening to 21st Precinct which I believe he did.

    Can someone please offer more details on exactly hwy Howard Duff left Sam
    Spade? Also, who is Mr. Stone, or did you mean, Sloane?

    RyanO

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:59:33 -0500
    From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio Spirits on the Road
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    For all my OTR pals on the East [removed]

    Just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be out and about with Radio
    Spirits at a few upcoming events in New York.  The first event will be the New
    York Comic Con at the Javits Center.  The dates are Feb. 23rd - 25th.  (Check
    it out at: [removed])

    The second event will be Long Island Radio Day on Saturday, March 3rd (Details
    for this can be found at: [removed])

    If any of you end up going to either of these events, please stop by and say
    hello!

    Karen Lerner
    Radio Spirits, Inc.

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:59:59 -0500
    From: wayne_johnson@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  James Stewart and the Blacklist

    I was reading about James Stewart (The Six Shooter) in the biography section
    of [removed] today and learned that he was fairly close to J. Edgar Hoover and
    even spied for him in the late 40s and early 50s.  Even in the later years of
    his life he thought that the 'reds' were the ruination of his craft.

    Another subject ...

    I have my TIVO unit programmed to record movies whenever a select few OTR
    names appears in the credits.  Just a few days ago the 1954 version of
    Dragnet was recorded.  So many young faces!  Virginia Gregg was wonderful
    even though she was on for only about 5 minutes.  Close your eyes and sudden
    you're thinking of Johnny Dollar!

    I particularly like the Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O'Brien films ... they made
    good 'tough guys'.

    If I am not mistaken, there is a flick on TCM in the next few days with Joel
    McCrea (Tales of the Texas Rangers).  Again, it is always interesting to see
    them after hearing them for so long.

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:52:35 -0500
    From: Vere Scott <verescott@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Gunsmoke Matt Dillon's recurring
     greeting: "Hello John"   [John Dehner]
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    Somewhere I read that that common recurring casual
    interaction between Matt Dillon and 'John' was a
    running in-joke and that the 'John' in question
    was William Conrad's famous fellow actor and
    frequent Gunsmoke guest star, John Dehner (Radio's
    Have Gun Will Travel's 'Paladin' and Frontier
    Gentleman '[removed] (Jeremy Brett?)  Kendall').
    Frequently 'John' would reply with a shaky,
    perhaps a bit senile, older gentleman's voice; so
    much conveyed in so little dialogue.

    That common greeting usually had nothing to do
    with the episode's plot.  It is the inclusion of
    that sort of casual exchange which, like the
    background chatter in the Alaferganza saloon or on
    the train station platform, helped to bring
    radio's Dodge to life.  It lent the authenticity
    so characteristic of radio Gunsmoke's soundscape.

    Vere Scott.

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:53:12 -0500
    From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Upton?

    Jeffrey wrote:

>     Just last year documents emerged that
>     Sinclair Lewis knew the Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty as charged, but
>     he released his book proclaiming them innocent all the same.

    You might mean Upton Sinclair who wrote a novel called BOSTON about
    the case. Many years ago I read the book and really enjoyed it.

    Steve
    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 23:05:07 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-7 births/deaths

    February 7th births

    02-07-1812 - Charles Dickens - Portsmouth, England - d. 6-9-1870
    author: "A Christmas Carol"
    02-07-1866 - George Ade - d. 5-1-1944
    humorist: WJZ New York City
    02-07-1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder - Pepin, WI - d. 2-10-1957
    writer: "Hallmark Playhouse"
    02-07-1883 - Eubie Blake - Baltimore, MD - d. 2-12-1983
    jazz pianist: "Ragtime"; "White House Jazz Festival"
    02-07-1885 - Sinclair Lewis - Sauk Centre, MN - d. 1-10-1951
    novelist: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Ford Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
    02-07-1895 - Irving Aaronson - NYC - d. 5-10-1963
    bandleader: "Irving Aaronson and His Orchestra"
    02-07-1901 - Bob Stevenson - d. 9-5-1970
    announcer: "Life with Luigi"
    02-07-1903 - Graemer Lorimer - Wyncote, PA - d. 9-xx-1983
    writer: "Maudie's Diary"
    02-07-1908 - Bill Johnstone - Paisley, Scotland - d. 11-1-1996
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; Sam Young "Pepper Young's
    Family"
    02-07-1915 - Arthur Kurlan - d. 12-xx-1992
    producer: "Keep 'Em Rolling"
    02-07-1915 - Eddie Bracken - Astoria, NY - d. 11-14-2002
    comedian: "Eddie Bracken Show"; Dizzy Stevens "Aldrich Family"
    02-07-1923 - Jiri Pelikan - Olomouc, Czechoslovakia - d. 6-26-1999
    head of the state run radio system who eliminated censorship
    02-07-1923 - Keefe Brasselle - Elyria, OH - d. 7-7-1981
    actor: "Stars in the Air"
    02-07-1924 - Hattie Jacques - Sandgate, Kent, England - d. 10-6-1980
    actor: Sophie Tuckshop "It's That Man Again"; Agatha Dangelbody
    "Educating Archie"
    02-07-1926 - Al Ramsen - NYC - d. 3-12-1984
    actor: "Lights Out"; "Suspense"; "The Ford Theatre"

    February 7th deaths

    02-09-1910 - Peanuts Holland - Norfold, VA - d. 2-7-1979
    jazz trumpeter, singer: "One Night Stand"; "Jubilee"; "Yank Swing
    Session"
    02-14-1896 - Anson Weeks - Oakland, CA - d. 2-7-1969
    bandleader: "Lucky Strike Show"; "Lady Esther Serenade"; "[removed]
    Coffee Program"
    02-22-1918 - Sid Abel - Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada - d. 2-7-2000
    sportscaster: "Play By Play Detroit Red Wings"
    06-27-1900 - Rev. James G. Keller - Oakland, CA - d. 2-7-1977
    priest: "The Christophers"
    06-30-1918 - Stewart Foster - Binghamton, NY - d. 2-7-1968
    singer: "Stewart Foster Show"; "Galen Drake"; "On a Sunday Afternoon"
    08-10-1896 - Walter Lang - Memphis, TN - d. 2-7-1972
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    08-22-1909 - Philip G. Epstein - NYC - d. 2-7-1952
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-30-1896 - Fred Howard - San Diego, CA - d. 2-7-1990
    actor: "The Saint"; "Dearest Mother"; "We Are Four"
    10-18-1918 - Bobby Troup - Harrisburg, PA - d. 2-7-1999
    singer, actor: "Navy Swings"; "Bobby Troup Program"; "Bobby Troup Trio"
    10-31-1912 - Dale Evans - Uvalde, TX - d. 2-7-2001
    actor, singer: (Queen of the Cowgirls) "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Roy
    Rogers Show"
    11-30-1884 - Rev. Dr. Daniel A. Poling - Portland, OR - d. 2-7-1968
    clergyman: "The National Youth Conference"
    xx-xx-1925 - Sonny Day - d. 2-7-2005
    singer: (Smokey Mountain Boys) "Grand Ole Opry"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:04:06 -0500
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Duffy's first name

>     Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 21:14:15 -0500
>     From: illoman@[removed]

>     Duffy's first name is Patrick J. As far as I know, Archie never did
>     have a last name on the show.

    I thought Duffy's first name was John Reid!  ;->

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:04:36 -0500
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Eisenhower and McCarthy

>     Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:03:54 -0500
>     From: <verotas@[removed];

>     It is recorded history that Dwight Eisenhower said after he left the
>     Presidency that probably the one thing he regretted the most of his time in
>     the White House was that he did not do what he could to squelch McCarthy.

    Actually, it is recorded history that Eisenhower did a great deal
    behind the scenes to squelch McCarthy.  For years most of us thought
    Eisenhower was an amiable non-politician who largely left things to
    others.  As documents from his administration became de-classified
    and people started to talk, it turns out that he was much more hands-
    on and politically savvy than he appeared.  But he liked to work
    behind the scenes and didn't want to get into an open confrontation
    with anyone.

    The 1982 book =The Hidden-Hand Presidency= by Fred I. Greenstein
    describes how Eisenhower worked behind the scenes to squelch
    McCarthy, including invoking executive privilege to keep McCarthy
    from getting information about the meetings he was having to
    coordinate the administration's position in the Army-McCarthy
    hearings.  Meetings were held at the White House to prepare the
    Secretary of the Army for his testimony in the hearings.

    On another occasion, Adlai Stevenson made a televised speech
    depicting the Republican Party as "hopelessly, dismally, fatally torn
    and rent ... divided against itself, half McCarthy and half
    Eisenhower."  McCarthy demanded time to reply, but Eisenhower
    thwarted the demand by saying that Stevenson's attack was on the
    party, therefore he had RNC chair Leonard Hall call the networks and
    ask for time for the RNC to reply and said that he would call the
    network presidents himself if Hall had any trouble with them.  Then
    he got a reluctant Nixon, who had been straddling the McCarthy issue,
    to give the speech.

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    Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:05:16 -0500
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Space-hopping

>     From: "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];

>     Nearly all space-hopping SF, whether in radio, TV, film, literature or
>     what-have-you, presumes some form of faster-than-light travel; those that
>     don't feel severely disjointed as a result (Alien movies, Orson Scott Card
>     novels, etc.).

    Actually, no.  Science fiction that is confined to the solar system
    does not assume faster-than-light travel.  The space operas of old
    generally assumed that the solar system was much smaller than it is,
    so that one could get around the system fairly quickly.  Faster-than-
    light travel is generally assumed for travel beyond the solar system.

    So, for example, Space Patrol used "Star Drive" and Tom Corbett used
    "Hyper Drive," but only when going to other star systems.  The 1950s
    TV version of Flash Gordon, on the other hand, depicted travel around
    the galaxy, but said nothing about faster-than-light travel, except
    in one episode, in which Dr. Zarkov had developed faster-than-light
    travel.  When Flash arrived too late and found Dale dead, he used the
    faster-than-light drive to make time go backwards, so that this time
    he arrived in the nick of time.

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    Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:06:01 -0500
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RED SCARE MISINFORMATION

    Reader XB seems to have his hat on backwards regarding who broke the law
    during  that tumultuous time.
    Let me quote the Encyclopedia  Britannica:
    In 1949, the Justice Department prosecuted the  eleven top leaders of the
    party for violation of the Smith Act of 1940, which  made it illegal for
    anyone
    "to teach and advocate the overthrow and destruction  of the United States
    government by force and violence." After a long trial all  eleven were
    convicted
    on October 14 and sentenced to prison terms. Their  convictions were upheld by
    the Supreme Court in the case of Dennis et al. v.  United States (1951), with
    two justices dissenting because of the free-speech  issues involved. Another
    126 members of the party--who composed the second level  of leadership--were
    then prosecuted also. Dozens of others who were aliens were  rounded up for
    deportation. With its leaders in prison and other members  subjected to
    various
    degrees of persecution, the party was on the defensive and  many of those left
    in its ranks went underground.
    That  would seem to put the finger of guilt where it belonged. Those who
    would seek to  overthrow the government and that most certainly WAS a goal of
    the
    CPUSA.
    It might still  be.
    Michael C. Gwynne

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