Subject: [removed] Digest V2011 #87
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Date: 6/6/2011 7:22 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2011 : Issue 87
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Future of OTR hobby                   [ Jmeals@[removed] ]
      6-3 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      6-4 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      AFRS DISCS                            [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      Today in radio history 5-11 June      [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      AFRS DISCS                            [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      Patriotic PSA's                       [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      A TWENTY ONE GUN SALUTE TO CHUCK SCH  [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:19:44 -0400
    From: Jmeals@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Future of OTR hobby
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    Many people in the OTR community have expressed concern over the future of
    the hobby. I have recently had a wonderful experience which may be of some
    help  in this matter.

    Last May 16th, my wife and I were visiting Seattle and saw a live taping of
     an Imagination Theater episode. What an absolutely joyful evening! The IT
    folks  did an original Sherlock Holmes play, which was compelling and
    suspenseful. When  the actors made a mistake, they stopped, went back and did
    it
    over again. These  Let's try it again moments were often hilarious as Larry
    Albert and company came  up with some wonderful jokes while waiting for their
    second chance.

    I was encouraged by the large number of young families who were watching
    this production at the Kirkland Performance Center. During the intermission,
    children were allowed to go on stage and talk to the actors and sound
    technicians.

    Perhaps OTR is a bit like baseball. When children are introduced to
    baseball their first interest is in the current teams and players but that
    interest often expands to include the sport's history.

    I know, not much radio drama being produced today. But maybe we should be
    encouraging kids to tune in Imagination Theater and Twilight Zone before we
    bring out The Shadow CD's.

    And, if you plan to visit Seattle be sure to check with the Imagination
    Theater website, [removed], and attend a taping. If possible, take a few
    young guests along with you.

    All the usual disclaimers apply here. I hope my musings have been of some
    help.

    Jim Meals

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    Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:19:51 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-3 births/deaths

    June 3rd births

    06-03-1900 - Frank Dailey - Bloomfield, NJ - d. 2-27-1956
    bandleader: "Matinee at Meadowbrook"
    06-03-1901 - Maurice Evans - Dorchester, England - d. 3-12-1989
    actor: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    06-03-1904 - Jan Peerce - NYC - d. 12-15-1984
    singer: "Music Hall of the Air"; "A & P Gypsies"; "Golden Treasury of
    Song"
    06-03-1905 - Paulette Goddard - Whitestone Landing, Long Island, NY -
    d. 3-23-1990
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Players"
    06-03-1906 - Brooke Temple - Niagra Falls, NY - d. 04-1982
    actor: Red Ryder "Red Ryder"
    06-03-1906 - Josephine Baker - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-12-1975
    singer: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    06-03-1908 - Joey Nash - Brooklyn, NY
    singer: "The Capitol Family"; "Notes of Love"
    06-03-1911 - Ellen Corby - Racine, WI - d. 4-14-1999
    actor: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    06-03-1911 - Jack McCarthy - Pernell, MI - d. 12-xx-1977
    actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"
    06-03-1913 - Lucille Lund - Buckley, WA - d. 2-15-2002
    actor: "First Nighter"
    06-03-1914 - Roy Glenn - Pittsburg, KS - d. 3-12-1971
    actor: "The Beulah Show"
    06-03-1915 - Ralph Allinger - d. 10-xx-1971
    sportscaster: White Plains and Utica, New York
    06-03-1916 - Jack Manning - Cincinnati, OH
    actor: David Crawford "Young Dr. Malone"
    06-03-1917 - Leo Gorcey - NYC - d. 6-2-1969
    actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
    06-03-1918 - Patrick Cargill - London, England - d. 5-23-1996
    actor: "Brothers in Law"
    06-03-1919 - Charles F. McCarthy - d. 7-4-1988
    newscaster: "Charles F. McCarthy and the News"
    06-03-1922 - Joy Shelton - London, England - d. 1-28-2000
    actor: "PC 49"
    06-03-1924 - Colleen Dewhurst - Montreal, Canada - d. 8-22-1991
    actor: "Will Cather: A Look of Rememberance"
    06-03-1924 - Jimmy Rogers - Ruleville, MS - d. 12-19-1997
    blues singer: "Stars for Defense"; "Here's to Veterans"; "Guest Star"
    06-03-1924 - Ted Mallie - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-25-1999
    announcer: "I Love A Mystery"; "The Shadow"; "Bill Hickok"
    06-03-1925 - Tony Curtis - NYC - d. 9-29-2010
    actor: "Hollywood Star Playhouse"; "Stars in the Air"; "Suspense"
    06-03-1927 - Boots Randolph - Paducah, KY - d. 7-2-2007
    saxophonist: "Grand Ole Opry"
    06-03-1933 - Lillian Briggs - Allentown, PA - d 4-11-1998
    singer: "The Steve Lawrence Show"
    06-03-1942 - Curtis Mayfield - Rosewell, GA - d. 12-26-1999
    soul singer, songwriter: "Voices of Vista"01-06-1913 - Tom Brown - NYC
    - d. 6-3-1990
    actor: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-09-1909 - Patrick Peyton - Carracastle, Ireland - d. 6-3-1992
    preacher: (The Rosary Priest) "Family Theatre"
    01-11-1899 - Eva Le Gallienne - d. 6-3-1991
    actor: "Civic Repertory Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-26-1916 - Peter Brough - West London, England - d. 6-3-1999
    ventriloquist: "Educating Archie"; "Navy Mixture"
    03-20-1906 - Ozzie Nelson - Jersey City, NJ - d. 6-3-1975
    actor: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
    04-12-1905 - Audrey Call - Alton, IL - d. 6-3-2001
    violinist: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    04-21-1915 - Anthony Quinn - Chihauha, Mexico - d. 6-3-2001
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Your Radio Theatre"
    05-25-1905 - Joseph C. Harsch - Toledo, OH - d. 6-3-1998
    news commentator: "A Closer Look at the News"; "Emphasis"
    05-26-1908 - Robert Morley - Semley, England - d. 6-3-1992
    actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
    07-20-1901 - Dilys Powell - Bournemouth, England - d. 6-3-1995
    film critic: "The Critics"; "Critics Forum"
    08-13-1905 - Olga Albani - Barcelona, Spain - d. 6-3-1940
    singer: "Coca-Cola Hour"; "Silken String"
    08-13-1910 - Skinnay Ennis - Salisbury, NC - d. 6-3-1963
    bandleader, singer: "Bob Hope Show"; "Abbott and Costello Show"
    08-17-1927 - Sam Butera - New Orleans, LA - d. 6-3-2009
    tenor sax: (Sam Butera and the Witnesses) "The Navy Swings"
    08-24-1917 - Dennis James - Jersey City, NJ - d. 6-3-1997
    host, announcer: "Lawyer Q"; "Major Bows Original Amateur Hour"
    09-18-1910 - Joe "Curley" Bradley - Coalgate, OK - d. 6-3-1985
    actor, singer: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; "Singing Marshall"
    10-12-1909 - Jack Orrison - Colorado - d. 6-3-1986
    actor: "X Minus One"; "Gangbusters"
    10-20-1904 - Anna Neagle - Forest Gate, Essex, England - d. 6-3-1986
    actor: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Kate Smith Hour"; "Radio Tribute to the
    Kind and Queen"
    10-22-1914 - Harry Hickox - Big Spring, TX - d. 6-3-1994
    actor: "Jump-Jump and the Ice Queen"
    10-22-1917 - Harold Goodwin - Wombwell, England - d. 6-3-2004
    actor: "The Cruel Sea"
    11-07-1895 - Jerry Belcher - Austin, TX - d. 6-3-1962
    interviewer: "Vox Pop"; "Our Neighbors"
    12-09-1925 - Patricia Wheel - NYC - d. 6-3-1986
    actor: "Stroke of Fate"; "Crime and Peter Chambers"

    Ron
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    Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:19:57 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-4 births/deaths

    June 4th births

    06-04-1881 - Clara Blandick - Hong Kong (on a ship in harbor) - d.
    4-15-1962
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    06-04-1888 - Ivy Litvinov - England - d. 4-14-1977
    author: "Information Please"
    06-04-1891 - Erno Rapee - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-26-1945
    conductor: "Roxy's Gang"; "General Motors Concert"
    06-04-1900 - Dan Golenpaul - NYC - d. 2-13-1974
    producer: "Information, Please"
    06-04-1901 - Carlton E. Morse - Jennings, LA - d. 5-24-1993
    writer, producer, director: "One Man's Family"; "I Love A Mystery"
    06-04-1906 - Richard Whorf - Winthrop, MA - d. 12-14-1966
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Jack Benny
    Program"
    06-04-1906 - Vinton Haworth (Hayworth) - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-21-1970
    actor: Fred Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Michael Shayne "Michael Shayne"
    06-04-1907 - Rosalind Russell - Waterbury, CT - d. 11-28-1976
    actor: "Four-Star Playhouse"; "Silver Theatre"
    06-04-1912 - Jess Barker - Greenville, SC - d. 8-8-2000
    announcer, actor: "Guest Star"; "Proudly We Hail"
    06-04-1917 - Charles Collingwood - Three Rivers, MI - d. 10-3-1985
    newscaster: CBS News UN Correspondent/White House Correspondent
    06-04-1917 - Helen Wood - Clarksville, TN - d. 2-8-1988
    actor: Elaine Dascomb "Those We Love"
    06-04-1918 - Howard Culver - Colorado - d. 8-5-1984
    actor: Steve Adams/Straight Arrow "Straight Arrow"; "Free lance"
    06-04-1919 - Robert Merrill - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-23-2004
    singer: "An Evening with Romberg"; "Robert Merrill Show"
    06-04-1920 - Fedoro Barbieri - Trieste, Italy - d. 3-4-2003
    opera singer: "Metropolitan Opera"
    06-04-1921 - Don Diamond - Brooklyn NY
    actor: "Confession"; "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "NBC University Theatre"
    06-04-1921 - Harvey Bullock - Oxford, NC - d. 4-24-2006
    writer: "Breakfast with Burrows"
    06-04-1921 - Tom Bigler - Terentum, PA - d. 3-2-2007
    disk jockey: WILK Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
    06-04-1923 - Elizabeth Jolley - Birmingham, England - d. 2-13-2007
    writer: "Little Lewis Has Had a Lovely Sleep"
    06-04-1924 - Dennis Weaver - Joplin, MO - d. 2-24-2006
    actor: Look Magazine Commercial "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    06-04-1927 - Phil Rammacher - d. 3-6-2003
    drums: "The Hoagy Carmichael Show"
    06-04-1940 - Lassie (Pal) - North Hollywood, CA - d. xx-xx-1958
    actor: "Lassie Show"

    June 4th deaths

    01-12-1902 - Joe E. Lewis - NYC - d. 6-4-1971
    comedian: "Midnight to Dawn in New York and London"
    01-19-1908 - Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue) - Erie, PA - d. 6-4-1994
    comedian: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    01-21-1915 - Ray Erlenborn - Denver, CO - d. 6-4-2007
    sound effects, actor: "Burns and Allen"; "Anderson Family"
    02-09-1937 - Clete Boyer - Cassville, MO - d. 6-4-2007
    baseball player: "Tops in Sports"
    02-10-1893 - Bill Tilden - Germantown, PA - d. 6-4-1953
    tennis player: "Information Please"
    03-10-1919 - Lorna Thayer - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-2005
    actor: "The Hallmark Hall of Fame"
    03-11-1898 - Dorothy Gish - Massillon, OH - d. 6-4-1968
    actor: Texaco Star Playhouse"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-17-1902 - Jimmy Grier - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-4-1959
    orchestra leader: "Woodbury Soap Show"
    04-02-1919 - Tom Hubbard - d. 6-4-1974
    actor: Sergeant Cadet Stripes "Starr of Space
    04-19-1915 - Betty Winkler - Berwick, PA - d. 6-4-2002
    actor: Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish
    Rose"
    04-21-1930 - Alec Gregonzi - London, England - d. 6-4-2006
    actor: Fred "Hancock's Half Hour"
    04-27-1931 - James Barrett - Detroit, MI - d. 6-4-2006
    actor: Dan Reid "The Lone Ranger"; The Green Hornet"
    05-15-1890 - Menasha Skulnik - Warsaw, Poland - d. 6-4-1970
    actor: Mr. Cohen "Abie's Irish Rose"; Uncle David "The Goldbergs"
    05-27-1919 - Ray Montgomery - d. 6-4-1998
    actor: Noel Chandler "Dear John"
    05-xx-1931 - Frankie Desmond - d. 6-4-2005
    writer for the BBC
    06-05-1915 - Alfred Kazin - Brownsville, NY - d. 6-4-1998
    author, teacher, literary critic: "Invitation to Learning"
    06-12-1916 - Ivan Tors - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-4-1983
    producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    07-15-1905 - Shirley Povich - Bar Harbor ME - d. 6-4-1998
    sports columnist: "World Series Preview"; "Sonny Liston vs. Cassius
    Clay"
    07-16-1911 - Sonny Tufts - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-1970
    actor: "Harold Lloyd's Comedy Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-17-1926 - Doyle Bladon - d. 6-4-2006
    disk jockey: KFOR Lincoln, Nebraska
    07-21-1910 - Himan Brown - NYC - d. 6-4-2010
    actor, producer: Papa Marino "Little Italy"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"
    07-25-1907 - Jack Gilford - NYC - d. 6-4-1990
    comedian: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    07-26-1901 - Serge Koussevitzky - Vyshni Volocheck, Russia - d. 6-4-1978
    symphony conductor: "Boston Symphony Orchestra"
    07-29-1877 - William Beebe - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-4-1962
    author: "Information Please"
    07-29-1913 - Stephen McNally - NYC - d. 6-4-1994
    actor: "Ford Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    08-02-1912 - Gwen Plumb - Sydney, Australia - d. 6-4-2002
    scripter, actor: "Big Sister"; "Blue Hills"
    08-16-1895 - Lucien Littlefield - San Antonio, TX - d. 6-4-1960
    actor: "Hollywood On the Air"
    09-09-1882 - Clem McCarthy - East Bloomfield, NY - d. 6-4-1962
    sportscaster: The Kentucky Derby
    10-12-1903 - Josephine Hutchinson - Seattle, WA - d. 6-4-1998
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"

    Ron
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    Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:20:58 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  AFRS DISCS
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    Has anyone logged the AFRS disc? After years of transferring these
    discs, I just realized that I have no idea of what the "R" number is?
    I was loaned about 100 discs of CBS Mystery Theater and Suspense
    along with a number of other mixed programs.

    There were no titles on any of the discs. I recognized some of the
    Suspense programs, but I'm guessing that as long as I have the R
    number and the program number, somewhere there must be a log that
    would give me the actual show title. Am I correct?

    For example I have 20 Jim Pewter shows. They all have an R number
    like R 14-0 10A 1856F

    I know the F stands for Friday. The 10A is side one of the disc or
    side A. But what does the 10 stand for? The 14-0 number starts at
    around 8 or 9 and goes up to 15. In all cases the number after the
    dash (-) is 0.

    Fred
    Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
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    Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:20:33 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history 5-11 June

     From Those Were The Days -

    6/6

    1938 - Stella Dallas was presented for the first time on the NBC Red
    radio network. The serial was "the true to life story of mother love and
    sacrifice." Stella continued to do this and so much more until 1955.

    6/7

    1945   The NBC program The Adventures of Topper was heard for the first
    time.

    1955   NBC presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. The
    program had aired for 21 years.

    6/8

    1942   The comic soap opera Clara, Lu 'n Em was revived on CBS (the
    original show began in 1931 on NBC). Clara, Lu and Em were together
    again for just a short while before vanishing into radio oblivion.

    1947   Lassie debuted on ABC. It was a 15 minute show about an
    extraordinary collie. Animal imitator, Earl Keen provided the whines and
    other dog noises. The announcer was Charles Lyon; Marvin Miller and
    Betty Arnold played Lassie's owners. The sponsor was Red Heart dog food.

    6/10

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    1909   An SOS signal is transmitted for the first time in an emergency
    when the Cunard liner SS Slavonia is wrecked off the Azores.

     From Those Were The Days

    1924   The first political convention on radio was presented.  Graham
    McNamee provided coverage of the Republican National Convention from
    Cleveland, OH.

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:21:04 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  AFRS DISCS

    A correction on my last post. The code number should have read "RU"
    and then a number. Not just "R".

    Fred
    Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
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    Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:21:20 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Patriotic PSA's
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    I've heard these here and there before but since I started listening to a
    motherlode of 15 minute "Fibber McGee and Molly" shows from 1954-55, it's
    really  jumped out at me.  In many of the unsold commercial breaks, the PSA's
    often  consist of patriotic pep talks--how we (America) have the greatest
    standard of  living in the world, how capitalism rocks, etc., really
    heavy-handed sales jobs,  usually with none of the attribution we'd hear now
    (in
    other words, no "this has  been a message from the Ad Council," etc).  I also
    noticed these in the few  "Ethel and Albert" episodes I've been able to find
    (from the 15 minute ABC run)  and occasionally, in the closing moments of
    "Our Miss Brooks." Bing Crosby  even gives some of these talks himself in the
    General Electric run of his radio  show (which might be a whole other story).
    These all date to the late 1940s  and early 1950s, we didn't even get these
    during World War II!

    So my question [removed]'s the story behind these?  Who put them out,  the
    networks, the Ad Council, some agency that didn't sign their name,  who?
    And why was it necessary to air PSAs reminding us to love our country  the
    same way we're reminded not to start forest fires and not to litter?   I'm not
    looking for the most obvious [removed]"Those were the times we lived in,
    Cold War, Red Scare, [removed]" I'm looking for whether this was part of a
    specific  plan, and what in the world was the plan?

    Dixon

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    Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:21:30 -0400
    From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  A TWENTY  ONE GUN SALUTE TO CHUCK SCHADEN

      In thinking about the very many people who have contributed much to
    the joy and pleasure that those of us who are
    avid fans of this wonderful hobby should be grateful to many
    namescome to mind and I would guess that most who read this posting
    have their own list. The list might include a writer or a dealer or
    someone who turned you on to the hobby.

        My own list is far too long to be posted here and it certainly
    includes writers, and collectors and even a dealer or two.
    In REMEMBERING RADIO, a book wriitten more to provide fans with a
    reference that would assist fans of any style of otr
    WHO,  among those who met with, spoke to and recorded their
    interviews the magic names of JOHN DUNNING, CHUCK SCHADEN,DICK
    BERTELL, among others are cited among the pantheon of giants whose
    influence on the hobby based largely (but not entirely), on
    their inteiviews.

          Chicago folks love [removed] Midwesterners reverere him and the
    rest of us wish we lived within earshot of THOSE WERE THE [removed]

    Now, due to the modern miracle of the computor and the extreme
    generosity of CHUCK SCHADEN the treasures that were the product of a
    lifetime devoted to otr becomes assessable.       CHUCK, WE SALUTE YOU

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