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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2004 : Issue 208
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Re: Sea Legs Matter #5 [ Jack Harris <jack@[removed] ]
The Lane Girls [ zbob@[removed] ]
Brace Beemer Interviews [ "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@charter. ]
The Reagan-Benny connection [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
Emile Berliner and the Birth of the [ Shawn Miner <shawn7@[removed]; ]
Don McNeill's Breakfast Club [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
Lindbergh Trial Discovery [ "Marvin R. Bensman" <MBensman@memph ]
6-21 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 18:52:09 -0400
From: Jack Harris <jack@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Sea Legs Matter #5
Bob Steinmetz president of Sperdvac told me that they do have Part 5 and he
has heard it. He said it was being put in their catalogue. I have yet to
see it surface from them and that has been three months ago. Before and
when I first joined the organization I received prompt responses from a few
messages I left on their answering machine. I sent them 50 cds of shows and
was told I would be contacted. The only further response I have gotten was
when I personally called several months ago and was told that it is a
volunteer organization. Like many of us I am more interested in the Sea
Legs Matter than the cds I sent. At least the newsletter comes on time.
<G>. Draw your own conclusions.
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Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 19:25:51 -0400
From: zbob@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Lane Girls
I was just wondering if there was any relation between Lois Lane and
Margo Lane ????
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Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 19:25:57 -0400
From: "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Brace Beemer Interviews
Hello -- I have several Brace Beemer interviews on VHS video tape. One is
the interview that was used as a radio broadcast days after he died. It was
taped for a TV broadcast as well. Brace is quite slender here (having lost a
lot of weight) but is smoking like a chimney -- undoubtedly contributing to
his heart attack. Also I have him on "I've Got a Secret" TV show with other
radio performers such as Al Hodge (the Green Hornet before he became TV's
Captain Video).
These tapes have gone through several generations, and are not the highest
quality. They would stand another generation. They would take up most on one
two hour tape. I would copy them for anyone interested for five dollars to
cover the cost of the tape and postage.
While sending money, I would remind everyone that I have copies of my
science fiction collection, 'HARMON'S GALAXY', a trade edition that has a
story of a certain masked rider of the Old West who lives on into the 20th
Century, as well as a story that might remind some of 'I Love a Mystery', and
other stories similar to the Hermit's Cave and X Minus 1 ($[removed]).
Also Vol. 2 of 'IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN', edited by me, with two stories by
me of Sherlock Holmes and the other invisible man from radio, The Avenger,
with other stories by such as Jack French (on Bobby Benson), Martin Grams
(Columbia Presents), Richard Lupoff (Witch's Tales), Barbara Gratz (My Friend
Irma), and many others. (Trade edition, $[removed]).
-- Jim Harmon, 634 South Orchard Dr., Burbank CA 91506
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Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:36:51 -0400
From: JackBenny@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Reagan-Benny connection
A. Joseph Ross intoned:
I also remarked that if they wanted to control state spending, they should
nominate Jack
Benny.
There's a record called "Three Billion Millionaires" which is an unusual
all-star disc that was apparently done to raise money for the [removed] Looks
like
Adlai Stevenson used his connections to parlay talent for it. Jack has a
small section in it where he's quizzing someone about the cost of the [removed],
and
the narrator responds how much countries spend on war, thus how much the [removed]
saves (which is ironic today, but I won't be political here).
When Reagan ran for governor in 1966, I joked to friends that the
Democrats should
nominate Groucho Marx -- and I'd love to see the debate!
Minutes ago, I called the man who delivered a rose to Mary Benny every day
after Jack died. I could hear a rushed tone in his voice and I said, "I've
caught you at a bad time." He responded, "Yes, I'm on the phone with Mrs.
Reagan." I said I'd call back later.
--Laura Leff
President, IJBFC
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Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:37:05 -0400
From: Shawn Miner <shawn7@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Emile Berliner and the Birth of the
Recording Industry
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Found this site in my newsletter from "The Internet Scout Project"
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Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry
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From the Library of Congress site:
Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry is a selection
of more than 400 items from the Emile Berliner Papers and 108 Berliner
sound recordings from the Library of Congress's Motion Picture,
Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Berliner (1851-1929), an
immigrant and a largely self-educated man, was responsible for the
development of the microphone and the flat recording disc and
gramophone player. Although the focus of this online collection is on
the gramophone and its recordings, it includes much evidence of
Berliner's other interests, such as information on his businesses, his
crusades for the pasteurization of milk and other public-health issues,
his philanthropy, his musical composition, and even his poetry.
Spanning the years 1870 to 1956, the collection comprises
correspondence, articles, lectures, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs,
catalogs, clippings, experiment notes, and rare sound recordings.
take care
shawn
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 01:15:10 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Don McNeill's Breakfast Club
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 16:30:11 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
1933 - The Pepper Pot program welcomed a new host. Don McNeill took
over the show and renamed it The Breakfast Club. The show, a huge
success for the NBC Blue and later, ABC,
This raises an interesting question, since it's been explained around here a number of times
that the distinction between Red and Blue networks wasn't always exactly clear, and some
programs were on Red at one time and Blue at another, and some Red programs were
carried on nominal Blue affiliates and vice versa. So when the Blue Network was split off,
how did they determine which programs went with the Blue Network and which ones stayed
with NBC? Did NBC try to transfer the best programs to the Red Network before the split?
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210
lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:06:02 -0400
From: "Marvin R. Bensman"
<MBensman@[removed];
To:
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Subject: Lindbergh Trial Discovery
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A press release from the NY Museum of Television & Radio announced
acquisition of only radio broadcast known to exist of Lindbergh
Kidnapping Trial.
The problem with that aquisition is that you will have to travel to
NY to "listen" to copies of the broadcast but will likely never see
it in the hands of OTR collectors.
Over seven hundred reporters and thousands of spectators descended
upon a tiny courtroom in Flemington, New Jersey, for the 1935 trial
of Bruno Hauptmann. Radio networks covered the Lindbergh kidnapping
trial daily, but none of these broadcasts were known to exist until
now. WHN Radio hired famed defense attorney Samuel Leibowitz (known
for his defense in the Scottsboro Boys trial) to comment on the
trial. During the course of these recordings (approximately five
hours), Leibowitz never speculates on Hauptmann's guilt or innocence,
but rather speaks about the nature of the evidence and gives insight
into various court proceedings, the jury's behavior, and the strategy
of the prosecution and defense. His commentary also includes
discussions on the use of cameras in the courtroom and women as
jurors.
The further story can be found at:
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--
Prof. Emeritus Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:25:32 -0400
From: Ron Sayles
<bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-21 births/deaths
June 21st births
Personal note. 50 years ago this date I joined the [removed] Navy.
06-21-1880 - Mary Young - d. 6-23-1971
actress: Lily "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
06-21-1900 - Jack Arthur - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-1-1980
singer, emcee: "Echoes of New York"; "Family Time"; "Jack Arthur Show"
06-21-1911 - Irving Fein - NYC
producer: "Jack Benny Program"
06-21-1921 - Jane Russell - Bemidji, MN
guest detective: "Adventures of Ellery Queen"
06-21-1921 - Joan Tetzel - NYC - d. 10-31-1977
actress: Sylvia Field "When a Girl Marries"; Jane Brown "The Goldbergs"
06-21-1922 - Judy Holliday - NYC - d. 6-7-1965
actress: "Big Show"
06-21-1925 - Maureen Stapleton - Troy, NY
actress: "Best Plays"
June 21st deaths
06-07-1908 - Clarence Straight - d. 6-21-1988
actor: Rags the Dog "Those We Love"
06-09-1922 - George Axelrod - NYC - d. 6-21-2003
writer: "Midnight in Manhattan"; "Grand Ole Opry"
07-07-1903 - Joe Boland - d. 6-21-1987
actor: Police Sergeant "Abie's Irish Rose"
08-27-1908 - Frank Leahy - O'Neill, NB - d. 6-21-1973
football coach (Notre Dame): "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bill Stern Colgate
Sports Newsreel"
--
Ron Sayles
For a complete list:
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