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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 209
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      10-31 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history            [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:16:41 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-31 births/deaths

    October 31st births

    10-31-1886 - Courtney Ryley Cooper - Kansas City, MO - d. 9-29-1940
    writer: "The Gibson Family"
    10-31-1887 - Chiang Kai-Shek - Hsikow, Chekiang, China - d. 4-5-1975
    world leader: "Free World Theatre"
    10-31-1896 - Ethel Waters - Chester, PA - d. 9-1-1977
    blues singer: "American Revue"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
    10-31-1900 - Neal Bliss Enslen - Delphos, OH - d. 5-23-1938
    opera singer, announcer: "The Baldwin Concert"; "The Slumber Hour"
    10-31-1901 - Eric Hatch - d. 7-4-1973
    commentator: "Cresta Blanca Carnival of Music"
    10-31-1905 - Dewey Cole - d. 3-23-1991
    sound effects: "The Lone Ranger"; "Challenge of the Yukon"
    10-31-1909 - Thelma Boardman - Panama Canal Zone - d. 4-21-1978
    actor: Minnie Mouse "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
    10-31-1910 - Donovan Joyce - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-16-1980
    writer, producer, director: "T-Men"
    10-31-1912 - Dale Evans - Uvalde, TX - d. 2-7-2001
    actor, singer: (Queen of the Cowgirls) "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Roy
    Rogers Show"
    10-31-1915 - Chris Griffin - d. 6-18-2005
    trumpet: (Benny Goodman's Orchestra) "Camel Caravan"
    10-31-1916 - James Broom-Lynne - London, England - d. 12-1-1995
    writer: "Charlie and Duke"; "Return Visit"
    10-31-1917 - Don Hughes - d. 5-2-1990
    juvenile actor: Rollo "Daddy and Rollo"; "Helen and Mary"
    10-31-1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes - NYC - d. 8-8-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Ford Theatre"; "[removed] Steel Hour";
    "Cavalcade of America"
    10-31-1922 - Illinois Jacquet - Broussard, LA - d. 7-23-2004
    jazz saxophonist: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
    10-31-1926 - Shirley Dinsdale - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-9-1999
    ventriloquist: Judy Splinters "Judy in Wonderland, The Eddie Cantor
    Show"
    10-31-1928 - Cleo Moore - Baton Rouge, LA - d. 10-25-1973
    actor: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    10-31-1931 - Dan Rather - Wharton, TX
    newscaster: Houston Radio
    10-31-1942 - David Ogden Stiers - Peoria, IL
    actor: "Empire of the Air"

    October 31st deaths

    How is this for a coincidence? John Houseman, who was so involved with
    the "War of the Worlds" broadcast, died on its 50th anniversary.

    01-28-1914 - Arthur Gary - NYC - d. 10-31-2005
    announcer: "The Amazing Mr. Malone"; "The Colgate Sports Newsreel"
    02-02-1895 - George Halas - Chicago, IL - d. 10-31-1983
    football coach: "Tops in Sports"
    03-05-1894 - Henry Daniell - London, England - d. 10-31-1963
    actor: "Theatre Guild of the Air"
    03-06-1918 - Roger Price - Charleston, WV - d. 10-31-1990
    writer, actor: "The Comedy Writers Show"
    05-16-1912 - Studs Terkel - The Bronx, NY - d. 10-31-2008
    journalist, sometimes actor: "Destination Freedom"; "Ma Perkins"
    05-25-1908 - Linda Watkins - Boston, MA - d. 10-31-1976
    actor: Dot "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"; "Big Guy"; "Fat Man"
    06-08-1894 - Charles Frederick Lindsley - Higginsport, OH - d.
    10-31-1960
    judge: "Noah Webster Says"
    06-21-1907 - Charles 'Bud' Dant - Washington, IN - d. 10-31-1999
    music: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "Glamour Manor"
    06-21-1921 - Joan Tetzel - NYC - d. 10-31-1977
    actor: Sylvia Field "When a Girl Marries"; Jane Brown "The Goldbergs"
    06-24-1915 - Jack Sterling - Baltimore, MD - d. 10-31-1991
    announcer/emcee: "Make Up Your Mind"
    07-16-1882 - Charles Egelston - Covington, KY - d. 10-31-1958
    actor: Shuffle Shober "Ma Perkins"; Humphrey Fuller "Just Plain Bill"
    07-27-1913 - Liam Redmond - Limerick, Ireland - d. 10-31-1989
    actor: "Great Plays"
    08-02-1915 - Johnny Long - Newell, NC - d. 10-31-1972
    bandleader: "The Teen-Timers Show"; "Judy, Joe, and Johnny"
    08-13-1913 - Rita Johnson - Worcester, MA - d. 10-31-1965
    actor: Martha Curtis "John's Other Wife"; Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan,
    [removed]"
    08-14-1889 - Robert Woolsey - Oakland, CA - d. 10-31-1938
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
    08-19-1915 - Ring Lardner, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 10-31-2000
    screenwriter: (Member of the Hollywood Ten) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-15-1896 - Julia Hoyt - d. 10-31-1955
    actor: Conducted a fashion program for NBC
    09-22-1902 - John Houseman - Bucharest, Romania - d. 10-31-1988
    writer, producer: "Mercury Theatre on the Air"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    09-24-1916 - Johnny Catron - Boston, MA - d. 10-31-1998
    bandleader: "The Union Oil Company Show"
    10-02-1902 - Percy Crawford - Minnedosa, Canada - d. 10-31-1960
    evangelist: "Young People's Church of the Air"
    10-18-1906 - Adele Ronson - NYC - d. 10-31-2000
    actor: Wilma Deering "Buck Rogers"; Sally Gibson "Gibson Family"
    10-23-1943 - Roger Scott - London, England - d. 10-31-1989
    disc jockey: "Three O'Clock Thrill"; "Hitline"
    10-26-1907 - Tony Pastor - Middletown, CT - d. 10-31-1969
    bandleader: "Tony Pastor and His Orchestra"
    11-01-1879 - Merle Thorpe - Brimfield, IL - d. 10-31-1955
    businessman: "How's Business"; "The New Business World"
    11-18-1912 - Arthur Peterson - Mandan, ND - d. 10-31-1996
    actor: Reverend John Rutledge "The Guiding Light"; "World's Great
    Novels"
    12-06-1916 - Elmore Balthis - d. 10-31-1989
    newscaster: KCOK Tulare, California
    12-09-1906 - Ken Niles - Livingston, MT - d. 10-31-1988
    announcer: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Rudy Vallee Show"; "A Date with Judy"
    12-28-1915 - Dick Joy - Putnam, CT - d. 10-31-1991
    announcer: "My Secret Ambition"; "The Saint"; "Advs of Sam Spade"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Merna Barry - NYC - d. 10-31-1976
    singer: (Barry Sisters) "Yiddish Swing"; "Molly Picon's Parade"

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:16:46 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history

     From Those Were The Days

    11/1

    1937   The first broadcast of Hilltop House was aired on CBS; while on
    NBC, the comic strip character Terry and the Pirates debuted.

    11/2

    1931   Myrt and Marge was heard for the first time    on CBS. The
    program centered on two chorus girls who competed for the same parts and
    the same men. The creator and writer (Cliff Thomas wrote some) of the
    series, Myrtle Vail, also played the role of Myrt; and the original
    Marge was performed by Vail's daughter, Donna Fick. Three other
    performers played the part when Donna died giving birth. Myrt and Marge
    continued for 11 years.

    1934   The first broadcast of The Gumps was heard on CBS. Wilmer Walter
    played Andy Gump, Agnes Moorehead was Gump's wife, Min, and Jackie Kelk
    was son, Chester. Karo syrup and Pebico toothpaste/tooth powder sponsored.

    1950   "The greatest stars of our time on one big program" was the
    introduction by actress Tallulah Bankhead, who opened the 90 minute Big
    Show on NBC. It was a big show all right. The peacock saw red as losses
    exceeded a million dollars in the three years the program was on the air.

    11/7

    1932   CBS presented the first broadcast of Buck Rogers in the 25th
    Century. Matt Crowley, Curtis Arnall, Carl Frank and John Larkin played
    Buck in the serial over the years (1932-1947).

    1937   Dr. Christian debuted on CBS. Jean Hersholt played the part of
    the kindly, elderly Dr. Christian who practiced on the air until 1954.
    Laureen Tuttle, Kathleen Fitz, Helen Kleeb and Rosemary De Camp played
    his nurse, Judy. The Dr. Christian theme song was Rainbow on the River.
    Sponsors of the show included Vaseline (petroleum jelly, hair tonic and
    lip ice).

    1938   The first broadcast of This Day is Ours was heard on CBS. Eleanor
    McDonald, played by Joan Banks and later by Templeton Fox, had all kinds
    of problems. Her child was kidnapped, she lost her memory, helped a
    friend find a killer, etc. The soap opera ran for two years.

    Joe

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