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Date: 7/9/2006 4:18 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 186
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Re: obits                             [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
  Big change in collecting              [ "Marvin R. Bensman" <mbensman@memph ]
  Escape : "Bird of Paradise"           [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
  This week in radio history 9-15 July  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Amzie Strickland as "the lovely Marg  [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
  RE: Amzie Strickland                  [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
  Tony Curtis on Radio                  [ "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed]; ]
  re: The Railroad Hour                 [ Martin Fass <watchstop@frontiernet. ]
  my network radio drama question       [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
  Re: Tony Curtis                       [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Re: Halls of ivy cd project           [ "N&B Brickman" <nbbb2@[removed]; ]
  7-9 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:42:43 -0400
From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: obits
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In a message dated 7/7/06 11:18:40 AM Central Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:

 > 10-04-1917 - Jan Murray - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-2-2006
 > emcee: "Songs for Sale"; "Meet Your Match"
 >
 > Jan Murray died on the second of July.

I've also gotten word that character actress Amzie Strickland has died.  One
of her obits credits her with more than 3,000 radio shows.

Dixon

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Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:39:54 +0000
From: "Marvin R. Bensman" <mbensman@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Big change in collecting

I'm asking this question to get a feel for the future.

Do you think with the amount of "free" downloadable OTR on WWW is it 
necessary for the "Bensman Radio Archive" at the Universitiy of Memphis to 
stay in operation?

I've retired and will not be able to maintain the cassette library for much 
longer. I have been doing this for over 37 years. I still have well over 
5,000 hours of reel-to-reel that I will likely never get transferred to any 
other media.

I would like to have the specific historic broadcast material that is not 
available anywhere else preserved
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Professor Emeritus Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]
University of Memphis
(post-retirement teaching Fall 2006)
Dept. of Communication
Memphis, TN 38152
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Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:40:00 +0000
From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Escape : "Bird of Paradise"

Last night we listened in bed to the "Bird of Paradise" episode of 
Escape.  Its about a man
searching for the island that is home to the elusive "Imperial Bird of 
Paradise" so he can make a
fortune selling feathers.   But when he does find the island, he finds a 
native girl who is more
beautiful than the feathers!   Its a great episode,  well-produced with an 
almost cinematic feel
and highly entertaining.

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Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:40:13 +0000
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 9-15 July

 From Those Were The Days --

7/11

1944 - The Man Called X, starring Herbert Marshall, debuted on CBS.

7/12

1934 - The first appointments to the newly created Federal Communications 
Commission were made. The governing body of the American broadcasting 
industry was first served by seven men named as commissioners.

1946 - The Adventures of Sam Spade was heard on ABC for the first time.

7/14

1957 - Funnyman Stan Freberg debuted a new weekly comedy program on CBS 
beginning this night. The Freberg show only lasted a short time and that 
newfangled contraption, television, was blamed for the show's quick demise.

Joe

-- Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:40:20 +0000 From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Amzie Strickland as "the lovely Margot Lane" on 7/8/06 11:18 AM, [removed]@[removed] at [removed]@[removed] wrote: > I haven't seen this reported here, but Entertainment Insiders is > reporting that Amzie Strickland died on July 5 > ([removed]). I > know she substituted for Grace Matthews as Margot Lane on several > occasions, though I'm not sure what episodes. Amzie Strickland was heard in 50 episodes of THE SHADOW, including two episodes when she filled in as "the lovely Margot Lane" during the latter weeks of Grace Matthews pregnancy. Those fill-ins were the first two broadcasts of the 1948-49 season, 09/12/48: "Murder at Dead Man's Inn" and 09/19/48: "Revenge Is <<139>> Murder!" Amzie also performed in two SHADOW cast reunions I directed at the 1986 and 1994 SPERDVAC conventions. --Anthony Tollin ***** WARNING! UNHANDLED BAD CHARACTER!!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:40:28 +0000 From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: RE: Amzie Strickland Amzie Strickland also appeared in several episodes of CBS police series 21ST PRECINCT: 08/04/1953 - Case Of The Sailor's Family 11/10/1953 - Case Of The Key 04/28/1954 - The Story 05/26/1954 - The Father 07/28/1954 - The DOA 04/19/1956 - The Poodle The last episode was unusual in that while 21ST PRECINCT was a series based in New York, two episodes were recorded in Los Angeles in April 1956 because the series star, James Gregory, had a film commitment that required him to be in Hollywood. Signing off for now, Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:40:35 +0000 From: "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Tony Curtis on Radio I remember Curtis did a Benny show where they did a parody of The All American, one of Tony Curtis's movies. Must have been in the 50's. I used to have it, and maybe still do. haha Bill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:40:53 +0000 From: Martin Fass <watchstop@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: re: The Railroad Hour I can provide a fairly reliable answer to the question of the size of the Norman Luboff Choir. I can't be certain which program precisely we were seeing on a vacation trip to Southern California when I was a kid and they were in the cast. We always tried to have free tickets for radio programs, and saw some good ones. The Choir consisted of no more than six or seven people, but they stood within some sort of framed structure, which I assume did magic with their voices. --Martin Fass ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:36:41 +0000 From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: my network radio drama question Yes, I did make a mistake when I said Johnny Dollar and Gunsmoke were the last [removed] Of course it was Johnny Dollar and Suspense. Which reminds me of what I wanted to ask also as an [removed] Johnny Dollar and Suspense ended their runs in New [removed] What were the last Hollywood dramas for CBS, NBC, [removed] did Mutual ever have anything in Hollywood? Thanks to everyone who requested the Theater 5 log and YTJD [removed] your comments were much appreciated. JWW ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:36:47 +0000 From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: Tony Curtis Evan Torch asked -- > Does anyone know of radio performances by Tony Curtis? One I know of is The Jack Benny Program, "The All American", from 11/8/53, where Jack spoofed the film he was in and he made a cameo appearance of about 10 seconds. Joe
-- Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:36:55 +0000 From: "N&B Brickman" <nbbb2@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: Halls of ivy cd project X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain > I am involve in a Halls of Ivy audio cd project. Walden, Do you have the mp3 set of Halls of Ivy episodes that I pulled together in 2002? Some of the episodes had previously been considered lost, but thanks to some original wire recordings I obtained from Milton Ferguson I collected 89 radio episodes, the 1951 interview with Don Quinn, and some TV episodes. Most are 32/22 mp3, although the ones that originated with me are 48/22 I believe - with a range of audio quality from excellent down to very "listenable." Also, I personally find the TV series to be just as "radio-like" as the radio series - they used the same type of script. I did some digital filtering to enhance quality, and I might still have the original mp3 of many of the episodes that I worked with. From my notes at that time: Newly available radio episodes: #34, Scandal / Professor Rousseau, 10/18/50, #40, The Honor Student, 11/29/50, #55, His Father's Image / Football Player's Son, 3/14/51 #61, Note the Quote, 4/25/51, #62, Glory Golightly, 5/9/51, #64, Cook's Night Out, 5/23/51, #73, Mrs. Why / Grandmother Enrolls, 10/24/51, #74, Football Coach, 10/31/51, #76, The Halls Have Car Trouble, 11/14/51 New TV soundtracks: #2, The Heart Of Passion, 10/26/54, #8, The Eleventh Commandment, 12/7/54, #9, Boxing Versus Medicine / The Fighting Med Student, 12/14/54, #18, Note the Quote, 2/15/55, #26, Scandal / Professor Rousseau, 4/12/55, #27, Football Fix, 4/19/55, #28, F Canis Minor, 4/26/55, #32, Honor Student, 5/24/55, #35, Maxwell's Comet, 6/24/55 Norman Brickman *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:37:03 +0000 From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: 7-9 births/deaths July 9th births 07-09-1878 - Hans Von "[removed]" Kaltenborn - Milwaukee, WI - d. 6-14-1965 commentator: "Current Events"; "Editing the News" 07-09-1881 - Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel - Stillwater, MN - d. 1-13-1936 emcee: "Roxy's Gang"; "Roxy Revue" 07-09-1894 - Alan Lipscott - d. 11-20-1961 writer: "The Life of Riley" 07-09-1894 - Dorothy Thompson - Lancaster, NY - d. 1-30-1961 commentator: "Commentary" 07-09-1901 - Jester Hairston - Belews, NC - d. 1-18-2000 calypso singer: King Moses "Bold Venture" 07-09-1907 - Eddie Dean - Posey, TX - d. 3-4-1999 actor: Larry Burton "Modern Cinderella" 07-09-1910 - Alfred Kreymborg - NYC - d. 7-2-1991 writer: "The Columbia Workshop" 07-09-1912 - John McQuade - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 9-21-1979 actor: Charlie Wild "Charlie Wild, Private Detective"; Steve Lansing "Our Gal Sunday" 07-09-1915- Joan Tompkins - d. 1-29-2005 actor: Nora Drake "This Is Nora Drake"; Siri Allen "Against the Storm" 07-09-1917 - Kay Aldredge - Tallahassee, FL - d. 1-12-1995 actor: "Maxwell House Coffee Time" 07-09-1917 - Ted Steele - Hartford, CT - d. 10-15-1985 bandleader: "Ted Steele's Studio Club"; "Chesterfield Supper Club" 07-09-1925 - Alan Dale - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-20-2002 singer, actor: "Sing It Again" 07-09-1927 - Ed Ames - Malden, MA singer,: (Ames Brothers) "Sing It Again"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show" July 9th deaths 02-13-1900 - Wingy Manone - New Orleans, LA - d. 7-9-1982 orchestra leader: "Saturday Night Swing Club"; "Young Man with a Band" 02-22-1905 - Robert Weede - Baltimore, MD - d. 7-9-1972 singer: "Great Moments in Music"; "For America We Sing" 03-19-1891 - Earl Warren - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-9-1974 governor, supreme court justice: "Living 1948"; "Meet the Press" 05-30-1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner - Chicago, IL - d. 7-9-1979 actor: Mary "Johnny Presents" 08-03-1894 - Harry Heilmann - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-9-1951 sportscaster: WXYZ Detroit 10-20-1911 - Will Rogers, Jr. - NYC - d. 7-9-1993 actor: Will Rogers "Rogers of the Gazette" 11-16-1911 - Sonny Dunham - Brockton, MA - d. 7-9-1990 trumpeter, bandleader: "One Night Stand"; "Spotlight Bands" 11-26-1912 - Eric Sevareid - Velva, ND - d. 7-9-1992 correspondent: "Eric Sevaried and the News"; "CBS Radio Workshop" Ron Sayles Milwaukee, Wisconsin Home state of Willard Waterman Madison, Wisconsin -------------------------------- End of [removed] Digest V2006 Issue #186 ********************************************* Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved, including republication in any form. 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