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Date: 5/5/2008 8:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 115
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      5-5 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      O Superman                            [ david rogers <david_rogers@hotmail. ]
      Re: The Lost Special - Now Online     [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Welk on radio                         [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Cinnamon Bear                         [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      SPERDVAC Old-Time Radio Convention    [ Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed]; ]
      Re: The Lost Special                  [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      The Lost Special                      [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 22:20:28 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-5 births/deaths

    May 5th births

    05-05-1879 - Max Marcin - Posen, Prussia, Germany - d. 3-30-1948
    writer, producer, director: "Crime Doctor"; "The FBI in Peace and War"
    05-05-1890 - Christopher Morley - Haverford, PA - d. 3-28-1957
    author: "Information, Please"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Studio One"
    05-05-1899 - Freeman F. Gosden - Richmond, VA - d. 12-10-1982
    comedian: "Sam 'n' Henry"; Amos Jones "Amos 'n' Andy"
    05-05-1907 - Benny Baker - St. Joseph, MO - d. 9-20-1994
    character actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-05-1912 - Alice Faye - NYC - d. 5-9-1998
    singer, actor: "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"
    05-05-1912 - Bret Morrison - Chicago, IL - d. 9-25-1978
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"
    05-05-1914 - Tyrone Power - Cincinnati, OH - d. 11-15-1958
    actor: Dean Edwards "Freedom [removed]"
    05-05-1915 - Ben Wright - London, England - d. 7-2-1989
    actor: Hey Boy "Have Gun, Will Travel"; Nicholas Lacey "One Man's
    Family"
    05-05-1915 - T. A. G. Hungerford - Perth, Australia
    writer: "Help Me Cut Up the Cat"; "Looking After Bert"
    05-05-1918 - Alden Aaroe - d. 7-7-1993
    newscaster: Charlottesville, Virginia
    05-05-1919 - George London - Montreal, Canada - d. 3-23-1985
    singer: "The Voice of Firestone"
    05-05-1919 - Seymour Kapetansky - Michigan - d. 2-9-2001
    sriter: "Duffy's Tavern"
    05-05-1921 - Sydney Walker - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-30-1994
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"; "War of the Worlds 1988"
    05-05-1921 - Ted Brown - Collingwood, NJ - d. 3-20-2005
    announcer, emcee: "Bulldog Drummond"; "Lawrence Welk High Life Revue"
    05-05-1925 - Monica Lewis - Chicago, IL
    singer: "Jan August's Revere Camera Show"
    05-05-1927 - Pat Carroll - Shrevport, LA
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"; "Fifty Years After Fourteen August"
    05-05-1932 - Will Hutchins - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: Instrumental in keeping OTR alive in these the latter days

    May 5th deaths

    01-18-1914 - Rod O'Connor - Houston, TX - d. 5-5-1964
    announcer: "Red Skelton Show"; "Duffy's Tavern"; "Count of Monte Cristo"
    03-31-1896 - Eddie Dunn - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1951
    quizmaster: "True or False"
    06-02-1909 - June MacCloy - Sturgis, MI - d. 5-5-2005
    vocalist: "Griff Williams and Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra"
    06-26-1923 - Syd Lawrence - Shutton, England - d. 5-5-1998
    orchestra leader: "American Patrol"
    07-12-1912 - Jim McClain - d. 5-5-2004
    host: Dr. [removed] "Dr. [removed]"; Dr. [removed] "Dr. [removed] Jr."
    07-16-1925 - Cal Tjader - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-5-1982
    jazz vibrophonist: "Music for Moderns"; ""Ass-Star Parade of Bands"
    08-10-1917 - Kathleen Claypool - Aylesworth, IN - d. 5-5-2003
    actor: "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
    09-04-1891 - Sam Lanin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-5-1977
    bandleader: "Ipana Troubadors"; "Benrus Ticksters"
    09-29-1898 - Doris Hursley - Wisconsin - d. 5-5-1984
    writer: "American Women"; "Cousin Willie"; "Those Websters"; "The
    Truitts"
    10-04-1916 - George Sidney - Long Island City, NY - d. 5-5-2002
    film musical director: "Shell Chateau"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-04-1916 - Lenore Kingston - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-5-1993
    actor: Mercedes Colby "Don Winslow of the Navy"; Jane Daley "Affairs
    of Anthony"
    11-26-1922 - Terry Ryan - Cleveland, OH - d. 5-5-2001
    comedy writer: "Fred Allen Show"
    11-29-1914 - Hal McIntyre - Cromwell, CT - d. 5-5-1959
    bandleader: "Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra"
    12-20-1905 - Albert Dekker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1968
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:05:28 -0400
    From: david rogers <david_rogers@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  O Superman
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    I have a question for the more learned folks on this list.  Why is it that so
    few people mention the Superman radio show here.  I am not saying it is never
    mentioned.  However, considering how many shows survive and how popular
    Superman is - I just wondered why it does not seem to be discussed more.

    Any thoughts?Love as always, David Rogers

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    Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:05:43 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The Lost Special - Now Online

    Randy wrote:

>     The show itself has an odd opening, which is done by a staff AFRS
>     announcer.

    First of all thanks again to Randy for making this available to the otr
    community.

    That otr announcer you speak of was Howard Duff. He did a lot of those
    AFRS discs around that time and explained in an interview (found on Bob
    Scherago's web site - [removed] ) the
    process of what he and Elliot Lewis would do to create those intros etc.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:44:56 -0400
    From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Welk on radio

    Larry Jordan asks whether Lawrence Welk might have done radio broadcasting
    after he began his television program.  The answer is "sorta."  It is quite
    possible that what you heard was the stereophonic track separation simulcast
    of the live television program.  Yes, that's right, as "old fashioned" as
    you might think Welk was even then, the 1955-56 season of his Dodge program
    was the first nationally televised series with stereophonic sound.  The TV
    sound was one channel, and the radio provided the other channel.

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:35:48 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cinnamon Bear

    The recent issue of SPERDVAC's RADIOGRAM  (May 2008) features a brief bio
    about the late Dennis Crow, and his association with THE CINNAMON BEAR.  Just
    an FYI.

    By the way, was the mystery as to who played the role of young Jimmy ever
    discovered or verified?
    MG

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    Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:53:19 -0400
    From: Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  SPERDVAC Old-Time Radio Convention

    My great thanks to everyone who attended last weekend's SPERDVAC Old-
    Time Radio Convention and to everyone who helped to make it such a
    success.

    It was a very special experience for me.  My wife says she's never
    seen me as nervous as I was just after they told me that Stan Freberg
    had decided to speak, and so I would be taking the stage to address
    the audience as soon as he was done. Freberg is one of my heroes, and
    the thought of following him threw me into a near-panic. Fortunately,
    I managed to calm down, and everyone (including Mr. Freberg) seemed
    to enjoy our "Jack Benny" re-creation.

    If you attended the SPERDVAC Convention, I have a favor to ask of
    you. SPERDVAC newsletter, the "SPERDVAC Radiogram," is in desperate
    need of feedback from those who attended the convention, either in
    the form of a letter to the editor, or, if you are so inclined, a
    longer article about your experiences at the convention. You don't
    even need to contact SPERDVAC to post your letter or article --
    simply post it to the OTR Digest, or, if you prefer, send it to me at
    gopp@[removed], and we'll print it (with your permission) in the
    SPERDVAC newsletter.

    Those of you who attended Norman Corwin's 98th Birthday Celebration
    yesterday morning heard some talk about how this might be the last
    convention, and you also heard how disturbed Mr. Corwin was by this
    possibility. If you attended the SPERDVAC Convention and would like
    to see them continue, please make your feelings known by posting your
    Convention comments, reviews and experiences (anything from one
    sentence to a lengthy commentary) to the OTR Digest as soon as possible.

    Thanks.

    - Gregg Oppenheimer
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 15:58:40 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The Lost Special

    Some additional information on "The Lost Special:"
    There was a 1932 12-chapter serial film made based loosely on the Conan
    Doyle story. Only the stolen train hidden in the cave was used in the
    film for the most part where in the serial it was a Lady reporter and a
    couple of college students looking for the lost train.

    Interestingly, the version heard on ESCAPE compressed the time from the
    original written story by-passing the scene in the jail at the start
    with the criminal confessing and telling the story. That ESCAPE version
    begins in the present of the whole tale.

    The SUSPENSE version on the other hand begins as does the written
    version with the scene in the jail.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 22:04:14 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Lost Special

    First, thanks again to Randy for making the Welles version of "The Lost
    Special" available to us all. There is some minor surface noise but
    it's quite listenable. I heard the Escape version not too long ago, and
    I was surprised by how different these two versions are. I remember
    reading someplace that The Lost Special could have been a Holmes story,
    and in the Escape version, that resemblance is apparent, since the
    story is told from the point of view of the Scotland Yard inspector who
    investigates the crime. The Suspense version, told from the point of
    view of a confession from the criminal who masterminded the crime, is
    strikingly different. I have the original story on my shelf, though I
    haven't read it. I pulled it out and glanced at it. It's quite apparent
    that the Suspense version is closest to the original. In fact, large
    chunks of de Lernac's dialog are taken verbatim from the text. I wonder
    if the Escape script was perhaps recycled or inspired by one of the
    earlier Holmes radio adaptations? Do the scripts of these lost Holmes
    versions exist, and if so, could somebody see if they were reused for
    Escape?

    Incidentally, the text of "The Lost Special" is widely available
    online--just type it into google if you want to read the story. My copy
    is in a small paperback titled "Tales for a Winter's Night," which I
    picked up through alibris for a couple of bucks.

    Kermyt

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