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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 63
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      3-9 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Mr. Keen                              [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      Mr. Keen revisited                    [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
      Re: Mr. Keen                          [ Bob <hrkeller@[removed]; ]
      Owl Creek Bridge                      [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Mr. Keen                              [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
      Conventions not wanted here           [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      OTR conventions                       [ PaulJustMill@[removed] ]
      Mermaids on OTR                       [ Trinapreston3@[removed] ]
      3-10 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:33:40 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-9 births/deaths

    March 9th births

    03-09-1893 - Ara Gerald - Sydney, Australia - d. 4-2-1957
    actor: Countess Florenza "Our Gal Sunday"
    03-09-1901 - Oscar Race - d. 10-xx-1981
    pianist: (Race and Ballin) WOR Newark, New Jersey
    03-09-1902 - Robert St. John - Chicago, IL - d. 2-6-2003
    newscaster: 1943-46, NBC, weekdays at 10 [removed]
    03-09-1902 - Will Geer - Franfort, IN - d. 4-22-1978
    actor: Penny "Bright Horizon"
    03-09-1909 - Victor Seydel - d. 8-xx-1973
    director: "Counterspy"
    03-09-1911 - Leopold Proser - d. 2-xx-1981
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    03-09-1912 - Ned Le Fevre - Indiana - d. 6-10-1966
    actor: Ned Holden "The Guiding Light"; Jonathan Kegg "A Life in Your
    Hands"
    03-09-1914 - Fred Clark - Lincoln, CA - d. 12-5-1968
    actor: "This Is Your FBI"; "Amos 'n' Andy Show"
    03-09-1918 - Marguerite Chapman - Chatham, NY - d. 8-30-1999
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Silver Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    03-09-1918 - Mickey Spillane - Brooklyn NY - d. 7-17-2006
    writer: "That Hammer Guy" based on his novels
    03-09-1920 - Jerry Byrd - Lima, OH - d. 4-11-2005
    steel guitarist: "Country Music Time"; "March of Dimes"
    03-09-1921 - Carl Betz - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1-18-1978
    disk jockey: WCAE Pittsburgh
    03-09-1926 - Joe Franklin - NYC
    disc jockey: "Joe Franklin's Memory Lane"; "Main Street Memories"
    03-09-1932 - Keely Smith - Norfolk, VA
    singer: "Guard Session"; "Here's to Veterans"
    03-09-1934 - Joyce Van Patten - Queens, NY
    actor: Daisy "Reg'lar Fellers"

    March 9th deaths

    01-07-1913 - Shirley Ross - Omaha, NE - d. 3-9-1975
    actor, singer: "Raleigh and Kool Cigarette Program with Tommy Dorsey"
    01-20-1896 - George Burns - NYC - d. 3-9-1996
    comedian: "Advs. of Gracie"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
    03-15-1883 - Ernie Hare - Norfolk, VA - d. 3-9-1939
    singer: (The Happiness Boys)
    04-15-1907 - Casper Reardon - Little Falls, NY - d. 3-9-1941
    jazz harpist: "Camel Caravan"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    04-28-1892 - Joseph Dunninger - NYC - d. 3-9-1975
    mentalist: (Master Mind of Mental Mystery) "Dunninger Show"
    06-11-1900 - Lawrence Spivak - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-9-1994
    moderator, panelist: "Meet the Press"
    07-02-1914 - Clint Alley - d. 3-9-1994
    sportscaster: WKOY West Virginia
    07-08-1917 - Faye Emerson - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 3-9-1983
    actor: "My Silent Partner"
    07-16-1907 - Ned Calmer - Chicago, IL - d. 3-9-1986
    news analyst: "World News Roundup"
    07-30-1922 - Meredith Davies - Birkenhead, England - d. 3-9-2005
    conductor: "City of Birmingham Choir"
    08-08-1930 - Terry Nation - South Wales - d. 3-9-1997
    comedy writer: "Goon Show"
    08-25-1913 - Bob Crosby - Spokane, WA - d. 3-9-1993
    bandleader, singer: "Camel Caravan"; "Bob Crosby Show"; "Jack Benny
    Program"
    10-09-1915 - Edward Andrews - Griffin, GA - d. 3-9-1985
    actor: Nat "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    11-17-1918 - Paul Crabtree - Pulaski, VA - d. 3-9-1979
    actor: David Naughton "Claudia and David"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:57:43 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: oldtimeradio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mr. Keen

    I want to thank Israel Colon for his defense of Mr. Keen. I must be listening
    to Mr. Keen with my childhood ears also because I really like the show! It's
    like putting on a pair of old shows. They may not look like much but they're
    oh so comfortable. And I really hope that before I die someone can shake loose
    that stack of Mr. Chameleon programs tucked away in an Archive. I know my
    childhood ears will enjoy those just as much. And I know that if you don't
    like Mr. Keen, you won't like Mr. Chameleon either.

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 11:59:16 -0400
    From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mr. Keen revisited

    Israel wrote:

>     When I listen to Mr. Keen today I still hear him with my childhood ears.

    Friends, Romans, Israel, lend me your ears.

    And Dan wrote

>     Some of us I'm thinking are taking Mr. Keen, and maybe a few more shows
>     much to serious.

    Something that's clearly "camp" or however they might have termed
    it then (a farce, parody, satire, if meant for adults) is one
    thing, but we're talking about a network running this in prime
    time in the medium's mature years -- scripts, overall, with
    childish plots and dialogue that was seriously stamped out
    according to the shallow, outdated Hummert template.

    As I indicated, I was eating it up as a kid, too ... and yes,
    it's great also as an adult, if you only half-way listen or
    you're in the mood for some silliness (sort of like watching The
    Beverly Hillbillies).

    And I guess involved plots can go too far, too. As a kid, I had
    trouble following the explanations at the end of the Perry Mason
    programs, you know, when Perry, Della and Paul got together and
    rattled off characters' names and what they did and their
    motives. I was watching one not long ago - still didn't get it.
    Somewhere between childhood and now, I'm sure my brain cells
    reached their peak. Too bad I wasn't watching then.

    bc

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 12:35:16 -0400
    From: Bob <hrkeller@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Mr. Keen

    I get a kick out of Mr. Keen the same way I do out of old Abbott & Costello
    movies, Charlie Chan flicks, or the Green Hornet. Not high art, but
    entertainment.

    The tag line my wife and I have for Mr. Keen is: "Mr. Keen, Tracers of Lost,
    But Usually Dead Persons."

    To each his own, to enjoy or dislike!

    regards,

    Bob Keller, Waukesha Wisc.

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:36:50 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Owl Creek Bridge

    I am looking for a copy of the radio script to "An Occurrence at Owl Creek
    Bridge" from any radio production (ESCAPE, SUSPENSE, etc.).  After consulting
    my collection and that of a few friends, I'm coming up empty-handed.  Anyone
    have a copy or know where I can get one?
    Martin
    mmargrajr@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:37:32 -0400
    From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mr. Keen
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    As any OTR collectors knows or soon learns Mr. Keen, Hearthstone of the Death
    Squad,Mr. Chameleon and dozens of sop operas were all the products of the
    Frank and Ann Hummert radio factory Arrow Productions. All of their shows
    that I have or have heard bear the same type of simplistic dialog and
    character range. On the generous side you could say that the shows were easy
    to follow, designed that the listener didn't really have to give the story
    his or her full attention. Having recently heard several episodes of
    Hearthstone back to back I had the feeling that the Hummerts really believed
    in the saying that all radio should be geared to the 12 year old mind.
    However, that said, it still doesn't explain the popularity of the stable of
    productions. Sooner or later even a 12 year old gets bored with the same
    thing over and over. Why then did a show like Mr. Keen thrive? Hard to say
    from a 2008 perspective, if you heard a Keen show from 1945 and then one from
    1952 virtually
     nothing has changed in the script structure and execution. I have no real
    answer, I leave that up to Jack French, Jim Cox or Martin Grams, all I can
    say is I will never again listen to more then one or two episodes of a
    Hummert mystery a week again. By the time I'd finished the Hearthstone
    marathon I felt as if I needed to a take a basic writing course again.
      Larry

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:38:37 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: oldtimeradio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Conventions not wanted here

    The SPERDVAC members who voted do NOT want a convention.
    That is the only honest conclusion that can be made from the results of the
    election yesterday for the Board of Directors of SPERDVAC.

    Last year four members ran for the board on the platform
    that they would put on a convention for SPERDVAC. All four were elected. They
    were
    true to their word. That convention will take place on the first weekend of
    May.

    This year all four of those directors, Frank Bresee, Jim Harmon, Walden Hughes
    and Don Aston, came in dead last. Only Frank was reelected because ten people
    ran
    for the board and there were seven positions. He received 45 fewer votes than
    the 6th person.

    As I said, the only honest conclusion that can be drawn is
    that the vast majority of SPERDVAC members do not want to support a convention.

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:38:46 -0400
    From: PaulJustMill@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR conventions
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    Are there any OTR conventions planned for the West coast in 2008.  And  if
    you were going to go to just one convention on the east coast which would it
    be; Cincinnati, Mid-Atlantic in Maryland, Newark New Jersey or any othe
    convention that I am unaware of.  Thanks for your time.  I'm new at  this and
    am
    looking for your expertise.

    Paul

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 21:56:52 -0400
    From: Trinapreston3@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mermaids on OTR
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    Is there any old time radio episodes about mermaids?  I only came across
    Suspense "Deep Deep is my Love" 4/26/59 and Lux Radio Theatre "Mr. Peabody
    and the
    Mermaid" 9/6/48.  Is there any readers who knows of any radio episodes that
    had a mermaid theme.

                    Trina,

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 22:19:19 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-10 births/deaths

    March 10th births

    03-10-1882 - Lewis J. Valentine - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-16-1946
    nyc police commissioner: "Gangbusters"
    03-10-1886 - Clarence Adler - d. 12-24-1969
    pianist: Member of the New York Trio
    03-10-1888 - Barry Fitzgerald - Dublin, Ireland - d. 1-4-1961
    actor: Bernard Fitz "His Honor, the Barber"
    03-10-1898 - Cy Kendall - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-22-1953
    actor: Captain Tracy "Tarzan"; Fred Thompson "One Man's Family";
    "Escape"
    03-10-1900 - Peter de Rose - NYC - d. 4-23-1953
    pianist, singer: "Sweethearts of the Air"
    03-10-1900 - Sherman Billingsley - Enid, Oklahoma Territory - d.
    10-4-1966
    owner stork club: "Bing Crosby Show"
    03-10-1903 - Claire Boothe Luce - NYC - d. 10-9-1987
    correspondent: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Wake Up America"
    03-10-1903 - Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke - Davenport, IA - d.
    8-7-1931
    jazz musician: "Band Remotes"
    03-10-1905 - Richard Haydn - London, England - d. 4-25-1985
    actor: Professor Lemuel Carp "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-10-1909 - Bob Taplinger - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-24-1975
    head of publicity CBS: Credited with idea of Gracie Allen"s lost brother
    03-10-1911 - Warner Anderson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-26-1976
    actor: Patrick Ryan "Terry and the Pirates"
    03-10-1915 - Ranald MacDougall - Schenectady, NY - d. 12-12-1973
    writer: "The Man Behind the Gun"; "Passport for Adams"; "There Was a
    Woman"
    03-10-1917 - Elizabeth Gourlay - Toronto, Canada - d. xx-xx-1996
    writer: "Narrow Is the Margin"
    03-10-1918 - Gloria Stewart - d. 2-16-1994
    actor: (Wife of James Stewart) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-10-1918 - Heywood Hale Broun - NYC - d. 9-5-2001
    cbs sports commentator: "Biography In Sound"
    03-10-1918 - Laddie Seaman - Reading, PA - d. 1-19-1942
    actor: Scoop Ward "News of Youth"; Biff Bradley "Pepper Young's Family"
    03-10-1918 - Pamela Mason - Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England - d.
    6-29-1996
    actor: "James Mason and Pamela Mason Show"
    03-10-1919 - Lorna Thayer - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-2005
    actor: "The Hallmark Hall of Fame"
    03-10-1919 - Marion Hutton - Battle Creek, MI - d. 1-10-1987
    singer: (Sister of Betty), (Glenn Miller Orchestra) "Moonlight Serenade"
    03-10-1920 - Kenneth C. Burns (Jethro) - Georgia - d. 2-4-1989
    comedic singer: (Homer and Jethro) "Town and Country Time"
    03-10-1923 - Kenny Bowers - Jersey City, NJ
    actor: "The Silver Summer Revue"
    03-10-1927 - Dick Alarie - d. 3-24-2000
    sortscaster: WPCT Putnam, Connecticut

    March 10th deaths

    01-02-1904 - Bernardine Flynn - Madison, WI - d. 3-10-1977
    actor: Sade Gook "Vic and Sade"; Mathilda Barker "Welcome Valley"
    01-03-1905 - Ray Milland - Neath, Wales - d. 3-10-1986
    actor: Ray McNutley "Meet Mr. McNutley"
    01-15-1913 - Lloyd Bridges - San Leandro, CA - d. 3-10-1998
    actor: "Suspense"; "Arch Oboler's Plays"
    03-13-1900 - Harry W. Flannery - Greensburg, PA - d. 3-10-1975
    newscaster: Foreign correspondent in Berlin for CBS during WWII
    03-22-1904 - Bob Elson - Chicago, IL - d. 3-10-1981
    sportscaster, interviewer: White Sox, "Bob Elson Aboard the 20th
    Century"
    03-29-1906 - E. Power Biggs - West Cliff, England - d. 3-10-1977
    organist: "Organ Program"
    04-04-1892 - Walter T. Butterworth - Wallingford, PA - d. 3-10-1962
    emcee: "Molle Merry Minstrels"; "Vox Pox"; "Take a Card"
    06-20-1904 - Matt Crowley - New Haven, CT - d. 3-10-1983
    actor: Mark Trail "Mark Trail"; Buck Rogers "Buck Rogers"
    06-23-1876 - Irvin S. Cobb - Paducah, KY - d. 3-10-1944
    humorist: "Gulf Show"; "Paducah Plantation"
    06-23-1916 - Irene Worth - Fairbury, NE - d. 3-10-2002
    actor: "Odyssey of Homer"
    06-27-1934 - Anna Moffo - Wayne, PA - d. 3-10-2006
    soprano: "Voice of Firestone"
    07-17-1920 - Helen Walker - Worcester, MA - d. 3-10-1968
    actor: "Proudly We Hail"; "Suspense"; "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"
    08-03-1907 - Irene Tedrow - Denver, CO - d. 3-10-1995
    actor: Janet Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"; Dorothy Regent "Chandu,
    the Magacian"
    08-08-1900 - Robert Siodmak - Memphis, TN - d. 3-10-1973
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    08-08-1945 - Percy Granger - Norman, OK - d. 3-10-1997
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    11-11-1929 - La Vern Baker - Chicago, IL - d. 3-10-1997
    singer: "Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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