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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 123
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
4-22 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
WNYC radio archives [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
Not giving any flack, just cash [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
Heat Spell - Plot of a Missing Gunsm [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
had a wonderful time at the Cinci co [ Chargous@[removed] ]
"Col. Humphrey Flack " series [ <verotas@[removed]; ]
Ted Osborne [ crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow) ]
Col. Flack [ Bruce Boswell <bruceboswell@comcast ]
A special offer for you [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
Cincy '07 [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
col flack [ "EDWARD CARR" <edcarr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:54:40 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-22 births/deaths
April 22nd births
04-22-1887 - James Norman Hall - Colfax, IA - d. 7-6-1951
writer: "Words at War"
04-22-1900 - Joan Blaine - Fort Dodge, IA - d. 4-19-1949
actor: Joan Houston "Tale of Today"; Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"
04-22-1902 - John W. Vandercook - London, England - d. 1-6-1963
commentator: "Newsroom of the Air/News of the World"
04-22-1905 - Ed Ludes - d. 7-xx-1987
sound effects: "Fibber McGee and Molly" Created the closet effect
04-22-1906 - Eddie Albert - Rock Island, IL - d. 5-26-2005
actor: Walter Mitty "Secret Life of Walter Mitty"; "Eddie Albert Show"
04-22-1907 - Elmer H. Wavering - Quincy, IL - d. 11-20-1998
inventor: With Bill Lear, invented first commerial car radio (Motorola)
04-22-1909 - Ralph Byrd - Dayton, OH - d. 8-18-1952
singer, actor: Local and Hollywood radio
04-22-1915 - Dick Dudley - Louisville, KY - d. 2-2-2000
announcer: "Archie Andrews"; "Believe It or Not"
04-22-1916 - Maurice Webster - Gibbon, NE - d. 6-20-2001
announcer: "Scattergood Baines"; "Meet the Missus"; "Surprise Party"
04-22-1916 - Yehudi Menuhin - NYC - d. 3-12-1999
classical violinist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Pause that Refreshes"
04-22-1917 - Glynn Croudace - England
author of about 100 radio plays
04-22-1920 - Hal March - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-19-1970
comedian: Matt Henshaw "December Bride"; Mr. Cook "Too Many Cooks"
04-22-1921 - Charlotte Lawrence - California - d. 10-20-1993
actor: Stacy McGill "Advs. of Christopher Wells"; Reba Britten "Just
Plain Bill"
04-22-1921 - Vivian Dandridge - Cleveland, OH - d. 10-27-1991
writer: "The Beulah Show"
04-22-1922 - Charlie Mingus - Nogales, AZ - d. 1-5-1979
jazz bass player: "Here's to Veterans"
04-22-1924 - Bill Simmons - d. 1-24-2005
southern gospel musician: (Light Crust Doughboys)
04-22-1949 - Rin-Rin-Tin - d. unknown
dog: Rin-Tin-Tin "Rin-Tin-Tin"
April 22nd deaths
01-09-1913 - Richard Nixon - Yorba Linda, CA - d. 4-22-1994
[removed] president: "Image Minorities"; "Kennedy-Nixon Debates"
02-04-1901 - Tom McKnight - d. 4-22-1963
producer, director, writer: "Beulah Show"; "Gibson Family"
02-22-1908 - John Mills - North Elmham, England - d. 4-22-2005
actor: "A Christmas Carol"; "Charlie Chaplin"
03-01-1885 - Lionel Atwill - Croydon, England - d. 4-22-1946
singer: "Eveready Hour"
03-09-1902 - Will Geer - Franfort, IN - d. 4-22-1978
actor: Penny "Bright Horizon"
03-12-1899 - Amparo Iturbi - Valencia, Spain - d. 4-22-1969
concert Pianist: (Jose's sister) "Concert Hall"
04-20-1924 - Patricia Peardon - Allendale, NJ - d. 4-22-1993
actor: Mary Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Joan Worthington "Orphans of
Divorce"
04-21-1891 - Dr. Howard W. Haggard - d. 4-22-1959
alcoholism expert: "Devils, Drugs and Doctors"
05-31-1921 - Alida Valli - Pola, Istria, Italy - d. 4-22-2006
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
06-12-1926 - Bob Pfeiffer - Iowa - d. 4-22-2003
announcer: "Answer Please"; "The Bickersons"
08-08-1906 - Joe DuVal - Wisconsin - d. 4-22-1966
actor: Professor Wiz the Owl "Cinnamon Bear", Big Town"
09-15-1904 - Tom Conway - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-22-1967
actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
10-13-1891 - Irene Rich - Buffalo, NY - d. 4-22-1988
actor: Faith Chandler "Dear John"; Irene Davis "Lady Counsellor";
Judith Bradley "Glorious One"
10-30-1924 - Norman Bird - Coalville, England - d. 4-22-2005
actor: Major Burnaby "The Sittaford Mystery"
11-10-1907 - Jane Froman - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-22-1980
singer: "Florsheim Frolic"; "Bromo Seltzer Hour"; "Gulf Musical
Playhouse"
11-16-1894 - Ruth Cornell Woodman - d. 4-22-1970
creator, writer: "Death Valley Days"; "Cavalcade of America"
12-28-1903 - Earl "Fatha" Hines - Duquesne, PA - d. 4-22-1983
bandleader: "Band Remotes"; "Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:54:50 -0400
From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WNYC radio archives
This about the WNYC archives is kind of great:
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:34:49 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
"Poet Laureate of Radio"
Norman Corwin turns 97
NORMAN CORWIN TESTIMONAL DINNER AND SPEECH
3-31-46 From The Florentine Room of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles.
Host: Robert Young Speaker: Paul Robson
ONE WORLD FLIGHT
Episode 1 1-14-47 "Preview"
CBS SUSTAINING Tuesdays 10:00 - 10:30pm
WRITTEN by: Norman Corwin, commenting about his trip around the world, the
places he saw and the people he met. Corwin was the first recepient of the
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COLUMBIA WORKSHOP
Episode 145 7-20-39 "John Brown's Body"
Famous Stephen Vincent Benet's Civil War poem.
Adapted for radio and directed by Norman Corwin
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SUSPENSE
(CBS) 2/2/53 Jack Benny stars in "Plan X" for Auto-Lite.
THE JIMMY DURANTE SHOW
(NBC) 12/3/47 With Charles Boyer, Peggy Lee and Arthur Treacher.
RADIO PREVIEWS THE MOVIES
Our continuing series
This week from Warner Bros. 1934 - "Harold Teen"
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Meet Mr. McNutley - "Ray's Other Life"
show also known as "The General Electric Comedy Theater" or "The Ray Milland
Show"
originally aired March 18, 1954 on CBS
Starring: Ray Milland, Phyllis Avery, Gordon Jones, Verna Felton, Joan
Banks, Mary Jane Croft, Jean Vander Pyl, Charlie Cantor, Del Sharbutt
announcing.
Sponsor: [removed] Radios & [removed] Televisions
Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons - "The Nightmare Murder Case"
originally aired December 14, 1944 on CBS
Starring: Bennett Kilpack, Jim Kelly, Larry Elliott announcing.
Sponsor: Kolynos Toothpaste (Whitehall Pharmical Company)
Mr. Chameleon - "The Perfect Maid Murder Case"
originally aired December 29, 1948 on CBS
Starring: Karl Swenson, Frank Butler, Howard Claney announcing.
Sponsor: Bayer Aspirin
Mr. District Attorney - "The Case Of The Money Machine"
originally aired April 11, 1951 on NBC
Starring: Jay Jostyn, Vicki Vola, Len Doyle, Maurice Franklin as the voice
of the law, Fred Uttal announcing.
Sponsor: Bristol Myers (Sal Hepatica & Vitalis)
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:34:58 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Not giving any flack, just cash
Ed Carr ponders:
can someone enlighten me as to who was col. flack.
was this a 15min radio show? or a tv show? ... thanks for any info on flack
as i can't find it<
Colonel Humphrey Flack appeared on Dumont Television between October 7, 1953
and July 2, 1954, and in syndication in the 1958-1959 TV season in repeats
of the original.
Alan Mowbray played Col. Humphrey J. Flack with Frank Jenks as Uthas P.
Garvey. It sounds like another classic case of stealing from the rich to
benefit the less fortunate (and where have we heard that one before?).
"Guide to TV" describes it thusly:
"A swindler with a heart wins back ill-gotten gains from fellow con artists
to help the poor. Based on a series of 'Saturday Evening Post' stories by
Everett Rhodes Castle, the show also aired under the title 'The Fabulous
Fraud.'"
Jim Cox
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:04:38 -0400
From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Heat Spell - Plot of a Missing Gunsmoke
Episode
The following is a plot summary of the fourth of the Missing GUNSMOKE
episodes. I will provide a plot summary of the last of the 1952 Missing
episodes next week.
GUNSMOKE
Heat Spell
06/21/1952
Script by Lou Houston
EPISODE NOTE:
The cover page of the script for this episode, which contains cast, crew
and production information, lists the title, Heat Spell.
PLOT
It's mid-July and Dodge City is having a long, dry heat spell. Matt and
Chester go to the depot and see the new Parson who is arriving on the
train. Within seconds of its arrival, one passenger shoots and kills
another. When the killer shoots at Dillon, he returns fire killing the man.
The newly arrived Parson Kirkland is irate that the Marshal has killed the
man and calls Matt a murderer.
A short time later Doc reports a brawl in the Alafraganza that has left
one man dead and a couple men wounded. When Matt and Chester arrive they
find out that the dead man is Wade Grider, the son of one Dodge's meanest
citizens. Old man Grider blames the young Parson for starting the brawl and
Wade's death.
The Marshal soon realizes that he won't be able to find out who killed
Wade, too many patrons were shooting. Dillon remarks to the clergyman that
Dodge has not been very peaceful since the Parson's arrival and tells him to
stay out of saloons and practice his profession of saving souls in church.
The following Sunday Doc Adams stops by the jail to see the Marshal.
Doc tells him the new Parson just gave "the best doggone sermon that's ever
been preached in Dodge!" Parson Kirkland made quite an impression on the
congregation in the packed church.
A few minutes later the Parson shows up to talk with Matt. After some
small talk, the two men begin to find common ground. Kirkland admits to
being too eager to make good on his first posting and apologizes for calling
Matt "a murderer." The Parson feels directly responsible for the two
killings at the depot because he was talking to the two men on the train;
"expressing my views rather strongly." The two men started to argue. The
argument escalated and ended in tragedy. Matt replies that the Parson is
needed in Dodge.
Just then Chester rushes up and tells them that somebody has set fire to
the church. Matt tells the Parson that there is only one man in Dodge mean
enough to do this: old man Grider. Both the Marshal and the Parson know
that it will be unlikely that it can be proven that Grider did it.
A few days later the Parson encounters Grider and his son, Sut. Old man
Grider strikes the clergyman, who turns the other cheek. This infuriates
Grider and he and Sut savagely beat the Parson and dump him in front of the
jail. Matt asks the dying Parson if the Griders beat him? He refuses to
answer until Matt promises that there will be no retaliation. Then Kirkland
says, "Yes. No more killings, Matt - - vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord"
and dies.
Matt and Chester search for the Griders. They find the drunken pair at
the lumber yard. Old man Grider shoots at Matt, but, because of his promise
to the Parson, the Marshall won't return fire. Sut climbs up on a lumber
pile to keep watch on Chester. The pile collapses and kills the elder
Grider. Chester shows Matt a tag on the lumber: "For the new church." The
Lord has had His vengeance.
As the Parson's burial ends, it begins to rain. The heat spell is over.
Signing off for now,
Stewart
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:31:40 -0400
From: Chargous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: had a wonderful time at the Cinci convention
I had a wonderful time, as usual, at the Cinci convention. The only
problem is the weekend goes SO fast! I live locally, so I showed up for
the whole event. It was great to see friends, and get great OTR
stuff! I'm looking for different stuff, so I scoured the dealers' tables
for obscure OTR shows, and found a good deal of them. Also got some
DVDs. All in all, spent about $240 at the dealers' tables. I've been
going since '99, and had never won a door prise - this year, I endeavored
to change that and bought 60 extra raffle tickets (I didn't so much want
the prizes per se, I wanted to support the Convention and say that way I
want another convention), in addition to the 2 that came with the
tickets. I won 8 door prizes! My lucky streak continued at the dinner,
where I won a new old stock box of Rinso, presumably from circa 1943. I
put it with my antique radio consoles, which are crammed into my place. A
very neat little prize. Thank you to whoever did that. Some tables had
Oxydol, etc. The awards ceremony went smoothly, and took the right amount
of time. It was very streamlined this year.
The Saturday dinner went really well - the professionals were great, as
always, and even the "amateurs" were top-notch too - there was part 2 of a
Ft. Laramie, also a new production of The Golden Bird, a comedy sketch, a
presentation of the Canterville Ghost, and then the Bickersons. The actors
and actresses were gracious, as always - it was a pleasure to talk to them.
The panel Saturday (yes, I like panels) had a very informative talk by the
Radio Researchers ([removed]). I'm a member and even I didn't know a lot of
the good stuff that was available there research-wise - scripts, full
newspaper logs, etc.
My only regret of the convention - it went too quickly! Time flies when
you're having fun!
It was also great to get recognition for my work in restoring shows and
posting shows under my online posting name "cliff_marsland". It was never
a secret, but I guess many people didn't know. I'm probably the youngest
major transcription collector, so probably no one would suspect someone
under 30 being able to do and restore all kinds of vintage
media. Recognition made all the work worthwhile!
[removed] Sorry Charlie, I have a prosumer, very nice, digital camera. By the
time I brought it Saturday, the dealers were beaking down the tables. I
didn't bring it into the recreations, because pictures without flash never
come out well in that room. Sorry you couldn't make it, Charlie, hope to
see you there next year.
I would LOVE to go to Newark. I'll maybe see you in the fall, but since I
don't live there, overhead's high enough where I couldn't buy that much in
the dealers' room. So, I doubt I'll make it
Travis
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:49:07 -0400
From: <verotas@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: "Col. Humphrey Flack " series
Poster Ed Carr wrote asking about a radio show re Colonel Humphrey Flack. I
recall a TV series by this name with Alan Mowbray as Flack, and his sidekick
Uthas P. Garvey played by Frank Jenks. Both were veteran stage, screen and
TV character actors; Mowbray born in London and Jenks in Iowa but with a
definite big-city, gum-chewing accent. Each, in his own way, superbly
droll. This series ran c. 1953, also known as "The Fabulous Fraud" - I think
in a revival.
If my memory serves, it was a Dumont network show, and as such didn't last
too long. Very sad - it was a very funny and clever show, with conman Flack
preying only on other swindlers, not on 'normal citizens' as Damon Runyon
fans might have said. Too bad, but I don't think it was picked up by any
other network. If any programs in the series are extant I would love to see
them again! Before its demise, perhaps Dumont was distributing by kinescope?
I don't recall, probably because I was fortunate to live up on a hill west of
New York City, where by twisting the rabbit ears at our 10" Crosley set, we
could get every channel in NYC, Philadelphia and Delaware! So we watched
all kinds of great (late 1940s) early live TV, including the precious Ernie
Kovacs shows from WPTZ, Philco Television Ch. 3 in Philly, Garroway at Large
from Chicago, etc. For younger lurkers, this was before cross-continental
coaxial, UHF, Color TV, and all the later high-tech wonders speeding by us
thanks to the transistor. That I mark as the start of the solid-state mad
rush to today (then unthinkable tomorrow). Thanks to folk I knew at Bell
Laboratories (remember them?)
IMDB has precious little about the Flack series, but notes that among other
great character actors joining the two stars included Boris Aplon, Jack
Klugman, and Fred Sadoff. From my recognition of all these, you might well
think that I have always been a great and appreciative fan of character
actors. But of course I couldn't possibly comment. (Hint)
While my reference library is still enormously reduced due to my recent move
with many boxes still packed away in storage, I have not found a reference to
a radio series with this name or characters. I certainly never knew it as a
radio program.
Wishing you luck in your search - Lee Munsick
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:36:46 -0400
From: crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow)
To: [removed]@[removed] (Old Time Radio Digest)
Subject: Ted Osborne
Ron mentioned the birth and death dates for Ted Osborne, who voiced
Professor Whiz, the Owl, in Glanville Heisch's famous children's serial, "The
Cinnamon Bear."
Osborne also played another role in CB, which was pivotal in episodes 4 and
5 (first heard on November 30 and December 1, 1937). He was King Blotto, the
leader of the dreaded Inkaboos, a band of ruthless, merciless ink blotters.
King Blotto demanded the execution of Paddy O'Cinnamon and the Barton twins
by pushing them into a vat of ink. Fortunately, the Scissor Soldiers arrived
in the nick of time and shredded the evil blotters.
King Blotto is one of the most unusual and enduring characters in the
Cinnamon Bear story. Osborne captures his "essence" quite well.
Dennis Crow
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:38:19 -0400
From: Bruce Boswell <bruceboswell@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Col. Flack
|EDWARD CARR posted
|can someone enlighten me as to who was col. flack.
In 1953 Alan Mowbray starred in "Colonel Humphrey Flack" on the old
Dumont network. Flack was a con man who preyed on other con men.
The show only lasted one yesr.
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:15:57 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: A special offer for you
We didn't sell every copy of "Radio Speakers" at the Cincinnati convention.
Before I return these few to the publisher, I wonder: would anyone out
there like one? Let me know by email and you'll need to send a check to me
for $49 per book this week to cover shipping, a price break of $10. I need
to hear from you pronto if you're interested. I'll sign your book if you
like.
Jim Cox
otrbuff@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:16:57 -0400
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cincy '07
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
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Just home from Cincinnati. A smaller crowd this year, but we had a ball
as usual. Newcomer Ruth Last was a hit; she was in hundreds of shows but
never as a star, she told me. She played a nurse for a week in one soap
opera, a murderess in a crime show, a secretary in another soap, etc.
Also some movies (Fort Apache the Bronx, Manhattan Murder Mystery). She
was super-friendly and she was obviously loving the convention.
Esther Geddes McVay dropped by our hotel room and chatted with us for a
half hour after the final show last night. That was a hoot!
I was honored to be the auctioneer / raffle caller and that was a lot of
fun (hey, I did graduate from the Missouri Auction School and even ran my
own auction house). We auctioned off three scripts, one for each show,
all signed by all of the attending stars. I think the prices ranged from
$35 to $55.
The dealer's room was smaller than usual, but the supply of OTR shows was
the best ever, and I was excited to find dozens of old movie serials on
DVD. Also got a couple of DVDs of old vaudeville acts from Martin Grams
(and three of his books, too).
Bob Hastings was absolutely marvelous as the Canterville Ghost in the
last show of the convention; the crowd was laughing so hard you could
hardly hear him. He told me afterwards that he wanted the crowd to LIKE
the ghost, even take his side, and he pulled it off marvelously.
On Friday night, amateur actor Steve Thompson was a big hit as a
radioactive mouse in an Escape episode that was a lot of fun. Steve
writes a blog and he has a couple of articles about the convention here:
[removed] (April 21/22 issues if they don't
show up at the top when you click this link).
I've updated the Karen Gets Hugged Page with a couple of new shots and a
few added older shots (like Barney Beck):
[removed]
Karen will write her own convention report for my web site, and I'll let
you know when that's posted.
---Dan, [removed]
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:22:12 -0400
From: "EDWARD CARR" <edcarr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: col flack
hi
and thanks for the get back on col flack, i checked myself and saw it was a
tv prog, but i can't figure out where i got the 16in discs with it on.
and do they represent tv instead of radio?
edcarr@[removed]
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