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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2012 : Issue 134
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  8-17 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  8-18 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Nice link!                            [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 19-25 Aug  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Gunsmoke Radio & TV Scripts           [ Stewart Wright <otrwash@[removed]; ]
  8-19 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Mel Blanc ticket question             [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:53:26 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  8-17 births/deaths

August 17th births

08-17-1888 - Monte Woolley- NYC - d. 5-6-1963
actor: Edwin Montague "Magnificent Montague"
08-17-1893 - Mae West - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-22-1980
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show" (Famous Adam and Eve Skit)
08-17-1896 - Alma Lawton - Woolwich, England - d. 2-24-1982
actor: "I Love Adventure"; "NBC University Theatre"
08-17-1899 - Ralph Goll - d. 1-1-1957
scriptwriter: "The Lone Ranger"
08-17-1900 - Gregory Abbott - d. 9-25-1981
narrator: "Believe It or Not"
08-17-1900 - Quincy Howe - Boston, MA - d. 2-19-1977
newscaster: "Quincy Howe: Comment"
08-17-1903 - Abram Chasins - NYC - d. 6-21-1987
musical director: "Stars from the Blue"
08-17-1903 - Bob Evans - California - d. 3-21-1961
actor: "Sing It Again"
08-17-1904 - Ann Harding - Fort Sam Houston, TX - d. 9-1-1981
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
08-17-1904 - Elizabeth Bilson - d. 4-17-1995
soprano: WBAL Baltimore, Maryland
08-17-1905 - Frederick Ziv - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-13-2001
producer: "Philo Vance"
08-17-1907 - Bernard Schoenfeld - d. 4-25-1990
writer: "Brave New World"; "This is Our Eneny"
08-17-1909 - Larry Clinton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-2-1985
bandleader: "Larry Clinton's Musical Sensations"; "Tommy Riggs and
Betty Lou"
08-17-1912 - Gogo De Lys - Edmonton, Canada - d. 2-19-2003
singer: "Carefree Carnival"; "Little Ol' Hollywood"; "Stoopnagle and
Budd"
08-17-1913 - Guy Della-Cioppa - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-17-2000
director: "An American in Russia"; "The Columbia Workshop"
08-17-1914 - Walter Herlihy - Massachusetts - d. 10-6-1956
announcer: (Brother of Ed) "Dorothy Kilgallen's Dairy"; "Police Woman"
08-17-1914 - Wendell Holmes - Cheshire, OH - d. 4-26-1962
actor: "Dimension X"; "Mysterious Traveler"; "Words at War"
08-17-1916 - Ira Cook - Duluth, MN - d. 5-15-2007
disk jockey: KMPC Los Angeles, California
08-17-1918 - Evelyn Ankers - Valparaiso, Chili - d. 8-28-1985
actor: Argentine Radio
08-17-1919 - Georgia Gibbs - Worcester, MA - d. 12-9-2006
singer: (Her Nibs) "Your Hit Parade"; "Camel Caravan"; "Philco Hall of
Fame"
08-17-1920 - Maureen O'Hara - Millwall, Ireland
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-17-1921 - Donald Buka - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-21-2009
actor: Barney Mallory "Sparrow and the Hawk"
08-17-1921 - Wayne Raney - Wolf Bayou, AR - d. 1-23-1993
country music harmonica player: "Grand Ole Opry"
08-17-1922 - Jack Sperling - Trenton, NJ - d. 3-8-2004
drummer: Bands of Bunny Berrigan, Les Brown and others
08-17-1927 - Sam Butera - New Orleans, LA - d. 6-3-2009
tenor sax: (Sam Butera and the Witnesses) "The Navy Swings"
08-17-1930 - Harve Bennett - Chicago, IL
panelist: "The Quiz Kids"
08-17-1932 - Johnny 'Red' Kerr - Chicago, IL - d. 2-27-2009
announcer: Chicago Bulls
08-17-1943 - John Humphreys - Cardiff, Wales
presenter: "Nine O'Clock News"; "Today"

August 17th deaths

01-26-1927 - Billy Redfield - NYC - d. 8-17-1976
actor: Grayling Dennis "Brighter Day"; Willie Piper "Tales of Willie
Piper"
02-06-1917 - Penny Olsen - Milwaukee, WI - d. 8-17-2000
singer: (Wife of Johnny Olsen) "Ladies Be Seated"; "Rumpus Room"
03-04-1880 - Channing Pollack - Washington [removed] - d. 8-17-1946
lecturer, author: "America's Town Mettking of the Air"; "Wake Up
America"
03-26-1915 - Flip Phillips - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-17-2001
jazz saxophonist: "Woody Herman Show"; "Saturday Night Swing Session"
03-29-1918 - Pearl Bailey - Newport News, VA - d. 8-17-1990
singer: "Kraft Music Hall "; "Tribute to Glenn Miller"
05-09-1895 - Richard Barthelmass - NYC - d. 8-17-1963
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-09-1908 - Joan Kinmont - Port Lincoln, Australia - d. 8-17-1985
writer: "Firelight"
05-17-1907 - Horace McMahon - South Norwalk, CT - d. 8-17-1971
actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"
05-25-1877 - Billy Murray - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-17-1954
singer: "The National Barn Dance"
06-26-1908 - Robert J. Ross - d. 8-17-1970
writrer: "Amos 'n' Andy"
06-29-1901 - Ed Gardner - Astoria, NY - d. 8-17-1963
comedian: Archie "Duffy's Tavern"
07-06-1929 - James Berwick - Dublin, Ireland - d. 8-17-2000
actor: "Frankenstein"
07-24-1904 - Delmer Daves - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-17-1977
movie writer/director: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
07-26-1909 - Vivian Vance - Cherryvale, KS - d. 8-17-1979
actor: Ethel Mertz "I Love Lucy"
08-11-1910 - Perfecto Barbosa - d. 8-17-1989
newscaster: KMAC San Antonio, Texas
09-11-1908 - Elisebeth A. Heisch - Madison, WI - d. 8-17-2003
writer: "The Cinnamon Bear"
09-28-1917 - Vernile Morgan - Oak Park, IL - d. 8-17-2006
actor: "Curtain Time"
10-03-1882 - Ulderico 'Rico' Marcelli - Rome, Italy - d. 8-17-1962
bandleader: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
10-20-1913 - Barney Phillips - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-17-1982
actor: Ed Jacobs "Dragnet"; Somber Jones "Hawk Larabee"; "Gunsmoke"
10-25-1875 - Harry Overstreet - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-17-1970
author and lecturer: "Information Please"
11-05-1900 - George Watson - d. 8-17-1957
announcer: "Gateway to Hollywood"; "Song of the City"
12-02-1902 - Howard Koch - NYC - d. 8-17-1995
writer: "War of the Worlds"
12-06-1896 - Ira Gershwin - NYC - d. 8-17-1983
songwriter: "Lady in the Dark"; "Jolson Story"; "Barkleys of Broadway"
12-10-1906 - Harold Adamson - Greenville, NJ - d. 8-17-1980
song writer: "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
12-28-1934 - David Warrilow - Staffordshire, England - d. 8-17-1995
actor: "All that Fall"

Ron

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:53:31 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  8-18 births/deaths

August 18th births

08-18-1873 - Otto Harbach - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 1-24-1963
songwriter: "Music for Millions"; "Railroad Hour"
08-18-1878 - Harry C. Browne - North Adams, MA - d. 11-15-1954
actor: Hank Simmons, Henry Clinton "Hank Simmon's Showboat"
08-18-1879 - Gus Edwards - Hohensaliza, Germany - d. 11-7-1945
songwriter: "Thirty Minutes In Hollywood"
08-18-1893 - Benjamin Abrams - Rumania - d. 6-23-1967
co-founder of Emerson radio
08-18-1896 - Alan Mowbray - London, England - d. 3-26-1969
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Forecast"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Screen
Guild Theatre"
08-18-1898 - Ken Sisson - Danbury, CT - d. 5-30-1947
conductor/arranger: "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "Your Hit Parade"
08-18-1900 - Walter O'Keefe - Hartford, CT - d. 6-26-1983
comedian, emcee: "Camel Caravan"; "Town Hall Tonight"; "Double or
Nothing"
08-18-1902 - Joseph Catizone - Italy - d. 1-20-1973
trumpeter
08-18-1907 - Enoch Light - Canton, OH - d. 7-31-1978
bandleader: "BMI Pin Up Platter"
08-18-1908 - Bernard Prockter - d. 5-xx-1986
producer: "Big Story"; "Crime Cases of Warden Lawes"; "Quick as a Flash"
08-18-1911 - Marjorie Hannan - Hamilton, OH
actor: Nancy Webster "We Are Four"; Ruth Ann Graham "Bachelor's
Children"
08-18-1912 - Ralph Hetzel - d. 1-13-1994
labor leader: "Wake Up America"
08-18-1912 - Tom Moore - San Antonio, TX - d. 4-13-1986
announcer, emcee: "Ladies Be Seated"; "Captain Midnight"
08-18-1914 - Perry Ward - Tulsa, OK - d. 5-29-1989
announcer, emcee: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Scramby Amby"
08-18-1917 - Mary Rolfe - Brooklyn NY - d. 10-28-1996
actor: Mary Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"; Rose O'Brien "Rose of My
Dreams"
08-18-1918 - Hank Penny - Birmingham, AL - d. 4-17-1992
singer, rhythn guitar: "The Radio Cowboys"
08-18-1920 - George Wright - Orland, CA - d. 5-10-1998
organist: "George Wright-Hammond Organ"; "Nick Carter"
08-18-1934 - Roberto Clemente - Carolina, Puerto Rico - d. 12-31-1972
baseball great: "Tops In Sport"
08-18-1935 - Howard Morrison - Rotorua, New Zealand - d. 9-24-2009
singer: "Howard Morrison Quartet<<230>>
08-18-1937 - William Rushton - London, England - d. 12-11-1996
comediam: "I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue"
08-18-1940 - Molly Bee - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 2-7-2009
singer: "Hometown Jamboree"; "Rex Allen Show"

August 18th deaths

01-12-1887 - Theresa Helburn - NYC - d. 8-18-1959
producer: Was the guiding light of "Theatre Guild on the Air"
02-06-1883 - Bennett Kilpack - Long Melford, England - d. 8-18-1962
actor: Mr. Keen "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"; "James Benson
"David Harum"
03-20-1914 - Lawson Zerbe - Portland, OR - d. 8-18-1992
actor: Frank Merriwell "Advs. of Frank Merriwell" Pepper Young "Pepper
Young's Family"
03-27-1895 - William W. Chaplin - NYC - d. 8-18-1978
newsman: White House correspondent for NBC
04-04-1922 - Elmer Bernstein - NYC - d. 8-18-2004
composer: "Coming Home"; "Memos to a New Millenium"
04-22-1909 - Ralph Byrd - Dayton, OH - d. 8-18-1952
singer, actor: Local and Hollywood radio
04-26-1893 - Anita Loos - Sisson (now Mt. Shasta), CA - d. 8-18-1981
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-08-1897 - Philip La Follette - Madison, WI - d. 8-18-1965
governor of wisconsin: "Wake Up America"
06-17-1905 - Anne Teeman - New York - d. 8-18-1991
actor: Sally Gibson "The Gibson Family"; Joyce "The Goldbergs"
06-17-1921 - Ben Morris - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 8-18-1982
actor: Pat Novak "Pat Novak for Hire"
06-29-1922 - Norm Michie - Scotland - d. 8-18-1993
reader: "Story Time" Program Director for WI Public Radio
08-19-1910 - Evelyn Antonsen - d. 8-18-2002
violinist: WCCO Minneapolis, Minnesota
09-16-1915 - Cy Walter - Minneapolis, MN - d. 8-18-1968
pianist: "Piano Playhouse"; "Songs by Sinatra"
10-16-1899 - Mary Taylor - d. 8-18-1957
consumer advocate: "Consumer Time"
11-27-1917 - Dick Hogan - d. 8-18-1995
actor, singer: "Cavalcade of America"; "Favorite Story"; Voice of the
Army"

Ron

 ***** WARNING! UNHANDLED BAD CHARACTER!!!!!

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:53:37 -0400
From: <radioaz@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Nice link!

Lots of fun shows to listen to hear.  [removed]

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:53:42 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 19-25 August

 From Today in History (New York Times) 

8/19

In 1929, Amos and Andy, starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll,
made its network debut on NBC.

 From Those Were The Days 

8/22

1947  After many years as a 15 minute daily serial, Jack Armstrong,
the All American Boy, was heard for the first time as a 30 minute
feature on ABC. Remember, if you want to grow up to be big and strong
like Jack Armstrong, keep these three rules in mind: Get plenty of
sleep, fresh air and exercise. Make a friend of soap and water, because
dirt breeds germs and germs can make people sickly and weak. And for
sound nourishment and keen flavor, eat a big bowlful of Wheaties, the
Breakfast of Champions, with plenty of milk or cream and some type of fruit.

8/23

1950 - The summer replacement radio show for "Suspense", titled
"Somebody Knows", was heard for the final time on radio. The program
offered a reward of $5,000 ($44,075 in 2009 dollars) for information
that led to the solving of crimes. "Somebody Knows" began with the
introduction, "You out there. You, who think you have committed the
perfect crime -- that there are no clues, no witnesses -- listen.
Somebody knows."

8/25

1949  NBC debuted Father Knows Best. The Thursday night program aired
for five years. Robert Young played the role of Jim Anderson, the ever
patient father. The rest of the family included wife Margaret, son Bud
and lovely daughters Betty (the eldest) and Kathy. The family lived on
Maple Street in Springfield.

Joe

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:53:46 -0400
From: Stewart Wright <otrwash@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Gunsmoke Radio & TV Scripts

For a discussion of Gunsmoke Script Sharing Between Radio and Television
See The Nostalgia Pages Gunsmoke Forum Thread

Radio episodes versus their TV versions
[removed]

The Nostalgia Pages Forums
[removed]
are hosted by Charlie Summers who is also the Moderator of The Old-Time Radio
Digest!

Signing off for now,

Stewart Wright
Moderator - The Nostalgia Pages Gunsmoke Forum
Since July, 2000

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:54:12 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  8-19 births/deaths

August 19th births

08-19-1870 - Bernard Baruch - Camden, SC - d. 6-20-1965
guest: "Tex and Jinx"
08-19-1873 - Fred Stone - Longmont, CO - d. 3-6-1959
comedian: "Gulf Headliners"
08-19-1889 - Don "Uncle Don" Carney - St. Joseph, MO - d. 1-14-1954
host: "Uncle Don"; "Friendship Village"; "Dog Chats"
08-19-1902 - Colleen Moore - Port Huron, MI - d. 1-25-1988
actor: "Whatever Became of . . . ."
08-19-1902 - Ogden Nash - Rye, NY - d. 5-19-1971
poet: "Three Ring Time"; "Kaleidoscope"
08-19-1903 - Claude Dauphin - Corbeil, France - d. 11-17-1978
actor: "As Easy as [removed]"
08-19-1903 - Fran Striker - Buffalo, NY - d. 9-4-1962
creator, writer: "The Lone Ranger"; "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon"; "The
Green Hornet"
08-19-1903 - Muriel Kirkland - Yonkers, NY - d. 9-26-1971
actor: Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Mary Todd "Honest Abe"
08-19-1910 - Evelyn Antonsen - d. 8-18-2002
violinist: WCCO Minneapolis, Minnesota
08-19-1913 - Harry F. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 6-28-1982
singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
08-19-1915 - Ring Lardner, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 10-31-2000
screenwriter: (Member of the Hollywood Ten) "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-19-1916 - Marie Wilson - Anaheim, CA - d. 11-23-1972
actor: Irma Peterson "My Friend Irma"
08-19-1917 - Muriel M. Bell - d. 8-26-1997
woman's programming: WBOB Galax, Virginia
08-19-1918 - Giles Cooper - Carrickmines, Ireland - d. 12-2-1966
writer: "Thieves Rush In"
08-19-1921 - Gene Roddenberry - El Paso, TX - d. 10-24-1991
writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
08-19-1922 - Lester Fletcher - Cardiff, Wales - d. 12-8-1989
actor: "Sherlock Holmes"; "FBI in Peace and War"
08-19-1928 - Norman Brooks - Montreal, Canada - d. 9-14-2006
actor: "The Best Things In Life Are Free"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
08-19-1930 - David Guy Compton - London, England
author: "Blind Man's Bluff"
08-19-1933 - Debra Paget - Denver, CO
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Family Theatre"
08-19-1946 - Bill Clinton - Hope, AR
[removed] president: Saturday morning presidential broadcast

April 19th deaths

01-14-1913 - Mary Rita Stewart - d. 8-19-1995
dancer, singer: (The Three Debutantes) "Irene"
02-17-1924 - Mel Welles - NYC - d. 8-19-2005
worked as a radio disc jockey before moving to Hollywood in the 1950s
03-11-1907 - Jessie Matthews - London, England - d. 8-19-1981
actor: Mrs. Mary Dale "The Dale's"
05-21-1915 - Kathleen Cordell - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-19-1997
actor: Marion Burton Sullivan "Second Mrs. Burton"; Monica Brewster
"Valiant Lady"
06-15-1894 - Robert Russell Bennett - Kansas City, MO - d. 8-19-1981
compser: "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"; "Project Twenty"
06-20-1890 - Effie Palmer - Albany, NY - d. 8-19-1942
actor: Jean Evans "Lonely Woman"; Dodie Black "Scattergood Baines"
06-29-1913 - Hilliard Marks - d. 8-19-1982
producer: (Brother of Mary Livingstone) "The Jack Benny Program"
07-27-1912 - Charles Crutchfield - Hope, AR - d. 8-19-1998
announcer: "The Johnson Family Singers"
08-21-1916 - Jackson Gillis - Kalama, WA - d. 8-19-2010
writer: "The Whistler"; "Jeff Reagan, Invesitgator"; "Let George Do It"
10-02-1890 - Groucho Marx - NYC - d. 8-19-1977
comedian: "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel"; "Blue Ribbon Town"; "You
Bet Your Life"
11-04-1917 - Jean King - Dallas, TX - d. 8-19-1993
disk jockey: Lonesome Gal "Lonesome Gal"
11-28-1910 - Russell Napier - Perth, Australia - d. 8-19-1974
actor: "Midweek Theatre"
12-14-1922 - Don Hewitt - NYC - d. 8-19-2009
producer: "Further Details with Robert Trout"

Ron

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:54:43 -0400
From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Mel Blanc ticket question

My apologies for using this list for this, but I'm winding up my Mel Blanc
book, to be released next month, and I'm putting in
photo placements now. But I've lost the name of the nice person who gave me
the scan of the Mel Blanc Show ticket.

If you're here, please let me know who you are so I can credit you!
Thanks.

Ben Ohmart
New books on old movies
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