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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2014 : Issue 53
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

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      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      Outtakes: From Howard Blue's intervi  [ Howard Blue <gerardfreepress@yahoo. ]

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    Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:03:47 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
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    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
    Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
    and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    *Father's Day Special*

    A DATE WITH JUDY
    Episode 209 6-10-47 "Father's Day"
    Stars: Louise Erickson as Judy Foster, Dix Davis, Ken Christy, Myra Marsh
    NBC Tums Tuesdays 8:30-9:00 pm

    FATHER KNOWS BEST
    Episode 85 6-14-51 "Father's Day Picnic"
    Stars: Robert Young, June Whitley, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma
    Jean Nilsson, Herb Vigran, Stanley Farrar Announcer Bill Forman
    Music: Roy Bargy

    FRED WARING SHOW
    Episode 39 6-17-34 "I've Loved the Same Girl for 50 Years"
    Stars: Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians
    Features: Rosemary Lane, Priscilla Lane, Tom Waring, Babs And Her Brothers
    Announcer: Andre Baruch
    "I've Loved the Same Girl for 50 Years", "Rolling in Love", "Lover",
    "You Have Taken My Heart", "Kissing Games", "Suntan Charlie", "Breezin'
    Along with the Breeze"
    CBS Ford Sundays 9:30-10:00pm

    THE MAGNIFICENT MONTAGUE
    Episode 32 6-16-51 "Father of the Year"
    Stars: Monty Woolley, Anne Seymour and Pert Kelton, Art Carney, Johnny
    Gibbs and Arnold Stang
    Producer/Director: Nat Hiken
    Announcer: Don Pardo
    Organist: Jack Ward
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    FAMILY THEATER
    (MBS) 2/26/48 "Life's A Circus" stars Pat O'Brien and Margaret O'Brien.

    SUSPENSE
    (CBS/AFRS) 9/30/43 "The Lost Special" stars Orson Welles. A program
    thought missing for many years.

    THE ADV. OF SUPERMAN
    (WOR-NY/Synd) April 12, 1940. The last episode of "The Scared Emerald"
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    This week we pay tribute to Fathers everywhere with our Father's day
    special.

    EDDIE CANTOR
    06/20/37 Episode (040) Father's Day.

    FATHER KNOWS BEST
    06/15/50 Episode (042) Father's Day Trip.

    THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE
    06/21/42 episode (043) Father's Day Chair.

    THE LIFE OF RILEY
    06/15/46 Episode (117) New Suit For Father's Day.
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    This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 125

    "COCOANUT GROVE AMBASSADORS" WITH JIMMIE GRIER & TED FIO RITO

    Once again by way of the magic of the original radio (Transco)
    transcription we're at the lush Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel
    in Los Angeles.

    According to Wikipedia, "Everything at the Grove was big, both in size
    and design. Formally attired guests were led down a grand staircase into
    a garish adult wonderland. Mechanical monkeys with glowing eyes hung
    from full size papier mache palm trees that had been used in Rudolph
    Valentino's hit movie "The Sheik." The high ceiling was lit with stars
    and a real waterfall cascaded down the back wall. It is said the
    Barrymore brothers would occasionally let their pet monkeys loose on the
    floor, and the creatures would scurry up the rocks and into the trees.

    "From the start, the best jazz bands, big bands, swing orchestras and
    crooners like Bing Crosby played the Grove; The in-house musical
    director Freddy Martin, aka "Mr. Cocoanut Grove," made the room world
    famous with his radio show that broadcast live and featured a very young
    vocalist by the name of Merv Griffin. From the '20s to the '60s everyone
    who was anyone played the Grove. Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank
    Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, The Supremes, Nat King Cole, Sonny and Cher.

    "The Grove was also the site of several Academy Awards ceremonies
    including the banner 1940 show that was swept by "Gone with the Wind."
    But, the slow decline of the Ambassador accelerated after the death of
    RFK. The Grove tried to revamp its image, bringing Sammy Davis Jr. in as
    musical director and re-decorating the club in the style of the
    industrial, sleek Vegas clubs that it had originally inspired. The hotel
    and the Grove were finally closed in 1989. Until its demolition in 2006
    many said you could still hear the echo of music and mirth coming from
    the once filled ballroom off Wilshire Boulevard."

    Jimmie Grier starts off this "Grove Ambassadors" episode from 1932 with
    three more shows among the "swaying palms." Jimmie and his "greater
    all-star Cocoanut Grove orchestra bring tunes like "After All Is Said
    and Done," "A Secret Love," "Kiss by Kiss," "Say That You Are Teasing
    Me," "Bon Voyage to Your Ship of Dreams," "Dinah," "Two Loves Have I,"
    and "Tell Me While We're Dancing." We also hear a medley of "Moonlight
    on the Ganges," "The Sheik of Araby," and "On the Road to Mandalay."
    Vocalists include Kenny Allen, Donald Novis, Gogo de Lys, and the Three
    Cheers (reminiscent of the Rhythm Boys).

    The Fio Rito band follows Grier at the Grove in 1933 and performs "Lady,
    Play Your Mandolin," "Someday I'll Find You," "Too Beautiful for Words,"
    and "Be Still My Heart." Because of a Transco recording contract Fio
    Rito performed under the name Valsanti, and for the same reason, Muzzy
    Marcellino became Jack Howard; Howard Phillips became Bill Thomas; and
    the Three Debutantes became the Three Blue Keys.

    At various times famous entertainers had connections with the
    Valsanti/Fio Rito band such as Betty Grable, Dick Powell, Frances
    Langford, David Rose, Russ Morgan, Lucille Ball, Doc Severinson, June
    Haver, Ted Lewis, and Candi Candido. Fio Rito also composed successful
    songs like "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye," made famous by Al Jolson, on
    whose radio show Fio Rito's band also appeared.

    An interesting side note is that Fio Rito's name was mentioned, along
    with bandleaders Isham Jones, Little Jack Little, and others in an
    episode of Jackie Gleason's "Honeymooners" called "Young at Heart," as
    Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton recalled big bands of their youth. Gleason,
    of course, loved the big bands and featured the Dorseys in various shows
    at various times beginning in1953.

    Gleason, of course, was a big Dorsey fan and years earlier he had likely
    been impressed with Fio Rito at the Grove. "Musically, the orchestra
    that Fio Rito brought to the Grove was sweet, smooth and clever, playing
    highly danceable music ... and even an occasional solo on the Hammond
    organ by its talented leader." (Wikipedia)

    Fio Rito's theme song "Rio Rita" began and ended his appearances, as it
    does in this, the last of this episode's programs from the Cocoanut
    Grove. Though his name may not be as famous as Dorsey, Miller, Goodman,
    or Shaw, Fio Rito ranks among the finest bandleaders through his
    impressive contributions in musicianship and composition, on recordings
    and radio, in movies, and even on television. As with Arnheim, Grier,
    and other great big bandleaders, there are entertaining You-Tube
    performances of Fio Rito online 24/7.

    In the next few moments as we enjoy the magical big band musical
    pleasures of yesterday, consider this timeless thought: "The past, the
    present, and the future are really one: they are today." -- Harriet
    Beecher Stowe

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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Big John and Stu celebrate Father's Day

    Father Knows Best - Father's Day Trip
    originally aired Thursday, June 15, 1950 on NBC
    Starring: Robert Young, June Whitley or Jean Vander Pyl, Rhoda Williams,
    Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nillson, Eleanor Audley, Herb Vigran, Sam
    Edwards.
    Bill Forman announcing.
    Sponsor: General Foods (Maxwell House Coffee)

    Life Of Riley - Father's Day Bathrobes
    originally aired Saturday, June 19, 1948 on NBC
    Starring: William Bendix, Barbara Eiler, John Brown, Bobby Ellis,
    Paula Winslow, Francis "Dink" Trout, Alan Reed.
    Ken Niles announcing.
    Sponsor: Proctor & Gamble (Prell)

    The Jack Benny Program - Father's Day
    originally aired Sunday, June 16, 1940 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris,
    Verna Felton, Ezra Stone.
    Don Wilson announcing.
    Sponsor: Jell-O

    Adventures Of Father Brown - The Case Of The Mystified Mind
    originally aired Sunday, July 8, 1945 on MUTUAL
    Starring: Karl Swenson, Barry Thompson, Mitzy Gould, Bobby Readick,
    Bill Griffis, Will Geer, Gretchen Davidson, Vinton Hayworth, Gladys
    Thornton.
    John Stanley announcing.
    Sustained

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    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

    Jerry Haendiges

    Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
    The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
    Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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    Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:30:02 -0400
    From: Howard Blue <gerardfreepress@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Outtakes: From Howard Blue's interviews of OTR
     actors, etc. # 1   Jeff Corey & [removed] DeMille
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    This is the first of some short postings I will do from interviews I did some
    years ago for my OTR book, WORDS AT WAR.

    #1.

    Jeff Corey did a Lux Radio Theatre show just before he went into the Navy
    during World War II. The day before he was sworn into the Navy, some officers
    wanted him to stay for some publicity pictures.

    "For God's sake," Corey said, "I've got to leave to do my last show."

    The officer gave him a hard time, but just in time he got to the theatre
    where the show was done. Someone else had stood in for him during the dress
    rehearsal.

    After the performance, Cecil B. DeMille who was nominally the show's director
    came over to him and took Corey's hand in his two hands. "Son, I envy
    you,"DeMille said.

    And Corey had a feeling that the hugely egoed DeMille meant he wished he
    could direct World War II.

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