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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 92
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Crowne Plaza - Cincinnatti Conventio  [ Herb Harrison <[removed]@yahoo. ]
      Little Orphan Orphan Annie on Broadw  [ Baughan Roemer <doylemilne@[removed] ]
      5-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Bob and Ray                           [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
      5-21 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:10:18 -0400
    From: Herb Harrison <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Crowne Plaza - Cincinnatti Convention

    Thought I'd add some info to Bob Burchett's post about the location of the 2010 & 2011 Cincinnati Convention.
    This is the Internet site of the Crowne Plaza (Blue Ash) hotel, in case you want to get more info about it:

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    For guest reviews, see:

    [removed];rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS277US278&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Crowne+Plaza+5901+Pfeiffer+Rd.+Cincinnati&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Crowne+Plaza&hnear=5901+Pfeiffer+Rd.+Cincinnati&cid=6282298601042217240&dtab=2&pcsi=6282298601042217240,1&ei=D3HzS9yjM4bIsQPD_ImzDA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQqgUwAA

    Disclaimer:
    I have no connection with the hotel. I just like to check out hotels where I might be staying, and I thought that you folks might this info useful if you're planning to go to the Cincinnati Convention next year. [Example: Their in-room amenities include coffee makers - that's a + for me!   :-) ]

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    Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:12:10 -0400
    From: Baughan Roemer <doylemilne@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Little Orphan Orphan Annie on Broadway Follow-up
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    In Digest # 90 Larry Moore asked, Does anyone know why Harold Gray or even
    the  comic strip was never
    credited on the promos or programfor the musical  "Annie"?
    "Annie" began her pre-Broadway run in late 1976 - eight years after the the
    death of comic strip creator Harold
    Gray. The musical "Annie" began her  Tony Award -winning  run of 2,377
    performances on Broadway , April 21, 1977.
    >From what I remember at that time and have since researched, it appears that

>     the Tribune Company made no effort to distance

    their already legendary comic  strip property from Annie's new stage
    presence. In fact , most evidence indicates just the opposite.
    >From a marketing standpoint,newspapers ads , TV commercials,  other

>     promotional materials and the cast album  prominently featured the Little
>     Orphan Annie comic strip image along with the Tribune Syndicate copyright.
>     Reflecting Annie's dazzling success in her Broadway incarnation, there were
>     even Little Orphan Annie Newspaper ads reminding readers, It's a comic strip
>     too."

    Just as the Ovaltine-sponsored radio program's popularity had years before,
    "Annie" the musical led to at least a brief renewal  of interest in the
    long-running comic strip version. It appears that the Tribune Company took
    advantage of this opportunity by refashioning their iconic waif as a more
    thoroughly modern Annie. of Course, Orphan Annie was no stranger to
    reinvention. And her appearances in various mediums usually differed somewhat
    from her previous incarnations. This is never more clear when one contrasts
    the Harold Gray-drawn Annie to the singing Annie of Broadway. Gray's
    brilliant comic strip, conveyed a politically Conservative tone, and was
    dark, novel-like in his story-telling  approach.  His lead male character and
    Orphan Annie's sometimes distant protector , Daddy Warbucks  made no secret
    of his intense dislike  of FDR and the New Deal. The 1977 Broadway  spin gave
    us a colorful , sunny Annie &  a more warmer Daddy Warbucks. FDR , now a
     dear friend of Warbucks, actually plays a heroic role in the musical's  plot.
    As for Why Gray's name was not highlighted on the  posters , programs and the
    like , I have no solid answer yet.  By that point, I believe his estate no
    longer had a financial interest in the ongoing comic strip. because of that
    along with the obvious difference in tone and style of the two Annies , the
    Tribune Company & the  musical's Production team, likely wanting  to provide
    "Annie" with a fresh slate, chose not to splash Gray's name all over Broadway.
    Arf!

    Baughan

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    Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:12:16 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-20 births/deaths

    May 20th births

    05-20-1894 - Adela Rogers St. Johns - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-10-1988
    novelist: Commentator on NBC 1936-1937
    05-20-1899 - Stan Lomax - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-26-1987
    sportscaster: "Evening Journal Sports"
    05-20-1899 - Virginia Sale - Urbana, IL - d. 8-23-1992
    actor: Martha "Those We Love"
    05-20-1903 - Bob White - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-1-1984
    actor: Eric Cunningham "Ma Perkins"; Dr. Petrie "Fu Manchu"
    05-20-1906 - Lyda Roberti - Warsaw, Poland - d. 3-12-1938
    actor, singer: Freelance; Sang with Al Jolson two days before her death
    05-20-1906 - Sandra Michael - Denmark - d. 8-22-2003
    creator, writer: "Against the Storm"
    05-20-1908 - James Stewart - Indiana, PA - d. 7-2-1997
    actor: Britt Ponset "Six Shooter"
    05-20-1909 - Jerry Hausner - Cleveland, OH - d. 4-1-1993
    actor: "Lum and Abner"; "Silver Theatre"
    05-20-1911 - Patricia Dunlap - Bloomington, IL
    actor: Betty Fairfield "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
    05-20-1911 - Vet Boswell - Birmingham, AL - d. 11-12-1988
    singer: (The Boswell Sisters) "The Boswell Sisters"; "Woodbury Soap
    Show"
    05-20-1912 - Julius Dixon - Barnwell, SC - d. 1-30-2004
    host: "Variety Jive"
    05-20-1916 - William D. Carey - Hollister, CA - d. 1-27-2004
    actor and singer
    05-20-1920 - Dorothy Howe (Virginia Vale) - Dallas, TX - d. 9-14-2006
    actor: "Gateway to Hollywood"
    05-20-1920 - George Gobel - Chicago, IL - d. 2-24-1991
    comedian, actor, singer: (Lonesome George) Jimmy "Tom Mix"
    05-20-1921 - Joel Kane - Los Angeles County, CA - d. 4-20-1993
    writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    05-20-1921 - Sheldon Gross
    announcer: WFIL Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    05-20-1923 - Edith Fellows - Boston, MA
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-20-1925 - Vic Ames - Malden, MA - d. 1-23-1978
    singer,: (Ames Brothers) "Sing It Again"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"
    05-20-1926 - John Lucarotti - England - d. 11-19-1994
    writer: "Doctor Who"
    05-20-1926 - Miles Davis - Alton, IL - d. 9-29-1991
    sideman: "Billy Eckstien Orchestra"
    05-20-1928 - David Hedison - Providence, RI
    Worked as a radio announcer early in his career
    05-20-1934 - Ken Boyer - Liberty, MO - d. 9-7-1982
    baseball player: "Tops in Sports"
    05-20-1936 - Anthony Zerbe - Long Beach, CA
    actor: "Earplay"
    05-20-1941 - Hal Ross - Montreal, Canada
    announcer: CJQC Quebec City, Canada

    May 20th deaths

    05-19-1931 - Eric Davidson - d. 5-20-1996
    writer: "Tommy Steele Radio Show"
    06-21-1910 - Montie Montana - Wolf Point, MT - d. 5-20-1998
    actor, periennial Rose Parade participant: "All-Star Western Theatre"
    06-30-1920 - Dean Harens - South Bend, IN - d. 5-20-1996
    actor: Arthur Anderson "We, the Abbotts"
    07-07-1919 - Jon Pertwee - Chelsea, England - d. 5-20-1996
    actor: The Doctor "Doctor Who"; Worzel; Gummidge "Worzel Gummidge"
    09-12-1893 - Gen. Lewis B. Hershey - Steuben City, IN - d. 5-20-1977
    head of selective service: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    09-26-1913 - Margot Boyd - Bath, England - d. 5-20-2008
    actor: Marjorie Antrobus "The Archers"
    11-11-1908 - Jerry Devine - Boston, MA - d. 5-20-1994
    producer, director, writer: "Mr. District Attorney"; "This Is Your FBI"
    11-13-1936 - Ingrid Hafner - London, England - d. 5-20-1994
    actor: "The Butcher, the Baker"
    11-28-1917 - Elliott Lewis - NYC - d. 5-20-1990
    actor, director: Frankie Remley "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"; "On
    Stage"; "Mr. Aladdin"
    12-06-1909 - Lyn Murray - London, England - d. 5-20-1989
    conductor: "Chesterfield Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Ford Theatre"
    12-24-1914 - Abram S. Ginnes - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-20-2006
    adapter: "The Big Story"
    12-25-1904 - Sidney Fine - Waterbury, CT - d. 5-20-2002
    pianist, arranger: Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Dinah Shore

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:12:23 -0400
    From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bob and Ray

    Numerous sources give the name of Bob and Ray's Western character as
    Tex Blaisdell.

    Why does he have the same name as the Houston-born artist Tex
    Blaisdell (1920-1999) who drew ''Little Orphan Annie'' from 1968 to
    1973?

    Bhob @ [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:12:59 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-21 births/deaths

    May 21st births

    05-21-1894 - Kenyon Nicholson - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 12-19-1986
    writer: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    05-21-1901 - Fred Cole - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-19-1964
    writer: "Double or Nothing"
    05-21-1901 - Horace Heidt - Alameda, CA - d. 12-1-1986
    bandleader: "Horace Heidt Brigadiers"; "Pot o' Gold"; "Treasure Chest"
    05-21-1904 - Robert Montgomery - Beacon, NY - d. 9-27-1981
    actor: "Doctor Fights"; "Suspense"; "This Is War"
    05-21-1904 - Thomas "Fats" Waller - NYC - d. 12-15-1943
    pianist, singer: "Columbia Variety Hour"; "Saturday Night Swing Club"
    05-21-1906 - Marie Joan Callahan - Chicago, IL - d. 8-6-1984
    assistant director, director, producer and creator
    05-21-1912 - Lucille Manners - Newark, NJ
    singer: "Cities Service Concert"
    05-21-1912 - Stephen Estaban Kelen - Budapest, Hungary - d. 5-1-2003
    writer: "Fifty Years from Farrer"
    05-21-1915 - Kathleen Cordell - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-19-1997
    actor: Marion Burton Sullivan "Second Mrs. Burton"; Monica Brewster
    "Valiant Lady"
    05-21-1916 - Dennis Day - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-22-1988
    singer, comedian: "Jack Benny Program"; "Day in the Life of Dennis Day"
    05-21-1917 - Raymond Burr - New Westminster, Canada - d. 9-12-1993
    actor: Lee Quince "Fort Laramie"; Ed Backstrand "Dragnet"
    05-21-1918 - Anthony Alfred Ambrose - New Alexandria, PA - d. 3-16-2003
    composer/singer: WHJB Greensburg, Pennsylvania
    05-21-1918 - Jeanne Bates - Berkeley, CA - d. 11-28-2007
    actor: Teddy Lawson "One Man's Family"; "Gunsmoke"
    05-21-1920 - Bill Barber - Hornell, NY - d. 6-18-2007
    jazz tuba player: "Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra"
    05-21-1920 - James Plunkett - Dublin, Ireland - d. 5-28-2003
    writer: "Dublin Fusilier"
    05-21-1923 - Dorothy Hewett - Perth, Western Australia - d. 8-25-2002
    writer: "Frost at Midnight"
    05-21-1923 - Rick Jason - NYC - d. 10-15-2000
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"

    May 21st deaths

    01-04-1907 - Floyd Christy - NYC - d. 5-21-1962
    writer: "The Johnson Family"
    01-14-1929 - Billy Walker - Ralls, TX - d. 5-21-2006
    c/w singer: "Columbia's Country Caravan", "Country Music Time"
    03-04-1913 - John Garfield - NYC - d. 5-21-1952
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players"; "Free Company"; "Treasury
    Star Parade"
    03-13-1913 - Rolf McPherson - Providence, RI - d. 5-21-2009
    preacher: KFSG Los Angeles
    03-22-1892 - Charlie Poole - Randolph County, NC - d. 5-21-1931
    country music: "Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers"
    03-24-1928 - Vanessa Brown - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-21-1999
    panelist: "Quiz Kids"
    03-29-1888 - Earle Ross - Illinois - d. 5-21-1961
    actor: Judge Horace Hooker "Great Gildersleeve"; J. R. Boone, Sr.
    "Meet Millie"
    04-14-1904 - John Gielgud - London, England - d. 5-21-2000
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    04-16-1915 - Joan Alexander - St. Paul, MN - d. 5-21-2009
    actor: Lois Lane "Advs. of Superman"; Ellen Deering "Philo Vance"
    05-30-1911 - Douglas Fowley - NYC - d. 5-21-1998
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
    06-04-1906 - Vinton Haworth (Hayworth) - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-21-1970
    actor: Fred Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Michael Shayne "Michael Shayne"
    08-14-1914 - Andrea Leeds - Butte, MT - d. 5-21-1984
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    09-04-1925 - Howard Morris - NYC - d. 5-21-2005
    comedian: "Those Good Old Days"
    09-09-1905 - Ulric Cole - NYC - d. 5-21-1992
    composer, conductor: "NBC String Symphony"
    10-06-1907 - Owen Davis, Jr. - NYC - d. 5-21-1949
    actor: Allen McCrea "Those We Love"
    10-07-1911 - Vaughn Monroe - Akron, OH - d. 5-21-1973
    singer, bandleader: "Penthouse Party"; "Vaughn Monroe Show"
    10-21-1908 - Tommy Riggs - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 5-21-1967
    comedian: "Fleischmann Hour"; "Quaker Party with Tommy Riggs"; "Tommy
    Riggs and Betty Lou"
    11-02-1897 - Dennis King - Coventry, England - d. 5-21-1971
    announcer: "When a Girl Marries"
    12-23-1922 - Jack Lloyd - Duisburg, Germany - d. 5-21-1976
    actor: "Armstrong Theatre of Today"; "The Joan Davis Show"
    12-24-1928 - Norman Rossington - Liverpool, England - d. 5-21-1999
    comic actor: "Big Jim and the Figaro Club"

    Ron

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