Subject: [removed] Digest V2010 #205
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Date: 12/1/2010 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 205
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Does anyone know . . .                [ "tate_elliott@[removed]" <tate_ellio ]
      Let 'er Go, Boys!                     [ Bill Knowlton <udmacon1@[removed] ]
      "The Age of [removed]"                [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
      11-29 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      On the topic of sharing               [ "otrbuff" <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      11-30 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Alfred Balk                           [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      2011 Cincy Convention Flier           [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:00:39 -0500
    From: "tate_elliott@[removed]" <tate_elliott@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Does anyone know . . .

    Hello, I'm new here on the Digest, although I've enjoyed OTR for years.

    I recently found the announcement from Audio Cinema Entertainment about their
    plans to re-recreate the I Love a Mystery programs. But other than the
    announcement, I cannot find any other information about the project, even
    though the announcement was made a year and a half ago. Does anyone know
    anything more? Is the project still active?

    Tate Elliott

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:01:39 -0500
    From: Bill Knowlton <udmacon1@[removed];
    To: oldtime radio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Let 'er Go, Boys!
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    85 years ago tonight, George D. Hay placed octogenarian fiddler Uncle Jimmy
    Thompson before the microphone of WSM.

    The "WSM Barn Dance" would become the "Grand Ole Opry" two years later.

    Thank you, Judge Hay!

     (BTW we have a tribute show tonight on my  "Bluegrass Ramble" radio show. See
    below).

    --
    BILL KNOWLTON, "Bluegrass Ramble," Sundays: 9 pm to midnight (EST) over
    WCNY-FM ([removed]) Syracuse, WUNY ([removed]) Utica, WJNY ([removed]) Watertown NY, also:
    [removed] udmacon1@[removed]  Since 1973! PO Box 2400, Syracuse NY

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:03:12 -0500
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "The Age of [removed]"

    There's a rather remarkably illustrated  coffee-table/photo history from
    TwoMorrows, THE AGE OF TV HEROES.

    Naturally, there's a bunch of crossover, between radio and TV
    [removed]

    And I've wrapped a memoir of what it was like growing up with some of
    "these folks" around A REVIEW, of the [removed]

    Here!

    [removed]     ;-)

    Thanks to our friends, in Great Britain.

    Best, Jim

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:03:19 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-29 births/deaths

    November 29th births

    11-29-1894 - H. Leslie Atlass - d. 11-18-1960
    Chicago radio pioneer, CBS executive
    11-29-1895 - Busby Berkeley - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-14-1976
    choreographer: "Gulf Screen Theatre"; "Whatever Became Of . . . ?"
    11-29-1895 - Yakima Canutt - Colfax, WA - d. 5-24-1986
    actor, stuntman: "Daredevils of Hollywood"; "Hollywood Rodea"
    11-29-1898 - [removed] Lewis - Belfast, Northern Ireland - d. 11-22-1963
    author, lecturer: "Right and Wrong"; "Christian Behavior"
    11-29-1900 - Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars - Portland, ME - d. 6-25-1988
    propagandist: Midge "Home Sweet Home"; Radio Berlin "Vision of an
    Invasion"
    11-29-1902 - Cecil (Charles) Madden - Mogador, Morocco - d. 5-27-1987
    creator: "Variety Band Box"
    11-29-1905 - Chester Erskine - Hudson, NY - d. 4-7-1986
    film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-29-1905 - Mario Braggiotti - Florence, Italy - d. 5-18-1996
    pianist, composer: "Fray and Braggiotti"
    11-29-1906 - Luis Van Rooten - Mexico City, Mexico - d. 6-17-1973
    actor: George Priestly "County Seat"; John Perry "John's Other Wife";
    Nero Wolfe "Nero Wolfe"
    11-29-1909 - Ann Corio - Hartford, CT - d. 3-1-1999
    burlesque queen: "G. I. Jive", "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    11-29-1909 - Frank Waldecker - d. 1-13-1995
    announcer: "A Date with Judy"; "The Eddie Duchin Show"
    11-29-1910 - Al Schwartz - Passaic, NJ - d. 3-25-1988
    writer: "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Bob Hope Show"
    11-29-1912 - Alan Courtney - NYC - d. 9-16-1978
    host: "Calling All Girls"; "Korn Kobblers"
    11-29-1913 - Harry Bartell - New Orleans, LA - d. 2-26-2004
    actor: Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "Adv of Sherlock Holmes";
    "Gunsmoke"
    11-29-1914 - Hal McIntyre - Cromwell, CT - d. 5-5-1959
    bandleader: "Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra"
    11-29-1915 - J. G. Weightman - Callerton, Englans - d. 8-14-2004
    translator and announcer in French for the BBC
    11-29-1917 - George Walsh - Cleveland, OH - d. 12-5-2005
    announcer: "Gunsmoke"; "Music 'Til Dawn"
    11-29-1917 - Merle Travis - Muhlenberg County, KY - d. 10-20-1983
    singer, guitarist: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    11-29-1918 - Michael O'Duffy - Derry, Ireland - d. 4-19-2003
    lyric tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    11-29-1921 - Virginia Egnor "Dagmar" - Huntington, WV - d. 10-9-2001
    dumb blonde: "Stars On Parade"; "Says Who?"
    11-29-1926 - Naomi Stevens - Trenton, NJ
    actor: Irene Franklin "One Man's Family"; Daphne Royce "Brenthouse"
    11-29-1927 - Vin Scully - The Bronx, NY
    sportscaster (Baseball's Poet Laurate) Play-by Play announcer for the
    Dodgers
    11-29-1932 - John Gary - Watertown, NY - d. 1-4-1998
    singer: "Christmas Music - Spots for the National Guard"

    November 29th deaths

    01-18-1904 - Cary Grant - Bristol, England - d. 11-29-1986
    actor: Jim Blandings "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings"
    01-31-1902 - Leo Corday - NYC - d. 11-29-1985
    writer of special material: "War Manpower Comn."
    02-17-1889 - H. L. Hunt - near Vandalia, IL - d. 11-29-1974
    established Facts Forum which produced radio programs
    02-24-1943 - George Harrison - Liverpool, England - d. 11-29-2001
    singer: (The Beatles) "Here We Go Again"
    02-26-1933 - Godfrey Cambridge - NYC - d. 11-29-1976
    actor: "Voices of Vista"
    03-18-1930 - Peter Kenna - Balmain, Australia - d. 11-29-1987
    writer: "A Hard God"
    04-28-1896 - Edith Evanson - Tacoma, WA - d. 11-29-1980
    actor: Helmi "Myrt and Marge"
    05-03-1899 - George H. Combs - Lee's Summit, MO - d. 11-29-1977
    congressman, commentator: "Now You Decide"; "Spotlight, New York"
    05-29-1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Brno, Czechoslovakia - d.
    11-29-1957
    "composer: "Contemporary Composers Concerts"; "Railroad Hour"
    05-30-1904 - Carol Goodner - Katonah, NY - d. 11-29-2001
    actor: "Keep It Dark"; "Advs. of the Red Feather Man"
    06-05-1910 - Herb Vigran - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 11-29-1986
    actor: Sad Sack "Sad Sack"; Hector Smith "Father Knows Best"
    06-17-1904 - Ralph Bellamy - Chicago, IL - d. 11-29-1991
    actor: "These Are Our Men"
    07-19-1912 - Frank Kane - d. 11-29-1968
    writer: "The Shadow"
    07-20-1938 - Natalie Wood - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-29-1981
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-27-1890 - Judith Lowry - Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory - d.
    11-29-1976
    actor: Emma 'Stevie' Stevens "Valiant Lady"; Emmy Fergusson "Welcome
    Valley"
    08-07-1913 - George Van Eps - Plainfield, NJ - d. 11-29-1998
    guitarist: "Pete Kelly's Blues"; "Guest Star"; "Just Jazz"
    09-05-1916 - Frank Yerby - Augusta, GA - d. 11-29-1991
    author: "Best Seller"
    09-06-1917 - John Berry - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-29-1999
    director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    09-17-1934 - Robin Ray - North London, England - d. 11-29-1998
    actor, musician: "Robin Ray's Record Review"
    09-20-1869 - George Robey - London, England - d. 11-29-1954
    music hall singer: "Music Hall"
    10-04-1900 - Robert Shayne - Yonkers, NY - d. 11-29-1992
    actor: Walter Manning "Portia Faces Life"
    10-27-1915 - Albert Albinger - d. 11-29-1982
    newscaster: WKWK Wheeling, West Virginia
    11-03-1909 - George Wells - NYC - d. 11-29-2000
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-14-1919 - DeWitt Samuel Copp - Connecticut - d. 11-29-1999
    writer: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bell Telephone Hour"
    11-24-1917 - John Justin - London, England - d. 11-29-2002
    actor: "The Hobbit"
    11-29-1876 - Joseph E. Davies - Watertown, WI - d. 5-9-1958
    ambassador to the soviet union: "Information Please"
    12-22-1917 - Gene Rayburn - Christopher, IL - d. 11-29-1999
    announcer, comedian: "Rayburn and Finch"
    12-26-1902 - Irene Handl - London, England - d. 11-29-1987
    actor: "Hello Playmates"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:03:26 -0500
    From: "otrbuff" <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  On the topic of sharing

    I'm extremely empathetic to Martin Grams' call for the Superman scripts, and
    more extensively, his plea issued to anyone who may possess actual radio
    scripts that might be incorporated into preservation of old time radio.  Not
    only do authors rely on such materials, these would be exceedingly welcomed
    by certain permanent data repositories as well as the libraries of OTR
    clubs.  I'm not suggesting that individuals possessing sole copies should
    give them up, but what a satisfying feeling to duplicate them for
    preservation and passing them on to sources indicating to you in advance
    that your materials would be welcomed.  This could be one of the valuable
    legacies you personally leave to the hobby.  I urge you to examine what you
    have, inquire into potential sources to determine if more copies exist, and
    consider sharing your rare one-of-a-kind materials with people who can use
    them after you have no further use for them.  I think you might truly feel
    blessed in doing so.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:03:31 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-30 births/deaths

    November 30th births

    11-30-1667 - Jonathan Swift - Dublin, Ireland - d. 10-19-1745
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    11-30-1873 - Frederic William Wile - La Porte, IN - d. 4-7-1941
    commentator: "Political Situation in Washington"
    11-30-1874 - Winston Churchill - Oxfordshire, England - d. 1-24-1965
    british prime minister: War time broadcasts
    11-30-1884 - Rev. Dr. Daniel A. Poling - Portland, OR - d. 2-7-1968
    clergyman: "The National Youth Conference"
    11-30-1885 - Charles West - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-10-1943
    actor: "Dramas of Youth"
    11-30-1889 - Vito Pellettieri - d. 4-14-1977
    stage manager: "Grand Ole Opry"
    11-30-1890 - Ramsey Hill - Georgetown, Guyana - d. 2-3-1976
    actor: "Escape"; "NBC University Theatre"
    11-30-1894 - Donald Ogden Stewart - Columbus, OH - d. 8-2-1980
    writer: "Information Please"
    11-30-1900 - Geoffrey Household - Briston, England - d. 10-4-1988
    writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
    11-30-1903 - Frank Worth - Debrezin, Hungary - d. 5-3-1990
    orchestra leader: "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"; Those Websters"
    11-30-1904 - Fred "Papa" Calhoun - d. 7-4-1987
    piano: "The Musical Brownies"
    11-30-1906 - John Dickson Carr - Uniontown, PA - d. 2-27-1977
    writer: "Suspense"; "Cabin B-13"; "Murder by Experts"
    11-30-1907 - Happy Felton - Bellevue, PA - d. 10-21-1964
    actor: "Pot 'O Gold"; "Finders Keepers"; "Stop the Music"
    11-30-1907 - Jack Brinkley - Oxford, NC - d. 8-8-1972
    announcer, actor: "Aunt Jemima"; "Couple Next Door"
    11-30-1913 - John K. M. McCaffrey - Moscow, ID - d. 10-3-1983
    newscaster: "Author Meets the Critics"; "What Makes You Tick?"
    11-30-1914 - Charles Hawtrey - Hounslow, Middlesex, England - d.
    10-27-1988
    actor, comedian: Hubert Lane "Just William"
    11-30-1915 - Brownie McGhee - Knoxville, TN - d. 2-16-1996
    blues guitarist, singer: "New World A' Coming"; "This Is Jazz)
    11-30-1917 - William Ash - Dallas, TX
    Senior script editor for the BBC radio drama department
    11-30-1918 - Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. - NYC
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-30-1919 - Joe Cabbibo - d. 10-xx-1973
    sound effects: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Tennessee Jed".
    "Counterspy"
    11-30-1920 - Virginia Mayo - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-17-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-30-1926 - Dick Crenna - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-18-2003
    actor: Oogie Pringle, "A Date with Judy"; "Walter Denton, "Our Miss
    Brooks"
    11-30-1929 - Dick Clark - Mount Vernon, NY
    host: "Dick Clark's National Music Survey"; "Tribute to Murray the K"
    11-30-1931 - Teddy Wilburn - Hardy, AR - d. 11-25-2003
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Country Style [removed]"
    11-30-1947 - David Mamet - Chicago, IL
    writer: "Earplay"
    11-30-1952 - Mandy Patinkin - Chicago, IL
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    November 30th deaths

    01-11-1908 - Lionel Stander - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-30-1994
    actor: J. Riley Farnsworth "Life of Riley"; Hoolihan "Grapevine Rancho"
    01-27-1916 - Merrill Mueller - NYC - d. 11-30-1980
    reporter: "NBC Stands By"; "Morning News Roundup"; "The Navy Hour"
    01-28-1892 - Ernst Lubitsch - Berlin Germany - d. 11-30-1947
    film director: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-10-1910 - Joyce Grenfell - London, England - d. 11-30-1979
    writer, actor: "How"; "A Note with Music"; "We Beg to Differ"
    02-25-1901 - Zeppo Marx - NYC  - d. 11-30-1979
    comedian: (Marx Brothers) "American Review"
    03-20-1890 - Gigli Beniamino - Recanti, Italy - d. 11-30-1957
    operatic tenor: "Atwater Kent Hour"
    04-07-1878 - Bert Swor - Paris, TN - d. 11-30-1943
    comedian: "Modern Mistrels"; "Bicycle Party"
    04-08-1900 - Bert "Mad Russian" Gordon - NYC - d. 11-30-1974
    comedian: "Eddie Cantor Show"; Yasha "Duffy's Tavern"
    04-27-1927 - Connie Kay - NYC - d. 11-30-1994
    jazz drummer: "The Modern Jazz Quartet"; "Guest Star"
    04-28-1900 - Val Gielgud - London England - d. 11-30-1981
    writer: (Brother of John Gielgud) "The Columbia Workshop"
    05-08-1899 - Arthur Q. Bryan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-30-1959
    actor: George 'Doc' Gamble "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    05-10-1884 - Olga Petrova - Tur Brook, England - d. 11-30-1977
    actor, writer: "Mary Margaret McBride"
    05-12-1901 - Harold "Scrappy" Lambert - New Brunswick, NJ - d.
    11-30-1987
    singer: Mark "Smith Brothers: Trade and Mark"; "Town Hall Tonight"
    06-23-1894 - Laurie York Erskine - England - d. 11-30-1976
    author: "Renfrew of the Mounted"; "Adventure Story"; "National
    Children's Week"
    07-12-1920 - Pierre Berton - Whitehorse, Canada - d. 11-30-2004
    author: "Klondike"
    07-29-1900 - Don Redman - Piedmont, WV - d. 11-30-1964
    bandleader: "Don Redman and His Orchestra"; "Chipso Radio Program"
    08-11-1915 - Jean Parker - Deer Lodge, MT - d. 11-30-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-15-1910 - Johnny Roventini - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-30-1998
    commercial announcer: (Call for Phil-lip Mor-ress) "Ferde Grofe Show";
    "Johnny Presents"
    08-26-1896 - Phil Baker - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-30-1963
    comedian, emcee: "Honolulu Bound"; "Take It or Leave It"
    08-30-1903 - Jack Bundy - Milwaukee, WI - d. 11-30-1973
    bandleader: "Heinie and the Grenadiers"
    09-12-1901 - Sam Bittel - d. 11-30-1994
    orchestra leader: WBZ-WBZA Boston-Springfield, Massachusetts
    10-09-1922 - Phil Sterling - NYC - d. 11-30-1998
    actor: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Hilltop House"
    10-16-1854 - Oscar Wilde - Dublin, Ireland - d. 11-30-1900
    writer: Some of his writing adapted for radio
    11-11-1906 - Victor Bell - d. 11-30-1976
    newscaster: KUTA Salt Lake City, Utah
    12-04-1889 - Buck Jones - Vincennes, IN - d. 11-30-1942
    actor: "Hoofbeats"
    12-08-1906 - Richard Llewellyn - St. David's, Wales - d. 11-30-1983
    author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"
    12-30-1939 - Glyn Dean - d. 11-30-1997
    actor: "Jennings at School"; "Children's Hour"; "Mrs. Dale's Diary"
    xx-xx-1927 - Jim Brown - d. 11-30-2004
    announcer: "Give and TakRon

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:03:58 -0500
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Alfred Balk
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    Alfred Balk came to our convention one year and wrote a book on Radio
    although he is known for other things.   He recently died.

    [removed],0,[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:08:26 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  2011 Cincy Convention Flier

    Folks;

       Received the first flier for the 25th annual Cincinnati Old Time Radio and
    Nostalgia Convention this morning, and posted it to the blog at
    [removed] - grab a copy and start making plans!

             Charlie

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    Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 02:12:02 -0500
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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