Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #212
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 11/7/2009 10:20 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 212
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      War of the Worlds                     [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      lost Lone Ranger episodes             [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Donald Bashor interview               [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      11-5 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Bing Crosby Kraft Music Hall          [ Larry Jordan <midtod@[removed] ]
      Live broadcasts and recordings        [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Dunning Bargain Time Again            [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
      My OTR show on [removed]               [ Doug Leary <doug@[removed]; ]
      Looking for Meet the Press            [ Tony Baechler <tony@[removed]; ]
      11-6 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Two For the Money                     [ Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:15:53 -0500
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  War of the Worlds

    Amazing how this one single radio broadcast still stirs up discussion and
    debate after more than 70 years. It's also amazing how references to War of
    the Worlds pop up all over the place, if you keep your eyes open. For
    example, I just read Action Comics #442 (1974), which features a six page
    backup story starring the Atom. In the story, the Atom is thrown back in time
    to Grover's Milly, New Jersey, on Oct 30 1938, where he emerges in the midst
    of the panic and is even mistaken for a Martian invader! Only later does he
    realize that this is "the night Orson Welles' historic 'War of the Worlds'
    radio-broadcast panicked half the country!"

    Also, just today I listened to a BBC radio broadcast from a couple of weeks
    back, "Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories", which is about classic symphonic
    progressive rock concept albums in the 1970s. The programme culminates in a
    discussion of "The War of the Worlds", narrated by Richard Burton, with a
    passing reference made to the Orson Welles broadcast.

    Kermyt

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:16:03 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  lost Lone Ranger episodes

    Continuing from last month, here is the remaining list of unaccounted LONE
    RANGER recordings. If anyone has any of these, please let me know. Last month
    three people sent me recordings and with the exception of two, the rest were
    pre-existing shows with incorrect titles and dates. For this reason, anyone
    who has any recordings on the list, I will need to have them verified with
    the original RANGER scripts, which is what was done for the previous
    submissions.

    Of the 8 episodes submitted last, only two were truly "lost" or
    "unaccounted," but that's at least two more we can scratch off the list.

    Martin

    3/17/44  Greater Love Hath No Man
    4/7/44  Footlights on the Frontier
    5/12/44  Straw Points the Way
    5/15/44  Jim Sander's Return
    5/26/44  Dead Man's Bluff
    5/29/44  Doctor Good
    5/31/44  A Bargain's A Bargain
    6/2/44  Six-Gun Heritage
    6/5/44  Luke Short
    7/7/44  Old School Sheriff
    7/10/44  Duke Henshaw
    7/12/44  Eph Wilson's Chicks
    7/14/44  A Gentleman From England
    7/28/44  Food For the Iron Horse
    8/11/44  One In a Thousand
    10/6/44  [title not given]
    10/9/44  Peppermint
    11/17/44  Sabers or Six-Guns
    12/4/44  Ambush
    12/8/44  Pop's Barometer
    12/13/44  The Kid Keeps a Promise
    12/15/44  Debt of Honor
    12/29/44  Test of the Treaty
    4/2/45  The Devil's Pool
    4/4/45  [removed] Crime
    8/31/45  Arson
    9/3/45  Restitution
    9/19/45  Camel Brigade (Part Two): Quicksand
    9/21/45  Camel Brigade (Part Three): Deep Water
    10/3/45  Reform of Luther Gates
    10/10/45  Miser's Money
    10/12/45  The Iron Horse
    10/26/45  The Ring (Part Two): Woodland Peril
    10/29/45  The Ring (Part Three): The Fifth [removed]
    10/31/45  The Ring (Part Four): Texas Rides Again
    11/2/45  Behind The Mask
    11/5/45  Auntie
    11/7/45  Scarface
    11/9/45  Thunder's Mules
    11/12/45  Alias The Lone Ranger
    11/30/45  Silver
    8/14/46  Rainy Day
    9/16/46  Silver Lode
    12/4/46  Border Patrol
    12/9/46  Brave Man
    7/4/47  North Juntion
    7/23/47  Fighting Spirit
    11/21/47  Jack Monroe Goes Home
    11/24/47  Book Larnin'
    11/26/47  Lolita and the Outlaw
    12/26/47  Determination
    5/12/48  Father-In-Law

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:16:11 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Donald Bashor interview

    The February 27, 1958 broadcast of television's PLAYHOUSE 90 offered a unique
    perspective of the actual story of Donald Bashor, a compulsive killer who
    died by the cyanide pellet. The Leslie Stevens teleplay was based on recorded
    interviews with Bashor, which was apparently broadcast over CBS radio. While
    in the death house at San Quentin, Bashor gave out an interview which was
    taped for broadcast over the CBS radio network. It occasioned considerable
    comment and was repeated again. Before watching the TV episode, I would like
    to review the recoding. Does anyone know where I can acquire a copy of that
    radio broadcast or taped interview?
    Martin

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:16:16 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-5 births/deaths

    November 5th births

    11-05-1877 - Henry M. Neely - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-1-1963
    actor, writer, director, producer: "Fitch Bandwagon"
    11-05-1879 - Will Hays - Sullivan, IN - d. 3-7-1954
    puritanical censor: "Republican National Convention 1948"; "A Tribute
    to FDR"
    11-05-1885 - Will Durant - North Adams, MA - d. 11-7-1981
    historian: "America's Town Meeting of the Air"
    11-05-1887 - Ralph Moody - St. Louis, MO - d. 9-16-1971
    actor: "Gunsmoke"; "Roy Rogers Show"; "Wild Bill Hickok"
    11-05-1891 - Vinton Freedley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-5-1969
    host: "Theatre USA"
    11-05-1893 - Jean Sothern - d. 4-14-1964
    actor: Edie Gray "Pepper Young's Family"; Connie Rickard "Red Davis"
    11-05-1893 - Theodore von Eltz - New Haven, CT - d. 10-6-1964
    actor: Inspector Fernak "The Saint"
    11-05-1895 - Charles MacArthur - Scranton, PA - d. 4-21-1956
    playwright: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"
    11-05-1897 - Jan Garber - Norristown, PA - d. 10-5-1977
    bandleader: "Jan Garber Supper Club"
    11-05-1901 - Etta Moten - Weimer, TX - d. 1-2-2004
    singer, actress: "The Laff Parade"; Hollywood Spotlight"
    11-05-1902 - Borrah Minevitch - Kiev, Russia - d. 6-26-1955
    harmonica player: (King of the Harmonica) Had own show on NBC Blue
    11-05-1905 - Annunzio Paolo Mantovani - Venice, Italy - d. 3-29-1980
    orchestra leader: "Music In the Air"; "Of These We Sing"
    11-05-1905 - Joel McCrea - South Pasadena, CA - d. 10-20-1990
    actor: Jace Pearson "Tales of the Texas Rangers"
    11-05-1905 - John Whedon - d. 11-21-1991
    writer: "The Great Gildersleeve"
    11-05-1905 - Thomas Freebairn-Smith - Walton-on-Thames, England - d.
    12-31-1985
    writer, producer: "Jonathan Trimble, Esq."; "Al Pearce and His Gang"
    11-05-1911 - Roy Rogers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 7-6-1998
    singer, actor: (King of the Cowboys) "Roy Rogers Show"; "Saturday Nite
    Round-Up"
    11-05-1913 - Vivien Leigh - Darjeeling, India - d. 7-7-1967
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-05-1914 - Jack McVea - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-27-2000
    saxophonist: "One Night Stand"; "Jubilee"
    11-05-1917 - Claus Adam - Sumatra, Indonesia - d. 7-4-1983
    first cellist: WOR New York
    11-05-1919 - Earl Bennett - Kansas City, KS - d. 10-4-2007
    musician, comedian: Sir Fredrick Gas "Spike Jones and His City Slickers"
    11-05-1919 - Myron Floren - Webster, SD - d. 7-23-2005
    accordianist: "Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music"
    11-05-1922 - Roger Albright - Evanston, IL - d. 11-13-1987
    writer, producer: "A Home of Your Own"
    11-05-1927 - Robert Abernathy - Geneva, Switzerland
    newscaster: "News on the Hour"
    11-05-1931 - Ike Turner - Clarksdale MS - d. 12-12-2007
    singer: (Ike and Tina) "Lost and Found Sound"
    11-05-1933 - Donald Madden - NYC - d. 1-22-1983
    actor: "Let's Pretend"
    11-05-1935 - Nicholas Maw - Grantham, England - d. 5-19-2009
    composer: "Odyssey"
    11-05-1937 - Harris Yulin - Los Angles, CA
    actor: "Empire of the Air"
    11-05-1948 - Ruth Welting - Memphis, TN - d. 12-16-1999
    coloratura soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
    11-05-1956 - Jacksondouglas (Douglas Hanford) - Williamsburg, VA
    announcer, producer: "Original Oldies Show"

    November 5th deaths

    01-17-1880 - Mack Sennett - Richmond, Quebec, Canada - d. 11-5-1960
    king of silent comedy: "Hear It Now"; "Biography In Sound"
    01-27-1908 - "Hot Lips" Page - Dallas, TX - d. 11-5-1954
    jazz trumpeter: "Milt Herth Trio"; "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
    02-05-1884 - Joan Harvey - Bangalore, India - d. 11-5-1965
    writer: "The Hidden Valley"
    02-05-1911 - Bert Wilson - d. 11-5-1955
    chicago cubs play-by-play announcer 1944-1955
    03-11-1922 - Vinnette Carroll - NYC - d. 11-5-2002
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    03-20-1904 - Bob Chester - Detroit, MI - d. 11-5-1975
    bandleader: "Bob Chester and His Orchestra"
    04-09-1903 - Ward Bond - Denver, CO - d. 11-5-1960
    actor: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    06-19-1902 - Guy Lombardo - London, Canada - d. 11-5-1977
    bandleader: (The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven) "Lombardoland USA"
    06-29-1895 - Paul V. Galvin - Harvard, IL - d. 11-5-1959
    co-founder of Galvin Manufacturing, merged with Motorola
    07-03-1878 - George M. Cohan - Providence, RI - d. 11-5-1942
    composer: "Collier Hour"; "Ed Sullivan Show"; "Free Company"
    08-05-1887 - Reginald Owen - Wheathampton, England - d. 11-5-1972
    actor, writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-30-1908 - Fred MacMurray - Kankakee, IL - d. 11-5-1991
    actor: George Harvey "Bright Star"; "Lux Radio Theatre
    08-31-1906 - Ruth Weston - Boston, MA - d. 11-5-1955
    actor: Maude Kellogg "Life Can Be Beautiful"
    09-11-1899 - Jimmie Davis - Quitman, LA - d. 11-5-2000
    Louisiana's Singing Governor: "Songs By Sinatra"
    09-28-1901 - William S. Paley - Chicago, IL - d. 11-5-1990
    Founder and president of CBS
    09-28-1909 - Al Capp - New Haven, CT - d. 11-5-1979
    cartoonist: Creator of "Li'l Abner"; "Monitor"
    10-01-1904 - Vladimir Horowitz - Kiev, Ukraine, Russia - d. 11-5-1989
    piano virtuoso: "GuestStar"; "Pictures At An Exhibition"
    10-12-1885 - Vladimir Bakaleinikoff - Moscow, Russia - d. 11-5-1953
    conductor: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
    10-13-1909 - Art Tatum - Toledo, OH - d. 11-5-1956
    pianist: David Rose Orchestra
    10-20-1934 - Eddie Harris - Chicago, IL - d. 11-5-1996
    jazz saxophonist: "Voices of Vista"
    12-15-1916 - Buddy Cole - Irving, IL - d. 11-5-1964
    musician: (Buddy Cole Trio) "Ginny Simms Show"; "Hollywood Showcase"

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:16:34 -0500
    From: Larry Jordan <midtod@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bing Crosby Kraft Music Hall

    The Bing Crosby "Kraft Music Hall" episode that XM satellite played
    this week, which was from April 5, 1945, was particularly good. I was
    in my car when I first heard it on Sunday night, and made a point to
    listen to the rebroadcast tonight, but -- unfortunately -- I tuned in
    too late to hear all of it. I was wondering if any OTR fan might have
    this episode that I could acquire? (It also featured Nat Cole as
    guest star). A song in particular I am trying to get is Bing's live
    version of "You Belong To My Heart." Please email me at
    midtod@[removed] if you can help. Thanks!

    Larry Jordan

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:16:53 -0500
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Live broadcasts and recordings

>     Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:56:55 -0400
>     From: LBiel <[removed]@[removed];

>     It did happen that NBC lost Bing Crosby to ABC because ABC was
>     willing to let him pre-record AND EDIT his program in 1946.

    And Groucho Marx was the beneficiary of Bing's deal with ABC, as
    described in director Robert Dwan's recent book, "As Long As They're
    Laughing."  As soon as You Bet Your Life's debut on ABC was a done
    deal, its producer, John Guidel, began talking with ABC about re-
    recording the program.  Guidel wanted to run long and edit to make a
    more interesting program -- as had been done with the pilot
    transcription. According to his son Arthur, Groucho preferred a pre-
    recorded program so that he could feel free to ad lib without having
    to worry about whether what he said was fit for broadcast.

    When Ampex brought out magnetic tape, Bing Crosby told ABC they
    should buy tape equipment.  When ABC expressed concern about the
    financial stability of Ampex, Crosby wrote a check for $50,000 to
    Ampex (I assume he bought stock or something).  ABC got tape
    equipment for Crosby and, at the same time, got it for You Bet Your
    Life.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:17:14 -0500
    From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Dunning Bargain Time Again

    Just a note that Oxford University Press is having its annual
    Christmas ... I mean, Holiday Sale ... and John Dunning's tome is
    discounted ... reg. $75, down to $[removed] - not as good a bargain
    as in years past, but then, what is?

    [removed]

    The discounted price doesn't show up till you add it to your
    shopping cart.

    Regards,
    Bob Cockrum

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:17:38 -0500
    From: Doug Leary <doug@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  My OTR show on [removed]

    I'll be running a weekly 2-hour OTR program on [removed]
    starting this Friday at 9pm EST. Here's this week's lineup:

    This Friday night I kick off my weekly OTR program, The Vacuum Tube, on
    KJSR internet radio. To tune in go to [removed] and click the
    Listen Now button.

    Lineup for 11/6:
    Voyage of the Scarlet Queen #1 (7/3/47) - The Shanghai Secret
    The Bickersons - Breakfast at Home
    Duffy's Tavern (1/18/46) - Archie hires a singer
    Voyage of the Scarlet Queen #2 (7/10/47) - Report from the White Jade Buddha
    Vic and Sade (6/5/39) - Y. Y. Flirch tries to call Vic
    Ceiling Unlimited (1944) - Gremlin Troubles

    You can also tune into DJ Charlie's OTR show every Tuesday night, 11pm
    to 1am.

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:17:43 -0500
    From: Tony Baechler <tony@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Looking for Meet the Press

    Hi all,

    I am looking for a few sample episodes of the radio version of Meet the
    Press from the 1940s to the 1960s.  I found a podcast of the latest episode
    and links to Goldin and others who have them, but no audio of any early
    shows.  I have an opportunity to get an almost complete run of them through
    the middle 1960s and I am trying to decide if it's a series that I'm
    interested in or not.  I would prefer mp3 if anyone has a few shows from the
    early years that they would be willing to share.  I am not interested in the
    TV version, only the audio or an audio aircheck.  I can provide an ftp
    upload account or I can get it from the web.  If you have anything, please
    contact me.  Thanks very much.

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:17:48 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-6 births/deaths

    November 6th births

    11-06-1854 - John Philps Sousa - Washington, [removed] - d. 3-6-1932
    composer of marches: "John Philip Sousa Speaks"
    11-06-1886 - Gus Kahn - Koblenz, Germany - d. 10-8-1941
    lyricist: "Good News of 1938"
    11-06-1887 - Walter Johnson - Humboldt, KS - d. 12-10-1946
    baseball great: Play-by-Play Washington Senators
    11-06-1892 - Ole Olsen - Wabash, IN - d. 1-26-1963
    comedian: (Olsen and Johnson); "Rudy Vallee Show"; "Breakfast Club"
    11-06-1896 - Frank Readick - Seattle, WA - d. xx-xx-1965
    actor: (Father of Bob) Knobby Walsh "Joe Palooka"; Shadow "The Shadow"
    11-06-1899 - Francis Lederer - Prague, Czechoslovakia - d. 5-25-2000
    actor: Guest Armchair detective: Ellery Queen
    11-06-1901 - Juanita Hall - d. 2-28-1968
    actor: "Story of Ruby Valentine"
    11-06-1904 - Selena Royle - NYC - d. 4-23-1983
    actor: Hilda Hope "Hilda Hope, [removed]"; Kathy Marsh "Portia Faces Life"
    11-06-1905 - Isabel Carothers - Mt. Pleasant, IA - d. 1-8-1937
    actor: Lu "Clara, Lu and Em"
    11-06-1910 - Donald Dickson - Clairton, PA - d. 9-21-1972
    singer: "Sealtest Party"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Blue Ribbon Town"
    11-06-1916 - Ray Conniff - Attleboro, MA - d. 10-12-2002
    arranger: Armed Forces Radio during World War II
    11-06-1931 - Mike Nichols - Berlin, Germany
    comedian: "Mike Nicholes and Elaine May"; "Monitor"
    11-06-1935 - Judy Lewis - Venice, CA
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    11-06-1943 - Berlie Doherty - Liverpool, England
    writer: "The Drowned Village"
    11-06-1951 - Paul (Hugh) Carter - The Hague, Netherlands
    writer: "Memory As Desire"

    November 6th deaths

    03-11-1918 - Grace McTernan - d. 11-6-1995
    soprano: "Your America"
    04-14-1914 - John Hubbard - East Chicago, IN - d. 11-6-1988
    actor: Willie Faye "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"
    05-07-1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - St. Petersburg, Russis - d.
    11-6-1893
    composer: Many of his compositions were used as themes
    05-19-1895 - Harry Saxe - Montreal, Canada - d. 11-6-1947
    actor: Daddy Warbucks "Little Orphan Annie"; Dr. Burr "Mryt and Marge
    07-17-1904 - John B. Hughes - d. 11-6-1989
    news commentator: "Hughes Reel"
    07-21-1883 - Cecil Humphreys - Cheltenham, England - d. 11-6-1947
    actor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    08-01-1911 - Fora Campbell - d. 11-6-1978
    actor: Jean Forbes Lambert "Brave Tomorrow"; Janice King "Strange
    Romance of Evelyn Winters"
    08-15-1903 - Burke Bivens - Kirbyville, TX - d. 11-6-1967
    saxophonist: Wayne King Orchestra
    09-03-1925 - Hank Thompson - Waco, TX - d. 11-6-2007
    singer/guitarist: "Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys"
    11-17-1907 - L. Sprague de Camp - NYC - d. 11-6-2000
    science fiction writer: "X-Minus One"; "Future Tense"
    11-19-1863 - Billy Sunday - Ames, IA - d. 11-6-1935
    preacher: "Back Home Hour"
    11-20-1917 - Jim Hawthorne - Victor, CO - d. 11-6-2007
    disk jockey: "The Hawthorne Thing"; "Hawthorne's Adventures"
    11-20-1920 - Gene Tierney - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-6-1991
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"; "[removed]
    Steel Hour"
    12-19-1902 - Mary Michael - Denver, CO - d. 11-6-1980
    actor: Ma Fogart "Big Sister"; Mrs. Kelly "Stepmother"

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:18:10 -0500
    From: Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Two For the Money

    	Hi,
      A friend is looking for radio shows from the series, "Two For The
    Money".  It was a TV show from 1952 to 1956.  The audio was taken
    from the TV show and then presented as a radio show.
    Jay Hickerson lists two shows but there may be more.
    Can anyone help?

    2 shows available; 10/25/53*; 12/25/54
    Larry

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