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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2011 : Issue 138
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      8-29 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Speaking of Radio                     [ Chuck Schaden <otrguru@[removed]; ]
      Sportsman Quartet                     [ David Van Nostrand <[removed] ]
      8-30 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:41:13 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-29 births/deaths

    August 29th births

    08-29-1882 - Richard Legrand - Mount Tabor section near Portland, OR -
    d. 6-29-1963
    actor: Richard Q. Peavy "Great Gildersleeve"; Ole "Fibber McGee and
    Molly"
    08-29-1898 - Charlie Grimm - St. Louis, MO - d. 11-15-1983
    Sportscaster:(Jolly Cholly) WBBM Chicago
    08-29-1898 - Preston Sturges - Chicago, IL - d. 8-6-1959
    film producer, writer, director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-29-1899 - George V. Denny, Jr. - Washington, [removed] - d. 11-11-1959
    moderator: "America's Town Meeting of the Air"
    08-29-1900 - Buell Kazee - Burton's Fork, KY - d. 8-31-1976
    banjo-playing, singing Baptist minister: "Renfro Valley Barn Dance"
    08-29-1904 - Ronald Watkins - Surrey, England - d. 2-16-2001
    Reader of prose and poetry
    08-29-1906 - Joe Sawyer - Guelph, Canada - d. 4-21-1982
    actor: Sergant 'Biff' O'Hara "Rin-Tin-Tin"
    08-29-1907 - Lurene Tuttle - Pleasant Lake, IN - d. 5-28-1986
    actor: Effie Perrine "Advs. of Sam Spade"; Ellie Connors "Lum and Abner"
    08-29-1910 - John Kane - Davenport, IA - d. 3-15-1910
    actor: Tom Jones "Five Star Jones"; Scubby "Nick Carter"
    08-29-1912 - Barry Sullivan - NYC - d. 6-6-1994
    actor: Steve Canyon "Steve Canyon"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
    08-29-1913 - Sylvia Fine - NYC - d. 10-28-1991
    writer: (Wife of Danny Kaye) "Danny Kaye Show"; "Forecast"; "Bud's
    Bandwagon"
    08-29-1914 - Willard Waterman - Madison, WI - d. 2-2-1995
    actor: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve "Great Gildersleeve"; Roger Barton
    "The Guiding Light"
    08-29-1915 - Ingrid Bergman - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 8-29-1982
    actor: "Everything for the Boys"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-29-1916 - George Montgomery - Brady, MT - d. 12-12-2000
    actor: "Hollywood Star Time"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"
    08-29-1916 - Max Bice - d. 11-18-2002
    newscaster: KMO Seattle, Washington
    08-29-1916 - "Georgia Slim" Rutland - Tilton, GA - d. 6-17-1969
    fiddler: "Three Fiddlers"
    08-29-1917 - Eddie Hubbard - Baltimore, MD - d. 3-26-2007
    disk jockey: "Music Unlimited"
    08-29-1920 - Charlie Parker - Kansas City, MO - d. 3-12-1955
    jazz musician: "This Is Jazz"
    08-29-1922 - Arthur Anderson - Staten Island, NY
    actor: "Let's Pretend"; Mark Davis "Lawyer Tucker"; Buddy "Tony and Gus"
    08-29-1924 - Dinah Washington - Tuscaloosa, AL - d. 12-14-1963
    blues singer: "Jubilee"; "Bob Hope Show"; "One Night Stand"
    08-29-1927 - Marion Williams - Miami, FL - d. 7-2-1994
    gospel singer: "Soundstage"
    08-29-1928 - Thomas Stewart - San Saba, TX - d. 9-24-2006
    operatic baritone: "Musicians Off Stage"

    August 29th deaths

    02-19-1924 - Lee Marvin - NYC - d. 8-29-1987
    actor: "Dragnet"
    02-20-1911 - Paul Tripp - NYC - d. 8-29-2002
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    03-04-1920 - Alan MacNaughtan - Bearsden, Scotland - d. 8-29-2002
    actor: "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
    04-06-1892 - Lowell Thomas - Woodington, OH - d. 8-29-1981
    newscaster, commentator: "Lowell Thomas and the News"; "Man with a
    Question"
    05-01-1906 - Rose Hobart - NYC - d. 8-29-2000
    actor: "Nightbeat"
    06-05-1912 - Dan Ocko - d. 8-29-1991
    actor: Killer Kane "Buck Rogers of the 25th Century"; "Sergeant Muggin
    "Inspector Thorne"
    06-27-1911 - Collins Driggs - Manchester, CT - d. 8-29-1966
    organist: Collins Driggs at the Hammond Organ"
    07-06-1912 - Redd Evans - Meridian, MS - d. 8-29-1972
    vocalist: "Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra"
    08-03-1923 - Jean Hagen - Chicago, IL - d. 8-29-1977
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Stars in the Air"
    08-29-1915 - Ingrid Bergman - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 8-29-1982
    actor: "Everything for the Boys"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-06-1925 - Jimmy Reed - Dunleith, MS - d. 8-29-1976
    blues singer, guitarist, harmonica playere: "One Night Stand"
    10-01-1889 - Ralph W. Sockman - Mount Vernon, OH - d. 8-29-1970
    preacher: "National Radio Pulpit"
    10-27-1898 - Kathryn Cravens - Burkett, TX - d. 8-29-1991
    newscaster: "News Through a Woman's Eye"
    10-30-1898 - Arthur Kohl - Chicago, IL - d. 8-29-1983
    actor: Fred Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Bob Graham "Bachelor's Children"
    11-08-1927 - Chris Connor - Kansas City, MO - d. 8-29-2009
    jazz singer: Claude Thorhill's Orchestra
    12-05-1929 - Richard Beebe - Pasadena, CA - d. 8-29-1998
    newsman: "The Credibility Gap"
    12-25-1902 - Louis Jackobson - d. 8-29-1978
    producer: "Mortimer Gooch"

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:46:13 -0400
    From: Chuck Schaden <otrguru@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Speaking of Radio
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    In the Friday, August 26 OTR Digest (Vol. 2011, Issue 136), Conrad Binyon
    reminisced wonderfully about his radio days as a child actor (Subject: Vague
    OTR Memories).  I had the pleasure of interviewing Conrad some 20 years ago
    for my Chicago radio program, Those Were The Days.

    You may hear that 27-minute conversation from May 18, 1991 when you visit my
    website [removed]   When you get to the Home Page, click on
    "Interviews", scroll down to "Conrad Binyon" and enjoy additional memories
    from a nice man.

    Our conversation is one of some 200 we had with folks from the Golden Age of
    Radio.  About 100 of them, are presently available for listening on demand and
    a dozen or so are added every month.

    Chuck Schaden

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    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Mr. Schaden neglected to mention the generous donation of his
    program collection to the Radio Hall of Fame, which publishes a selection of
    these shows at its website, [removed] - take some time and
    check it out!  --cfs3]

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    Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:48:14 -0400
    From: David Van Nostrand <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sportsman Quartet

    Can anyone out there in the Old Time Radio land give me the names of who made
    up the Sportsman Quartet from the Jack Benny Show.  One member I saw in a
    recent clip looks very familiar.

    Thanks

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    Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:47:58 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-30 births/deaths

    August 30th births

    08-30-1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - London, England - d. 2-1-1851
    creator of Frankenstein
    08-30-1879 - Fritzi Scheff - Vienna, Austria - d. 4-8-1954
    prima donna: "Lavender and Old Lace"; "The Philco Hour"
    08-30-1887 - Eduardo Ciannelli - Island of Ischia, Italy - d. 10-8-1969
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-30-1896 - Raymond Massey - Toronto, Canada - d. 7-29-1983
    actor, host: "Doctor Fights"; "Harvest of Stars"
    08-30-1898 - Shirley Booth - NYC - d. 10-16-1992
    actor: Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"; "Hogan's Daughter"; "Strictly
    Business"
    08-30-1901 - John Gunther - Chicago, IL - d. 5-29-1970
    writer: "Information, Please";"America's Town Meeting of the Air";
    "Royal Gelatin Hour"
    08-30-1902 - Ray Bloch - Alsace-Lorraine, France - d. 3-29-1982
    conductor: "Milton Berle Show"; "Take It or Leave It"; "Johnny Presents"
    08-30-1903 - Jack Bundy - Milwaukee, WI - d. 11-30-1973
    bandleader: "Heinie and the Grenadiers"
    08-30-1905 - Sarah Selby - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-7-1980
    actor: Grace Graves "Junior Miss"; Wife "My Mother's Husband"
    08-30-1906 - Joan Blondell - NYC - d. 12-25-1979
    actor: Mary Vance "Miss Pinkerton, Inc."
    08-30-1908 - Fred MacMurray - Kankakee, IL - d. 11-5-1991
    actor: George Harvey "Bright Star"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-30-1908 - Willie Bryant - New Orleans, LA - d. 2-9-1964
    host: "Night Life"
    08-30-1910 - Elinor Herriot - Duluth, MN - d. 6-10-2000
    actor: "Ruby Jones "Amos 'n' Andy"; Dorothy Wright "Couple Next Door"
    08-30-1910 - Joseph Holland - Virginia - d. 12-28-1994
    actor: "Royal Desserts Hour"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    08-30-1914 - Frank Latourette - d. 5-7-1985
    creator of "Hollywood Byline"
    08-30-1914 - Julie Bishop - Denver, CO - d. 8-30-2001
    actor: "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-30-1916 - Herman Klurfeld - The Bronx, NY - d. 12-18-2006
    ghostwriter for Walter Winchell
    08-30-1917 - Dan Enright - d. 5-22-1992
    producer: "Put Up or Shut Up"; "Brain Train"; "Juvenile Jury"; "Life
    Begins at 80"
    08-30-1918 - Ted Williams, San Diego, CA - d. 7-5-2002
    baseball superstar: Several interview shows
    08-30-1919 - Kitty Wells - Nashville, TN
    singer: (Queen of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
    08-30-1924 - Ivor (Arthur) Wilson - Grimsby, England - d. 2-xx-2002
    author: "Take Any Day"
    08-30-1925 - Jack Bivans - Evanston, IL - d. 8-14-2009
    actor: Chuck Ramsey "Captain Midnight"
    08-30-1926 - Jeff Brown - NYC - d. 12-3-2003
    actor: "Little Blue Playhouse"
    08-30-1939 - John Peel - Heswall, England - d. 10-25-2004
    disc jockey: "The Perfumed Garden"; "Top Gear"
    08-30-1941 - Sue Mac Gregor - Oxford, England
    announcer, producer: "The World at One"; "Woman's Hour"; "Today"; "PM"

    August 30th deaths

    01-23-1926 - Lyn Osborn - Wichita Falls, TX - d. 8-30-1958
    actor: Cadet Happy "Space Patrol"
    02-16-1926 - Vera-Ellen - Cincinnati, OH - d. 8-30-1981
    actor: "Martin and Lewis Show"; "Tony Awards"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
    03-09-1918 - Marguerite Chapman - Chatham, NY - d. 8-30-1999
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Silver Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    03-11-1903 - Dorothy Schiff - NYC- d. 8-30-1989
    owner of several radio stations in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and San
    Francisco
    04-17-1923 - Lindsay Anderson - South India - d. 8-30-1994
    film director: First person to udder the "F" word on the BBC
    05-01-1916 - Glenn Ford - Quebec, Canada - d. 8-30-2006
    actor: Christopher London "Advs. of Christopher London"
    06-15-1909 - Joe DeSantis - NYC - d. 8-30-1989
    actor: Jim Scott "Under Arrest"; "This Is Nora Drake"
    06-17-1877 - Charles Coburn - Savannah, GA - d. 8-30-1961
    actor: "Roses and Drums"; "Song of Liberty"
    07-28-1935 - Simon Dee - Manchester, England - d. 8-30-2009
    disk jockey "BBC Light Programme"
    08-08-1913 - Axel Stordahl - Staten Island, NY  - d. 8-30-1963
    conductor: "Songs by Sinatra/Frank Sinatra Show"; "Your Hit Parade";
    "Coke Time"
    08-30-1914 - Julie Bishop - Denver, CO - d. 8-30-2001
    actor: "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-11-1909 - Bill Demling - Chicago, IL - d. 8-30-1974
    writer: "Mickey Mouse's Theatre of the Air"

    Ron

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