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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 81
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Dunning's "On the Air"                [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      4-27 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Dunning's Encyclopedia of OTR         [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Family Theater Priest Praised         [ seandd@[removed] ]
      4-28 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Cincinnati recap                      [ Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@yahoo. ]
      New DVD Storage Format from GE        [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Cincinnati, 13 years [removed]           [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:09:15 -0400
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dunning's "On the Air"

    Jack French said Oxford University Press initially charged $75 for Dunning's
    encylopedia, "On The Air." Either that was _very_ initially, it was a special
    leather-bound volume, or prices of books were really high wherever Jack lives.

    I bought a copy at Borders back in May, 1998. The list price on the inside
    flap of the dust cover was $55. Borders own price sticker (which is still on
    the book) was $[removed] Which means I paid $[removed] with tax.

    $75?!? Well!

    Rick

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    Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:09:28 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-27 births/deaths

    April 27th births

    04-27-1882 - Herman Bundesen - d. 8-25-1960
    health official: "Adventures in Health"
    04-27-1892 - Marjorie Mills - Waterville, ME - d. 4-5-1979
    columnist: "The Girl from Maine"
    04-27-1896 - Rogers Hornsby - Winters, TX - d. 1-5-1963
    hall of fame baseball player: "Play Ball"; "Tops in Sports"
    04-27-1898 - George McCall - Renton, Scotland - d. 11-28-1952
    host: "Man About Hollywood"
    04-27-1898 - Ludwig Behelmans - Meran, Austria-Hungary - d. 10-1-1962
    author, panelist: "Author, Author"
    04-27-1899 - Ned Wever - NYC - d. 5-6-1984
    actor: Dick Tracy "Dick Tracy"; Anthony Loring "Young Widder Brown"
    04-27-1902 - Harry Stockwell - Kansas City, MO - d. 7-19-1984
    singer: "Broadway Matinee"
    04-27-1907 - Matty Matlock - Paducah, KY - d. 6-14-1978
    jazz musician: (Member of the Big 7 Band) "Pete Kelly's Blues"
    04-27-1918 - Robert Mitchell - Casper, WY - d. 10-13-1992
    writer: "The Advs. of Philip Marlowe"
    04-27-1919 - Les Kreiter - Seattle, WA - d. 4-14-2009
    sportscaster: "Big Five Basketball"
    04-27-1923 - Peggy Knudsen - Duluth, MN - d. 7-11-1980
    actor: Karen Adams "Woman in White"; Lois "Bill Goodwin Show"
    04-27-1927 - Connie Kay - NYC - d. 11-30-1994
    jazz drummer: "The Modern Jazz Quartet"; "Guest Star"
    04-27-1931 - James Barrett - Detroit, MI - d. 6-4-2006
    actor: Dan Reid "The Lone Ranger"; The Green Hornet"
    04-27-1933 - Casey Kasem - Detroit, MI
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    04-27-1937 - Sandy Dennis - Hastings, NE - d. 3-1-1992
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    April 27th deaths		02-15-1896 - Arthur Shields - d. 4-27-1970
    actor: (Brother of Barry Fitzgerald) "Cavalcade of America"
    02-16-1905 - Carleton D. Smith - d. 4-27-1984
    announcer/executive: "Fireside Chat with FDR"
    03-18-1926 - Margery Manners - Coventry, England - d. 4-27-1997
    singer: "Big Bill Campbell and His Rocky Mountain Rhythm"; "Worker's
    Playtime"
    03-25-1899 - Bella Spewack - Bucharest, Romania - d. 4-27-1990
    writer: "The Radio Guild"
    04-06-1909 - Denver Darling - Cumberland County, IL - d. 4-27-1981
    country music artist: "Right to Happiness, as commercial spokesman"
    04-07-1915 - Stanley Adams - NYC - d. 4-27-1977
    writer: "My Friend Irma"
    04-10-1905 - Paul "Hezzie" Trietsch - Muncie, IN - d. 4-27-1980
    musician-singer: "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
    04-13-1902 - Godfrey Kenton - London, England - d. 4-27-1998
    actor: "Waiting for Godot"; "Paradise Lost"
    04-25-1908 - Edward R. Murrow - Pole Cat Creek, NC - d. 4-27-1965
    newscaster: (This is London) "Edward R. Murrow with the News"
    06-28-1908 - Alan Bunce - Westfield, NJ - d. 4-27-1965
    actor: Albert Arbuckle "Ethel and Albert"; Jerry Malone "Young Dr.
    Malone"
    07-31-1854 - Charles Goodell - Dudley, MA - d. 4-27-1937
    clergyman: (The Shepard of the Air) "Sabbath Reveries"
    08-21-1908 - Tom Tully - Durango, CO - d. 4-27-1982
    actor: Charles Martin "Stella Dallas"
    08-21-1940 - Jim Frank - Chicago, IL - d. 4-27-2007
    newscaster in Chicago, WBBM, WIND, WMAQ
    11-07-1922 - Al Hirt - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-27-1999
    dixieland trumpeter: "Voices of Vista"; "The Navy Swings"; "Here's to
    Veterans"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:09:48 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dunning's Encyclopedia of OTR
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           I heartily agree with Jack French and his wife.  Once I was told that
    John
    Dunning had an encyclopedia of OTR published, I had the local bookstore
    reserve
    one for me.  That was about 10 years ago.  I've never regretted this
    purchase!

           Also, I got a copy of Jack's book "Private Eyelashes" which is very
    thorough
    and interesting.  I'd suggest it to anyone who wants to know the stories
    behind
    some of the best, and sometimes least, known of this sub genre of OTR
    programs.

    As always,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:13:38 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Family Theater Priest Praised

    A tribute to the priest who founded the "Family Theater" radio program from a Filipino newspaper:

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:13:43 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-28 births/deaths

    April 28th births

    04-28-1874 - Sidney Toler - Warrensburg, MO - d. 2-12-1947
    actor: "Southern California WPA Symphony Orchestra"; "It's Time to
    Smile"
    04-28-1878 - Lionel Barrymore - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-15-1954
    actor: Leonard Gillispie "Dr. Kildare"; Ebenezzer Scrooge "A Christmas
    Carol"
    04-28-1882 - Henry Bellamann - Fulton, MO - d. 6-16-1945
    author: "King's Row" based on his novel
    04-28-1892 - Joseph Dunninger - NYC - d. 3-9-1975
    mentalist: (Master Mind of Mental Mystery) "Dunninger Show"
    04-28-1896 - Edith Evanson - Tacoma, WA - d. 11-29-1980
    actor: Helmi "Myrt and Marge"
    04-28-1900 - Val Gielgud - London England - d. 11-30-1981
    writer: (Brother of John Gielgud) "The Columbia Workshop"
    04-28-1905 - Paul Rhymer - Fulton, IL - d. 10-26-1964
    writer: "Vic and Sade"
    04-28-1907 - Rudy Bundy - Quaker City, OH - d. 8-1-2000
    orchestra leader: WHAS Louisville, Kentucky
    04-28-1908 - Michael Fitzmaurice - Chicago, IL - d. 8-31-1967
    actor: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; Dick Grosvenor "Stella
    Dallas"
    04-28-1911 - Lee Falk - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-13-1999
    writer: "Mandrake the Magician"
    04-28-1914 - Esther Allan - Suvalke, Poland - d. 7-21-1985
    pianist/organist: All girl band on local radio in Michigan
    04-28-1916 - Rena Craig Waxman - Denver, CO - d. 1-26-2003
    actor: "School of Charm"
    04-28-1917 - Robert Anderson - NYC - d. 2-9-2009
    writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    04-28-1917 - Robert Cornthwaite - St. Helens, OR - d. 7-20-2006
    actor: worked in radio in Southern California
    04-28-1920 - Nan Merriman - Pittsburgh, PA
    singer: "Serenade to America"; "Music of the New World"
    04-28-1922 - Phil Tate - Bramley, England - d. 12-9-2005
    host: "Non-Stop Pop"
    04-28-1928 - Richard Baer - NYC - d. 2-22-2008
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"
    04-28-1929 - Carolyn Jones - Amarillo, TX - d. 8-3-1983
    actor: "Dragnet"; "Survivors"
    04-28-1938 - Connie Marshall - NYC - d. 5-22-2001
    actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"
    04-28-1939 - Morton Kondracke - Chicago, IL
    commentator: "All Things Considered"

    April 28th deaths

    01-29-1913 - Joe Parker - Venice, CA - d. 4-28-1970
    director: "Sara's Private Caper"
    02-16-1915 - Dorothy Lovett - Providence, RI - d. 4-28-1998
    actor: Libby Collins "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-16-1925 - Lane Nakano - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-28-2005
    actor: "The Big Show"
    03-17-1905 - Meredith C. Beckman - d. 4-28-1980
    tenor: KMOX St. Louis, Missouri
    03-18-1914 - Ben Gage - Chicago, IL - d. 4-28-1978
    actor: Jimmy Gale "Modern Cinderella"
    03-25-1901 - Ed Begley - Hartford, CT - d. 4-28-1970
    actor: Walt Levinson "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
    04-09-1913 - George Lowther - NYC - d. 4-28-1975
    narrator, writer: "Advs. of Superman"; "Terry and the Pirates"
    06-18-1902 - Tom Breneman - Waynesboro, PA - d. 4-28-1948
    emcee: "Breakfast at Sardi's/in Hollywood"; "My Secret Ambition"
    07-02-1916 - Ken Curtis - Lamar, CO - d. 4-28-1991
    singing cowboy: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    07-08-1913 - Ann Thomas - Newport, RI - d. 4-28-1989
    actor: Sharon O'Shaughnessy "Bob Burns Show"; Barbara Weeks "We Love
    and Learn"
    07-31-1894 - John Mayo - Providence, RI - d. 4-28-1974
    announcer: Staff announcer for both CBS and NBC
    08-08-1922 - Rory Calhoun - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-28-1999
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-09-1885 - Billy Curtis - Lowell, MA - d. 4-28-1954
    writer of radio scripts
    09-13-1916 - Norm Lenhardt - d. 4-28-1993
    announcer: WXYZ Detroit
    09-19-1899 - Ricardo Cortez - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - d. 4-28-1977
    actor: "Shell Chateau"; "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"; "Treasury Hour"
    10-14-1905 - Gene Stone - d. 4-28-1997
    writer: "The Great Gildersleeve"
    10-15-1908 - John Kenneth Galbraith - Iona Station, Canada - d.
    4-28-2006
    economist: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Meet the Press"
    10-29-1925 - Paul Daneman - London, England - d. 4-28-2001
    actor: "The Hobbit"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:15:23 -0400
    From: Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincinnati recap

    As you can expect, the Cincinnati Convention was a good weekend, and a strong
    reminder of how big our hobby is.  I always feel a renewed interest in OTR
    after this weekend.  The enthusiasm that so many of the attendees have is
    infectious.

    As always, it was nice to see Bob Hastings, our regular guest.  Rosemary Rice
    was unable to make it due to a car accident, but hopefully she'll be back
    next year.  Our new guest, Eddie Carroll was very friendly, and his Jack
    Benny impersonation is spot on.  Seeing him perform in the recreations was a
    real treat, and his attendance provided a real shot in the arm to the
    convention.

    The new hotel was great.  Because they changed the name at the last minute, a
    lot of folks seemed to have a tough time finding the place, but I think
    everybody found it, at least from what I heard they did.  It was clean and
    the dealer and conference rooms had plenty of space for growth, should things
    turn in that direction.

    At the dinner banquet, Neal Ellis, Steven Jansen, Mary Ramlow and Eddie
    Carroll were given awards thanking them for their service to our hobby, and
    Charlie finally got to pick up his Parley Baer award from 2007!

    I also was able to get a few old Old-Time Radio Digests from Bob Burnham ,
    some mp3s from Neal Ellis (the only guy I've found doing good quality
    original encodes of OTR shows), and some Nostalgia Digests from Steve
    Darnell, who is a really great guy to talk to.  I'm looking forward to
    hearing him as he takes over TWTD in July.

    Catching up with friends, and spending a weekend immersed in nostalgia is
    always fun.  Bob Burchett says that "maybe" we'll have another convention
    next year, and while I know I saw some new faces, and feel attendance is up,
    I know he'll have to crunch the numbers to find out for sure if he can do it.
    Let's all hope that he can.

    Rodney

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    Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:15:51 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  New DVD Storage Format from GE
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    Am I the only person who read this story about GE inventing a new disk storage format that can store 500 gigabytes of data in a standard size DVD disk and thought - how many shows could I fit on that?

    [removed]

    Of course, I'm sure we'll also hear from several people who know and will give us a number!Sean DoughertySeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:16:11 -0400
    From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincinnati, 13 years [removed]

    The first time I took my family to the Cincinnati convention, my daughter
    Karen was 11 years old.  All the way there, she kept saying, "Can I be in
    a show?  Please?"  I told her they probably didn't use children.

    Lo and behold, when we got there, we found that the main show was going
    to be a Lone Ranger episode starring Fred Foy, and the main character was
    a 12-year-old girl.  Don Ramlow held auditions, and at first he didn't
    want Karen to read for the part.  But enough people in the audience
    persuaded (threatened) him, so he relented.  She did a good job (she'd
    been doing community theater since she was six or so), and she got the
    role.

    Here's where it all started:  a video of Karen, age eleven, in the Lone
    Ranger:

    [removed]

    ---Dan Hughes

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    Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:12:01 -0400
    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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