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THE GREEN HORNET Murder by Accident 07-27-39 the_green_hornet:8 Page Booklet 12/23/09 12:00 PM Page 1 CD 5 House and Home 07-20-39 THE GREEN HORNET Murder by Accident 07-27-39 CD 6 The Biggest Game Bait for a Burglar 08-01-39 A Racket in the Ring 08-03-39 Program Guide by Martin Grams, Jr. and Terry Salomonson CD 7 Al Hodge: The First Green Hornet The Lawyer Beats the Law 08-08-39 Lightning Strikes a Shakedown 08-10-39 Al Hodge was the first of four actors to play the role of Britt Reid, alias The CD 8 Green Hornet. He graduated from Ohio’s Miami University in 1934 with a B.A. in Speech Money in the Meter 08-15-39 and Drama. His first job, at age 22, was doubling as two old men in a travelling vaudeville A Racket Robs the Cradle 08-17-39 company. After a year of this, he started as a radio continuity writer at WXYZ in Detroit and, with his acting background, won the leading role in The Green Hornet. CD 9 “We had been friends since the ‘wired radio’ experiment in Cleveland,” Dick A Rake-Off on the Job 08-22-39 Osgood of WXYZ later recalled. “Al followed me to Detroit and worked as my The House That Jack Built 08-24-39 assistant, writing sustaining copy for the announcement of all programs. Nancy CD 10 Numbers Make a Racket 08-29-39 Osgood had suggested Al when Jewell was Ripe for the Taking 09-05-39 auditioning for the Hornet. He got the part. Hodge was over six feet tall, lean, hard and Martin Grams Jr. and Terry Salomonson are co-authors of a new book, THE GREEN handsome, although when he smiled he HORNET: A History of Radio, Motion Pictures, Television and Comic Books , being published showed poor teeth and seemed self- by OTR Publishing, Churchville, Maryland. The authors would like to thank Jo Bagwell and conscious about it. His complexion was Chris Holm for their assistance. florid, his eyes varied from grey through blue to bright green; his hair was brown and straight and thick. His father had worked with Buffalo Bill.” Jewell made a recording of Hodge’s PO Box 1315 voice, along with all the others auditioning, Little Falls, NJ 07424 and played it for station owner George © 2010 The Green Hornet, Inc. Licensed for home use only. All rights reserved. The Green Trendle, who made the final decision. Hornet, Black Beauty, Kato and the hornet logos are trademarks of The Green Hornet, Inc. According to Dick Osgood, Hodge was Manufactured under license by Radio Spirits. www.thegreenhornet.com. “scared absolutely to death” for the premiere Program Guide © 2010 Martin Grams, Jr., Terry Salomonson, and RSPT LLC. broadcast in January 1936. “He had been All Rights Reserved. Al Hodge as Britt Reid the_green_hornet:8 Page Booklet 12/23/09 12:00 PM Page 2 close enough to the preparation to know the degree of perfection expected of him. Further, as Mike, including the Irish accent. After a few months, Mr. Jewell’s acting company was a tight little family with only a token welcome for however, the character was dropped in April of 1939 with newcomers. And James Jewell himself, with his ferocious concentration and familiar no explanation. scowl, could be a veritable tyrant. When the first broadcast was over, Hodge went to his The return of Mike Axford began with the episode rented room — in Webster Hall behind the Maccabees Building — and broke out in an all- titled “Pink Lemonade and Tan Bark” (June 22, 1939). When over rash of hives!” Clicker Binney was routing Britt Reid’s incoming mail, he Hodge signed for the title role at a salary of $25 a week, the same salary that stumbled on a letter addressed to Reid from Mike. In “Bait Raymond Toyo and Lee Allman were paid for playing roles of Kato and Miss Case. In for a Two-Timer” (June 27, 1939), Mike Axford phones The October of 1937, his salary rose to $35 a week for playing the title role, with an additional Daily Sentinel to talk to Britt Reid and inform him that he’ll $5 for every year he continued - and, if the series was sponsored, he would receive an be arriving soon. Axford finally arrives at The Daily Sentinel additional $25 per program. Beginning with his contract of May 23, 1938, his salary was in the episode called “Put It On Ice” (July 4, 1939). Now changed to $50 per week with an additional $12.50 per performance. played by Gilbert Shea, he returns to his post as if he had Raymond Toyo as Kato In the summer of 1940, Hodge had an encounter with General Manager H. Allen never been gone. Campbell when he returned from a four-day vacation and explained that he heard The Beginning with “Bait for a Burglar” (August 1, 1939), Kato goes on vacation for Green Hornet broadcast over a Canadian radio station — and it was sponsored. Campbell four episodes. Mike Axford takes over Kato’s tasks at Reid’s apartment, including cooking. played unaware for a time, but Hodge stood firm, reminding him that if the show was After dusk, The Green Hornet acted solo in his late-night capers, without a constant sponsored he was to be paid more for the broadcasts. Campbell, at first, attempted to claim companion lurking in the shadows to come to his aid in the event he becomes cornered. that Canada was not part of the bargain, but agreed to change the salary when he wrote up On a related note, Miss Case (Lenore Allman) took a vacation from The Daily the next contract. Shortly after the confrontation, Hodge composed a letter to Paul Dulzell, Sentinel three times during the program’s history. Her third and final vacation began with executive secretary of the Actors Equity Association, asking for information about a new “Bait for a Two-Timer” (June 27, 1939). Clicker Binney briefly filled in for her. broadcast union: the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA). By the fall of 1940, Al Hodge was a Episodes in this collection: member of AFRA, and his salary was computed in accordance with the existing CD 1 Money Talks Too Loud 06-20-39 wage scales. The minimum salary of $100 Pink Lemonade And Tan Bark 06-22-39 per week was awarded, plus additional services rendered during the week. There CD 2 was no raise in salary up to the time Hodge Bait for a Two Timer 06-27-39 left the program, with one exception — as of Pavement Condemned 06-29-39 March 20, 1944, he was paid an extra $25 per week for programs sponsored in major CD 3 markets. George W. Trendle made numerous Put it on Ice 07-04-39 attempts to retain the lowest pay scale for his Disaster Rides the Rails 07-06-39 employees until AFRA became a larger CD 4 influence. Hodge was admired by the other The Devil’s Playground 07-11-39 Al Hodge and Raymond Toyo as Britt Reid and Kato actors at WXYZ for standing his ground for War on the Waterfront 07-18-39 2 7 the_green_hornet:8 Page Booklet 12/23/09 12:00 PM Page 3 Michelson versions were edited, and this box set offers the complete, uncut versions from more pay, and he was unanimously elected to serve as the the original masters. first president of the new Detroit local of AFRA. The character of The Green Hornet is explored darkly in the 1939 broadcasts. In “Pavement Condemned” (June 29, 1939), The Green Hornet acts as both judge and jury The Brace Beemer Connection when he and Kato frame a tough-shelled capitalist for a crime he did not commit, to prevent him from continuing to get away with criminally operating faulty equipment at Brace Beemer, assistant to H. Allen Campbell, construction jobs, causing innocent people to be injured. had been studying the commercial end of the radio business The episode “War on the Waterfront” (July 18, 1939) contains a bit of behind- since the fall of 1935, then returned as the studio manager in the-scenes historical lore that should be pointed out. In the original script, the announcer the Maccabees Building. Beemer would later be promoted reads: “That evening in his apartment, Britt Reid showed a copy of the photograph to to the title role of The Lone Ranger in April 1941, when Kato, his Filipino valet and the only living man to know that his employer was really the actor Earle Graser died in a tragic auto accident. Historians Lenore Allman as Miss Case Green Hornet!” The word “Filipino” was scratched out and the word “faithful” substituted. insist that Brace Beemer never played a supporting role on The Green Hornet because his This is the earliest known indication that scriptwriter Fran Striker was considering voice became familiar to faithful listeners of The Lone Ranger . However, before he signed changing Kato’s race, due to the growing concern about the war overseas. However, Kato for the role of the masked man, he did play a number of supporting roles on The Green did not make the on-air transition from Japanese to Filipino until June of 1940. Hornet, including “The Money in the Meter” (included in this CD collection) and “Speed Traps a Lawbreaker” (broadcast October 12, 1939). According to author Dave Holland, Mike Axford when Earle Graser died, it was first suggested that Al Hodge take the leading role on The Lone Ranger .
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