THE OLD TIME R 010 CLUB OF BUFFALO Illu SPECIAL ISSUE L RADIOH ISTORICAL ASS elATION OF T COL RADO It's not often that r adio I Welcome to the second annual kHA C/OTRCOB Spec tal. There was can claim to have created a major good response to taRt year 's tnitial effort, and both John Lloyd lit erary char act er . It did so when M and 1 hope you wi l l anjoy this year 's edition. James LaCur t on (also spelled Lacur­ E t o ) wao a sked to r ead detecti ve The RHAC/OTRCOB Special is unique in OTR fandom. No other s t ories on t he air , The time was OTR clubs have cooperated to produce a vent ur e of thill eort. We Augus t, 1930 and t he program was R think that this cooperation is pretty important for s everal rea­ STREET A ND SIoi I TH ' S DE.'I'ECTlVE STORY sons but mainly because it allow9 us to preeent a co~on front GAZ I NE HOUR. The narrator wa s A to the non-OTR , mundane world . we hope that this Special inspires named the Shadow by a young ad other clubs to cooperate with each other for the advancement of from the Rut hranff and Ryan ad D OTR. Already the two largest OTR clubs, the NA RA and SPERDVAC. agency, re considering 6haring their tape libraries. This can only lead lIII I to the betterment of OTR collecting. Somehow the pr ogram caught o on and Street and Smit h l ost no 1"'...... Readers of last year's Spec i a l will notice a different for­ t i me in ca p i ta li~ing on t ha t fac t . mat to this year's edition. Thts was necessitated by the wonder­ They hi r ed an amateur magi c i an C fulness of the Post Office. which last year took seyen days to from r hi l adel phi a ~d Walter B. transport a Special Deliyery package from Denver to Buffalo. Gi bson t o expand t he TOice t o a L full character i n a series of pulp So settle own, there ' s ood reading ahead, joy. magazines. Gibson wrote the Shadow U stor i es under t he name of Maxwell - - -Chuck Seeley Grant . B +T++11111111 111'1 t 11"-'" ~~+++++"I 1.1 1 1.~~+++++.tlI lit Gibson went to work to create by John Lloyd , RHAC , and Stu /olarm. OTRCOll a s i ni s t er , phant om-l i ke char acter. OTRIVIA The wri t er patterned his charact er F tch the horse with the rider. Don't + I 'll give you two or more ch iefly a f t er Arssn Lupin and Jim­ ess wrong or the rider will be ... radio stars' names. You mie Da l~ of the same period . Lup was a FrenCh super - t hief created thrown off, T tell me the title of the B + ohow they appeared in. by Ma ur i ce LeBlanc . He was a mas ­ U 1 , Topper e, Sergeat Preston ... ter of i ntri ca t e schemes ann im­ 2. Tony b. Cisco Kid + 1. Kenny Delmar, Peter penetrabls disguisss, F 3. Sil~r c. Red Ryder + Donald. Parker Pennelly 4. Scout d, Hopalong Cassidy + 2. Hal Peary. Gale Gordon, Jimm i e Dale. wri tten by Pr ank F 5. Diablo e. Straight Arrow + Cliff Arquette Packard . was another cr eation from 6. Champion f. Dale &vans + J. Orson Welles and Bret St rRe t and Sm i t h. Dale firs t came t o A 7. Trigger g , Pan cho ... Worrison Peo ple 's magazine. He wa s one of t he 8. Loco h. Lone Ranger + 4 . Bennett Kilpaclt and I n ever yday l i f e. Dal e was a weal t hy pl a y bo ~ L 9. Victor i. Old Wrangler ... James helly el ement a t night as the masked Grey Sea l . H 10. Rex j. Bobby Benson + 5. Claudia Morgan and f act that after he ' zapped ' the vil l ain. he o 11. Fury k. Tom Mix + Les Tremayne the not or i ous gr ey seal . 12. Smokey 1. Dan Reid + 6. Hugh Marlow~ an 13. Calic. •• Gene Autry + Warion Shockley As t he year s progressed. Gi bso n deYeld 14. Thunder n. Tonto + 7. EBs!l Rathbone and tinct per s onal i ty. No mo re was he a siniste 15. Amigo o. Tennessee Jed ... Nigel bruce ot her people, He b e c a~ e (at l eas t on t he ra 16. Buttercuf p. Roy Rogers + 8. Edward G. Robinson weal th. s t udent of s cience , and master of 0 t h ~ ++++i 1 1 1 • I 'I I T+-i'+++++T+T+-+-t'+#+T++++++ and Claire 'l'revor hi s Mf r iend and constan t compani on, loy 9, Lon Clark and Charlotte Manson 10. John Todd & br~ce Beemer devot ed t he i r lives to r i ght ing wrongs. pro 11, Virginia Payne A Al Hodge 12. Olan Soule & ~rbara Luddy ishing the gui l t y . 1). Don Wilson & Mary Livingstone 14. Hanley Staff ord ~ Fanny Brice 15. Arnold Stang & Art Carney (Answers on pag e 11 l It's i nt er es t i ng one alter na t e identity in the pulp magazi ne +++...............-+++_++~ .................+T-t-~ ......T++............... +...... +++T++#T-r+T+__...... 1 I I , , I I I I the Shadow also appeared as Fritz. the jani t The RHAC/OTRCOll Special. De~~ber 1977, i s published j oi nt l y by the RHAC and also. dur i ng the late Thirties. as Ke nt and the OTRCOB. Contents copyright 1977 by the RHA C and the OTRCOB , All rights are hereby assigned to the contributors. MJohnny Dollar is Alive M Also in the pulp magazines, the Shado and Wel l and LiTi~ in Frank£urt is copyright 1977 by Robert Angus. MKe_ staff. There was Harry Vincent, a per s onabl o 's Ups and Downs is copyright 1977 by Alf. H. Wa l l e . RHA C/OTKCOa Spe­ munications officer! Clyde Burke. a r e por t en cial editors are John Lloyd and Chuck Seeley. For membership i nf ormat i on, convict! Mann. a broker! and Moe Shrevit z, write ' RHAC . 2667 E. 99th Ave. , Thornton, Colorado 80229 . OTRCOB, P.O. Box 119 . Kenmore . New York 14217. 3 2 ". .." WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL ... by Jack Richards. RHlC o It's not often that radio ond annual RHil.C/OTRCOB Special• .,..,.. was can claim to have created a major 's initial' effort. and both John Lloyd literary character. It did so when this year's edition. James LaCurton (also spelled Lacur­ to) was asked to read detecti¥e la1 is unique in OTR fandClll. lWo other stories on the air. The time was to pt'Oduce a.,V8nture of this sort. We August. 19)0 and the program was ,- 'llJpr~.ty,1IlIportant tor several l;"~, STREET AND ShiITH'S Df."rECTlVE STORY t al101f11l1sto present a CODllllon froIl"t~," MAGA2.INE HOUR. The narrator was , 'rIel. life hope that this Special ~.... jrkW named the Shadow by a young adman ;with each other for the adYance~~',:: from the Ruthranff and Ryan ad SPBRDYAC~ "» t Oft ebbs, the NARA and agency. ;61r tape libraries. This can only lead ",';eollecting• Somehow the program caught on and Street and Smith lost no 's apecial will notice a different for- time in capitalizing on that fact• • fhis was necessitated by the wonder­ They hired an amateur magician which last year took'seven days to from Philadelphia named Walter B. pilckqe frOlll Denver to Buffalo. Gibson to expand the TOice to a full character in a series of pulp 's good reading ahead. BnJoy. magazines. Gibson wrote the Shadow stories under the name of Maxwell ---Chuck Seeley Grant. 111111111 Gibson went to work to create • RlIAC, and Stu Jrann.' OTRCOI a sinister, phantom-like character• The writer patterned his character /rlder. Don-t + J·ll. &! ~ou two or 1II0re chiefly after Arsen Lupin and Jim­ c will be + radlQ' ftUles. You mie Dale of the same period. Lupin + ten.,'.,tiUe of the was a Prench super-thief created + .hOoi:~,.eared in. by Maurice LeBlanc. He was a mas­ • ,';C:'::;;" ter of intricate schemes and im­ + 1. Ki""'::~lmar. Peter penetrable disguises. + Donald, Parker Pennelly + 2. Hal Peary, aale Gordon. Jillllllie Dale, written by Prank + Cll~Arquette Packard. was another creation from + ).Od4m'lfelles and Bret Street and Smith. Dale first came to light in 1906 in Street and Smith's + ~,UoJa ' People's magazine. He was one of the first heroes to have an alter ego. + 4., Be' In everyday life. Dale was a wealthy playboy but hunted down the criminal +J... element at night as the masked Grey Seal. His name was derived from the + S. Clau fact that after he 'zapped' the villain. he left behind a small sticker. + the notorious grey seal. + 6. + As the years progressed, Gibson developed the Shadow into a dis­ + 7. tinct personality. No more was he a sinister villain who acted through + other people. He became (at least on the radio) Lamont Cranston. "man of + 8. wealth, student of science. and master of other people's minds." He and t+I"*+++-~-+++++ and Claire his "friend and constant companion, the lovely Margo (or Irlargot) Lane." llanson 10.