Press' ~,\~ '~, ~ ~- THE OLD TIME RADIO CLUB SINCE 1975 NUMB,ER 37 JULY. 1979 16 PAGES . JACK BEIIIIY, . ~ ' ,.",.,'~ . r.~, , _,li ., ·-l11''''f. ... ' ~" NN?¥ MARY LIVINGSTON PHIL HARRIS • ROCHESTER • DON WILSON ~ Page Two ILLUSTRATED PRESS Jul.L...1219 tl CLUB ADDRESSES:Please use the cor­ ~ rect address for the business you have in mind. Return library mat­ a! erials to the library address. ~ TAPE LIBRARY:Dom Parisi SI 38 Ardmore Place 11 Buffalo~N.y. 14213 LUX HALLMARK c1 (716) 804-2004 RADIO THEATER PLAYHOUSE ti tl REFERENCE LIBRARY:Pete Bellanca 9:00 P. M. 10:00 P. M. 1620 Ferry Road AI J.I,•••ta ... a• . .. ..H I. y.... HetD. ,til I. ttti. r.a. BI "J.I,•• 51.,. A'.1e", .f "St.ry .. n dl.....1 at Grand Island, t~ N.Y. 14072 HOLLYWOOD OVER THE AIR:MOVIE (716) 773-248$ Fl STARS AND OLD TIME RADIO il OTHER BUSINESS: OTRC AI P.O. Box 119 by Alf H. Walle t1 Kenmore,N.Y. 14217 7: (716) 877-2387 In his autobiography,~­ at THE OLD TIME RADIO CLUB LETTERS TO IP:Kean Crowe mill To Oblivion,Fred Allen wrote, tl ee MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION: 200 Woodward Drive "When a radIo comedian's program West Seneca,N.Y. is finally finished it slinks down iJ Club dues are $13.00 per yr. 14224 Memory Lane into the limbo of yes­ me from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31. Mem­ (716) 674-6123 terday's happy hours. All that 01 bers recieve a membership card, the comedian has to show for his se library lists,a monthlr newsletter COLUMNISTS:Jerry Collins years of work and aggravation is sl (The Illustrated Press),a semi­ $6 Christen Court the echo of forgotten laUghter." annual magazine (Memories),and Lancaster,N.Y. 14086 Although written as a personal m~ various special items. Additional Hy Daley assessment,Allen's words are an tI: family members living in the same 437 South Center appropriate epitaph for the golden m~ household as a regular member may Corry, Pa. 16407 age of radio. Even with a new in­ tt join the club for $2.00 per year. terest in vintage radio, typified Ot These members have all the privi­ Stu Mann by numerous recent pUblications in wi: leges of regular members but do 44 Ganson Street this area,radio is a forgotten We not recieve the pUblications. A North Tonawanda,N.Y. medium. be junior membership is available to 14120 The scant attention which wi persons 1S years of age or younger Jill Snyder radio gets often takes the form of VB who do not live in the household S17 Norttl Hamilton St. a left handed compliment;it is of a regular member. This melllber­ Saginaw,Mioh. 48602 presented as a mindless nostalgia­ ship is $6.00 per year and includes invoking pastime,which in the ret­ all the benefits ot a regu1a.l" mem­ rospect of the 1970s,parodies it­ bership. Regular lIembereh1p dues self. Writing in this tradition, are as follows:if you join in Jan. NEW MEMBERS: commentators and critics have of­ dues are $13.00 for the year,Feb., Peter T. L1aros,20S6 Do!1se Rd. ten loaded the diceifinely pro­ $12.00;Karch $11.00;April $10.00, E.Amherst,JI.Y. 140$1 duced shows of sophistication are May $9.00JJune $8.00JJuly $7.00, Daniel Kjeldgaard,101 leael Dr. usually ignored while simplistic -' Aug.,$6.00;Sept.,$$.00,Oct.,$4.00; Buffalo N.Y. 1422$ and cliched children's shows are Nov.,$3.00;and Dec.,$2.oo. The T. Wysooki,P.O.Box ~164,Station F exploited for their camp appeal. numbers after your name on the Hamilton, Ontario, Can. Vintage radio,however,pos­ address label are the month and sessed a sophistication which eas­ year your renewal is due. Remind­ ily eclipses modern television. er notes will be sent. Your re­ DEADLINE:for the August IP-July 16th There are several possible explan­ newal should be sent in as soon as for the Sept. IP-Aug. 13th ations for this fact;perhaps the possible to avoid missing issues. for the Oct. IP-Sept.8th. most vital reason was that radio KIRK Please be certain to notify us if was able to tap the skills of pro­ U you change your address. BACK ISSUES:All are $1.00 each, fessional actors and actresses who ANI worked in other forms of entertai­ VIC. THE ILLUSTRATED PRESS is the monthly postpaid, except where noted. Out­ nment such as vaudeville and the of-print issues can be borrowed UI newsletter of The Old Time Radio from the reference library. motion picture industry. Today, I ClUb, headquartered in Buffalo,N.Y. will talk about the latter, the im­ Contents,except where noted, are MEMORIES:Vol 1 #1 ($2.00).#3,#4~ pact which the motion picture ind­ :10 copyright 6 1979 by the OTRC. #5;Vol. 2 #1,#4 ($2.00J. ustry had upon radio and, converse­ All rights are hereby assigned to IP:#3 (With SHADOW script),#5A (RR ly,the influence radio had on the THEAn the contributors. Editor:Kean F. AC/OTRC special #1),#8 (50¢), movies. CroweiProduction Manager:Millie #10 (with Part 1 of LUX RADIO Radio and talking pictures 8:30 DunworthiGraphics Coordinator:Corb THEATER log),#14 (50¢),#15 (50¢), emerged at exactly the same time, Besco. Send all contributions and #16,#17,#18,RHAC/OTRC Special #2, durinp, the 'calm before the storm' letters to the editor at 200 Wood­ #19,#20,#21,#23,#24,#25,#26,#27, lit ward Drive,'Nest Seneca,N.Y.14224. #28 (RHAC!OTRC Special #3),#29, Published since 1976. Printed in #30,#31,#32 ($2.00),#33,#34,#35. U.S.A. Jul ILLUS'fRAl',,;.lJ PRJi,':)c; Fa e Three which preceded the great depress­ ion;coincidently,both arrived in ~USTRATED PRESS July 1979 blaCkface. Al Jolson,starring in CLUB ADDRESSES:Please use the cor­ the The Jazz Singer, opened the rect address for the business you talkie age with the words,"You ain I t heard nothin I yet I",a calc­ have in mind. Return library mat­ ulated phrase which reeks of the erials to the library address. same forced profunc1ity of "One TAPE LIBRARY:Dom Parisi small step for a man;one giant 38 Ardmore Place leap for mankind",the dramatic Buffalo~N.Y. 14213 LUX HALLMARK climax 01' a 196Us prime time spec­ (716) 8tJ4-2004 RADIO THEATER PLAYHOUSE tacular. The late 1920s also saw 9:00 P. M. 10:00 P. M. the emergence of Freeman Gosden REFERENCE LIBRARY:Pete Bellanca f~om AI Jol••••tan .1 .,...1' I. v•• Mefll••tan I. "tie rei. and Charles Correll marginal 1620 Ferry Road .t "Ster, of n .....411...··1 Grand Island, "Jell.' SI... A'al.". actors into Amos and Andy,radio's first wildly successful series. N.Y. 14072 HOLLywOOD OVER THE AIR:MOVIE (716) 773-2485 From the start radio and the mov­ STARS AND OLD TIME RADIO ies cooperated and did not compete; OTHER BUSINESS:OTRC Amos and Andy was so popular that P.O. Box 119 by AU H. Walle theaters stopped their films at Kenmore,N.Y. 14217 7:00pm and piped the show to the (716) 877-2387 In his autobiography, Tread­ audience. Until both radio and LETTERS TO IP:Kean Crowe mill To Oblivion,Fred Allen wrote, the movies were irrevocably chang­ 200 Woodward Drive "When a radIo comedian's program ed by the emergence of television West Seneca,N.Y. is finally finished it slinks down in the early 1950s,they were twin rr. 14224 Memory Lane into the limbo of yes­ medias often supportive of each lDI­ (716) 674-6123 terday's happy hours. All that other and exchanging acting per­ the comedian has to show for his sonnel,writers,directors,and even ~er COLUMNISTS:Jerry Collins years of work and aggravation is story lines. 56 Christen Court the echo of forgotten laUghter." My time today allows me to Lancaster,N.Y. 14086 Although written as a personal merely rough out my chain of ...1 Hy Daley assessment,Allen's words are an thought and I will limit my com­ M 437 South Center appropriate epitaph for the golden ments to two specific aspects of loY Corry,Pa. 16407 age of radio. Even with a new in­ this relationship. First,I will ~. terest in vintage radio, typified outline the profound influence L­ Stu Mann by numerous recent publications in which one radio personality, Orson 44 Ganson Street this area,radio is a forgotten Welles,had upon the history of North Tonawanda,N.Y. medium. both radio and cinema. Second, I 14120 The scant attention which will give a brief account of the Jim Snycler radio gets often takes the form of various Hollywood based radio 517 Nortl1 Hamilton st. a left handed compliment;it is Saginaw,M1oh. 48602 presented as a mindless nostalgia­ invoking pastime,which in the ret­ rospect of the 1970s,parodies it­ self. Writing in this tradition, NEW MEMBERS: commentators and critics have of­ Peter T. Liaros,2056 Do~e Rd. ten loaded the dice;finely pro­ B.ADiherat,I.Y. 14051 duced shows of sophistication are Daniel Kje1dgaard,101 Bas81 Dr. usually ignored while simplistic Butfalo,N.Y. 14225 and cliched children's shows are T. Wysocki,P.O.Box b164,station F exploited for their camp appeal. Hamilton, Ontario,Can. Vintage radio,however,pos­ sessed a sophistication which eas­ ily eclipses modern television. DEADLINE:for the August IP-July 16th There are several possible explan­ for the Sept.