Re: Stand By For Crime
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Ian Grieve
Not entirely accurate regarding an Australian version. Grace Gibson was one of a group of investors in that series from the get go. 26 episodes were made in the U.S. and they were terrible, the other investors dropped out. Grace brought Langan to Australia and made 27-52 using Australian actors. Langan couldn't sight read the scripts and act. He treated the scripts like movie scripts and tried to memorise each one then act. Lots of problems with the series as a result. Also lots of problems for other reasons. Grace had brought the first 26 episodes to Australia with Langan, she had the 16" Transcriptions under her arm and walked through customs. This was at a time when the Importation of such items from the U.S. was still banned. U.S. Dollars were for War use not frivolities. After the series was finished Grace offered the series to a Sydney station for broadcast who took it. An opposition station had wanted the series and was annoyed and told the authorities about her bringing the 26 episodes in. Grace unfortunately tried to bluff with a lie, Reg James had to front the authorities to show proof of their arrival by post, couldn't, Grace was charged, found guilty and fined. Reg always considered the series to be one the worst they made and hated it to his last days. Ian
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From: "adam" <adam@...>
Sent: 3/09/2020 3:17:22 AM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Stand By For Crime
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