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Paul Kornman
I'm certainly no expert, but maybe (for example) Even though the end of the episode mentions "next week: 'Heart Also Sees'", I think it is possible that the entire earlier 1952-10-08 episode, |
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The maintained set is available at https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Maintained_Destination_Freedom. The episode should be titled Anna Zenger there. There is also an "Anna's Story" episode in the 1950 series, but it is a completely different subject. Like many of the later episodes in the 1950 series, I don't think that one was based on any specific historical events. On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 4:12 PM Bob Stepno <Rstepno@...> wrote:
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Bob Stepno
Thanks, Brian! I mentioned the Anna Zenger episode of Destination Freedom when I wrote about the series some years ago, but hadn't been able to find an online recording of it. Time for an update! Now that you've revived my interest, I see that the episode now is available in the OTRR Library collection (but without Anna's last name or a plot summary) and even at YouTube! https://jheroes.com/real-life-reporters/destination-freedom/ Tipping the hat... Bob |
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Bob Pedersen
In checking the Family Theater shows in the OTRR, I found the following mislabeled shows:
Family Theater 50-12-27 (201) The Littlest Angel is actually from December 21, 1949;
Family Theater 51-03-21 (212) The Passion and Death of Christ is actually from March 25, 1948;
Family Theater 52-04-02 (264) The Story of Little Tree is actually from March 8, 1951;
Family Theater 1952.04.09 The Passion And Death Of Christ is actually from March 25, 1948;
Family Theater 1952.07.30 Womans Touch is actually from September 6, 1950;
Family Theater 52-09-03 (283) Stopwatch Finale is from September 4, 1954;
Family Theater 52-09-17 (285) Curtain Call for Genesius is actually from January 30, 1952;
Family Theater 53-02-18 (306) Heritage of Home is actually from February 13, 1952;
Family Theater 1955.04.06 The Passion And Death Of Christ is actually from March 25, 1948;
Family Theater 1956.04.04 The Story Of Little Tree is actually from April 10, 1954;
Family Theater 1957.07.24 Mail Order Missus is actually from October 8, 1952.
All dates are easily identified by listening to the announcement of next week’s show at the end of the program.
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bob Merritt
Sent: August 1, 2022 3:24 PM To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Family Theater volunteer
I have 518, 501, 500, 251 as .mp3 files. Plus one unidentified .wav file.
Let me know if you want them. I should note I haven't verified they're correct! I'm going by the file names. Thanks!
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 12:11 AM Richard Davenport <klingon1@...> wrote:
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Somewhat off-topic, but there's another adaptation of the Anna Zenger book from the 1950 version of Destination Freedom, episode 20, broadcast 2/25/1951 on WMAQ Chicago. Cast list is below. Maurice Copeland - Paul Revere Bob Ecklund - radio adaptation/writer John Cowan - producer/director Geraldine Kaye - Anna Zenger Carlton KaDell - John Zenger Everett Clark Donald Gallagher Jess Pugh Emil Soderstrom - composer Helen Morton - organ Jose Bethancourt - music George Wilson - engineer Cliff Mueller - sound effects Bill Griskey - announcer On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 1:19 PM Bob Stepno <Rstepno@...> wrote:
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Bob Stepno
Thanks for this discussion, which sent me off looking into Family Theater for the first time -- as is my usual thing -- in search of episodes that featured newspaper reporters and editors to include in my "Newspaper Heroes on the Air" blog, https://jheroes.com If anyone has a great ear for actors' voices, read on to see if you can help me out with cast members mentioned below. Skimming plot summaries for keywords like "newspaper," "reporter" and "editor," I found a few Family Theater episodes to listen to, thanks to Goldin's index, Dunning, Haendiges and the OTRR Library... And I'll be posting the first one shortly, using a link to the OTRR Library copy of the MP3 file of a biography of John Peter Zenger, whose trial established American courts' "truth" defense against libel, and whose wife Anna became one of America's first women newspaper editors while he was in jail, and who brings a top lawyer into her husband's case. Unfortunately, the cast announcement at the end of the program does NOT identify the actor playing Zenger (jailed, it's not much of a role). Can anyone better at recognizing cast voices help me name him? Pat O'Brien is the narrator, and Raymond Burr gets star billing as Andrew Hamilton, the great Philadelphia lawyer who won the trial by appealing to the jury, not the established case law. Only one woman is listed in the cast, so I am assuming that Jeanne Bates is the heroine of the tale, Anna Zenger. If I'm wrong, please holler! (For radio trivia fans: Anne Harding and Rosalind Russell had already played Anna Zenger on Cavalcade of America.) Other male cast members to choose from include Michael Hayes, Tudor Owen, Herb Rawlinson, Bill Johnstone, Stan Waxman and Jack Kruschen. Back to Richard's question whether Jerry H has any of the missing Family Theater shows. Here are Jerry's log and Dave Goldin's database listing search results: https://www.otrsite.com/logs/logf1007.htm
For this series in particular, I love Jerry's skimmable format of just giving the title, date and cast... I had never listened to any of Family Theater, and given the OTRR Library's synopsis (from Dunning), I wouldn't be likely to: (Synopsis: Family Theater was created by Father Patrick Peyton of the Holy Cross Fathers in an effort to promote family unity and prayer. Initially it was seen as a forum to broadcast the Rosary: when the networks refused to allow such a narrow one-denominational appeal, Peyton broadened the scope, made it a weekly drama, added the glamor of Hollywood, and saved the 'message' for the slots normally reserved for commercials. - On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning) BUT, looking at Jerry's cast lists puts the series in a whole new light! What an amazing array of Hollywood stars! It's enough to make me wonder whether the Catholic Church was trading indulgences (or annulments) for participating in "Family Theater"! The cast lists were also an easy way to answer an obvious question of whether the recurring titles indicated rebroadcasts of transcriptions, or entirely new performances of the same script... For instance, "Hound of Heaven," about the author of a poem I remember from high school, is included with five separate dates (and the same plot summary) in the OTRR Library collection and six times at Jerry's otrsite.com , including a 1952 repeat labelled as such. But look at the casts! Hound of Heaven, Casts: 34 10-02-47 :29:41 Mark Stevens, Marven Miller
121 06-08-49 :29:29 Jack Benny, Dan O'Herlihy, Rod O'Conner
209 02-21-51 :29:40 Host: Jane Withers Stars: Mel Ferrer Narrator: Rod O'Conner Author: Fred Lipp
267 04-16-52 :29:40* Jane Withers, Mel Ferrer, Rod O'Conner Repeat of 2-21-51
395 10-27-54 :24:41 Host: Loretta Young. Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Raymond Burr, Jeanne Bates, Ben Wright, Richard Peale, Thomas F. O'Neill (Chairman of the Board of Mutual Broadcasting) has a closing message. Announcer: Tony La Frano Music by Harry Zimmerman Author: Fred Lipp. Produced & Directed by John T.Kelley Meanwhile, while writing the blog post about the Zenger episode for jheroes.com, I browsed around the Wikipedia entries for Father Peyton and his radio creations, which actually did include a Mutual network rosary broadcast May 13, 1945, including Bing Crosby. You all might find these interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Peyton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Rosary_Crusade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Theater Cheers, Bob in the Blue Ridge |
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I have 518, 501, 500, 251 as .mp3 files. Plus one unidentified .wav file. Let me know if you want them. I should note I haven't verified they're correct! I'm going by the file names. On Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 12:11 AM Richard Davenport <klingon1@...> wrote: I just finished reviewing my set of Family Theater. I am missing the following shows... |
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No, we have not scoured other sources yet. I always like to start with group members because we have a lot of resources just amongst us to start with. Ryan www.RyanEllett.com The Old Time Radio Researchers "Saving the Past for the Future"
On Monday, August 1, 2022, 03:50:47 PM CDT, Richard Davenport <klingon1@...> wrote:
Strange how such random shows are missing. I wonder if Jerry H has any of the missing shows. Also, I presume we have checked all the usual sources for the missing shows. YouTube, ebay, online sellers? I wonder how many folks receive this email? Rick > On Jul 31, 2022, at 4:39 PM, Park Lawrence <plawrence@...> wrote: > > I checked my Family Theater collection and I’m missing the same as you. Park > >> On Jul 30, 2022, at 11:11 PM, Richard Davenport <klingon1@...> wrote: >> >> I just finished reviewing my set of Family Theater. I am missing the following shows... >> >> 518, 500, 501, 251, 163 & 164, 106, 81 >> >> I have 6 encoded at 128br. The rest are at 32br. >> >> Rick >> >> >> Labor ipse voluptas >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 08:44:48 AM CDT, Karl Schadow <bluecar91@...> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Will send bio to Ryan. >> >> Karl >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes=yahoo.com@groups.io> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 5:43 PM >> To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> >> Subject: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Family Theater volunteer >> >> >> >> We have received a very nice set of Family Theater that will make a nice, new Maintained set. Is anyone interested in doing a short bio (1 page or so) of Father Patrick Peyton, the man behind the series? Apparently he wrote a biography in 1967 that has a few chapters about the series. >> Thanks! >> Ryan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > |
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jackies@tularosa.net
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I get the emails and I read them but since December I don't do a lot of replying because In Dec. I had covid and was really sick the whole month. I am still having chronic nerve pain because of it. But OTR sure helps when you don't feel good. Jackie P.S. I love your name. That was my Older brother's name. I miss him. We lost him to Covid a year ago. On 2022-08-01 2:50 pm, Richard Davenport wrote:
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Richard Davenport
Strange how such random shows are missing. I wonder if Jerry H has any of the missing shows. Also, I presume we have checked all the usual sources for the missing shows. YouTube, ebay, online sellers? I wonder how many folks receive this email?
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Park Lawrence
I checked my Family Theater collection and I’m missing the same as you. Park
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Richard Davenport
I just finished reviewing my set of Family Theater. I am missing the following shows...
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518, 500, 501, 251, 163 & 164, 106, 81 I have 6 encoded at 128br. The rest are at 32br. Rick Labor ipse voluptas On Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 08:44:48 AM CDT, Karl Schadow <bluecar91@...> wrote:
Will send bio to Ryan. Karl ________________________________ From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes@...> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 5:43 PM To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> Subject: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Family Theater volunteer We have received a very nice set of Family Theater that will make a nice, new Maintained set. Is anyone interested in doing a short bio (1 page or so) of Father Patrick Peyton, the man behind the series? Apparently he wrote a biography in 1967 that has a few chapters about the series. Thanks! Ryan |
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Karl Schadow
Will send bio to Ryan.
Karl
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 5:43 PM To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> Subject: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Family Theater volunteer We have received a very nice set of Family Theater that will make a nice, new Maintained set. Is anyone interested in doing a short bio (1 page or so) of Father Patrick Peyton, the man behind the series? Apparently he wrote a biography in 1967 that has
a few chapters about the series.
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Richard Davenport
I am working now to check to see what of the 540 original shows I am missing. Most of my set is 32br. Do we have improved versions of that?
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Do we know what of that original set is missing from the library? I have to head to bed but I know I have eps 1-50 complete for now. Rick Labor ipse voluptas On Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 04:43:15 PM CDT, Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes@...> wrote:
We have received a very nice set of Family Theater that will make a nice, new Maintained set. Is anyone interested in doing a short bio (1 page or so) of Father Patrick Peyton, the man behind the series? Apparently he wrote a biography in 1967 that has a few chapters about the series. Thanks! Ryan |
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We have received a very nice set of Family Theater that will make a nice, new Maintained set. Is anyone interested in doing a short bio (1 page or so) of Father Patrick Peyton, the man behind the series? Apparently he wrote a biography in 1967 that has a few chapters about the series.
Thanks! Ryan |
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