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Transcriptions of the daily blog Waldina. We celebrate people, places, and things that inspire us. We celebrate classic radio plays.
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"Escape! Escape!" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 24, 1974
June 24, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 17.7 MB"Escape! Escape!" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 24, 1974 Plot: Two prisoners escape from detention with the help of a young woman. Trouble begins when they take refuge in a seemingly abandoned house in the woods. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 94th Birthday Bob Fosse
June 23, 2021 15:04 - 4 minutes - 4.22 MBToday is the 94th birthday of the choreographer Bob Fosse. I am partial to Sweet Charity, but Cabaret is pretty much perfection. He helped propel dance into the widely-recognized and appreciated art form that it is today. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/23/happy-94th-birthday-bob-fosse/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho...
Happy 82nd Birthday Scott Burton
June 23, 2021 15:02 - 5 minutes - 3.03 MBToday is the 82nd birthday of the artist Scott Burton. His sculptures are beautiful. His life was too short. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/23/happy-82nd-birthday-scott-burton/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 68th Birthday Cyndi Lauper
June 23, 2021 01:01 - 10 minutes - 9.79 MBToday is the 68th birthday of the singer/songwriter/actor/activist Cyndi Lauper. I remember when her “She’s So Unusual” album was released. She was unusual, she was different, she was everything that we needed, but didn’t know we needed. She has changed the landscape of music and activism over her 30+ year career and we are all the better for it. Song: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/22/happy-68th-birthday-cyndi-lauper/...
“Tis a Fearful Thing” – Judah Halevi
June 22, 2021 01:50 - 1 minute - 1.34 MB‘Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch. A fearful thing to love, to hope, to dream, to be – to be, And oh, to lose. A thing for fools, this, And a holy thing, a holy thing to love. For your life has lived in me, your laugh once lifted me, your word was gift to me. To remember this brings painful joy. ‘Tis a human thing, love, a holy thing, to love what death has touched.” This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/21/tis-a-fearful-th...
Happy 100th Birthday Judy Holliday
June 22, 2021 00:56 - 8 minutes - 7.49 MBToday is the 100th birthday of the actress Judy Holliday. Her film performances are all perfection, she will draw you in on a wonderful journey and you will be forever changed through it. You will be a Judy Holliday fan. Two of my favorites are It Should Happen To You and Born Yesterday. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/21/happy-100th-birthday-judy-holliday/...
"Pickup on South Street" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 23, 1954
June 21, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MB"Pickup on South Street" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 23, 1954 Thelma Ritter, Terry Moore, and Stephen McNally. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Secret Doctrine" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 20, 1974
June 20, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MB"The Secret Doctrine" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 20, 1974 Plot: After suffering a devastating rejection at the hands of her favorite actor, an obsessed fan directs her violent rage against her former idol. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Symphony of Death" - Candy Matson - June 20, 1950
June 20, 2021 13:00 - 29 minutes - 17.1 MB"Symphony of Death" - Candy Matson - June 20, 1950 Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson. --- Send in a voice message: http...
Happy 125th Birthday Wallis Simpson
June 19, 2021 15:55 - 4 minutes - 2.62 MBToday is the 125th birthday of Wallis Simpson. The king gave up the throne for her. Her style remained impeccable for her entire life. Have you seen W.E.? Brilliant. It seems that she and Edward were Nazi sympathizers, smug, and generally unpleasant to be around. Can we separate the art from the artist and still admire one simultaneously despising the other? I sometimes think yes, and most often think no. Tell me what you think. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://wal...
Happy 120th Birthday Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia
June 19, 2021 01:06 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBToday is the 120th birthday of Anastasia, the Russian duchess that was executed with her entire family, servants and dog by Bolsheviks led by Vladmir Lenin. Books and movies have been produced based on the chance that she somehow survived, but science has caught up and her remains have been confirmed along with the rest of her family. Still, who doesn’t love a good “princess in hiding” fairy tale? This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/18/happy-120th-bir...
Happy 125th Birthday Blanche Sweet
June 19, 2021 01:04 - 5 minutes - 2.87 MBToday is the 125th birthday of the silent movie actress Blanche Sweet. She made over 160 movies, nearly all of them silent and was one of the many actors that did not make the transition to ‘talkies’. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/18/happy-125th-birthday-blanche-sweet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 18, 1974
June 18, 2021 13:00 - 53 minutes - 21.6 MB"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 18, 1974 Plot: An unforeseen accident gives birth to the evil alter ego of the doctor in charge of the experiment. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 156th Birthday Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
June 18, 2021 03:14 - 6 minutes - 3.55 MBToday is the 156th birthday of the first Native American physician, activist, and today’s Google Doodle Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte. Her story should inspire everyone, it touches on obstacles, determination, and persistence. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/17/happy-156th-birthday-dr-susan-la-flesche-picotte/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaste...
Happy 139th Birthday Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
June 18, 2021 03:11 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBToday is the 139th birthday of the composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky. He was one of the collection of vibrant artists, dancers, writers, composers, musicians from all over the world that gravitated to Paris between the wars. His works are immediately recognizable and universally adored. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. Music: Stravinsky: The Firebird / Gergiev · Vienna Philarmonic · Salzburg Festival 2000 This episode is als...
"After the Thin Man" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 17, 1940
June 17, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 27.1 MB"After the Thin Man" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 17, 1940 Staring: William Powel and Myrna Loy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Three Times Dead" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 17, 1974
June 17, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes - 21.7 MB"Three Times Dead" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 17, 1974 Plot: A store-keeper shows his gratitude to the police officer that saves them by giving his wife a magical figurine able to grant three boons. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 112th Birthday Burl Ives
June 15, 2021 00:13 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBToday is the 112th birthday of the actor and singer Burl Ives. His voice is Frosty the Snowman’s in the stop motion animation TV shows from the mid 60s and I cannot not buy his records when I am at thrift stores. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. Song: A Holly Jolly Christmas This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/14/happy-112th-birthday-burl-ives/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters...
Happy 95th Birthday Paul Lynde
June 13, 2021 15:50 - 6 minutes - 3.65 MBToday is the 95th birthday of Paul Lynde. He had a lengthy and varied career, but I remember him best as Uncle Arthur. Also, there is the EPIC of Halloween episode of The Paul Lynde Show. Don't worry, I included the whole episode below. I cannot even prepare you for the experience. It is everything. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/13/happy-95th-birthday...
"The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" - Lux Radio Theater - June 13, 1949
June 13, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MB"The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" - Lux Radio Theater - June 13, 1949 Starring Cary Grant and Shirley Temple. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The House of the Seven Gables" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 13, 1974
June 13, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes - 21.7 MB"The House of the Seven Gables" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 13, 1974 Plot: A fresh take on Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic tale of tragedy shadowing the lives of the manor residents, and the curse visited upon them. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Rat" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 12, 1974
June 12, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 17.7 MB"The Rat" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 12, 1974 Plot: Enraged by the faithlessness of his wife, a genius scientist creates a highly-evolved rodent and sends it to attack his wife's lover. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 111th Birthday Jacques Cousteau
June 11, 2021 15:33 - 8 minutes - 4.79 MBToday is the 111th birthday of the modern-day explorer Jacques Cousteau. I remember watching reruns of his TV show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was a kid. He taught me about the world of the sea while his counterpart Marlin Perkins taught me about the world of the land on his show Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/0...
Happy 99th Birthday Judy Garland
June 11, 2021 00:17 - 19 minutes - 11 MBToday is the 99th birthday of the singer and actor Judy Garland. Her life reads like a tragic Hollywood Musical that she could have played. Highs and lows and a legacy that is as strong as ever. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. Song: Over The Rainbow at the age of 21. Recorded during a Command Performance radio program. Song: By Myself from The Judy Garland Show (1964) This episode is also available as a blog post: http://wal...
"A Bargain in Blood" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 10, 1974
June 10, 2021 13:00 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MB"A Bargain in Blood" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 10, 1974 Plot: When a strange turn of events allows a young man to switch illnesses with the diseased, a young man uses his gift to win the approval of his sweetheart's father. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 115th Birthday Huguette Marcelle Clark
June 10, 2021 01:44 - 5 minutes - 3.28 MBToday is the 115th birthday of the mysterious heiress recluse Huguette Clark. Everyone loves a recluse, she is no exception. The mystery, the reasons why, the exceptionally bottomless wealth. It’s a great story. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/09/happy-115th-birthday-huguette-marcelle-clark/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po...
Happy 130th Birthday Cole Porter
June 10, 2021 00:30 - 9 minutes - 7.46 MBToday is the 130th birthday of the composer who wrote the songs “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top,” and “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love”: Cole Porter. Most of his recognizable songs were written within a 10-year period between the wars. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/09/happy-130th-birthday-cole-porter/ --- Send in a voice message: https://pod...
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 9, 1941
June 09, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MB"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 9, 1941 Credits Cecil B. DeMille — producer Louis Silvers — music director Melville Ruick — announcer Charlie Forsyth — sound effects Cast Bob Hope — David Smith Carole Lombard — Ann Krausheimer Smith Bill Goodwin — Chuck Benson Jack Arnold — Jeff --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 154th Birthday Frank Lloyd Wright
June 09, 2021 02:08 - 11 minutes - 6.45 MBToday is the 154th birthday of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He was my first introduction to the concept that buildings and interiors can be simple, beautiful, functional, and unique. That surroundings can be inspiring. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/08/happy-154th-birthday-frank-lloyd-wright/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.co...
Happy 88th Birthday Joan Rivers
June 09, 2021 02:05 - 9 minutes - 5.5 MBToday is the 88th birthday of the bold, brash, and brave entertainer Joan Rivers. She broke down barriers, shattered walls, reinvented herself, diversified, and redefined career longevity. Her long list of accomplishments is hard to choose a favorite, but I really do love Girl Most Likely To, the 70s TV movie she co-wrote. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/0...
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
June 09, 2021 02:03 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBSeventy-two years ago today, the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. It has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It also popularized the term “Orwellian” as an adjective, with many terms used in the novel entering common usage, including “Big Brother”, “doublethink”, “Thought Police”, “thoughtcrime”, “Newspeak”, “memory hole”, “2 + 2 = 5”, “proles”, “Two Minutes Hate”, “telescreen”, and “Room 101”. Time included it on its 100 best English-language novel...
"The Thin Man" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 8, 1936
June 08, 2021 14:00 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MB"The Thin Man" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 8, 1936 Staring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, William Henry, and Thomas Jackson --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 173rd Birthday Paul Gauguin
June 07, 2021 15:23 - 6 minutes - 3.85 MBToday is the 173rd birthday of the artist Paul Gauguin. He art is primitive and modern and colorful and brings a smile to the viewer’s face. Years ago, I was on Moorea in Tahiti, there were little signs about a house where he lived or stayed for a while. I loved finding history in a place that I was only expecting to find white sand and blue water. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http:...
Happy 104th Birthday Gwendolyn Brooks
June 07, 2021 15:22 - 7 minutes - 3.21 MBToday is the 104th birthday of the poet Gwendolyn Brooks. She is the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize. Her work is incredible. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/07/happy-104th-birthday-gwendolyn-brooks/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Deadly Darling Dolores" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 6, 1974
June 06, 2021 23:09 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MB"Deadly Darling Dolores" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 6, 1974 Plot: A conspiracy to destroy all animal life on the planet is exposed by a scientist. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 109th Birthday Maria Montez
June 06, 2021 15:29 - 16 minutes - 9.34 MBToday is the 109th birthday of the actress and “Queen of Technicolor” Maria Montez. Her life was a classic Hollywood story, full of glamour, travel, and maybe even a bit of scandal. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/06/happy-109th-birthday-maria-montez/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy Birthday 422nd Diego Velázquez
June 06, 2021 15:26 - 4 minutes - 3.75 MBToday is the 422nd birthday of the “painter’s painter” Diego Velázquez. Widely admired by generations of artists and rightly so, his work is so very alive. It captures snapshots of time beautifully. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/06/happy-birthday-422nd-diego-velazquez/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"A Doll's House" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 6, 1938
June 06, 2021 14:00 - 58 minutes - 23.5 MB"A Doll's House" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 6, 1938 Staring: Joan Crawford as Nora and Basil Rathbone as Torvald --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Prisoner Of Zenda" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 5, 1939
June 05, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 33.9 MB"Prisoner Of Zenda" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 5, 1939 STARING: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Jane Eyre" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 5, 1944
June 05, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBNETWORK: CBS DATE: June 5, 1944 Monday 9:00 PM STARING: John Milton Kennedy, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 114th Birthday Rosalind Russell
June 05, 2021 00:50 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBToday is the 114th birthday of Rosalind Russell. Suggesting any one of her films to watch is in no way discounting any of the others. I adore The Women, His Girl Friday, Gypsy, and Mrs. Pollifax - Spy, just for starters. You may have your own, it is hard to not have at least a couple. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. My Favorite Wife - Lux Radio Theatre - Dec 19, 1940 - Starring Rosalyn Russell, Laurence Olivier, and Gail Patri...
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
June 05, 2021 00:37 - 4 minutes - 2.4 MBSeventy-three years ago today, the film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. As a promotion for the film, the studio built 73 “dream houses” in various locations in the United States, selling some of them by raffle. The house built for the 1948 film still stands on the old Fox Ranch property in Malibu Creek State Park in the hills a few miles north of Malibu. It is used as an office for the Park. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/04/mr-blandings-buil...
Happy 142nd Birthday Alla Nazminova
June 03, 2021 16:01 - 4 minutes - 4.59 MBToday is the 142nd birthday of the silent film star Alla Nazminova. Her life story has the sort of arc that could only be believed as a work of fiction. She was one of the most respected stage actresses and became the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She produced her own films when no one was, she built a gigantic mansion, threw lavish parties and lived a very free lifestyle. All that and she found time to be Nancy Reagan’s godmother. The world is a better place because she was in it ...
Happy 97th Birthday Colleen Dewhurst
June 03, 2021 15:59 - 7 minutes - 4.38 MBToday is 97th birthday of Colleen Dewhurst. I was lucky enough to sit in on a Master Class given by her at Interlochen and was blown away by her life and career. To be honest, I had only known her from the Anne of Green Gables series, but her stories and inspiration that day compelled me to see more. That voice! She was an amazing example of how life should be spent. The world is better because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as ...
Happy 115th Birthday Josephine Baker
June 03, 2021 15:57 - 6 minutes - 3.91 MBToday is the 115th birthday of the one and only Josephine Baker. Her iconic everything has cemented her in a time and place forever: Paris between the wars. The first song of hers that I ever heard was J’ai Deaux Amors and I remember really listening to it and seeking out more of her music. Her story is tremendous and her trajectory is that of no other. She started life in St. Louis and by the time of her death, the entire world was in love with her. Parisians named a swimming pool in ...
Happy 69th Birthday Gilbert Baker
June 03, 2021 00:34 - 5 minutes - 3.02 MBToday is the 69th birthday of the activist Gilbert Baker. I first learned of his exceptional contributions to the world through Randy Shilts’ book and was happy to see him get more exposure through Dustin Lance Black’s miniseries. You have done the world a great service if Google makes a doodle to celebrate your birthday. The world is a better place because he is in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/02/hap...
Happy 131st Birthday Hedda Hopper
June 03, 2021 00:33 - 7 minutes - 4.44 MBToday is the 131st birthday of Hollywood actress and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. There were some really great scenes of her in the Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud that personalized her a bit more than I think I had ever really considered. If you listen to podcasts and are not already enjoying You Must Remember This, you really will. Start from the beginning or skip straight to the Hedda Hopper Louella Parsons season. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the los...
Happy 95th Birthday Marilyn Monroe
June 02, 2021 00:07 - 10 minutes - 6 MBToday is the 95th birthday of the woman that is an American icon, even fifty years after her death: Marilyn Monroe. Do yourself a favor and watch The Misfits sometime soon. You won’t be disappointed. One of my favorite stories about her is that for 20 years after her death, Joe Dimaggio had red roses delivered to her crypt twice a week. Generations of flower shop delivery boys learned the story, made the drive to visit her final resting place in honor of their baseball hero, replace the ...
“The Diamond As Big As The Ritz” – F. Scott Fitzgerald (1922)
June 01, 2021 23:30 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBOne of the many novels that have stuck with me and I carry around in my head is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald called “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.” The story first appeared in the June 1922 issue of The Smart Set, a popular magazine of the 1920s. Originally titled “The Diamond in the Sky,” Fitzgerald had attempted to sell it to the Saturday Evening Post, which had published many of his other stories, but its harsh anticapitalistic message was rejected by the conservative ...
Happy 125th Birthday Howard Hawks
May 30, 2021 17:18 - 7 minutes - 4.39 MBToday is the 125th birthday of the film director Howard Hawks. He directed one of my very favorite films Bringing Up Baby as well as His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and I Was A Male War Bride. The genres are as varied as the stories themselves, but all excellently told. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/05/30/happy-125th-...