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Tribute to John Drainie

Item number (ISN):

426229

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

426229

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: RADIO ARCHIVES

Accession:

2010-0036

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1966-11-04

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

producer/narrator, Bill McNeil

Description:

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This is a special program in tribute to the late Canadian actor John Drainie. The following people speak about him: producer J.Frank Willis; actor Tommy Tweed, who worked with Drainie; Thom Benson, who was working on a profile of Drainie for the CBC television program TELESCOPE when Drainie died; producer Andrew Allan; actress Ruth Springford; music director Lucio Agostini; producer Esse W. Ljungh, who comments on Drainie as Jake in the JAKE AND THE KID series; W.O. Mitchell, author of JAKE AND THE KID; Billie Mae Richards, who played the kid in the series; producer Harry J. Boyle; music director Morris Surdin; James Gilmore, CBC Vice-President, who recalls working with Drainie in the early days of CBC; Henry Comor, President of the Canadian Actors Union, who calls John Drainie "the finest radio actor in the world"; Fletcher Markle, host of the TELESCOPE series, about John Drainie's great enthusiasm; producer Robert Weaver, about the series STORIES WITH JOHN DRAINIE; producer, John Reeves; Dave Tasker, CBC executive, about the early days with John Drainie in Vancouver; and Lister Sinclair. There is a clip of John Drainie talking about audiences. <15mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Broadcast on the CBC Radio A.M. network.

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Vault ISN:

510672

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

4583AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

15:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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