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Happy Birthday, Ozzie Nelson!

Happy Birthday, Ozzie Nelson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 20th 2023

In 1930, Oswald George Nelson—born in Jersey City, New Jersey on this date in 1906—graduated with a law degree from Rutgers
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Leave Us Not Forget This Anniversary

Leave Us Not Forget This Anniversary

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 1st 2023

On this date in 1941, radio audiences made their first visit to a dingy, dank East Side watering hole affectionately known a
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Happy Birthday, Jackie Gleason!

Happy Birthday, Jackie Gleason!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 26th 2023

According to legend, it was no less a personage than the legendary Orson Welles who nicknamed the man born Herbert Walton Gl
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Happy Birthday, Edward Arnold!

Happy Birthday, Edward Arnold!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 18th 2023

Here’s a tidbit of interesting trivia for classic movie fans: you know character great Edward Arnold as the personification
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Happy Birthday, Brian Donlevy!

Happy Birthday, Brian Donlevy!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 9th 2023

With the competition from that problem child called television and the government-enforced breakup of their production and
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Happy Birthday, Truman Bradley!

Happy Birthday, Truman Bradley!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 8th 2023

Automobile magnate Henry Ford was anxious to locate an announcer for his Sunday evening symphony program, known to radio li
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