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Happy Birthday, Jeff Corey!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 10th 2017

In May of 2017, the memoirs of character actor Jeff Corey—born Arthur Zwerling in Brooklyn on this date in 1914—were publis

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 31st 2017

If we were to truly recognize the birthday of author Brett Halliday, we’d have to settle in for a series of blog posts. “

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 19th 2017

It seems odd that an actor who claimed to have emoted on over 10,000 radio broadcasts and provided voiceovers for 700 comme

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 12th 2017

At the height of his phenomenal fame on television as the star of The Texaco Star Theatre, Milton Berle was the target of a

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 7th 2017

On this date in 1947, the CBS Radio Network decided to complement its celebrated “outstanding theatre of thrills” with an

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 22nd 2017

“Paul Frees is EVERYWHERE!” A cartoonist of my acquaintance adopted that statement as both a personal mantra and a tribute