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Happy Birthday, Les Damon!

Happy Birthday, Les Damon!

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

Lester Joseph Damon—born in Providence, RI on this date in 1908—was memorably described by my Radio Spirits colleague Eliza
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Happy Birthday, Fred Foy!

Happy Birthday, Fred Foy!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 27th 2017

Old-time radio historian Jim Harmon minced no words in his book Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Te
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Happy Birthday, Paula Winslowe!

Happy Birthday, Paula Winslowe!

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

The untimely death of “platinum blonde” Jean Harlow at the age of 26 was devastating news to moviegoers…but since the motio
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Happy Birthday, Claire Trevor!

Happy Birthday, Claire Trevor!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 8th 2017

On March 24, 1949, actress Claire Trevor—born in Brooklyn, NY on this date in 1910—received one of the highest honors a per
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Happy Birthday, Jim Backus!

Happy Birthday, Jim Backus!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 25th 2017

He was an actor who did it all: stage, television, movies…and for us fans of the aural medium, plenty of old-time radio. J
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Happy Birthday, Alonzo Deen Cole!

Happy Birthday, Alonzo Deen Cole!

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

Before radio audiences eagerly anticipated each week the memorably unsettling sound of a creaking door (on Inner Sanctum My
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