Happy Birthday, Eddie Green!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 16th 2016
If what I’m hearing are the
familiar strains of “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”—then we’ve apparently
stumbled into old-time
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Happy Birthday, Bert Lahr!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 13th 2016
In
his indispensable reference book The Great Movie Shorts, film
historian Leonard Maltin made this observation of Leon Err
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Happy Birthday, Gracie Allen!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 26th 2016
She
was born Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen on this date in 1895, in “the city by
the bay” (San Francisco, CA). Fortunat
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Happy Birthday, William Gargan!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 17th 2016
In
1940, actor William Gargan—born in Brooklyn, NY on this date in 1905—received
appreciative tribute from his peers when h
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“Under the cold, glaring lights pass the innocent…the vagrant…the thief…the murderer…”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 6th 2016
The
introduction of Jack Webb’s Dragnet to NBC Radio’s
schedule in June of 1949 would soon inspire several imitators focuse
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“Oh…the big red letters stand for the Jell-O family…”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 2nd 2016
Comedy
was king during the Golden Age of Radio; funsters like Jack Benny, Bob Hope,
Edgar Bergen (and Charlie McCarthy), an
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