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Happy Birthday, Fletcher Markle!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 27th 2016

Today’s birthday celebrant was once dubbed “the Canadian Orson Welles”…and after leaving The Great White North in 1946, Fle

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 25th 2016

If you were to ask character actor Edward James Begley—born in Hartford, Connecticut on this date in 1901—about the highlig

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 5th 2016

The legendary Fred Allen had words of high praise in his book Treadmill to Oblivion for long-time Fred Allen Show regular

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 1st 2016

The last time we got together here on the blog we celebrated Sheldon Leonard’s birthday…and I described his career as a “hy

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 22nd 2016

Nowadays, the concept of the “hyphenate” is fairly common in Hollywood—the word is used to describe anyone in show business

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 14th 2016

It’s Valentine’s Day! Time for the traditional exchange of cards, candy, flowers, and other affectionate gifts with our lov