Blog - Page 69 - Radio Spirits

Happy Birthday, Dorothy Lamour!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 10th 2013

The woman born on this date in 1914 is best remembered by moviegoers as someone who made something as simple as a sarong lo

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 5th 2013

The man who brought listeners “radio’s outstanding theatre of thrills” (Suspense!) and “the greatest private detective of t

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 27th 2013

While two of the radio programs based on characters created by author Dashiell Hammett—The Adventures of the Thin Man and T

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 23rd 2013

Born on this date in 1887, William Henry Pratt no doubt had little inkling that he was destined to become a horror film ico

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 14th 2013

Born in Arkansas on this date in 1904, the man christened Richard Ewing Powell would prove to be one of show business’ true

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 4th 2013

With the celebration of her ninety-fourth birthday today (she was born in 1919), actress Shirley Mitchell is the last survi