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“Get this and get it straight…”

“Get this and get it straight…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 17th 2018

In 1932, having been dismissed from his position as a vice-president with the Dabney Oil Syndicate, Raymond Chandler decide
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A ventriloquist…on the radio?

A ventriloquist…on the radio?

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 17th 2017

On this date in 1936, The Royal Gelatin Hour’s Rudy Vallee introduced a very unusual guest:Why—people have been asking me f
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“Laugh a while/Let a song/Be your style…”

“Laugh a while/Let a song/Be your style…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 29th 2017

Though he had firmly established his persona as a flashy, hard-drinking playboy with an eye for exquisite female pulchritud
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