Birthday - Posts - Page 16

Happy Birthday, Tommy Cook!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 5th 2019

One night in 1941, child actor Tommy Cook was determined to see the Republic cliffhanger serial Jungle Girl. You see, he h

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 29th 2019

It was on a short-lived radio series entitled This is New York that comedian Ed Gardner found his creative muse…playing a p

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 18th 2019

“I never try to force people into impossible situations on the shows,” observed Clayton “Bud” Collyer to Radio Mirror in Ju

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 9th 2019

At the time I borrowed Joseph Julian’s This Was Radio from my hometown public library as a kid, I wasn’t all that familiar

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 23rd 2019

The man born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall on this date in 1890 is revered by classic movie mavens as one of the premiere

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 21st 2019

Shortly after its premiere in 1932, The Jack Benny Program started a tradition of featuring tenor vocalists to entertain du