Birthday - Posts - Page 29

Happy Birthday, Ben Alexander!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 26th 2017

With the death of Barton Yarborough in December of 1951, Jack Webb was anxious to find a replacement for the actor who had

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 3rd 2017

At one time in the 1940s, the man born Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby, Jr. in Tacoma, Washington on this date in 1903 was the t

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 4th 2017

“Just play it like a nagging wife” was comedy writer Philip Rapp’s suggestion to actress-singer Frances Langford, who was a

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 31st 2017

Lester Joseph Damon—born in Providence, RI on this date in 1908—was memorably described by my Radio Spirits colleague Eliza

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 27th 2017

Old-time radio historian Jim Harmon minced no words in his book Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Te

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 22nd 2017

The untimely death of “platinum blonde” Jean Harlow at the age of 26 was devastating news to moviegoers…but since the motio