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Happy Birthday, Dana Andrews!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 1st 2017

Author Carl Rollyson’s 2012 biography of actor Dana Andrews—born Carver Dana Andrews on this date in 1909—is titled Hollywo

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

Despite appearances in only two dozen films in an eight-year time span, Sydney Hughes Greenstreet—born on this date in 1879

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 9th 2016

On April 8, 1941, an actor named Earle Graser was killed in an automobile accident. A tragic event to be sure, but what co

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 24th 2016

Have you ever wondered why a lot of the announcers from the AFRS versions of your radio favorites sound like Howard Duff?

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 15th 2016

On radio, one of the rare daytime dramas to stand out from its weepy brethren and sistren was Hilltop House—a series that t

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 8th 2016

Though September 30, 1962 is often acknowledged as the date when The Golden Age of Radio ended, director-producer-writer Wi