Birthday - Posts - Page 33

Happy Birthday, Lesley Woods!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 22nd 2016

Actress Lesley Woods is described in author Jim Cox’s compendium The Great Radio Soap Operas as someone who “made a career

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 16th 2016

If what I’m hearing are the familiar strains of “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”—then we’ve apparently stumbled into old-time

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 13th 2016

In his indispensable reference book The Great Movie Shorts, film historian Leonard Maltin made this observation of Leon Err

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 26th 2016

She was born Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen on this date in 1895, in “the city by the bay” (San Francisco, CA). Fortunat

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 17th 2016

In 1940, actor William Gargan—born in Brooklyn, NY on this date in 1905—received appreciative tribute from his peers when h

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 13th 2016

Basil Rathbone was born on this date in 1892—and I’ll come clean right from the get-go: I am a tremendous fan of the actor’