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Happy Birthday, House Jameson!

Happy Birthday, House Jameson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 17th 2013

When radio’s popular family sitcom The Aldrich Family came to television in the fall of 1949, it soon established a reputat
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Happy Birthday, Dorothy Lamour!

Happy Birthday, Dorothy Lamour!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 10th 2013

The woman born on this date in 1914 is best remembered by moviegoers as someone who made something as simple as a sarong lo
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Happy Birthday, William Spier!

Happy Birthday, William Spier!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 5th 2013

The man who brought listeners “radio’s outstanding theatre of thrills” (Suspense!) and “the greatest private detective of t
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Happy Birthday, J. Scott Smart!

Happy Birthday, J. Scott Smart!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 27th 2013

While two of the radio programs based on characters created by author Dashiell Hammett—The Adventures of the Thin Man and T
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Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff!

Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 23rd 2013

Born on this date in 1887, William Henry Pratt no doubt had little inkling that he was destined to become a horror film ico
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Happy Birthday, Dick Powell!

Happy Birthday, Dick Powell!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 14th 2013

Born in Arkansas on this date in 1904, the man christened Richard Ewing Powell would prove to be one of show business’ true
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