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Happy Birthday, Olan Soule!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 28th 2021

In 1947, when the dramatic anthology The First Nighter Program moved from its long-time Chicago home to Hollywood, leading

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 24th 2021

In the 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon Ain’t That Ducky, Daffy Duck encounters a most unusual hunter: a sportsman who looks and so

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 21st 2021

In Tinsel Town, she was known as “The Oomph Girl.” Ann Sheridan—born on this date in 1915—loathed the nickname. “Just bei

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 1st 2021

In Hollywood, he was reverentially referred to as “The King.” William Clark Gable, born in Cadiz, OH on this date in 1901,

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 16th 2020

Berry Kroeger’s initial show business ambition was to become a concert pianist. Kroeger didn’t lack for talent, you unders

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 10th 2020

The 1968 feature film comedy With Six You Get Eggroll served as actress-singer Doris Day’s cinematic swan song. Dodo would