Classic movies - Posts - Page 35

Happy Birthday, Frances Langford!

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 22nd 2017

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

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 8th 2017

On March 24, 1949, actress Claire Trevor—born in Brooklyn, NY on this date in 1910—received one of the highest honors a per

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 25th 2017

He was an actor who did it all: stage, television, movies…and for us fans of the aural medium, plenty of old-time radio. J

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 10th 2017

From the 1920s and onward, James Francis Durante—born in Manhattan on this date in 1893—was the entertainer who advised aud

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 17th 2017

The only scriptwriter to receive sole credit on two of the Marx Brothers’ classic feature film comedies was Irving Brecher,