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Happy Birthday, Jan Miner!

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 4th 2016

The Oxford Dictionary defines the term “Runyonesque” as “of, relating to, or characteristic of Damon Runyon or his style, l

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 1st 2016

In the 1941 movie classic Citizen Kane, Kane’s business manager Mr. Bernstein makes an observation that remains in the memo

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 30th 2016

I’m certainly not the first person to observe that the best directors—whether they work in film, television, theater, or el

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 4th 2016

The actor best known for making his weekly entrance on Duffy’s Tavern with a cheery “Duhhh…hello, Arch!” was born on this d

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 30th 2016

With his first credited film appearance in 1935’s Grand Old Girl, it didn’t take long before Frederick Martin MacMurray—bor