Classic movies - Posts - Page 40

“If trouble is around, yours truly will most likely get a chunk of it.”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 24th 2016

On this date in 1949, actor Dick Powell whistled his very first rendition of “Leave it to Love” on NBC’s Richard Diamond, Pr

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

In the early years of Radio’s Golden Age, those individuals who worked in radio discovered fairly quickly that the medium w

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 8th 2016

The premiere of NBC Radio’s Dimension X on this date in 1950 was inspired by the phenomenal box office success of Universa

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 27th 2016

Today’s birthday celebrant was once dubbed “the Canadian Orson Welles”…and after leaving The Great White North in 1946, Fle

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 25th 2016

If you were to ask character actor Edward James Begley—born in Hartford, Connecticut on this date in 1901—about the highlig

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 5th 2016

The legendary Fred Allen had words of high praise in his book Treadmill to Oblivion for long-time Fred Allen Show regular