Happy Birthday, Steve Dunne!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 13th 2015
Certified
couch potatoes have seen today’s birthday boy guest star in a number of TV
classics: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, B
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“You’re durn tootin’, Hoppy!”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 1st 2015
The August 11, 1941 broadcast of
CBS’ Forecast marked
the first time the character of Hopalong Cassidy was offered up to ra
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“Look out, Jerry—he’s got a gun!”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 30th 2014
For
Nick and Nora Charles, the famed imbibing couple created by Dashiell Hammett in
the 1934 novel The Thin Man, sleuthing
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Review: Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 22nd 2014
Previously
on the Radio Spirits blog, I discussed Alias Boston Blackie (1942),
the third entry in the popular Columbia Pict
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Happy Birthday, Jeff Chandler!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 15th 2014
If you were given a name like “Ira
Grossel” at birth…chances are you’d have a long career as a certified public
accountant
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Happy Birthday, Ezra Stone!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 2nd 2014
The
star of radio’s The Aldrich Family, Ezra Stone, may have
portrayed an endearingly awkward teenager over the airwaves…bu
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