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Happy Birthday, Claude Rains!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 10th 2022

Claude Rains—born William Claude Rains in Clapham, London, England on this date in 1889—made his American film debut in one

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 27th 2022

If you’re familiar with the career of the comic actor born John Elmer Carson on this date in 1910, you’ve no doubt heard Ja

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 8th 2022

On this date in 1935, bandleader Oswald George Nelson (we know him as “Ozzie Nelson”) tied the knot with Peggy Sue Snyder (

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 30th 2022

One of the more charming features of the radio sitcom The Halls of Ivy was college president William Todhunter Hall’s (Rona

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 13th 2022

The man born Richard Benjamin Haymes in Buenos Aires, Argentina on this date in 1918 was at one time a serious rival to Bin

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 28th 2022

Actors, when they’re very lucky, concentrate on their chief profession: acting. The less fortunate thesps, however, often ha