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Happy Birthday, J. Scott Smart!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 27th 2013

While two of the radio programs based on characters created by author Dashiell Hammett—The Adventures of the Thin Man and T

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 23rd 2013

Born on this date in 1887, William Henry Pratt no doubt had little inkling that he was destined to become a horror film ico

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 14th 2013

Born in Arkansas on this date in 1904, the man christened Richard Ewing Powell would prove to be one of show business’ true

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 4th 2013

With the celebration of her ninety-fourth birthday today (she was born in 1919), actress Shirley Mitchell is the last survi

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 28th 2013

Today’s birthday celebrant—born in Providence, Rhode Island on this date in 1895—may not possess the cachet of other charact

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 16th 2013

Sixty-nine years ago on this date, Mutual-Don Lee West Coast listeners got their first taste of Brett Halliday’s sleuthing