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The Punch and Benny Show: Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 17th 2012

Four years after the celebrated radio “feud” between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen got underway, Paramount Pictures d

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 9th 2012

Some time back, a PR representative was nice enough to send me a promotional copy of a DVD box set entitled Dark Crimes: a

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 31st 2012

Singer-actor Tony Martin, who starred in such films as Ziegfeld Girl and Casbah, left this world for a better one on Friday,

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 16th 2012

A surviving excerpt of radio’s The Fitch Bandwagon from April 23, 1944 features Broadway sensation Celeste Holm singing (co

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 7th 2012

Since the days of the nickelodeons, serials (or “chapter plays,” as they were also called) entertained motion picture audie

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 6th 2012

At 7:30am EDT this Saturday morning, July 7th, Turner Classic Movies will show the 1942 WW2 musical comedy Seven Days’ Leav