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Happy Birthday, Shirley Temple!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 23rd 2021

There’s a classic Jack Benny Show telecast from the 1960s (but really…aren’t they all classics?) where Jack, having ordered

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 19th 2021

On the subject of the Golden Age of Radio, one word frequently comes to mind: versatility. Its dramatic shows often present

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 16th 2021

In 1938, aspiring actress Joan Alexander found herself in Vienna after a lengthy tour of major cities in North America, Lat

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 23rd 2021

“Joan Crawford has passed into myth as a demented martinet whose greatest need or belief concerned padded clothes hangers,”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 28th 2021

In 1947, when the dramatic anthology The First Nighter Program moved from its long-time Chicago home to Hollywood, leading

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 24th 2021

In the 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon Ain’t That Ducky, Daffy Duck encounters a most unusual hunter: a sportsman who looks and so