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Happy Birthday, Mae West!

Happy Birthday, Mae West!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 17th 2019

It’s a textbook example of how a mediocre movie can be redeemed by the appearance of a personality whose mere presence domi
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Happy Birthday, Alfred Hitchcock!

Happy Birthday, Alfred Hitchcock!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 13th 2019

It was a story that he frequently told in interviews: when Sir Alfred Hitchcock was only five years old, his father (who re
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Happy Birthday, Verna Felton!

Happy Birthday, Verna Felton!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 20th 2019

It’s a bit of a stretch but try to imagine Verna Felton—the actress who appeared on Jack Benny’s radio/TV show as Dennis Da
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Happy Birthday, Bill Thompson!

Happy Birthday, Bill Thompson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 8th 2019

When he was five years old, actor Bill Thompson lost his voice campaigning around the country selling Liberty bonds (Americ
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Happy Birthday, Tommy Cook!

Happy Birthday, Tommy Cook!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 5th 2019

One night in 1941, child actor Tommy Cook was determined to see the Republic cliffhanger serial Jungle Girl. You see, he h
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Happy Birthday, Ed Gardner!

Happy Birthday, Ed Gardner!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 29th 2019

It was on a short-lived radio series entitled This is New York that comedian Ed Gardner found his creative muse…playing a p
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