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Happy Birthday, Don Diamond!

Happy Birthday, Don Diamond!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 4th 2020

The actor born Donald Alan Diamond in Brooklyn, NY on this date in 1921 was in real life a rather nondescript individual…bu
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Happy Birthday, Betty Lou Gerson!

Happy Birthday, Betty Lou Gerson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 20th 2020

George Allen took over as director of the West Coast radio mystery anthology The Whistler beginning in the mid-40s, and one
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Happy Birthday, Fran Carlon!

Happy Birthday, Fran Carlon!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 2nd 2020

Actress Fran Carlon—born in Indianapolis, Indiana on this date in 1913—was married to actor-announcer Casey Allen for many
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“…the stars’ own theatre…”

“…the stars’ own theatre…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 8th 2020

The glamour of the motion picture industry often disguised an uncomfortable truth—that it was an enterprise that rarely ha
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The Robin Hood of Modern Crime

The Robin Hood of Modern Crime

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 6th 2020

His creator described him as “a buccaneer in the suits of Savile Row, amused, cool, debonair, with hell-for-leather blue ey
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