Happy Birthday, Van Johnson!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 25th 2019
During the 1940s,
the man born Charles Van Dell Johnson in Newport, Rhode Island on this date in
1916 was known as Metro-Go
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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, 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!
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!
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!
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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