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Happy Birthday, Don Quinn!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 18th 2018

The most fortuitous event that occurred in the life of writer-cartoonist Don Quinn—born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on this d

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 6th 2018

The actor born Frank Winfield Russell Marion Derwent Readick, Jr. (that’s what he called himself in a 1932 issue of Radio G

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 22nd 2018

It would become one of radio’s most beloved weekly rituals in the late 1940s: comedian Fred Allen would venture into “Allen

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 2nd 2018

Despite the fact that radio’s I Love a Mystery had closed up shop over CBS Radio on December 29, 1944, Columbia Pictures wa

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 18th 2018

In 2009, Bear Manor Media published Did You Grow Up with Me, Too?: The Autobiography of June Foray. The titular performer—

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 16th 2018

The woman born Betty Joan Perske in New York City on this date in 1924 had a burning ambition to become an actress. After