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Happy Birthday, Howard Culver!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 4th 2017

In the summer of 1949, with CBS working on the idea for what would eventually become Gunsmoke, an audition was recorded (“M

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 29th 2017

We’re commemorating Memorial Day today…and it seems only fitting that the entertainer who established his legacy performing

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 26th 2017

With the death of Barton Yarborough in December of 1951, Jack Webb was anxious to find a replacement for the actor who had

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 3rd 2017

At one time in the 1940s, the man born Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby, Jr. in Tacoma, Washington on this date in 1903 was the t

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 4th 2017

“Just play it like a nagging wife” was comedy writer Philip Rapp’s suggestion to actress-singer Frances Langford, who was a

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 22nd 2017

The untimely death of “platinum blonde” Jean Harlow at the age of 26 was devastating news to moviegoers…but since the motio