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Happy Birthday, House Jameson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 17th 2013

When radio’s popular family sitcom The Aldrich Family came to television in the fall of 1949, it soon established a reputat

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 10th 2013

The woman born on this date in 1914 is best remembered by moviegoers as someone who made something as simple as a sarong lo

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 27th 2013

While two of the radio programs based on characters created by author Dashiell Hammett—The Adventures of the Thin Man and T

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 23rd 2013

Born on this date in 1887, William Henry Pratt no doubt had little inkling that he was destined to become a horror film ico

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 4th 2013

With the celebration of her ninety-fourth birthday today (she was born in 1919), actress Shirley Mitchell is the last survi

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 28th 2013

Today’s birthday celebrant—born in Providence, Rhode Island on this date in 1895—may not possess the cachet of other charact