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“Extra, extra—get your Illustrated Press!”

“Extra, extra—get your Illustrated Press!”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 19th 2016

The Golden Age of Radio—and this may be a good or bad thing, depending upon your opinion of the Fourth Estate—was a regular
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Happy Birthday, Jan Miner!

Happy Birthday, Jan Miner!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 15th 2016

On radio, one of the rare daytime dramas to stand out from its weepy brethren and sistren was Hilltop House—a series that t
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Happy Birthday, William N. Robson!

Happy Birthday, William N. Robson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 8th 2016

Though September 30, 1962 is often acknowledged as the date when The Golden Age of Radio ended, director-producer-writer Wi
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Happy Birthday, Everett Sloane!

Happy Birthday, Everett Sloane!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 1st 2016

In the 1941 movie classic Citizen Kane, Kane’s business manager Mr. Bernstein makes an observation that remains in the memo
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Happy Birthday, Lamont Johnson!

Happy Birthday, Lamont Johnson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 30th 2016

I’m certainly not the first person to observe that the best directors—whether they work in film, television, theater, or el
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The Strangest of Puzzles

The Strangest of Puzzles

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 12th 2016

Walter Brown Gibson leaned back in his chair for a well-deserved stretch after spending a number of hours hunched over his
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