Happy Birthday, Ed Begley!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 25th 2016
If
you were to ask character actor Edward James Begley—born in Hartford,
Connecticut on this date in 1901—about the highlig
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Happy Birthday, Antony Ellis!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 1st 2016
The last time we got together here
on the blog we celebrated Sheldon Leonard’s birthday…and I described his career
as a “hy
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Happy Birthday, Sheldon Leonard!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 22nd 2016
Nowadays,
the concept of the “hyphenate” is fairly common in Hollywood—the word is used
to describe anyone in show business
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The Older-And-No-Wiser Matter
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 11th 2016
He picked up the receiver on the
first ring of the phone. “Johnny Dollar.”“Johnny? Pat McCracken, Universal Adjustment Burea
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Happy Birthday, William Johnstone!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 7th 2016
Old-time
radio fans know that when Orson Welles made the decision to abandon his role as
Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) a
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“He hunts the biggest of all game! Public enemies who try to destroy our America!”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 31st 2016
In
the annals of radio broadcasting, Detroit, Michigan’s WXYZ was a truly
remarkable station. It would introduce one of the
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