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Happy Birthday, Vincent Price!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 27th 2015

If actor Vincent Price—born Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. on this date in St. Louis, Missouri in 1911—had decided to ignore th

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 6th 2015

It never fails…every time I tune into an episode of The Jack Benny Program (be it on radio or TV) and Jack needs help from

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 13th 2015

It was on this date in 1941 that Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond began what the announcer referred to as “his American adve

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 7th 2015

On this date in 1943, the first of several attempts to introduce radio to one of the most memorable of literary sleuths got

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 4th 2015

In the 1949 film The Life of Riley—based on the successful radio situation comedy created by Irving Brecher (who also direc

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 27th 2015

If I stated up front that the man who’s in our birthday spotlight today transcended his meager beginnings as a mere thespia