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Review: After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)

Review: After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 20th 2014

Jewel thief “Diamond” Ed Barnaby (Walter Baldwin) has just been paroled from prison, and his loving daughter Betty (Ann Sav
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Review: Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)

Review: Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 23rd 2014

Though the title of the fourth entry in Columbia’s Boston Blackie series—which stars Chester Morris as reformed safecracker
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Happy Birthday, Hans Conried!

Happy Birthday, Hans Conried!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 15th 2014

The man born Hans Georg Conried, Jr. on this date in 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland is described by author Leonard Maltin in h
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Happy Birthday, Jack Kruschen!

Happy Birthday, Jack Kruschen!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 20th 2014

Character great Jack Joseph Kruschen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on this date in 1922. A dues-paying member of the “Hey
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Review: Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Review: Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 14th 2014

It’s Christmas Eve, and reformed safecracker Horatio “Boston Blackie” Black (Chester Morris) has arranged for a vaudeville
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Happy Birthday, David Friedkin!

Happy Birthday, David Friedkin!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 8th 2014

The birth of one of radio’s most prolific and celebrated writers occurred on this date one hundred and two years ago. Davi
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