Happy Birthday, Olan Soule!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 28th 2021
In 1947, when the dramatic
anthology The First
Nighter Program moved from its long-time Chicago home to
Hollywood, leading
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Happy Birthday, Victor Moore!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 24th 2021
In the 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon Ain’t That Ducky,
Daffy Duck encounters a most unusual hunter: a sportsman who looks and so
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Happy Birthday, Ann Sheridan!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 21st 2021
In
Tinsel Town, she was known as “The Oomph Girl.” Ann Sheridan—born on this
date in 1915—loathed the nickname. “Just bei
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Happy Birthday, Clark Gable!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 1st 2021
In
Hollywood, he was reverentially referred to as “The King.” William Clark
Gable, born in Cadiz, OH on this date in 1901,
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“When man hunts man!”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 27th 2020
The Golden Age of
Radio featured many programsthat, despite their excellence, failed to attract a large listening
audience.
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Happy Birthday, Berry Kroeger!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 16th 2020
Berry Kroeger’s initial show
business ambition was to become a concert pianist. Kroeger didn’t lack
for talent, you unders
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