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Happy Birthday, Tommy Cook!

Happy Birthday, Tommy Cook!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 5th 2019

One night in 1941, child actor Tommy Cook was determined to see the Republic cliffhanger serial Jungle Girl. You see, he h
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Happy Birthday, Ed Gardner!

Happy Birthday, Ed Gardner!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 29th 2019

It was on a short-lived radio series entitled This is New York that comedian Ed Gardner found his creative muse…playing a p
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Happy Birthday, Clayton “Bud” Collyer!

Happy Birthday, Clayton “Bud” Collyer!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 18th 2019

“I never try to force people into impossible situations on the shows,” observed Clayton “Bud” Collyer to Radio Mirror in Ju
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Happy Birthday, Joseph Julian!

Happy Birthday, Joseph Julian!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 9th 2019

At the time I borrowed Joseph Julian’s This Was Radio from my hometown public library as a kid, I wasn’t all that familiar
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“The story of your police force in action.”

“The story of your police force in action.”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 3rd 2019

Joe Friday: Room 5. That was the title of the script for a proposed TV pilot, written by Herb Ellis and Jack Webb, as 1948
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Happy Birthday, Herbert Marshall!

Happy Birthday, Herbert Marshall!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 23rd 2019

The man born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall on this date in 1890 is revered by classic movie mavens as one of the premiere
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