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Happy Birthday, J. Carrol Naish!

Happy Birthday, J. Carrol Naish!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 21st 2018

At the beginning of each weekly broadcast of the radio sitcom Life with Luigi, the program’s announcer would introduce Luig
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Happy Birthday, William Bendix!

Happy Birthday, William Bendix!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 14th 2018

In movies, television—and especially on radio—actor William Bendix frequently played a typical blue-collar working stiff.
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Happy Birthday, Richard Kollmar!

Happy Birthday, Richard Kollmar!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 31st 2017

From 1941 to 1949, Columbia Pictures entertained devoted moviegoers with a series of films based on a character created by
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Happy Birthday, Irene Dunne!

Happy Birthday, Irene Dunne!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 20th 2017

Irene Dunne is acknowledged by many classic movie fans to be the greatest actress who never won an Academy Award. It wasn’
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Happy Birthday, Jay Jostyn!

Happy Birthday, Jay Jostyn!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 13th 2017

In 1975, actor Jay Jostyn related an amusing anecdote to author Chuck Schaden (Speaking of Radio) about an event held at Ne
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Happy Birthday, Frank Graham!

Happy Birthday, Frank Graham!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 22nd 2017

In 1950, actor-announcer Frank Graham was at the peak of his radio career. He was the star of Jeff Regan, Investigator—a
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