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Happy Birthday, Fred MacMurray!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 30th 2016

With his first credited film appearance in 1935’s Grand Old Girl, it didn’t take long before Frederick Martin MacMurray—bor

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 22nd 2016

Actress Lesley Woods is described in author Jim Cox’s compendium The Great Radio Soap Operas as someone who “made a career

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 16th 2016

If what I’m hearing are the familiar strains of “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”—then we’ve apparently stumbled into old-time

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 13th 2016

In his indispensable reference book The Great Movie Shorts, film historian Leonard Maltin made this observation of Leon Err

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 17th 2016

In 1940, actor William Gargan—born in Brooklyn, NY on this date in 1905—received appreciative tribute from his peers when h

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 6th 2016

The introduction of Jack Webb’s Dragnet to NBC Radio’s schedule in June of 1949 would soon inspire several imitators focuse