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Happy Birthday, Ronald Colman!

Happy Birthday, Ronald Colman!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 9th 2020

In February of 2012, an auction by Nate D. Sanders Memorabilia successfully sold fifteen Academy Awards Oscars for a total
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Happy Birthday, Jane Morgan!

Happy Birthday, Jane Morgan!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 16th 2019

She possessed one of the most distinctive voices heard over the radio airwaves—but you might be surprised to learn that the
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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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Happy Birthday, Maurice Tarplin!

Happy Birthday, Maurice Tarplin!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 1st 2019

A 1946 issue of Radio Mirror noted that “practically everyone connected with the Boston Blackie show is a former athlete.”
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Happy Birthday, Earle Ross!

Happy Birthday, Earle Ross!

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

As a boy, actor Earle Ross had been gifted with a beautiful soprano voice—one that he put to good use singing in the boys’
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Happy Birthday, Edgar Barrier!

Happy Birthday, Edgar Barrier!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 4th 2019

Life in motion pictures was never easy for actor Edgar Barrier. It wasn’t that the work was difficult—it’s that whenever E
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