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Happy Birthday, Wally Maher!

Happy Birthday, Wally Maher!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 4th 2018

In the annals of movie animation, there was never a cartoon character quite like Screwball “Screwy” Squirrel. Described by
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Happy Birthday, Alice Frost!

Happy Birthday, Alice Frost!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 1st 2018

At the turn of the twentieth century, a career as an actor or actress was frowned upon in “proper” society.” Aspirations t
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Happy Birthday, Stacy Harris!

Happy Birthday, Stacy Harris!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 26th 2018

Before embarking on his long career as a much-in-demand actor on radio, TV, and in the movies, Stacy Harris—born in Big Tim
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Happy Birthday, Orson Welles!

Happy Birthday, Orson Welles!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 6th 2018

Author Gore Vidal once remarked of Orson Welles: “For the television generation he is remembered as an enormously fat and g
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Happy Birthday, Paul McGrath!

Happy Birthday, Paul McGrath!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 11th 2018

On May 29, 1945, radio’s popular Inner Sanctum Mysteries welcomed inside “the creaking door” a new host to replace the depa
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Happy Birthday, Lou Merrill!

Happy Birthday, Lou Merrill!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 1st 2018

An item in the September 25, 1939 edition of The Van Nuys News trumpets the motion picture debut of actor Louis Merrill—bor
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