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Happy Birthday, Elliott Lewis!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 28th 2018

“Elliott Lewis was the greatest actor of them all,” declared veteran radio scribe E. Jack Neuman in an interview with Leona

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 22nd 2018

It would become one of radio’s most beloved weekly rituals in the late 1940s: comedian Fred Allen would venture into “Allen

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 18th 2018

In 2009, Bear Manor Media published Did You Grow Up with Me, Too?: The Autobiography of June Foray. The titular performer—

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 16th 2018

The woman born Betty Joan Perske in New York City on this date in 1924 had a burning ambition to become an actress. After

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 29th 2018

“The First Lady of Radio.” That’s the fitting appellation given to actress Lurene Tuttle, born Lurene Susie Tuttle in Plea

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 28th 2018

Any self-respecting impressionist attempting to imitate actor Charles Boyer—born in Figeac, Lot, France on this date in 189