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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

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

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 10th 2018

For generations both old and new, Judy Garland—born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota on this date in 1922—will

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

Character great Jeanne Bates—born in Berkeley, California on this date in 1918—started her show business career as a billbo

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 17th 2018

It was a cold January day in 1946 when Jack Benny, attending the Rose Bowl game, made the acquaintance of a hot dog salesma

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