Happy Birthday, Ray Bolger!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 10th 2023
Of the artist born Raymond Wallace Bolger on this
date in 1904 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, authors Ephraim Katz and Ronald
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Happy Anniversary, George & Gracie!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 7th 2023
By 1922, entertainer
George Burns was a vaudeville “veteran.” He knew enough about show business to
understand what would w
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Happy Birthday, Cliff Arquette!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 28th 2022
From 1957 until his passing
in 1974, Clifford Charles Arquette—born in Toledo, Ohio on this date in
1905—rarely appeared in
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Happy Birthday, Ray Noble!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 17th 2022
The mention of “Ray Noble” to an old-time radio fan
no doubt conjures up memories of the English bandleader who was the orch
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Happy Birthday, Andy Williams!
Posted by Ivan G Shreve, Jr. on Dec 3rd 2022
It’s one of those Hollywood myths that refuses to
die: that crooner Andy Williams—born Howard Andrew Williams in Wall Lake,
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Happy Birthday, Pat O’Brien!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 11th 2022
The man born William Joseph Patrick
O'Brien in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on this date in 1899 was frequently referred to
in the
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