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Happy Birthday, Charlie Cantor!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 4th 2016

The actor best known for making his weekly entrance on Duffy’s Tavern with a cheery “Duhhh…hello, Arch!” was born on this d

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 30th 2016

With his first credited film appearance in 1935’s Grand Old Girl, it didn’t take long before Frederick Martin MacMurray—bor

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 16th 2016

If what I’m hearing are the familiar strains of “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”—then we’ve apparently stumbled into old-time

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 13th 2016

In his indispensable reference book The Great Movie Shorts, film historian Leonard Maltin made this observation of Leon Err

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 26th 2016

She was born Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen on this date in 1895, in “the city by the bay” (San Francisco, CA). Fortunat

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 17th 2016

In 1940, actor William Gargan—born in Brooklyn, NY on this date in 1905—received appreciative tribute from his peers when h