Celeste Holm (1917-2012)
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 16th 2012
A
surviving excerpt of radio’s The Fitch Bandwagon from
April 23, 1944 features Broadway sensation Celeste Holm singing (co
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Seven Days’ Leave (1942): “Please won’t you leave my girl alone…”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 6th 2012
At
7:30am EDT this Saturday morning, July 7th, Turner Classic Movies
will show the 1942 WW2 musical comedy Seven Days’ Leav
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Ann Rutherford (1917-2012)
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 13th 2012
It was her recurring role in M-G-M’s series of Andy Hardy films that firmly cemented Ann Rutherford’s onscreen “girl next doo
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The Man Who Taught America How to Sing
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 9th 2012
The small town of Tyrone, Pennsylvania added Fredrick Malcolm Waring to its population on this date in 1909—of course, Fredri
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