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Happy Birthday, Ben Alexander!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 26th 2017

With the death of Barton Yarborough in December of 1951, Jack Webb was anxious to find a replacement for the actor who had

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 26th 2017

“If I had known it would last this long, I would never have created the darn thing.” So observed John Meston, the writer w

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 27th 2017

Old-time radio historian Jim Harmon minced no words in his book Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Te

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 22nd 2017

The untimely death of “platinum blonde” Jean Harlow at the age of 26 was devastating news to moviegoers…but since the motio

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 9th 2016

On April 8, 1941, an actor named Earle Graser was killed in an automobile accident. A tragic event to be sure, but what co

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 23rd 2016

By the beginning of the 1950s, television had started to make major inroads as the preferred home entertainment source for