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Happy Birthday, Bill Thompson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 8th 2019

When he was five years old, actor Bill Thompson lost his voice campaigning around the country selling Liberty bonds (Americ

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 5th 2019

One night in 1941, child actor Tommy Cook was determined to see the Republic cliffhanger serial Jungle Girl. You see, he h

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 7th 2019

A September 24, 1938 edition of Radio Guide describes a “radio first” executed by actress Alice Frost and Jack Johnstone, t

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 29th 2019

As a boy, actor Earle Ross had been gifted with a beautiful soprano voice—one that he put to good use singing in the boys’

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 4th 2019

Life in motion pictures was never easy for actor Edgar Barrier. It wasn’t that the work was difficult—it’s that whenever E

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 12th 2019

In the 1950s, with technological strides being embraced by the dying medium of radio, the Columbia Broadcasting System star