Radio western - Posts - Page 8

Happy Birthday, Jeanette Nolan!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 30th 2018

Actress Jeanette Nolan—born in Los Angeles on this date in 1911—met future husband John McIntire while working on a West Co

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 28th 2018

“Elliott Lewis was the greatest actor of them all,” declared veteran radio scribe E. Jack Neuman in an interview with Leona

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 22nd 2018

It would become one of radio’s most beloved weekly rituals in the late 1940s: comedian Fred Allen would venture into “Allen

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 2nd 2018

Despite the fact that radio’s I Love a Mystery had closed up shop over CBS Radio on December 29, 1944, Columbia Pictures wa

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 25th 2018

The man born Thomas Hezikiah Mix in Mix Run, Pennsylvania in 1880 became a Western legend during the 20th century…and he di

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 18th 2018

In 2009, Bear Manor Media published Did You Grow Up with Me, Too?: The Autobiography of June Foray. The titular performer—