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Articles / NewsDick Powell: He Led Three Lives
By Elizabeth McLeod Some performers were noted for their consistency — actors who spent their entire lives playing the ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Fanny Brice!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Show business’ original “Funny Girl” was born Fania Borach in New York City on ...
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Articles / News“Get me that man with the flat voice!”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Comedian Fred Allen had worked himself up through the vaudeville ranks (he started out ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Jan Miner!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr On radio, one of the rare daytime dramas to stand out from its weepy ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Damon Runyon!
By Elizabeth McLeod The Oxford Dictionary defines the term “Runyonesque” as “of, relating to, or characteristic of Damon Runyon ...
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Articles / NewsThe Honeymoon’s Not Over
By Ivan G Shreve Jr For a show that had a relatively short life on radio and television, The ...
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Articles / News“Who knows…what evil…lurks in the hearts of men…”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr My introduction to old-time radio came about in the 1970s, when the “nostalgia boom” ...
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Articles / NewsJune Foray, Cartoon Voice and Radio Actress, Passes Away at 99
Special June Foray Tribute will air this evening (Thursday July 27th) at 8pm ET (5pm PT) and then will ...
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Articles / News“I get ten a day and expenses…they call me the Lyon’s Eye.”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr During his stint at San Francisco’s KGO in the mid-1940s, John Randolph “Jack” Webb ...
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Articles / NewsFrom Chorus To Stardom: The Rise of Alice Faye
By Elizabeth McLeod It’s one of the most well-worn clichés in show business — the bright young thing in ...
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