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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, William Gargan!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. In 1940, actor William Gargan—born in Brooklyn, NY in 1905—received appreciative tribute from his ...
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Articles / NewsPERIOD, END OF REPORT: Sam Spade on Radio
By Elizabeth McLeod Radio wasn’t all about hard-boiled detectives — even though you might think so given the popularity ...
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Articles / News“Oh…the big red letters stand for the Jell-O family…”
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Comedy was king during the Golden Age of Radio; funsters like Jack Benny, Bob ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Santos Ortega!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Radio historian and Radio Spirits contributor Jim Widner once asked humorously of today’s birthday ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Peter Lorre!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. On this date in 1904, a son was born to Alajos Löwenstein and Elvira ...
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Articles / News“…true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land from every time…”
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Even as he continued to convulse audiences weekly in the 1950s as Frankie Remley, ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Walter Tetley!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. It wasn’t a drink from the legendary Fountain of Youth that kept today’s birthday ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Vincent Price!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. If actor Vincent Price—born Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. on this date in St. Louis, ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, James Stewart!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. James Maitland Stewart, the Academy Award-winning actor beloved by theatergoers as “the boy next ...
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Articles / NewsBoy Wonder: The Radio Life of Orson Welles
By Elizabeth McLeod Some performers take a lifetime to reach their full potential, and some pack an entire lifetime’s ...
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