This Was Nifty in August 1950
News Headlines & Boomer Entertainment Trivia from August, 1950: Classic Movies Premiere - Sunset Boulevard; Nat King Cole's Mona Lisa is #1 Hit Song; Edith Sampson is First African-American Woman…
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How Brewster Made and Lost Millions
or, The Millionaire Publisher and the Movie Star Lawyer and pioneering publisher Eugene V. Brewster made his millions publishing early movie fan magazines such as Motion Picture Magazine, SHADOWLAND, and Motion…
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July 1949 Moments in Time
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from July, 1949 - David O. Selznick Weds Jennifer Jones; WWII Hero Audie Murphy's Best-Selling Memoir To Hell and Back; Classic Film-Noir Release: Too Late…
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Melies Star Film Ranch & Company
For a little less than 18 months, the Star Film Ranch sat on a 20-acre property located near the Mission San Jose (southern San Antonio, Texas). Seventy-odd silent movies (westerns)…
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Barbara Feldon is Agent 99 No More
Would you believe...writer, model, and actress Barbara Feldon once tried out for a job as a stripper? No slouch off camera, she spent a lot of her time compensating for…
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The Comedy of Carl Reiner Will Live On
Author, screenwriter, producer, director, and actor Carl Reiner passed away June 29, 2020 at the age of 98. Many fans of the comedy of Carl Reiner may remember his best…
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June 1949 Moments in Time
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from June, 1949: Classic Movie Release - Jimmy Stewart in The Stratton Story; First Women Graduates of Harvard Medical School; George Orwell's 1984 is Published.…
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Little Richard - His Story and Songs
Little Richard died of bone cancer on April 9, 2020 at the age of 87. This is his story, including 9 vintage performances of his classics: Long Tall Sally, Tutti Frutti, Rip…
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Forever Rowdy Clint Eastwood
Academy Award-winning director, producer, composer and actor Clint Eastwood came to fame in the 1950s on TV's western series Rawhide as Rowdy Yates, a "ramrod" cattle drover who lived up…
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April 1949 Moments in Time
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from April, 1949: Impact film-noir; North Atlantic Treaty signing (NATO is born); Wallace Beery's birthday, Big Jack movie release, and death. Impact Movie Premiere (Ella Raines…
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