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June 27, 2023

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Soap Opera Hopper Nicolas Coster

A scuba diving instructor, philanthropist, and hard-working actor, in over 7 decades of acting, Nicolas Coster acquired over 160 film and television credits, and appeared in movies with some of…

June 18, 2023

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Famous Fathers - Alan Ladd & Children

In honor of Father's Day, brief biographies and some favorite vintage pics of western & classic movie star dad Alan Ladd, and his children - Alan Ladd Jr., Alana Ladd,…

May 10, 2023

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Boomer TV Trivia: Perry Mason

Q1. Were any of the 271 episodes of the original Perry Mason television series which ran for 9 seasons (1957-1966), ever filmed in colour? Q2. Which of the series main…

May 2, 2023

Biography,
Music

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If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot

Among the many hits by legendary Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, are classics like If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, Rainy Day People, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,…

April 23, 2023

Biography,
Fashion

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Swimsuit Designer Rose Marie Reid

How a Canadian Mormon girl from Cardston, Alberta, became a twice-divorced single mom of three and founded the largest swimsuit manufacturing company in the world... (Rhonda Fleming in a 1950…

April 16, 2023

Were You Alive in April 1945?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia From April 1945: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies & President Harry S. Truman is sworn into office; World War II events in Europe & North…

April 2, 2023

Biography,
TV

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Boomer TV Trivia: Charlie's Angels

Q1. Which two characters on the original Charlie's Angels television series appeared in all 110 episodes (including the pilot 1976 made-for-tv movie)? Q2. Which character was represented on almost every…

March 26, 2023

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Boomer TV Trivia: The Streets of San Francisco

Q1. Two actors that guest-starred frequently on The Streets of San Francisco would end up starring as police officer partners in their own television series (1975-1979). What was the series…

March 18, 2023

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Lassen Peak Volcano Photographer B. F. Loomis

Images of the volcanic eruptions of Lassen Peak in the Cascade Mountains of California in 1914-1915, were captured in Collier's Magazine and newspapers around the country. "On May 30, 1914,…

March 10, 2023

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That Little Rascal Robert Blake

Actor Robert Blake's legacy includes a long list of notable performances in movies and on TV, beginning as a child actor in the 1930s Hal Roach Little Rascals / Our…