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September 13, 2020

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This Was Nifty in September 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from September, 1950: Classic Movie Premiere - Panic in the Streets, Oscar-winning screenwriters Edna & Edward Anhalt; Operation Magic Carpet Yemen is completed; Ernest Hemingway's…

September 7, 2020

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September 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Boomer Entertainment Trivia From September 1947: Dark Passage Film-Noir Premiere; Goodnight Moon is published by Margaret Wise Brown; Near You by Craig Francis & His Orchestra is…

August 30, 2020

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Fascinating Facts From August 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from August, 1940: Foreign Correspondent Classic WWII Film Premiere; WWII Eagle Attack - Phase 3 Battle of Britain; Crime Doctor Radio Program Debut Foreign Correspondent…

August 16, 2020

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What Was New in August 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from August, 1952: Classic Movies Release - The Snows of Kilimanjaro; Devil's Island Penal Colony is Closed; Jo Stafford at #1 with You Belong to…

August 9, 2020

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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…

July 30, 2020

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What Was New in July 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from July, 1952 - Gary Cooper Stars in the Classic Western Movie High Noon; The 1952 Helsiniki Summer Olympic Games Begin; Vera Lynn's Auf Wiederseh'n…

July 23, 2020

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This Was Nifty in July 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from July, 1950: America's First Korean War Battles; James Stewart Stars in Broken Arrow & Winchester '73, Your Hit Parade Premieres on Television Jimmy Stewart…

July 20, 2020

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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…

July 16, 2020

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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…

July 12, 2020

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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)…