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January 11, 2021

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Fascinating Facts From January 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from January, 1940: Classic movie premiere - The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda; Brother Rat and a Baby movie stars Jane Wyman and Ronald…

January 7, 2021

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Dancing & More at the Waldorf-Astoria

Built in 1893 and expanded in 1897, the magnificent Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was torn down in 1929 to make way for the Empire State Building. A…

January 3, 2021

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Done in January 1951

Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1951: Patti Page's Tennessee Waltz is #1, Classic film-noir Storm Warning premieres, and the previously thought extinct Cahow is discovered. Patti Page has the #1…

December 30, 2020

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Top New Year's Eve Movies & Clips

As one year comes to a close and a new year approaches, I feel nostalgic for good movies - thrillers, dramas, time travel, capers and comedies - with New Year's…

December 27, 2020

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Fascinating Facts from December 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1940: Classic movie premiere - The Philadelphia Story, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant & James Stewart; Artie Shaw's Frenesi is the #1 hit…

December 20, 2020

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What Was New in December 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1952: Classic film premiere of The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Barry Sullivan, & Dick Powell; Hank…

December 16, 2020

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Top 20 Classic Christmas Movies

So good it's worth repeating - From the "must watch" movie list this Christmas season, clips from our Top 20 list of Christmas-themed films. Did your favorite make the list?…

December 13, 2020

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This Was Nifty in December 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1950: Former child star Shirley Temple marries and retires at the age of 22; 4 students steal the Stone of Scone from Westminster…

December 6, 2020

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December 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Baby Boomer Entertainment Trivia From December 1947: Classic movie release of Black Narcissus; Roy Rogers Marries Dale Evans; and Howdy Doody with Buffalo Bob Smith, debuts on…

November 29, 2020

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Fascinating Facts From November 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1940: Classic Movie Premiere - The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Basil Rathbone; Little Norway Air Force Training Camp Opens…