50+ World

May 18, 2020

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A Look Inside Jazz Age SHADOWLAND

Billed as "The Handsomest Magazine in the World" when it debuted in September 1919, browsing though an edition of SHADOWLAND is like taking a journey back to a unique time…

May 12, 2020

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May 1949 Moments in Time

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia: Classic Film-Noir Movie release - The Window; West Gemany is Founded; Ghost Riders in the Sky is #1 Hit Song for Vaughn Monroe The Window…

May 10, 2020

Fiction,
Leisure

The Little Blue House on the Hill

A Mother's Day story for my young grandson. It may sound a bit like your own story, if you grew up in the country like I did. Photos and text…

May 9, 2020

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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…

May 7, 2020

1947,
Movies

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Baby Boomer News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from May, 1947: Classic Film-Noir Movie Releases - Framed and Dishonored Lady; Married Co-stars Hedy Lamarr and John Loder Split; The Truman Doctrine…

April 29, 2020

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What Was New in April 1952

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from April, 1952: 1st New Toy Advertised on TV - Classic Movie Premiere: Singin' in the Rain; Mr. Potato Head Debuts on TV Ad; Daphne…

April 23, 2020

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This Was Nifty in April 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from April, 1950: Classic Film-Noir Movie Releases - Stage Fright, and D.O.A.; 1st ever NBA Championship won by George Mikan & Minneapolis Lakers. Alfred Hitchcock's…

April 19, 2020

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…

April 15, 2020

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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…

April 13, 2020

Biography,
TV

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Boomer TV Trivia: Tombstone Territory

Q1) The famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which involved Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clanton Gang, took place in Tombstone, Arizona. Which of these famous historical people, if…