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March 8, 2023

("Trainer Yellow" Harvard T6/AT16 II British Commonwealth Air Training Plane: J. Klank CC BY-SA) british commonwealth air training plan, warplane heritage, vintage airplanes, harvard t6, wwii airplanes, trainer yellow plane, wwii headlines, churchill lauds air training plan

Were You Alive In March 1945?

March 1945 news & headlines: End of WWII British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; WWII events in Germany, Japan & Philippines; Going My Way wins 7 Academy Awards including for Best…

March 5, 2023

TV

knots landing, 1980s tv shows, soap operas, dallas spin off, kevin dobson, american actor, mack mackenzie, michele lee, actress, karen fairgate mackenzie, painting,

Boomer TV Trivia: Knots Landing

Q1. Which two actors/characters appeared on Knots Landing during every one of it's 14 seasons? Q2. Which of the original Knots Landing Seaview Circle cul-de-sac couples, were present in the…

February 26, 2023

TV

the golden girls, sitcom, 1980s tv shows, older actresses, bea arthur, rue mcclanahan, estelle getty, betty white, caricatures, paintings

TV Trivia: Golden Girls

Q1. What was the name of The Golden Girls theme song? Q2. Which of the 4 female stars - actresses Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak, Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux,…

February 16, 2023

raquel welch, american actress, playboy model, sex symbol, 1960s, 1970s

Raquel Welch - One in a Million

Raquel Welch burst into the public consciousness with her role in the prehistoric cave-man / woman fantasy One Million Years B.C. (1966). Welch died February 15, 2023 at the age…

February 14, 2023

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Valentine's Day Themed Movies

Wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day, and presenting a few Valentine's Day themed movies & clips that may inspire you to watch with these films with the lights off (or…

February 10, 2023

Biography,
Music

Love, Sweet Love: Burt Bacharach Songs

Celebrating the life story and songs of composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach, with 7 vintage and newer hits - Only Love Can Break A Heart, Blue Velvet; I Say a…

February 8, 2023

Biography,
Music

billy squier, rock singer, songwriter, 1980s music, hit songs, late 1980s, everybody wants you, my kinda lover, in the dark, rock me tonite, the stroke, most sampled song, interviews

Everybody Wants You, Billy Squier

Vintage music videos from 80's American rock icon and boomer rock music favorite Billy Squier (The Stroke, My Kinda Lover, Everybody Wants You, Rock Me Tonite, and In the Dark).…

February 5, 2023

Movies,
Travel

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How To Plan a Film Location Vacation

So many of us love movies. They're a medium through which people can relate to one another. They convey stories with people and places and are most often set against…

January 29, 2023

thuryle krezter, american artist, illustrator, poet, poem, miss movie, miss vaudeville, illustration, 1917, motion picture magazine, colorized illustration, pen and ink drawing, contour drawing, stippling technique, romantic doodles

Who WAS Artist Thuryle Kretzer?

Budding artist Thuryle Kretzer contributed illustrations and occasionally poetry, to Motion Picture Magazine between 1915-1917. (Thuryle Kretzer Miss Movie & Miss Vaudeville Illustration & Poem 1917 [colorized]) One of the…

January 22, 2023

jim croce, 1968, american singer, songwriter, folk musician, rock songs, you don't mess around with jim, operator, that's not the way it feels, one less set of footsteps, i got a name, bad, bad leroy brown, married ingrid croce, father of aj croce, son adrian croce

Jim Croce's Legacy of Songs

Celebrating Jim Croce's brief life and career as a singer-songwriter - You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels), One Less Set of Footsteps, I Got A…