This Was Nifty in November 1950
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1950: Playwright George Bernard Shaw dies; Classic film premiere of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring José Ferrer; Sammy Kaye has the #1 song with…
Read MoreNews Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1950: Playwright George Bernard Shaw dies; Classic film premiere of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring José Ferrer; Sammy Kaye has the #1 song with…
Read MoreNews Headlines & Baby Boomer Entertainment Trivia From November 1947: The Hollywood Blacklist begins; Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip.; Howard Hughes flies his mammoth Spruce Goose into the record books;…
Read MoreA countdown of my picks for the Top 15 hauntingly funny movies. From vintage classics such as The Ghost Goes West (1935) and Blithe Spirit (1945) to modern classics like…
Read MoreSean Connery has died at the age of 90. From suave Bond to a silver-bearded fox, proud Scot Sean Connery portrayed a man's man and a ladies man on the…
Read MoreNews Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from August, 1940: Classic Movies Premiere - The Great Dictator, starring Charlie Chaplin & Paulette Goddard; Novelist Jan Struther's Mrs. Miniver Tops Best-Seller Lists; Everyman's…
Read MoreBy all accounts, one-time Forest Ranger, firefighter, rodeo cowboy, songwriter, singer, and actor Stan Jones was a born raconteur. He turned the rich fodder of his life into stories and…
Read MoreNews Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from October, 1952: Classic movie release - The World in His Arms, based on the story by Rex Beach; Joan Davis stars on TV's I…
Read MoreNews Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from October, 1950: Classic Movie Premiere - All About Eve; Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers at #1 with Goodnight, Irene; Groucho Marx' You Bet Your…
Read MoreThe Los Angels Belasco stock theatre company established singer-actress Thais Magrane as their new leading lady in 1909. (Thais Magrane 1920 Merchants of Venus, and in 1909 for the Belasco…
Read MoreNews Headlines & Baby Boomer Entertainment Trivia From October 1947: Kukla, Fran and Ollie children's TV show debuts; Hollywood Ten are under fire in HUAC hearings; Classic Film-Noir Lured premieres,…
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