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…
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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…
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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…
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John Wayne's Sad Angel, Gail Russell
Sad-eyed actress Gail Russell's luminous beauty lit up the silver screen in 25 classic era films between 1943-1961. She was paired onscreen with leading men such as Alan Ladd, Joel…
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March 1947 Headlines
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1947 The Best Years of Our Lives Wins 8 Academy Awards At the 19th Academy Awards Ceremony on March 13, 1947, the post-WWII…
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March 1949 Moments in Time
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1949 Knock on Any Door - Humphrey Bogart Film with Allene Roberts Director Nicholas Ray's film-noir crime drama Knock on Any Door was…
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Best New and Classic "Irish" Movies
Favorite movies with an Irish element that will grab you! Set and filmed in Ireland, they tell a story of Ireland and the Irish experience of from centuries ago to…
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This Was Nifty in March 1950
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1950 House by the River Movie Release (Lee Bowman & Louis Hayward 1950 House by the River) The film-noir crime movie House by…
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Venetian Palazzos in Movies and Plays
Venice is filled with beautiful historic buildings and palazzos, some of which date back to medieval times - among the many the reasons why Venice and the Grand Canal continue…
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Remembering Cyd Charisse, Dancer
Celebrating Cyd Charisse - her life, dancing, on and off-screen partners, movies, and fashions from the 1940s and 1950s. (Cyd Charisse & Gower Champion 1946 Till the Clouds Roll By) Beautiful…
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