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February 23, 2022

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James Brolin - Always a Pistol

Recently 80-year-old actor, director, producer, and pilot James Brolin confessed he's inspired by a 99-year-old friend, who's always a pistol. He's done pretty well so far... (James Brolin 1981 Photo:…

February 14, 2022

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1950s-1960s Vintage Celebrity Valentines

Modified photos and caricatures of celebrities and movie stars from the 1950s-1960s, modified to be shareable vintage Valentine’s Day greeting cards: Ava Gardner A woman of lusty appetites, beautiful Ava Gardner…

February 14, 2022

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Vintage 1930s-1940s Film Star Valentines

Modified vintage photos, portraits, and advertisements featuring celebrities from the era of silent movies and Old Hollywood, as shareable vintage Valentine’s Day greeting cards Nancy Carroll American Broadway musical dancer-actress…

February 12, 2022

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Vintage Silent Film Stars Valentine's Day Cards

Modified vintage Valentine's Day themed photos, portraits, and advertisements featuring celebrities from the era of silent movies and Old Hollywood, as shareable greeting cards. Mary Pickford Pioneering silent movie actress,…

February 6, 2022

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What Was New in February 1952?

Boomer Trivia From February 1952: Classic movie premiere - Classic movie premiere of The African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart & Katharine Hepburn; King George VI Dies; Norway Winter Olympics &…

January 30, 2022

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Movies

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What Was New in January 1942?

January 1942 news & headlines: Carole Lombard and 21 others are killed in a plane crash; 3 Hollywood elopements & split-ups (Mickey Rooney, Ava Gardner, George Brent, Ann Sheridan, James…

January 23, 2022

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Forever Beautiful - Lee Meriwether

Former Miss America (1955) beauty queen (best known as Betty, Barnaby Jones' daughter-in-law on the 1970s television series), Lee Meriwether landed her first TV role back in 1954. Her most…

January 19, 2022

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Oz Film Co. & "Creature" Actor Fred Woodward

Canadian actor Fred Woodward was billed as "The King of Animal Personators", and parlayed playing the Cow in the original stage production of The Wizard of Oz (1902) into a…

January 5, 2022

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What Was New in January 1952?

Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth debuts, starring Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, Cornel Wilde, James Stewart & Dorothy Lamour; Three Stooges Curly dies; Johnnie Ray sings…

December 31, 2021

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Witty Golden Girl Betty White

Witty American comedian, singer, animal rights activist, and multiple Emmy Award-winning actress Betty White died on December 31, 2021 - just a few weeks before her 100th birthday (she was born…