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James Darren - The Gidget Years
Singer, actor, and director James Darren, AKA Gidget's "Moondoggie" to legions of fans, had a long career encompassing stage, movies, and TV. From Philadelphia to Los Angeles and Back (James…
Read MoreSinger, actor, and director James Darren, AKA Gidget's "Moondoggie" to legions of fans, had a long career encompassing stage, movies, and TV. From Philadelphia to Los Angeles and Back (James…
Read MoreNews, Headlines, Entertainment and Trivia from June, 1931: Carole Lombard marries William Powell; There Ought To Be a Moonlight Savings Time is the #1 hit song; and Dashiell Hammett's The…
Read MoreNews, Headlines, & Entertainment Trivia from May, 1940: Germany invades Belgium and the Netherlands in WWII; British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns and Winston Churchill is new PM; Classic movie…
Read MoreThe Love Boat Captain, former mayor, author, Christian activist and actor Gavin MacLeod was born Allan George See on February 28, 1931 in Mount Kisco, New York. (Gavin MacLeod 1959…
Read MorePretty San Francisco socialite turned stage actress Mary Scott's' affair with famous movie director D. W. Griffith during his "missing" years at the turn of the 20th century wasn't newsworthy…
Read MoreNews Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from April, 1940: Classic movie release - Rebecca, starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier; German WWII invasion of Denmark and Norway; Portia Faces Life radio…
Read MoreFilmmaker Thomas H. Ince died under mysterious circumstances shortly after his birthday party - attended by film industry luminaries including Charlie Chaplin, actresses Marion Davies, Margaret Livingston, Julanne Johnston, and…
Read MoreA rough tri-color collie named Jean became the first acclaimed movie dog star of silent films, courtesy of her owner/trainer Laurence Trimble, actress Florence Turner "The Vitagraph Girl", and the…
Read MoreLong before his claims to fame as a big bandleader and recording artist who popularized the rhumba and tango in Hollywood, and marrying Charo (his 5th wife), Xavier Cugat's secret…
Read MoreNews, Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from April, 1931: Classic movies premiere - Jimmy Cagney is The Public Enemy; 17-Year Old girl Jackie Mitchell strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig;…
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