Lou Holtz (April 11, 1893 – September 22, 1980, Beverly Hills, California) was an American vaudevillian and comic actor. He was discovered by vaudevillian Elsie Janis in San Francisco while still in his teens, and came to New York. He appeared in his first Broadway show in 1913, World of Pleasure. He appeared on Broadway […]
Lorenzo Jones (Lorenzo de Angelis) was a daytime radio series which aired on NBC in different timeslots over an 18-year span. Produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, the series could be classified with its own unique category of “comedy soap opera”, highlighted by organist Rosa Rio’s rollicking rendition of the opening theme music, “Funiculi, Funicula”. During the early 1950s, the 15-minute […]
Howdy Doody was an American children’s television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by E. Roger Muir and telecast on the NBC network in the United States from December 27, 1947, until September 24, 1960. It was a pioneer in children’s television programming and set the pattern for many similar shows. One of the first television series produced at NBC […]
The Adventures of Father Brown is a 1945 radio crime drama that aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System, adapted from G. K. Chesterton’s stories of Father Brown. The 30-minute detective series starred Karl Swenson as Father Brown, introduced as “the best loved detective of them all.” (Original plans called for “either Walter Huston or Spencer Tracy in the title role.”) Bill […]
Little Orphan Annie is a daily American comic strip, created by Harold Gray (1894-1968), that first appeared on August 5, 1924. The title, suggested by an editor at the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, was inspired by James Whitcomb Riley’s popular 1885 poem “Little Orphant Annie” which begins: Little Orphant Annie’s come to our house to stay, […]
Dragnet, many networks and producers began to play follow the leader. On NBC, Dragnet was followed up with Tales of the Texas Rangers which dramatized real life tales from the Texas Rangers. CBS countered with The Line Up, later 21st Precinctfollowed by Nightwatch.
Lina Romay (born Rosa María Almirall Martínez; 25 June 1954 – 15 February 2012) was a Spanish actress (born in Barcelona) who often appeared in films directed by her long-time companion (and later husband) Jesús Franco. Romay was born in Barcelona in 1954. Following graduation from high school, she studied the arts, married actor/photographer Ramon […]
“Life With The Lyons” was a British radio & television domestic sitcom dating from the 1950s (debut: 1950-11-05). What was most unusual about this sitcom, was that it featured real-life American family members, Ben Lyon & his wife, Bebe Daniels. The real life couple had settled in London during World War II & were featured […]
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George Randolph Scott, the tall, handsome and with a slim and appealing physique, charming personality reigned over the silver screen over a few eras from 1928 to 1962.