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APRIL FOOL’S DAY
April 1, 1949 “April Fool’s Day” is episode #37 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on April 1, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ As an April Fool’s joke, Liz plans to plant a lipstick-smeared handkerchief in George’s coat pocket. “My Favorite Husband” was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs.…
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EDDIE QUILLAN
March 31, 1907 Eddie Quillan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a family of vaudeville performers. He made his stage debut at the age of seven alongside his parents and siblings in their act titled ‘The Rising Generation’. Mack Sennett Studios signed Quillan to a contract in 1922. He made his screen debut for Sennett…
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TV GUIDE: 20 YEARS LATER
March 31, 1973 This issue not only marks twenty years since Lucille Ball and her son Desi Arnaz Jr. appeared on the first national edition of TV Guide, but it also marks Ball’s twenty third time appearing on the cover. She would eventually do 39 covers. The photographic portrait was done by Sherman Weisburd. Sherman…
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PEGGY REA
March 31, 1921 Margaret ‘Peggy’ Jane Rea was born in Los Angeles in 1921. Before she became an actress, Rea left UCLA to attend business school. She landed a job as a production secretary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1940s. After stage appearance as Eunice in A Streetcar Named Desire starring Uta Hagen and Anthony Quinn, she made her…
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PETER MARSHALL
March 30, 1926 Peter Marshall was born Ralph Pierre LaCock into a show business family in Huntington, West Virginia. His sister was actress Joanne Dru, who replaced Vivian Vance in Desilu’s “Guestward Ho!” He is perhaps best remembered as the original host of “Hollywood Squares” from 1966 to 1981, but he was also an actor and singer, with more…
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TV GUIDE: FOUR DAYS
March 30, 1968 This is the 19th of Lucille Ball’s 39 TV Guide covers. Ball (and her infant son) appeared on the very first national issue on April 3, 1953. Mario Anthony Casilli (cover photograph) is best known for his work for Playboy magazine between 1957 and 1996. He also did many celebrity portraits for…
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THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
March 27, 1950 “The Man Who Came To Dinner” was a presentation of Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast on CBS Radio on March 27, 1950. The Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy in three by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939, at the Music Box Theatre in New…
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FARMER IN THE DELL
March 27, 1936 Directed by Ben Holmes Screenplay by Sam Mintz and John Grey, adapted from Phil Stong’s 1935 novel of the same name. Produced by Robert Sisk for RKO Radio Pictures The film premiered at the Palace in New York City on March 6, 1936, and released widely on March 27th. Synopsis ~ A farm…
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MARY TREEN
March 27, 1907 Mary Treen was born Mary Louise Summers in St. Louis, Missouri. She was raised in California and attended a convent school where she was in the school plays. During her career, Treen was seen in over 40 films. Among her film roles were Tilly, the secretary of the Building and Loan, in It’s a…
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