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LIZ’S RADIO SCRIPT
March 26, 1950 “Liz’s Radio Script” (aka “Liz Writes a Radio Play”) is episode #81 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on March 26, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz’s entry is a finalist in a playwriting contest, and the Coopers and the Atterburys perform it on the local radio station. Note: Portions of this script…
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LUCY LOVES EASTER HATS
March 26, 1961 On March 26, 1961, Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of Family Weekly, a Sunday supplement to newspapers. The inside article by Margaret Bell was titled “Lucy Loves Easter Hats” and featured Lucy and her daughter, Lucie Arnaz, trying on various Easter hats. The article not only references Lucille’s current film The Facts…
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WILL WRIGHT
March 26, 1891 William Henry Wright was born in San Francisco, California. He was one of those familiar character actors who seems to have been born old. He specialized in playing crusty old codgers, rich skinflints, crooked small-town politicians, and the like. Wright worked as a newspaperman before beginning a career in show business. He started…
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STROTHER MARTIN
March 26, 1919 Strother Douglas Martin Jr. was born in Kokomo, Indiana. His mother’s name was Ethel! For a short time, the Martins moved to San Antonio, but soon returned to Indiana. At 17 he won the National Junior Springboard Diving Championship. He served as a swimming instructor in the Navy during World War II. …
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ED BEGLEY SR.
March 25, 1901 Ed Begley was born in 1901 in Hartford, Connecticut. His first success was the 1947 Arthur Miller play All My Sons, followed by Inherit the Wind (1955-57), which ran for 806 performances on Broadway and won Begley the 1956 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He made his screen…
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LIZ & IRIS’S EASTER
March 24, 1951 “Liz and Iris’s Easter” (aka “Diet for Easter Dresses”) is episode #124 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on March 24, 1951. This is the penultimate episode of the series. Synopsis ~ The boys make a deal with the girls, if Liz and Iris can slim down to the same dress size they…
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HOLD THAT GIRL!
March 24, 1934 Directed by Hamilton MacFadden Written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti Produced by Fox Film Corporation Synopsis ~ "That girl" is newspaper sob-sister Toni Bellamy (Claire Trevor), whose nose for news gets her into one jam after another, especially when she poses as an exotic dancer to get the goods on a gangster.…
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PHIL OBER
March 23, 1902 Philip Nott Ober was raised in White Plains, New York. After attending a preparatory school and Princeton University, he worked in advertising before moving into acting. He made his debut on stage, playing Tom Faulkner in Technique in 1931. He appeared in Lawrence Riley’s Broadway show Personal Appearance (1934) opposite Gladys George. Ober’s film…
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PAULA WINSLOWE
March 23, 1910 Paula Winslowe was born Winifred Margaret Reyleche in Grafton, North Dakota. She was sometimes billed as Paula Winslow. On radio, she played Peg Riley on “The Life of Riley” from 1944 to 1951. On television, the role was played by Rosemary DeCamp (1948), and then Marjorie Reynolds (1953). Her first experience in Hollywood was…
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JOAN CRAWFORD
March 23, 1908 Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas. She made her film debut in 1923 with a short film called The Casting Couch. A controversial and provocative film of a sexual nature, MGM bought the rights to this film in 1935 (to protect their star) and the only existing…
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