Tag: Her Husband’s Affairs
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RIP DWAYNE HICKMAN
1934-2022 Dwayne Hickman was the younger brother of actor Darryl Hickman, with whom he sometimes appeared on screen. They were born in Los Angeles. Dwayne was best known as the title character of “The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis” (1959-63) a show, like “I Love Lucy”, that aired on CBS and was sponsored by Philip Morris. Prior…
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HER HUSBAND’S AFFAIRS
May 22, 1949 Screen Directors Playhouse was a radio anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and original directors of the films were sometimes involved, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations, and a brief “curtain call”…
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EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
March 18, 1886 Edward Everett Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began his stage career in 1906, singing and dancing and playing small parts in vaudeville and in Broadway productions. In 1919, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began acting in Hollywood films. During his long career, he was in five Oscar Best…
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FRANK WILCOX
March 13, 1907 Frank Reppy Wilcox was born in De Soto, Missouri, although he was raised primarily in Atchison, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, for a year, where he was a fraternity brother of newsman John Cameron Swayze. He graduated in 1933 from St. Benedict’s College in Atchison. Wilcox came to California in…
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CHANGE IN TONE
February 21, 1947 [In the above article, there are a couple of misspellings: “nightie” and “reporter”.] Production officially began on February 17, 1947 and ended on March 25, 1947. By the time the film premiered on November 12, 1947, it was titled Her Husband’s Affairs. More changes! The Spanish title of the film is literally ‘The Modern Quixote’.…
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CONCERNING LUCILLE BALL…
December 22, 1947 On December 22, 1947, the Oakland (CA) Tribune reported that Lucille Ball was opening in the comedy Dream Girl. The newspaper misspells the name of Ball’s hometown as JOMESTOWN NJ instead of JAMESTOWN NY. Lucy says that she was “red-headed” at the time, although most sources say she first dyed her hair red…
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MABEL PAIGE
December 19, 1880 Mabel Paige Roberts was born in New York City. She began acting at age four and by age 11 was appearing in stock theatre. From 1934 to 1951 she appeared in six Broadway plays. In the Southern states, she became a particular favorite and was dubbed ‘The Idol of the South.‘ Between 1914 and…
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