17 Thursday Dec 2015
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Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, W. Somerset Maugham
Arthur Fiedler was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1894. His father, Emanuel, was an Austrian violinist; and his mother was a pianist. When Emanuel retired in 1910, the family moved to Europe. From 1911-15, Arthur studied violin in Berlin. As World War I began, he returned to America and joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Continue reading
07 Monday Dec 2015
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David Belasco, Fay Bainter, Jealousy, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Reginald Venable, Ted Coy
Fay Okell Bainter was born in Los Angeles on December 7, 1893. Encouraged by her mother, Fay first went on the stage aged six, and joined Oliver Morosco’s travelling stock company before making her Broadway debut at seventeen. Continue reading
19 Thursday Nov 2015
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Clifton Webb, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Mabelle Webb, Mr Belvedere Goes to College, Ted Coy, The National Red Cross Pageant
Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck was born in Indiana on November 19, 1889. His father, Jacob Grant Hollenbeck, a ticket clerk, had married Mabel A. Parmelee, daughter of a railroad conductor, earlier that year. They separated in 1891, and ‘little Webb’ was raised by his mother. Continue reading
13 Friday Nov 2015
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Jealousy, Jean de Limur, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Monta Bell, Paramount, The Letter
Jean de Limur (centre) with Charlie Chaplin (right), 1923
Jean Chamur Limur was born on November 13, 1887, in Vouhé, a town in Southern France. He began his film career as an actor in Hollywood, under the name Jean de Limur. Continue reading
17 Saturday Oct 2015
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Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, John Kobal, Marilyn Monroe, Rain, Rita Hayworth, Ruth Chatterton, Sadie Thompson
One of my favourite Hollywood stars, Rita Hayworth, was born on this day in 1918. Continue reading
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