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3 days ago · The Railroad Hour was a delightful radio series that aired musical dramas and comedies from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. Sponsored by the Association of American Railroads, the show condensed...
4 days ago · When Holiday faced racism, Shaw would often stick up for his vocalist. In her autobiography, Holiday describes an incident in which she was not permitted to sit on the bandstand with other vocalists because of racist policies. Shaw said to her, "I want you on the band stand like Helen Forrest, Tony Pastor and everyone else."
5 days ago · The newspaper is a daily newspaper circulated in London, becoming free in 2009 after 180 years of paid circulation. The Evening Standard archives includes a huge amount of original newspapers dating right back to the 19th century.
2 days ago · A list of American films released in 1921. In the years before, during and since World War I several major studios based in Hollywood had come to dominate American film production including Paramount, Fox, Universal, Vitagraph, Goldwyn, First National and United Artists.
2 days ago · A list of American films released in 1949. All the King's Men won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Adam's Rib. Bagdad.
3 days ago · No Hank, No Big Book! Hank Parkhurst (1895-1954) has been all but banished from the history of Alcoholics Anonymous, but that is somewhat understandable given the fact that he was sober for only four years.
1 day ago · Wimbledon Championships, internationally known tennis championships played annually in London at Wimbledon. The tournament, held in late June and early July, is one of the four annual “Grand Slam” tennis events—along with the Australian, French, and U.S. Opens—and is the only one still played on.
