Mickey Mantle talking about Don Drysdale
Mickey Mantle talking about Don Drysdale: "He and I were good friends, really close. He used to come around, like before the game, maybe an All-Star game or the World…
Judy And Mickey Are BABES IN ARMS
The 1937 Rodgers & Hart Broadway musical BABES IN ARMS became the 1939 M-G-M film BABES IN ARMS, although curiously minus many of the Rodgers & Hart songs, most notably JOHNNY ONE…
Words of wisdom from Will Rogers
Words of wisdom from Will Rogers: "The two finest things that can happen to a man is to have a good wife and to know that he's accepted by the…
Predicting Gil Hodges success
On May 22, 1963 Gil Hodges was named manager of the Washington Senators. Those who knew him well predicted success. “I roomed with him for six years,” said Dodger pitcher…
The literary creation of Tarzan
The definitive Tarzan was, of course, Johnny Weissmuller. In the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, the town of Tarzana is named for the literary creation -- Tarzan -- of…
Johnny Weissmuller As TARZAN, THE APE MAN
Tarzan, the jungle king, was first brought to the screen in 1918. Up through 1989, about 40 features and four serials, plus several radio and TV series have been made…
Virginia Mayo, the top box office money-maker
Virginia Mayo starred with Danny Kaye in several memorable comedies for Samuel Goldwyn, but is best known for roles with Dana Andrews in THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)…
Johnny Weissmuller, the definitive Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller was the definitive Tarzan. During World War II at a bond rally, he auctioned off a Tarzan "yell" by himself to a rich Texan for $50,000!
George Foreman on Joe Louis
The assessment of heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman: "The best boxer I ever saw was Joe Louis. No one has surpassed him. Well taught and gifted competitor. There's never been…
A letter from Mark Twain to Helen Keller
The following is a letter from Mark Twain to Helen Keller, March 17, 1903.“It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or…
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