The Unmatched Brilliance of the Nicholas Brothers
As great as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were in the dance routines they performed, one has only to see the acrobatic Nicholas Brothers in their virtuoso tap dancing musical…
Carl Erskine: A Baseball Legend’s Legacy
The last living star player of the Brooklyn Dodgers' famed "Boys of Summer" teams is the right-handed hurler, Carl Erskine, born December 13, 1926, in Anderson, Indiana. He threw a…
The Academic Ambitions and Beauty of Bettie Page
Her own mother’s jealousy cost Bettie Page a scholarship to Vanderbilt University. Instead she earned a 1944 Bachelor of Arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee. It was…
Jean Harlow in China Seas
Based on a slam bang adventure novel (that the Hays Office originally vetoed as fetid and objectionable source material for motion pictures based on the interracial love affair and the…
Burt Reynolds & Raquel Welch in 100 Rifles
In 100 Rifles (1969) with Jim Brown and Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch scored cinematic history in a mainstream Hollywood film with scenes portraying interracial intimacy for the first time.
Einstein and the Bomb
The recent hit docudrama on Netflix, Einstein and the Bomb, explores the conflict felt by the father of atomic energy insofar as his being an ardent pacifist, but also Jewish,…
Sugar Ray Robinson: An Icon of the Boxing World
He was born Walker Smith, Jr. But fight fans know him as the great Hall of Fame boxer, Sugar Ray Robinson. His long career as a professional went from 1940…
Uncovering the Legacy of Dick ‘Night Train’ Lane
Dick "Night Train" Lane played 14 years in the NFL, and the fact that so many of the records he set as cornerback known for ferocious tackles during the 1950's…
The New York Times on Raquel Welch
Said The New York Times of Raquel Welch: "A marvelous, breathtaking tribute to womankind."
Honors For Anne Meyers Drysdale, Wife of the Late Don Drysdale
Dodgers great Hall of Fame pitcher, Don Drysdale, died of a heart attack in 1993. 31 years later, during the 2024 NBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, his widow, Anne…
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