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- This Date in THE FBI History: Andrew Duggan, Robert Drivas, and Charlotte Stewart star in “The Bomb That Went Off Like a Man,” airing May 1, 1966. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
- This Date in THE FBI History: Jon Cypher and Dabney Coleman star in “Survival,” the final broadcast episode of THE FBI, airing Apr. 28, 1974. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
- This Date in THE FBI History: Suzanne Pleshette, Fritz Weaver, Richard Anderson, and Norman Fell star in “The Mercenary,” airing Apr. 28, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: The inside story of Lookout Mountain Laboratory, the most famous motion picture studio that you’ve probably never heard of, and the role it played in shaping how many Baby Boomers and their families viewed the Cold War and the immense effects that continues to have on our political culture today. LOOKOUT AMERICA: The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War is available wherever books are sold through the University of Chicago Press
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Tagged 1352nd Motion Picture Squadron, atomic bomb, Atomic Bomb Delivery Aircraft, Bikini, Bikini Atoll, Borax, Cold War, Dartmouth College Press, Dwight D. Eisenhower, film history, Harold Lloyd, hydrogen bomb, Jack Gould, James Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, John Ford, Kevin Hamilton, Korea: Battleground for Liberty, let's face it, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Mountain Laboratory, LookoutAmerica.org, Marilyn Monroe, Mike device, military history, Ned O’Gorman, New York Times, nuclear mushroom cloud, Operation Bikini, Operation Greenhouse, Operation Ivy, Operation Redwing, Operation Sandstone, Operation Teapot, Operation Wigwam, pop culture, power reactor, Racket Squad, Rear Window, Reed Hadley, Studies in Visual Culture, Susan Hayward, Taiwan: Island of Freedom, Target Nevada, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Cold War
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via Kruse GWS Auctions: Coming Saturday 3/30: An auction of Hollywood film and music items that may be worthy of a Grammy or Oscar, featuring artifacts from Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Prince, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Star Wars, Batman, Lord of the Rings and President John F. Kennedy
March 13, 2019 — Kruse GWS Auctions has announced the Archives of Hollywood & Music, the first Hollywood and Music memorabilia auction of 2019. Scheduled for Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 10am PT, the auction will offer more than 160 … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 438, Hour 1 with guest Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 438 with guest Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Feb. 15-17, 2019 Hour 1, Part 1: Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated writer, producer, performer, author, Lucille Ball historian and Ella Fitzgerald biographer Geoffrey Mark pays tribute to Carol Channing and … Continue reading →
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Remembering Julie Adams: Next on TVC
Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and author Geoffrey Mark will join us, plus we’ll replay our January 2012 conversation with actress Julie Adams, all this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Feb. 15-17 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, Andy Griffith, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Stanwyck, Bend in the River, Bertolt Brecht, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Budd Boetticher, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Carol Burnett, Carol Channing, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Decca, Dennis Hopper, Desi Arnaz, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, Diana Washington, Dolly Levi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Ellery Queen, Elvis Presley, Eve Simpson, First Lady of Song, Fly Me to the Moon, Flying High, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Hello Dolly, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, How High the Moon, Jack Arnold, Jack Kelly, James Garner, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Jim Hutton, Jimmy Stewart, Julie Adams, Karen Carpenter, Kaye Ballard, Larger Than Life, Lorelei, Louis Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, Maverick, Mel Torme, Mitchell Danton, Mothers-in-Law, Murder She Wrote, Nat King Cole, Nies Hora, Night Stalker, Norman Granz, Pablo, Perry Mason, Psychic Killer, radio host, rags to riches, Ray Danton, Raymond Burr, Reflections from the Black Lagoon, Ricou Browning, Rock Hudson, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Sweet Georgia Brown, The Big Valley, The Case of Fatal Fortune, The Case of the Deadly Verdict, The Case of the Lover's Leap, The Jimmy Stewart Show, The Last Movie, The Lucky Southern Star, The Lucy Book, The Show Goes On, Tickle Me, Too Close for Comfort, Ultimate Symbol, Verve
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated writer, producer, author and showbiz historian Geoffrey Mark shares a few thoughts and personal remembrances of Carol Channing and Kaye Ballard. Geoff’s book ELLA: A Biography of The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald is now available in paperback. The paperback edition includes the two-CD set featuring thirty-nine studio and/or live tracks of Ella Fitzgerald in her prime, all personally selected by Geoff himself
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Tagged A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, Bertolt Brecht, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Carol Burnett, Carol Channing, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Decca, Desi Arnaz, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, Diana Washington, Dolly Levi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, First Lady of Song, Fly Me to the Moon, Flying High, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Hello Dolly, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, How High the Moon, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Karen Carpenter, Kaye Ballard, Larger Than Life, Lorelei, Louis Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, Mel Torme, Mothers-in-Law, Nat King Cole, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Pablo, radio host, rags to riches, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Sweet Georgia Brown, The Lucy Book, The Show Goes On, Too Close for Comfort, Ultimate Symbol, Verve
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane Original Airdates: Oct. 19-22, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes Leslie Bertram Crane. Leslie worked behind the scenes in network television and syndicated television for about twenty years, both in … Continue reading →
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Robert Wagner: Next on TVC
Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner will join us, plus Leslie Bertram Crane will take us behind the scenes of the production of variety shows and live television specials. All that and more this … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1989, A Kiss Before Dying, Academy Awards, Alexander Mundy, Alistair Mundy, All the Fine Young Cannibals, Allan Carr, Angie Dickinson, Audrey Hepburn, Austin Powers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Banning, Barbara Stanwyck, Beach Blanket Babylon, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef, Bette Davis, Bill Bertram, Broken Lance, Budd Burton Moss, Budd Moss, Burn the Ice, Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, Captain and Tennille, Carole Shelley, Charlie Callas, Claudette Colbert, Constance Towers Gavin, Deborah S. Hildebrand, Diane Baker, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Ed McMahon, Eddie Albert, Edward Binns, Edwina Sandys, Elizabeth Taylor, ER, Frank Price, Fred Astaire, Friends, Gary Collins, Glen Larson, Gold Coast Arts Center, Gold Coast International Film Festival, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Era of Hollywood, Greg Mullavey, Harper, Hart to Hart, Hollywood Plateau, Hour Magazine, I Loved Her in the Movies, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Irwin Allen, It Takes a Thief, Jaclyn Smith, Jeff Margolis, Jeffrey Hunter, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis telethon, Jill St. John, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Joanne Woodward, Joel Grey, John Cerney, Kirk Driscoll, Larry King, Lesley Anne Down, Leslie Bertram Crane, Lew Wasserman, live television, Love among Thieves, Lucille Ball, Malachi Throne, Marie Osmond, Marilyn Monroe, Merv Griffn, Midway, Mike Myers, Mrs. Anthony Katherine Quinn, Murphy Brown, Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, NCIS, Niki Dantine, Number Two, Oscarcast, Pearl, Pieces of My Heart, Prince Valiant, Richard Thomas, Rob Lowe, Robert Crane, Robert Wagner, Rosalind Russell, Scott Eyman, Sharon Gless, Sidney Sheldon, Snow White, Solid Gold, Sonia Henie, Stanleys, Star Search, Stefanie Powers, Steve Binder, Steve DeWinter, studio system, Susan Anton, Susan Hayward, Switch, switcher, The American Music Awards, The Curse of the Pink Panther, The Drew Carey Show, The Longest Day, The Pink Panther, The Towering Inferno, The True Story of Jesse James, Tippi Hedren, Toni Tennille, Universal, variety shows, variety television, Windmills of the Gods, With a Song in My Heart, You Must Remember This
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Next week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor Robert Wagner on how the experience of going to the movies approximates the reverie of falling in love; how an acting ensemble is not unlike a baseball team; his newfound career as an author and storyteller; and how he has always been fueled by a desire to learn. The Gold Coast International Film Festival will honor R.J. with its second annual Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award on Wednesday 10/24 in Long Island, New York
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Tagged Alexander Mundy, All the Fine Young Cannibals, Angie Dickinson, Audrey Hepburn, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Banning, Barbara Stanwyck, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef, Bette Davis, Budd Burton Moss, Budd Moss, Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, Carole Shelley, Charlie Callas, Claudette Colbert, Constance Towers Gavin, Diane Baker, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Eddie Albert, Edwina Sandys, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Greg Mullavey, Harper, Hart to Hart, It Takes a Thief, Jaclyn Smith, Jill St. John, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Joanne Woodward, Joel Grey, Larry King, Lesley Anne Down, Love among Thieves, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Midway, Mrs. Anthony Katherine Quinn, Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, NCIS, Number Two, Pearl, Prince Valiant, Richard Thomas, Robert Wagner, Rosalind Russell, Sharon Gless, Sidney Sheldon, Stefanie Powers, Susan Hayward, Switch, The Curse of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther, The Towering Inferno, The True Story of Jesse James, Tippi Hedren, Windmills of the Gods
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Aug. 3-6, 2018 First hour: Actor, writer and director Sam Medina (Preacher, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kickboxer: Retaliation) talks to Ed … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, Ant-Man, Antoine Fuqua, Army Wives, Axel, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Barbara van Orden, Bertolt Brecht, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Buddy Hackett, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Carol Burnett, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, Code Name the Dragon, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Crawford, Cung Le, Debbie Reynolds Main Stage, Decca, Diana Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Dragon Eyes, Duke Ellington, Edward Zwick, El Portal Theatre, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, First Lady of Song, Frank Sinatra, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz at the Philharmonic, John Travolta, Karen Carpenter, Kickboxer Crawford, Kickboxer: Retaliation, Kickboxer: Vengeance, L.A.'s Next Great Stage Star competition, Let’s Be Cops, Louis Armstrong, MacGyver, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Campbell, Mel Torme, Michael Sterling, Mile 22, Morey Amsterdam, Nat King Cole, NCIS: Los Angeles, New Orleans, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Oliver Stone, Pablo, Peter Berg, Playboy Clubs, Preacher, radio host, rags to riches, Razor Charlie, Robert Rodriguez, Samarai Guy, Savages, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Soupy Sales, The Baytown Outlaws, Too Close for Comfort, Tracers, Treme, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Welcome Back Kotter
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Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark: Next on TVC
Singer/actress Barbara van Orden, actor Sam Medina and music and TV historian Geoffrey Mark will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 3-6 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 8/3 7pm … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, Ant-Man, Antoine Fuqua, Army Wives, Axel, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Barbara van Orden, Bertolt Brecht, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Buddy Hackett, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Carol Burnett, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, Code Name the Dragon, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Crawford, Cung Le, Debbie Reynolds Main Stage, Decca, Diana Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Dragon Eyes, Duke Ellington, Edward Zwick, El Portal Theatre, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, First Lady of Song, Frank Sinatra, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz at the Philharmonic, John Travolta, Karen Carpenter, Kickboxer Crawford, Kickboxer: Retaliation, Kickboxer: Vengeance, L.A.'s Next Great Stage Star competition, Let’s Be Cops, Louis Armstrong, MacGyver, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Campbell, Mel Torme, Michael Sterling, Mile 22, Morey Amsterdam, Nat King Cole, NCIS: Los Angeles, New Orleans, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Oliver Stone, Pablo, Peter Berg, Playboy Clubs, Preacher, radio host, rags to riches, Razor Charlie, Robert Rodriguez, Samarai Guy, Savages, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Soupy Sales, The Baytown Outlaws, Too Close for Comfort, Tracers, Treme, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Welcome Back Kotter
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