Danville High School photo

Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman first came to fame in 1967 with his
performance in Bonnie and Clyde. Other major films include The
French Connection (1971), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), and
Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven which won the Academy Award for
Best Picture in 1991. Hackman won an Oscar for Best Actor in a
Supporting Role in the film. Before his acting career, he was
a radio operator in the U.S. Marine Corps. 

Hackman in The French Connection

Gene Hackman as seen in Unforgiven

The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental dramatic radio anthology series
that aired on CBS from January 27, 1956, until September 22, 1957. It was one
of the last attempts by CBS to regain some of the listeners that had been lost
to television in the post-World War Two era.

The premiere broadcast was a two-part adaptation of Aldous Huxley‘s Brave New
World, introduced and narrated by Huxley. Music for the series was composed by
Jerry Goldsmith, Ray Noble and others.

Writer Aldous L. Huxley 

A 1937 photograph of the cast members of "Guiding Light"

A household radio favorite for millions of depression era housewives was the drama
series “The Guiding Light”. NBC radio presented the first broadcast of the longest-
running story line in daytime drama. The show moved to CBS Radio in 1947 and
began a long run on CBS-TV in 1952 that ended in 2009 due to poor ratings. The
original radio program of 15 minute episodes was sponsored by Procter & Gamble.

The Fat Man character, Brad Runyan, was played by Jack Scott Smart

The Fat Man, was a popular detective drama radio show based on characters
by Dashiell Hammett. The series starred J. Scott Smart an accomplished actor
of stage, screen, and radio as well as a musician and music historian.The show premiered on the ABC Radio Network on Monday, January 21, 1946 and ran
until 1951. It was produced by E.J. ("Mannie") Rosenberg, directed by Clark
Andrews, and Charles Powers. Rosenberg was also the creator of Big Town. 

   Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix (January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940)

Mix appeared in 291 films between 1909 and 1935, all but nine of which were
silent movies. He is credited as having helped define the genre for all cowboy
actors who followed.

1935

The Tom Mix Memorial On Highway 79 Outside of Florence,
Arizona