LOOKING BACK AT HALOWEEN IN 1949

Vintage Halloween Magazine ~ Actress Jane Wyman on Cover of Silver Screen Magazine ~ October ...


Silver Screen
was a monthly magazine focusing on the
film industry. It had its first issue in November 1930, and
continued publication through the beginning of 1977. It
contained reviews of the new releases in the film industry.

 

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: BORN ON THIS DAY: JANE WYMAN

Jane Wyman (Sarah Jane Mayfield)
(January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007)

Jane Wyman received an Academy Award (1948),
four
Golden Globe Awards (1948, 1950, 1951 and
1983) and nominations for two
Primetime Emmy
Awards
(1957 and 1959).

Wyman was the first wife of Hollywood actor and
the future 40th
president of the United States,
Ronald Reagan.

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A TRICK- OR-TREAT SHOW FROM CBS RADIO

Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air – Once upon a screen…

Terror spread by radio play! Read the Telegraph's 1938 report on Orson ...

“The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles’s realistic radio
dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth, was broadcast
on the radio on October 30, 1938.

Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater
company decided to update H.G. Wells’s 19th-century
science fiction novel The War of the Worlds for national
radio. 

It was not planned as a radio hoax, and Welles had little
idea of how legendary it would eventually become.

Sunday evening in 1938 was prime-time in the golden age
of radio, and millions of Americans had their radios turned
on. But most of these Americans were listening to Edgar
Bergen with his dummy “Charlie McCarthy” on NBC and
only turned to CBS at 8:12 p.m. after the comedy sketch
ended and a little-known singer went on. By then, the story
of the Martian invasion was well underway.

The web’s best kept secret? Free classic radio dramas

Pin on War of the Worlds

Remembering Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Broadcast | James Ford

Mars Attacks! Halloween 1938 and the Infamous 'War of the Worlds' Radio Broadcast | Space

New hunt on for legendary missing Orson Welles reels | Inquirer Entertainment
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

Death of movie great Orson Welles... - RareNewspapers.com

(DUBSTEP) Tripod (Fateh Singh Grewal ReMix) - YouTube

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THE HILARIOUS HEADSTONES DEPARTMENT

Win Some, Lose Some

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THE LARGEST JEWEL HEIST IN U.S. HISTORY

gemstones
The Star of India, left, and the DeLong Star Ruby, center,
at the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals inside the
American Museum of Natural History in New York. The
two were among the 24 gems stolen.
(FOX NEWS)

Two men broke into the American Museum of Natural History
in New York City and made off with millions of dollars in gems
on this day in history, Oct. 29, 1964.
 

Jack ‘Murph the Surf’ Murphy, Heist Mastermind, Dies at 83 - The New ...
James A. Oliver, director of the Museum of Natural History, inspecting the case that held jewels stolen from the
museum.

perp walk of two men
Jack Roland Murphy, who also went by "Murf the Surf," was sentenced to three years in jail for stealing 24 gems from
the American Museum of Natural History.

How a Miami Gang Pulled off New York's Greatest Jewel Heist

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THE OLDEST HUMAN TO TRAVEL IN SPACE

Legendary American astronaut John Glenn dies at 95 EJINSIGHT - ejinsight.com

Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit
the Earth, Senator John Herschel Glenn Jr.was
launched into
space again
as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle
Discovery on October 29, 1998.

At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel
in space. During the nine-day mission, he served as part of a
NASA study on health problems associated with aging.

John Glenn's life and career in photos - Business Insider
The crew of space shuttle Discovery mission STS-95,
including John Glenn. On this flight, Glenn became
the oldest person to fly in space.
NASA

Space Shuttle Discovery Rolls to a Halt After 39 Missions - The New York Times

Welcome to my mind.: Served with pride...retired too young: Space Shuttle Discovery

Bob Greene: John Glenn's true hero - CNN

STS-95

The story behind the 'fireflies' that astronaut John Glenn saw in space

Astronaut John Glenn | This Day in Tech History

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