REMEMBER SHELLY LONG FROM ‘’CHEERS’’ ?

Thanks to her part on “Cheers,” Shelley Long became a household name, thanks to her vivacious looks and energetic acting. She made
the jump to movies in classic films such as “Night Shift”(1982) and
“The Money Pit”(1986).

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NBC
from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993.

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MUSICAL PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Starring Mary Martin as Maria and Theodore Bikel as Captain
von Trapp, the original Broadway production of
The Sound
of Music
premiered at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November
16, 1959, where it won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical
and Best Leading Actress. It later moved to the Mark Hellinger,
where it would end its lauded run on June 15, 1963 after 1,443
performances.
    

   
    
    
    
   

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SOME HUMOR FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

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‘’THE KING’’ MADE HIS MOVIE DEBUT IN 1956

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On November 15, 1956, Love Me Tender, featuring singer Elvis
Presley
in his big-screen debut, premiered in New York City at
the Paramount Theater. Set in Texas following the
American
Civil War, the film, which co-starred Richard Egan and Debra
Paget, featured Elvis as Clint Reno, the younger brother of a
Confederate soldier.

Originally titled The Reno Brothers, the movie was renamed
Love Me Tender before its release, after a song of the same
name that Reno sings during the film.

     

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CHRISTMAS STORY HOUSE IS UP FOR SALE

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(FOX NEWS) – The house from the film "A Christmas Story"(2007)
has officially been put up for sale in Cleveland, Ohio.

The sale in its entirety makes up 1.3 acres of property, according
to a listing posted Monday on achristmasstoryhouse.com.

Chad Whitmer, the listing agent from the Northeast Ohio-based commercial real estate company Hoff and Leigh, said the listing
includes the house, the Bumpus house, the gift shop, museum
and a number of vacant lots that have been acquired by the
home’s current owner over the years.

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