The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival, By Sir John Glubb
Biography John Bagot Glubb was born in 1897, his father being a regular officer in the Royal Engineers. At the age of […]
Margarine Mascot Monkey Gives Birth in Pipe Organ
On October 31, 1919, we find that a monkey named Nuko escaped, ran amok, hid in a pipe organ in San Francisco’s […]
Arthur Tress: Best Photographer You’ve Never Heard Of
His name doesn’t provoke instant recognition to the photo layperson like Diane Arbus’ name does, but Arthur Tress has been diligently putting […]
Kelsey Grammer’s Father’s Racially Motivated Murder
Key Takeaways: * On April 24, 1968, Frank Allen Grammer Jr., the father of Kelsey Grammer, was murdered by Arthur Bevan Niles.* […]
Bizarre Tale of Two Rat Packers Bound By One Mountain
The Rat Pack defined Hollywood and Las Vegas 1950s cool: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, Angie Dickinson, and […]
The Real-Life Airflite Cafe from Twilight Zone’s “100 Yards Over the Rim”
In Twilight Zone’s second season show, “A Hundred Yards Over the Rim” (1961), Christian Horn, the leader of a wagon train from […]
Alex Prager’s Cinematic Dreamspaces
I will not name the well-established artist who I’m sure Alex Prager’s work is often compared to, but I will say that, like […]
Golden Age of the Intercom
Remember the great age of home intercoms? I don’t either! That’s because in the 1960s and 1970s, home intercoms were not found […]
Tour I Love Lucy’s Fictional Beverly Palms Hotel
It’s the part of the I Love Lucy TV series that stands out in so many viewers’ minds: Hollywood and the Beverly […]
Theodore Marcuse: Character Actor Destined for Greatness, Cut Down in His Prime
Theodore Marcuse brought gravitas to the decidedly airy, unsubstantial world of 1960s television. Theodore Marcuse cross-sectioned the world network TV at that […]