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Archive for January, 2008

Eddie Quillan 1980

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Eddie Quillan (seen at right with comedy producer Mack Sennett) had a long and distinguished film and TV career, playing more than 200 roles from the golden age of slapstick to the late 1980’s. My interest in Mr. Quillan - as you might suspect - was due to the role he played in the 1934 […]

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Sergeant Kenny Carroll

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

I first met Kenny Carroll on April 8, 1978, which was the day that my family moved into our house on Winterset Drive in Beavercreek. He and his family lived two doors up from our new home. Amidst the hustle and bustle of move-in day, Kenny came over and introduced himself. He and I became fast friends when he took me […]

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Thora Birch 2005 - Yowsah!

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

I had never found Thora Birch all that attractive based on her roles in the few movies I had seen in which she starred: Now and Then, Ghost World, and the Academy Award winner American Beauty. But when she emerged from backstage for a press photo op after her performance in the star-studded reading of Casablanca that I saw […]

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That title is nearly longer than the text here! In an effort to be complete, here are some additional snapshots and photos of my parents and me as we appeared around March or April of 1972 while living in our small abode on John Glenn Road in Dayton. These are an addendum to the photos […]

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John F. Kennedy and Me

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

The date of November 22, 1963 lives in infamy in the hearts of all Americans who were around to see the assassination of our 35th President John F. Kennedy. He will live on in history as an effective leader who was restoring good faith in our goverment when his life was taken at the age […]

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