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Today’s new Travalanche post for July 29, 2026 is about Robert Fuller. Earlier Travalanche posts for July 29 (in no particular order) include ones on: Thelma Todd Professor Irwin Corey The…
July 29 is the natal day of actor Robert Fuller (Leonard Leroy Lee, b. 1933). Fuller’s longevity is especially notable in light of the fact that his younger Emergency! costar Randolph Mant…
Today’s new Travalanche posts for July 28, 2026 are about Claude Fields (son of W.C.) and Marcel Duchamp. Earlier Travalanche posts for July 28 (in no particular order) include ones on: Th…
My good friend Harriet Fields just tipped us off to the fact that July 28 was her late father’s birthday. William “Claude” Fields. Jr. (1904-1971) was the sole legally-recognized offsp…
The 139th anniversary of the birth of Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) is hardly a round benchmark, yet this would appear to be the year to celebrate him, in light of the current retrospective at …
Today’s new Travalanche posts for July 27, 2026 are about Joseph Moncure March (The Wild Party), Titanic Survivor and Bagpipist Eugene Daly, and Christopher Nolan’s screen adaptation of …
July 27 is Bagpipes Appreciation Day. I’m not sure I would have marked it or written this biographical squib if I had not watched the 2025 BBC docudrama series Titanic Sinks Tonight less t…
I’d have been grateful for Christopher Nolan’s screen adaptation of The Odyssey if only for the opportunity to write here a little bit about Homer. As obscure as many of my subjects are,…
July 27 was the birthday of Joseph Moncure March (1899-1977). Revered today for his Jazz Age poetry, March’s American ancestry stretched back to colonial times. He had a lot to live up to.…
Born 100 years ago today James Best (Jewel Franklin Guy, 1926-2015) Yes, okay, Best is best known for having played Roscoe on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985, with various reunions thereafte…
Today’s new Travalanche post for July 26, 2026 are about Hal Yates, James Best, and the Lambs Club. Earlier Travalanche posts for July 26 (in no particular order) include ones on: Gracie A…
This has been a lucky year for America’s oldest theatrical club The Lambs (est. 1874). First, their hard hustling “Shepherd” Kevin Fitzpatrick found them a new headquarters right in th…
July 26 was the birthday of slapstick comedy film director Hal Yates (1899-1969). Which presents us with an opportunity to clear something up. There is a widespread misconception across the …
Today’s new Travalanche post for July 25, 2026 is about husband-wife western stars Jack Perrin and Josephine Hill. Also: Happy National Merry Go Round Day Earlier Travalanche posts for Jul…
Fortuitously this year the birthday (July 25) of Jack Perrin (Lyman Wakefield Perrin (1896-1967) falls on National Day of the Cowboy (4th Saturday in July). Perrin was a star of silent and e…
Today’s new Travalanche post for July 24, 2026 is about Jean Webster and Daddy Long Legs. Earlier Travalanche posts for July 24 (in no particular order) include ones on: Ruth Buzzi William…
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of author Jean Webster (Alice Jane Chandler Webster, 1876-1916). Webster’s best known book Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) was adapted for stage and s…
Today’s new Travalanche post for July 23, 2026 are about Bert Convy and a new 3D version of Animal Crackers Earlier Travalanche posts for July 23 (in no particular order) include ones on: …
Yes that’s right! Eyepop 3D, the same folks who produced the retrofitted 3D version of The Cocoanuts which we screened at Coney Island last year, have done a new version of Animal Crackers…
Respect for Bert Convy (1933-1991)? When I was a kid in the ‘70s and early ‘80s the very idea would have struck me as a howler. At that time, Convy was thought of primarily as a game sho…
Today’s new Travalanche post for July 22, 2026 are about Luana Walters and the late Peter Jason. Earlier Travalanche posts for July 22 (in no particular order) include ones on: Emma Lazaru…
Peter Jason (Peter Ostling, 1944 2025) passed away last year. The name may not ring a bell, but the prolific character actor had over 250 screen credits. The one I always think about is his …
Luana Walters (1912-1963) was widely considered the sexiest damsel in B movie westerns. Her looks had gotten her in the pictures in the first place. An LA local, she was touring United Artis…
Today’s new Travalanche post for July 21, 2026 is about Undercrank Productions’ release of their restored version of Marion Davies’ 1928 comedy The Cardboard Lover for home video. Also…
Good news for Marion Davies fans — Undercrank Productions has just announced the imminent release of their restored version of Davies’ 1928 comedy The Cardboard Lover for home video. …
