Sunday 16 February 2014

Mayer's Son Benny

Today, show biz gossip magazines generally consist of who is sleeping with whom, who is having a kid, who is getting married/divorced, who is in/out of rehab, who is under arrest. Ah, but there was a simpler, kinder time when people were satisfied with low-down, not dirt.

With that, we reprint a feature story in the January 1936 edition of Radio Mirror on Jack Benny.

See the full article here.

Saturday 8 February 2014

The Brief Stardom of Charlie Horse

“It’s a Grand Old Nag” is a fascinating orphan in the Golden Age of theatrical cartoons.

Read more here.