Smum County Posted by smumcountry on November 26, 2014

November 26, 2014 by smumcounty Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith Woodrow (Eddie Bracken) comes from a long line of war heroes. His father “Hinky Dinky” Truesmith was a hero who gave his life in the First World War so when World War II rolls around everyone expects th   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on October 22, 2014

October 22, 2014 by smumcounty Aline MacMahon was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1899 of an Irish father and a Russian mother. The family soon moved to Brooklyn and she was educated at Barnard College, the progressive college for women. After college she studied acting at The Neighborhood Playh   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on October 22, 2014

October 22, 2014 by smumcounty Aline MacMahon was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1899 of an Irish father and a Russian mother. The family soon moved to Brooklyn and she was educated at Barnard College, the progressive college for women. After college she studied acting at The Neighborhood Playh   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on September 21, 2014

September 21, 2014 by smumcounty Between 1929 and 1939 more than 250,000 men left their homes and took to the road to ride the rails or hitch rides as hoboes. When we think of the iconic hobo today, we picture a grizzled old prospector type with a three day growth...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on September 21, 2014

September 21, 2014 by smumcounty Between 1929 and 1939 more than 250,000 men left their homes and took to the road to ride the rails or hitch rides as hoboes. When we think of the iconic hobo today, we picture a grizzled old prospector type with a three day growth...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on August 18, 2014

August 18, 2014 by smumcounty Guy Bridges Kibbee was born in El Paso, Texas in 1882. He got his start as an entertainer at the tender age of 13 on Mississippi riverboats. Shortly after the turn of the century, he made his way to New York where he appeared in...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on August 18, 2014

August 18, 2014 by smumcounty Guy Bridges Kibbee was born in El Paso, Texas in 1882. He got his start as an entertainer at the tender age of 13 on Mississippi riverboats. Shortly after the turn of the century, he made his way to New York where he appeared in...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on July 28, 2014

July 28, 2014 by smumcounty It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon in London in 1938. Hilary Ames (Reginald Gardiner) is preparing for a dinner party in his elegant home in London. However, this morning his sink has taken the opportunity to become clogged and is now filled with fetid, dirty water....   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on July 28, 2014

July 28, 2014 by smumcounty It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon in London in 1938. Hilary Ames (Reginald Gardiner) is preparing for a dinner party in his elegant home in London. However, this morning his sink has taken the opportunity to become clogged and is now filled with fetid, dirty water....   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014 by smumcounty ZaSu Pitts was born Eliza Susan Pitts in Parsons Kansas on January 3rd, 1894. She was named after her father’s sisters, Eliza and Susan, from which her nickname ZaSu is derived. Although commonly mispronounced Za-soo, Zay-soo, or Zay-zoo, in her 1963 candy cookbook, “Cand   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014 by smumcounty ZaSu Pitts was born Eliza Susan Pitts in Parsons Kansas on January 3rd, 1894. She was named after her father’s sisters, Eliza and Susan, from which her nickname ZaSu is derived. Although commonly mispronounced Za-soo, Zay-soo, or Zay-zoo, in her 1963 candy cookbook, “Cand   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on June 8, 2014

June 8, 2014 by smumcounty Van Stanhope (Clark Gable) and his wife Linda (Myrna Loy) are, by all accounts, a deliriously happy couple. He’s the very capable publisher of a top magazine and she’s a stay at home wife who’s happy to be so. They’ve got a beautiful duplex apartment...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on June 8, 2014

June 8, 2014 by smumcounty Van Stanhope (Clark Gable) and his wife Linda (Myrna Loy) are, by all accounts, a deliriously happy couple. He’s the very capable publisher of a top magazine and she’s a stay at home wife who’s happy to be so. They’ve got a beautiful duplex apartment...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on May 18, 2014

May 18, 2014 by smumcounty Edward Everett Horton was born in 1886 in Brooklyn, the son of Edward Everett Horton and Isabella Diack Horton. His grandfather was Edward Everett Hale, the author of the short story “Man Without a Country”. He first attended college at Oberlin College in Ohio but...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on May 18, 2014

May 18, 2014 by smumcounty Edward Everett Horton was born in 1886 in Brooklyn, the son of Edward Everett Horton and Isabella Diack Horton. His grandfather was Edward Everett Hale, the author of the short story “Man Without a Country”. He first attended college at Oberlin College in Ohio but...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014 by smumcounty “This story is about, and dedicated to, those Americans who met General Heinrich von Luttwitz and his 47 Panzer Corps and won for themselves the honored and immortal name ‘The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.’” Thus begins “Battleground” (1949) and you can bet   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014 by smumcounty “This story is about, and dedicated to, those Americans who met General Heinrich von Luttwitz and his 47 Panzer Corps and won for themselves the honored and immortal name ‘The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.’” Thus begins “Battleground” (1949) and you can bet   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on March 22, 2014

March 22, 2014 by smumcounty Abraham Lincoln (1930) Una Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky on Dec 10th, 1903. In her teens she moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in films. In her early years, she so resembled Lillian Gish that D.W. Griffith hired her as Gish’s stand-in for...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on March 22, 2014

March 22, 2014 by smumcounty Abraham Lincoln (1930) Una Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky on Dec 10th, 1903. In her teens she moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in films. In her early years, she so resembled Lillian Gish that D.W. Griffith hired her as Gish’s stand-in for...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on March 8, 2014

March 8, 2014 by smumcounty “The Magnificent Ambersons” (1942), based on the novel by Booth Tarkington, is the story of a great American family in decline. The story of a family unwilling or unable to ride the winds of change to a new life and so destined to be overwhelmed...   read more