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Friday, May 23, 2025

Found Mystery Photo of Little Girl From 1928

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  Occasionally in my research on children's media, I will come across lost photos and home movies. This photo of little girl in a fancy ...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

OTR Child Star of the Month April 2025 - Growing Up With Bob Hastings

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Screen capture of "Bobby Hastings" in the short film "Toyland Casino" (1938). This short film marked his live-action deb...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Lucy Gilman - OTR Star of the Month - March 2025

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Image of 11 year old Lucy Gilman. From the Passaic Herald-News, Tuesday, October 13, 1936. The caption claimed that she was talked out of cu...
Friday, February 21, 2025

Building A Yolande Langworthy Research Collection

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Yolande Langworthy (center), director of Columbia Broadcasting System's children's programs c. 1928 - 1930.  She is picured with Art...
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Finding Dorothy Gregory’s First Star Portrait

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In the May-June 2023 edition of the Old Radio Times, I shared the story of how a thrift store purchase of old photos led to the story of a ...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Please Bring Me My Papa: A Christmas Cartoon of the Great War

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday, December 19, 1915. By Nelson Harding. From Newspapers.com and the Brooklyn Public Library. https://bklyn.newsp...
Monday, December 2, 2024

From the Archives: Book Store Find Signed By Shari Lewis!

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"One-Minute Bedtime Stories" by Shari Lewis with Lan O'Kun I am constantly on the lookout for rare and unique materials that r...