It was on this date in 1887 that William Henry Pratt made
his entry into the world…and fans of the actor’s work know him, of course, as
the one and only Boris Karloff.
Over at
the Radio Spirits blog this
morning, we decided to give him a birthday shout-out so if you’re in the
neighborhood, we cordially invite you to drop in.
I have never made any secret of my love for
the man’s work; you might remember my enthusiastic participation in the Boris
Karloff Blogathon that was hosted by
Frankensteinia back in 2009,
when I looked at a few of his movies (including my favorite,
Targets—which
won me a CMBA Award) as well as Karloff’s work in
radio
and
TV.
There’s no denying it—Boris is a true
Thrilling Days of Yesteryear fave.
And speaking of
TDOY
faves (smooth as glass, I tells ya) I’m pleased to be able to announce the winners
in the blog’s Steel True Giveway—whereupon two lucky entrants from the
TDOY readership won copies of the new
Barbara Stanwyck biography by author Victoria Wilson,
A Life of Barbara Stanwyck:
Steel-True 1907-1940.
I only wish I
had been able to give out a copy to everyone who entered…and let me tell you,
with the number of people we
had
enter this thing that would have been a buttload of copies; I had more entries
in this than the previous record-holder, the
Johnny
Dollar: Confidential giveaway I did back in
April
2011.
The two recipients of a copy
of the book (valued at $40.00) are Elizabeth B. of Norcross, GA and Christine
L. of Elverta, CA.
Congratulations to
both of them, and I want to once again thank Elina Vaysbeyn at Simon &
Schuster for generously donating the prizes.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I’ll have some more freebies to
giveaway soon, so keep watching the skies!
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