the State Historical Society of Missouri
Arthur F. McClure was a professor of history at the University of Central Missouri.
![Phog Allen. [University of Kansas, University Archives Photo Collection, ku-uaphotos:33979]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/1-Allen-in-1929.jpg?itok=wBHn0nNi "Phog Allen. [University of Kansas, University Archives Photo Collection, ku-uaphotos:33979]")
Forrest C. “Phog” Allen, whose foghorn voice earned him his nickname, was a masterful,…
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![Joan Crawford in 1928. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-133571]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/1-Joan-Crawford.jpg?itok=95UXNw8m "Joan Crawford in 1928. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-133571]")
Joan Crawford was born Lucille LeSueur on March 23, 1908, in what she described as “a drab…
![Jane Darwell in a photo taken in 1918. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, 22471]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/1-Jane-Darwell.jpg?itok=73J3ema2 "Jane Darwell in a photo taken in 1918. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, 22471]")
Jane Darwell, a pioneering film actress whose career spanned more than sixty years, was…
![Jeanne Eagels in costume. [The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, ID#100058, New York Public Library Digital Collections]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-03/1.%20Jeanne%20Eagels.jpg?itok=elQzMDJc "Jeanne Eagels in costume. [The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, ID#100058, New York Public Library Digital Collections]")
Although there is some dispute about the date and place of her birth, most sources state…
![Cliff Edwards. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, TH-10109]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-08/1.%20Cliff%20Edwards.jpg?itok=r4ijo37l "Cliff Edwards. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, TH-10109]")
Singer-actor Cliff Edwards was born in Hannibal, Missouri, on June 14, 1895, and is best…