Retrophilia can be defined as “a love of times left behind;” hence this blog will be dedicated to the movies, TV shows, music books, comic books, et. al. of the past. As to myself, I am a freelance writer (though I don’t get paid for it very often) who loves the past. In particular, I am a total Anglophile, with a love of the books, movies, music, and history of England. I keep a more substantial blog at A Shroud of ThoughtsTumblr (3.0; @retrophilia)http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TRbp0ZIehk0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday to Morrissey! Here he is with The Smiths performing the song “Shoplifters of the World Unite”</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/51077542084http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/51077542084Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/93083289470b7c83e3e6887dfcf587b5/tumblr_mn7i4kNeYU1qatweko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1934 Merry Anders was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/51074028038http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/51074028038Wed, 22 May 2013 10:38:44 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ce2f28ace0475ff6e52454dc9d7be20/tumblr_mn7hljGBph1qatweko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday to Richard Benjamin!</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/51073451645http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/51073451645Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2634b220d8e5c996ce1dac2b253241a6/tumblr_mn7grtdxEp1qatweko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1907 Lord Laurence Olivier was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/51072580299http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/51072580299Wed, 22 May 2013 10:09:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b7881d572c49b606a17ff916c04f8040/tumblr_mn5mopHma11qatweko1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1916 Dennis Day of <em>The Jack Benny Program</em> was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50992738601http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50992738601Tue, 21 May 2013 10:22:01 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7b8718c9b81f5cb8fe335e4225592cd0/tumblr_mn5md0nAt71qatweko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1917 Raymond Burr was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50992390342http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50992390342Tue, 21 May 2013 10:15:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8478aafb429e470031928d9e247f2aa9/tumblr_mn5lso7pdA1qatweko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1904 Robert Montgomery was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50991807586http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50991807586Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3a9c46e9a3cd1f2c019089d6f727d0b/tumblr_mn3r6pYLgc1qatweko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1919 George Gobel was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50909859514http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50909859514Mon, 20 May 2013 10:04:01 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/043208dac34db7bcb2673e4027ab6a5b/tumblr_mn3qy9i3sE1qatweko1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1883 Johnny Arthur was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50909596945http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50909596945Mon, 20 May 2013 09:58:57 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/93449a9c18d41695643a4a89cd837e60/tumblr_mn3qbdi10W1qatweko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1908 Jimmy Stewart was born</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50908913669http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50908913669Mon, 20 May 2013 09:45:13 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hT1OKo1rT84?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Today in 1952 Joey Ramone was born. Here he is with The Ramones performing the song “The KKK Took My Baby Away.”</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50829770324http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50829770324Sun, 19 May 2013 11:40:35 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q0iqg2UanEc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday to Pete Townshend! Here is The Who’s song “I Can See for Miles.”</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50825069133http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50825069133Sun, 19 May 2013 10:34:08 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6643f47c58760079a0a6bcc5c7e94ff/tumblr_mn04gbCaCq1qatweko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1897 Frank Capra was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50735587369http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50735587369Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e7ae1da2b7dfee0e4115720a8b78a90/tumblr_mn03ljiVDi1qatweko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday to actor and television director Dwayne Hickman!</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50734356067http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50734356067Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c8ca3c1068418e09bb4bcceb574dcfe/tumblr_mn034kASyQ1qatweko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1928 Pernell Roberts was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50733687798http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50733687798Sat, 18 May 2013 10:31:32 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9ca7f09949077170b21a46fe4938681f/tumblr_mn02h0LwjO1qatweko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Director and screenwriter Richard Brooks was born today in 1912. Among his films are <em>Blackboard Jungle</em> and <em>Elmer Gantry</em>.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50732757639http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50732757639Sat, 18 May 2013 10:17:24 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/04ce257954fd56239c7e9c5cc325d4a8/tumblr_mmy9g8krpE1qatweko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1911 Maureen O’Sullivan was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50657045513http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50657045513Fri, 17 May 2013 10:52:56 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0c2c532d5a246a8d3bba98f73a3ec0e5/tumblr_mmy8p5cB6s1qatweko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today in 1936 Dennis Hopper was born.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50656244890http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50656244890Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:41 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m7RHS_68kS8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Today n 1947  Barbara Lee of The Chiffons was born. Here is their song “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”.</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50594319591http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50594319591Thu, 16 May 2013 14:41:24 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6pHNkOQCIzk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Today in 1947 Darrell Sweet of the band Nazareth was born.  Here is their cover of “Love Hurts.”</p>http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50594074093http://retrophilia.tumblr.com/post/50594074093Thu, 16 May 2013 14:37:42 -0500