by donnbeach | Mar 11, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
From the Phoebe Beach Archive Edgar Bergen, Donn, Elyse Knox and Mrs. Reginald Gardiner. They were all regulars at Donn’s Encino parties in 1946. Elyse is best know now as the mother of actor Mark Harmon. From Good Morning America...
by donnbeach | Mar 4, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
In this 1946 Life magazine article you see Steve Crane arriving with Lila Leeds. She had just been in The Show Off with Red Skelton, another regular at Donn’s parties. He was 10 years Donn’s junior and would go on about ten years later to be a...
by donnbeach | Mar 1, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
From the Phoebe Beach Archive Actress/Singer Alice Faye with her husband, actor/bandleader Phil Harris started a radio show together a couple of years after this The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show on NBC. From the Phoebe Beach Archive Actor Reggie Gardiner and Alice....
by donnbeach | Feb 28, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
From the Phoebe Beach Archive UPDATE March 28, 2021: Thanks to commenter JC, it turns out the notes on the back of these images is incorrect. After Mrs. Swanky and I stared at many many images of Barbara Payton and Tone’s then wife Jean Wallace, we concluded...
by donnbeach | Feb 24, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
From the Phoebe Beach Archive Phil really went all out on the wardrobe! He and his wife Alice Faye were regulars and I have lots of images of her at Encino as well. He was a pioneer of radio situation comedy, band leader and voice actor know for Babalu in The Jungle...
by donnbeach | Feb 23, 2021 | Donn's History, Entertainers, People, Waikiki Restaurant
From the Phoebe Beach Archive Here with a nice fernwood tiki. From the Phoebe Beach Archive Mel Peterson to her right. This article mentions her as being active in hula and dance in the 40s and 50s.
