Tommy Dorsey

Shenandoah is a small town located in the lower part of the anthracite Coal Region, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It is 105 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The Greater Shenandoah area includes Shenandoah Heights, which is part of West Mahanoy Township and is located just north of Shenandoah.... The area that became Shenandoah was first settled by a farmer named Peter Kehley in 1835. He sold his claim to the Philadelphia Land Company, which in anticipation of the opening of coal mines in the area, laid out the town in 1862. Booming growth occurred during the Civil War years caused by the development and opening of several anthracite coal mines. The area was incorporated as a borough in 1866 and was a famous hotbed of activity during the era of the Molly Maguires in the 1870s. After the original influx of English, Welsh, Irish, and German immigrants a large influx of peoples from the eastern and southern European countries occurred in the decades before and after the turn of the 20th century. By 1920, the town had a population of nearly 30,000 residents.
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Patricia Dane was an American film actress of the 1940s. Born "Thelma Pearl Pippins" and sometimes known as Thelma Byrnes after her step father in Jacksonville, Florida, she began her career designing clothes for a New York City dress firm. She was signed to an MGM contract in 1941 and is... sometimes known as Pat Dane in films. Dane's earliest appearances were two uncredited roles in Ziegfeld Girl and I'll Wait For You . She played the part of "Jennitt Hicks" in Life Begins For Andy Hardy and her well-received performance earned her a long-term contract. Dane played "Garnet" in Johnny Eager directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The film starred Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. Dane received favorable press for her acting in Grand Central Murder , in which she was billed second to Van Heflin. Dane took a break from her film career when she married bandleader Tommy Dorsey; the marriage lasted from April 1943 to September 1947. Dane was every bit as forthright and exhibitionistic as Dorsey, and Dorsey loved to show her off to friends, according to Dorsey biographer Peter J. Levinson. Her MGM contract lapsed in 1945.
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