Tom Fadden in 1940's "Zanzibar". The 1940s would see him appear in other classic and notable films such as: the Bob Hope comedy, "My Favorite Blonde" (1942); "Pardon My Sarong" (1942), starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello; "The Naughty Nineties" (1945), again starring Abbott and Costello; the film noir, "The Big Sleep" (1946), starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; and 1946's "It's a Wonderful Life", where he had a particularly memorable scene as the Tollhouse Keeper on the bridge, who reacts to Clarence's (the angel) explanation of who he is to George Bailey (James Stewart). The 1950s would see Fadden
George S. Sandstrom George S. Sandstrom During the early 1900s George S. Sandstrom, of Oakland, California, made what is called a Banjo ukulele, or banjolele. A combination of a ukulele and a banjo, which at the time sold for about $2.00. On December 12, 1917 George Sandstrom of Oakland California filed patent application number 206746. He was awarded patent number 1354268, titled "Banjo," on September 28, 1920. The patent specifications describe George Sandstrom's invention, in part, as "...a tightening device for banjo heads and other musical instruments having an open circular rim, a flexible head interposed within the opening of the said rim,