Category Archives: 1922

Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: The Flapper Speaks to American Women

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

The Flapper – via Wikipedia. Life changed quickly in the United States post-World War I. Nowhere was this more evident than in the role and actions of young women emancipating themselves from the corseted way of life to more boldly … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Alhambra Promoted Through Song

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

One of the all-time greatest booster campaigns led to explosive growth in the city of Los Angeles in the early 20th century. Advertisements, brochures, postcards, sheet music, all boasted of the uniqueness of this unknown urban oasis. Publicists preached the … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – the Egyptian Theatre

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

Photo: Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre Credit: Larry Harnisch/LADailyMirror.com Movie theatre impresario Sid Grauman took Los Angeles by storm in 1917, when he arrived from San Francisco. The Grauman family owned and operated many important film theatres in the city by the … Continue reading →

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William Desmond Taylor Shot!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Mary Mallory points out that this is the 90th anniversary of William Desmond Taylor’s death. I did several posts when the Daily Mirror was at The Times: William Desmond Taylor, Mystery Guest | Crime scene photos

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From the Stacks: James Richardson’s ‘Spring Street’

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

Photo: James Richardson, city editor of the Los Angeles Examiner.  Credit: Cover of “For the Life of Me.” I incurred the wrath of Fibber some time ago with my post about James Richardson and “For the Life of Me.” Fibber … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – ‘The Loves of Pharaoh’

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Photo: Dagny Servaes in “The Loves of Pharaoh.” Credit: American Cinematheque. To celebrate the 89th anniversary of the opening of Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre, American Cinematheque screened the 1922 restored Ernst Lubitsch film THE LOVES OF PHARAOH Tuesday night, October 18. … Continue reading →

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