Category Archives: 1952

Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Dick Powell admires his books, back in the days when all authors smoked pipes. I caught the 1952 film “The Bad and the Beautiful” the other night and was struck by this window display showing copies of “The Proud Land.” … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photos – Special Edition [Updated]

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

[Update: I thought it might be helpful if I enlarged the faces of our mystery gents. My hunch is that the fellow on the right is Laurence Olivier. [I have also received three more photos and I now suspect that … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Hugh Herbert

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

March 13, 1952: Hugh Herbert dies at the age of 66. Per an ad in the July 27, 1937, Daily Variety, “Public Screwball No. 1 to the film audiences of the world is a rubber-faced flibber-jibbett who began his career … Continue reading →

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