Monthly Archives: April 2009

Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 3, 1959

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In the Theaters, April 3, 1913

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Matt Weinstock — April 3, 1959

Posted on April 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Righting of the Left Not long ago a New York bank announced it had made left-handed checks available to southpaw patrons. Now Mattell, Inc., the firm on W. 102nd Street which makes toy guns, has come out with a left-handed … Continue reading →

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Second Takes — Billy Wilder

Posted on April 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 16, 1939: The Times' review lists Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder for the first time.

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on April 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday. To keep the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Taylor to Marry; Dodger Sent Back to the Minors, April 3, 1959

Posted on April 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

  A new report by the House Un-American Activities Committee finds communists are going underground and are planning a new assault on California.      At left, a nice, straight feature by Art Buchwald. He was a pretty fair writer … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Catalina Tile

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

This Catalina Tile table has been listed on EBay. As with all EBay listings, investigate the item and the vendor thoroughly before submitting a bid. Bidding starts at $99.95.

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Matt Weinstock — April 2, 1959

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Petty Crime Solved Having a little time to kill before a critics' preview of "The Naked Maja" the other night, United Artists publicist Roy Smith looked in a pet shop at 10650 W. Pico Blvd. A light was on so … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 2, 1959

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File Birth Travails of a Spaghetti Salon Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford, the Moskowitz and Lupowitz of Italian food, have, as you doubtlessly heard, opened a plush Beverly Hills lasagna palace called "Puccini's." It's an old racket to Sinatra, … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions — Last Remaining Seats

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Tickets for the Los Angeles Conservancy's annual Last Remaining Seats have gone on sale. Tickets are available to members only ($80/$16) through April 14 and go on sale to the public ($100/$20) April 15. But surely most Daily Mirror … Continue reading →

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In the Theaters, April 2, 1911

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Second Takes — Billy Wilder

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

At left, our 1939 review of "Midnight," with Don Ameche and Claudette Colbert, which carried Billy Wilder's first writing credit in The Times. We can quickly cover his earlier work in Hollywood: Oct. 12, 1934: "One Exciting  Adventure" is the … Continue reading →

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Kathy Fiscus Revisited — April 9, 1949

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Times, April 9, 1949, a little San Marino girl is trapped in an old well. L.A.Times photo Bill Yancey is lifted to the surface, carrying the body of Kathy Fiscus. I attended William Deverell's lecture Monday night on the … Continue reading →

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Mickey Cohen at Center of Underworld Probe; Comedy of Errors at Wrigley Field, April 2, 1949

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

The San Bernardino County Grand Jury finds widespread corruption in the Sheriff's Department. What do we find in the 1949 paper but Mickey Cohen in the middle of the Alfred Pearson scandal. To vastly simply the story, Pearson picked up … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Earl Carroll’s Nightclub

Posted on April 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

This unusual ashtray from Earl Carroll's nightclub has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $6.99.

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Matt Weinstock — April 1, 1959

Posted on April 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

End of the Trail It may take a generation or two — and in the broad scheme of things what are a few years — but writer Bob Schiller is confident of the inevitable demise of the TV western. The … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 1, 1959

Posted on April 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File My Mom Loves Me, in a Sinister Fashion I'm a member, in good standing, of the grossly sentimental school which maintains, despite statistical evidence to the contrary, that a boy's best friend is his mother. When all others … Continue reading →

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In the Theaters — April 1, 1909

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Second Takes — Billy Wilder

Posted on April 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times Billy Wilder, Dec. 17, 1999, at Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood. Note: I had so much fun posting a month's worth of Times stories about Raymond Chandler that I thought … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Chuck Hillinger!

Posted on April 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Daily Mirror apologizes for the murky reproduction of stories on the "new, improved" Typepad platform. We're trying to fix it. If you click on it to make it full size you will be able to read it.

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