Monthly Archives: May 2010

Movie Mystery Photo

Posted on May 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Los Angeles Times file photo  Los Angeles Times file photo  Here’s our mystery guest with two mystery companions. Please congratulate Dennis Morgan, James Curtis, Lou Zogby, Angus, LA Morgue Files, Zabadu and Rick Scott  for identifying him. I thought … Continue reading →

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Talking With Sid Caesar

Posted on May 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 9, 1980: Times’ Pulitzer winner Howard Rosenberg, in top form, interviews Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Caesar talks about Mel Brooks … and “Saturday Night Live.”

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LAPD’s Cars Are Useless Wrecks

Posted on May 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 9, 1910: “The first automobile purchased by the Police Department was an electric patrol wagon. This proved to be a failure, was used but little, and is now stored in the basement of the jail. Then a gearless … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 8, 1940

Posted on May 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 8, 1940: “When the Flo Ziegfeld estate was auctioned a plaster bust of Billie Burke went for $3.50,” Jimmie Fidler says.

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Reagan Searches for Running Mate

Posted on May 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 8, 1980: “Many times Reagan has told his staff and his supporters that the vice presidential nominee must be someone who would carry on the Reagan philosophy if anything should happen to him,” The Times’ Richard Bergholz says.

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Talking With the Dodgers’ Vince ‘the Voice’ Scully

Posted on May 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 8, 1960:  The headline would make any Dodger fan shudder: "Vince Scully Turns Back Pages to Worst Moments Before Mike." The story by The Times' Jeane Hoffman actually was an entertaining conversation with the Dodgers' broadcaster about his … Continue reading →

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Tattooing Is London’s Fashionable Craze, 1910

Posted on May 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 8, 1910: A London tattoo artist says, “Not long ago, too, a lady came to me to have a cat's head tattooed on her arm. It was a portrait of a pet animal which she recently had lost. Well, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, May 7, 1960

Posted on May 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 7, 1960: Shades of 1953 -– Pink shirts for men are back. They go with those charcoal gray suits.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 7, 1960

Posted on May 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 7, 1960: What became of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Bean?

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 7, 1940

Posted on May 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 7, 1940: “Walter Pidgeon and John Carroll are packing tackle for a fishing trek to Texas Gulf resorts,” Jimmie Fidler says. 

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Movie Mystery Photo

Posted on May 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Los Angeles Times file photo  I am always amazed by the Daily Mirror’s “brain trust,” which is my nickname for our readers. I never fail to be impressed by how much people know – or can find out. These … Continue reading →

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Misfortune-Telling

Posted on May 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 7, 1910: Messages from the great beyond are causing trouble in Los Angeles! The last time Lee Yew Yee was charged with telling fortunes, he got 60 days on the chain gang, but this time he received a … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Brenda Allen

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

An EBay vendor has listed this Aug. 12, 1948, wire photo of Hollywood Madam Brenda Allen with defense lawyer Max Solomon, right, and Deputy City Atty. Lindsay Dickey examining a "little black box" of clients’ names seized during a vice … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, May 6, 1960

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Far into the future, villains will smoke cigarettes! May 6, 1960: “It can be stated unequivocally that in his new album Elvis is as good as he ever was, which is better than the swarm of sickening imitators who … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 6, 1960

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 6, 1960: Paul Coates profiles Neysa Washington, who was badly injured in 1945 trying to stop her runaway car. She hopped on the running board when it began rolling down Beachwood Drive and, unable to get into the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 6, 1940

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 6, 1940: “Ann Sheridan takes along her own rumba records to be played while she dines,” Jimmie Fidler says.

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British Commandos Rescue Embassy Hostages

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 6, 1980: Times Pulitzer Prize winner William Tuohy writes that British commandos stormed the Iranian Embassy in London, freeing 19 hostages, killing three terrorists and capturing two others. The attack was ordered after the terrorists, opponents of the … Continue reading →

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Russia Shoots Down U.S. Spy Plane

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

    May 10, 1960: A Lockheed engineer says this Soviet photo of the downed U-2 is a fake. May 6, 1960: Although the Soviets shot down a U-2 on May 1, the story didn’t appear in The Times until … Continue reading →

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Downtown Cafe Is Too Spicy

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 6, 1910: S. Forzly is forced to close his eastern cafe in the basement of the Central National Bank at 4th Street and Broadway after bank employees get a restraining order due to the lunch room’s pungent, exotic … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, May 5, 1960

Posted on May 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

    May 5, 1960: Here’s another take on Cynthia Lindsay and “Procals.” Her term describes the people of the Southland, who are “pro California.” I’ll be taking a look at Lindsay’s 1960 book “The Natives Are Restless” in an … Continue reading →

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