Monthly Archives: May 2010

Chessman Execution Today!

Posted on May 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times file photo From left, UC history professor Richard Drinnon; actors Marlon Brando, Steve Allen and Shirley MacLaine; and UC professor Eugene Burdick enter the governor's mansion in Sacramento to urge Gov. Pat Brown to spare the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 1, 1940

Posted on May 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  The Times publishes another drawing by Charles Owens, showing what the fight for Dombas, Norway, might have looked like.  May 1, 1940: “Hollywood After Dark: Amazonian Geraldine Ross, Florentine Gardens star, singing torch songs to mite-y George E. Stone, … Continue reading →

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Talking With John Huston, 1980

Posted on May 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

   May 1, 1980: John Huston talks to Roderick Mann about filming “Victory” and about his upcoming autobiography, “An Open Book.” 

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On the Frontiers of Medicine, 1910

Posted on May 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 1, 1910: Although Harry Ellington Brook was a popular and respected institution at The Times from 1886 to 1912 and 1917 to 1924, I had never encountered  him before, and his proclamations on health can only be described … Continue reading →

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