Monthly Archives: August 2014

1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 20, 1944

Posted on August 20, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 20, 1944 To tell a woman she is beautiful is the most acceptable compliment any daughter of Eve can receive. It’s the most exciting praise every girl, whether she resides in Hollywood or lives on an isolated farm, enjoys … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 20

Posted on August 19, 2014 by lmharnisch

“I stood beside him in the bay window of Laura’s living room. East 62nd Street had yielded to the spirit of carnival…” The 200 block of East 62nd Street, New York, via Google Street View. In case you just tuned … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 19, 1944

Posted on August 19, 2014 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 19, 1944 Really interesting news that Freddie March is ready to sign a contract to play Major Joppolo in “A Bell for Adano.” I don’t mean the movie, either. He is being signed by Leland Hayward for the … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on August 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

This is the 1924 film “Hot Water,” starring Harold Lloyd.

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Times War Correspondent Tom Treanor Dies Covering the Liberation of France

Posted on August 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 18, 1944 Times war correspondent Tom Treanor is injured in a Jeep accident while covering the liberation of France and dies of his injuries the next day. As I noted in a 2007 post, a journalism scholarship was established … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: The Masquers Club Laughs to Win

Posted on August 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

The Masquers reliving Keystone Kops days after shooting “Stout Hearts and Willing Hands,” from left, Roscoe Arbuckle, Bobby Vernon, Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin, Clyde Cooke, Mack Swain, Jimmy Finlayson and Hank Mann. Since the beginning of time, people have joined … Continue reading →

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Books, Reading and Lending Libraries

Posted on August 15, 2014 by lmharnisch

Note to millennials: This is an example of a book from a lending library. These were generally small  businesses that rented books for pennies a day and specialized in current literature and somewhat racy material that wasn’t available at the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 15, 1944

Posted on August 15, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 15, 1944 Clark Gable is not returning to work in September. He says he may never make another picture, which would be a terrible blow, not only to his studio, but to all his many fans. Said Clark: “I … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 19

Posted on August 14, 2014 by lmharnisch

Page 151 of “Laura.” Novelist Vera Caspary uses the date Friday, Aug. 27, 1941. In case you just tuned in, I’m using Louella Parsons’ May 15, 1944, item on Rouben Mamoulian being replaced as the director of “Laura” to take … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Life Magazine, Aug. 14, 1944

Posted on August 14, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 14, 1944 The tough, haggard man on the cover is one of the thousands who are winning the battle for France. He is Lt. Kelso C. Horne of the U.S. airborne infantry. Men like Lt. Horne saw their hardest … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, August 14, 1944

Posted on August 14, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 14, 1944 Sat and talked with Joan Fontaine the night before she left for Mexico and I have seldom seen her as happy. She had an engagement to meet Preston Sturges and there is a very good chance he … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 18

Posted on August 13, 2014 by lmharnisch

Times Square about 1940, in a postcard listed on EBay at $12.50. In case you just tuned in, I’m using Louella Parsons’ May 15, 1944, item on Rouben Mamoulian being replaced as the director of “Laura” to take a meandering … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 13, 1944

Posted on August 13, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 13, 1944 When I say [Michael Curtiz] is one of the very few I do not resent calling me “Lolly,” you get an idea we have been good friends through the years. I was one of five guests when … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 17

Posted on August 12, 2014 by lmharnisch

In case you just tuned in, I’m using Louella Parsons’ May 15, 1944, item on Rouben Mamoulian being replaced as the director of “Laura” to take a meandering look at the making of the film, which was released in Los … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 12, 1944

Posted on August 12, 2014 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 12, 1944 Geraldine Fitzgerald’s sparkling performance as Edith Galt, second wife of Woodrow Wilson, creates a new and fresh interest in her. Fitting, I think, that Jack Warner should again lend her to Darryl Zanuck, for he did … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on August 11, 2014 by lmharnisch

This is “Montana Moon,” a 1930 MGM film directed by Malcolm St. Clair. And although the TCM write-up says the  film was shot on location in Montana, we have the famous train station in beautiful Chatsworth, jewel of the northwest … Continue reading →

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No Arole-Cay Ombard-Lay Otos-Phay Here!

Posted on August 11, 2014 by lmharnisch

Sigh. No. 1 in eath-day een-say otos-phay. Note: I apologize for using pig Latin, but it’s a way to be invisible to oogle-Gay. I don’t want any more traffic on this subject than I already have. ECM-Tay’s daylong feature of … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Bimini Baths’ Curing Waters Heal the Soul

Posted on August 11, 2014 by lmharnisch

A postcard showing the Bimini Baths, courtesy of Mary Mallory. For centuries, those looking for healing of mental or physical ailments visited therapeutic spas and springs at such places as Bath, England, and Baden Baden in Germany. By the 1860s, … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 8, 1944.

Posted on August 8, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 8, 1944 If the Indians ever pick out a tribe name for Joyce Reynolds it should be “Little Miss Sittin’ Pretty.” Not only is Joyce zooming to fame, but she is by way of becoming the richest junior miss … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 16

Posted on August 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

“Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror,” edited by Dorothy L. Sayers. From the library of Fernando Pessoa. In case you just tuned in, I’m using Louella Parsons’ May 15, 1944, item on Rouben Mamoulian being replaced as the … Continue reading →

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