Monthly Archives: October 2016

Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie has been the 1950 Universal International film “Woman on the Run,” with Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen, Frank Jenks, Ross Elliott, Jane Liddell, Joan Fulton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Steven Geray, Victor Sen Yung, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Mon Randall, Caricaturist

Posted on October 31, 2016 by lmharnisch

  Frank Mayo as drawn by Mon Randall. In the world of popular culture, everything is about the sell. Photos, posters, graphics, all becomes a means of ballyhoo in attempts to lure consumers to purchase or view product. In the … Continue reading →

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Eve Golden’s YouTube Theater: Betty Grable Was Just Adorable

Posted on October 25, 2016 by lmharnisch

Betty Grable in an undated publicity shot. Betty Grable’s one of those people—a long list—I’d love to write a book about, but can’t. Her daughters were really nice, but said “we just don’t want to go through all that again,” … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: ‘Crazylegs’ Salutes Elroy Hirsch and the Los Angeles Rams

Posted on October 24, 2016 by lmharnisch

An image of Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch, scanned from a negative listed on EBay at $24.99. Los Angeles is currently experiencing the second coming of its professional football team, the Los Angeles Rams, who first arrived in town in 1946 and … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by lmharnisch

  This week’s mystery movie has been the 1947 Twentieth Century-Fox film “Nightmare Alley,” with Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki and Ian Keith. It was written Jules Furthman from the novel by William … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia Halloween Costumes: The Annual Warning

Posted on October 19, 2016 by lmharnisch

Halloween is quickly approaching, which means the internet is brimming with photos of young women practicing their “Chelsea Smile” makeup and otherwise showing off their talent in dressing up like a brutally murdered woman. Regardless of what you may think, … Continue reading →

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Eve Golden’s YouTube Theater: Why Jayne Mansfield Really Was Divoon

Posted on October 18, 2016 by lmharnisch

Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield in a still from “Kiss Them for Me,” listed on EBay at $8.99. If Jayne Mansfield had died in 1957 instead of 1967, she’d be remembered as one of the most talented and promising actresses … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 17, 2016 by lmharnisch

  This week’s mystery movie has been the 1928 MGM film “The Wind,” starring Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward Earle, William Orlamond, Carmencita Johnson, Laon Ramon and Billy Kent Schaefer, with a screenplay by Frances Marion … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 4418 Vineland Ave., Yesterday and Today, Part 2

Posted on October 17, 2016 by lmharnisch

4418 Vineland Ave. in an undated photo, courtesy of Mary Mallory.   Two years can bring changes in life, whether to a person or building, and not always for the better. I wrote about the history of 4418 Vineland Ave. … Continue reading →

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Eve Golden’s YouTube Theater: Annie-Pie

Posted on October 11, 2016 by lmharnisch

A publicity photo of Ann Miller, listed on EBay for $28.88. My friend Donna hates Ann Miller—hates her—so I apologize to Donna in advance for this piece. But I love Annie. She was bright and glittery and silly and unlike … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 10, 2016 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie has been the curious 1943 RKO film “Journey Into Fear,” with a screenplay by Joseph Cotten from the novel by Eric Ambler. The movie starred Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio and Ruth Warrick, with Agnes Moorhead, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Max Munn Autrey, Texas Stillman

Posted on October 10, 2016 by lmharnisch

Max Munn Autrey, from Pictures and Picturegoer, August 1925 “In Hollywood, photographers spring into fame overnight. They are, for a time, a fad—and only become recognized as established worth when they prove that their ideas are not limited. All an … Continue reading →

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Eve Golden’s YouTube Theater: Well, Here Is the Damndest Film You’ll Ever See

Posted on October 4, 2016 by lmharnisch

  “Cigarette Life!” A deathless line from “Tomato Is Another Day.” I offer for your bewilderment Tomato Is Another Day (1930), seven of the weirdest minutes ever committed to film. It was never widely shown (for obvious reasons) and was … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: ‘I’m Just Wild About Animal Crackers’ Heats Up Promotions

Posted on October 3, 2016 by lmharnisch

The sheet music for “I’m Just Wild About Animal Crackers,” courtesy of Mary Mallory. Popular culture, be it music, the written word, or mass entertainment, so often unintentionally defines a time and place in history, revealing so much about a … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 3, 2016 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie has been the 1946 film “I See a Dark Stranger,” with Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley, Michael Howard, Norman Shelley, Brenda Bruce, Brefni O’Rorke, James Harcourt, Liam Redmond and W. O’Gorman, by Frank Launder, Sidney … Continue reading →

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