Monthly Archives: November 2021

Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Charles Ray

Posted on November 29, 2021 by lmharnisch

A Witzel photo of Charles Ray, listed on EBay at $9.95. Note: This is an encore post from 2012. Boyish actor Charles Ray ranked as one of the most popular juvenile stars of the mid 1910s, playing rural teens, schoolboys, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 29, 2021 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1933 Warner Bros. picture The Mind Reader, with Warren William, Constance Cummings, Allen Jenkins, Natalie Moorhead, Mayo Methot, Clarence Muse and Earle Foxe.

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L.A. Celebrates a Wartime Thanksgiving, 1943

Posted on November 25, 2021 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2013. A wartime Thanksgiving in Los Angeles, with many service personnel welcomed into people’s homes for a holiday meal. The Times published cooking tips for war workers, advising cooks who were otherwise engaged … Continue reading →

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An 1890s Thanksgiving in the Kitchen

Posted on November 25, 2021 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2011. Here’s a traditional roast turkey recipe from the “Every-Day Cook-Book and Family Compendium,” written about 1890 by Miss E. Neill. Be sure your fire is bright and clear and watch out for … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Lillian St. Cyr, ‘Indian Princess’ of Early Films

Posted on November 23, 2021 by lmharnisch

Lillian St. Cyr, who took the name Princess Red Wing (frequently rendered as Redwing), Moving Picture World, 1912. Throughout much of her life, Lillian Margaret St. Cyr felt caught between two worlds as she tried to bridge Native American and … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 22, 2021 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1936 Warner Bros. picture Brides Are Like That, with Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Joseph Cawthorn, Kathleen Lockhart, Gene Lockhart, Richard Purcell, Mary Treen, Joseph Crehan, Frank Darien, Robert Emmett Keane and Kay Hughes.

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 15, 2021 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1947 MGM picture The Arnelo Affair, with John Hodiak, George Murphy, Frances Gifford, Dean Stockwell, Eve Arden, Warner Anderson, Lowell Gilmore, Michael Branden, Ruth Brady, Ruby Dandridge and Joan Woodbury. Screenplay by Arch Oboler, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Filming in Studio City

Posted on November 15, 2021 by lmharnisch

Photo: Mack Sennett and John A. Waldron with plans for new project. Credit: Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1927 Note: This is an encore post from 2011. North Hollywood really began growing in the mid-1920s, when farmers and ranchers began … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 8, 2021 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1929 First National picture Weary River, with Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden, Louis Natheaux, George Stone, Raymond Turner and Gladden James. Story by Courtney Riley Cooper. Screen version by Bradley King.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood Bridge

Posted on November 8, 2021 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2012. Though card games had been around for centuries, auction bridge was developed in 1904 as an alternative to whist. In 1925, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt developed rules, particularly for scoring, creating contract bridge. … Continue reading →

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A Reminder From Pier Angeli and Friend

Posted on November 7, 2021 by lmharnisch

Pier Angeli and her little friend remind Daily Mirror readers to turn back their clocks this Sunday.

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George Hodel: ‘Wings of Evil’

Posted on November 4, 2021 by lmharnisch

I’m told that Steve Hodel has published the last two volumes in his life’s work of accusing his father, George Hodel, of every unsolved killing between 1907 and 1999. The Black Dahlia Avenger has gone through countless revisions and updates … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Ferragamo’s Hollywood Days

Posted on November 2, 2021 by lmharnisch

Long before becoming synonymous as one of the world’s top designers of haute couture footwear, Salvatore Ferragamo gained fame as shoe designer to Hollywood stars. Creating gorgeous and unique designs that also comfortably fit the wearer’s foot, Ferragamo put Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 1, 2021 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1951 Twentieth Century-Fox picture Take Care of My Little Girl, with Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor, Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Betty Lynn, Helen Westcott, Lenka Peterson, Carol Brannon, Natalie Schafer, Beverly Dennis, Kathleen … Continue reading →

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