Monthly Archives: April 2024

Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: TCM Festival Salutes Hollywood’s Golden Age

Posted on April 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

The recently concluded 15th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival brought together film fans from around the world to Hollywood to celebrate films, friends, and fun. Filled with diverse programming offering something for everyone, the Festival brings together archivists, academics, and … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on April 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1938 MGM film Of Human Hearts, with Walter Huston, James Stewart, Gene Reynolds, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Charles Coburn, John Carradine, Ann Rutherford, Leatrice Joy Gilbert, Charley Grapewin, Leona Roberts, Gene Lockhart, Clem Bevans, … Continue reading →

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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, April 2024

Posted on April 26, 2024 by lmharnisch

Here’s Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. The first subject was where was George Hodel in December 1945 and why does it matter? And the second, somewhat related subject was one of … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Clara Bow’s 1920s Home for Sale, a Cozy Cottage for Star of Silent Films

Posted on April 23, 2024 by lmharnisch

Clara Bow’s former rental at 7576 Hollywood Blvd. is on the market for $1.3 million. Hollywood homes can show a star’s character just as much as any candid portrait. Ostentatious or understated, hip or homey, residences serve as a snapshot … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on April 22, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1944 Universal picture Can’t Help Singing, with Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce, Leonid Kinskey, June Vincent, Ray Collins, Andrew Tombes, Thomas Gomez, Clara Blandick, Olin Howlin and George Cleveland.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Silent Films’ Broad Range on Display at San Francisco Festival

Posted on April 19, 2024 by lmharnisch

While the recently concluded 27th SFSFF moved from the beautiful vintage Castro Theatre to a new barnlike structure adjacent to the remaining structure from the 1915 Panama Pacific Intl. Exposition, it once again featured diverse programming offering an emotional, humanistic … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on April 15, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1954 film Black Tuesday, with Edward G. Robinson, Jean Parker, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone, Warren Stevens, Sylvia Findley, Jack Kelly, Hal Baylor, James Bell, Victor Perrin and Russell Johnson.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: The Flapper Speaks to American Women

Posted on April 15, 2024 by lmharnisch

The Flapper – via Wikipedia. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Life changed quickly in the United States post-World War I. Nowhere was this more evident than in the role and actions of young women emancipating themselves from … Continue reading →

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‘Ask Me Anything’ on George Hodel – April 16

Posted on April 14, 2024 by lmharnisch

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel and Steve Hodel on Tuesday, April 16, at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube and Instagram. In this session, I’ll look where George … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + +)

Posted on April 8, 2024 by lmharnisch

For Monday, we have a mystery fellow. His slumbering mystery companion has been cropped out because even asleep he lacks sufficient mysteriousness.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Darkness Has No Borders at Noir City Hollywood

Posted on April 8, 2024 by lmharnisch

Never Open That Door (1952), shown at Noir City Hollywood. Wonderful programming choices highlighted the 25th Anniversary of Noir City at Hollywood’s Netflix Egyptian Theatre displayed depravity, darkness, and deceit across the world, truly demonstrating that “darkness has no borders.”. … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, April 2024

Posted on April 3, 2024 by lmharnisch

In the April 2024 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about the recent article in… Popular Mechanics?

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 15th TCM Classic Film Festival Returns to Hollywood

Posted on April 1, 2024 by lmharnisch

For its 15th Anniversary, the TCM Classic Film Festival returns to Hollywood April 18-21 to examine crime in all its permutations with the theme “Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film.” A diverse group of archivists, musicians, and presenters will … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo–April Fools’ Day Edition (Updated + + + +)

Posted on April 1, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s April Fools’ mystery movie was the 1964 Woodfall film Girl With Green Eyes, with Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Maire Kean, Arthur O’Sullivan, Julian Glover, T.P. McKenna, Lislott Goettinger, Patrick Laffan and Lynn Redgrave.

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