Monthly Archives: September 2024

Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Helen Holmes, The Railroad Girl

Posted on September 30, 2024 by lmharnisch

In the mid-1910s, action-packed serials starring adventurous heroines thrilled audiences of young women dreaming of independence and agency. At the same time, women in the United States campaigned for the right to vote, eager to shape public policy and take … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 30, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1951 RKO film Payment on Demand, with Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan, Jane Cowl, Kent Taylor, Betty Lynn, John Sutton, Frances Dee, Peggie Castle, Otto Kruger, Walter Sande, Brett King, Richard Anderson, Natalie Schafer, Katherine … Continue reading →

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is October 1

Posted on September 25, 2024 by lmharnisch

Annual fall reminder: Halloween is approaching. Do NOT dress up like the Black Dahlia for Halloween. It’s not a memorial, it’s not a tribute, it’s just weird and gross — and there are better ways to be weird and gross … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Warner Bros. Celebrates Batman Day

Posted on September 23, 2024 by lmharnisch

First appearing in 1939’s Detective Comics #27 on March 30, 1939, Batman has grown into a Super Hero and an iconic emblem of justice employing just his intellect, athletic skill, and technological savvy and superiority. To celebrate the 85th Anniversary … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 23, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1950 Twentieth Century-Fox picture When Willie Comes Marching Home, with Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend, William Demarest, James Lydon, Lloyd Corrigan and Evelyn Varden.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — The First Motion Picture Electrical Parade

Posted on September 23, 2024 by lmharnisch

Harold Lloyd’s float in the electrical parade, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Long before the Walt Disney Co. began presenting an electrical parade at its parks, Los Angeles offered electrical parades as part … Continue reading →

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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, September 2024

Posted on September 17, 2024 by lmharnisch

Here’s Boxie and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. Reminder: Do NOT dress up like the Black Dahlia for Halloween. In this session, I discussed Steve Hodel, James Ellroy and Rick Jackson.

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 16, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1949 Warner Bros. film It’s a Great Feeling, with Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin, Irving Bacon, Claire Carleton and the Mazzone-Abbott Dancers.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Myrtle Gonzalez – Early Latina Movie Star

Posted on September 16, 2024 by lmharnisch

An autographed photo of Myrtle Gonzalez by the Martel-Carruthers studio, inscribed to Jean Herscholt, listed on EBay at $250 Note: This is an encore post from 2021.  Mostly forgotten today because of her untimely death in the 1918 influenza epidemic, … Continue reading →

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‘Ask Me Anything’ on George Hodel – September 17

Posted on September 10, 2024 by lmharnisch

Reminder: Boxie and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel and Steve Hodel on Tuesday, September 17, at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube and Instagram. Can’t make the live session? Email me your questions … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: May Brotherton, Queen of Film Editing

Posted on September 9, 2024 by lmharnisch

May Brotherton in the Balboa Day Book, 1916. Women were integral to motion picture production from its very beginning. Working behind the scenes, they dominated the dirty work of cutting and assembly of film and negative for decades. Quick and … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 9, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1948 MGM film Three Daring Daughters, with Jeannette MacDonald, Jose Iturbi, Jane Powell, Edward Arnold, Harry Davenport, Moyna MacGill, Larry Adler, Mary Eleanor Donahue, Ann E. Todd, Dick Simmons, Amparo Iturbi and Tom Helmore.

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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, September 2024

Posted on September 3, 2024 by lmharnisch

In the September 2024 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about my work in progress, Heaven Is HERE! and my current focus on the crime scene

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Rah! Rah! Hollywood Celebrates Pennants

Posted on September 2, 2024 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Hollywood has always been creative in promoting its films and personalities to the public. Employing posters, lobby cards, window cards and photographs, silent film production companies hyped upcoming films. With the success … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 2, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Columbia picture The True Story of Lynn Stuart, with Betsy Palmer, Jack Lord and Barry Atwater.

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