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Author Archives: lmharnisch
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: A 1940s Christmas Story in ‘Star in the Night’
An updated version of the Nativity in Warner Bros. Star in the Night. Note: This is an encore post from 2021. Made as a twenty-minute film to complete a program slate for movie theaters, the 1945 Warner Bros. two-reel short … Continue reading
Posted in 1945, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged 1945, Academy Awards, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Warner Bros.
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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, December 2023 / The George Hodel Bugging Transcripts
Here’s Boxy and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. I talked about Steve Hodel’s bizarre new book “Black Dahlia Avenger IV” and one of his staunchest enablers, Luigi Warren. Then I reviewed the LAPD guidelines for … Continue reading
Posted in Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged Ask Me Anything, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Elizabeth Short, homicide, lapd
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Agnes Grew, Pioneering Paramount Executive
Agnes Grew with a map showing the results from a survey of women movie-goers, 1945. A leader in almost everything she tried, Agnes Grew is mostly forgotten like many other women working in the motion picture industry during the 1920s-1930s. … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Women in Hollywood
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1945 Paramount picture Love Letters, with Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards, Cecil Kellaway, Gladys Cooper, Anita Louise, Robert Sully, Reginald Denny, Ernest Cossart and Byron Barr.
Posted in 1945, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged 1945, Ayn Rand, film, hollywood, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, mystery photo, Paramount
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‘Ask Me Anything’ on George Hodel – December 19
Reminder: Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel and Steve Hodel Tuesday Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube and Instagram. We’ll take a look at what’s going on in Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Me Anything, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases
Tagged Ask Me Anything, George Hodel, Steve Hodel
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1941 Paramount picture The Road to Zanzibar, with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel, Eric Blore, Douglass Dumbrille, Iris Adrian and Lionel Royce.
Posted in 1941, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #Dorothy Lamour, 1941, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, film, hollywood, mystery photo
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Lighting the Way on Santa Claus Lane
Hollywood Boulevard decorated for Christmas in the 1950s. Note: This is an encore post from 2021. Starting in the late 1920s, Hollywood Boulevard’s Christmas decorations dazzled shoppers and tourists with their thousands of twinkling lights, a spectacular backdrop for holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged #Christmas, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Santa Claus Lane
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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, December 2023
In the December 2023 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about the incursion of artificial intelligence in cranking out “true” crime videos and I discuss Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer by Janice Knowlton and Michael … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged Ask Me Anything, Black Dahlia, Cleveland Torso Killings, Elizabeth Short, John Gilmore, lapd
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood Sign Built and Illuminated November-December 1923
The Hollywoodland Sign, in a photo published in the Los Angeles Evening Herald, Dec. 8, 1923. Note: This is an encore post from 2017. Originally constructed as a publicity gimmick and branding symbol to help generate sales for a real … Continue reading
Posted in 1923, Architecture, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged #Hollywoodland, 1923, Architecture, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1940 Warner Bros. short Service With the Colors, with Robert Armstrong, William Lundigan, Henry O’Neill, William Orr, Herbert Anderson and George Haywood.
Posted in 1940, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, World War II
Tagged 1940, film, hollywood, mystery photo, Warner Bros., World War II
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood and Poinsettias
A postcard c. 1908 of poinsettias, “California’s Christmas flower,” listed on EBay. Note: This is an encore post from 2020. Euphorba Pulcherrima, better known as the poinsettia plant, has been popular in Los Angeles since the late 1800s. Some call … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged agriculture, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, poinsettias
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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is Dec. 5
Reminder: Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and discuss Daddy … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Coming Attractions
Tagged 1947, Ask Me Anything, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Steve Hodel
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1949 Twentieth Century-Fox film Come to the Stable, with Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick, Basil Ruysdael, Dooley Wilson, Regis Toomey and Mike Mazurki.
Posted in 1949, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, film, Henry Koster, hollywood, mystery photo, Twentieth Century-Fox
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Agnes O’Malley Marx, Pioneering Film Publicist
Agnes O’Malley Marx in the Los Angeles Daily News, 1954. The early moving picture industry offered opportunity to diverse workers: immigrants, women, and people of color more easily found jobs and opportunities for growth and leadership in the new field. … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, publicists
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L.A. Celebrates a Wartime Thanksgiving, 1943
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
Posted in 1943, Food and Drink, World War II
Tagged #Thanksgiving, 1943, World War II
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An 1890s Thanksgiving in the Kitchen
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
Posted in 1890, Food and Drink, From the Stacks
Tagged #1890s, #cookbooks, #recipes, #Thanksgiving, #turkey
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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, November 2023 / The George Hodel Bugging Transcripts
Here’s Boxy and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. I talked about Steve Hodel’s Internet squabble with Esotouric and his bizarre new book “Black Dahlia Avenger IV.” Then I went over the LAPD guidelines for managing … Continue reading
Posted in Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged Ask Me Anything, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Elizabeth Short, homicide, lapd
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1943 Twentieth Century-Fox picture The Gang’s All Here, with Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Eugene Pallette, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, Tony De Marco, James Ellison, Sheila Ryan … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #Carmen Miranda, 1943, Alice Faye, Busby Berkeley, film, hollywood, mystery photo, Twentieth Century-Fox
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – ‘Napoleon’
Photo: The trailer for the restored version of Abel Gance’s “Napoleon.” Credit: San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Note: This is an encore post from 2012. In the mid-1920s, the world was looking for inspiration on how to live passionately, doggedly … Continue reading
Posted in 1927, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged #Napoleon, #San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Abel Gance
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‘Ask Me Anything’ on George Hodel – November 21
Reminder: Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel and Steve Hodel next Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube and Instagram. This time, we’ll take a look at what’s going on in … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Me Anything, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases
Tagged Ask Me Anything, George Hodel, Steve Hodel
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