Category Archives: 1932

Olympics: Scenes From the 1932 Los Angeles Games

Posted on August 3, 2016 by lmharnisch

Several years ago, I bought a group of German images showing the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2016 Rio Games seemed like a good time to share them.

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L.A. Becomes New York: ‘Three on a Match’ (1932)

Posted on November 14, 2014 by lmharnisch

After I posted a photo of Ann Dvorak’s Duesenberg in the 1932 film “Three on a Match,” John Bengtson noted that the school scenes were filmed at Los Angeles High School on Fort Moore Hill. “Three on a Match” is, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1932, Architecture, Downtown, Education, Film, Hollywood, Location Sleuth, New York | Tagged #New York, 1932, architecture, downtown L.A., film, hollywood | 7 Comments

‘Three on a Match’ — Ann Dvorak’s Duesenberg

Posted on September 27, 2014 by lmharnisch

I finally saw “Three on a Match,” which was on TCM yesterday. And I’m crazy about Ann Dvorak’s Duesenberg town car. What a set of wheels. In this shot, Joan Blondell and Bette Davis are drooling over it.

Posted in 1932, Film, Hollywood, Transportation | Tagged #cars, 1932, Duesenberg, film, hollywood | 3 Comments

Movieland Mystery Photo ( Updated + + + + )

Posted on July 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

The world turns while the RKO Pathe rooster stands still. Go figure. This is “Panama Flo,” with Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong and Charles Bickford. The movie opened Jan. 19, 1932, in New York. The New York Times said: “The story … Continue reading →

Posted in 1932, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo | Tagged 1932, film, hollywood, mystery photo | 43 Comments

The Death of Ted Healy — Part 4

Posted on May 31, 2013 by lmharnisch

Jan 28, 1932: Betty Braun Healy sues Mary Brown Warburton for alienation of affection, via the Milwaukee Journal. The most interesting person in the whole Ted Healy drama is his first wife, Betty Braun, his former vaudeville partner. Everyone else … Continue reading →

Posted in 1927, 1932, 1937, Film, Hollywood, Nightclubs, Stage | Tagged #Wikipedia, 1937, Betty Healy, Ted Healy, Three Stooges | 7 Comments

Found on EBay – ‘Los Angeles in Blockprint’

Posted on December 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

Here’s a stunning discovery. You may recall the saga of Everett Ruess, the young vagabond artist, photographer and poet who vanished in 1935 while exploring southern Utah and whose life remains an inspiration for people intoxicated with the romance of … Continue reading →

Posted in 1932, Art & Artists, Books and Authors, Found on EBay | Tagged #Everett Ruess, blockprint | 1 Comment

Sex Mysteries Demonstrated With Living Artist Models

Posted on June 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

July 24, 1932: Cartoonist Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale puts Miss Los Angeles in the midst of a dazzling array of national stereotypes for the 1932 Olympics (note that Mexico is in a sombrero … and is Japan wearing a … Continue reading →

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Tip Poff, July 17, 1932

Posted on June 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

July 17, 1932: I’ve been meaning to post some of the Tip Poff gossip columns that The Times used to run in the movie/drama pages of the 1930s. The Times experimented with the column and by 1939 was calling it … Continue reading →

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Remembering Elizabeth Taylor: 1932 – 2011

Posted on March 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

Feb. 6, 1945: “National Velvet” opens in Los Angeles. Photograph by John Malmin/Los Angeles Times March 27, 1957: Michael Todd poses with Elizabeth Taylor after “Around the World in 80 Days” won the Academy … Continue reading →

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Google — Don’t Be Annoying

Posted on February 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

Last summer, I posted an item about “Los Angeles in 7 Days,” a guidebook written for the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. I was happy to discover that the book had been scanned by Google and placed online. … Continue reading →

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Spring Street revisited

Posted on July 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Nadeau Hotel (sometimes called the Hotel Nadeau) at Spring and 1st streets (now the site of The Times Building), in an undated drawing. An early ad for a business in the Nadeau, 1889. Photograph by the Los Angeles … Continue reading →

Posted in 1889, 1932, Architecture, Downtown, Lee Shippey | Tagged #Hotels, #Los Angeles Times, #Spring Street, 1882, 1932, downtown, lodging, Nadeau Hotel | Comments Off