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Category Archives: 1943
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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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
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Tagged #Thanksgiving, 1943, World War II
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1943 RKO picture The Leopard Man, with Dennis O’Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, James Bell, Margaret Landry, Abner Biberman, Tula Parma and Ben Bard. Music by Roy Webb. Musical direction by C. Bakaleinikoff. … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #RKO, castanets, Cornell Woolrich, Dennis O'Keefe, film, hollywood, Jacques Tourneur, Jean Brooks, Margaret Landry, Margo, mystery leopard, mystery photo, Val Lewton
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1943 MGM short “Inflation,” with Edward Arnold, Horace (Stephen) McNally, Esther Williams and Vicky Lane. Original story by E. Maurice Adler and Julian Harmon. Screenplay by Gene Piller and Michael Simmons. Photography by Henry … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, World War II
Tagged #MGM, 1943, Cyril Endfield, Edward Arnold, Esther Williams, film, hollywood, mystery photo, Office of War Information, World War II
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – A Perfect Villain
Photo: “Rasputin and the Empress,” with Gustav von Seyffertitz, center, with Ethel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, John Barrymore, Tad Alexander and Lionel Barrymore. Photo listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $9.99. Note: This is an encore post from 2011. One of … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Found on EBay, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Obituaries, Stage
Tagged #film, #Gustav von Seyffertitz, #hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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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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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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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: David O. Selznick and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
Madame Chiang in a film clip at the Hollywood Bowl, beginning at the 4:22 mark on a newsreel posted on YouTube. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy years ago, film producer David O. Selznick staged an over-the-top … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, World War II
Tagged 1943, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, World War II
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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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May 10, 1943: Heartbreaking Story of ‘Punky,’ 14, Who Succeeded in Killing Herself on 7th Try
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 that originally appeared on the 1947project. You can’t help but notice in going through old newspapers that suicides and divorces (especially in the days before no-fault divorces) were treated as daily “brites,” … Continue reading
Black Dahlia: The Formosa Cafe and Another Good Story Ruined
My inbox exploded this morning with alerts about the Black Dahlia and links leading to an essay in the Los Angeles Times by David Ulin, writing about the Formosa Cafe (which he calls “the Formosa” – a gaffe nobody bothered … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Food and Drink, LAPD
Tagged 1943, 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, black dahlia, Elizabeth Short, Formosa Cafe, lapd, unsolved murders
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L.A. Celebrates a Wartime Thanksgiving, 1943
Note: This is a post from 2013. Happy Thanksgiving! 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 … Continue reading
Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – A Perfect Villain
Photo: “Rasputin and the Empress,” with Gustav von Seyffertitz, center, with Ethel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, John Barrymore, Tad Alexander and Lionel Barrymore. Photo listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $9.99. Note: This is an encore post from 2011 One of … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Found on EBay, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Obituaries, Stage
Tagged #film, #Gustav von Seyffertitz, #hollywood, #Mary Mallory, Hollywood Heights
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L.A. Celebrates a Wartime Thanksgiving, 1943
Note: This is a post from 2013. Happy Thanksgiving! 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 … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Food and Drink, World War II
Tagged #Thanksgiving, 1943, World War II
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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 53
Note: This is the last of the “Laura” posts I had in reserve from last year, when I went on sabbatical. It was a fun project, but my focus on the Dahlia project prevents me from doing any more. Reading … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, 1944, Film, Hollywood
Tagged 1943, 1944, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, film, hollywood, Laura, Vincent Price
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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 52
One important aspect about the script for “Laura,” beyond the filming of the movie, is the complicated agreement that Twentieth Century-Fox had with David O. Selznick in sharing the contract of Jennifer Jones, who was originally cast in the lead … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, 1944, Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood
Tagged #David O. Selznick, 1943, 1944, Darryl F. Zanuck, film, hollywood, Irene Selznick, Jennifer Jones, Laura, Robert Walker
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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 51
The final shooting script for “Laura,” dated April 18, 1944, with additions as late as July 1944. On Monday, Nov. 1, 1943, Twentieth Century-Fox head of production Darryl F. Zanuck issued his stinging critique of Jay Dratler’s draft of “Laura.” … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, 1944, Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood
Tagged 1943, 1944, Betty Reinhardt, Darryl F. Zanuck, film, hollywood, Laura, Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian, Samuel Hoffenstein
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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 50
“Memo From Darryl F. Zanuck,” edited by Rudy Behlmer. On Nov. 1, 1943, Darryl F. Zanuck, the Twentieth Century-Fox head of production, issued a stinging critique of Jay Dratler’s first draft of “Laura.” In this post, we will look at … Continue reading
Posted in 1942, 1943, 1944, Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood
Tagged #Gene Tierney, 1942, 1943, 1944, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Darryl F. Zanuck, film, hollywood, Laura
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Zoot Suit Riots, June 1943
A hipster duck wears a zoot suit in Disney’s “The Spirit of ‘43.” In 2011, I took a look at the official Navy documents on the Zoot Suit Riots. Here they are: “Zoot Suit” and History, Part 1| Part 2 … Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Film, Hollywood, Zoot Suit
Tagged #Zoot Suit Riots, 1943, animation, film
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