Category Archives: 1944

‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 17

Posted on August 12, 2014 by lmharnisch

In case you just tuned in, I’m using Louella Parsons’ May 15, 1944, item on Rouben Mamoulian being replaced as the director of “Laura” to take a meandering look at the making of the film, which was released in Los … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 12, 1944

Posted on August 12, 2014 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 12, 1944 Geraldine Fitzgerald’s sparkling performance as Edith Galt, second wife of Woodrow Wilson, creates a new and fresh interest in her. Fitting, I think, that Jack Warner should again lend her to Darryl Zanuck, for he did … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 8, 1944.

Posted on August 8, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 8, 1944 If the Indians ever pick out a tribe name for Joyce Reynolds it should be “Little Miss Sittin’ Pretty.” Not only is Joyce zooming to fame, but she is by way of becoming the richest junior miss … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 16

Posted on August 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

“Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror,” edited by Dorothy L. Sayers. From the library of Fernando Pessoa. In case you just tuned in, I’m using Louella Parsons’ May 15, 1944, item on Rouben Mamoulian being replaced as the … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘The Lone Ranger’

Posted on August 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 7, 1944: Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! “The Lone Ranger.” Courtesy of otronmp3.com.

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1944 in Print — Life Magazine, Aug. 7, 1944

Posted on August 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

Geraldine Fitzgerald was born in Dublin, Ireland, and is a product of that city’s famous Gate Theatre. Her initial appearance on Broadway in Shaw’s “Heartbreak House”  brought offers from all major Hollywood studios. Now under contract to Warner Bros., she … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 7, 1944

Posted on August 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 7, 1944 The honeymoon is over when the bride has to go back to work. At least, that is what Gail Patrick laughingly told me when I talked with her on the telephone. She got back in Hollywood to … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 6, 1944

Posted on August 6, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 6, 1944 Jennifer Jones is a strange, restrained, shy girl with little of the small talk and frivolous comments on life that characterize the average young woman of her years. Talking to her, you get the impression she is … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 15

Posted on August 5, 2014 by lmharnisch

“The Case of the Haunted Husband,” a 1941 novel by the prolific Erle Stanley Gardner, listed on EBay at $26.99, with a reinforced dust jacket that might indicate a previous life in a lending library. (Note to millennials: A lending … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 5, 1944

Posted on August 5, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 5, 1944 Veronica Lake may not get that chance to walk across the Paramount lot to RKO for Niven Busch’s “Duel in the Sun” for the reason that she will have the top role in “Miss Susie Slagle’s” at … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Life Magazine, July 31, 1944

Posted on August 2, 2014 by lmharnisch

The stony-faced Russian on the cover is Marshal Grigory (frequently rendered Georgi)  Zhukov, 49, sometime chief of operations of the Russian general staff and commander on the southern front. He wears at his neck Marshal’s Star; at upper left, two … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge

Posted on August 2, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 2, 1944: Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge, with Phil Harris filling in for Kyser. Courtesy of otronmp3.com.

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Aug. 1, 1944

Posted on August 1, 2014 by lmharnisch

Aug. 1, 1944 What a picture for Clark Cable, “The Life of Lucky Baldwin,” who was one of California’s most colorful characters. Lunched with Louis B. Mayer and he told me producer Everett Riskin is now preparing the biography for … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell and Louella Parsons, July 31, 1944

Posted on July 31, 2014 by lmharnisch

July 31, 1944 Walter Winchell says: Times Sq. Ticker: Otto Preminger’s production of Vera Caspary’s hit novel “Laura” gives the villainous role to Clifton Webb, his first film. It’s a racy mystery murder with Gene Tierney in the role Jennifer … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Tom Treanor ‘One Damn Thing After Another’

Posted on July 30, 2014 by lmharnisch

July 30, 1944 Less than a month before Times war correspondent Tom Treanor was killed in France, his book “One Damn Thing After Another” was reviewed in The Times. The book is a collection of Treanor’s columns for The Times. … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ — The Making of a Film Noir Classic, Part 14

Posted on July 30, 2014 by lmharnisch

In case you just tuned in, I’m using Louella Parsons’ May 15, 1944, item on Rouben Mamoulian being replaced as the director of “Laura” to take a meandering look at the making of the film, which was released in Los … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, July 30, 1944

Posted on July 30, 2014 by lmharnisch

July 30, 1944 The youthful glamour department at MGM is in the hands of two young ladies whose widely divergent careers started about the same time. June Allyson, without five minutes’ training, went to Broadway and got herself a job … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, July 29, 1944

Posted on July 29, 2014 by lmharnisch

July 29, 1944 The most sought-after stage play of the year, “The Voice of the Turtle,” goes to Warner Bros. It was flashed from New York that Jack Warner had bought John Van Druten’s Broadway hit, and the news was … Continue reading →

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Dead Man’s Last Words: ‘Here’s a Good Spot to Shoot, Baby,’ July 25, 1944

Posted on July 25, 2014 by lmharnisch

“Here’s a good spot to shoot, baby” are the probably the last words spoken by William B. Smith, 39, a dental technician (or a shipyard worker, depending on the story) who was confronted by his angry girlfriend, waitress Mildred Cook, … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, July 25, 1944

Posted on July 25, 2014 by lmharnisch

July 25, 1944 George Raft has always hankered after romantic parts. Time after time he has turned down “heavy” roles that have brought fame to other actors. But George has always argued that fans like romance and adventure, so it’s … Continue reading →

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