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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 3, 1944

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September 3, 1944: Phil Terry, the tall bespectacled young man whose career took a terrific nose dive just before and after his marriage to Joan Crawford, is on the beam again, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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September 2, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 2, 1959: E.A. Gillmann provides song to the forlorn mob of Pershing Square, hauling a piano and Gospel songbooks in a 1941 Chrysler and, with help, wheeling the piano into the square, Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 2, 1944

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September 2, 1944: Michael Todd has discovered an unpublished score by Victor Herbert and signed Jeannette MacDonald to star in the operetta, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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September 1, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 1, 1959: Paul Coates tells the story of Jean Elizabeth Wood, 26, an attractive young woman wearing a black party dress who stood in the middle of a darkened desert highway and refused to move out of the way of an oncoming truck. Continue reading →

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September 1, 1949: L.A. Warned on Water

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September 1, 1949: I thought it would be fun to dip into the Mirror from its early days as a tabloid. At that time, Paul Coates was covering nightclubs. Continue reading →

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September 1, 1941: Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood

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September 1, 1941: Tears over MGM’s cancellation of the Maisie series, Jimmie Fidler says. Donoho Hall, technical advisor on “Sergeant York,” says “the problem of the 5 million uneducated hillbillies in the South should be more America’s problem than any foreign missions.” Continue reading →

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August 31, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 13, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of a man who submitted lyrics titled “Cold Campfire Ashes” to one of those songwriting ads you see in the pulp magazines. Continue reading →

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August 31, 1958: Woman kills husband as children sleep, Giants win over Dodgers

Posted on August 31, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 31, 1958: Lillian Kella admits stabbing her husband, Ed, to death after a swimming party. Both had been drinking heavily. Continue reading →

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August 30, 1953: Barbara Graham Defense Wins Delay After Prosecution Bombshell

Posted on August 30, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 30, 1953: Judge Charles Fricke grants a delay to attorneys for Barbara Graham after the prosecution discloses a recorded conversation between Graham and an undercover police officer. Continue reading →

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August 29, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 29, 1959: Paul Coates hears from Elvis fans who want to forgive him for the scathing review Coates wrote of Elvis’ notorious performance at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium. Dear Abby has advice for a man whose wife doesn’t care for her dog. Continue reading →

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

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August 29, 1944: Jack Warner bought the rights to “The Visitor” before it even opened on Broadway, Louella Parsons says. Virgo: Be optimistic in romance, home affairs. Continue reading →

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August 28, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 28, 1959: The success story of L.D. Tallent — a man born with less than half a body — isn’t quite believable, but it happened anyway, Paul Coates writes. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, August 28, 1944

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August 28, 1944: MGM pays $60,000 for Joseph Pennell’s novel “The History of Rome Hanks!” and D.W. Griffith screens “Birth of a Nation” and “Intolerance” for Preston Sturges, Louella Parsons says. Virgo: Enjoy wholesome pleasures in free time. Continue reading →

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August 27, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 27, 1959: Paul Coates on President Eisenhower’s warm reception during Ike’s visit to West Germany. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, August 27, 1944

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August 27, 1944: Go to any Hollywood party and you will hear very little discussion about the newest marital rift or the latest cafe battle. But on every side you hear stories about babies, babies babies — by proud parents, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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August 26, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 26, 1959: The Miss Universe Contest is becoming increasingly scandalous and tawdry, Paul Coates says. Dear Abby has advice for a woman who sees nothing wrong with having an affair “as long as nobody is hurt.” Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, August 26, 1944

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August 26, 1944: William Bendix repays a loan from his father-in-law by setting up a hardware store for him, Louella Parsons says. Virgo: Put today in your happy medium column. Continue reading →

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August 25, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 25, 1959: Paul Coates takes a look at women who leave their fortunes to their cats. Dear Abby has advice for the tired grandma who doesn’t want to take seven grandchildren for the summer. Continue reading →

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August 24, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 24, 1959: A profile of “The Great Imposter,” Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., by Paul Coates. Continue reading →

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August 24, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on August 24, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 24, 1957: Struggling young starlets (or their struggling young press agents) begin lining the hallway in front of my office door every morning at dawn — each with some fantastic personal experience which happened to them, personally, which is really true and which they made up on the way over from Schwab’s, Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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