Category Archives: Columnists

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

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August 6, 1944: Jennifer Jones is a strange, restrained, shy girl, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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

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August 5, 1944: Veronica Lake might not get cast in ‘Duel in the Sun’ as she’s starring in Miss Susie Slagle’s at RKO, Louella Parsons says. If your birthday is today: Things may appear a little difficult. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Aug. 4, 1959

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August 4, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes about Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield’s continuing fight against ‘Lady Chatterly’s Lover.’ And maids these days are asking prospective employers if they have air conditioning. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 4, 1959

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August 4, 1959: Paul Coates with the real (well, maybe) story of why Simon Rodia began the Watts Towers. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 3, 1959

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August 3, 1959: Paul Coates writes about a letter he received from a distraught 18-year-old who can’t afford counseling for mental illness. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Aug. 3, 1959

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August 3, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes about wily smokers who avoid paying the 30-cent fee when buying from cigarette vending machines. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, August 1, 1959

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August 1, 1959: Matt Weinstock has the story of a movie publicist trying to get the city’s permission to promote ‘The Big Circus’ by having a tightrope walker stroll on a wire strung from the roof of the Orpheum theater on Broadway. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 1, 1959

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August 1, 1959: In Paul Coates’ weekly letters column, a writer complains about a pet shop that balked on selling her a bobcat. Continue reading →

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

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August 1, 1944: Clark Gable is up for the biopic ‘The Life of Lucky Baldwin,’ says Louella Parsons. Horoscope for Leo: Similar indications for you as for Cancer now. Extra care advised in plans, arrangements for important projects. You can enjoy a useful day. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, July 31, 1959

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July 31, 1959: Matt Weinstock on the experiences of a driver whose car was rear-ended, but the man didn’t have car insurance…. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, July 31, 1959

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July 31, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of 12-year-old Joe Oliveira and his coverage of the Laurel Canyon fire. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, July 30, 1959

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July 30, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes about Lawrence Lipton, the “Boswell of beatniks.” Also Venice declares war on beatniks! Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, July 30, 1959

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July 30, 1959: Paul Coates writes about a certain tangential figure in the Black Dahlia case whose phone number is confused with that of Edd “Kookie” Byrnes. Continue reading →

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

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July 30, 1944: Louella Parsons profiles two new glamour girls at MGM: June Allyson and Gloria de Haven. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, July 29, 1959

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July 29, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes about the dangers of body surfing; and a look at the slinky characters of Sunset Strip. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, July 29, 1959

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July 29, 1959: Paul Coates writes about a man who has a problem with a wildcat in a eucalyptus tree. Also: A man tells Dear Abby he can’t live without his ex-wife. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, July 28, 1959

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July 28, 1959: Columnist Matt Weinstock writes that insurance companies raising the rates of drivers who get too many moving violations. Also, a Van Nuys high school teacher is in trouble for giving students an “immoral sex survey” after another teacher already conducted the survey. “We know all the answers already,” one student said. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, July 28, 1959

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July 28, 1959: Columnist Paul Coates writes about hospitals turning away patients without treatment if they couldn’t pay and didn’t have proof of insurance. Also stripper Candy Barr on the Sunset Strip and Dear Abby on a woman’s parents who are fighting after 44 years of marriage. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, July 26, 1960

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July 26, 1960: Matt Weinstock asks whether standing ovations are necessary. Abby publishes a letter from a widow who had written in asking whether she should remarry. She did! Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, July 25, 1959

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July 25,1959: Paul Coates writes about a missionary who returned to the U.S. with leprosy. Continue reading →

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