Category Archives: Columnists

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 23, 1941

Posted on May 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 23, 1941: Why is Luise Rainer, a brilliant artist, permitted to twiddle her thumbs at the Beverly Hills Hotel? (She came here to get her final divorce decree.) Why are incompetents given fine dramatic roles … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 23, 1961

Posted on May 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 23, 1961: The Angels, who have a clear track to 10th place at the moment, are even ready for desperate measures. They are encouraging people to come out and root AGAINST them. I tested this … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 22, 1961

Posted on May 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 22, 1961: A horse, left to his own devices, would no more run a race for his daily oats than you would wrestle the butcher two out of three for a pork chop. It's that … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler, May 21, 1941

Posted on May 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 21, 1941: Nazi Chute Swarm? And I thought “Nazi Sky Fleet” was silly. Tom Treanor, on a press junket to Venezuela, says: Walter Kerr and myself have a nine-room house with an icebox full … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 21, 1961

Posted on May 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 21, 1961: Henry "Chip" Chafetz has put on the market a book titled "Play the Devil" — a history of gambling in this country which sets out to prove that the urge to gamble … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 20, 1941

Posted on May 20, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 20, 1941: International playboy Baldwin M. Baldwin (d. 1970), the son of Anita Baldwin and the grandson of E.J. “Lucky” Baldwin (the despot of Arcadia, according to The Times) gets married for the fifth … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 19, 1941

Posted on May 19, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 19, 1941: Lee Shippey announces his return, thanks the guest columnists who filled in for him and says he doesn’t plan to answer the get-well cards he received, despite the entreaties of his secretary. … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 19, 1961

Posted on May 19, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 19, 1961: Jim Murray revisits the 1960 crash of a chartered plane carrying the Cal Poly football team, killing 22 people.  As always, he does a terrific job.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 18, 1941

Posted on May 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

          May 18, 1941: Nazi sky fleet?  Lee Shippey returns for a Sunday column. Tom Treanor says: Americans are here developing Venezuela's oil resources for just one reason. They have the capital and the know-how for … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 17, 1941

Posted on May 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 17, 1941: Allen Rivkin fills in for Lee Shippey with a column about problems at the post office in Westwood. Notice that even in the glory days of the streetcars, traffic was still a problem. … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 17, 1961

Posted on May 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 17, 1961: John F. "Pep" Lemon, an old-time catcher, is superintendent of parks in the city of Fullerton and his job is trees and shrubs and lawns. But it's also kids. Pep never had a … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 16, 1941

Posted on May 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 16, 1941: Richard Macaulay, a screenwriter on “The Roaring Twenties” and “They Drive by Night,”  fills in for Lee Shippey, who is still recovering from surgery. Tip Jimmy Stewart that his ol' pal, Franchot Tone, … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 16, 1961

Posted on May 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 16, 1961: A batter who has only to tell a real curve from a slider has an easy job compared to the general manager who has to straighten out the curve balls thrown at him … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 15, 1941

Posted on May 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 15, 1941: Harry Bedford-Jones, “one of America’s most prolific writers” (and no, I’ve never heard of him either,) is filling in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. Nobody lives in Texas anymore. … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 15, 1961

Posted on May 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 15, 1961: Norman G. Dyhrenfurth, an old friend and a perfect dynamo of human energy, is a man who not only thinks Mt. Everest is a place to be but a place for … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 14, 1941

Posted on May 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 14, 1941: Harold Lamb fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. Tom Treanor files a report from Caripe, Venezuela, where he manages to find a cold beer kept in a refrigerator … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 14, 1961

Posted on May 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 14, 1961: Rinold George Duren, is the victim — or the beneficiary, if you want to look at it that way — of the most monumental case of nearsightedness in the annals of … Continue reading →

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Hitler Aide Rudolf Hess Flees to Scotland!

Posted on May 13, 2011 by lmharnisch

             May 13, 1941: Rudolf Hess, the Nazis’ No. 2 deputy, bails out  of his Messerschmitt over Scotland. He will commit suicide in Spandau prison in 1987. Ralph Bellamy fills in for Lee Shippey, who … Continue reading →

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From the Stacks: ‘The Los Angeles Book’

Posted on May 13, 2011 by lmharnisch

  It has been years since I looked through “The Los Angeles Book” and even longer since I read it. Then several weeks ago, I bought a copy so I could point out a particular photo of Chavez Ravine to … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 12, 1941

Posted on May 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 12, 1941: Producers have a new name for their movie: “Bahama Passage.” The working title may have provoked some unwanted reaction.    Garner Curran fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery, and writes … Continue reading →

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