Category Archives: Columnists

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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Jim Murray, May 12, 1961

Posted on May 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 12, 1961: Paul Pender is not really a prizefighter at all. He has retired from the game more times than Jackie Jensen. He is a fireman by trade and he still reaches out instinctively to … Continue reading →

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Libel Suit in L.A. Mayor’s Race!

Posted on May 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 12, 1961: Mayor Norris Poulson accused challenger Sam Yorty of being “backed by the underworld” and Yorty responded with a libel suit.   The basis of Poulson's charge was that as an Assemblyman, Yorty supported a … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 11, 1941

Posted on May 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

               May 11, 1941: We decided to poll a vote to decide which of the "funny men" are really funny. Bob Hope won the majority vote for originality. Milton Berle was classed as the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 10, 1941

Posted on May 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 10, 1941: Times Managing Editor L.D. Hotchkiss has a long piece against using material that is off the record. He says: “The moment any speaker or person being interviewed announces ‘this is off the record,’ … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 10, 1961

Posted on May 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 10, 1961: Things have gotten so desperate the Yankees have taken to trading four of their players for two Angels, a ratio, which, if it holds up, will ultimately mean the whole New York franchise … Continue reading →

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‘Citizen Kane’ Opens in L.A.!

Posted on May 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 9, 1941: “Citizen Kane” opens at the El Capitan and the RKO Hillstreet. “Orson Welles strikes out in a dozen new directions with his technique of ‘Citizen Kane.’ Yet what he does can … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 9, 1961

Posted on May 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 9, 1961: Unfortunately for the ladies — and probably Alejandro Lavorante too — this Latin lover will be doing his tango with the No. 3 heavyweight of the world, Zora Folley, Thursday night … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 8, 1941

Posted on May 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 8, 1941: John J. McNamara, one of the key figures in the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times and the bombing of the Llewellyn Iron Works , dies in Montana. His brother James had … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 8, 1961

Posted on May 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 8, 1961: I was rooting hard for old John  Longden on Saturday. You knew it was his last long ride around Churchill Downs. John has won races under all kinds of conditions, including three at … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 7, 1941

Posted on May 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 7, 1941: Mayor Fletcher Bowron is reelected and another Times endorsement goes down in flames. Still recovering from surgery, Lee Shippey files  a column from the hospital, this time on nurses. Tom Treanor, who … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 7, 1961

Posted on May 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

             May 7, 1961: Arnold Palmer is unique in golf in that his fellow pros, whose pockets he picks every time he pulls off one of his patented finishes, like him anyway. Golfers find it … Continue reading →

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