Category Archives: Columnists

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 19, 1940

Posted on November 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

           Nov. 19, 1940: CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNIQUE to Vivien Leigh: Be smart and quit giving out interviews about your great love. Three are people who disapprove, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 18, 1960

Posted on November 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 18, 1960: A woman who missed a court date arrives with a note from her doctor saying that she’s ready to “resume her occupation,” and that, of course, is why she was in court, Matt Weinstock … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 18, 1960

Posted on November 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 18, 1960: One glance at the front page shows the Mirror was nothing like The Times — but all of that is going to change in a little more than a year…. Paul Coates writes about … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 18, 1940

Posted on November 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

          Nov. 18, 1940: Note to Realtors: The Basil Rathbone house is NOT for sale! Jimmie Fidler says. [Note: This is how errors were often handled at one time. Rather than publish a correction, The Times … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 17, 1960

Posted on November 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 17, 1960: Matt Weinstock discovers “2,000 Years With Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks.” “A wildly creative ad-libber who wrote for Sid Caesar for 10 years, Brooks could well become the hottest satirist in town,” Weinstock says. DEAR … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 17, 1960

Posted on November 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Nov. 17, 1960: Clark Gable dies in Room 209 of Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 59… Paul Coates reports on impressions of President-elect Kennedy in the Soviet Union … and the Mirror publishes Part … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 17, 1941

Posted on November 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

           Nov. 17, 1941: Fibber and Molly McGee are at Palm Springs. Molly hasn't been feeling well, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 16, 1960

Posted on November 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 16, 1960: Matt Weinstock has an item on the demolition of the Haig Prince Building at 2nd and Broadway, which was built in 1898.  DEAR ABBY: This morning I received a telephone call from a man … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 16, 1960

Posted on November 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 16, 1960: Paul Coates files the first story in his series on the Soviet Union. He writes from Moscow: “This is the other side of the moon. A place so strange to western eyes that it … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 15, 1960,

Posted on November 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 15, 1960: A copyreader named Mike knows how to liven up a newsroom tour, Matt Weinstock says. DEAR ABBY: I am a very happily married woman with a family. I really love my husband but I … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 15, 1940

Posted on November 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Nov. 15, 1940: Ernest Hemingway will come to Hollywood to help adapt his "For Whom the Bell Tolls" to the screen, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 14, 1960

Posted on November 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 14, 1960: Matt Weinstock has J. Farrington Barrington Arrington’s solution to deadlocked juries — like the one in the Finch case.  DEAR ABBY: After reading the letter from LIAR'S WIFE, who for years was unknowingly "the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 14, 1941

Posted on November 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 14, 1941: One unpublicized reason for Lou Costello's New York jaunt is a conference with his pal, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, anent screening of His Honor's life story — with Costello in the title role, Jimmie Fidler says. 

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 13, 1940

Posted on November 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Nov. 13, 1940: Insiders are saying good champagne will be $100 a case before New Year's, Jimmie Fidler says. 

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 12, 1960

Posted on November 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 13, 1960: Matt Weinstock has the story of a Pittsburgh reporter in town for an episode of “Day in Court” — who got a ticket for jaywalking in Hollywood.  CONFIDENTIAL TO "MARRIED TO A MAMMA'S BOY": Don't … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 12, 1940

Posted on November 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Nov. 12, 1940: Eddie Albert, with a brand new schooner yacht, is readying for another Mexican cruise — and Warners are worried, Jimmie Fidler says. 

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Corners of Los Angeles – 5th and Hill

Posted on November 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

            I stumbled across one of these features recently and thought I’d post another. This one is from April 8, 1929. Ben S. Lemmon was a telegraph editor at The Times and wrote occasionally for … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 11, 1960

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Hm. Not just a Vulcan, but a Vulcan who uses wheresgeorge.com!  Clearly ahead of his time! Nov. 11, 1960: Matt Weinstock has the story of a man who brought his family to L.A. from Indiana and got  … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller to Divorce

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 11, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation so I’m running the Mirror’s letters column instead. There’s advice from F. Wilson on how to select a good orange and Eleanor Blangsted is thankful for help fixing a … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler, Nov. 11, 1940

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 11, 1940 — Growl: Has Hollywood completely forgotten John Boles? Jimmie Fidler asks. On the jump, a classic example of tombstoned headlines, one of the worst I have ever seen. 

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