Category Archives: Columnists

Paul Coates, Nov. 4, 1960

Posted on November 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

         Nov. 4, 1960: Paul Coates digs into his mailbox and comes up with items on Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 4, 1940

Posted on November 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Nov. 4, 1940: Friends who accompanied Dolores Del Rio to the station when she left for Mexico City the other day are chuckling about a last-minute chat between the star and her press agent, Jimmie Fidler … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 3, 1960

Posted on November 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 3, 1960: Guess what jazz drummer Shelley Manne is calling his new Hollywood nightclub, Matt Weinstock says. CONFIDENTIAL TO HANSEN: Experience is the comb that nature gives to bald men. Live a little.

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Paul Coates, Nov. 3, 1960

Posted on November 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 3, 1960: Paul Coates has the story of John Resko, who was sent to prison for killing a man but eventually rebuilt his life as an artist. Also on the jump, Earl Wilson on Marilyn Monroe … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 2, 1960

Posted on November 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 2, 1960: A San Fernando Valley resident conducted a treat or treat poll, asking youngsters who came to his door which candidate their parents were voting for before handing them the candy, Matt Weinstock says.  DEAR … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 2, 1960

Posted on November 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 2, 1960: Paul Coates has a terrific story on one of two young men who dressed as Nazis and picketed the Huntington Hartford Theater, where Sammy Davis Jr. was to perform, over Davis’ upcoming marriage to … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 1, 1960

Posted on November 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 1, 1960: BE ON THE ALERT for strangers in bars who offer to bet $25 or $5 that if Candidate A (or B) is elected that three days later the banks will be closed and there … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 1, 1960

Posted on November 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 1, 1960: Paul Coates has  a story taken from a second grade textbook smuggled out of East Germany. Also on the jump, Earl Wilson on the reformed Steve McQueen.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 1, 1940

Posted on November 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

           Nov. 1, 1940 — HOLLYWOOD AFTER DARK: Cesar Romero, at Florentine Gardens, blandly disregarding the near-nude floor show as the cafe numerologist foretells coming good luck with girls, Jimmie Fidler says. 

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 31, 1960

Posted on October 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 31, 1960: Gene Barry, who swings a wicked gold-headed cane as Bat Masterson, confided at an informal discussion of the subject that he frequently prevails upon his producer to delete scenes of killing and mayhem when they … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Oct. 31, 1960

Posted on October 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 31, 1960: Paul Coates has a different sort of Halloween story set in a cemetery. 

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Oct. 31, 1940

Posted on October 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Oct. 31, 1940 –  Jimmie Fidler asks: When will the men at the helm of this industry learn a lasting lesson? When will they realize that millions of Americans still resent flippant disregard of the accepted … Continue reading →

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Nixon Aides Accuse Columnist of Campaign Smear

Posted on October 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Oct. 27-31, 1960: Columnist Drew Pearson reports on a $205,000 loan from Hughes Tool Co. to struggling restaurant operator Donald Nixon, the vice president’s brother. Pearson is careful to say that it’s unclear whether Hughes received … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Oct. 30, 1940

Posted on October 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Oct. 30, 1940: Wallace Beery has really asked ex-wife Gloria Swanson to rule his roost again — and she's giving it a ponder, Jimmie Fidler says 

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Fleeing Cubans Force Airliner to U.S., Oct. 29, 1960

Posted on October 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 29, 1960: ONLY IN ARCADIA — Mrs. Mae McClain hides these days when the garbage man comes by. Her husband recently caught a big shark off Catalina and brought it home to show the children. It was … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Oct. 29, 1940

Posted on October 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Oct. 29, 1940: Frank Morgan is overhauling his yacht for a repeat Alaskan jaunt, come spring, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 28, 1960

Posted on October 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 28, 1960: ONLY IN L.A. — Another bus became lost in the big city Tuesday. It was a Beverly Boulevard express which is supposed to turn on Vermont Avenue and take the Hollywood Freeway downtown. Somehow the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Oct. 28, 1960

Posted on October 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 28, 1960: Paul Coates gets an anonymous letter about teenage violence. “I was born in what you'd call the slums, I guess, but at the age of 10 I moved to a better neighborhood. Still, it's not … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Oct. 28, 1941

Posted on October 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Oct. 28, 1941: Did no one note the passing of the widow of once-famous star Harold Lockwood? She'd been working as a studio wardrobe woman, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 27, 1960

Posted on October 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct 27, 1960: Matt Weinstock weighs in on Ben Hecht’s discredited claims that Paul Bern’s suicide was a “whitewash.” CONFIDENTIAL TO IGNORANT AND ASHAMED: Your question is one that troubles many people … and it is nothing to … Continue reading →

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