Category Archives: Columnists

October 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 13, 1959: The report that a mother was keeping her children out of school because they had no shoes or adequate clothing came into a child welfare and attendance office and Monty Minock, a worker, was assigned to investigate, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 12, 1957: Matt Weinstock

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October 12, 1957: Matt Weinstock profiles Burl Ives as he makes the transition from folk singing to acting. Continue reading →

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October 10, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 10, 1959: Matt Weinstock is less than thrilled over the Dodgers’ World Series victory. “Furthermore, I don’t think the Dodgers are the greatest thing that ever happened to Los Angeles,” he says. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, October 10, 1944

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October 10, 1944: Now it is Carole Landis wealthy Al Vanderbilt is beauing to the nightspots. Apparently he and K.T. Stevens are no longer romancing, for he is seeing the ex-Mrs. Wallace every eve, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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October 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 9, 1959: A reader sends Matt Weinstock clippings from her hometown paper, the Tri-City Herald of Kennewick, Wash. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, October 9, 1944

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October 9, 1944: Wendell Willkie* didn’t know the real reason for his hospitalization. Intimates persuaded news and air reporters to “play it down.” … When the flash of his passing reached midtown spots at 2:30 Sunday ayem — it sent many people home depressed, Walter Winchell says. Continue reading →

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October 8, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 8, 1959: Matt Weinstock profiles Eugene Vale, author of ‘The Thirteenth Apostle.’ Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, October 8, 1944

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October 8, 1944: The first official visit Effie Klinker, Edgar Bergen’s new wooden spinster, made was to Louella Parsons. Continue reading →

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October 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock tells the story of Hal, a former newsman now working in the entertainment industry, who was so broke in 1936 that he slept on the ledge next to a drugstore. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, October 7, 1944

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October 7, 1944: One thing about Preston Sturges, he doesn’t underrate his own talents. He was approached recently to act as commentator on a radio show. “Yes I am interested,” drawled Sturges, “providing you give me a two-hour show and build a theater for me,” Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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October 6, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 6, 1959: Irony and sarcasm are lost on some people, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock on UFOs and the greatest invention of all time. Continue reading →

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October 4, 1943: American Troops Enter Bomb-Shattered Naples

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October 4, 1943: Tom Treanor says of the liberation of Naples: The Germans left Naples in a truly deplorable condition. In a huge hospital for incurables I myself saw 70 rotting corpses of men, women and children. They were killed in street fighting during the past week and authorities were unable to move their bodies because of the lack of transportation. Continue reading →

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October 3, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 3, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes of Steve Allen’s concerns about nuclear weapons and Edita Morris’ novel “The Flowers of Hiroshima.” Continue reading →

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October 3, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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October 3, 1959: Thelonious Monk leaves after playing two numbers at the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fest. Paul Coates says Mike Wallace decides not to have Aldous Huxley on his TV show because Huxley wasn’t well known. Huxley asked: “Mike Wallace? Who’s Mike Wallace?” Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, October 3, 1944

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October 3, 1944: Danton Walker says: Complaints of civilians who have had to wait while Nazi prisoners are fed in dining cars have resulted in a new ruling; hereafter the prisoners must remain in their guarded cars and eat out of waxed paper boxes. Continue reading →

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October 2, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 2, 1959: “Thelonious Monk, who’ll be among those present at the Hollywood Bowl jazz festival tonight, is the composer of “Round About Midnight, in my opinion one of the finest mood pieces of recent years.” Continue reading →

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October 2, 1959: Paul V. Coates &ndash

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October 2, 1959: Paul Coates looks at the myths surrounding Caryl Chessman, scheduled to die in the gas chamber. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, October 2, 1944

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October 2, 1944: Danton Walter says: Part of the campaign to eliminate Nazi influence in the postwar world is an order from Washington to commanding generals to destroy all films made in Germany since 1933, Danton Walter says. Continue reading →

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October 1, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 1, 1959: A caller tries to tap Matt Weinstock for a few dollars. He’s not an easy touch. Continue reading →

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