Category Archives: Columnists

Matt Weinstock, Jan. 28, 1960

Posted on January 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

Leap Year Pitch     For a while it appeared we might tiptoe into 1960 without arousing the usual corny, anachronistic nonsense about leap year and the girls chasing the boys, object matrimony.  No such luck.  The subject was merely dormant.  … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 28, 1960

Posted on January 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

Petite Con Lady Now Flipping Owl Feathers     She's 70, at least.  She likes wide-brimmed owl-feather hats, bright chiffon scarves and Oriental necklaces.     She always wears these to compliment her outlandish 1920 outfits when she goes to pull a  … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Jan. 28, 1939: Hedda Hopper writes a few lines about “You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man.” She says the picture is right on schedule. Of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Hopper says: “No one can say Carole busted … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 27, 1960

Posted on January 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

Costly Wrong Number       Mrs. Margaret Guevara, 742 W 144th St., was going about her household chores the other day when her daughter Diana, 9, called, "Mommy,  a lady on the phone wants to talk to you."     The … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 27, 1960

Posted on January 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Case of Go for Broke, Caryl Chessman Says      Caryl Chessman's legal fight to beat the gas chamber resumes tomorrow.       The 38-year-old senior statesman of San Quentin's Death Row (he's been there 11 1/2 years) returns to … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 27, 1965: Rex Harrison will star in a musical version of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” Hedda Hopper says. The movie was finally made with Peter O’Toole. 

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 26, 1960

Posted on January 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Patient's Prescription       A doctor who has been overworked treating flu patients came down himself the other day with the old virus.  He was home in bed, sniffing and coughing, when a woman patient phoned through his … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 26, 1960

Posted on January 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

Diana Barrymore was in love with Tennessee Williams and wanted to marry him, the Mirror's Earl Wilson says.  We Quiz Quiz Guy Who Blew $64,000       Al Einfrank isn't exciting news copy.  Not any more.     Three years ago, … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 26, 1964: Hedda Hopper’s profile of Evadne Baker was far more interesting than I expected. A quick check of imdb reveals that she died Jan. 17, 1995 … but wait. She was born Nov. 27, 1897? That would … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 25, 1960

Posted on January 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

Endless Liquor Flow     Many years ago the mails were cluttered with a  nuisance chain letter called the Good Luck of London.  It was an anonymous, loosely written but harmless bit of nonsense vaguely promising riches to recipients who quickly … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 25, 1960

Posted on January 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Earthy language from Eva Marie Saint shocks Hollywood bash! It's Yo Ho Ho for Seafarer       The current national insanity for small boats, and its consequent problems, is nothing new to me, matey.     So avast, you lubbers, … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

It’s Walter Neff and Betty Schaefer in “Son of Flubber!” Jan. 25, 1963: Will somebody please send Hedda Hopper some Frostilla? Thank you!

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 24, 1962: Hedda Hopper says Buster Keaton's going to tour Germany, Austria and Switzerland with some of his films and gives another slam to Charlie Chaplin … and Marilyn Monroe is getting ready to do “Something’s Got to … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 23, 1960

Posted on January 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Life at the Outpost     A couple named Janet and George, who moved recently from the lowlands to a home in the Hollywood Hills reached by a short private road, invited some friends to dinner the other night.     … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 23, 1960

Posted on January 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

Mash Notes and Comment     (Press Release)  "As far as space travel is concerned, a big bosom is a bust — according to an article in the new issue of Look magazine.     "Although pulchritude may be an asset here … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Dolores del Rio is at the Million Dollar Theater! Jan. 23, 1961 – Hedda Hopper says: “She's 19, beautiful, a student at Northwestern University in Chicago, and made her debut singing with George Burns in Las Vegas. Her name … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 22, 1960

Posted on January 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

Inspired Night Crews     The news that a $15 million Bible Storyland comparable to Disneyland will be built in Cucamonga fell with lightning and thunderbolt impact on this paper’s night copy desk.        And it came to pass that a … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 22, 1960

Posted on January 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

'Dead' Bill Howard Now Living New Life     The night of Nov. 16, 1958, I never quite made it to bed.     The reason was William K. Howard, a man whose obituary three months before included the vital statistics that … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Jan. 22, 1960 – Hedda Hopper says: “Jerry Wald's finally got his "Return to Peyton Place" players all set: Joan Crawford plays the mother-in-law who plans the murder of her daughter-in-law, Carol Lynley, who gets wind of the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 21, 1960

Posted on January 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Dead: One Subscription               About a year ago Don Hoster, the quixotic photographer, joined a record club.  He was a good kid about it.  He bought the required number of albums and paid for them.     But about … Continue reading →

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