Category Archives: Columnists

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 24, 1959

Posted on December 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

  A Christmas Carol of Olden Day, 1959     The stockings are hung, the scented evergreen gaily adorned and the eggnog's about gone, so gather 'round the hearth, children, while I tell you a Yuletide tale of yore.     It … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 24, 1961: Bobby Darin says,  "If I were a drinker I wouldn't have to come out like a blockbuster. But I don't drink and come on in a nightclub cold sober to entertain a crowd that's invariably high. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 23, 1959

Posted on December 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Erring Blacklisters Sorry     A week after it was disclosed, the strange case of Louis Pollock is still the big talk among Hollywood writers.     Pollock has written a dozen screenplays and 30 television plays in the past five … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 23, 1959

Posted on December 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  A Refugee From Terrible Infamy     I talked to a man-come-out-of-hiding last night, a man who's been living precarious inches out of notorious headlines.     He's 33 years old now, but since the age of 7 he's been living … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 23, 1960: “Mary Martin invited the sons and daughters of radio and TV writers to a rehearsal of ‘Peter Pan.’ They were assembled on stage and she flew down to greet them. ‘Why, you're a girl!’ said one … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 22, 1959

Posted on December 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

  World Refugee Year     As she sorted out her memories on her return from a pleasure trip around the world many months ago, actress Marsha Hunt found herself deeply troubled by recollection of endless hordes of refugees in Hong … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 22, 1959

Posted on December 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Payola Suspected in Fourth Grade     NEWS ITEM:  WESTBURY, N.Y., Dec. 21 — Teachers here have been warned against students who try to curry favor with "Christmas payola."     Supt. of Schools Cecil I. Rice sent teachers a memorandum indicating … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 22, 1959: “Frank Sinatra went to see the Pat Wymore show in Vegas and immediately signed her for ‘Oceans 11.’ ”

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 21, 1959

Posted on December 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Death in December     The National Safety Council has focused its apprehension this Christmas on the office party.  Before me as I write this is its Drinking and Driving Fact Sheet, a sobering document.    It begins, "During 11 … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 21, 1959

Posted on December 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Tokyo Rose Story Stirs Up Little Ire     If you're a newspaperman, it's nice to stay in the good graces of your readers.  But it's not essential.     There's no hard-and-fast rule in journalism that the customer is always … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Dec. 21, 1958: Jeffrey Hunter says of making “The Last Hurrah”: “Working with Spencer Tracy was great. Some of the most telling scenes between me and my wife, played by Diane Foster, had to be cut out in editing … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dec. 20, 1957: (While Miss Hopper is away, column is being compiled by her staff). Preston Sturges is in Paris writing a screenplay on the most fabulous swindler of our era, F. Donald Coster. Story is based on New Yorker … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 19, 1959

Posted on December 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  On Eucalyptus Trees     On a distinct hill, eucalyptus trees are things of beauty, particularly to roving artists, who depict them standing as graceful sentinels against the sky.  Up close as in your backyard, phooey!  In a strong wind … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 19, 1959

Posted on December 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Mash Notes and Comment     (Form letter)  "Kind Friends —     "A joyous year of rich fulfillment to you all!     "A severely bitten hand (received when a frightened little dog at our shelter misunderstood my attempts to feed … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 19, 1956: Burl Ives, who played Big Daddy on stage in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" will repeat his characterization on screen. Burl has also been chosen by Don Hartman to play the father in Eugene O'Neill's … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 18, 1959

Posted on December 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

Code 3     Late one afternoon about two weeks ago, as Jack Fuller was driving past Pico Blvd. and Roxbury Dr., en route home from his job at the Hollywood office of civil defense, he saw a commotion inside the … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 18, 1959

Posted on December 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Captain Is Dedicated to Prisoners' Return     Capt. Eugene R. Guild, U.S. Army (ret.), has a few close friends in his home town of Glenwood Springs, Colo.     Townfolk shy away from him.  He's a distinguished looking man, clean … Continue reading →

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A Kinder Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dec. 18, 1955: Hedda Hopper is named one of The Times’ Women of the Year!

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Antiwar Film Premieres Around the World

Posted on December 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Stanley Kramer's “On the Beach” opens in 18 countries. "Linus Pauling, a Nobel Prize winner: 'It may be that someday we can look back and say 'On the Beach' is the picture that saved the world." The movie that … Continue reading →

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December 17, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on December 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Forgotten Men As you probably read, film director, Joseph Von Sternberg has sued Fox for $1 million, charging the 1959 version of “The Blue Angel” with May Britt and Curt Jurgens was made without his consent and was inferior to … Continue reading →

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