Category Archives: Columnists

November 25, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Fresh but Polluted In the broad scheme of things, the Fern Dell water hole isn’t very important.  But people who knew about it and went there to fill their jugs with cool, fresh spring water are disquieted since the Health … Continue reading →

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November 25, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Vice President Richard Nixon will be grand marshal of the Rose Parade! There Must Be Some Kind Answer to This (News item) Mrs. Carol Carpenter, 19, was arraigned in Los Angeles Municipal Court yesterday on felony child-desertion charges . . … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 25, 1962: "At Actors Studio, Julie [Newmar] says she used to watch Marilyn Monroe. 'She attended spasmodically and there was no particular fuss made over her — she was just another member of the class. But for two … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 24, 1959

Posted on November 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Hey, it’s our old pal T.C. Jones!      He's a Go Boy     For reasons which are inscrutable, the gentlemen in charge of traffic lights are tilting and putting blinders on them so that motorists cannot see the ones to … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Face It; Aren't You Just a Mite Rigged?     Sit down.     No.  Better yet, lie down.  Or is it lay down?     Anyway, get prone.  Tuck a pillow under your head if it'll help relieve that nervous tension … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 24, 1961: “After the picture, we stepped into Jackie Gleason's Rolls-Royce, which he'd loaned us for the occasion, and drove to El Morocco for a bite to eat. There Hollywood producer Cubby Broccoli told me he will start … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 23, 1959

Posted on November 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Adrift in the City       A bellboy, 25, was in municipal court a few days ago charged with impersonating an officer.  His arrest grew out of an argument in a saloon when the bartender refused to sell him … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Note: Standards have changed since Paul Coates used "wetback" in this column 50 years ago. Today, words like this are acceptable in The Times only if they appear in a quote and then, only after consultation with top editors. … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 23, 1960:  “Had a few days in New York while homebound from Europe so took in Lucille Ball's show 'Wildcat' in Philadelphia. It makes you laugh and cry and when it reaches Broadway it'll take this old town … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 22, 1959 — Myrna Fahey says: “I was Zorro’s girlfriend Maria at a time when they felt it a good idea to have the idol of all the kids feel tender toward someone other than his horse.”

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November 21, 1959: Matt Weinstock, Nov. 21, 1959

Posted on November 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Car Troubles Two years ago, Bob Joseph bought a two-cylinder French Panhard, which has positively no area in front for a license plate.  He has been driving it with only the rear plate. On consecutive days recently he received two … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Mash Notes and Comment     "Mr. Paul Coates, dear friend:     "About 2 1/2 months ago you called me at 12 a.m. and asked me if I could tell you who was President in 1875.     "I didn't … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 21, 1957: “It was bound to happen. Marlon Brando and Stanley Kubrick, director, parted company. Brando may take on directorial job himself. The credits could then read: Written by, directed by and starred in ‘One-Eyed Jacks,’ or he may … Continue reading →

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November 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

About Football This is Big Game Week and I might as well get into the act, too.  I suppose it’s true — once a sports writer, you never get over it entirely. SC and UCLA are being criticized for the … Continue reading →

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November 20, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Drama in Housewife’s Life Is Fraught With I’ve come to the labored conclusion that housewives lead more interesting lives than career girls. This, I’ve done without benefit of polls or surveys.  In fact, I’ve even ignored those subtle inferences in … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 20, 1957: “Chuck Heston did as much painting as acting in ‘The Big Country,’ so his canvases will be used to publicize it.”

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November 19, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Saga of a Guy Who Flipped From Poky “I walk alone,” the voice on the phone told me, more as an apology than as a boast.  “With me, it’s habit.  I guess I never learned any other way.” The voice … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 19, 1956: "Jose Quintero, bright young director of the "Long Day's Journey Into Night," is a rage overnight. He's a Hollywood boy who couldn't make good in his hometown — tried as an actor there and came to … Continue reading →

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November 18, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

It’s  Still ‘Professor’ Everyone remembers certain of his teachers, particularly the ones who inspired or stirred him, even if he has lost touch with them and never sees them now. Julius Sumner Miller, physics instructor at El Camino College and … Continue reading →

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November 18, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

As Senators Write to Indignant Taxpayers While we’re all gathered here together, in this smoke-filled room, I’d like to say a few words in behalf of politicians. They are our friends.  Behind that stodgy facade that they put up, they’ve … Continue reading →

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