Category Archives: Columnists

November 17, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Poet in the Poky Has Samson Sort of Woes Jerry Baker, the promising young coffee-house poet, appeared in my office yesterday afternoon, shortly after being released from Lincoln Heights jail. He sat down, gazed fondly at an open pack of … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

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  Nov. 17, 1954: "Touch Connors has been signed to play a Confederate soldier — and he'll be mighty handsome in that uniform — in 'Five Guns West' with John Lund and Dorothy Malone." Eventually “Touch” Conners became known as … Continue reading →

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November 16, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Conditioned Reflexes After a business failure several years ago a young man decided to pursue the career he’d always wanted — teaching.  He was aware that it meant a drastic change and involved great sacrifice but he and his wife … Continue reading →

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Nov. 16, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Search for Better Brand of Justice Erle Stanley Gardner, you either like or dislike. He’s easy to categorize. If you don’t like him, he’s a troublemaker, a rebel who gets his kicks by destroying the public’s illusions concerning the integrity … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

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  Nov. 16, 1953: Edgar Bergen recalls the time Frank Farrell kidnapped Charlie McCarthy.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 14, 1959

Posted on November 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

       Today Is Forever     Thirty years ago R. Julian Dashwood, a Britisher, found himself broke and hungry in Sydney, Australia.  Standing in a free food line, he determined never to be dependent again on how others mismanaged the … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 14, 1959

Posted on November 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Mash Notes and Comment     "Dear Mr. Coates:     "Humorous though your column about taking your wife with you to Japan was, I just wanted you to know that it did the hearts of many women good to have you … Continue reading →

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November 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

The End Is in Sight Bravely ignoring the tear-inducing smog which was seeping in through the woodwork, the gentlemen of the copy desk yesterday, between, editions, went into their daily seminar titled “Whither Drifteth?”  Their despondent conclusion, delivered to my … Continue reading →

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Nov. 13, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Hucksters of Horror Tell How to Succeed I listened in on a trilogy of success stories this week. They were about three local-boys-who-made-good.  Their ages averaged 25.  Each was married, with two to four children.  None had any special … Continue reading →

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    Nov. 13, 1950: Ginger Rogers has friends over to watch three hours of dance excerpts from her movies with Fred Astaire.

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November 12, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Serious Slapstick As you may have read, that was quite a comedy of errors the other night in the little city of Cypress in Orange County. On a tip that Louis Ross Lord, 35, road camp escapee, was there, two … Continue reading →

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November 12, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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The Mirror follows the Lillian Lenorak story. Below, Paul Weeks profiles suspect Tord Ove Zeppen-Field.

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    Nov. 12, 1949: "I wish Metro would find a good dressmaker for Judy Garland instead of making her rip off those much-needed pounds. What if she is fat? A clever dressmaker can hide the bumps.”

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November 11, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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A Dog’s Life Several weeks ago Glen Shahan’s miniature schnauzer, Henry, developed a cough.  When it persisted, the veterinarian recommended that Henry’s tonsils come out.  This was done but poor Henry continued to wheeze, and the other day Glenn, ABC … Continue reading →

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Nov. 11, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

John Law Gets Sort of Rough Now and Then For a minute.  Talk to him for just a minute and you know that he’s not the man who looks for trouble. He’s a quiet man.  Everything about him is quiet.  … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

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   Nov. 11, 1948: Edgar “Slow Burn” Kennedy dies of throat cancer at the Motion Picture Country Hospital. “He had been ill quite a long time and suffered untold agonies,” Hedda Hopper says. 

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 10, 1959

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  The Satirizing Americans     The persons probably most amused by the movie and TV stereotype of the American Indian are the scores of Indians themselves now working in industry in the L.A. area.     Many of them take a … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 10, 1959

Posted on November 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Evelyn Is a Real Old Hand at Drum Beating     I'm not one to go around saying I told you so.   But I did.     Three years ago I warned you about Eloise's alter ego, Evelyn Rudie.     I … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

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  Nov. 10, 1947: Hal Wallis’ script “Be Still, My Love,” is “too stupid to shoot.”  "Be Still, My Love," from a novel by June Truesdell, was to be about a Southern California college teacher who kills one of her … Continue reading →

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November 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Those Quizzes Clearly it’s no more possible to control the gags about the quiz show scandal than it is to control the mushrooming scandal itself, and the other day a group of coffee break philosophers of my acquaintance got around … Continue reading →

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