Category Archives: Comics

The Funny Papers, 1931

Posted on March 19, 2011 by lmharnisch

      “Gasoline Alley” by Frank King   March 19, 1931: After wandering through the comics pages of 1941, I thought it would be interesting to roll the clock back to 1931. There are a few familiar faces, like … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 18, 1941

Posted on March 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 18, 1941: Lee Shippey has a letter from author Harlan Ware about attempts to deport Jan Valtin, who wrote “Out of the Night.”  This is the book that Tom Treanor mentioned recently. I never heard … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 17, 1941

Posted on March 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 17, 1941: Turn back the Hollywood clock about two years to the time when an ex-vaudevillian was struggling for radio recognition. After two or three broadcasts he found himself on the proverbial horns of a … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 17, 1961

Posted on March 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

There have been a great many heroes of Irish ancestry in the world of sport. But I suppose the one who always comes to mind first is John L. Sullivan. John L., pounding on the bar with his great fist and shouting “When John L. Sullivan drinks, everybody drinks” and “I can lick any man in the house” has become part of the legend of sport, Jim Murray says.
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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 16, 1941

Posted on March 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 16, 1941: In one of the famous tragedies of Hollywood lore, Christopher Quinn, the son of Anthony and Katherine De Mille Quinn, drowns in a fish pond on the estate of W.C. Fields, 2015 De … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 16, 1961

Posted on March 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 16, 1961: Around the league, Elgin [Baylor] is known as "The Big Hurt." He's a four Band-Aid player. The man assigned to cover him usually stocks up with liniment and aspirin and approaches his task … Continue reading →

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Austrians Plan Worldwide War Against Judaism, March 16, 1921

Posted on March 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

          March 16, 1921: Edna Wallace Hopper, who about two wives ago was the wife of De Wolf Hopper, is in the city. She is reported as forming her own picture company and said yesterday that … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 15, 1941

Posted on March 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

             March 15, 1941: Tom Treanor writes about two articles on Los Angeles, one in Fortune magazine and the other in Western Advertising, by Ramsey Oppenheim. Treanor says: “In trying to interpret Los Angeles, Mr. … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 14, 1941

Posted on March 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 14, 1941: Some time ago, this column told of the work of Ruby Berkley Goodwin, the Fullerton Negro poetess whose work has attracted national attention. Wendell Malliet & Co., New York, have just announced … Continue reading →

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In Walter (Cronkite) We Trust, March 14, 1981

Posted on March 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

             March 14, 1981: Howard Rosenberg, The Times Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic, watches Dan Rather’s debut in taking over from Walter Cronkite on the “CBS Evening News” and he is not a happy man. Art … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 12, 1941

Posted on March 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 12, 1941: The first 100 pages of James Hilton’s “Random Harvest” are disappointing but the rest of the novel more than makes up for it, Lee Shippey says. Tom Treanor talks to some watchmakers … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, March 11, 1961

Posted on March 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 11, 1961: The unemployed man who turned in $240,000 that fell from a Brink’s armored car gets a job offer! An overturned propane trailer causes a five-hour jam on the Hollywood Freeway, Matt Weinstock says, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 10, 1961

Posted on March 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 10, 1961: Matt Weinstock has an item on the novel “Red Alert” by Peter Bryant.  If the plot sounds familiar,   that’s because … well, I won’t spoil it. DEAR ABBY: From the day we married I … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 10, 1941

Posted on March 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 10, 1941: Lee Shippey notes the passing of the Lyceum Theater, formerly the Los Angeles, built in 1888.  Tom Treanor has the story of four visiting opera singers who are so engaged in their discussion … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 9, 1961

Posted on March 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 9, 1961: Matt Weinstock has the story of a downtown bookie who got away with it – and got away. CONFIDENTIAL TO "EL CHUMPO": Don't Marry her. An engineer should be able to count to nine.

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Philip K. Scheuer, Town Called Hollywood, March 9, 1941

Posted on March 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 9, 1941: It’s a Sunday, which means Jimmie Fidler has the day off. Instead, Philip K. Scheuer writes about “Gone With the Wind” (I know, I know, you’re thinking it’s a 1939 film). He … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 8, 1961

Posted on March 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 8, 1961: Matt Weinstock updates an item about a man at “McWestlake” Park who was seen putting a duck in a shopping bag and carrying it away. It turns out that the man has been nursing … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 8, 1941

Posted on March 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 8, 1941: Lee Shippey has a great item on Frank Capra – be sure to read it … and Tom Treanor has another column on the problems of young men looking for a place to … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 7, 1961

Posted on March 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 7, 1961: The DWP magazine reports on a broken water main at Ventura Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon that spouted 100,000 gallons of water per minute. It took a crew of 12 working in pairs 2 1/2 … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 7, 1941

Posted on March 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 7, 1941: Lee Shippey writes about the Asia House, a group open to anyone who has lived "somewhere east of Suez for six months or more" and he publishes a letter from wartime Britain by … Continue reading →

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