Category Archives: Comics

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 24, 1941

Posted on February 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 24, 1941: Heavy rains are causing flooding in Los Angeles, so Tom Treanor visits the Los Angeles County flood control center. Notice that Devil’s Gate Reservoir is still in operation.  Clark Gable will thank anyone … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 23, 1961

Posted on February 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 23, 1961: Mildred and Gordon Gordon celebrate the sale of their suspense novel "Operation Terror" with … ice cream bars. In their early days, they had to give up ice cream bars because they were too expensive … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 22, 1961

Posted on February 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

       Feb. 22, 1961: The Arriba Poulson group has been formed in East Los Angeles to support the mayor in his upcoming campaign, Matt Weinstock says.   DEAR ABBY: My Mommy and Daddy got a divorce and I live … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 22, 1941

Posted on February 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 22, 1941: Los Angeles gets nearly 2 inches of rain in 24 hours, leaving Reseda and Canoga Park virtually cut off because of rising floodwaters, The Times says. Dr. E.H. Pitts of Sacramento writes a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 21, 1961

Posted on February 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 21, 1961: Ever wish there was a traffic cop around to catch some idiot driver? Well, this time there was, Matt Weinstock says.  CONFIDENTIAL TO N.H.: Tell your children nothing about your past "sins." If you are … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 21, 1941

Posted on February 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 21, 1941: Tom Treanor has the day off. Instead, we have a column by Lee Shippey on Walt Disney. Shippey was blind, but almost never refers to it in his columns. MGM AT A GLANCE: … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 20, 1961

Posted on February 20, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 20, 1961: Matt Weinstock has an item from J. Farrington Barrington Arrington, the sage of Bunker Hill, on a homeless drunk bedding down under some copies of the Mirror. DEAR SUSPICIOUS: You have an evil mind…

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 20, 1941

Posted on February 20, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 20, 1941: Sam Yorty drops out of the mayor’s race – but he’ll be back in 20 years!  NO BELLS to Katharine Hepburn for wearing slacks to a reception given in her honor by the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 19, 1941

Posted on February 19, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Feb. 19, 1941: Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II for The Times, has the story of Lt. Henry de Vilmorin, a colorful, sophisticated French officer who was undergoing a whirlwind tour of … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, Feb. 18, 1961

Posted on February 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 18, 1961: Young persons, note the sophisticated, pipe-smoking college man in a letter sweater.  Such folks would be extinct on college campuses by the end of the decade. Matt Weinstock ruins another good story, this one about … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 18, 1941

Posted on February 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 18, 1941: Tom Treanor posts some diary entries from a friend who was in France when it fell to the Nazis, and it contains some vivid accounts.   ONE MAN'S OPINION: That Don Ameche, who had … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 17, 1961

Posted on February 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 17, 1961: Matt Weinstock has an item on an exhibit of works by blind artists and he explains how blind people are taught to paint.  CONFIDENTIAL TO "MADAME BUTTERFLY": Have nothing more to do with him until … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 17, 1941

Posted on February 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 17, 1941: Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II for The Times, has a story about British reporter Clare Hollingworth and her ingenuity against Romanian censors and attempts to make her leave the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 16, 1961

Posted on February 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 16, 1961: One lesson a person learns over and over in this business, but never accepts entirely, is not to get overly playful with words. If he does, he's likely to lose or confuse people, even on … Continue reading →

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Town Called Hollywood, Feb. 16, 1941

Posted on February 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 16, 1941: Tom Treanor files a report from Palm Springs, saying that the desert outpost seems impossibly remote from the war in Europe. “Nigel Bruce, the English actor, has been showing some British fliers around … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 15, 1961

Posted on February 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 15, 1961: Matt Weinstock has an item about hospital care 50 years ago.  Read it and remind yourself that this was supposedly a “kinder, simpler time.”  CONFIDENTIAL TO BROWN EYES: Don't confess "all" to a man who … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 15, 1961

Posted on February 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Feb. 15, 1961: Paul Coates writes about a house for rent, “an ornate, slightly garish Mediterranean-style home on a hill overlooking Hollywood” built in the ‘20s by a movie star. “Never heard of her,” says one prospective … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 15, 1941

Posted on February 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 15, 1941: Tom Treanor, who died covering World War II for The Times, has an interesting and, in fact, prophetic piece about the difficulty of any attack on the oilfields of Romania to keep the … Continue reading →

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Back in the News: Fred Otash

Posted on February 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

            Feb. 15, 1961: Remember Fred Otash’s alleged involvement in the doping of racehorses? The private detective (and former LAPD officer) got probation.  ALSO Fred Otash on the Daily Mirror

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 14, 1961

Posted on February 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 14, 1961: A valentine to Matt Weinstock from a longtime reader: "Back in 1947 a romance developed between myself and a man with no more auspicious beginning than his sharing your column with me at … Continue reading →

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