Category Archives: Film

1944 in Print — Life Magazine, September 25, 1944

Posted on September 25, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 25, 1944: Claire Poe of Miami Beach, Fla., appears on the cover of Life’s special issue “A Letter to GIs,” because she is the kind of good-looking American girl that a lot of GIs know and would like to hear from. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 24, 1944

Posted on September 24, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 24, 1944: Why is young Van Johnson the idol of the bobby sox brigade and at this moment crowding Frank Sinatra and Alan Ladd for top honors? Van isn’t handsome, he hasn’t a striking physique and he hasn’t Frankie’s ability to sing, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 23, 1944

Posted on September 23, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 23, 1944: I don’t wonder William Goetz is eager to get Loretta Young started before the cameras. She looks so wonderful since the birth of her baby, and so radiant. He has decided to co-star her with Gary Cooper in Gary’s first independent production, a western, tentatively titled “The American Cowboy,” Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Los Angeles Silent Film Festival Debuts

Posted on September 22, 2025 by lmharnisch

Mary Mallory takes a look at the recent Los Angeles Silent Film Festival, which included favorites like Harold Lloyd’s ‘The Freshman’ to the newly restored ‘Silk and Saddles.’ Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 22, 2025 by lmharnisch

For Monday, we have a mysterious Back of the Head couple! Continue reading →

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September 21, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on September 21, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 21, 1959: Matt Weinstock says Harry Essex and Irving Shulman have finished a pre-sold novel based on [Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s] life and the sensational scandal that marred it. The title, ‘Fatty.’ Continue reading →

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September 21, 1907: 26 Men Deported to China

Posted on September 21, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 21, 1907: 26 men are deported to China, 11of them from Los Angeles. Most Chinese men in Los Angeles have the proper paperwork to be in the United States, an immigration official says. Continue reading →

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September 20, 1947: Marie ‘The Body’ McDonald Marries Karl the Shoe Man

Posted on September 20, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 20, 1947: The clip file of Marie “The Body” McDonald is like a Russian novel of nightclub brawls, Reno divorces, Las Vegas elopements, car crashes, run-ins with the police for drinking and drugs, lawsuits over broken contracts, suicide attempts, unexplained hospitalizations and every once in a while, a movie. And then there’s the kidnapping. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 19, 1944

Posted on September 19, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 19, 1944: Jennifer Jones makes her next movie for Hal Wallis. David Selznick read the script by Ayn Rand, liked it, and told Hal that Jennifer was free to start any time. So apparently the trouble with 20th is all settled…. Wonder what happened to “Fountainhead” if it is to be filmed? Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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September 19, 1944: Allies 310 Miles From Berlin!

Posted on September 19, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 19, 1944: Times reporter and columnist Gene Sherman files a first-person report from Palau and describes fierce fighting against the Japanese. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Life Magazine, Sept. 18, 1944

Posted on September 18, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 18, 1944: Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey drives to New York to confer with campaign advisors, then begins a campaign trip by railroad across the country. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 18, 1944

Posted on September 18, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 18,1944: Walter Winchell and Danton Walker refer to the Aug. 5 fight between Jon Hall and Tommy Dorsey in the so-called Battle of the Balcony at Dorsey’s apartment on the Sunset Strip. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 17, 1944

Posted on September 17, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 17, 1944: All her life Vivian Blaine will be grateful to Victoria Elizabeth James and Phyllis Faye Harris for starring parts, for if these young ladies hadn’t elected to be born Vivian would still be just one of the bevy of pretty girls on the 20th lot, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Olvera Street, Salute to Los Angeles’ Spanish Past

Posted on September 16, 2025 by lmharnisch

Mary Mallory looks at the history of the Avila Adobe and Olvera Street in an encore post from 2019. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 16, 1944

Posted on September 16, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 16, 1966: Cheryl Crane paid her mother, Lana Turner, a visit on the set and for the first time Lana had to take a back seat. Her daughter stole the thunder, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 15, 2025 by lmharnisch

For Monday, we have a mysterious fellow. Continue reading →

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September 13, 1942: Retired Police Lt. George H. Williams, Badge 1, Dies at 84

Posted on September 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 13, 1942: Retired Lt. George H. Williams,who held LAPD retirement Badge 1, dies at the age of 84. He retired in 1912 after serving with the department for 23 years and was in charge of the detail that brought bodies out of the Times Building after the 1910 bombing. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, September 12, 1944

Posted on September 12, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 12, 1944: Through the grapevine, ’tis whispered Capt. Ronald Reagan, who has been in the service since the beginning of the war, may be out the first of the year. He has a wife and child. If this is true, Ronnie will probably resume his movie career in “The Voice of the Turtle,” which is a natural for him, Louella Parsons says. Continue reading →

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September 12, 1944: Wife Stabs Venice Man to Death

Posted on September 12, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 12, 1944: September 12, 1944: Charles Holdren, 45, lived at 1515 Trolleyway, Venice, with his wife, Ellen, and daughters from a previous marriage. He worked as a fish cutter and after Charles and Ellen had spent Sunday drinking heavily, he decided to go to bed. Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Sept. 11, 1944

Posted on September 11, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 11, 1944: The controversial “Mildred Pierce” has at long last passed the Hays office, Louella Parsons says. Virgo: The more you extend yourself and the less worry and doubt you engage, the fuller response you receive. Continue reading →

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