Category Archives: Film

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 1, 1960: Hedda Hopper writes about Claude Rains’ 60 years in show business.

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‘We Don’t Want the Pope Running the Country’

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

“I’d Like to Examine This Young Woman!”   March 1, 1960: Samuel Lubell focuses on Vice President Richard Nixon in his survey of Southern voters and dismisses Democrats' chances, but there's a more complicated portrait of the South buried a … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Feb. 29, 1960

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

Bringing Up Beverly; by Mother Aadland     While the rest of you were idly accomplishing a variety of things over the week end, I was interviewing Mrs. Florence Aadland.     Mrs Aadland, mother of Beverly, protege of the late Errol … Continue reading →

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Kennedy and Catholicism

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Note: For quite a while, the Daily Mirror has been clicking along in perfect synchronization with the past. Mondays were Mondays and Fridays were Fridays. No more, because 1960 was a leap year and 2010 isn't. Feb. 29, 1960: … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ (1920)

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  April 13, 1920: “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'” at the Million Dollar Theatre… Not for weaklings and mollycoddles!  – with Jesse Crawford at the Organ.   Note: Since we began in 2007,  the Daily Mirror has wanted to provide posts … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 28, 1938: Hedda Hopper writes, "I chatted, for the first time, with Franchot Tone. A fine, intelligent actor. His crooked smile always annoyed me, and suddenly I knew it was to cover up an inferiority complex. I'd like … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 27, 1965: Hedda Hopper gives a plug to “My Mother, the Car!”

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on February 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Our mystery fellow is Daniel Frohman, shown above left with Pola Negri and Jesse Lasky  in a photo dated Oct. 8, 1922. This week’s mystery fellow is the man on the left … Continue reading →

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‘Kramer,’ ‘All That Jazz’ Get 9 Oscar Nominations

Posted on February 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 26, 1980: "Apocalypse Now," "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Norma Rae," "All That Jazz" and "Breaking Away" are nominated as best picture of the years. Plus Peter Sellers for “Being There,” one of my favorites, and Al Pacino before he … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 26, 1964: Hedda Hopper writes, “Stanley Kramer's remarks before presenting Paine Knickerbocker, of the San Francisco Chronicle, as best critic of the year were insulting. We all cringed.” Now I’m wondering what he said. Anyone have any idea?

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 25, 1963: Candice Bergen and Terry Melcher are over, Hedda Hopper says. “Lovely Candy and David Niven Jr. are concentrating on each other. They met when both were in school in Switzerland,” Hopper says … and Raymond Burr … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Feb. 24, 1962: Hedda Hopper says, “That loveable Lucille Ball returns to CBS on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. in a new series for Lever Brothers.”

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Charles Lane, the Classic ‘Stinker’

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Feb. 23, 1980: The Times profiles character actor Charles Lane (d. 2007). “The great old days, a lot of them, stunk,” he says. Lane also says Frank Capra “is the most talented man we ever had.”

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 23, 1961: Hedda Hopper says, “Warren Beatty has sex, youth, talent and ambition.” I would think she might have phrased that a bit differently.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 22, 1959: William Shatner was in “The World of Suzie Wong?” I had no idea.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Feb. 21, 1959: Hedda Hopper says, “When the Navy’s Blue Angels took Janet Leigh for a ride in one of their jets she didn’t realize what a special occasion it was.”

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 20, 1958: Hedda Hopper says, “[Michael] Todd and Liz flying all over Europe in their own plane. No, he's not at the controls.”

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 19, 1957: Hedda Hopper says, “Dick Widmark, back from England after locationing for 'Saint Joan,' in which he played the Dauphin, says, 'We had bad weather throughout the entire stay. I took a flat when I first went … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 18, 1956: Hedda Hopper says “A Streetcar Named Desire” is “dated.” You are probably wondering, “Did this woman ever get anything right?” I certainly am.

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Prisoner to Hang in Chicago

Posted on February 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

  “The Holdout,” by Clare Briggs. Feb. 18, 1920: In Chicago, the sheriff prepares to hang another prisoner. "If capital punishment means anything at all it is a deterrent to further crime and an example to others. The very class … Continue reading →

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