Category Archives: Film

Voices — Christine Collins, August 17, 1932

Posted on January 31, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Company Town

Posted on January 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

You may recall my recent post about lunch with Harry Medved and the continuing quest to determine the name and date of the first film shot entirely in Los Angeles. Val Almendarez, collections archivist at the Academy of Motion Picture … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 16, 1932

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Update: This is a Los Angeles Times photo of Mary Pickford and Cecil B. De Mille after he received an Oscar and an Irving Thalberg Award at the 1953 Academy Awards. Update: Many Daily Mirror readers have correctly identified the … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe Mystery

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Until I came across the news stories about him threatening his wife with a butcher knife, I’d never heard of Thomas T. Chamales. I picked up a copy of "Never So Few" because The Times’ Robert Kirsch called it "Easily … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 16, 1932

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Woman Loses Children Over Nude Photos; Angels Earn Most of Cubs’ Income, January 29, 1949

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

A panel from "Terry and the Pirates," by George Wunder. At left, The Times’ comics page from 1949. Moon Mullins … Li’l Abner …  Brenda Starr … Dick Tracy … Orphan Annie … but also Ella Cinders … Napoleon … … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 13, 1932

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 27, 1959

Posted on January 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Blisters, Bites at Palm Springs Blisters, Bites at Palm Springs Some people go to Palm Springs on the week end to lay around in the sun and relax. But I don’t. I go for professional reasons. It’s one … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, June 10, 1932

Posted on January 27, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Company Town

Posted on January 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

The first movie shot entirely in Los Angeles was "In the Power of the Sultan," filmed May 8-9, 1909, according to this 1949 Times feature on actor Hobart Bosworth. Or was it? I recently had lunch with Harry Medved (co-author … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, June 9, 1932

Posted on January 25, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Baby Burned to Death on Stove, Dodgers Scout Players, January 25, 1959

Posted on January 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Whenever someone tells you the past was a "kinder, simpler time," show them this article. I’m unable to find any further stories on this tragic incident. My boyfriend embarrasses me because he won’t race his car…. An advice column by … Continue reading →

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January 24, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 24, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, March 8, 1932

Posted on January 24, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, February 27, 1932

Posted on January 23, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 22, 1959

Posted on January 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Another Claimant to ‘Brave’ Oscar There was new confusion today in the "Who Wrote ‘The Brave One?’ " Oscar derby. Now the window of Juan Duval, a Spanish-born writer-dancer-actor, claims the story idea for the Academy Award-winning picture … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, February 12, 1932

Posted on January 22, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, February 9, 1932

Posted on January 21, 2009 by lmharnisch
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De Mille Dies! January 21, 1959

Posted on January 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

"The greatest showman on earth." This trailer for "The Ten Commandments" calls it "the greatest motion picture of all time." Hedda Hopper described the film’s director, Cecil B. De Mille, "the greatest creator and showman of our industry." But what … Continue reading →

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