Category Archives: Film

October 12, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

October 12, 1957 Burl Ives, who took off more than 40 pounds to play the part of the viciously righteous father in “Desire Under the Elms,’ was putting some of it back on the other day at Frascati’s and between … Continue reading →

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Brando marries

Posted on October 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 12, 1957

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Location sleuth

Posted on October 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

Another shot from "Act of Violence," showing downtown Los Angeles.  

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As crazy as two waltzing mice

Posted on October 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 9, 1957 Ventura, Calif. Renzee Louis Alameda, 36, was the quietest man on the block. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound ex-Marine, a USC graduate, was unmarried and had lived alone at 2412 Ridgeley Drive for the last 10 years. He … Continue reading →

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Location sleuth

Posted on October 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s The Times Building as seen in "Act of Violence," 1948   Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times, Oct. 6, 2007 Trees and buildings prevented me from precisely re-creating this shot. The camera was north of where I was standing … Continue reading →

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Location sleuth

Posted on October 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note the neon sign for the Westlake Theatre.   Email me

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Location sleuth

Posted on October 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Times Building in "Act of Violence," 1948, pointed out by  my colleague, Steve Hensch.  

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Hollywood confidential

Posted on October 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 1, 1957 Los Angeles No, I haven’t forgotten about Confidential magazine. The jury is still out.

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Hollywood confidential

Posted on September 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 28, 1957Los AngelesThis isn’t looking good.

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Hollywood confidential

Posted on September 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

  The jury in the Confidential magazine case, sequestered at the Mayfair Hotel, is spending the day at the pool…..

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Hollywood confidential

Posted on September 19, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 19, 1957Los Angeles Uh-oh….

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Strangler strikes

Posted on September 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 17, 1957 Los Angeles We’re parked outside 3477 S. La Brea Ave., a two-story apartment house with about 18 units in the Wilshire Division. It’s one in a row of apartment buildings along the west side of the … Continue reading →

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Stag film raid

Posted on September 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1957Los Angeles I stumbled across this story while researching yesterday’s post on South-Central vice raids and it was too wonderful to ignore. It sounds almost like one of the “Honeymooners” episodes involving Ralph Cramden, Ed Norton and the … Continue reading →

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Confidential–Tells the Facts and Names the Names

Posted on September 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Scenes from the Confidential trial: Sept. 4, 1957, Dorothy Dandridge testifies Photograph by Dan McCormack, Los Angeles Times

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Oops!

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 4, 1957 Los Angeles On a field trip to Grauman’s Chinese Theater so that the court could visit the notorious Row 35, where Maureen O’Hara’s alleged tryst occurred, jurors discovered that it was really Row 40. Aisle C. Upon … Continue reading →

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True confessions

Posted on August 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles reporter and columnist Forabel Muir with a copy of her book, "Headline Happy." Aug. 30, 1957 Los Angeles What’s with all these marriage quizzes? How about some blood and gore? Believe it … Continue reading →

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Not on Netflix

Posted on August 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 28, 1957Los Angeles Incredibly enough, The Times failed to review this double feature from American International Pictures. Take my word for it, though: Bad things happen. How did AIP come up with such classics? In 1958, The Times’ Philip … Continue reading →

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Kiss and Tell

Posted on August 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 24, 1957 Los Angeles And where does our favorite scandal magazine get such high-quality dirt?  (Oh, I know, people only read it at the beauty parlor and the barbershop). It turns out that in Hollywood, money will unseal … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

Posted on August 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 23, 1957Los Angeles Bad things happen when two men (Ralph Meeker and Keenan Wynn) abduct a movie star (Jane Russell). It turns out that her upcoming film is "The Kidnapped Bride" and everyone–including the studio and the alleged … Continue reading →

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Confidential: Tells the Facts and Names the Names

Posted on August 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 19-22, 1957Los Angeles Whatever Polly Gould knew about Confidential magazine died with her. The Times said that Gould, 46, a former “investigator” for Confidential and Whisper, had once been a columnist for Jimmy Tarantino’s Hollywood Night Life magazine, a … Continue reading →

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