Category Archives: Film

1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 8, 1944

Posted on March 8, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 8, 1944 Man About Town Adelaide Norris is crowding Cholly McCarthy off Edgar Bergen’s spacious lap … Those 31 persons rounded up Saturday by the G-Men (for allegedly peddling illegal railway reservations in Florida) tittered at the warning here … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Duffy’s Tavern’ and ‘Fibber McGee and Molly,’ March 7, 1944

Posted on March 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 7, 1944 It’s Tuesday in 1944, and today we have: — “Movie Primer,” a pretty funny satirical look at Hollywood going through the ABCs (B is for boy as in boy meets girl; C is for movie columnist; D … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 7, 1944

Posted on March 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 7, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, March 6 — An entire new screen life should unfold for Lee Bowman when he joins Columbia. He is a good actor, but he has never really had a chance on the Metro lot, where there … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Life Magazine, March 6, 1944

Posted on March 6, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 6, 1944: Adm. Chester W. Minitz, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, is this week’s cover story.  This week’s featured Life photographer is Fritz Goro, who has an essay on twins. The movie is “Up in Arms.” Courtesy … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘The Letter,’ With Bette Davis and ‘Gay Divorcee’ With Frank Sinatra, March 6, 1944

Posted on March 6, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 6, 1944 It’s Monday in 1944, and today we have a nice lineup: — “The Letter” with Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall in their original roles and Vincent Price as Howard Joyce, is this week’s production of “Lux Radio … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 6, 1944

Posted on March 6, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 6, 1944 Broadway Ballad The Orchid Garden: Zanuck’s newest click, “The Purple Heart.” The author is listed as Melville Crossman. That’s Zanuck … Editorial Dept. Novelette: It happened in the city room of one of the Big Town gazettes … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Louella O. Parsons on ‘The Purple Heart,’ March 5, 1944

Posted on March 5, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 5, 1944   Louella Parsons take a look at Darryl Zanuck’s personal interest in making “The Purple Heart”: Those who are close to Darryl know that he spent many a sleepless night worrying because he had gambled $1 million … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons,’ March 4, 1944

Posted on March 4, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 4, 1944 June Preisser and her good looking husband, Dick Terry, came to see me the other day. Never in all the years I have known Junie has she looked so well. The girl whose acrobatic dancing was a … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + + )

Posted on March 3, 2014 by lmharnisch

Yes, this is “Flying With Music,” or “The Cavalcade of Character Actors,” as we have been calling it around the Daily Mirror city room. The script is by M. Coates Webster, who mostly wrote Westerns, and the rather obscure Louis … Continue reading →

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Bogart and Bacall in a Mystery Photo

Posted on March 3, 2014 by lmharnisch

This undated snapshot of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart has appeared on the California state controller’s list of unclaimed property. There’s also a photo of Clint Eastwood in the same lot. Whoever owns it, please contact the state controller.

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1944 in Print — ‘Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons,’ March 3, 1944

Posted on March 3, 2014 by lmharnisch

Now showing: “Gung Ho!” March 3, 1944 Samuel Goldwyn believes that “Simone,” a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger, will be a bestseller when it is published in April. As soon as he read the galley proofs Sam planked down a fancy … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Fanchon and Marco Face the Music and Dance

Posted on March 3, 2014 by lmharnisch

Marco, left, and Fanchon, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Movie-going experiences today offer little bang for the buck, offering mostly commercials, advertisements and loud trailers before the films. In the 1920s and 1930s however, moviegoers enjoyed a smorgasbord of entertainment before … Continue reading →

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‘Casablanca’ Wins Oscar for Best Picture, March 3, 1944

Posted on March 3, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 3, 1944 It may come as a shock in our Oscar-obsessed age that the Academy Awards were not Page 1 news in 1944. The ceremony only rated the second cover. Edwin Schallert filed the main story with Philip K. … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Abbott and Costello’ and ‘Kraft Music Hall,’ March 2, 1944

Posted on March 2, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 2, 1944 It’s Thursday in 1944, and today we have: — Hedda Hopper is the guest on “Abbott and Costello.” This week, the boys decide to start a newspaper. Listen for the line about the L.A. Examiner. Courtesy of … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons,’ March 2, 1944

Posted on March 2, 2014 by lmharnisch

Now showing: “The Sullivans.” March 2, 1944 Charles Laughton will have to cut those long tresses that he wore in “The Canterville Ghost” when he reports to Universal. Although Charlie has finished “The Ghost,” I saw him at a recent … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Amazing Stories,’ March 1944

Posted on March 1, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 1944: “Amazing Stories,” featuring “It’s a Small World” by Robert Bloch. courtesy of Archive.org.

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1944 in Print — ‘Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons,’ March 1, 1944

Posted on March 1, 2014 by lmharnisch

Now showing: “None Shall Escape.” March 1, 1944 Note: I’ve been having so much fun running Walter Winchell that I thought I would add Louella Parsons to the mix. The biggest movie news I’ve heard in weeks comes direct from … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ March 1, 1944

Posted on March 1, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1944 Man About Town Norma Shearer is expected to resume her screen career in the role of Katy (the mother) in “Tree Grows in Brooklyn” … Franz Werfel, author of “Song of Bernadette” (after two heart attacks), is … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 29, 1944

Posted on March 1, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 29, 1944 As you may have noticed from all the gags on the radio shows, 1944 was a leap year — unlike 2014. Here’s the extra Walter Winchell column. Notes of an Innocent Bystander The First Nights: In the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Life Magazine, Feb. 28, 1944

Posted on February 28, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1944: Ella Raines, star of “Phantom Lady,”  gets the cover photo. Life looks at the emerging race for the Republican candidate to challenge Franklin Roosevelt for a fourth term in the 1944 presidential election, with Thomas E. Dewey … Continue reading →

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