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Category Archives: Hollywood Heights
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hotel Brevoort, Bohemians’ Outpost on Lexington
Long an entertaining trope for many a movie and stage play, the boarding house for theatrical performers offered an opportunity to gather together a colorful band of characters while at the same time providing them a supportive haven and family … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Black Dahlia, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Preservation
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Eleanor Fried Darling, Jill of All Trades
W. Scott Darling and Eleanor Fried Darling, Film Daily, 1926. Women made the silent film industry the giant success it became during the 1920s. Thanks to their example in uplifting filmmaking, movie attendance skyrocketed among women. To maintain supply for … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged Eleanor Fried, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Smokey Bear Turns 80
As climate change worsens around the world, so do the outbreak of wildfires. Just in the last few years, such countries as Canada, Greece, and Australia have experienced devastating fires, as has such U. S. states as Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Television
Tagged Forest Service, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Hopalong Cassidy, Mary Mallory, Smokey Bear
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Busch Gardens and Hogan’s Aristocratic Dream
Note: This is an encore post from 2012. Filmmakers have always loved shooting around the Los Angeles area because so many diverse locations offer tantalizing story possibilities at a fraction of the cost of traveling around the United States or … Continue reading
Posted in 1915, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged #Mack Sennett, Busch Gardens, film, hollywood, Mary Mallory, Pasadena
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Upton Sinclair’s EPIC Race for Governor vs. the Studios and News Media
Epic Answers: How to End Poverty in California. 90 years ago, author and former Socialist Upton Sinclair entered the race for Governor of California as a Democrat, hoping to better the lives of common people and the unemployed. Upset at … Continue reading
Posted in 1934, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Politics
Tagged 1934, EPIC, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, politics, Upton Sinclair
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — The Three Lives Of Villa Aurora
Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Cats have nine lives. People often experience second or third acts in their lives or careers. Some homes have multiple lives as well, like Villa Aurora, which has experienced three diverse lives, … Continue reading
Posted in 1928, Architecture, Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged 1928, Books and Authors, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, real estate
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Drag Comes to Hollywood at B.B.B.’s Cellar
Long before Silver Lake’s Black Cat Cafe or the first LBGT parade down Hollywood Boulevard in the 1960s, Hollywood highlighted female impersonators and the gay community in a popular, energetic nightclub called B. B. B.’s Cellar and led by host … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Douglas Fairbanks, Author
Douglas Fairbanks: “Teaching his dog to smile.” Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Douglas Fairbanks exploded onto the filmmaking scene in 1915 after a successful career on Broadway as a dashing leading man. His jaunty joie de vivre … Continue reading
Posted in 1918, Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged books, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, movies
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Emma Lazarus’ ‘The New Colossus’ Calls to All Immigrants
Construction of the Statue of Liberty, artwork by John Durkin, Harper’s Weekly, Jan. 19, 1884. Note: This is an encore post from 2018. Written in 1883 to help raise money for building the pedestal on which the Statue of Liberty … Continue reading
Posted in 1884, Hollywood Heights, Immigration, Mary Mallory
Tagged 1884, Emma Lazarus, immigration, Statue of Liberty
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: ‘Don’t Be a Sucker’ Promotes American Values
“Don’t Be a Sucker” is on YouTube. Note: This is an encore post from 2017. Still as relevant today as when it was first produced over 70 years ago, the United States Army Signal Corps’ short “Don’t Be a Sucker” … Continue reading
Posted in 1946, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hale’s Tours Offer Virtual Reality in 1906
George C. Hale in the Salt Lake City Herald, Oct. 20, 1905. Note: This is an encore post from 2016. Technology changes often move with the speed of lightning, upending life as it moves hurly burly into a brave new … Continue reading
Posted in 1906, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, tourism, virtual reality
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: ‘The Key to Hollywood’ Promotes Tourism
Note: This is an encore post from 2014. Sightseeing has long been the lifeblood of Hollywood and Los Angeles. Long before Gray Line Tours or even any of its poorer knockoffs came along, companies offered sightseeing around these areas, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Frank S. Hoover, Portrait Photographer and Apartment Developer
Note: This is an encore post from 2012. Early Hollywood portrait photography developed from the need of stars for portraits to send out looking for roles, and from studios realizing the value of selling their product through stars. Los Angeles … Continue reading
Posted in 1935, African Americans, Architecture, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Photography
Tagged #Paul Revere Williams, Architecture, films, hollywood, Mary Mallory, movies
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Donald Biddle Keyes, Cameraman
Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Most motion picture still photographers picked up cameras at young ages, intrigued at how they could paint with light. Many yearned to do more than just snap shots in a portrait studio … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Photography
Tagged film, hollywood, Mary Mallory, movies, photography, Rudolph Valentino
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Japanese Gardens Bring Serenity to Los Angeles
A postcard showing a Japanese garden at the Huntington Hotel, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2015 Throughout its history, Los Angeles has been blessed with an abundance of beautiful parks and gardens in … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Parks
Tagged Hollwood, Hollywood Heights, Japanese gardens, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Max Davidson
Photo: Lillian Elliott and Max Davidson in “Call of the Cuckoo.” Note: This is an encore post from 2012. America has always been the land of immigrants. From when this part of the world was a mere colony to other … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Yutaka Abe, ‘DeMille of Japan,’ Started in U.S. Silent Films
Jack (Yutaka) Abe in an ad for Mystic Faces in Film Daily, Sept. 1, 1918. Note: This is an encore post from 2022. Virtually unknown today, young Yutaka Abe gained fame in the American silent film industry after immigrating to … Continue reading
Posted in Asians, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, silent movies
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: TCM Festival Salutes Hollywood’s Golden Age
The recently concluded 15th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival brought together film fans from around the world to Hollywood to celebrate films, friends, and fun. Filled with diverse programming offering something for everyone, the Festival brings together archivists, academics, and … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Preservation
Tagged hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Preservation, Robert Osborne Award, TCM Classic Film Festival
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Clara Bow’s 1920s Home for Sale, a Cozy Cottage for Star of Silent Films
Clara Bow’s former rental at 7576 Hollywood Blvd. is on the market for $1.3 million. Hollywood homes can show a star’s character just as much as any candid portrait. Ostentatious or understated, hip or homey, residences serve as a snapshot … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Preservation
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Silent Films’ Broad Range on Display at San Francisco Festival
While the recently concluded 27th SFSFF moved from the beautiful vintage Castro Theatre to a new barnlike structure adjacent to the remaining structure from the 1915 Panama Pacific Intl. Exposition, it once again featured diverse programming offering an emotional, humanistic … Continue reading
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