Category Archives: Hollywood

Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on July 31, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another picture from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! Update: This is Lawrence David “Sunny Jim” McKeen Jr., who died in 1933 at the age of 8. Please congratulate Barbara Klein for identifying him.

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Eve Golden: Queen of the Dead

Posted on July 30, 2012 by lmharnisch

A promotional card for Pennsylvania funeral home, listed on EBay at Buy It Now for $95.  Queen of the Dead – dateline July 30, 2012 •   Two reliably talented British performers have died: Angharad Rees (on July 21, at 63) … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on July 28, 2012 by lmharnisch

Great picture, no? From the collection of Steven Bibb.

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on July 26, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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Mickey Cohen on the Record – Talking With Author Tere Tereba

Posted on July 26, 2012 by lmharnisch

Photo: Tere Tereba’s “Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.’s Notorious Mobster.”   Note: I have been talking with author Tere Tereba about her book “Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.’s Notorious Mobster.” Was he nothing more  … Continue reading →

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Eve Golden: Queen of the Dead

Posted on July 23, 2012 by lmharnisch

A customized 1973 Oldsmobile hearse, listed on EBay at Buy It Now for $13,500. Queen of the Dead – dateline July 23, 2012 •   I adored Celeste Holm (who died on July 15, at 95) as an actress—she was warm … Continue reading →

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Lana Turner Elopes!

Posted on July 18, 2012 by lmharnisch

July 18, 1942: Lana Turner elopes to Las Vegas with Stephen Crane in a marriage performed by the same judge who did her marriage to Artie Shaw in 1940. Turner is 22 and Crane is 27. It is the second … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on July 16, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s today’s mystery photo, courtesy of Steven Bibb! This is a still from “Power” showing Frank Vosper, who disappeared from an ocean liner in 1937.

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Eve Golden: Queen of the Dead

Posted on July 16, 2012 by lmharnisch

A model of the Jaguar XKE hearse from “Harold and Maude” has been listed on EBay with bids starting at 125 GBP. Queen of the Dead – dateline July 16, 2012 •  I’m a real bear on architectural preservation, so … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo – Film Within a Film Edition [Updated ++]

Posted on July 9, 2012 by lmharnisch

And this would be?

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Eve Golden: Queen of the Dead

Posted on July 9, 2012 by lmharnisch

Photo: A 1999 Cadillac hearse listed on EBay with bids starting at $1, or Buy It Now for $10,995.  Queen of the Dead – dateline July 9, 2012 •   Andy Griffith (who died at 86, on July 3), I thought, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on July 7, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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‘Casablanca’ Cast Honors Michael Curtiz’s 15 Years in U.S.

Posted on July 7, 2012 by lmharnisch

July 7, 1942:Twin brothers Walter and Sol Brundo, jazz musicians, join a military band stationed at Camp Haan in Riverside County.   I can’t find any trace of Sol and Walter. I wonder what became of them. “The Magnificent Ambersons”opens at … Continue reading →

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Eve Golden: Queen of the Dead

Posted on July 2, 2012 by lmharnisch

This gag postcard of a hearse has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at  $19.95. Queen of the Dead – dateline July 2, 2012 •  Don Grady, the hottest of My Three Sons, died on June 27; he was 68. … Continue reading →

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Keaton Sons Change Names to Talmadge

Posted on June 30, 2012 by lmharnisch

July 2, 1942: Buster Keaton’s sons Robert, 18, and James, 20, legally change their last names to Talmadge after a petition to the court by Keaton’s ex-wife Natalie Talmadge. Lee Gilcrease, 29, kills his wife, Ethel, and commits suicide in … Continue reading →

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Man Held as ‘Orchid Bandit’

Posted on June 27, 2012 by lmharnisch

June 27, 1942: James D. Hannah liked orchids. He liked them so much that he usually gave several of them to his girlfriends to put in their hair, a habit that led to his arrest when robbery victim  Elva Sieburg … Continue reading →

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Drunken Brawl at Errol Flynn’s Birthday Party

Posted on June 26, 2012 by lmharnisch

June 26, 1942: A brawl at Errol Flynn’s  32nd birthday party involves Barbara Hutton’s butler – Eric Gosta Hadler —  and Flynn’s secretary and stand-in, James Fleming. Hadler says: “It all happened so suddenly I can’t remember what happened.” Judging … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on June 25, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the collection of Steven Bibb! Update: This is Billy House. Please congratulate Arye Michael Bender (1), Mike Hawks (2), Jenny M (3), Bob Levinson (4), Herb Nichols (5) and Don Danard via email for identifying … Continue reading →

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Eve Golden: Queen of the Dead

Posted on June 25, 2012 by lmharnisch

A motorcycle hearse listed on EBay at $10,000. Queen of the Dead – dateline June 25, 2012 •  Remember a couple months ago when Thomas Kinkade died and there were all these debates about “was he a worse painter than … Continue reading →

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Eurasian Held on Suspicion of Being Japanese

Posted on June 23, 2012 by lmharnisch

    June 23, 1942: Meet Stanwood Gertz Jr., who was arrested because he was suspected of being Japanese. Gertz told detectives he was German, Chinese and Hawaiian – and his dyed hair presumably made him even more suspicious. The … Continue reading →

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