Category Archives: Hollywood

Coming Attractions: What Is a Western?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

The Autry National Center is offering two film series on Saturdays through the year. The museum shows a Gene Autry double feature at noon on the first Saturday of the month in the Western Legacy Theater. Upcoming films are “Rhythm … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Howard Decker / LADailyMirror.com [Howard says: The lady in the fur coat is Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, known as Lana, with her newly minted (seventh, I think) husband Ronald Pellar, known as Ronald Dante and Dr. Dante. … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

For Tuesday, we a couple of shots from a mystery film. [Update: As most people realized, these are frame grabs from the “Night on Bald Mountain” sequence of “Fantasia” or “Night on Boob Mountain,” as we have been calling it … Continue reading →

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Charlie Chaplin’s Big Moment in Venice

Posted on June 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

I was intrigued by Sunday’s Then and Now piece by Anthony Mostrom on Charlie Chaplin’s “Kid Auto Races at Venice” and I thought I’d do a little digging. Here’s what I found. The film includes footage of two races. One … Continue reading →

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Eve Golden: Queen of the Dead

Posted on June 20, 2011 by lmharnisch

Eve Golden  describes herself as: a biographer, show-business historian, photo archivist and obituary writer. And a haughty dowager. Queen of the Dead—dateline June 18, 2011 • Mildred Wolf, who played piano accompaniment to silent films, died on June 5 at … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Crime and Courts, Eve Golden, Fashion, Film, Hollywood, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender | Tagged | 3 Comments

For Sale: Billy the Kid [Updated +]

Posted on June 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

[Update: The tintype sold for $2.3 million. The Denver Post identifies the buyer as retired industrialist William Koch. Quoting the Post: “I love the Old West,” said William Koch , 71, who now lives in Palm Beach, Fla. “I plan … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on June 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

Here’s a mystery photo from EBay! A vendor has listed a photograph from the Witzel studio. The back is marked the Vanity Fair Girls but it is otherwise unidentified. Sounds like an excellent mystery photo! Bidding on the photograph starts … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography, Witzel | 12 Comments

From the Reference Desk: Movie Star’s Mother Dies in Car Crash

Posted on June 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

Here’s a lesson in what to do if you don’t have access to ProQuest. Stacia of She Blogged by Night had a question the other day about car a accident involving Vera Steadman, Al Christie and Marie Prevost’s Mother, Mrs. … Continue reading →

Posted in 1926, Film, From the Reference Desk, Hollywood, Libraries, Obituaries, Transportation | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

The Daily Mirror Is Moving

Posted on June 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

I’m moving to LADailyMirror.com Henry Fuhrmann, one of the assistant managing editors at The Times, likes to say: “Always take the high road. The view is nicer up there.” Henry is my friend, as well as my supervisor, and he … Continue reading →

Posted in Countdown to Watts, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, Homicide, UFOs, World War II | 23 Comments

Coming Attractions: ‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’

Posted on June 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

Sydney Pollack’s 1969 film “The Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” will be shown as a tribute to Michael Sarrazin on June 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. Also showing, “Harry in Your Pocket” (1973). … Continue reading →

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Queen of the Dead by Eve Golden

Posted on June 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

You’ll recognize Eve Golden as one of the Daily Mirror regulars. Now that I’m no longer at latimes.com I’m free to use outside writers and Eve is my first addition. She describes herself as: a biographer, show-business historian, photo archivist … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood, Music, Obituaries, Photography, Queen of the Dead, Religion, Stage | 9 Comments

Sex Mysteries Demonstrated With Living Artist Models

Posted on June 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

  July 24, 1932: Cartoonist Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale puts Miss Los Angeles in the midst of a dazzling array of national stereotypes for the 1932 Olympics (note that Mexico is in a sombrero … and is Japan wearing a … Continue reading →

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Immigrants Overwhelm San Diego!

Posted on June 13, 2011 by lmharnisch

San Diego has everything a family might want: A moderate climate and jobs in the expanding defense industries. But there’s no place to live.  Rep. John H. Tolan (D-Oakland) is holding hearings in San Diego on the plight of migrants … Continue reading →

Posted in 1941, 1947, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, Environment, Film, Hollywood, Homicide, Immigration, LAPD, San Diego, Transportation, World War II | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Found on EBay – Groucho Marx

Posted on June 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

A program from Groucho Marx’s one-night performance of “The Same Boat, Brother” at Philharmonic Auditorium on Nov. 14, 1945, has been listed on EBay.  According to reviews in the Los Angeles Times, the show was fairly unsuccessful. Bidding for the … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on June 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo ou may recognize this photo because I ran it a few years ago. But it’s one of my favorites. This fellow was branded with a very certain stereotype that he played in countless films, so … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on June 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo You may recognize this photo because I ran it a few years ago. But it’s one of my favorites. This fellow was branded with a very certain stereotype that he played in countless films, so … Continue reading →

Posted in art and artists, Comics, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography | 59 Comments

Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: Elisabeth Bergner: The German star, seen previously here as “Catherine the Great,” displays her versatile genius in “Escape Me Never,” at the Four Star, her art being hailed as more exquisite on the screen, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography | 52 Comments

Army Clears Strikers at North American Aviation

Posted on June 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

June 10, 1941: Bill Henry files a color story on soldiers using rifles with bayonets to herd strikers away from the North American Aviation plant. Unfortunately, my new optical character recognition software can’t handle these old clips, so I have … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions – ‘Hollywoodland’

Posted on June 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

Mary Mallory, a key member of the Daily Mirror’s “brain trust,”  will be signing copies of her new book “Hollywoodland” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, at Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd. More information is … Continue reading →

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‘Hunchback Killer’ Arrested, June 8, 1941

Posted on June 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

June 8, 1941: For some time, I have been coming across stories about Alfred Horace Wells in going through the 1941 clips — “hunchback killer” is not a nickname that’s easy to forget. But I haven’t done anything on him … Continue reading →

Posted in #courts, 1941, Columnists, Comics, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, Homicide, Lee Shippey, Tom Treanor | 2 Comments