Category Archives: Hollywood

Voices: Jackie Cooper, 1922 – 2011

Posted on May 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

           June 14, 1931: "Naw, I ain't gonna be no actor when I grow up," Jackie Cooper tells The Times. "Ya know, last season I thought I'd like to be a football player, but baseball players … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 4, 1941

Posted on May 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 4, 1961:  Lee Shippey returns and although he doesn’t elaborate on the surgery that kept him from writing, he shows that the cost of healthcare is nothing new.  Tom Treanor has the story of an … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 3, 1941

Posted on May 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 3, 1941: Novelist James Hilton fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. (I must say, I’m impressed by the number of authors among Shippey’s friends). Tom Treanor, who was killed covering … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Updated 2: Please congratulate Mary Mallory for identifying our mystery fellow as Maurice Schwartz! This is Schwartz (d. 1960) in a photo stamped April 9, 1963.] [Update: So far, nobody has … Continue reading →

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Yorty Seeks to Limit L.A. Mayors to Two Terms

Posted on May 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 3, 1961: The Times editorial page backs Mayor Norris Poulson, who lost to  challenger Sam Yorty. Although Yorty advocated a two-term limit for mayors, he served three terms and was seeking a fourth when he … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 2, 1941

Posted on May 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 2, 1941: Darrell Ware, filling in for Lee Shippey, writes about the opening of trout season. I've yet to see Adolphe Menjou in evening attire sans a boutonniere, Jimmie Fidler says 

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 1, 1941

Posted on May 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 1, 1941: Alan Le May fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. S.S. Santa Rosa — Like your appendix, this cruise is just a vestige of time gone by. As we … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update 2: This is indeed Eddie Quillan (d. 1990) in an undated photo from his Mack Sennett days, stamped March 5, 1984, by The Times library.] [Update: Please congratulate Mary Mallory, … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 30, 1941

Posted on April 30, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 30, 1941: Horatio Winslow fills in for columnist Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery, with a piece about the Women's Ambulance and Defense Corps of America. The organization, unofficially supported by the Army, … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 29, 1941

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

             April 29, 1941: Irvin S. Cobb fills in for Lee Shippey once again. Height of Something or Other: Gertrude Lawrence's reported plan to auction Vic Mature's appendix (well preserved in a bottle) for British … Continue reading →

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From the Stacks – ‘Portraits of Crime’ (1977)

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Two years after writing about  LAPD Det. Ector Garcia, I finally located a copy of his book, “Portraits of Crime,” which arrived in the mail from the U.K. while I was on vacation. No one will ever mistake … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 27, 1941

Posted on April 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 27, 1941: Lee Shippey files  a column from his hospital bed! OUR PARTY FOR VENEZUELA met in the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center before sailing today. We could look out across the city at the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 26, 1941

Posted on April 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 26, 1941: Harriet Grainger fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. BELLS TO: Fibber McGee and Molly, who, loyal to the radio sponsor they've had for years, nixed more lucrative offers … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 25, 1941

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 25, 1941: Lee Shippey is still recovering from surgery, so his friends are filling in for him. Today’s column by novelist Harlan Ware is about what Hollywood success did to one writer. No matter how … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: June 11, 1936 — Franchot Tone and Robert Greig in a comedy sequence in MGM's "The Unguarded Hour," directed by Sam Wood. Loretta Young plays the heroine in the Lawrence … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Aug. 22, 1937 — Franchot Tone and Virginia Bruce caught in a tender moment of MGM's "Between Two Women." In the motion picture, Tone marries Miss Bruce, although in love … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Nov. 12, 1947: Franchot Tone and Lucille Ball in "Her Husband's Affairs.”] And for Friday, another mystery companion!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Updated: July 1, 1955 — Ida Lupino and Franchot Tone comprise the entire case of "Award," the powerful tale of a Hollywood actress who has to prove herself capable of sincere … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: April 18, 1958– Eva Le Gallienne and Franchot Tone head a star-studded cast in Screen Gems' "Bitter Heritage" for CBS Television’s "Playhouse 90." Miss Le Gallienne makes her telefilm debut … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: May 1, 1958 — Expressions of principals testify to strain of hearing as Mrs. Jean Wallace Wilde, near tears, leaves court with actor husband Cornel Wilde after ex-husband Franchot Tone, … Continue reading →

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