Category Archives: Hollywood

Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on March 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo           [Update 2: Here’s our mystery stalker!] [Update: This is Francis X. Bushman Jr. and Alma Rayford in “Away in the Lead.” Evidently this is a lost film … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 11, 1941

Posted on March 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 11, 1941: Lee Shippey publishes an interesting, detailed letter about conditions in Germany by a woman who fled to Switzerland. Los Angeles needs more factories, but getting money is difficult because everyone is worried … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 10, 1961

Posted on March 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 10, 1961: Matt Weinstock has an item on the novel “Red Alert” by Peter Bryant.  If the plot sounds familiar,   that’s because … well, I won’t spoil it. DEAR ABBY: From the day we married I … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 10, 1941

Posted on March 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 10, 1941: Lee Shippey notes the passing of the Lyceum Theater, formerly the Los Angeles, built in 1888.  Tom Treanor has the story of four visiting opera singers who are so engaged in their discussion … Continue reading →

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Another Good Story Ruined: Saucers Over L.A.! — Part 3

Posted on March 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Photographs by Larry Harnisch/Los Angeles Times   The original 1942 print of searchlights over Los Angeles.     The back of the print, showing editors’ notations and the publication date Feb. 26, 1942.     Feb. … Continue reading →

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Philip K. Scheuer, Town Called Hollywood, March 9, 1941

Posted on March 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 9, 1941: It’s a Sunday, which means Jimmie Fidler has the day off. Instead, Philip K. Scheuer writes about “Gone With the Wind” (I know, I know, you’re thinking it’s a 1939 film). He … Continue reading →

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Self-Styled Siren: An Amateur Among Amateurs — Agee on Film

Posted on March 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Speaking of our favorite movie blogs, another one we enjoy at the Daily Mirror is “Self-Styled Siren,” by Farran Smith Nehme. (No, the photo is of Joan Fontaine, who serves as Farran’s avatar on the Web). Her latest post … Continue reading →

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Another Good Story Ruined: Saucers Over L.A.! — Part 2

Posted on March 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Feb. 24-25, 1942: Two days before the so-called Battle of Los Angeles, a Japanese submarine shelled the Elwood oil fields,  12 miles north of Santa Barbara, according to The Times, which added that the attack … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 8, 1941

Posted on March 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 8, 1941: Lee Shippey has a great item on Frank Capra – be sure to read it … and Tom Treanor has another column on the problems of young men looking for a place to … Continue reading →

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She Blogged by Night: The Marie Prevost Project

Posted on March 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

One of our favorite movie blogs at the Daily Mirror is “She Blogged by Night.” “She” writes: Larry Harnisch, researcher and blogger at the always wonderful Los Angeles Times Daily Mirror, sent me an epic tonne of articles on Marie … Continue reading →

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Another Good Story Ruined: Saucers Over L.A.! — Part 1

Posted on March 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

          Los Angeles Times file photo   Searchlights rake the nighttime sky over a blacked-out city on Feb. 25, 1942, in the so-called Battle of Los Angeles. A powerful image, to be sure. But is it … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — ‘Salome’

Posted on March 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

The item at left, described as an original lobby card from the Theda Bara version of “Salome,” has been listed on EBay. Interestingly enough, the card has entirely different lettering than the one above, which was listed last October. Bidding … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 7, 1961

Posted on March 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 7, 1961: Paul Coates looks at the problem of a family caring (or not caring) for an ailing parent who is on welfare and a veteran's pension. He writes: How any society but a degenerating one … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 7, 1941

Posted on March 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 7, 1941: Lee Shippey writes about the Asia House, a group open to anyone who has lived "somewhere east of Suez for six months or more" and he publishes a letter from wartime Britain by … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 6, 1961

Posted on March 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 6, 1961: Paul Coates has the story of 8-year-old Lillian Gonzales Gossett, who lives in Tijuana because immigration officials won’t allow her to join her mother and stepfather in the U.S.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 6, 1941

Posted on March 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 6, 1941: HOLLYWOOD AFTER DARK: Carmen Miranda improvising Portuguese lyrics to an American jive tune as she dances with Cesar Romero at the Mocambo. Also on the jump: A roundup of items from Lee … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on March 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   I came across this picture while researching something else and thought it would make a good weekend mystery photo.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on March 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Yes, as everyone figured out, this is Stephen Crane (d. 1985), above, in a photo stamped 1942] Here’s this week’s mystery guest!

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 5, 1941

Posted on March 5, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 5, 1941: Lee Shippey says: Every striker who delays defense is striking a blow for Nazi victory which may take from him the right to labor as a free man. Every manufacturer who tries to … Continue reading →

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Another Good Story Ruined — Saucers Over L.A.!

Posted on March 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   I have been working with The Times’ historic photos for years and I know how the newspaper’s art department used to retouch pictures, so the moment I saw this image last … Continue reading →

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