Category Archives: Hollywood

‘Fantasia’ Acclaimed as Film Masterpiece

Posted on January 30, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Jan. 30, 1941: The Times publishes three items on the Los Angeles premiere of “Fantasia”: A review of the film by Edwin Schallert, a music review by Isabel Morse Jones and a color story on … Continue reading →

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Hidden Artistry — Fooling the Camera

Posted on January 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

      “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”         “Tennessee Johnson”   Arye Michael Bender's comments on the "carved panels" in "Mr. Smith" reminded me of the painted statues in "Tennessee Johnson." Here's a better look.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo       [Update: Here’s a fun discovery. The Times published this photo to accompany a 1970 feature on cameraman Virgil Miller. According to the caption information, this is the crew filming … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 28, 1941

Posted on January 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Jan. 28, 1941: Times reporter Tom Treanor, having recently returned from Europe, writes about conditions in Nazi-occupied France.  Edwina Booth, whose life turned to tragedy when she contracted a tropical fever during filming of "Trader Horn" … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is Hugh Herbert, but the rest of the people in the photo are unidentified. Please congratulate Dewey Webb, Mary Mallory, Carmen, Rotter, Mark Heimback-Nielsen, Eve, Cold in Phoenix, Roget-L.A., … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Jan. 27, 1961

Posted on January 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

              Jan. 27, 1961: Carroll Van Court asks Mirror readers to pray for Mel Blanc, who was badly injured in a car crash. Paul Coates dips into the mailbag and endures a reader’s taunts … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 27, 1941

Posted on January 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Jan. 27, 1941: Tom Treanor writes about the popularity of the Lockheed Hudson among British fliers. “The Hudson's such a sweetheart to the British airmen that it has been made the heroine of their next-to-the-dirtiest war … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is a production shot from “Tennessee Johnson,” published Jan. 2, 1943. The fellow  on the ladder with the gloves is director William Dieterle.] In this mystery scene, we have … Continue reading →

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Location Sleuth — ‘Farewell, My Lovely’

Posted on January 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

Here’s another historic location in the 1975 film “Farewell, My Lovely,” a scene with Robert Mitchum and Jack O’Halloran at the Far East Cafe on 1st St. in Little Tokyo. [These images are a little funky. They’re frame grabs from … Continue reading →

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Philip K. Scheuer, Town Called Hollywood, Jan. 26, 1941

Posted on January 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Jan. 26, 1941: Times reporter Tom Treanor, having returned from Europe, writes about the black market money exchange in Romania. Jimmie Fidler has the day off. Philip K. Scheuer writes about the filming of two Norman … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is Joan Crawford in “The Ice Follies of 1939.” ]Hm. What’s going on here?

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Location Sleuth

Posted on January 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

        I was watching the 1975 version of “Farewell, My Lovely” for the first time in a long while and began wondering how they got the neon sign from the Earl Carroll Theatre for the opening titles. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Jan. 25, 1961

Posted on January 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Jan. 25, 1961: Mel Blanc, 51, is making progress after being badly injured in a head-on crash with Menlo College student Arthur Rolston, 18, on Sunset Boulevard at the notorious “Dead Man’s Curve” at Groverton Place. … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 25, 1941

Posted on January 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Jan. 25, 1941: The recent Jew persecutions in Rumania struck a special note of horror to a visiting American because they were so invisible, Tom Treanor says. Why cast Margaret Sullavan as a Jewish refugee … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: These are  photos published in 1965, showing Hal Needham, Stephanie Epper and Patty Elder.] Here’s a mystery sequence of photos showing a stunt that went wrong.

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Found on EBay — ‘They Call Them Camisoles’

Posted on January 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

A rather battered but interesting copy of “They Call Them Camisoles” has been listed on EBay. “Camisoles” was written by Wilma Carnes under the pen name Wilma Wilson and is a graphic first-person account of her time at Camarillo (“Camisoles” … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is “The Bugle Sounds.”] Aha! Mystery tanks!

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 23, 1941

Posted on January 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Jan. 23, 1941: Tom Treanor sums up his experiences in Europe with thoughts on reporting and censorship. “The assumption that great untold stories are lying around in Europe like gold nuggets on the sidewalk is … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is the production of the 1949 film “Sand.” ] Here’s another scenic shot….

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 22, 1941

Posted on January 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Jan. 22, 1941: Times reporter Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II, files the last in his series of columns from Europe before heading to Los Angeles. “And now at last goodbye to Europe, … Continue reading →

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