Category Archives: Hollywood

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 4, 1941

Posted on January 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Jan. 4, 1941: George Brent is buying the tiny island of Mehetia, 75 miles off Tahiti, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: It was quite a pleasant surprise to be rummaging through a file of old pictures and stumble across one showing George Gershwin. Judging by the response, the “brain trust” (my … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 3, 1941

Posted on January 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

              Jan. 3, 1941: After the sneak, Frank Capra recalled the cast of "Meet John Doe" for retakes that will shorten the picture, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Here’s the original caption pasted on the back of the photo:     [This was evidently from a Sunday rotogravure section that wasn’t microfilmed, so I can’t refer to the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 1, 1941

Posted on January 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

            Jan. 1, 1941: Reports are some drastic cutting must be done, else Hattie McDaniel will steal "The Great Lie" from Bette Davis, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 31, 1940

Posted on December 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

           Dec. 31, 1940: C. Chaplin's discovery, Dorothy Comingore, uses that name in Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane," but goes under contract to RKO as Linda Winters. After she welcomes the stork, she gets a star buildup, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on December 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: ROYAL DENIALS …. Prince Mikhail Ouratieff and his wife, Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna, don the garb of butler and maid and prepare to wait on the banker and his wife … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on December 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: STRAIGHT FROM THE GOVERNOR — Making motion picture history, Governor James V. Allred of Texas started cameras turning on the first scene of Paramount's "The Texas Rangers" via long-distance telephone … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Dec. 30, 1960

Posted on December 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Dec. 30, 1960: Academy Award winners Gale Sondergaard, Albert Maltz and Nedrick Young are among 12 Hollywood figures suing the studios over being blacklisted. The suit was brought by A.L. Wirin under the Sherman Antitrust Act. And Paul … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 30, 1940

Posted on December 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

                     Rose Queen Sally Stanton, Gov. Culbert Olson and Highway Patrol Chief E. Raymond Cato at the ribbon cutting of the Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway), Dec. 30, 1940.     … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on December 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This photo is identified on the back as a Universal western from 1915, with Arthur Allardt, Otto Meyers, “Ross” and Joseph Franz and apparently ran in a Midwinter Edition that … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 29, 1941

Posted on December 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Dec. 29, 1941: Funny that Carole Landis should just now be dating Cary Grant; he was her "silent crush" for years, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Movieland Mystery Photo — Updated

Posted on December 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is “High Sierra,” as recognized by hockeykevin and RJ. The published caption, dated Jan. 2, 1941, is not terribly helpful: "High Sierra," wherein this encampment setting is revealed, is … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 28, 1940

Posted on December 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Dec. 28, 1940: Stellar Routine –  She goes to the Brown Derby for "luncheon," then sits and uses the telephone for hours, depriving hungry people of a booth … She changes the color of her hair … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo — Updated

Posted on December 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   Here’s our mystery film scene. Hm. I wonder where they are shooting…. [Update: I often describe Daily Mirror readers as “the brain trust” and it’s true. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for … Continue reading →

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Amazing Predictions for 1961!

Posted on December 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

         hile the rest of the news business spends the final days of December looking back at the major events of the year, the Daily Mirror is peering forward, and for us at least, the future is … Continue reading →

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Lina Romay on the Daily Mirror

Posted on December 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times photo You may recall that Lina Romay was a mystery guest in October 2009. Here’s a reprise of her post. Romay died Dec. 17 at the age of 91. Sept. 25, 1945: Lina Romay photographed by Harmon … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 27, 1940

Posted on December 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

          Dec. 27, 1940: P.G. Wodehouse is being held by the Nazis – stay tuned for more about him in 1941,when he goes on German radio. Earl Carroll planning a Jimmy Durante "Nose Night" with any … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Update]

Posted on December 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   Isn’t this a great picture? More details on the jump.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 26, 1940

Posted on December 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Dec. 26, 1940: No merrier Christmas in all Los Angeles than the one in moppet Betty Brewer's manse. Her screen success made it possible for them to buy their first turkey in years, Jimmie Fidler says.

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