Category Archives: Hollywood

Star Tells ‘Tonight’ Host That New Movie Is Terrible

Posted on March 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 8, 1980: Robert Blake goes on “The Tonight Show” and trashes his upcoming movie “Coast to Coast,” which he called “What’s That Funny Smell?” On the jump, Oakland wants Raiders owner Al Davis to go to jail. But … Continue reading →

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Hedda Hopper, March 8, 1944

Posted on March 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

   March 8, 1944:  Hedda Hopper says, "How would you like to see Joan Crawford play 'Nurse Kenny?' She wants to do it badly." I can’t help but wonder whether that slip was intentional. On the jump, divorce for Myrna … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’ (1960)

Posted on March 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

Note: Since we began in 2007,  the Daily Mirror has wanted to provide posts about historic films, but like the rest of the DM, we wanted to make it a unique, personal view. We found a fresh, original voice in … Continue reading →

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Charles Champlin on Dore Schary

Posted on March 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 7, 1980: Charles Champlin interviews former MGM executive Dore Schary, who talks about the declining role of the producer.  On the jump, Schary recalls giving advice to Louis B. Mayer about what he should do in retirement.

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Screen Actors Guild Goes on Strike

Posted on March 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

   March 7, 1960: The Screen Actors Guild goes on strike over residuals on movies made after 1948 that are broadcast on TV.  “The Magnificent Seven” and “Ocean’s Eleven” are unaffected.

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on March 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Our mystery fellows are comedians Ole Olsen, right, and Chic Johnson, 1934. Feb. 28, 1962: Chic Johnson dies in Las Vegas at the age of 70. In a sidebar, Olsen quoted the farewell … Continue reading →

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‘The Tin Drum’ Opens Filmex 80

Posted on March 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jim Murray on "They Call Me Assassin." More on the jump, plus Kevin Thomas on "The Tin Drum" for the opening of Filmex 80.

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Hedda Hopper, March 3, 1939

Posted on March 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 3, 1939: On the jump, Carole Lombard in “Made for Each Other” and Hedda Hopper on who’s dating whom. Is that a new fellow for Marlene Dietrich?

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Baptismal Records Hold Evidence in Suit Over Pioneer’s Estate

Posted on March 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

   March 3, 1920: I’m sure the concept of this ad seemed fine. But we have a slightly malevolent fellow spilling grease that turns into a highway. Maybe that’s why we don’t hear much about Gredag these days. On the … Continue reading →

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Hedda Hopper, March 2, 1938

Posted on March 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 2, 1938: "When white was the vogue, Pierre changed his apartment to black, where he gave me a swell party before I sailed for Europe on the Queen Mary," Hedda Hopper says. 

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 1, 1960: Hedda Hopper writes about Claude Rains’ 60 years in show business.

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‘We Don’t Want the Pope Running the Country’

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

“I’d Like to Examine This Young Woman!”   March 1, 1960: Samuel Lubell focuses on Vice President Richard Nixon in his survey of Southern voters and dismisses Democrats' chances, but there's a more complicated portrait of the South buried a … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Feb. 29, 1960

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

Bringing Up Beverly; by Mother Aadland     While the rest of you were idly accomplishing a variety of things over the week end, I was interviewing Mrs. Florence Aadland.     Mrs Aadland, mother of Beverly, protege of the late Errol … Continue reading →

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Kennedy and Catholicism

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Note: For quite a while, the Daily Mirror has been clicking along in perfect synchronization with the past. Mondays were Mondays and Fridays were Fridays. No more, because 1960 was a leap year and 2010 isn't. Feb. 29, 1960: … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ (1920)

Posted on March 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  April 13, 1920: “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'” at the Million Dollar Theatre… Not for weaklings and mollycoddles!  – with Jesse Crawford at the Organ.   Note: Since we began in 2007,  the Daily Mirror has wanted to provide posts … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 28, 1938: Hedda Hopper writes, "I chatted, for the first time, with Franchot Tone. A fine, intelligent actor. His crooked smile always annoyed me, and suddenly I knew it was to cover up an inferiority complex. I'd like … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 27, 1965: Hedda Hopper gives a plug to “My Mother, the Car!”

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on February 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Our mystery fellow is Daniel Frohman, shown above left with Pola Negri and Jesse Lasky  in a photo dated Oct. 8, 1922. This week’s mystery fellow is the man on the left … Continue reading →

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‘Kramer,’ ‘All That Jazz’ Get 9 Oscar Nominations

Posted on February 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 26, 1980: "Apocalypse Now," "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Norma Rae," "All That Jazz" and "Breaking Away" are nominated as best picture of the years. Plus Peter Sellers for “Being There,” one of my favorites, and Al Pacino before he … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 26, 1964: Hedda Hopper writes, “Stanley Kramer's remarks before presenting Paine Knickerbocker, of the San Francisco Chronicle, as best critic of the year were insulting. We all cringed.” Now I’m wondering what he said. Anyone have any idea?

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