Category Archives: Hollywood

Daylight Saving Time: A Reminder From Pier Angeli and the Daily Mirror

Posted on March 10, 2024 by lmharnisch

Pier Angeli and her adorable little friend remind Daily Mirror readers that Daylight Saving Time begins today and to set your clocks forward one hour. Hi Eve!!

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Ida May Park Finds Direction in Films

Posted on March 7, 2024 by lmharnisch

Ida May Park in Photoplay. Note: This is an encore post from 2018. Virtually forgotten today, Los Angeles-born Ida May Park earned the distinction of being one of the first women to direct feature films in early Hollywood, as well … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on March 4, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1954 Republic picture Laughing Anne, with Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker and Ronald Shiner.

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on February 26, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1940 Warner Bros. picture Father Is a Prince, with Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, John Litel, George Reeves, Jan Clayton and Lee Patrick.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Peter P. Jones, Pioneering Black Photographer

Posted on February 20, 2024 by lmharnisch

Booker T. Washington, photographed by Peter P. Jones, Chicago, about 1910, from the Library of Congress. During the early decades of the 1900s, few African Americans participated or worked for major moving picture studios in leading positions in front or … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on February 19, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1944 Twentieth Century-Fox picture The Eve of St. Mark, with Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Michael O’Shea, Vincent Price, Ruth Nelson, Ray Collins, Stanley Prager, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Robert Bailey, Joann Dolan, Toni Favor, George … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Pioneering Black Movie Star

Posted on February 13, 2024 by lmharnisch

Often overlooked for her contribution to cinema, Nellie Conley, known onscreen as Madame Sul-Te-Wan, was the first African American signed to a film contract at a time when they possessed few rights or recognition in American society, unless they were … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on February 12, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1934 Warner Bros. picture Big Hearted Herbert, with Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Helen Lowell, Phillip Reed, Robert Barrat, Henry O’Neill, Marjorie Gateson, Nella Walker, Trent Durkin, Jay Ward, Hale Hamilton and Claudia … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on February 5, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1953 film Donovan’s Brain, with Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Davis, Steve Brodie, Tom Powers, Lisa K. Howard, Kyle James, Victor Sutherland, Michael Colgan, Peter Adams, Harlan Warde and Shimen Ruskin.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Mabel Fairbanks, Wonder Girl of the Ice

Posted on February 5, 2024 by lmharnisch

Mabel Fairbanks in the California Eagle, Nov. 8, 1945. Note: This is an encore post from 2022. Knockout African American ice skater Mabel Fairbanks wowed audiences from the 1940s through the 1960s. A true natural, she exuded joy and happiness … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay: ‘London After Midnight’

Posted on February 3, 2024 by lmharnisch

A lobby card for the lost silent film London After Midnight (1927) has been listed on EBay for $2,000. The reverse is stamped “Alex Khoury’s Collection” and “R.E. Teichert Theatre Collection.” As with anything on EBay, an item and vendor … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Eleanor Jones, Librarian to Hollywood

Posted on January 30, 2024 by lmharnisch

Coming to Hollywood in 1907, Eleanor Brodie Jones determined to make a difference in the small community. For over 22 years, she brought a love of reading, knowledge, and growth to everyone through her successful work in community engagement and … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on January 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1949 Paramount film The Great Gatsby, with Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan, Howard Da Silva, Shelley Winters, Henry Hull, Carole Mathews, Ed Begley, Elisha Cook Jr., Nicholas Joy, Walter … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated) + + + +

Posted on January 22, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1963 Paramount film Donovan’s Reef, with John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran, Dorothy Lamour, Marcel Dalio, Mike Mazurki, Jacqueline Malouf, Cherylene Lee, Tim Stafford, Edgar Buchanan and Jon … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Highbourne Gardens, Bungalows to Apartments

Posted on January 22, 2024 by lmharnisch

Architect’s rendering of Highbourne Gardens from Architect and Engineer. Real estate development is all about money, expanding and “improving” on property to obtain high financial rewards. HIghbourne Gardens shows the evolution of what is called multi-famlly housing in Los Angeles, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + +)

Posted on January 16, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1944 Republic picture The Lady and the Monster, with Vera Hruba Ralston, Richard Arlen, Erich von Stroheim, Helen Vinson, Mary Nash, Sidney Blackmer, Janet Martin, Bill Henry, Charles Cane, Juanita Quigley, Josephine Dillon and … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – James Montgomery Flagg

Posted on January 16, 2024 by lmharnisch

Photo: What is advertised as an original copy of James Montgomery Flagg’s “Tell That to the Marines!” is listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $361.66. Note: This is an encore post from 2011. Illustrator James Montgomery Flagg is best remembered … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on January 8, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1954 MGM picture Tennessee Champ, with Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Dewey Martin, Earl Holliman, Dave O’Brien, Charles Buchinsky (Bronson) and Yvette Dugay (Duguay).

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 2178 High Tower Drive, L.A.’s First Community Elevator

Posted on January 8, 2024 by lmharnisch

The Tower appeared in the March 24, 1939, installment of Nuestro Pueblo by Joseph Seewerker and Charles Owens of the Los Angeles Times. Note: This is an encore post from 2020. Both marketing gimmick and necessity, the elevator shaft that … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Columbia Picture’s Centennial and Early Film ‘Mary of the Movies’

Posted on January 1, 2024 by lmharnisch

Hollywood grew from a small rural community into a city of massive movie studios in the early 1920s, as tens of thousands arrived hoping to become part of the entertainment bonanza. Cashing in on the city and industry’s popularity, studios … Continue reading →

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