Category Archives: Hollywood

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 20, 1957: “Chuck Heston did as much painting as acting in ‘The Big Country,’ so his canvases will be used to publicize it.”

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo  Update: As many readers realized, this is Milton Sills. Although there’s no caption information on the back, the photo is evidently from “The Sea Hawk.”   Sept. 16, 1930: The Times reports the death of … Continue reading →

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Amelia Earhart – Airplane Babe

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photos After the release of “Amelia,” the film about Amelia Earhart, I thought it would be fun to get into The Times’ photo archives and see what we had. Here are two pictures dated March 25, … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 19, 1956: "Jose Quintero, bright young director of the "Long Day's Journey Into Night," is a rage overnight. He's a Hollywood boy who couldn't make good in his hometown — tried as an actor there and came to … Continue reading →

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Opera Tenor Confined to Mental Ward

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Clare Briggs on “That Guiltiest Feeling.” Pietro Buzzi in 1905. Nov. 19, 1919: Pietro Buzzi, operatic tenor, is take to the psychiatric ward  of county hospital after being removed from a Hollywood studio. According to a 1916 story in … Continue reading →

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November 18, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

As Senators Write to Indignant Taxpayers While we’re all gathered here together, in this smoke-filled room, I’d like to say a few words in behalf of politicians. They are our friends.  Behind that stodgy facade that they put up, they’ve … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Nov. 18, 1955: While on tour in Chicago with “The King and I,” Yul Brynner worked on a doctorate in philosophy at Northwestern and gave drama lessons to the rest of the cast, Hedda Hopper says. 

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 17, 1954: "Touch Connors has been signed to play a Confederate soldier — and he'll be mighty handsome in that uniform — in 'Five Guns West' with John Lund and Dorothy Malone." Eventually “Touch” Conners became known as … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 16, 1953: Edgar Bergen recalls the time Frank Farrell kidnapped Charlie McCarthy.

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Voices – Jules Feiffer

Posted on November 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 12, 1969, “Little Murders” runs for more than six months in Los Angeles. After writing a post about “Little Murders” and the monologues in the play, especially the one by homicide Detective Lt. Miles Practice, I e-mailed playwright and … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 14, 1959

Posted on November 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

       Today Is Forever     Thirty years ago R. Julian Dashwood, a Britisher, found himself broke and hungry in Sydney, Australia.  Standing in a free food line, he determined never to be dependent again on how others mismanaged the … Continue reading →

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Carl Reiner Explains All About Klutzery

Posted on November 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Braven Dyer writes about the death of W.L. "Pop" Guthrie, a Warner Bros. location manager and USC fan who had adopted the football team in 1926 and had been sitting on the Trojan bench for many years. Guthrie had … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 13, 1950: Ginger Rogers has friends over to watch three hours of dance excerpts from her movies with Fred Astaire.

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Update: This week’s mystery star is Jane Frazee, above, in “Kansas City Kitty,” June 19, 1945.  Sept.8, 1985: The Times reports the death of Jane Frazee at the age of 67. Just a reminder on … Continue reading →

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Reporters Walk Out on Rockefeller

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

   New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller’s plan for separate news conferences for print and broadcast reporters backfires when the TV and radio crews in Los Angeles walk out on him.   Louie Malle’s New Wave film “Lovers” is just plain … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 12, 1949: "I wish Metro would find a good dressmaker for Judy Garland instead of making her rip off those much-needed pounds. What if she is fat? A clever dressmaker can hide the bumps.”

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Nov. 11, 1948: Edgar “Slow Burn” Kennedy dies of throat cancer at the Motion Picture Country Hospital. “He had been ill quite a long time and suffered untold agonies,” Hedda Hopper says. 

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 10, 1947: Hal Wallis’ script “Be Still, My Love,” is “too stupid to shoot.”  "Be Still, My Love," from a novel by June Truesdell, was to be about a Southern California college teacher who kills one of her … Continue reading →

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Wife Stabs Bob Crosby

Posted on November 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 10, 1959: June Crosby stabs her husband, Bob, with a 10-inch letter opener during a fight. She tells Beverly Hills police that she grabbed the letter opener to fight him off after he pushed her down during a violent … Continue reading →

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Mexico, U.S. Blame Each Other After Border Crackdown Fails

Posted on November 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Lerdo’s Typical Grand Mexican Orchestra and “Eyes of Youth” at Tally’s Kinema at Grand and 7th and “Her Game” at Tally’s Broadway, 833 S. Broadway. Nov. 10, 1919: A plan by American and Mexican authorities to deport 100 to … Continue reading →

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