Category Archives: Hollywood

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 9, 1946: “Claudette Colbert and a dozen other people would like to adopt Natalie Wood, 7-year-old girl who played in ‘Tomorrow Is Forever’ and who goes to 20th for ‘The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.’ ”

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Cops Pose as Beatniks to Catch Drug Suspects

Posted on November 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Like, dig the crazy berets on the fuzz, daddy-o! One New York detective even wrote poetry to fit in with the beats! Jack Webb’s cult classic about the newspaper business is about to open.   Los Angeles Times file photo … Continue reading →

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Architectural Rambling – Hollywood

Posted on November 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

  [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps/sv?cbp=12,228.65,,0,4.34&cbll=34.099212,-118.341731&v=1&panoid=YAvDmGQwU9jUHJUW_dzSjA&gl=&hl=en” width=”550″>View Larger Map Nov. 9, 1919: Two large homes are being built in Hollywood. But don’t go looking for them. They are long gone. 

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 7, 1944: Gracie Allen performs her new work, “Concerto for Index Finger.” Some of Charles Laughton’s recordings of the Bible are too hot to handle or at least they're too hot for Decca.  Yes, you can find the … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Nov. 6, 1943: “Rene Clair, before deciding as to whether Lily Pons will sing for Nellie Melba in ‘It Happened Tomorrow,’ takes two days off to listen to more would-be Melbas. I'm amazed that Lily Pons would even consider … Continue reading →

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on November 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Update: This is Lili Gentle on Jan. 27, 1956, after a judge approved her contract (she was 16) with Twentieth Century Fox. Jan. 11, 1958: Lili Gentle and Richard Zanuck are getting married. Update: I … Continue reading →

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Women Will Take Over! The Horror!

Posted on November 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 6, 1959: Oh, the horror! Men are doing housework! They are changing diapers! And it’s all the fault of women who want careers! They are taking over — and they are shrewder and less moral than men! Or so … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 5, 1942: Lon Chaney Jr. is preparing for a role in Universal’s remake of “The Phantom of the Opera” … well, not quite.

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A Jovial Nixon Tells Strangers He’s Bob Hope, Makes Prank Phone Calls

Posted on November 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Vice President Richard Nixon interrupting early morning walk on Wilshire Boulevard to watch sidewalk repairs, lingers to talk sports with Vic Salazar, left and another worker. It's easy to find weird stories about Richard Nixon, before and after his presidency. … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 3, 1940: C.B. and “North West Mounted Police.”

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Nixon and Kennedy Visit L.A.

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, arrive in Arcadia.  Nixon voices confidence the Republican Party … And the MTA is increasing fares on buses and streetcars from 17 cents to compensate for raises granted to union workers. Sen. … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 3, 1959

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Erwin “He Walked by Night” Walker is recaptured. Japan of Today Has Its Lost Generation     TOKYO — There are striking things you see when you look at a country 14 years after it lost the most devastating war in … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 2, 1939: Hedda Hopper, matchmaker.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 1, 1938: Hedda Hopper begins writing a column on Hollywood. I thought it would be interesting to spend a month surveying her newspaper career.

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Orson Welles Describes Offer for Rigged Quiz Show

Posted on November 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 1, 1959: Orson Welles says he turned down an offer to pose as a genius on a TV quiz show, explaining that he knew nothing about baseball and would miss all such questions. A producer told him: “We're not … Continue reading →

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A Reminder From the Mystery Woman

Posted on November 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Former Daily Mirror Mystery Movie Star Pier Angeli reminds everyone to turn back the clocks. Daylight saving time is over for another year.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 31, 1958: “The Spider/Earth vs. the Spider” and co-hit “Terror From the Year 5000” play in Los Angeles. (Oh come on! TFTY5K only gets two stars on imdb? Nothing gets less than six stars on imdb! And only … Continue reading →

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U.S. Approves Project to Clear Bunker Hill

Posted on October 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

Guess what happens after a plumber connects a butane line to Crestview, Fla.'s water supply Someone, we're not sure who, reminisces about Halloweens of the past. I figured out how to make the "ticktack" the woman describes, but the first … Continue reading →

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KNX’s Mornings With Bob Crane

Posted on October 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 9, 1959: The Times profiles KNX announcer Bob Crane, who became the star of “Hogan’s Heroes.” Somewhere at the Daily Mirror HQ, I’ve got an LP that KNX released with Bob Crane on one side and Pat Buttram … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Oct. 30, 1957: “The Cyclops” and “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll.”

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