Category Archives: Hollywood

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 13, 1938: Hedda Hopper starts writing for The Times.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Debbie Reynolds – still too busy for bitterness! Nov. 28, 1965: "You make mistakes in your personal life and you profit by them and you make mistakes in your career. Sometimes advisors counsel you incorrectly, get you into a wrong … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  No. 27, 1964: "Neiman-Marcus always has something new for the ladies at Xmas time. This year it's suction bras covered with sable. One press and they're on for the evening. Made by our own Willys of Hollywood."

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on November 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Update: This is Creighton Hale in a photo dated Feb. 17, 1924. He died in 1965. Aug. 12, 1923: Newcomer Creighton Hale is making a picture with "Ernest" [Ernst] Lubitsch. [ProQuest shows that The Times … Continue reading →

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November 27, 1959: Hollywood’s Forgotten Genius

Posted on November 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Jay Robinson sits in his Bel-Air mansion on Stone Canyon Road. November 27, 1959: Hollywood’s forgotten man sat on the bare floor of his empty mansion. Jay Robinson was alone with the posters of his past. Not long ago filmland … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 26, 1963: Margaret Leighton says: “I haven't been bored since childhood, but feel I'm really rather dull. A career is all right until age 26. After that you might wish you hadn't become an actress.” And she says … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 25, 1962: "At Actors Studio, Julie [Newmar] says she used to watch Marilyn Monroe. 'She attended spasmodically and there was no particular fuss made over her — she was just another member of the class. But for two … Continue reading →

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‘Ben-Hur’ Premieres in Benefit for USC

Posted on November 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 25, 1959: Los Angeles' population reaches 2.4 million.   Parents pose with newly adopted children in a program of the Adoption Institute. “Ben-Hur” premieres as a benefit for USC. Gore Vidal worked on the script for “Ben-Hur?” William Wyler, … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 24, 1961: “After the picture, we stepped into Jackie Gleason's Rolls-Royce, which he'd loaned us for the occasion, and drove to El Morocco for a bite to eat. There Hollywood producer Cubby Broccoli told me he will start … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 23, 1960:  “Had a few days in New York while homebound from Europe so took in Lucille Ball's show 'Wildcat' in Philadelphia. It makes you laugh and cry and when it reaches Broadway it'll take this old town … Continue reading →

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Injured Diver Dies After Falling From Rescue Helicopter

Posted on November 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

“Mary and Pete Are Reunited.”   Skin diver Harold B. Gavenman dies after a tragic series of accidents in which he was struck by a boat propeller and fell 100 feet while being lifted to a rescue helicopter. Nov. 23, … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 22, 1959 — Myrna Fahey says: “I was Zorro’s girlfriend Maria at a time when they felt it a good idea to have the idol of all the kids feel tender toward someone other than his horse.”

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 21, 1957: “It was bound to happen. Marlon Brando and Stanley Kubrick, director, parted company. Brando may take on directorial job himself. The credits could then read: Written by, directed by and starred in ‘One-Eyed Jacks,’ or he may … Continue reading →

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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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