Category Archives: Hollywood

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 30, 1948: "Apartment for Peggy" and "The Creeper!"

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White Sox, Reds Prepare for 1919 World Series

Posted on September 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 30, 1919: Keith came over yesterday and said: "Hey, Lorenzo, you know that World Series page you posted is the Black Sox, right?" Actually, I didn't. So we're going to be following the 1919 World Series. Oct. 21, 1977: … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 29, 1947: Soviet humor about America. "Life With Father" at the Wiltern.

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Man Haunted by Jesuit Spies

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 29, 1909: Billie Burke in "Love Watches." Ernest Ritter's mind may be unbalanced over a sad love affair, doctors say.

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September 28, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on September 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

September 28, 1959: “They say I have nothing but yes men around me. I don’t operate that way. I know what I know, so I’m interested in what you know. If you don’t tell me what you think, if you … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Sept. 28, 1946: "Rebecca" and "Two Guys From Milwaukee."

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 27, 1945: Lt. Col. James P.S. Devereux, Marine hero of Wake Island, is back home after spending several years in Japanese POW camps. Deanna Durbin in “Lady on a Train.”

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Polanski Case Revisited

Posted on September 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

April 16, 1977: Roman Polanski says he's not guilty of raping an underage girl. March 13, 1977: The unidentified victim told police she was given drugs and raped. March 25, 1977: Polanski is indicted on sex charges. May 1, 1977: … Continue reading →

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September 26, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on September 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

September 26, 1959: Al Capone’s widow is preparing to sue over the film “Al Capone,” seeking a share of the profits, Matt Weinstock says. Gene Tierney has been released from the Menninger Clinic, a news story says.

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New Cartoon Show Premieres

Posted on September 26, 2009 by lmharnisch
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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

California gets 16,000 Nazi POWs as farm workers. Spencer Tracy in "The Seventh Cross." Funeral services are planned for Harry Chandler, who died Sept. 23, 1944, at the age of 80. "Until a few days before his death he had … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Earl Carroll’s Nightclub

Posted on September 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

This photograph of a man, possibly a fellow named Harrison Randall, with a bicycle outside Earl Carroll's nightclub has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $5.35.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 25, 1943: The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen had called a strike against the Pacific Electric Railway over wages. The Times says 70% of the freight workers remained on the job. But as they moved freight into the yard on … Continue reading →

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on September 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Hall Bartlett in an unidentified photo published in 1954. Update: As many people guessed from a certain picture with a seagull, this is Hall Bartlett. Hall Bartlett; Wrote, Directed Offbeat Films September 16, 1993 … Continue reading →

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The Tax Man Comes for Mickey Cohen; Covering the Mets

Posted on September 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 25, 1969: A typical screamer headline we put on the late final edition, which was for street sales. The front page of the home delivery edition didn't look like this. The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 24, 1942: "Wake Island" opens in Los Angeles. 

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UCLA Fires Angela Davis; Meet Halo Harry

Posted on September 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 24, 1969: Johnny Hart on the new incivility. The late Ken Reich interviews Angela Davis. Reich writes: Angela Davis, 25, says her role in the "struggle for black liberation" had marked her as a special target for the University … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 23, 1941: Tyrone Power in "A Yank in the R.A.F."

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 22, 1940: Hedda Hopper writes about Marjorie Rambeau, one of our former mystery guests! Los Angeles Times file photo Marjorie Rambeau in "The Night Duel," 1926.

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U.S. Tightens Border; DiMaggio and the Angels?

Posted on September 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 22, 1969: The U.S. tightens inspections at the border as part of Operation Intercept. And hippies gather at Griffith Park. Akron had everything for the swinging bachelor pad — including armor. Al Capp satirized all sorts of people and … Continue reading →

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