Category Archives: Hollywood

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 21, 1948: “Walk a Crooked Mile” is at the Pantages and the Hill Street.

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As Undercover Agent, Housewife Spied on Communists

Posted on October 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 21, 1959: Moiselle Clinger describes spying on Communists for the FBI. Truck driver Gordon Powell says he robbed a bank after losing work because of the steel strike. A new appeal seeks to block the execution of Caryl Chessman. … Continue reading →

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October 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Memorable Speech Almost a week later, those who heard it are still tingling over H.C.(Chad) McClellan’s talk before the Rotary Club. McClellan, 62, L.A. paint company executive and onetime NAM president, organized and managed the U.S. exhibit in Moscow, which … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 20, 1947: “Forever Amber” is opening Oct. 29. With great music by David Raksin. March 21, 1945: Author Kathleen Winsor tells veteran Times columnist Timothy G. Turner that she’s tired of people asking whether “Forever Amber” is autobiographical.

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Caryl Chessman Wins Delay

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 21, 1959: Caryl Chessman gets a stay of execution.

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Supreme Court OKs Dodger Stadium

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 19, 1959: Few attend Errol Flynn’s funeral … "Men will walk on the moon before there is a woman president," says Mrs. Claire B. Williams, assistant chairman of the Republican National Committee in charge of women's activities. Dodger Stadium … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 19, 1946: “Brief Encounter” is playing at the Esquire.

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Errol Flynn’s Body Arrives in Los Angeles

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 19, 1959: Errol Flynn’s body arrives at Union Station. No mourners or crowds greeted the arrival of Errol Flynn’s body, just the folks from Forest Lawn and a few reporters. Beverly Aadland was groomed for show business starting at … Continue reading →

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An Unlikely Film Idol

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 19, 1919: What actor is setting ladies’ hearts aflutter? Why it’s Ben Turpin, who says: “Never let your right eye know what your left is doing.”

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Location Sleuth – ‘Double Indemnity’

Posted on October 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Home Section featured the “Double Indemnity” house, now owned by Mae Brunken. I thought it would be interesting to compare the actual home with the way it was re-created as a set. The script describes it as " Spanish … Continue reading →

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Errol Flynn Called Teenage Lover ‘Little Wood Nymph’

Posted on October 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 17, 1959: Florence Aadland releases Errol Flynn’s love letters to her teenage daughter, Beverly. Flynn called her his "little wood nymph” and “Woodsie.”

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 17, 1944: A screen kiss between Paul Henreid and Hedy Lamarr in “The Conspirators” lasts for 42 feet of film, according to Rudi Fehr, a man who keeps track of such things.

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Errol Flynn’s Body En Route to Los Angeles

Posted on October 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 17, 1959: Errol Flynn’s teenage girlfriend Beverly Aadland collapses in tears upon arriving in Los Angeles while Flynn’s secretary threatens reporters and photographers with a cane. 

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Fight Over Errol Flynn’s Body

Posted on October 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 16, 1959: Errol Flynn’s teenage companion, Beverly Aadland, says he hated Los Angeles and wanted to be buried in Jamaica, but his wife, Patrice Wymore, wins the dispute and has him buried at Forest Lawn. 

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 16, 1943: Claire Trevor and Edgar “Petticoat Junction” Buchanan? No way.  Way. And “The Phantom of the Opera” with Claude Rains.

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on October 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times photo Sept. 25, 1945: Lina Romay photographed by Harmon D. Toy of the Los Angeles Times. Update: Our guest star is Lina Romay! Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday … Continue reading →

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Labor Activists Target Main Street Theater

Posted on October 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 16, 1909: Union demonstrators target the Regal Theater, 323 S. Main St. In less than a year, labor activists will bomb the Los Angeles Times Building, killing 20 employees … And architect Cass Gilbert visits Los Angeles as a … Continue reading →

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Errol Flynn Dies in Canada

Posted on October 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 15, 1959: The Mirror isn’t quite so dainty about calling Beverly Aadland a “protege.”  Aug. 19, 1979: Beverly Aadland writes to The Times and says she's living in the Antelope Valley.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 15, 1942: “The Major and the Minor” is opening. The reproduction in the World War II papers can be really terrible, especially in the first year or two of the war. 

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Errol Flynn Dies!

Posted on October 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Oct. 15, 1959: Errol Flynn collapses and dies in a Vancouver apartment where he had stopped for a drink. Mrs. George Caldough, who was accompanying the star … Continue reading →

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