Category Archives: Hollywood

July 17, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo / Hollywood

Posted on July 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 17, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo stops at the Lasky barn on the Paramount lot, where it’s being used as a gymnasium.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movie Stars

Posted on July 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

  July 16, 1939: The comedians vs. the leading men in a benefit game at Wrigley Field.  

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

Posted on July 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 15, 1938: Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power in "Marie Antoinette" at the Carthay Circle.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

Posted on July 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 14, 1937: Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew in "Captains Courageous."

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies.

Posted on July 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 13, 1936: Hedy Kiesler stars in "Ecstasy."

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What’s the Worst Baseball Movie (b/w) Ever Made?

Posted on July 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Keith says: There’s also a scene in which Babe Ruth goes into a bar and orders milk. So Larry and I were discussing the Mystery Photo one day and I commented on actor William Bendix, who was in a shot … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

Posted on July 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

  July 12, 1935: "Becky Sharp" and "In Caliente."

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on July 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 11, 1934:Confirmation that celebrities' deaths always come in threes.

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Traffic Officer Killed Near Hollywood Bowl

Posted on July 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

April 18, 1971: Marie Stansell is honored for 25 years as a school crossing guard.   The Times never reported the outcome of charges against Frederick Krupp in the death of Officer Ferris E. Stansell.   At left, on July … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

Posted on July 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 10, 1933: Ginger Rogers appears at Grauman's Chinese Theater for a showing of "The Gold Diggers of 1933."

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on July 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

     Los Angeles Times file photo Noreen Nash in "The Red Stallion," 1947.  Los Angeles Times file photo Noreen Nash, Dec. 27, 1957 Update: This is actress and author Noreen Nash. Please congratulate Sue Willahan for identifying her. (Sue … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on July 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

  July 9, 1932: Constance Bennett stars in "What Price Hollywood."  Don't you just love this lettering?

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Found on EBay — Marilyn Monroe Pictures

Posted on July 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

If you have $10,000* that isn't doing anything, you might want to pick up some Marilyn Monroe photos by Joe Jasgur that have been listed on EBay. And yes, you may recall him as the guy who said Monroe had … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

Posted on July 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 8, 1930: Will Rogers in "So This Is London" and Gary Cooper in "A Man From Wyoming." Then there's "Anybody's War," a black face film about World War I. And Helen Kane in "Dangerous Nan McGrew."

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

Posted on July 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  July 7, 1927: Now playing in Los Angeles, Pola Negri in "Barbed Wire." And look! It's our old pal Rube Wolf! What's this? "Her Unborn Child." "A startling problem play of youth   love   sex."

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Services for Theater Organist Bob Mitchell

Posted on July 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Daily Mirror fan Karie Bible of Film Radar reports the death of theater organist Bob Mitchell. Mitchell was a regular feature of the Los Angeles Conservancy's Last Remaining Seats series. He was quite frail at this year's event but … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

Posted on July 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 6, 1924: An elaborate drawing by Times artist A.L. Ewing illustrates a new Ernst Lubitsch film, "Three Women." "Always to do something new, something that he has never tried to do before, is the plan that Lubitsch adheres to. … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on July 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

   July 5, 1921: "Beau Revel" is playing at Grauman's Million Dollar Theater, with the Columbia Park Boys, plus Grauman's symphony orchestra and Henry Murtagh at the Wurlitzer. "The Woman God Changed" is at Grauman's Rialto, Broadway near 8th Street, … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on July 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

   July 4, 1918: D.W. Griffith's "Hearts of the World" is playing at Clune's Auditorium 5th and Olive. At the Kinema, Grand Avenue at 7th Street, Mary Pickford stars in "How Could You, Jean," directed by William Desmond Taylor. At … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on July 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

   July 3, 1913: The reopened Lyceum will show a "movie" titled "The Battle of Gettysburg." The opening "will mark the establishment in Los Angeles of a real feature picture theater of the better class devoted exclusively to the showing … Continue reading →

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