Category Archives: Hollywood

In the Theaters, April 4, 1917

Posted on April 4, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Second Takes — Billy Wilder

Posted on April 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Dec. 5, 1939: "Ninotchka" opens tomorrow! And no, not a word about the screenwriters in this anonymous review, which appeared in The Times on Dec. 7, 1939. "I still remember the day of the funeral," Billy Wilder said of … Continue reading →

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Second Takes — Billy Wilder

Posted on April 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 16, 1939: The Times' review lists Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder for the first time.

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on April 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday. To keep the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions — Last Remaining Seats

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Tickets for the Los Angeles Conservancy's annual Last Remaining Seats have gone on sale. Tickets are available to members only ($80/$16) through April 14 and go on sale to the public ($100/$20) April 15. But surely most Daily Mirror … Continue reading →

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Second Takes — Billy Wilder

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

At left, our 1939 review of "Midnight," with Don Ameche and Claudette Colbert, which carried Billy Wilder's first writing credit in The Times. We can quickly cover his earlier work in Hollywood: Oct. 12, 1934: "One Exciting  Adventure" is the … Continue reading →

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Mickey Cohen at Center of Underworld Probe; Comedy of Errors at Wrigley Field, April 2, 1949

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

The San Bernardino County Grand Jury finds widespread corruption in the Sheriff's Department. What do we find in the 1949 paper but Mickey Cohen in the middle of the Alfred Pearson scandal. To vastly simply the story, Pearson picked up … Continue reading →

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In the Theaters — April 1, 1909

Posted on April 1, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Second Takes — Billy Wilder

Posted on April 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times Billy Wilder, Dec. 17, 1999, at Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood. Note: I had so much fun posting a month's worth of Times stories about Raymond Chandler that I thought … Continue reading →

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In the Theaters — March 31, 1986

Posted on March 31, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

Posted on March 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

A historic passion * Author Judith Freeman researched Raymond Chandler's marriage. November 7, 2007 By Graham Fuller, Special to The Times Twenty years ago, Judith Freeman became "obsessed," as she puts it, with Raymond Chandler, whose novels featuring the private … Continue reading →

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In the Theaters — March 30, 1983

Posted on March 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

 

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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

Posted on March 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

A historic passion * Author Judith Freeman researched Raymond Chandler’s marriage. November 07, 2007 By Graham Fuller, Special to The Times Twenty years ago, Judith Freeman became "obsessed," as she puts it, with Raymond Chandler, whose novels featuring the private … Continue reading →

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Voices — Maurice Jarre, 1924-2009

Posted on March 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Q & A MAURICE JARRE Ode to David Lean August 8, 1993 By SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre leads the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a special salute to his frequent collaborator, the late director David Lean, … Continue reading →

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New Light on ‘Dark Shadows’

Posted on March 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

[Did we misspell Barnabas all the way through this story? Yes.–lrh] Frid, Minus Fangs, to Read in O.C. Performance: The actor has less than fond memories for his years as vampire Barnabus Collins on TV’s ‘Dark Shadows.’ October 26, 1991 … Continue reading →

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In the Theaters — March 29, 1980

Posted on March 29, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

Posted on March 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Two true loves * The Long Embrace Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved Judith Freeman Pantheon: 354 pp., $25.95 November 04, 2007 By Richard Rayner, Richard Rayner’s new book, "The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California," is due out … Continue reading →

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Actress Near Death After Beating; Gehrig in Decline, March 29, 1939

Posted on March 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dewitt Clinton Cook, who admitted attacking actress Delia Bogard, was executed Jan. 31, 1941, in the fatal beating of Anya Sosoyeva.  Bogard died in 1995 in Los Angeles at the age of 74. Ouch! A Duesenberg Model J sedan for … Continue reading →

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In the Theaters — March 28, 1978

Posted on March 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

 

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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

Posted on March 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Tour Casts New Light on Raymond Chandler’s Old L.A. * A Minnesota couple trace the steps of the novelist’s best-known character. April 4, 2004 By Erika Hayasaki, Times Staff Writer Bonnie Olson stood in the lobby of the Oviatt Building … Continue reading →

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