Category Archives: Hollywood

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

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

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Second Takes — Billy Wilder

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

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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

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

 

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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

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

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’

[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

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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

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

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

 

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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

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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In the Theaters — March 27, 1976

 

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Aaron Spelling and His Mansion

Photograph by Mark Terrill / Associated Press The Spelling mansion in 1993. The Daily Mirror revisits the story of Aaron Spelling and his Holmby Hills mansion, which is for sale. HE’S MADE TV WHAT IT IS TODAY * Aaron Spelling … Continue reading →

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photoUpdate: This is Sharon Lynn. Please congratulate Nick Santa Maria, Dewey Webb, Gregory Moore, Annie Frye, Mary Mallory and R. Ahuna for correctly identifying her. Nick, who was first, explains that he’s a big Laurel and … Continue reading →

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Spring Fashions; Hot New Actor; A Look at Dean Chance, March 27, 1969

Did women ever really dress like this? Ask your mom. http://www.guba.com/f/root.swf?video_url=http://free.guba.com/uploaditem/3000087813/flash.flv&isEmbeddedPlayer=true  Dean Chance should have owned Los Angeles. He was the third Cy Young Award winner in three years who called Dodger Stadium home. Don Drysdale won it in 1962, … Continue reading →

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Gala Premiere for ‘Anne Frank”; Hockey at the Arena? March 27, 1959

Hey, look! It’s one of those weird foreign compacts they used to sell in the 1950s. Of course, for $2,195 you could get a Chevrolet Biscayne with money left over. "Red Roses for Courage" was the theme of the premiere … Continue reading →

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In the Theaters — March 26, 1973

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