Category Archives: Hollywood

Voices — Christine Collins, March 8, 1932

Posted on January 24, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, February 27, 1932

Posted on January 23, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Police Investigate Sunset Strip Club, January 1959

Posted on January 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times On a recent trip to the city archives, the Daily Mirror looked into the agenda packets for the Los Angeles Police Commission. We found an investigation of an application for a cafe … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 22, 1959

Posted on January 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Another Claimant to ‘Brave’ Oscar There was new confusion today in the "Who Wrote ‘The Brave One?’ " Oscar derby. Now the window of Juan Duval, a Spanish-born writer-dancer-actor, claims the story idea for the Academy Award-winning picture … Continue reading →

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10 Feared Drowned in River; Ballplayer Hopes for Comeback, January 22, 1969

Posted on January 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Here’s a weird story about a baseball player I never heard of. Lee Meyers was making a comeback, hoping to get a job with the first-year Kansas City Royals. This was news, apparently, because Meyers was a local kid who … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, February 12, 1932

Posted on January 22, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, February 9, 1932

Posted on January 21, 2009 by lmharnisch
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De Mille Dies! January 21, 1959

Posted on January 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

"The greatest showman on earth." This trailer for "The Ten Commandments" calls it "the greatest motion picture of all time." Hedda Hopper described the film’s director, Cecil B. De Mille, "the greatest creator and showman of our industry." But what … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Earl Carroll’s

Posted on January 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Here’s what appears to be an original snapshot of Earl Carroll’s, listed on EBay. Bidding starts at 99 cents.

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February 2, 1932: Voices — Christine Collins

Posted on January 20, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, December 24, 1931

Posted on January 19, 2009 by lmharnisch
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December 14, 1931: Voices — Christine Collins

Posted on January 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

  “I have tried real hard to secure some kind of employment for my husband…”

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Black Lakers players barred from white hotel, January 17, 1959

Posted on January 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Times reports that detention facilities for juvenile girls is badly overcrowded but doesn’t really address the reason, merely saying that the rapid increase in Southern California’s population and lack of room at state facilities are to blame. But why … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, September 28, 1931

Posted on January 16, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Vivian Leigh cast as Scarlett O’Hara, January 1939

Posted on January 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

  On January 14, 1939, The Times published the news that an English actress had been cast in the lead of "Gone With the Wind." Excuse me, but Jean Arthur as Scarlett? Hedda Hopper covers the furious reaction over David … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, September 10, 1931

Posted on January 15, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Ricardo Montalban, 1920 – 2009

Posted on January 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Ricardo Montalban and Johnny Indrisano in a photo dated Feb. 13, 1950, training for the film "Right Cross." Indrisano, a veteran prizefighter, died in 1968 at the age of 62.

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Voices — Christine Collins, September 8, 1931

Posted on January 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles, Calif.,   Sept. 8, 1931     Dear. Mr. Neumiller,     I am writing to you again in behalf of my husband, Walter J. Collins, No. 12824, an inmate at Represa, Calif.     I understand … Continue reading →

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Thousands in Los Angeles pray for peace, January 14, 1939

Posted on January 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

About 4,000 worshipers attend a Perpetual Novena for Our Sorrowful Mother at St. Vibiana’s Cathedral. People knelt in the aisles, in the doorways and outside praying for peace and for relief of the poor, The Times says. County Supervisor Roger … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Mikoyan interview, January 13, 1959

Posted on January 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Interview With Coates Russian Stars on TV Show By Paul V. Coates, Mirror News Columnist When President Eisenhower sits down with Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan on Saturday to plan give-and-take with West Berlin and Germany, it’ll be Ike … Continue reading →

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