Category Archives: Hollywood

Times election endorsements, November 2, 1958

Posted on November 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

A Methodist church in Little Rock offers a facility rent-free for segregated classes after Gov. Orval Faubus refuses to open the city’s integrated high schools. And an African American boycott of segregated buses in Birmingham, Ala., gets a slow start. … Continue reading →

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Movie star beaten to death, November 1, 1968

Posted on November 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Newsmen gather outside Ramon Novarro’s house, 3110 Laurel Canyon, after he was found beaten to death, 1968. View Larger Map The 3100 block of Laurel Canyon, where Ramon Novarro lived, via Google maps’ street … Continue reading →

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Movie star mystery photo

Posted on October 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photoThis week’s mystery guest has 125 credits on imdb. Update: Steven Bibb and Gregory Moore have correctly identified our mystery star. I’m going to defer revealing her name to give other readers a chance. Congrats, Steven … Continue reading →

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American Basketball Association comes to L.A., October 30, 1968

Posted on October 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

By Keith Thursby Times staff writer The American Basketball Assn., which gave the world three-pointers, slam dunk contests and Dr. J., came to Los Angeles for a brief stop. The team was called the L.A. Stars but its real star … Continue reading →

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Nazis stop expulsion of Polish Jews, October 30, 1938

Posted on October 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

    What’s wrong with the movies these days? Hedda Hopper knows! Too much boy meets girl with too much sugar and too many contrived obstacles standing between the young couple and happiness. Saying grace at the table used to … Continue reading →

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Changeling stories — Part III

Posted on October 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Tony Rivetti Jr. / Universal PicturesAbove, Colm Feore as Police Chief James Davis, “Changeling,” set in 1928. Los Angeles Times file photoAbove, Police Chief James Davis, 1926. Northcott signs confession. I don’t care much for the press passes … Continue reading →

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Vintage fashions on EBay — Irene Lentz

Posted on October 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

I promised I wouldn’t go off the deep end on vintage fashions, but I did post something about menswear and don’t want to be biased. Here’s an Irene Lentz number from the 1950s priced at $349.

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Changeling stories — Part II

Posted on October 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

The “Enigma Boy” who fooled police into believing that he was Walter Collins is identified as Arthur Hutchins Jr. of Iowa. Read Part I of The Times reports on the story that formed the basis of “Changeling.” Enigma Boy identified. … Continue reading →

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Changeling stories — Part I

Posted on October 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Police Capt. Jones and LAPD officers search the lake in Lincoln Park for the body of Walter Collins, Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1928. The boy claiming to be Walter Collins poses with Christine Collins, Aug. 18, 1928 Several regular … Continue reading →

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Pasternak wins Nobel, October 25, 1958

Posted on October 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Boris Pasternak wins the Nobel for "Dr. Zhivago" and rejects the award under withering criticism from the Soviet government. In Rome, 52 cardinals gather to select the next pope … Arthur Godfrey’s helicopter "crash-lands" when it was a foot … Continue reading →

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Movie mystery photo

Posted on October 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Our mystery guest has 66 credits on imdb and is an Oscar winner.  Update: This is Gregg Toland with his first wife, Helene Barclay. They later divorced and he married Virginia Thorpe in 1945. Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s … Continue reading →

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When the past makes news

Posted on October 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department, Dec. 4, 1950 D.R. No. 324-936. The photographer didn’t initial his work. Photos give a glimpse into LAPD history An archive of images spanning from the Prohibition era to Woodstock — which was … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe may be pregnant; spying on Rams, October 20, 1958

Posted on October 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, trouble with Marilyn Monroe on the set of "Some Like It Hot," which has been in production at the Del Coronado in San Diego. By Keith ThursbyTimes staff writer The Rams were clobbered by the Chicago Bears, 31-10, and … Continue reading →

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Movie star kisses 1-millionth visitor to park, October 20, 1958

Posted on October 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Pacific Ocean Park, 1958 – 1975  

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Voices — Ted Thackrey Jr.

Posted on October 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photographs courtesy of Morrie Mazur Times reporter Ted Thackrey Jr. in the early 1980s. Thackrey in The Times newsroom in the early 1980s. Note the old brown Coyote terminals we used to use. Note also that this is more or … Continue reading →

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October 19, 1938: Mystic vision

Posted on October 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

This appears to be just another photo of water spouting from a fire hydrant that was hit by a car. And indeed it is. But wait! What’s that weird building in the background?

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A trip through skid row bars, October 18, 1958

Posted on October 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Times religion editor Richard Mathison puts on a Salvation Army uniform and makes the rounds of skid row bars soliciting money. The organization instructs its workers: "Remember, this could be you or someone you love very much."

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Movie revivals — Island of Doomed Men

Posted on October 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Coming soon to a theater near you… Above, "Island of Doomed Men," 1940. Oct. 18, 2008, 7:30 p.m. UCLA Hammer Museum Billy Wilder Theater.Tickets $10. Also showing: "Girls Under 21."

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First commercial jet put in service; movie stars Jack Nicholson, October 17, 1958

Posted on October 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

This, friends, is a slice of the late 1950s: Mamie Eisenhower and double bills like "Tank Battalion" and "Hell Squad" and Richard Boone in "I Bury the Living." But wait! What’s this? Jack Nicholson in "Cry Baby Killer," based on … Continue reading →

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Movie star mystery photo

Posted on October 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery guest has more than 60 credits on imdb, including films and TV. Above, Jeffrey Lynn in "Law of the Tropics." Los Angeles Times file photo "Carmen" and Jim Beaver have guessed the identity … Continue reading →

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