Category Archives: Hollywood

March 24, 1938

Posted on March 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the dazzling hands of Los Angeles visitor Albert Tangora, who can type 141 words a minute for an hour, The Times says. Tangora, the world’s champion typist, was married in Los Angeles in 1926 to the former Dorothy Lane, … Continue reading →

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Michael Todd, RIP

Posted on March 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, on his way to a Friars’ Club roast in New York, producer Michael Todd, writer Art Cohn, and pilots William S. Verner and Tom Barkley are killed when Todd’s Lockheed Lodestar crashes in bad weather in New Mexico. Below, … Continue reading →

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March 22, 1938

Posted on March 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, "Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife," from Ernst Lubitsch. Below, Earle Kynette’s last attempt to get out of jail is rejected as his defense prepares for a trial to begin April 12 … Carl Warr is arrested 25 years after strapping a … Continue reading →

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March 18, 1958

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, one of Clark Gable’s lesser pictures is featured at a fund-raiser for the Press Club’s 8-Ball Foundation. When the Mirror and Examiner closed in 1962, the foundation held a benefit to raise money for unemployed journalists. Below, a plane … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jerry Clark, the chief warden of the retirees’ group known as the Old Farts of The Times, sends along a photo of Marilyn Monroe with Mirror reporter Jack Searles, center, who died March 1. Jerry writes that the mystery reporter … Continue reading →

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March 16, 1958

Posted on March 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Frances Farmer is interviewed by The Times’ Cecil Smith upon her return to acting in "The Tongues of Angels," a "Studio One" production. Farmer, whose life imploded in the 1940s, says: "I’m better now at my work than I have … Continue reading →

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Videotape

Posted on March 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 28, 1958Los Angeles As The Times noted in November 1957, NBC planned to introduce videotaped programs with the switch to daylight saving time. Although the time switch didn’t occur until April 27 in 1958, we have already rolled the … Continue reading →

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March 9, 1938

Posted on March 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, two movies you will not find on Netflix … The Harry Raymond bombing takes a crucial turn with the beginning of a campaign to recall Mayor Frank Shaw … A writ of habeas corpus is denied for Police Capt. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 7, 1958 Another citizen is resentful because police came and got him at 2 a.m. on a warrant for an unanswered parking violation. Eventually, after the long ride to City Jail, the processing and waiting, a neighbor put up … Continue reading →

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March 7, 1938

Posted on March 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Spencer Tracy as the Tin Man–that’s a casting idea that never occurred to me. Or to MGM, apparently. Below, former President Hoover is to visit Hitler … Cleanup from the storms continues as the death toll reaches 92 … … Continue reading →

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March 6, 1958

Posted on March 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Hey look what I found! An interview with Saul Bass. Is this cool or what? Below, Marie McDonald and Harry Karl, alias "Karl the Shoe Man." You may recall earlier posts about the Jane Russell film "Fuzzy Pink Nightgown." … Continue reading →

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Pellicano file

Posted on March 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 29, 1977 Isn’t this a grim little story…. How odd that Pellicano was involved in it. Hm.

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Feb. 29, 1968

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Faye Dunaway talks with Kevin Thomas about life since "Bonnie and Clyde" … Romney drops out of the presidential race–doesn’t that sound familiar? … According to reports, President Johnson is preparing to mobilize Marine reservists and National Guard troops to … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1958

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Studio executive Harry Cohn dies … On the jump, the rest of the Cohn obituary … A man commits suicide by jumping from the Subway Terminal Building … Pilot whale Bubbles "celebrates" a year in captivity … The Fire Department … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1938

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Paul Wright, found not guilty of killing his wife and best friend while they were doing something that couldn’t be printed in The Times, walks out of jail and hopes to be a forgotten man … World War I hero … Continue reading →

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Feb. 25, 1958

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a profile of William Alland, who played the reporter tracking down the life of "Citizen Kane" and in his final years worked for the Los Angeles Times poll. Below, A race car plows into a crowd of spectators at … Continue reading →

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Feb. 24, 1938

Posted on February 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, W.C. Fields at the Paramount … Below, life and death … A baby is revived after being found in a fishpond, and two young men are killed in the crash of a small plane … Police Capt. Earle Kynette … Continue reading →

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Feb. 18, 1958

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, I’m a sucker for any story that has "love slave" in the headline. This was buried in the back pages of The Times for some reason … The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the nominations for … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1938Los Angeles Los Angeles County, founded Feb. 18, 1850, prepares to celebrate its 88th anniversary … Irving Berlin’s daughter is out of the hospital … The City Council prepares to give the Navy 4 1/2 acres in Chavez … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 16, 1938Los Angeles    

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