Category Archives: Hollywood

Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on May 11, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1939 MGM picture “Tell No Tales,” with Melvyn Douglas, Louise Platt, Gene Lockhart, Douglass Dumbrille, Florence George, Halliwell Hobbes, Zeffie Tilbury, Harlan Briggs, Sara Haden, Hobart Cavanagh, Oscar O’Shea, Theresa Harris, Jean Fenwick, Esther … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on May 4, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1948 RKO picture “Fighting Father Dunne,” with Pat O’Brien, Darryl Hickman, Charles Kemper, Una O’Connor, Arthur Shields, Harry Shannon, Joe Sawyer, Anna Q. Nilsson, Donn Gift, Myrna Dell, Ruth Donnelly, Jim Nolan, Billy Cummings, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Dick Grace, Hollywood’s Daredevil Sky Pilot

Posted on May 4, 2020 by lmharnisch

  Dick Grace in action. Note: This is an encore post from 2014. Hollywood and aviation took off at about the same points in history, helping to put each other on the map. Early American aviators inaugurated the fledgling field … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Deja Vu All Over Again With COVID-19

Posted on April 27, 2020 by lmharnisch

For more than a month, most of the world has lived in a state of suspended animation as we all deal with the effects of COVID-19. Many are not following guidelines or procedures, griping about the situation, etc., seeming to … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on April 27, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1948 King Bros. movie “The Dude Goes West,” with Eddie Albert, Gale Storm, James Gleason, Gilbert Roland, Binnie Barnes and Barton MacLane. Original screenplay by Mary Loos and Richard Sale. Music score composed and … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + + +)

Posted on April 20, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was Henry King’s  1930 picture “Hell Harbor,” with Lupe Velez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, Gibson Gowland, Harry Allen, Al. St. John, Paul Burns, George Bookasta and Ulysses Williams. Adapted by Fred DeGresac, from the novel “Out … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – George Hurrell

Posted on April 20, 2020 by lmharnisch

Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes in a George Hurrell portrait for “The Desperadoes” listed on EBay at $149.95. Note: This is an encore post from 2012. Recognized for his gorgeously lit, glamorous images of movie icons, photographer George Hurrell is … Continue reading →

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Zoom on Fridays With the Daily Mirror Brain Trust

Posted on April 14, 2020 by lmharnisch

Our first session was most enjoyable. I got to meet Brain Trust members from across the U.S. We shared our experiences with the quarantine, discussed mystery movies and learned the “Perry Mason Drinking Game” (Thanks, Earl!). There will be another … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on April 13, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1960 United Artists film “The Fugitive Kind,” with Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victory Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Virgilia Chew, Ben Yaffee, Joe Brown Jr., Mary Perry, Spivy, John Baragrey, Sally Gracie, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: William Pereira, Entertainment Architect

Posted on April 13, 2020 by lmharnisch

Elmer Balaban, left, Mary Martin and William L. Pereira, Boxoffice, Aug. 3, 1940. Almost a year to the day after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved funding to construct a new Peter Zumthor-designed building for the Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on April 6, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1947 Allied Artists picture “It Happened on Fifth Avenue,” with Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles, Gale Storm, Grant Mitchell, Edward Brophy, Alan Hale Jr., Dorothea Kent, Edward Ryan Jr. and Cathy Carter. Screenplay … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Franklin Pangborn

Posted on April 6, 2020 by lmharnisch

Photo: Franklin Pangborn and an unidentified co-star. Note: This is an encore post from 2012. When 1930s Hollywood needed a seemingly organized and efficient bank or hotel manager who quickly became nervous and rattled, who better to turn to than … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photos: Brain Trust Meetings on Zoom

Posted on April 5, 2020 by lmharnisch

This mystery gent emeritus, who knows how to wear a newsboy cap, is here to help promote Mystery Movie Brain Trust meetings on Zoom. I have heard from several Brain Trust members who are interested in using the new technology … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on March 30, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1955 MGM picture “Interrupted Melody,” with Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, Cecil Kellaway, Peter Leeds, Evelyn Ellis, Walter Baldwin, Ann Codee, Leopold Sachse, and Stephen Bekassy. Written by William Ludwig and Sonya Levien, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Larry Edmunds Bookshop Provides Film Education for More Than 75 Years

Posted on March 30, 2020 by lmharnisch

  Jeanne Moreau shoots a scene for the 1970 film “Alex in Wonderland,” starring Donald Sutherland, right, at Larry Edmunds Bookshop, from a catalog listed on EBay  Note: This is an encore post from 2016. The Larry Edmunds Bookshop has … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on March 23, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1945 Twentieth Century-Fox production of “A Royal Scandal,” with Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Vincent Price, Mischa Auer, Sig Ruman, Vladimir Sokoloff and Mikhail Rasumny. Screenplay by Edwin Justus Mayer, adapted … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: George Ali, World’s Greatest Animal Impersonator

Posted on March 23, 2020 by lmharnisch

  George Ali in “Peter Pan.” Note: This is an encore post from 2014. Best remembered for portraying Nana the dog in Herbert Brenon’s 1924 film adaptation of “Peter Pan,” George Ali excelled at playing all types of animal characters … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on March 16, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1934 Warner Bros. / First National picture “Gentlemen Are Born,” with Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Ross Alexander, Charles Starrett, Russell Hicks, Robert Light, Addison Richards, Henry O’Neill, Arthur Aylesworth, Marjorie … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Harriet Parsons, Hollywood’s First Female Studio Producer

Posted on March 16, 2020 by lmharnisch

The headline “Gal Producer” in Screenland reflects attitudes toward women in Hollywood. Virtually “born in a trunk” August 23, 1906, Harriet Parsons, the only child of John Dement and Louella Parsons, grew up surrounded by entertainment folk. A child performer, … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Silent Film Festival: CANCELED

Posted on March 13, 2020 by lmharnisch

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is the latest movie event to cancel its plans, following the TCM Classic Film Festival and Noir City Hollywood. The festival is rescheduled for November. More information is available here.

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