Category Archives: Lee Shippey

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 5, 1941

        March 5, 1941: Lee Shippey says: Every striker who delays defense is striking a blow for Nazi victory which may take from him the right to labor as a free man. Every manufacturer who tries to … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, art and artists, Columnists, Comics, Film, Hollywood, Lee Shippey, Tom Treanor | Comments Off on Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 5, 1941

Jimmie Fidler, March 4, 1941

           March 4, 1941: Lee Shippey writes in favor of young men who build hot rods and gives a plug for letting them use deserted highways for racing – with traffic officers’ permission.  (Notice the mention … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, art and artists, Columnists, Comics, Lee Shippey, Tom Treanor | Comments Off on Jimmie Fidler, March 4, 1941

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 3, 1941

           March 3, 1941: Lee Shippey has a column on the plight of the Los Angeles Public Library, which was built with great aspirations as a “people’s university” and was then, as it is now, suffering … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, art and artists, books, Columnists, Comics, Film, Hollywood, Lee Shippey, Tom Treanor | Comments Off on Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 3, 1941

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 1, 1941

           March 1, 1941: Lee Shippey writes about Marian Anderson and Tom Treanor has the story of Schuyler Standish, 13, who just enrolled at UCLA. Katharine Hepburn has promised director Garson Kanin a yes or no … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, art and artists, classical music, Columnists, Comics, Lee Shippey, Tom Treanor | Comments Off on Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 1, 1941

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 28, 1941

        Feb. 28, 1941: Lee Shippey has an amusing tale about a limousine and its passengers, and a thumbnail profile on La Opinion writer Trinidad Vidal. Jimmie Fidler says — Waitress at 20th Century-Fox: "Sure, I know … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, art and artists, Film, Hollywood, Lee Shippey | Comments Off on Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 28, 1941

Garbo Visits L.A.!

    Feb. 27, 1941: Greta Garbo slips into Union Station! The Times says, “Miss Garbo hasn’t done anything newsworthy for a long while, but the press has been in the habit so long of trying to get a follow … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, Columnists, Film, Hollywood, Lee Shippey, Tom Treanor | Comments Off on Garbo Visits L.A.!

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 26, 1941

             Feb. 26, 1941: Tom Treanor is, shall we say, still seeking his voice as a local columnist. He reminisces about his early days in Southern California, and that fills in some of the blanks … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, art and artists, Columnists, Comics, Film, Hollywood, Lee Shippey, Tom Treanor | Comments Off on Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 26, 1941

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 25, 1941

        Feb. 25, 1941: An attorney tells Tom Treanor that the legal profession is on the decline. "People don't need lawyers any more, they need accountants," the attorney says.   Being a stockbroker is likewise overrated, another friend … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, art and artists, Columnists, Comics, Film, Hollywood, Lee Shippey, Tom Treanor | Comments Off on Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 25, 1941

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 22, 1941

        Feb. 22, 1941: Los Angeles gets nearly 2 inches of rain in 24 hours, leaving Reseda and Canoga Park virtually cut off because of rising floodwaters, The Times says. Dr. E.H. Pitts of Sacramento writes a … Continue reading

Posted in 1941, art and artists, books, Columnists, Comics, Film, Hollywood, Lee Shippey, Stage | Comments Off on Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 22, 1941

Spring Street revisited

Above, the Nadeau Hotel (sometimes called the Hotel Nadeau) at Spring and 1st streets (now the site of The Times Building), in an undated drawing. An early ad for a business in the Nadeau, 1889. Photograph by the Los Angeles … Continue reading

Posted in 1889, 1932, Architecture, Downtown, Lee Shippey | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Spring Street revisited