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Category Archives: San Fernando Valley
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – 1938 Floods Wreak Havoc on Los Angeles Area
Flooding in North Hollywood, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy-five years ago, a deluge of rain hit Los Angeles and the surrounding area, leading to massive floods and causing millions of dollars … Continue reading
Posted in 1938, Mary Mallory, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1938, flooding, Los Angeles River, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Two Chinese Restaurants in Studio City
A matchbook cover for Rickshaw Boy, Courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2016. Graphics, films, advertisements, music – all demonstrate values and cultures of the time and place in which they were created. Words, phrases, … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – 1938 Floods Wreak Havoc on Los Angeles Area
Flooding in North Hollywood, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy-five years ago, a deluge of rain hit Los Angeles and the surrounding area, leading to massive floods and causing millions of dollars … Continue reading
Posted in 1938, Mary Mallory, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1938, flooding, Los Angeles River, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Eaton’s Rancho
Note: This is an encore post from 2012. The area of Los Angeles now known as Studio City was mainly farm and ranch land up into the late 1920s, when investors founded the Studio City Business District and decided to … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Campo de Cahuenga, California’s Birthplace
A photo of the original museum at Campo de Cahuenga, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore from 2012. Driving south down Lankershim Boulevard from Toluca Lake into Universal City, it’s hard to miss the skyscrapers, soundstages, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1847, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 818, Fremont, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Pico, San Fernando Valley, Universal City
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L.A. Daily Mirror Retro Holiday Shopping Guide
Note: This is an encore post from 2011. I picked up “The Big Picture,” Melba Levick and Stanley Young’s 1988 book about Los Angeles murals, not realizing what a terribly sad book it would be. As Young notes: “Most artists … Continue reading
Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Filming in Studio City
Photo: Mack Sennett and John A. Waldron with plans for new project. Credit: Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1927 Note: This is an encore post from 2011. North Hollywood really began growing in the mid-1920s, when farmers and ranchers began … Continue reading
Posted in 1927, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged #film, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Hollywood Country Club
Note: This is an encore post from 2012. With the name Hollywood Country Club, one would assume that a golfing club so named would be located in the actual city or hills of Hollywood, California. While a club by that … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Parks, San Fernando Valley
Tagged film, Hollywood Country Club, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Studio City Nightlife
Feb. 10, 1940: Ching Howe is opening in the Valley. Photo: The 11380 block of Ventura Boulevard. Credit: Google street view. Note: This is an encore post from 2011. Studio City seemed to blossom into an entertainment-related town after the … Continue reading
Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Fred Hartsook
Photo: Child in sailor suit by Hartsook studios, for sale on EBay. Bidding starts at $74.95. Note: This is an encore post from 2011. Patience is a prerequisite for being a stills photographer, and it is also important for those … Continue reading
Posted in 1930, Brain Trust, Film, Found on EBay, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Photography, San Fernando Valley
Tagged #photography, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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L.A. Daily Mirror Retro Holiday Shopping Guide
Note: This is an encore post from 2011. I picked up “The Big Picture,” Melba Levick and Stanley Young’s 1988 book about Los Angeles murals, not realizing what a terribly sad book it would be. As Young notes: “Most artists … Continue reading
Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Hugh Herbert
March 13, 1952: Hugh Herbert dies at the age of 66. Note: This is an encore post from 2011. Per an ad in the July 27, 1937, Daily Variety, “Public Screwball No. 1 to the film audiences of the world … Continue reading
Posted in 1952, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Obituaries, San Fernando Valley
Tagged #film, #Hugh Herbert, #Studio City, #woo-hoo
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
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
Posted in 1934, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, San Fernando Valley, Suicide
Tagged #Franchot Tone, 1934, Encino, film, hollywood, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, mystery photo, Ross Alexander, San Fernando Valley, Suicide, Warner Bros.
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – 1938 Floods Wreak Havoc on Los Angeles Area
Flooding in North Hollywood, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy-five years ago, a deluge of rain hit Los Angeles and the surrounding area, leading to massive floods and causing millions of dollars … Continue reading
Posted in 1938, Mary Mallory, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1938, flooding, Los Angeles River, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: The Case of the Clicking Heels, Part 2
Hazel Glab In later life as Hazel Stoddard Note: In an encore post from 2015, this is Part 2 of the story of Hazel Glab, flamboyant flapper, whose husband, John, died under mysterious circumstances June 18, 1928, at 12744 … Continue reading
Posted in 1935, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged #Studio City, film, Hazel Glab, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loans Funds Business and Housing
North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan, 1961, Valley Times Collection, L.A. Public Library. Originally designed to serve as a combination bank and office building, the former North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan building at Riverside Drive and Lankershim Boulevard in … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: There Is a Lake in Toluca Lake
Photo: Janet Blair sits on the little platform off the banks of the Lakeside Golf Club. Courtesy of Mary Mallory Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Surrounded by homes and the Lakeside Golf Club, Toluca Lake is all … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged #valley, film, hollywood, Mary Mallory, movies, Toluca Lake
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February 1959: Burbank Installs Time Capsule
Note: This post originally appeared on latimes.com in 2009 and is available via Archive.org. Feb. 1, 1959: Burbank installs a time capsule in the “new” Magnolia Boulevard Bridge. It was scheduled to be opened Feb. 5, 2009. This is one … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, Futurism, History, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1959, Burbank, futurism, planning, time capsules
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Campo de Cahuenga, California’s Birthplace
A photo of the original museum at Campo de Cahuenga, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore from 2012. Driving south down Lankershim Boulevard from Toluca Lake into Universal City, it’s hard to miss the skyscrapers, soundstages, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1847, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 818, Fremont, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Pico, San Fernando Valley, Universal City
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Robert Ryan Fights for Quality Education
Jessica and Robert Ryan, photo courtesy of Mary Mallory. Known as much for his intense, brooding performances onscreen as his passionate defense of causes off it, actor Robert Ryan cared deeply about whatever he focused his attention on. While … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged education, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
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