Category Archives: Stage

Black students seek to halt minstrel show, 1929

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

May 28, 1929.

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‘Hair’ cast kicked out of Mexico; Stars lost in darkness, January 9, 1969

Posted on January 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

The ABA and LA should have been a good fit. The game was wide open, with lots of dunks and three-pointers. The team even had a perfect name for the town–the Stars. Definitely a better match than the previous season … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Williams and Walker

Posted on December 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Sheet music of "I May Be Crazy but I Ain’t No Fool," by Alex Rogers, sung by Bert Williams. Listed on EBay starting at $25.

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Top stories of the year, 1938

Posted on December 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Czechoslovakia, the Holocaust, gains by the Republican Party and "Wrong Way" Corrigan’s flight to Ireland were the four most important stories of the year, according to the Gallup poll. http://www.archive.org/flow/FlowPlayerLight.swf One 1938 story we neglected at the Daily Mirror was … Continue reading →

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Voices — Harold Pinter, 1930 — 2008

Posted on December 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

"Nearly all my work starts with an image, in the case of ‘Betrayal‘ an image of a man and a woman sitting in a pub (the opening shot in the film). One merges this image with one’s own observations and … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Williams and Walker

Posted on December 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

"Ephraham," a 1904 song by Vincent Bryan and J.B. Mullen, with a cover illustration of George Walker, is listed on EBay with bidding starting at $19.99. Walker later teamed up  with Bert Williams.

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Found on EBay — Rachmaninoff in Los Angeles

Posted on December 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an autographed program from Rachmaninoff’s 1933 concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium on EBay. It’s listed as Buy It Now for $671.40. According to The Times review, Rachmaninoff played six encores, including works by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov as well as … Continue reading →

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UCLA student stars in Egyptian films, Rams win over Packers, December 15, 1958

Posted on December 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, The Times’ Philip K. Scheuer interviews Egyptian film star Lobna Abdel Aziz, who attended UCLA in 1954 as an exchange student. She says she appeared in two plays while attending classes in Los Angeles. The Rams ended their season … Continue reading →

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U.S. indicts George Burns, Jack Benny, December 14, 1938

Posted on December 14, 2008 by lmharnisch
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Flying saucer found in man’s garage

Posted on December 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

After 38 years, a "lost" Hollywood artifact with a truly cosmic history has resurfaced and, no surprise, it’s headed straight for the auction block. This Thursday, Dec. 11, the iconic flying saucer from the 1956 MGM classic "Forbidden Planet" will … Continue reading →

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Gambling and vice on Central Avenue, December 7, 1938

Posted on December 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

France signs a friendship pact with the Nazis. Dine at Lucca, 5th and Western. Above, a group of African American leaders tells the Police Commission that gambling and prostitution are rampant in the black district along Central Avenue, but that … Continue reading →

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Stunt man dies in John Wayne film, December 6, 1958

Posted on December 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

  File this under quaint notions of the 1950s: Highway officials taking control of speeding cars and forcing them to slow down. U.S. moon launch fails. http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/k6UQe8Upiz1lVusxuj&related=1&canvas=mediumTHE HORSE SOLDIERS TRAILER At left, stuntman Fred Kennedy is killed when he takes … Continue reading →

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Movie star mystery photo

Posted on November 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery guest on the left (Arthur Shields–or is it?) has more than 80 credits on imdb and more than 20 credits on on ibdb. The mystery woman (Maureen Delany) has less than 25 credits … Continue reading →

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Southern California in flames, November 25, 1938

Posted on November 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

This photograph is 70 years old but it could have been taken last week.   The Times’ L.D. Hotchkiss takes on Pulitzer-winning columnist Westbrook Pegler. Fire damage –10,000 acres in Topanga and Rustic canyons –4,000 acres in San Bernardino County. … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Williams and Walker

Posted on November 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s another item by the vaudeville team of Williams and Walker on EBay. Bidding has reached $26.55. Here’s a recording of "She’s Getting More Like the White Folks Every Day."            

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Found on EBay — Williams and Walker

Posted on November 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Sheet music of a song performed by Bert Williams and George Walker turned up on EBay. Bidding starts at $24.99, which seems a bit steep to me, but I don’t follow prices on old sheet music. Then again, maybe not. … Continue reading →

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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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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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Hollywood memories — Edie Adams

Posted on October 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Television loses one of its greatest artists: Ernie Kovacs. At left, Ernie Kovacs’ death left Edie Adams in financial straits. One way she recouped was by making ads for Muriel Cigars. After all, Kovacs was a famous cigar smoker (although … Continue reading →

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Coming attraction — Gem of the Ocean

Posted on October 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

August Wilson’s "Gem of the Ocean," the first drama in his 10-play cycle on the African American experience,  opens in previews Oct. 3-10 at the Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Ave. The regular run of the play, set in Pittsburgh in … Continue reading →

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