Another Good Story Ruined – The Black Dahlia

Posted on January 19, 2011 by lmharnisch

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I was talking about the Black Dahlia case the other day to someone who pulled up this picture on a cellphone.

Looks great, doesn’t it? But it’s a fake.
 
Here, I’ll show you.

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 18, 1961

Posted on January 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Jan. 18, 1961, Comics  

Jan. 18, 1961: Marcel Marceau, the pantomimist, likes flying but always travels by train — because people in the club car are such wonderful subjects to satirize, Matt Weinstock says. 

DEAR ABBY: We need your advice. We are 200 seventh-grade students. We have a teacher who is very pretty but she is already 27 years old and she isn't married and we are afraid she is going to be an old maid. There is a darling policeman who is a bachelor and would be just right for her. He wants to meet her but is quite shy. How can we get them together?

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Paul Coates, Jan. 18, 1961

Posted on January 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Jan. 18, 1961, Mirror Cover  

Jan. 18, 1961: Paul Coates has an update on the Cat Ladies of Glendale! 

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 18, 1941

Posted on January 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 18, 1941, British Predict Victory  

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Jan. 18, 1941: There isn't a critic or group of critics in the world who can sit in a deserted projection room and call 'em good or bad, Jimmie Fidler says.
 
Times reporter Tom Treanor is still en route to Lisbon, Portugal, and he loans the entourage $60 to get it on its way.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 17, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

[Update: This is the filming of “Buffalo Bill,” starring Joel McCrea.]

Here we have horses, cavalry soldiers and puffy white clouds…

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Death Reveals ‘Burglar’ Is Suspicious Husband in Disguise

Posted on January 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 18, 1911, Lynching

 

  Jan. 18, 1911, Lighting Fixtures  
  Jan. 17, 1911, Jealousy  

Jan. 18, 1911: Jealousy takes a tragic turn in Long Beach as a suspicious husband tries to catch his wife cheating on him with a house guest and is shot to death when the guest mistakes him for a burglar.

In Shelbyville, Ky., two victims escape from a mob trying to hang them from a railroad bridge over a creek. One man flees when the rope breaks and he plunges into the creek and while the mob is chasing him, the other man frees his hands and gets out of his noose. 

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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles, 1968

Posted on January 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

 
 
L.A. Observed has an item about a 1961 recording of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles. Here’s a March 1968 recording of him at a home in Beverly Hills from the Pacifica Radio Archives. 

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 17, 1961

Posted on January 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 17, 1961, Comics  

Jan. 17, 1961: Matt Weinstock reports on the number of people bitten by animals in December: dogs (922); cats (153); monkeys (20); hamsters (18); rats (13); rabbits (11); squirrels (6); skunks (1); ocelot (1); opossum (1); chimpanzee (1); chinchilla (1).

DEAR ABBY: You did a great disservice to the young wife of a mentally sick husband when you advised her to stick with him.

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Paul Coates, Jan. 17, 1961

Posted on January 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 17, 1961, Mirror Cover  

Jan. 17, 1961: The new issue of Playboy has an article by J. Paul Getty on how to be a successful businessman (his advice: be a nonconformist) and Paul Coates examines his own lifestyle to see whether he measures up as an individualist. 

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 17, 1941

Posted on January 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

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  Jan. 17, 1941, Comics  

Jan. 17, 1941: Times reporter Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II, is back in Los Angeles, but continues to file updates on his trip from Turin, Italy, to Lisbon, Portugal. His party has finally reached Madrid.

HOLLYWOOD AFTER DARK: Burgess Meredith teaching Gene Tierney the art of flipping flapjacks at an outdoor barbecue, Jimmie Fidler says. [And talk about ugly! Mr. Modular must have taken the day off when Fidler’s column was laid out.]

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 16, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

[Update: As most people realized, this is “The Black Rose."]

And yet another crowd scene….

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On the Frontiers of Fashion – William Desmond Taylor

Posted on January 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photographs courtesy of Steven Bibb
Daily Mirror reader Steven Bibb sent these photos from a recent tour of Paramount. Keep reading for more details….

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 16, 1961

Posted on January 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 16, 1961, Comics  

  Jan. 16, 1961, Mexican Labor  

Jan. 16, 1961: More Mexicans are expected to cross the border for farm work this year, the Labor Department says.

Matt Weinstock has an amusing item about a pool player and his wife … and an Aldous Huxley sighting!
 
CONFIDENTIAL TO "ON THE FENCE": Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a stream in two small jumps.

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Paul Coates, Jan. 16, 1961

Posted on January 16, 2011 by lmharnisch
Jan. 16, 1961: Paul Coates has a first-rate interview with a man he calls Gramps, a man in his 70s who has been a drug addict for most of his life.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 16, 1941

Posted on January 16, 2011 by lmharnisch
Jan. 16, 1941: Tom Treanor has returned to Los Angeles, but The Times is continuing to publish his stories about Europe. In this column, he writes about his trek from Turin, Italy, to Lisbon, Portugal, with a traveling circus.The initials “G.R.” on that bracelet new York model Marion Rosamond (here for “Road to Rio”) wears, stand for George Raft, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 16, 2011 by lmharnisch
Los Angeles Times file photo
[Update: This truly is a mystery photo. It was taken near Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards and the set of “Intolerance” is in the background but there’s no information on what is occurring in the photo, which is undated.[The picture was published Jan. 1, 1980, with an article by Eric Taub and John G. Watson about looking for old movie locations in Los Angeles. There aren’t any huge surprises in their feature, which covers the steps from “The Music Box” and some other Laurel and Hardy locations, Greystone Mansion, etc., but one must admire their diligence in tracking down information on “Casablanca.” ]Here’s another crowd scene….

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Black Politics in L.A., 1913

Posted on January 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 22, 1913, Robert M. Lusk Dies  

  March 1, 1913, C.C. Flint  

Feb. 22, 1913: Councilman Robert M. Lusk died in office and the African Americans of Los Angeles called on the council to appoint one of several black contenders to complete his term.

Charles C. Flint, a grocer at 1101 Santa Fe Ave., was the leading contender. The other candidates were T.W. Troy, a furniture dealer at 12th and San Pedro; J.M. Alexander, head of the Afro-American Council and the Afro-American Commercial Co., 818 Wall St.;  and R.C. Owens, 1327 W. 10th, "one of the wealthiest Negroes in Los Angeles," according to The Times.

The Times quoted an appeal to the council by J.J. Edmunds, editor of the Liberator, "a publication for Negroes."

"After detailing the status of the Negroes of Los Angeles and the advance they have made as property owners and in aiding the material prosperity of the city, Edmunds said:

"When it looked as though the entire city was going to be overwhelmed by an undesirable element, you depended upon the Negro votes to help carry the day, and they fully responded. Without this vote the results would have been vastly different. We feel that this, as well as the many other reasons given, entitle us to a representation in this council."

Despite these pleas, the council nominated Wesley J. Bryant to fill Lusk’s term. 

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In Remembrance, Elizabeth Short

Posted on January 15, 2011 by lmharnisch
The Daily Mirror is dark today.
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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, Jan. 14, 1961

Posted on January 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Jan. 14, 1961, Comics  

Jan. 14, 1961: Matt Weinstock notes the activities marking the anniversary of the Treaty of Cahuenga, Jan. 13, 1847. Paul Coates talks to a man who has written a song in tribute to President John F. Kennedy, titled “Big John,”

DEAR ABBY: I am 23, divorced and have two children. My boyfriend is 30, married and has two children also. He was my boss at one time and we fell deeply in love. A month ago, I had a child by him. No one knows anything about this. The baby is in a home right now waiting for me to sign the adoption papers or take him home.

My boyfriend can't get a divorce without sacrificing his family, business and religion. He said if I kept the baby he would always provide for him. Should I keep the baby and raise him with my two? Or should I give him up? Please don't ask me to give up my boyfriend. I love him so much I could never do it, so there's no use kidding myself.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 14, 1941

Posted on January 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

 
 

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  Jan. 14, 1941, Comics  

Jan. 14, 1941: Open letter to Al Jolson. My Dear Al: If this letter angers you, forgive me. I realize that the $500 you sent me before Christmas to spread good cheer among the poor was accompanied by a request that I make no mention of your kind deed.

But I've been weighing that request for three weeks and even though I am violating a confidence, I've decided to tell the story.

Also on the jump: British bombers hit Bayreuth.

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