Former Mirror Writer Beaten to Death

Posted on November 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Nov. 12, 1960, Mirror Cover  

Nov. 12, 1960: Here’s the sad story of Roby Heard, a former Mirror rewrite man who was beaten to death with a hammer in a killing that was unsolved for many years.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 12, 1940

Posted on November 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 11, 1940, Great Dictator  

  Nov. 11, 1940, Suicide  

Nov. 12, 1940: Eddie Albert, with a brand new schooner yacht, is readying for another Mexican cruise — and Warners are worried, Jimmie Fidler says. 

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Corners of Los Angeles – 5th and Hill

Posted on November 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

 

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  April 8, 1929, Corners of Los Angeles  

I stumbled across one of these features recently and thought I’d post another. This one is from April 8, 1929. Ben S. Lemmon was a telegraph editor at The Times and wrote occasionally for the paper from 1907 to 1929. He died in 1937 at the age of 48.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 11, 1960

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Nov. 11, 1960, Comics  

Hm. Not just a Vulcan, but a Vulcan who uses wheresgeorge.com!  Clearly ahead of his time!

Nov. 11, 1960: Matt Weinstock has the story of a man who brought his family to L.A. from Indiana and got  work at an aircraft plant but was laid off after a few months and has been trying to get welfare.

DEAR ABBY: How can I stop loving someone who is on my mind night and day? I must forget him because…

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Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller to Divorce

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Nov. 11, 1960, Mirror Cover  

Nov. 11, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation so I’m running the Mirror’s letters column instead. There’s advice from F. Wilson on how to select a good orange and Eleanor Blangsted is thankful for help fixing a flat tire on a “lonely” stretch of the Santa Ana Freeway north of San Juan Capistrano. 

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Jimmie Fidler, Nov. 11, 1940

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

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Nov. 11, 1940 — Growl: Has Hollywood completely forgotten John Boles? Jimmie Fidler asks.

On the jump, a classic example of tombstoned headlines, one of the worst I have ever seen. 

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Dino De Laurentiis, 1919 – 2010

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 6, 1968, Barbarella  

  Oct. 6, 1968: Jane Fonda and David Hemmings in “Barbarella,” produced by Dino de Laurentiis.  

De Laurentiis

PRODUCER'S PICTURE DARKENS

Sunday August 30, 1987

By WILLIAM K. KNOEDELSEDER Jr.,
Times Staff Writer

Since he moved to the United States in 1972, Italian-born independent movie producer Dino De Laurentiis has managed to pull off a miracle that raises eyebrows even in miracle-prone Hollywood. He has produced one big-budget box-office bomb after another, yet has always managed to raise money to make more.

The list is a long and expensive one: "Orca" (1977), "Hurricane" (1979), "Flash Gordon" (1980), "Ragtime" (1981), "The Bounty" (1984), "Dune" (1984), "Red Sonja" (1985) and "Tai-pan" (1986), among others. All of those failed to return enough to their distributors to cover the cost of production.

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Bob Dylan in San Francisco, 1980

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Nov. 11, 1980, Bob Dylan  

  Nov. 11, 1980, Bob Dylan  

Nov. 11, 1980: Robert Hilburn writes about Bob Dylan playing at San Francisco’s Warfield Theater in a concert that emphasized his “born-again” Christian material rather than his standards.

”Unwilling to turn himself into a museum piece, he kept the emphasis for the rest of the show on the new Christian numbers, just slipping in an occasional oldie or a surprise like a duet with Clydie King at the piano on “Abraham, Martin and John.’ ”

The concert ended after two hours, angering many people in the audience. “Rip-off,” shouted one disgruntled fan. “If Bruce Springsteen can give us four hours, he can at least give us two,” grumbled another.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 10, 1960

Posted on November 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 10, 1960, Comics  

Nov. 10, 1960: Four drawers vanished from the card catalog at UCLA’s library, from “Independent” to “Indian Cot,” Matt Weinstock says.   (Yes, they were recovered.) Weinstock also caught Errol Garner and Bob Newhart at Gene Norman’s Crescendo nightclub.

DEAR ABBY: I am a senior in high school. I don't have the kind of parents you can talk to so I started confiding in a man teacher…

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Paul Coates Is on Vacation, Nov. 10, 1960

Posted on November 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 10, 1960, Mirror Cover  

Nov. 10, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation. Instead, we have a letters column in which readers say that women have too many rights, the minimum age for a driver’s license should be raised to 18 and wonder, if cars cause air pollution, why didn’t Los Angeles build more public transportation? Remember, in 1960, Los Angeles still had a streetcar system.

ps. The jury system doesn’t work, one letter writer says.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 10, 1941

Posted on November 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Nov. 10, 1941, Italian Ships  

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Nov. 10, 1941: Robert Taylor's "Billy the Kid," retitled "Bold and Gallant" for Mexican distribution, can't be shown there because the government says it "disparages Mexico," Jimmie Fidler says. 

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On Line 1: Dodger Players

Posted on November 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Nov. 10, 1960, Drysdale  

 

Nov. 10, 1960: Hello, this is Don Drysdale calling about Dodger tickets. Really.

The Dodgers announced that Drysdale and three other players would call fans seeking ticket buyers for their new ballpark coming in Chavez Ravine. What a simple, and smart, idea. And it's so hard to imagine anything close to that happening today.

— Keith Thursby

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Kennedy Demolishes Axiom on Catholics and the White House

Posted on November 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Nov. 10, 1960, Comics  

Nov. 10, 1960: A Times editorial has some tips for incoming President John F. Kennedy — he of the “terrifying campaign promises” — on how to run the nation.

"Now we hope — we must hope — that the frowning mountain of responsibility will compel him to postpone the fulfillment of those promises until he has attended to the security of the United States and, as a corollary of our own security, that of the non-Communist world." The editorial is unsigned but I would guess it’s by Richard Nixon flag-waver Kyle Palmer, who often contributed to the editorial page in addition to covering politics.

And on the jump,  a UPI story examines the role of Kennedy’s Catholicism in the election.

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Found on EBay – Bullock’s Pasadena

Posted on November 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

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A coat from the Collegienne department at Bullock’s Pasadena has been listed on EBay. The vendor says this was purchased for her junior prom in 1960. Bidding starts at $9.99 or Buy It Now for $75.00.
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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 9, 1960

Posted on November 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 9, 1960, Comics  

Nov. 9, 1960: Norman Mailer’s Esquire article on the 1960 Democratic National Convention gets a frosty reaction from Matt Weinstock.

CONFIDENTIAL TO "BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED" (in the office romance): After investing nine years in this man, I diagnose the case as "hopeless." The cure: Major surgery. Cut him out of your life. You are only 28 and will live.

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Paul Coates, Nov. 9, 1960

Posted on November 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 9, 1960, Mirror Cover  

Nov. 9, 1960: ROBERT MORSE of "Take Me Along" is a favorite for the Feuer and Martin musical, "How to Succeed in Business," Earl Wilson says.

Paul Coates is on vacation.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 9, 1940

Posted on November 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

 
 

  Nov. 9, 1940, Hitler  

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Nov. 9, 1940: Johnny Weissmuller has started gym training to "bulge" muscles left supple by a summer of Aquacading (so he'll look beeg and strong for the new "Tarzan" film), Jimmie Fidler says. 

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Hollywood Mourns Mack Sennett — Updated

Posted on November 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 9, 1960, Mack Sennett Funeral

 

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Nov. 9, 1960: Mack Sennett dies at the age of 80. “He took a farce situation and gave us the occasion and opportunity to indulge in that best of tonic — laughter," said the Rev. Harold Ring.

[Updated on Nov. 10, at 3:09 p.m.  Mack Sennett’s moviemaking in a Feb. 20, 1913, article about filming what is apparently “Barney Oldfield’s Race for a Life.”  ]

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 8, 1960

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 8, 1960, Comics  

Nov. 8, 1960: Today’s election means an end to the madness over political bumper stickers, Matt Weinstock says.

CONFIDENTIAL TO "TOO SMART": A smart girl should be smart enough not to look too smart.

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Paul Coates, Nov. 8, 1960

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 8, 1960, Mirror Cover  

Nov. 8, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation, so the Daily Mirror is substituting with Hollywood columnist Earl Wilson

Mary Martin broke an arm warming up for "Peter Pan" on TV? I had no idea.

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