Note from August 2009: Devon McReynolds, the Daily Mirror’s UCLA intern, is off to
Paris. Until our next intern starts in September, the Daily Mirror won’t be able to transcribe Paul Coates or Matt Weinstock. Rather than discontinue the columns, we’ll be posting them as image files. Because of the way Typepad handles images, the thumbnails are murky, but the full-size images are readable.
Also Note: Matt Weinstock is going on vacation.
Note from August 2009: Devon McReynolds, the Daily Mirror’s UCLA intern, is off to Paris. Until our next intern starts in September, the Daily Mirror won’t be able to transcribe Paul Coates or Matt Weinstock. Rather than discontinue the columns, we’ll be posting them as image files. Because of the way Typepad handles images, the thumbnails are murky, but the full-size images are readable.
Larry Harnisch/Los Angeles Times I always assume Daily Mirror readers are familiar with Philippe. It's at 1001 N. Alameda, just north of Union Station. |
We had so much fun at our last Daily Mirror lunch at Philippe that Keith and I decided to do it again. We're shooting for noon on Aug. 15 in the mass transit alcove (that's the train room) at Philippe. Stop by and chat about your favorite mystery photo, Paul Coates, the Dodgers, the Angels and the Hollywood Stars.
Update: Marion Eisenmann, who is doing the terrific drawings of Los Angeles landmarks, says she plans to join us. More info on our Facebook page. |
Aug. 15, 1899: Thomas Jefferson White swept Verna Lincoln off her feet. But the money soon ran out and White revealed himself to be brutal and dishonest.
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Union Station by Marion Eisenmann, Aug, 8, 2009 |
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Marion sends her impressions of Union Station, the crossroads for countless travelers since it opened in 1939. Think of how many people have rushed through the station to catch their train — and how many more have spent tedious hours waiting to leave or anxiously anticipating someone's arrival. The nation no longer travels by rail as it once did, but I still feel a spirit of adventure whenever I see the sign: "TO TRAINS." Marion writes: This place is interesting, what I mean by it are its visuals, sound Note: In
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Note from August 2009: Devon McReynolds, the Daily Mirror’s UCLA intern, is off to
Paris. Until our next intern starts in September, the Daily Mirror won’t be able to transcribe Paul Coates or Matt Weinstock. Rather than discontinue the columns, we’ll be posting them as image files. Because of the way Typepad handles images, the thumbnails are murky, but the full-size images are readable.
Note from August 2009: Devon McReynolds, the Daily Mirror’s UCLA intern, is off to Paris. Until our next intern starts in September, the Daily Mirror won’t be able to transcribe Paul Coates or Matt Weinstock. Rather than discontinue the columns, we’ll be posting them as image files. Because of the way Typepad handles images, the thumbnails are murky, but the full-size images are readable.
| Dec. 18, 1960: The Westchester Youth Band plans its Christmas party. Entertainment will be provided by band members Mike Van Ourkirk, Jan Nichols, David Sheppard, Geoffry Bales, Gary Chase, Peggy Ishikawe, Nora Lynn Stevens, Lynette Fromme and Anne Marine (surely that's Marie) Stafford.
Fern Jaros, former band director, will play a trombone solo. |
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Above, Everett Sloane as Capt. Frank Kennelly in CBS radio's "21st Precinct," July 21, 1953. Update: This week's photos weren't much of a mystery. I think this is the first time anyone has complained that our guest was "too easy." I figured Everett Sloane wouldn't be much of a challenge, but most people only know him from "Citizen Kane," "Lady From Shanghai" and that wonderful "Twilight Zone" episode, "The Fever," where he's chased by a slot machine.
Aug. 7, 1965: Everett Sloane commits suicide. Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday … or on Saturday if I have a hard time picking only five pictures; sometimes it's difficult to choose. To keep the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday, etc., adding a photo every day. I have to approve all comments, so if your guess is posted immediately, that means you're wrong. (And if a wrong guess has already been submitted by someone else, there's no point in submitting it again.) If you're right, you will have to wait until Friday. There's no need to submit your guess five times. Once is enough. The only prize is bragging rights. The answer to last week's mystery star: Wallace MacDonald!
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Update: Everett Sloane in "On Trial," Dec. 14, 1956. Nearly everyone recognized our mystery guest. For those who want another try, here's a second picture, heavily retouched by The Times' art department.
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Update: Ernie Kovacs and Marie Windsor in "Salted Mine" on the Schlitz Playhouse, March 22, 1959. And for those people (you know who you are) who complained that this week's mystery guest was too easy, here's another picture that may be at least a bit more challenging.
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Update: Everett Sloane in "Massacre at Sand Creek," an episode of "Playhouse 90," July 25, 1957. Here's another picture of mystery guest No. 1. Most (but not all) readers have correctly identified him — and many have quoted dialogue from his most famous roles. The picture above is not one of them. Anyone care to guess what it's from?
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Here's mystery guest No. 2 — not much mystery here. Any guesses as to the role for which he shaved his head — and what brand of cigar he's got in his pocket? Update: OK, I'm running out of weird pictures of Ernie Kovacs. And no, he isn't posing with any brand of cigar you'd expect. Take a good look. Update No. 2: These are H. Upmann No. 1 Cuban cigars. Kovacs kept a huge supply of them in his personal humidors and they still turn up for sale, long after his death. At $300 each, if you can find them. (These are sold out).
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Update: Everett Sloane, June 8, 1958. This photo was published with a TV listing about "The Strong Man" on "Studio One." Today we have two armed and dangerous mystery guests. Here's No. 1. I never realized he had a broken nose.
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Update: Paul Picerni with Lynne Carter and Buddy Ebsen in "Honest John." Jan. 30, 1950. The play was written by Ebsen and directed by William Talman — that's right, Hamilton Burger in "Perry Mason," who was married to Carter at the time. And who is this mystery gunman?
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Everett Sloane in "The Spy," an episode of "Goodyear Theater," Nov. 14, 1958. That is a seriously broken nose. I'm surprised I never noticed it before. |
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August 14, 1899: A group of boaters is terrified when a whale surfaces nearby.
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When visitors wonder why Jim Wallin, Arcadia planning commissioner, has no diving board for his swimming pool, he tells them about his big impulsive moment. Not long ago a nephew from out of state, a husky lad of 21, visited him and kept practicing triple flips, striking the water with a tremendous splash.
Soon the dichondra around the pool was turning brown from the chlorine in the water. Wallin repeatedly suggested he do simpler dives and splash less, but the nephew apparently was wearing earplugs.
August 13, 1959: Did Miss Japan have plastic surgery?
She was a pretty little girl with natural blond hair and baby-blue eyes with stars in them.
Like a lot of other pretty little girls, she got her high school diploma, took a few courses in business college, and landed herself a low-salaried job in an office.
That, back home, was her life.
But then came the local beauty contest, and at the mild urging of a girl friend, she entered. And won.
And here was the first turning point in her life.
| Aug. 13, 1961: A rare appearance of Nancy's dog, Poochie. Notice that Poochie is female. Evidently there are other "Nancy" comics in which Poochie is male. A Bushmillerian touch. |
