Tag Archives: 1947

December 1947: Igor Stravinsky at Work on ‘The Rake’s Progress’

Posted on December 11, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. In late November, composer Igor Stravinsky had a guest at his home in the Hollywood Hills (The Times is elusive as to its exact location). His … Continue reading →

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December 1947: ‘Taxi Army’ Saves Tel Aviv

Posted on December 10, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Quote of the day: “Dream Dress to dance into 1948—Young sorceress of the wand-waist, bouffant skirt school, whirls through the holidays in the luminous splendor of … Continue reading →

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December 1947: Forget-Me-Nots for the Rose Queens of Yesteryear

Posted on December 8, 2018 by lmharnisch

  Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. What has become of the Rose Queens of yesteryear? What has happened to the girls who in the past have ruled over the glamour, excitement … Continue reading →

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Dec, 7, 2006: Note to "Dahlia Avenger" Fans

Posted on December 7, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Here’s a publicity still of “Maddy” Comfort from “Kiss Me Deadly” for sale on EBay. Her name is also spelled “Mattie” and “Mady.” Comfort is referred to in the Los Angeles County … Continue reading →

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December 1947: Police Bullets End Bull’s Run for Freedom

Posted on December 7, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Ferdinand is dead. He ran five miles in his flight for freedom before police bullets cut him down. He escaped at 3811 S. Soto, and lurched … Continue reading →

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December 1947: Powerful Blast Destroys House, Injures Fumigation Crew, Kills Neighbor

Posted on December 6, 2018 by lmharnisch

Before the introduction of Vikane, also known as Sulfuryl Fluoride, pesticide companies relied on hydrocyanic gas, a compound used to exterminate termites—and in California’s lethal gas chamber. That’s what a crew from Guarantee Fumigating Co. was pumping into the home … Continue reading →

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December 1947: It’s Curtains, Rocky! MPAA Bans Gangster Pictures

Posted on December 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. NEW YORK, Dec. 3. (AP)—The board of directors of the Motion Picture Association of America today voted to cease distribution of new and old pictures glorifying … Continue reading →

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Black L.A. 1947: This Week’s Jukebox Hits

Posted on December 4, 2018 by lmharnisch

Dec. 4, 1947: The jukebox hits of the week, from the Los Angeles Sentinel.

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December 1947: Youths, Bored With Hunting Squirrels, Shot at Each Other – Then One of Them Died

Posted on December 4, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and original appeared on the 1947project. Facing a possible accusation of involuntary manslaughter, Jack L. Modisett, 17, of 1717 N. Avenue 53, was removed to Ventura on an open charge yesterday after … Continue reading →

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December 1947: Son Uses Coin Telescope at Point Fermin to Spot Body of Missing Father

Posted on December 3, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Herbert’s mother phoned him on Monday because his father, Fritz, was missing from their home at 3703 W. Bluff Place in San Pedro. Herbert told police … Continue reading →

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December 1947: Arabs Burn U.S. Embassy; Lubitsch Dies at 55

Posted on December 2, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Ernst Lubitsch dies at his home in Bel-Air. He is 55. Quote of the day: “Why not? I have nothing to go home to. My mother … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: “I Am the Night” and Dr. George Hodel, Who Never Killed Anyone

Posted on December 1, 2018 by lmharnisch

Sorry, Verve magazine, Dr. George Hodel was NOT known “to have committed the murder of the Black Dahlia.” In fact, he was not known to have killed anybody.. Also, he wasn’t a “Hollywood gynaecologist” infamous or otherwise.

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November 1947: U.N. Approves Partition of Palestine; Iraq Leader Predicts Massacre Across the Mideast

Posted on December 1, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (AP)—Partitioning of Palestine into Jewish and Arab countries was approved by the United Nations Assembly late today. Arabs promptly threatened general opposition … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: ‘I Am the Night’ – Not Featuring Man Ray!

Posted on November 30, 2018 by lmharnisch

Above, a frame from “I Am the Night” showing what I have to assume is Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel presiding over a meeting of the Hollywood Minotaur Club. I was looking over the cast of “I Am the Night,” … Continue reading →

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November 1947: Will Shortz Can Safely Ignore This Puzzle (You Too, Rex Parker)

Posted on November 30, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project.. A little grid, 13 boxes square, full of obscure words and frustration, the crossword emerged in The Times in November 1924 as the craze swept America … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Crackpot Theory of the Day

Posted on November 29, 2018 by lmharnisch

Every so often, my curiosity gets the better of me and I venture out on the Internet to take the pulse of Black Dahlia theories.

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November 1947: Women Charged Under 1872 Law for Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on November 29, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project.. They were a quiet young couple in their 20s, so quiet that their neighbors in Valley of the Moon, near Santa Rosa, rarely saw them. David … Continue reading →

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Black L.A. 1947: This Week’s Jukebox Hits

Posted on November 28, 2018 by lmharnisch

Nov. 27, 1947: This week, we have two holiday songs: “Merry Christmas, Baby,” by Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers, and “How I Hate to See Xmas Come Around,” by Jimmy Witherspoon.

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November 1947: Woman Commits Suicide in Mortuary

Posted on November 28, 2018 by lmharnisch

OK, even for Ernie Bushmiller and “Nancy,” this Thanksgiving panel is bizarre.. Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Nothing further was written about this unfortunate woman, who killed herself the day before … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: ‘I Am the Night’ – My Head Is Already Exploding

Posted on November 27, 2018 by lmharnisch

Uh-oh. You have GOT to be kidding.  Is THIS supposed to be Dr. George Hodel??? This is ridiculous – and has nothing to do with the Black Dahlia case. Nada.

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