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Know your Dodgers

April 8, 1958

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April 8, 1958

Above, Al Jolson in blackface as the lead in "Porgy and Bess" while African Americans play all the other roles? Now there’s a casting idea that takes my breath away. Philip Scheuer interviews Ira Gershwin and notes that the lyricist … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock

April 7, 1958

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Paul Coates

April 7, 1958 I’ll post more on this story soon. Stay tuned….

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Know your Dodgers

April 7, 1958

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April 7, 1958

Above, the quarrel between Lana Turner and Johnny Stompanato that led to his death may have begun over whether he was going to accompany her to the Academy Awards! Below, some of the type is missing from the jump of … Continue reading

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Cheryl Crane

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Cheryl Crane in a heavily retouched photograph published April 6, 1958, while she was being held in the stabbing death of Johnny Stompanato. This is one of the most heavily repainted photographs I have … Continue reading

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Johnny Stompanato, RIP

Above, the Mirror brings out an extra on the Johnny Stompanato killing.

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Matt Weinstock

April 4, 1958

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Paul Coates

April 4, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

April 4, 1958

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April 4, 1958

Above, MGM is making an expensive gamble on "Ben-Hur." Below, The Times continues its daily news feature on Holy Week … and has a story about the beginning of Passover … Detectives are trying to find out why a family … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock

April 3, 1958

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Paul Coates

April 3, 1958

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April 3, 1958

Above, spring break in Bermuda. Below, flooding in San Francisco … A warrant is issued for Judy Garland ("Judy" in tight headline counts) on income tax charges … Here’s what The Times considered a lede on a weather story in … Continue reading

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Paul Coates

April 2, 1958

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Paul Coates

April 2, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

April 2, 1958

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April 2, 1958

Above, the popularity of TV westerns spreads to "Ozzie and Harriet." Below, Holy Week is presented in a daily news feature based on the Gospels. It is difficult to imagine that even in the 1950s anybody thought this was a … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock

April 1, 1958

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