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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Noir City Returns to Egyptian Theatre

Posted on March 21, 2024 by lmharnisch

Lizabeth Scott in Desert Fury (1947), showing March 24 as part of Noir City Hollywood. The Film Noir Foundation celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Noir City Hollywood with a return to Hollywood’s beautiful restored Egyptian Theatre March 22 through 31, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2023

Posted on June 20, 2023 by lmharnisch

Stan and Ollie, showing at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival celebrates the glory of world cinema with an impressive slate of newly restored and little seen films July 12 through 16 at the … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions: ‘Man Behind the Curtain’ – Doug Laux’s Prize-Winning Documentary

Posted on September 13, 2022 by lmharnisch

Early in The Man Behind the Curtain, Doug Laux’s new documentary about revealing himself to family and friends as a former CIA case officer, we see him as a young boy telling a joke in a school auditorium. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Noir City Packs a Modern Punch

Posted on April 13, 2022 by lmharnisch

Noir City Hollywood, with hosts Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode, is back, hitting town with a vengeance Friday with stunning photochemical restorations and 35-millimeter prints after an almost two-year absence due to the pandemic. The hard-boiled, driving lineup features … Continue reading →

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Coming Events: Hollywood Heritage Afternoon With the Authors

Posted on December 1, 2021 by lmharnisch

On Saturday (Dec. 4), from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Hollywood Heritage will host its annual Afternoon With the Authors. Writers scheduled to attend include Leonard Maltin, James Curtis, Allen Ellenberger, Cari Beauchamp, Marc Wanamaker and Mary Mallory. Hollywood Heritage … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions: Nathan Marsak Discusses Bunker Hill With Mary Mallory and Brian Judd

Posted on November 9, 2020 by lmharnisch

My old Crime Buddy Nathan Marsak has written a book on Bunker Hill in his informed yet freewheeling style and will be appearing Wednesday at 7 p.m. PST in a virtual event hosted by Hollywood Heritage in its “Evening @ … Continue reading →

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TCM Classic Film Festival CANCELED Over Coronavirus

Posted on March 12, 2020 by lmharnisch

The Hollywood Reporter says that the TCM Classic Film Festival, scheduled April 16-19, is canceled. As of last night TCM was still advertising the festival on the air and its streaming services. TCM says it will refund all purchases of … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 22nd Annual Noir City Hollywood Travels the World

Posted on March 6, 2020 by lmharnisch

Take a worldwide tour through sordid back alleys and danger-filled shadows in the 22nd Annual Noir City Hollywood, kicking off Friday at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre and running through March 15. Czar of Noir Eddie Muller and Film Noir Foundation Treasurer … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: San Francisco Silent Film Festival Salutes Human Connection

Posted on April 8, 2019 by lmharnisch

Many rarely seen and newly restored films from all over the globe examining relationships and the human condition will screen May 1 through 5 at the Castro Theatre as part of the 24th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival. From … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions: Celebrating the Reopening of the Central Library

Posted on October 11, 2018 by lmharnisch

The Los Angeles Central Library, courtesy of the library. Los Angeles is celebrating one of its great treasures – the Central Library – this weekend on the 25th anniversary of its reopening in October 1993, seven years after a devastating … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 54th Annual Cinecon Celebrates the Movies

Posted on August 27, 2018 by lmharnisch

For filmgoers looking for the rare and unusual, the 54th Annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival opens Thursday at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, with a cornucopia of silent and sound films, many unseen since their original release. Featuring newly restored … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 23rd San Francisco Silent Film Festival Salutes World Cinema

Posted on May 7, 2018 by lmharnisch

  “The Man Who Laughs” will screen May 30 at the Castro Theatre as part of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Image courtesy of the SFSFF. Bigger and better than ever, the 23rd Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 20th Annual Hollywood Film Noir Festival Salutes L.A.

Posted on April 17, 2018 by lmharnisch

Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in “The Blue Dahlia,” which launched the festival.  Dark dives, shady dames, and sleazy P.I.s populate the sordid underbelly of the sunny City of the Angels in Noir City: Hollywood, the Film Noir Foundation’s 20th … Continue reading →

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Journalism in Los Angeles, 1912 – 1962, Saturday at Occidental College

Posted on April 11, 2016 by lmharnisch

I will be discussing this c. 1901 lapel button and other interesting facets of Los Angeles newspapers, 1912-1962, at the Historical Society of Southern California’s daylong conference on journalism in Southern California, on Saturday at Occidental College. More information is … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions: Anna Sklar on L.A. Water

Posted on February 17, 2016 by lmharnisch

  Anna Sklar, the author of “Brown Acres,” on the history of Los Angeles’ sewer system, will give a lecture about the history of the city’s water supply Sunday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Central Library, 630 W. … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions: Mark A. Vieira on George Hurrell

Posted on October 2, 2014 by lmharnisch

Mark A. Vieira, a photographer, historian and author of several books, will take part in a public discussion of Hollywood photographer George Hurrell on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. at USC’s Doheny Library marking the opening of an exhibit of … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions — Mark A. Vieira on Hollywood Photographer George Hurrell

Posted on January 4, 2014 by lmharnisch

I had the great good fortune of spending several hours Saturday with Mark A. Vieira, a regular commenter on the mystery photos and author of several books, including the current release “George Hurrell’s Hollywood.” I will post more about our … Continue reading →

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Coming Attractions – Honoring CBS Studio Center Oct. 19

Posted on October 12, 2013 by lmharnisch

Mary Mallory and Marc Wanamaker will be speaking at this event on Oct. 19 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Studio City Library, 12511 Moorpark St., Studio City.

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