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Tag Archives: film
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Rah! Rah! Hollywood Celebrates Pennants
Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Hollywood has always been creative in promoting its films and personalities to the public. Employing posters, lobby cards, window cards and photographs, silent film production companies hyped upcoming films. With the success … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, movies
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1942 MGM film “Eyes in the Night,” with Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Horace McNally, Katherine Emery, Allen Jenkins, Stanley C. Ridges, Reginald Denny, John Emery, Rosemary de Camp, Erik Rolf, Barry Nelson, … Continue reading
Posted in 1942, Animals, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #MGM, 1942, Eyes in the Night, film, hollywood, mystery dog
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1932 RKO film “Hell’s Highway,” with Richard Dix, Tom Brown, Rochelle Hudson, C. Henry Gordon, Oscar Apfel, Stanley Fields, John Arledge, Warner Richmond, Chas. Middleton, Louise Carter, Sandy Roth, Clarence Muse and Fuzzy Knight. … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: United Artists Incorporated February 1919
From left, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, image via the Library of Congress. The entertainment industry as we know it irrevocably changed on February 5, 1919, when superstars Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. … Continue reading
Black Dahlia: Jay Singletary (Chris Pine) Star Reporter of ‘I Am the Night’
I already posted this on Twitter, but here it is for the Daily Mirror readers. Sam Sheridan’s portrayal of hotshot/disgraced reporter Jay Singletary (a tousled Chris Pine, who loses his shirt a lot) is utter b.s. Here’s why: Jay’s backstory … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Film, Hollywood, LAPD
Tagged #Los Angeles Examiner, #Los Angeles Times, 1947, Black Dahlia, Chris Pine, film, hollywood, I Am the Night
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1943 MGM film “Du Barry Was a Lady,” with Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Virginia O’Brien, “Rags” Ragland, Zero Mostel, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Donald Meek, Douglass Dumbrille, George Givot and Louise … Continue reading
Jan. 24, 1959: Law Delays ‘Alfalfa’ Burial
Jan. 24, 1959: One of the best parts of doing the blog at latimes.com was having UCLA and Cal State Northridge interns who, among other tasks, transcribed the Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock columns. Sometimes I transcribed them myself (this … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, Columnists, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, Paul Coates
Tagged 1959, Carl Alfalfa Switzer, columnists, film, hollywood, Paul Coates
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Jan. 22, 1959: Paul Coates on Another Claim to ‘The Brave One’
Jan. 22, 1959: Dalton Trumo (blacklisted and using the name Robert Rich) wrote the script for “The Brave One,” but there was a claim by the widow of Juan Duval. The previous entry is here. Coates’ column was published in … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, Columnists, Film, Hollywood, Paul Coates
Tagged 1959, blacklist, Brave One, columnists, Dalton Trumbo, film, hollywood, Paul Coates
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Jan. 22, 1959: ‘Our Gang’ Star Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer Dies in Fight Over $50
Jan. 22, 1959: Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer is shot to death in a fight with Moses Samuel Stiltz. According to police, Switzer borrowed a dog belonging to Stiltz, then lost the dog. Switzer paid $50 for the return of Stiltz’s dog. … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, Baseball, Crime and Courts, Dodgers, Film, Hollywood, Keith Thursby, LAPD, Obituaries
Tagged #Chavez Ravine, 1959, Baseball, Carl Alfalfa Switzer, Dodgers, film, hollywood, Keith Thursby, obituaries
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
Dear Brain Trust: I received word this week of the loss to cancer of one of our prolific, knowledgeable and veteran contributors, Lee Ann of the trio of solvers Lee Ann, Megan and Thom, who moved with us from latimes.com … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Bessie Lasky, Painter
Bessie Lasky in her studio, courtesy of Jesse L. Lasky.com. Though overshadowed by her husband, Jesse, Bessie Lasky was as much an artist as he, a multitalented artist in many fields with some renown from the 1920s through the … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Artists, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged Bessie Lasky, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Jan. 21, 1959: Cecil B. De Mille Dies at 77
Jan. 21, 1959: The Mirror brings out an extra when Cecil B. De Mille died of a heart attack at the age of 77.. The post originally appeared on latimes.com in 2009 and is available via Archive.org.
Posted in 1959, Film, Hollywood, Obituaries
Tagged 1959, Cecil B. De Mille, film, hollywood, obituaries
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Black Dahlia: No Sign of George Hodel or the Black Dahlia in the Fauna Hodel Story 1990
If you’re curious about whether “I Am the Night” is indeed “inspired by a true story,” I did a bit more digging into the tale of Fauna Hodel and her unfinished film “Pretty Hattie’s Baby” (spoiler alert – there’s nothing … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, 1990, 1996, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, Homicide
Tagged 1947, 1990, 1996, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, Cold Cases, crime and courts, Fauna Hodel, film, George Hodel, hollywood, homicide, Steve Hodel
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Black Dahlia: The Fauna Hodel Story ‘Pretty Hattie’s Baby’
In preparing for the launch of TNT’s “I Am the Night,” I thought it would be interesting to do a bit of research on Fauna Hodel. Just to see if she ever mentioned Dr. George Hodel earlier in her life. … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, 1990, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, Film, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged 1947, 1990, Black Dahlia, Fauna Hodel, film, George Hodel, Pretty Hattie's Baby, Steve Hodel, Tamar Hodel
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January 1939: Vivien Leigh Cast in ‘Gone With the Wind’ (Hedda Hopper Does Not Approve)
January 1939: Vivien Leigh is cast as Scarlett O’Hara. Hedda Hopper does not approve. Boy does she not approve. Frankly, was there anybody who was ever worse at casting than Hedda Hopper? She would shamelessly use her column to campaign … Continue reading
Posted in 1939, Columnists, Film, Hollywood
Tagged #Hedda Hopper, 1939, film, Gone With the Wind, hollywood, Vivien Leigh
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1933 film “A Study in Scarlet,” with Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Allan Dinehart, John Warburton, Alan Mowbray, Warburton Gamble, J.M. Kerrigan, Doris Lloyd, Billy Bevan, Leila Bennett, Wyndham Standing and Halliwell … Continue reading
Jan. 12, 1959: Paul Coates Confidential File — East L.A. War Hero Plotted to Kill Batista
Jan. 12, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of Guy Louis Gabaldon, a war hero raised in East L.A. who claimed to have plotted to assassinate Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista. Gabaldon was raised by the parents of a Japanese American … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, Columnists, Film, Hollywood, Paul Coates, World War II
Tagged 1959, columnists, film, Guy Louis Gabaldon, Hell to Eternity, hollywood, Paul Coates, World War II
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Jan. 9, 1945: The Making of ‘The Blue Dahlia’; Paramount Signs Raymond Chandler for Original Film
Jan. 9, 1945: The New York Times reports that Paramount signed Raymond Chandler to write a script. Contrast this with John Houseman’s account of making the film in “Lost Fortnight,” originally published in Harper’s magazine, August 1965, and reprinted with … Continue reading
Posted in 1945, Blue Dahlia, Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood, Raymond Chandler
Tagged 1945, Blue Dahlia, film, hollywood, John Houseman, Paramount Studios, Raymond Chandler
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Jan. 8, 1939: ‘Little Buttercup’ — Baby Abandoned at Hospital
Jan. 8, 1939: The Times’ Edwin Schallert makes his Oscar predictions, seconding a “Warner landslide” published in The Times two weeks earlier with James Cagney (“Angel With Dirty Faces”) as best actor, Bette Davis (“Jezebel”) as best actress, Michael Curtiz … Continue reading
Posted in 1939, Film, Hollywood, Sports
Tagged 1939, film, hollywood, Sierra Club, Warner Bros.
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