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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 29, 1944

Posted on April 29, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 29, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, April 29 — Irene Dunne is the latest actress to be offered the lead in “Olympia,” but she is waiting until she can read the script … Brenda Marshall doesn’t want to do “Something for the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, April 29, 1944

Posted on April 29, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 29, 1944 We have a deeply embedded notion that the “Greatest Generation” dutifully paid their taxes because it was the patriotic thing to do. This editorial cartoon, by Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale of the Los Angeles Examiner, illustrates the … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo ( Updated + + + +)

Posted on April 28, 2014 by lmharnisch

Our mystery movie is the 1941 MGM film “Unholy Partners,” which curiously enough has apparently never been released on DVD or even VHS.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Alberto Vargas Glorifies 1940s Young American Woman

Posted on April 28, 2014 by lmharnisch

  Vargas poses with Kay Aldridge in a photo published in Cine-Mundial. “One day I will paint a Vargas girl so beautiful, so perfect, so typical of the American Girl, that I shall be able to show it to people … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 25, 1944

Posted on April 25, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 25, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, Calif. April 25 — Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon have just finished doing a scene for “Mrs. Parkington,” and watching them on the set with me is Robert Thoeren, who co-authored the screenplay with Polly James. … Continue reading →

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Filming in Downtown Los Angeles

Posted on April 24, 2014 by lmharnisch

The film crews were back on New York Street, my nickname for South Spring around Fourth and Fifth in downtown Los Angeles. This time it’s standing in for San Vicente.

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 24, 1944

Posted on April 24, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 24, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, April 24 — A funny play could be written about the Hungarian scenario writers in Hollywood. Every time I pick up a trade paper I read where a Ladislaus has sold a story to a studio. … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, April 24, 1944

Posted on April 24, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 24, 1944 AT DINNER THE OTHER EVENING Sid Grauman started talking about “Turn in the Road,” which he bought about 12 years ago after it had taken in $400,000. Sid said he had had several offers for his play, … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Joan Harrison, Hollywood’s Only Female Producer

Posted on April 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 23, 1944 Here’s a feature on Joan Harrison and her collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock. “Young and attractive Joan Harrison is the only woman associate producer in Hollywood today,” the unidentified writer says. From the Miami News.

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, April 23, 1944

Posted on April 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 23, 1944 Don’t get me wrong. Loretta still is a glamor girl and never prettier than she is at this moment, but with a difference. She’s found what any woman would give 10 years of her life to have … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 23, 1944

Posted on April 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 23, 1944 Errol Flynn and Peggy Maley are a thing … Judy Garland and Vincent Minnelli are dinner companions … In his next Andy Hardy picture, Mickey Rooney will go for a glamorazon and Dorothy Ford is being considered … Continue reading →

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‘London After Midnight’ — ‘One Reel of Story and Six Reels of Utter Rot’

Posted on April 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

In perusing Film Spectator for 1928, I found this review of “London After Midnight,” one of the most intriguing of the lost silent movies. Oh dear: “The whole thing is too utterly silly to warrant detailed criticism…. There is about … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 22, 1944

Posted on April 22, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 22, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, April 22 — Col. Frank Capra’s “The Negro Soldier” had its premiere at the theater in the Ambassador Hotel this week and was highly lauded by all who attended. Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, highest ranking … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, April 22, 1944

Posted on April 22, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 22, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, April 21 — Jean Arthur’s contract with Columbia ends with “The Impatient Years” and she is not re-signing with this company, or any other. Jean is doing what Claudette Colbert did when she announced recently she … Continue reading →

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Movieland mystery photo ( Updated + + + + )

Posted on April 21, 2014 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1965 film “Once a Thief,” written by Zekial Marko (our mystery man for Tuesday) and directed by Ralph Nelson, with longtime Alfred Hitchcock cinematographer Robert Burks (“North by Northwest” and “Vertigo” among many others). … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — TCM Classic Film Festival Scores on Silent Movie Music Selection

Posted on April 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

  Carl Davis conducts a live orchestra in his score for “Why Worry?” at the TCM Classic Film Festival. Photograph by Tyler Golden / Turner Entertainment Networks. Just as the TCM Classic Film Festival offers a diverse selection of film … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 18, 1944

Posted on April 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 18, 1944 Hedy Lamarr is having the picture “Diamond Rock” prepared for her at Metro while she is busy making “The Conspirators.” Grad Sears is telling friends that United Artists will acquire “The Voice of the Turtle,” with Leland … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, April 18, 1944

Posted on April 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

What’s going on with the “Greatest Generation?” April 18, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, April 17 — Now I ask you, who better than Errol Flynn could do “The Adventures of Don Juan” and have five feminine honeys, no less, fighting for his … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Life Magazine, April 17, 1944

Posted on April 17, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 17, 1944 Esther Williams is the cover girl in this week’s issue of Life magazine with a feature on “Bathing Beauty.” And what happened to all that WPA artwork? It was sold as junk. Courtesy of Google Books.

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Harold Heffernan, April 17, 1944

Posted on April 17, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 17, 1944 Who is Harold Heffernan? He’s a new one on me. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., April 17 — Friends of Steve Crane and Lana Turner say that it finally was a case of two ambitious people under one roof. Crane … Continue reading →

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