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Tag Archives: hollywood
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: ‘White Christmas’ Soothes the Home Front in 1942
Recognized today as one of the top selling singles and pieces of sheet music of all time, Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” was just one of eleven songs in the 1942 holiday classic, “Holiday Inn.” First put to paper by Berlin in 1940, the tune evolved over time before becoming the beloved hit sung by the dulcet tones of baritone Bing Crosby. Continue reading
Posted in 1942, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Music
Tagged film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, White Christmas
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Movieland ‘Unsuitable’ Mystery Photo (Updated + +)
Concluding our exploration of ‘unsuitable’ movies, we have a mysterious woman in a movie that is not suitable. Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Film Books for the Holidays
Mary Mallory has suggestions for holiday books for film fans. Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged Books and Authors, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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L.A. Daily Mirror Retro Shopping Guide
A Daily Mirror gift suggestion: Mary Mallory’s latest: First Women of Hollywood. Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
Tagged Books and Authors, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Movieland ‘Unsuitable’ Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
In this week’s exploration of “unsuitable” mystery movies, we have an especially “unsuitable” film, with this “unsuitable” mystery guest. Continue reading
Posted in 1934, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #James Cagney, 1934, film, hollywood, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay, mystery photo
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November 25, 1947: House Indicts the ‘Hollywood 10’ for Contempt
November 10, 1947: The House cites the Hollywood 10 for contempt. Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood
Tagged 1947, Adrian Scott, Albert Maltz, Alvah Bessie, Communism, Dalton Trumbo, Edward Dmytrk, film, Herbert Biberman, hollywood, Hollywood 10, HUAC, Lester Cole, Red Scare, Ring Lardner Jr. John Howard Lawson, Samuel Ornitz
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Movieland Unsuitable Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
In our continuing exploration of “unsuitable” movies, we have an unsuitable mystery woman. Continue reading
Posted in 1931, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged 1931, film, hollywood, Marion Davies, mystery photo
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Movieland Unsuitable Foreign Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
For Monday, we have a mysterious fellow in an unsuitable foreign mystery film. Continue reading
Posted in 1963, 1966, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged 1963, 1966, Doctor Who, film, hollywood, mystery photo, William Hartnell
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Movieland Silent Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
For Monday, we have a sleepy mystery guest. Continue reading
Posted in 1919, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #Silent Films, film, hollywood, Maurice Tourneur, mystery photo
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November 5, 1947: ‘Amazing Career of a Girl Drug Addict’
November 5, 1947: Arrested in October for driving erratically on Wilshire Boulevard, a woman calling herself Margaret Burton told police she was a former actress and had become addicted to sedatives during the London Blitz, when a physician gave her tranquilizers to calm her nerves. Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, World War II
Tagged 1947, drug addiction, film, hollywood, Hoot Gibson, Margaret Burton, World War II
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Fighting to Bring ‘Salt of the Earth’ to the Screen
Mary Mallory looks at the fight to bring the 1954 film ‘Salt of the Earth’ to the screen. Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights
Tagged film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Movieland ‘Unsuitable’ Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
For Monday in this week’s “unsuitable” mystery movie, we have a mysterious hot dog vendor. Continue reading
Posted in 1930, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #James Cagney, #Joan Blondell, 1930, film, hollywood, mystery photo
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Daylight Saving Time Ends: A Reminder From Pier Angeli and the Daily Mirror
Pier Angeli and her little friend with a reminder that turn your clocks back an hour. Daylight Saving Time ends today. Continue reading
Movieland ‘Unsuitable’ Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1940 Warner Bros. film Castle on the Hudson, with John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, Burgess Meredith, Henry O’Neill, Jerome Cowan, Guinn “Big Boy” Williams and John Litel.
Posted in 1940, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #John Garfield, 1940, Ann Sheridan, film, hollywood, mystery photo
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October 26, 1942: Lon Chaney’s Ghost Haunts Hollywood and Vine!
October 26, 1942: Councilman Norris Nelson tells a story about the ghost of Lon Chaney sitting on a bench at Hollywood and Vine. Continue reading
Posted in 1942, African Americans, Books and Authors, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, LAPD, World War II, Zoot Suit
Tagged film, Gangs, ghosts, haunting, hollywood, lapd, Lon Chaney, Riot
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October 25, 1943: Restaurant Manager Turns Tables on Robbers
October 25, 1943: Three bandits who hit a handful of businesses met their match at a cafe at 1306 S. Main St. when they tried to hold up assistant manager Joe D. Poindexter. As one man leaned across the counter to get the cash, Poindexter grabbed his gun, chased them as they fled and shot one of them. Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Comics, Downtown, Film, Hollywood, LAPD, Main Street, World War II
Tagged #Main Street, 1943, film, hollywood, lapd
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October 23, 1947: Hollywood Fashion Designer, Partner Die Within Hours; Family Sues Over Estate of Men With ‘Strange Attachment’
October 23, 1947: Robert and Joseph were close — even in death. They shared a home filled with antiques, their bank accounts and were beneficiaries of each other’s wills. In fact, the families sued over their estates, charging that they were too close and had a “strange attachment.” Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Fashion, Film, Hollywood, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Obituaries
Tagged 1947, fashion, film, hollywood, LGBTQ, obituaries, taboos
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October 21, 1947: Firefighter Sits Through Movie With Dead Friend to Avoid Audience Panic
October 21, 1947: Walter Saul and his wife had just settled in for a movie with his friend Aloysius Bollin when he felt Bollin’s head on his shoulder. Saul, a firefighter, realized that Bollin had no pulse. He was dead. But rather than created a disturbance, he waited until the double feature was over. Then told Bollin’s son Joseph to go get his mother because his father was sick. Continue reading
Movieland ‘Unsuitable’ Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
For Monday’s ‘unsuitable’ movie, we have a mysterious guest. Continue reading
Posted in 1931, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo
Tagged #Loretta Young, #Walter Huston, 1931, film, hollywood, mystery photo
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