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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another mystery photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another mystery photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another photo from the collection of Steven Bibb. Here’s our mystery guy and I love the name of the mystery film.

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Gypsy Rose Lee and ‘The G-String Murders’

Photo: Barbara Stanwyck in “Lady of Burlesque.” This post has been corrected. See note below for details. While being tops in your field can be exciting, an ambitious or intellectually curious person always looks for new ways to grow. This … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another mystery photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another mystery photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb!

Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Retired Police Lt. George H. Williams, Badge 1, Dies at 84

Sept. 13, 1942: Retired Lt. George H. Williams,who held LAPD retirement Badge 1, dies at the age of 84. He retired in 1912 after serving with the department for 23 years and was in charge of the detail that brought … Continue reading

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James Curtis: L.A. Voices – Jules White, Part 6

A photo of Buster Keaton in “Sidewalks of New York” has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $199.95. James writes: Here’s another of those interviews I did during a random burst of energy in 1975. This one took place … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

Here’s another picture from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb!

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Eve Golden / Queen of the Dead: Helen Kane

An LP of Helen Kane “the Boop-Boop-a-Doop” Girl!” has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $59.99. Helen Kane 1903 – 1966 Helen Kane is one of those performers you either love, or you want to strangle within 30 seconds. … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s another photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! Update: This is Dolores Moran and Macdonald Carey in “Count the Hours.”

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Eve Golden / Queen of the Dead: The Saddest Credit in the World

I had to look up scenes from a 1945 B-film called Radio Stars on Parade at work, and I noticed poor Jack Grey not just billed as Rear End of Horse, but Rear End of Horse (scenes deleted), which is the most pathetic thing I have ever read. Continue reading

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2 Die in Fiery Crash on Arroyo Seco Parkway

Sept. 9, 1942: Two people died when they were trapped in a burning car on the Arroyo Seco Parkway in South Pasadena after the gas tank exploded in a fiery crash at the Fair Oaks Avenue exit. John Lucas and … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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Playwright Clifford Odets Held for DUI

Sept. 8, 1942:Playwright Clifford Odets of 8729 Lookout Mountain Ave. is arrested on charges of drunk driving and speeding on Roosevelt Highway (Pacific Coast Highway) at Topanga Canyon.  CHP officers say Odets refused to stop until they forced him off … Continue reading

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