Tag Archives: hollywood

Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on December 16, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1940 film “Beyond Tomorrow” with Charles Winninger, Richard Carlson, Maria Ouspenskaya, Jean Parker, Helen Vinson, C. Aubrey Smith, Harry Carey, Alex Melesh, Rod La Rocque, J. Anthony Hughes, Robert Homans, Virginia McMullen, James Bush … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: ‘Since Ma Is Playing Mah Jongg’ 1920s Game Craze

Posted on December 16, 2019 by lmharnisch

“Since Ma Is Playing Mah Jongg,” sung by Eddie Cantor, sheet music courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2015. In the 1920s, life changed fast and furiously as people celebrated the Jazz Age. Dance mad, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1961 Warner Bros. film “Susan Slade,” with Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Lloyd Nolan, Dorothy McGuire, Brian Aherne, Grant Williams, Natalie Schafer, Kent Smith, Bert Convy and Guy Wilkerson. Color by Technicolor. This was Williams’ … Continue reading →

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L.A. Mirror Retro Holiday Shopping Guide

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2017. Mary Mallory’s posts are one of the L.A. Daily Mirror’s most popular features, so we are happy to recommend “Hollywoodland”; “Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays,” written with Karie Bible; “Hollywood at Play,” written … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Huntington Japanese Garden Gives Rest and Refinement

Posted on December 2, 2019 by lmharnisch

A c. 1937 image of the Japanese garden at the Huntington, courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library. In 1919, Henry E. and Arabella Huntington signed trust papers that would turn their estate into a public institution. Once opened to … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on December 2, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1956 Warner Bros. film “A Cry in the Night,” with Edmond O’Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr, Richard Anderson, Irene Hervey, Carol Vezzie, Mary Lawrence, Anthony Caruso, George J. Lewis, Peter Hanson, Tina … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Elsie Janis Rallies the Troops for World War I

Posted on November 25, 2019 by lmharnisch

World War I, the “War to End All Wars,” concluded 100 years ago at the 11th minute of the 11th hour, November 11, 1918. A bloody conflagration involving such countries and republics as the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 25, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1946 Twentieth Century-Fox film “Somewhere in the Night,” with John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson, Fritz Kortner, Margo Woode, Sheldon Leonard and Lou Nova. Screenplay by Howard Dinsdale and Joseph … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 18, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1937 Paramount film “Bulldog Drummond Comes Back,” with John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny and E.E. Clive. Screenplay by Edward T. Lowe, based on “The Female of the Species” by H.C. “Sapper” … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood Sign Built and Illuminated November-December 1923

Posted on November 18, 2019 by lmharnisch

The Hollywoodland Sign, in a photo published in the Los Angeles Evening Herald, Dec. 8, 1923. Note: This is an encore post from 2017. Originally constructed as a publicity gimmick and branding symbol to help generate sales for a real … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Ivan Mosjoukine, the Man With the Piercing Eyes

Posted on November 12, 2019 by lmharnisch

Ivan Mosjoukine, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013 featuring the star of last week’s mystery movie. Not as well known as other silent film stars like Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Buster Keaton or Rudolph … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 11, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1934 Vitaphone short “Art Trouble,” with Harry Gribbon, Shemp Howard, Beatric Blinn and Leni Sengel. Writted by Jack Henley and Dolph Singer, photographed by E.B. DuPar, directed by Ralph Staub. According to the trades, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 4, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1926 Albatros Cinegraphic film “Feu Mathias Pascal” (“The Late Mathias Pascal”), story by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Marcel l’Herbier, interpreted by Ivan Mosjoukine, Marcelle Pradot, Lois Moran, Marthe Belot, Pauline Carton, Irma Perrot, M. … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Fernridge Row Pays Homage to Tam O’Shanter

Posted on November 4, 2019 by lmharnisch

In the 1920s, housing developments sprang up all around the Los Angeles area as real estate developers purchased small farms to subdivide into housing tracts holding everything from small homes to apartments to bungalow courts. Fernridge Row, stylish Hollywood bungalow … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Sixth Street Chocolate Shop Offers Sweet Treats

Posted on October 28, 2019 by lmharnisch

A still from “The Hope Chest,” courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2014 Serving both sweet and medicinal purposes, chocolate has been served up as a special treat since at least 1900 BC and continues … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 28, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 film “The Devil’s Disciple,” with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette Scott, Eva Le Gallienne, Harry Andrews, Basil Sydney, George Rose, Neil McCallum, Mervyn Johns, David Horne, Erik Chitty, Allan Cuthbertson, Percy … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 21, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1956 film “The King and Four Queens,” with Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols, Sara Shane, Roy Roberts, Arthur Shields and Jay C. Flippen. Also starring Jo Van Fleet. Photographed in CinemaScope, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: David O. Selznick and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

Posted on October 21, 2019 by lmharnisch

Madame Chiang in a film clip at the Hollywood Bowl, beginning at the 4:22 mark on a newsreel posted on YouTube. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy years ago, film producer David O. Selznick staged an over-the-top … Continue reading →

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Scotty Bowers 1923 – 2019 | Liar to the Stars

Posted on October 14, 2019 by lmharnisch

Scotty Bowers has left the building. Reminder: Everything he said is a lie. An encore post from 2018. Scotty Bowers’ mountain of lies is not the hill I care to die on. But be assured that he has told a … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Villa Elaine Courts Tenants

Posted on October 14, 2019 by lmharnisch

The Villa Elaine via Google Street View. Still stylish after 94 years, Villa Elaine has reigned as one of Hollywood’s most popular apartment/hotels in its location on Vine Street just blocks from Sunset Boulevard. Courtly and regal, the building has … Continue reading →

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