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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on September 24, 2012 by lmharnisch

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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on September 19, 2012 by lmharnisch

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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on September 18, 2012 by lmharnisch

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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on September 17, 2012 by lmharnisch

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

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

Posted on September 13, 2012 by lmharnisch

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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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

Posted on September 11, 2012 by lmharnisch

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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on September 10, 2012 by lmharnisch

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

Posted on September 10, 2012 by lmharnisch

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

Posted on September 9, 2012 by lmharnisch

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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Playwright Clifford Odets Held for DUI

Posted on September 8, 2012 by lmharnisch

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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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +++]

Posted on August 30, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another photo from the collection of Steven Bibb! All three identified (plus the movie) by Don Danard, Dewey Webb, Mike Hawks and Eve Golden. Plus Mary Mallory. 2/3 right: (Mary Mallory), Jo Anne and Gregory Moore, Mystery fellow on … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on August 27, 2012 by lmharnisch

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

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30 Firefighters Escape Blaze in Box Canyon

Posted on August 24, 2012 by lmharnisch

Aug. 24, 1942: Sheriff’s deputies break up a planned fight between the Lincoln Heights Square John gang and the Huntington Park Levis gang at Central and Florence avenues, arresting 17 members of the Square John gang (no members of the … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on August 17, 2012 by lmharnisch

Yes, it’s another photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on August 8, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s today’s mystery guest, courtesy of Steven Bibb.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on July 31, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another picture from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! Update: This is Lawrence David “Sunny Jim” McKeen Jr., who died in 1933 at the age of 8. Please congratulate Barbara Klein for identifying him.

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on July 28, 2012 by lmharnisch

Great picture, no? From the collection of Steven Bibb.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 7, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! Update: This is Cyril Cusack. Please congratulate Don Danard (first), Mike Hawks (second) and Megan Lee and Thom (third) for identifying him.

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Movie executive hurt in crash; Cards beat Dodgers, August 5, 1958

Posted on August 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  The Dodgers lose to the Cardinals, 3-2 … Willie Mays hits a home run to help the Giants beat the Cubs … Producer Jack L. Warner is badly hurt when his car hits a truck in France … Syria … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo revealed!

Posted on July 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Yes, it is Rod Cameron and Adrian Booth in "Brimstone," correctly guessed by Michael Ryerson, Michael Goosman, John Jarnagin, Gary Hertzberg and Howard Decker.  More important, note the Colt Single Action Army Frontier he’s carrying. At least that’s my best … Continue reading →

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