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1944 on the Radio — Loretta Young and Frances Langford on ‘Command Performance’

Posted on February 19, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1944 It’s Saturday in 1944 and today we have: — Jungle Jim tries to rescue his friend from a Japanese prison camp. Ethnic stereotype alert. Courtesy of Archive.org. — “Britain Has Become a Fortress.” If you haven’t noticed … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Amos ‘N’ Andy’ and ‘The Lone Ranger’

Posted on February 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 18, 1944 It’s Friday in 1944 and today we have: — “Amos ‘N’ Andy.” Courtesy of Archive.org. —  “The Lone Ranger.” Courtesy of Archive.org — Pianist Vera Brodsky is featured on the “House of Squibb.” Brodsky, known in later … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — Dorothy Lamour on ‘Abbott and Costello’

Posted on February 17, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1944 It’s Thursday in 1944 and today we have: — Dorothy Lamour is the guest on “Abbott and Costello.” Abbott has been elected mayor of Sherman Oaks! (Sherman Oaks is so small the motorcycle cops go around on … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — Bing Crosby on ‘Mail Call’

Posted on February 16, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 16, 1944 It’s Wednesday in 1944 and today we have: — Bing Crosby in “Mail Call.” And we have the hit song “My Heart Tells Me” plus “Stardust” and “Oh! What a Beautiful Morning,” sung by Connee Boswell. And … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles, Hollywood’s Back Lot

Posted on February 13, 2014 by lmharnisch

I went to dinner last night at Grand Central Market and got these shots of a group filming a video. And since we’re all good Angelenos, we went “oh yeah, a film crew, a guy with a Stedicam”  and went … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — Jack Benny, Fred Allen and ‘The Life of Riley,’ Feb. 13, 1944

Posted on February 13, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 13, 1944 It’s Sunday in 1944 and today we have: — A broadcast from March Field on “The Jack Benny Show.” Courtesy of Archive.org. —“The Fred Allen Show.” Courtesy of Archive.org. — Victor Young and the Orchestra on “The … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — Frank Sinatra, Feb. 12, 1944

Posted on February 12, 2014 by lmharnisch

The crew of the B-24 Shoo-Shoo Baby, courtesy of Wikipedia. Feb. 12, 1944 It’s Saturday in 1944 and today we have: — Jim and his companions plan to blow up a Japanese airfield in “The Adventures of Jungle Jim.” Courtesy … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Abbott and Costello’ With Charles Laughton, Feb. 10, 1944

Posted on February 10, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1944 Today we have: — Charles Laughton is the guest on “The Abbott and Costello Show.” Courtesy of Archive.org. — Dinah Shore sings “Sleepy-Time Gal” and Cornelia Otis Skinner appears on “The Dinah Shore Show.” Courtesy of Archive.org. … Continue reading →

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A Pete Seeger Song Bag

Posted on January 28, 2014 by lmharnisch

Here’s a few Pete Seeger songs I pulled together in his memory. “Frankie and Johnny” sung by Pete Seeger. Courtesy of Archive.org. “John Henry” with Big Bill Broonzy and Pete Seeger. Courtesy of Archive.org. “Pete Seeger Marathon” from 1969. Courtesy … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Challenge of the Yukon’ and ‘Ellery Queen,’ Jan. 20, 1944

Posted on January 20, 2014 by lmharnisch

Jan. 20, 1944 It’s Thursday in 1944 and today we have: — “Macbeth’s Bloody Knife” on “Challenge of the Yukon” (later “Sgt. Preston of the Yukon”). — “The Scarecrow and the Snowman” on “Ellery Queen”  with guest Jeanne Cagney. Courtesy … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘All-American Jazz Band’ and ‘Fibber McGee and Molly,’ Jan. 18, 1944

Posted on January 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

Jan. 18, 1944 It’s Tuesday in 1944 and today we have: — “Molly Gets Flowers From a Man Named Ralph” on “Fibber McGee and Molly.” —Esquire’s “All-American Jazz Band” from the Metropolitan Opera House. This is a terrific find. The … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Information Please’ and ‘Screen Guild Theater,’ on Jan. 17, 1944

Posted on January 17, 2014 by lmharnisch

Jan. 17, 1944 It’s Monday in 1944 and today we have: —“Information Please” hosted by Clifton Fadiman, with John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams, Oscar Levant and guest John P. Marquand, author of the current best-seller “So Little Time.” Bonus fact: … Continue reading →

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Fact-Checking ‘City of Nets’ — Uh-Oh

Posted on January 16, 2014 by lmharnisch

Back in the 1990s, when I began scrounging and scouring for everything I could find on Los Angeles in the 1940s in my research on the Black Dahlia case, I got a copy of Otto Friedrich’s 1986 book “City of … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Daily Mirror Newsstand, Jan. 15, 1944

Posted on January 15, 2014 by lmharnisch

Top songs on the Hit Parade. No wonder all the radio shows are talking about “Paper Doll” and “Shoo-Shoo, Baby.” Via Billboard. Jan. 15, 1944 It’s Saturday in 1944 and therefore we have a new issue of the Saturday Review … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Command Performance,’ Jan. 15, 1944

Posted on January 15, 2014 by lmharnisch

Jan. 15, 1944 It’s Saturday in 1944 and today we have: — “Command Performance” with Frances Langford, and Spike Jones and the City Slickers doing “Glow-Worm.” “Shoo-Shoo Baby” must have been a popular song in January 1944. It was on … Continue reading →

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The Whisky a Go Go Opens, Jan. 15, 1964

Posted on January 13, 2014 by lmharnisch

The Whisky a Go Go at Sunset Boulevard and Clark Street via Google Street View. Trentham Roberts, the proprietor of “The ‘60s at 50” blog, has an entry on the opening of Whisky a Go Go on Jan. 15, 1964.

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1944 on the Radio — Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge

Posted on January 12, 2014 by lmharnisch

Jan. 12, 1944: Here’s Kay Kyser and the Kollege of Musical Knowledge. Courtesy of Archive.org.

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Inner Sanctum’ and ‘Abie’s Irish Rose,’ Jan. 8, 1944

Posted on January 8, 2014 by lmharnisch

Jan. 8, 1944: Today we have four features: –“The Death Laugh” on “Inner Sanctum Mysteries.” Notice the creaking door. –“City of the Dead” Part 1 on “Adventures by Morse.” Featuring Capt. Friday! —“Abie’s Irish Rose” via WMAQ Chicago. (The sound … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — ‘Mail Call’

Posted on January 5, 2014 by lmharnisch

Jan. 5, 1944: Here’s “Mail Call,” an Armed Forces Radio Service program featuring Jack Benny, Skinnay Ennis, Judy Garland and Johnny Mercer, announced by Harry von Zell. Courtesy of Archive.org.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Hollywood Tunesmith

Posted on September 23, 2013 by lmharnisch

Long before Harold Arlen wrote “Lose That Long Face” for “A Star Is Born” starring Judy Garland, songwriter Carrie Jacobs-Bond practiced those words. Mostly forgotten today, Jacobs-Bond was one of the most successful composers of the 20th century. She endured … Continue reading →

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