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Tag Archives: San Fernando Valley
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – 1938 Floods Wreak Havoc on Los Angeles Area
Flooding in North Hollywood, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy-five years ago, a deluge of rain hit Los Angeles and the surrounding area, leading to massive floods and causing millions of dollars … Continue reading
Posted in 1938, Mary Mallory, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1938, flooding, Los Angeles River, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – 1938 Floods Wreak Havoc on Los Angeles Area
Flooding in North Hollywood, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy-five years ago, a deluge of rain hit Los Angeles and the surrounding area, leading to massive floods and causing millions of dollars … Continue reading
Posted in 1938, Mary Mallory, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Eaton’s Rancho
Note: This is an encore post from 2012. The area of Los Angeles now known as Studio City was mainly farm and ranch land up into the late 1920s, when investors founded the Studio City Business District and decided to … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Campo de Cahuenga, California’s Birthplace
A photo of the original museum at Campo de Cahuenga, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore from 2012. Driving south down Lankershim Boulevard from Toluca Lake into Universal City, it’s hard to miss the skyscrapers, soundstages, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1847, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 818, Fremont, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Pico, San Fernando Valley, Universal City
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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1934 Warner Bros. / First National picture “Gentlemen Are Born,” with Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Ross Alexander, Charles Starrett, Russell Hicks, Robert Light, Addison Richards, Henry O’Neill, Arthur Aylesworth, Marjorie … Continue reading
Posted in 1934, Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, San Fernando Valley, Suicide
Tagged #Franchot Tone, 1934, Encino, film, hollywood, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, mystery photo, Ross Alexander, San Fernando Valley, Suicide, Warner Bros.
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – 1938 Floods Wreak Havoc on Los Angeles Area
Flooding in North Hollywood, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy-five years ago, a deluge of rain hit Los Angeles and the surrounding area, leading to massive floods and causing millions of dollars … Continue reading
Posted in 1938, Mary Mallory, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1938, flooding, Los Angeles River, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loans Funds Business and Housing
North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan, 1961, Valley Times Collection, L.A. Public Library. Originally designed to serve as a combination bank and office building, the former North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan building at Riverside Drive and Lankershim Boulevard in … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Campo de Cahuenga, California’s Birthplace
A photo of the original museum at Campo de Cahuenga, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore from 2012. Driving south down Lankershim Boulevard from Toluca Lake into Universal City, it’s hard to miss the skyscrapers, soundstages, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1847, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 818, Fremont, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Pico, San Fernando Valley, Universal City
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Robert Ryan Fights for Quality Education
Jessica and Robert Ryan, photo courtesy of Mary Mallory. Known as much for his intense, brooding performances onscreen as his passionate defense of causes off it, actor Robert Ryan cared deeply about whatever he focused his attention on. While … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged education, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
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Celebrity Politicians: Hollywood’s Honorary Mayors, Part I
Photo: Hugh Herbert, honorary mayor of Studio City, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2012. Tomorrow is election day. Elections and politics are important to everyone, be they Joe Citizen or Joseph Kennedy. Over the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Politics, San Fernando Valley
Tagged #Studio City, Encino, films, hollywood, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: N. Hollywood Playhouse Promotes Theater in San Fernando Valley
The North Hollywood Playhouse in 1962, when “Rebel Without a Cause” was being performed, from the Los Angeles Public Library. In her memoir, actress Teri Garr wrote being in the production. For more than 75 years, North Hollywood … Continue reading
Posted in 1926, 1962, Architecture, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley, Stage
Tagged 1926, 1962, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, North Hollywood, San Fernando Valley, stage
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Second Universal City Celebrates Its Centennial
Universal City in the Washington Times, Feb. 10, 1915. Note: This is an encore post from 2015. In an age where businesses come and go, bought up by larger competitors or going under due to bad financial decisions, finding one … Continue reading
Posted in 1915, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1915, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley, Universal City
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – 1938 Floods Wreak Havoc on Los Angeles Area
Flooding in North Hollywood, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Seventy-five years ago, a deluge of rain hit Los Angeles and the surrounding area, leading to massive floods and causing millions of dollars … Continue reading
Posted in 1938, Mary Mallory, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1938, flooding, Los Angeles River, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley
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Feb. 28, 1907: Edison Crew Cuts Down 300-Year-Old Oak to Keep Power Line Straight
Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 28, 1907 Los Angeles An old and massive California live oak used to mark the division between three Spanish land grants lies in pieces on the ground because an Edison foreman … Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, Freeways, LAPD, San Fernando Valley, Streetcars
Tagged 1907, Burbank, San Fernando Valley, Spanish land grants
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Studio City Motels, Then and Now
The Carlton Motor Lodge, via Google Street View. The evolution of a community can often be acknowledged through the types of businesses along its main streets. Simple buildings from its days as an unpretentious neighborhood or small town often … Continue reading
Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Eaton’s Rancho
Note: This is an encore post from 2012. The area of Los Angeles now known as Studio City was mainly farm and ranch land up into the late 1920s, when investors founded the Studio City Business District and decided to … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Second Universal City Celebrates Its Centennial
Universal City in the Washington Times, Feb. 10, 1915. Note: This is an encore post from 2015. In an age where businesses come and go, bought up by larger competitors or going under due to bad financial decisions, finding one … Continue reading
Posted in 1915, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley
Tagged 1915, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, San Fernando Valley, Universal City
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Edward A.D. Christopher Home Witnesses History
The Edward A.D. Christopher home, photograph by Mary Mallory. With the speed of change in technology, transportation, and society, it’s often amazing that something historic survives. The Edward A. D. Christopher home at 11015 Aqua Vista Street in Studio … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: North Hollywood Department Stores Appeal to Common Man
Rathbuns enlarges its Baby Shop for new generation of Baby Boomers, Van Nuys News, March 8 1951. As a city or community grows more prosperous, so does its retail establishments. Simple businesses with few choices of product give way … Continue reading
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 4418 Vineland Ave., Yesterday and Today, Part 2
4418 Vineland Ave. in an undated photo, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Two years can bring changes in life, whether to a person or building, and not always for the better. I wrote about the history of 4418 Vineland Ave. … Continue reading
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