Tag Archives: Three Stooges

Wikipedia: Murder and Myth – Part 4

Posted on April 26, 2013 by lmharnisch

In case you just tuned in, I am using the Wikipedia entry on Wallace Beery – alleging that he was involved in the death of Ted Healy – as a way to explore Wikipedia’s fundamental problems with accuracy and delve … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia: Murder and Myth – Part 3

Posted on April 25, 2013 by lmharnisch

In case you just tuned in, I am using the Wikipedia entry on Wallace Beery – alleging that he was involved in the death of Ted Healy – as a way to explore Wikipedia’s fundamental problems with accuracy and delve … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia: Murder and Myth — Part 2

Posted on April 24, 2013 by lmharnisch

In case you just tuned in, I’m using the alleged beating of Ted Healy by Wallace Beery et al to examine Wikipedia’s accuracy. So far, it hasn’t been good. Yesterday, I looked at the eight different accounts in Wikipedia and … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia: Murder and Myth – Part 1

Posted on April 23, 2013 by lmharnisch

As longtime readers know, the L.A. Daily Mirror is usually a Wikipedia-free zone. I consider it a sinkhole of myth, mistakes, rumors and folklore that is created and maintained by “citizen scholars,” crackpots, coding tweakers, factoid zealots and folks in … Continue reading →

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James Curtis / L.A. Voices: Jules White – Part 7

Posted on September 19, 2012 by lmharnisch

A reproduction of a poster for the Three Stooges “Half-Wits Holiday” has been listed on EBay as Buy It Now for $6.99. James writes: Here’s another of those interviews I did during a random burst of energy in 1975. This … Continue reading →

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James Curtis: L.A. Voices – Jules White, Part 4

Posted on August 29, 2012 by lmharnisch

  Photo: The Senate chambers in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” was redecorated as a palace for a Three Stooges film. James writes: Here’s another of those interviews I did during a random burst of energy in 1975. This one … Continue reading →

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James Curtis: L.A. Voices – Jules White, Part 3

Posted on August 22, 2012 by lmharnisch

  Photo: The Three Stooges’ “Spooks,” produced and directed by Jules White. James writes: Here’s another of those interviews I did during a random burst of energy in 1975. This one took place a couple of weeks before my previously-posted … Continue reading →

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James Curtis: L.A. Voices – Jules White, Part 2

Posted on August 15, 2012 by lmharnisch

Charlie Chaplin once said to me, “The only other man in this business that I fear, who I think is as funny as anyone I can conceive of or think of, is Lloyd Hamilton.” And he was. And I patterned … Continue reading →

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James Curtis: L.A. Voices – Jules White, Part 1

Posted on August 8, 2012 by lmharnisch

Photo: Jules White in an undated picture. Here’s another of those interviews I did during a random burst of energy in 1975. This one took place a couple of weeks before my previously-posted talk with Dick Lane, and my memory … Continue reading →

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