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LAPD End of Watch, June 15, 1920
Dec. 23, 1915: LAPD motorcycle officers take delivery of 37 new Indian motorcycles, capable of 75 mph. The daily NewsWatch of the Los Angeles Police Protective League always honors the anniversaries...
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Witzel Photo – Found on EBay
A glass slide for the apparently missing film “Neptune’s Bride” has been listed on EBay. Notice the use of a Witzel photo of Pluvia. The slide is listed as “Buy It Now” for $74.99. July 25, 1920:...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Film Truth Tells It Like It Is
Note: Due to a technical problem, this post was published without the final paragraphs. These have been added. The movie-going public has always craved learning fascinating tidbits about their...
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Mason Opera House
This program from the Mason Opera House for a 1920 performance of “The Mikado” has been listed on EBay, with bids starting at $5.50. The Mason was one of the leading theaters on Broadway. It was...
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Black Mask, Weird Tales, Amazing Stories and Spicy Stories on the Internet!
Imagine my surprise to discover that Archive.org has added a large collection of pulp magazines such as this August 1920 issue of Black Mask, the legendary mystery magazine that published so many...
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LAPD End of Watch, June 15, 1920
Dec. 23, 1915: LAPD motorcycle officers take delivery of 37 new Indian motorcycles, capable of 75 mph. The daily NewsWatch of the Los Angeles Police Protective League always honors the anniversaries...
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Witzel Photo – Found on EBay
A glass slide for the apparently missing film “Neptune’s Bride” has been listed on EBay. Notice the use of a Witzel photo of Pluvia. The slide is listed as “Buy It Now” for $74.99. July 25, 1920:...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Film Truth Tells It Like It Is
Note: Due to a technical problem, this post was published without the final paragraphs. These have been added. The movie-going public has always craved learning fascinating tidbits about their...
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Mason Opera House
This program from the Mason Opera House for a 1920 performance of “The Mikado” has been listed on EBay, with bids starting at $5.50. The Mason was one of the leading theaters on Broadway. It was...
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Jan. 16 in L.A. History
Jan. 16, 1910: The Times recaps Aviation Week. A Week of Aviation Triumphs, Jan. 16, 1910 Library Officials May Remove Books on Making Alcohol, Jan. 16, 1920 TV Writers Go on Strike Over Residuals,...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hillview Apartment Building Graces...
A postcard of the Hillview Apartment Building, from the California State Library. Long an elegant sight on Hollywood Boulevard, the Hillview Apartment Building’s (now the Hollywood Hudson Apartments)...
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‘Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood’| One-Page...
The one-page fact check of Karina Longworth’s “Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood” was even more successful than I expected. Well done, Brain Trust. Grade: Fail. Ready?...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: ‘Oh Doctor’ Welcomes Prohibition
Popular culture often comments on social and political issues of the day when citizens have no other way to voice opinions, change policy, or confront government. During the early years of the 20th...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Motion Pictures Promote Suffrage
Women began campaigning for universal suffrage in the United States at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. Over the next seven decades, they would patiently and persistently push the message of...
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