Coached by Dean Cromwell of USC – who came up with the flying finish… Charley Paddock (center) and Frank Wykoff (far right) cross the finish line at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Paddock won gold in the 1920 Olympics, in 1924 (in the film “Chariots of Fire” as portrayed by Dennis…
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Athletes in motion at the Coliseum: 1932 an unidentified high jumper at the Olympics 1956, Photographer Art Warden, Charlie Dumas clears a seven foot jump 1964, Hal Connelly
Los Angeles College Swim Team winter practice at El Mirador in Palm Springs On the board at El Mirador. The tower you see in the background was part of the resort hotel – now a hospital is on the site and they have reproduced that particularly beautiful feature.
From AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS to PLANET OF THE APES, perhaps make-up artist John Chamber’s most spectacular transformations were in service to his fellow countrymen. Working for the CIA after the Iranian takeover of the American Embassy in 1979 his efforts (in league with Tony Mendez) resulted in…
In the 1930s and 40s there was an annual event to raise money for Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Wrigley Field played host to participants, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper, Groucho Marx, Milton Berle, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Boris Karloff, Buster Keaton… The list goes on and on with appearances…