Category: Humor

December 4, 2012 /

CHRISTMAS PARTY – 1957 – BEAUTEE-FIT

At the Beautee-Fit Bra Company:

December 2, 2012 /

Behind the scenes on a movie set – 1926

On set: I know the cameraman is about the age of my great-grandfather, but what a cutie!

November 29, 2012 /

MY FRIEND ANDY WROTE A BOOK – ALL ABOUT LIFE IN LA

November 28, 2012 /

FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD – THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH

[Tom Ewell’s] most successful and arguably most identifiable role came in 1952 when he began the Broadway production of The Seven Year Itch. With Vanessa Brown as “The Girl”, the show ran for almost three years, and Ewell played the part more than 900 times, as he said when he…

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November 26, 2012 /

DIRECTOR OF GILDA CLASHES WITH HARRY COHN IN COURT

I remember when my dad, who was also rather colorful in his language, was categorized by his cardiologist as a “type A personality.” It used to come with the territory. But, this guy was in a league all his own… HERALD EXAMINER – Defense witness yesterday in court battle of…

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November 26, 2012 /

LINDSAY LOHAN in LIZ AND DICK

“Ow! What was that? A synapse?” Lindsay Lohan in “Liz and Dick”:    

November 25, 2012 /

THANK YOU MR. DE MILLE

From whence much interesting information flows:

November 21, 2012 /

THAT SCREWY, BALLYHOOEY HOLLYWOOD – OLD SETTLERS PARADE 1927

Producer Al Christie (he produced hundreds and hundreds of comedy shorts) and bathing beauties salute old Hollywood. . Songwriters: WHITING, RICHARD / MERCER, JOHNNY . Hooray for Hollywood That screwy, ballyhooey Hollywood . Where any office boy or young mechanic Can be a panic, with just a goodlooking pan Where…

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November 21, 2012 /

WHAT THEY WERE THANKFUL FOR IN 1927 – HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD

In 1927 people dragged out their vintage cars (and horses) and paraded in honor of Hollywood’s early settlers: –

November 19, 2012 /

LOS ANGELES IN THE 1920s – THE… FANCIFUL

Okay, let’s be kind and call this fanciful — where even your pooch can get a shampoo and a pedicure: –