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The Los Angeles Times: first printing 1881, bombing 1910, biggest circulation 2008

July 10, 2014 by Vickie Lester

1881 – 1885 – 1910 – a bomb goes off in the night – 1910 – a crowd gathers – 1910 – the day after – 1910 – inside the presses are buried in rubble – 1910 – cleanup begins – 1926 – 1934 – another incarnation – construction – Architect: Gordon B. Kaufmann – 1935 – completion – 1936 –

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Crime, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, News, Photography, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: anarchists, Architect, bombing, building, Chandler, concrete, Downtown, explosion, fire, Gordon B. Kaufmann, history, Hollywood, Los Angeles, newspaper, newspaper publishers, Otis, printing press, publishers, rebuilt, rubble, ruin, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

HOLLYWOOD STARGAZING – GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY

February 22, 2013 by Vickie Lester

As seen in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and ROCKETEER and too many movies to list — the fabulous observatory designed by the architectural firm of John C. Austin and Frederic M. Ashley — completed 1935: . . . . . . Physicist Leon Hall explaining the Cosmochron Clock of the Ages, 1938: Sculpting the Moon’s surface, 1939: The Observatory by night, 1940:

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MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY – CONTINUED

September 30, 2012 by Vickie Lester

As you might have gleaned by now, when there’s a story to tell about Hollywood, I’m inclined to change the names and mix it up a bit to protect the innocent. What follows is mostly true, except what’s not. Ben had been raised in a show-biz bubble, tutored on set, coached by pros, managed by his parents – he had a vague idea that about fifty percent of his income went to “handlers”; publicists, lawyers, the church, and he took […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: actor, actress, apartment building, architecture, auditor, building, Celebrity Centre, chorus girl, church, comedienne, deli, e-meter, Eleanor Ince, heartthrob, Hollywood, John Gotti, Los Angeles, Louella Parsons, Marion Davies, McMansion, Movie Star, OT Clear, Sunset Strip, teenager, Thomas Ince, Thrasher Way, TV star, William Randolph Hearst, yacht

MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY

September 30, 2012 by Vickie Lester

As you might have gleaned by now, when there’s a story to tell about Hollywood, I’m inclined to change the names and mix it up a bit to protect the innocent. What follows is mostly true, except what’s not. Once upon a time a gifted comedienne, Marion Davies, fell hard for a married man, William Randolph Hearst. Mrs. Hearst, a former chorus girl, in a lucrative arrangement, got the East Coast, the children, and the unchallenged status of wife to […]

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BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

Tales from Tinseltown…recording them now…I'll let you know when it's story time.

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The Los Angeles Times: first printing 1881, bombing 1910, biggest circulation 2008

HOLLYWOOD STARGAZING – GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY

MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY – CONTINUED

MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY