Hollywood
Visit Gay’s Lion Farm
The Wikipedia page.A very detailed article on the place, with lots of photos.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 02, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Eccentrics, Hollywood, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
The Foreshadowed Death of Gloria Dickson
In 1943, actress Gloria Dickson had a sizable part in THE CRIME DOCTOR'S STRANGEST CASE.The scene to focus on starts below at 44:23. Gloria is married to a man who's very careless with matches, even starting fires in bed. She remarks that she's been "almost cremated."
Two years later, Dickson would die in a domestic fire in her bedroom, apparently started by a stray match.
Newspaper clip source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) 11 Apr 1945, Wed Page 3
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 16, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Domestic, Fate, Predetermination and Inevitability, Hollywood, Predictions, 1940s
Bertolt Brecht Before The Committee On Un-American Activities
Want to empty out the dance floor? Just pop this on the turntable.Player embedded below.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 19, 2022 -
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Category: Hollywood, Politics, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1940s
Lorne Greene, “Ringo”
Another in our series of "Actors Who Should Have Stuck to Acting."
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 05, 2022 -
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Category: Guns, Hollywood, Music, Television, Wild West and US Frontier, 1960s
Happy Valentine’s Day 2022!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 14, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Holidays, Hollywood, Magazines, Love & Romance
Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle
Still on display at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry. Lots of great pix at this link.
Source of article below.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 23, 2021 -
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Category: Architecture, Charities and Philanthropy, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Hollywood, Museums, 1930s
Escaped Tiger, 1915 Version
The tale of the Houston Tiger is okay, but not a patch on the 1915 event.
Source: The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California 03 Oct 1915, Sun Page 11
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 13, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Hollywood, 1910s
“Dumbbell Lethal”
Source: The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington) 25 Jun 1960, Sat Page 19
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 30, 2021 -
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Category: Accidents, Death, Hollywood, 1960s
Music to Be Murdered By
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 28, 2020 -
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Category: Celebrities, Death, Hollywood, Music, 1950s
Mystery Illustration 76
What actress, most famous in the 50s and 60s, lurks beneath this makeup?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 08, 2018 -
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Category: Hollywood, 1950s, 1960s
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