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Historic L.A. in ‘Illegal’| Part 2
Here’s the footprint of the demolished California State Building, as seen from space in 2011 via Google Earth. Our crime buddy Nathan Marsak also took a tour of the remains, posted on...
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Historic L.A. in ‘Illegal’| Part 3
Here’s another shot of the California State Building lobby and the bank of elevators as Hugh Marlowe exits. Hugh is turning left, so we can see … … the telephone booths. Call for Hugh Marlowe! Edward...
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The @NYTIMES Can’t Get L.A. Right
“California Today,” by Tim Arango and Charles McDermid, presents a strange bit of nonsense: The Mirror (the sister paper of the Los Angeles Times published in the afternoon) folded “partly because the...
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Architecture, Preservation and Noir
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Architecture, murder and hardboiled writing. Do you suppose McCoy had the 1947 Project in mind when he knocked off...
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Historic L.A. in ‘Illegal’| Part 5
In this portion of “Illegal,” we have a long chase sequence. I’m not able to identify all the locations so any help would be appreciated. I’m guessing this is Fourth Street, shooting toward Bunker...
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Historic L.A. in ‘Illegal’| Part 6
In the last post on historic Los Angeles in “Illegal,” here are a few nighttime shots of Main Street. At the far right you can see the sign for the Hotel Cecil. The 500 block of South Main Street via...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: The Enchanted Hill – Hollywood’s Ultimate...
Fred Thomson in an undated image. In the early days of the Hollywood film industry, moguls and movie stars lived simply, residing in comfortable but elegant homes. As the business evolved from small...
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July 22, 1907: L.A. Housing Is Expensive
This is an encore post from 2006. Note: $90 a month is $1,847.12 USD 2005.
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July 22, 1947: TV, Jet Engine, Tucker Car on Display at World Inventors Expo
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. First-prize winner at the inventors exposition was Stanley Hiller Jr., who developed a helicopter in which two blades...
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Black L.A. 1947: A Guide to the Homes of Famous Black Entertainers
Hattie McDaniel’s home at 2203 S. Harvard. Ethel Waters lived almost across the street, the Sentinel said. Via Google Street View. The home of composer William Grant Still, 3670 Cimarron St., via...
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On Location in Los Angeles: ‘The Unfaithful’ (1947)
Here’s the sequence of shots in “The Unfaithful” showing Angels Flight, photographed by Ernest Haller, edited by Alan Crosland Jr. In image No. 1, we have a news vendor and the upper entrance to the...
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Sept. 15, 1947: On Rosh Hashana, a Call to Mobilize for Peace
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. The ram’s horn, once a trumpet of war but now a symbol of faith, sounded at sundown yesterday in Los Angeles...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Hamburger’s Department Store, Arrow Movie...
A postcard of Hamburger’s Department Store is listed on EBay as Buy It Now for $2.99. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. The classy, oversize May Co. Department Store located at 801 S. Broadway...
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Sept. 20, 1907: Suicide Note —‘Everything Is Boiling’
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Sept. 20, 1907 Los Angeles For weeks, Colorado mining investor John Geisel, 57, had confided in his diary as he felt his mind and his life coming unraveled “Good...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Thomas Ince’s Dias Dorados Salutes...
In the early 1920s, Hollywood was booming. The adolescent film business had blossomed from a small by-the-seat-of-the pants mom and pop operation into a major industry backed by Wall Street, which...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Richfield Building Jazzes Up Los Angeles’...
The Richfield Building in an undated postcard. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. After years of deprivation, darkness and worry during World War I and its aftermath, America was ready to look...
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Coming Attractions: Celebrating the Reopening of the Central Library
The Los Angeles Central Library, courtesy of the library. Los Angeles is celebrating one of its great treasures – the Central Library – this weekend on the 25th anniversary of its reopening in October...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Tam O’Shanter Celebrates the Art of Dining
The Tam O’Shanter, as seen in the 1920s, when Los Feliz Boulevard was a dirt road. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library. Opened 96 years ago, the storybook-style Tam O’Shanter Inn has always...
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Location Sleuth: ‘Double Indemnity’
Update: This is a post from 2006. The location was identified by Crime Buddy Nathan Marsak as Olive Street, with Philharmonic Auditorium and Pershing Square in the background. Here’s a frame grab from...
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Nov. 3, 1907: A House With Curb Appeal
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Nov. 3, 1907 Los Angeles Mrs. E.N. Eskey is building this 10-room house in Pico Heights, on Van Ness just south of Pico. According to The Times, the two-story...
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