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9 May 2013

Marsha Hunt’s wartime Saturday nights at the Hollywood Canteen

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An extraordinary evening at the American Legion Hall featured a shared program with Hollywood Heritage about the Hollywood Canteen (1942 – 1945). [...]

9 June 2012

The Barn’s ready for its close-up, Mr. DeMille!

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Yet another fun and educational night coming at the Lasky-DeMille Barn: “The Barn’s Ready for its Close-Up, Mr. DeMille.” [...]

22 March 2012

Faded Los Angeles beauty to get a facelift: Lasky-DeMille Barn

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We all reach the day when we need a beauty treatment. Luckily, Paramount Pictures is heeding the call of the old girl herself, the Lasky DeMille Barn. [...]

10 February 2012

Anthony Slide presents Hollywood fanzine cover art @ Hollywood Heritage

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Concerns a slide show of magnificent cover art of the Hollywood fan magazines, from a presentation by author Anthony Slide, produced by Susan Slutsky. [...]

30 November 2011

Let’s learn about marvelous Myrna Loy

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Concerns an upcoming book talk about Myrna Loy, from author Emily Lieder, “Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood.” [...]

17 October 2011

The latest from Leo the Lion

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A screening of a 1975 art film mock-up of MGM’s “Leo the Lion” couples funnily with real MGM memories. [...]

16 April 2011

Happy Birthday, Charlie Chaplin!

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Hollywood Heritage celebrated Charlie Chaplin’s 122nd birthday with the screening of “The Gentleman Tramp.” The writer/director, Richard Patterson was on board for Q & A. [...]

24 June 2010

Jane Russell remembers “Gentleman” Jack Cole

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Jane Russell speaks at Hollywood Heritage about choreographer Jack Cole, who coached her and Marilyn Monroe in Howard Hawk’s comic masterpiece, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” She says Cole directed the film’s dance sequences. [...]

18 May 2010

Norman Lloyd remembers

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arts•meme greatly enjoyed a recent appearance of stage and film actor norman lloyd at the Hollywood Heritage Museum [...]

18 October 2009

Before Hollywood came Edendale

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On this modest strip, from 1909 to 1928, prospered a genial group of filmmakers who flocked to southern California to make moving pictures. Edendale wasn’t a random happening. At its height it was a beehive of integrated film activity. [...]