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16 February 2013

My dad, Dana Andrews, at the Egyptian Wednesday

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Looking forward to the screening of the early film noir, Laura, directed by Otto Preminger and starrring Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb and Dana Andrews. [...]

26 November 2012

“Hollywood Unknowns” stories revealed @ Larry Edmunds

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Recommends a book talk by Anthony Slide at Larry Edmunds Bookshop [...]

8 October 2012

Jam with Jimi Hendrix on Hollywood Boulevard

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Learn about Hendrix and hang around with fellow fans at Larry Edmunds bookshop Wednesday night. [...]

24 April 2011

Sara Karloff, daughter of Frankenstein

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The only child of Boris Karloff, Sara Karloff, who lives in San Diego, remembers her father rapturously at at book signing at Larry Edmunds Bookshop. She shared home movies from her own collection. [...]

14 April 2011

Karloff’s got a monstrous hold on arts·meme

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“A Night for Boris Karloff” coming up at Larry Edmunds Bookshop on Hollywood Boulevard, features a telecast of Karloff in “This is Your Life” and home movies. Sara Karloff, the monster’s perfectly normal offspring, will be there signing books. [...]

11 December 2010

Proud Hollywood Boulevard survivor: Larry Edmunds Book Shop

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For over 70 years and through three locations, Larry Edmunds Book Shop has been a Hollywood institution, known the world over as the place to go for books related to the movies as well as stills, posters and other film-related memorabilia. Few today even remember that it wasn’t always so. [...]

16 November 2010

A heady evening with Hedy Lamarr

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A fun talk at Larry Edmund’s Bookshop on Hollywood Boulevard celebrated the publishing of “Beautiful,” Stephen Shearer’s new Hedy Lamarr biography. The Austria-born actress was among the many German-speaking Jews who made their way to California in the 1930s. [...]