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This snapshot of Joan Crawford is now one of my favorites.
Originally posted by JeffDiego http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/XFvUFT.jpg Joan Crawford, 1946/47 the best of everything - Joan Crawford Encyclopedia I've been trying to figure out where she would have been when someone snapped her picture. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/BwEtKt.jpg detail I could be wrong, but I believe the letters to the right of the blade sign spell 'Bank of America'. (same font) Even though the vertical blade sign appears clearer, I'm not sure what it says. Does it also say 'Bank of America', or maybe 'Hollywood'? (my eyesight stinks) Anyway, I'm just curious where Joan just parked her car! __ |
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A line of five or so searchlights were pointed skyward up Fairfax. The stunt was for Locklear to put his Jenny into a spin inside the line of lights. He would, of course, pull out in time--a cut would be made to a shot of a crashed wreck with his character's body lying alongside it. As he kicked the Jenny into the spin, he ignited ten magnesium flares along the trailing edge of the wing. For reasons never determined, he never pulled out of it. Universal did not want Locklear flying the stunt, according to legend, but he insisted, saying "my public demands it, " or some such. The bit about his love affair with Viola Dana was true enough, not just studio PR fluff. Pilots were like NBA All-stars in 1919. The two had an aeronautical romance--Locklear would fly low and slow along Hollywood Boulevard and Viola, in the front seat, would throw compacts and other things to onlookers below. She mourned him all her life. I wrote and directed a play about them at the Mark Taper Forum Lab at the Anson Theater in 1981 and again in 1982. The show turned out fine, but it hasn't been seen since. |
:previous: Fantastic information Jungmann!
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/uKR3Wa.jpg Viola Dana and Ormer Locklear in love. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355225/ |
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:previous: "Crushed and Mangled and Burned" (This Coroner was thorough.) The witness's address was the "Superba Theater Building." The different handwriting may provide a clue or two. As you suggest, the penciled "Signal Hill" may have just been an honest mistake by someone familiar with both areas and inadvertently confused the two. The storage tanks don't seem like they belong to the DeMille Airport area, but we really do not know when the photo was taken, let alone, exactly where. With all of those wells, there must have been some storage tanks - nearby. One account of the tragedy mentions crashing into a pool of oil which I took to mean oil pooled on the ground and not necessarily a storage tank. It is also possible that the scrivener meant Signal Hill and was referring to an entirely different accident but no one corrected the mistake. Long Beach airport is nearby. We know, for example, that Calbraith Rodgers lost his life in 1912 when his craft struck a flock of birds in Long Beach. Much later, in 1954, a fighter jet crashed at Signal Hill. http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...olished-houses In addition to the tragic loss of life, it is also sad that no print of the film evidently exists. It supposedly contained the actual filmed accident which might have been fascinating to those interested in the area's history. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Vin_Fiz%22.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Vin_Fiz%22.jpg [Quinn's] Superba Theater Building https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...os_Angeles.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...os_Angeles.jpg We've seen it before. https://calisphere.org/clip/500x500/...244d5891a61bb5https://calisphere.org/clip/500x500/...244d5891a61bb5 |
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What are the two interesting buildings at lower left? One definitely looks like a school. (with the tall flagpole in front) I believe we have seen the lower one with the diagonal sidewalk....but I can't remember it's name. (they're both part of USC, right?) __ |
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Different accounts are offered by several sources regarding Locklear's motivation to shoot the night scene. It is questionable what was captured in 1920 - on film of an airplane at an altitude of two miles at night. Of course, lower altitudes would have made the airplane more visible, but without seeing it, it is hard to imagine why some of the stunt could not have been performed and photographed as day for night. Quote:
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---------------------- Here's another intriguing Y.K.A. photograph. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/0frN7v.jpg www.Dosan.org 1924 Hung Sa Dan in front of the old F.W. Robinson building on 7th Street, downtown Los Angeles." You can see the glass squares in the sidewalk to permit light into J.W. Robinson's basement. (I wonder if they're still there) |
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Of course Jay Chiat was kind of an advertising legend... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZF...g=w600-h319-no NYT obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/bu...ead-at-70.html |
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The Dosan Ahn Chang Ho family's last home still stands on W 34th St (it was relocated), on the USC campus, a bit west of Trousdale Parkway. It now houses USC's Korean Studies Institute. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8c...A=w835-h490-no gsv |
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referring to the newer, south-facing "wing" of that building as a separate structure; it's definitely not as old but looks connected to the 1887 building. If it had a different name, I don't know it. The building cut off at the left edge is the Widney Alumni House. You can see them in my post here and read a bit about them here. This is a c. 1938 photo looking at the front of that south-facing wing of the Old College, with the diagonal sidewalk you mentioned. I think the lettering over the entrance says UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original 00065698 @ LAPL After having again looked at photos of the Liberal Arts/Old College building, I realized I'd seen another photo of it where the building was unidentified. This is that photo, which shows the Liberal Arts building before the southern wing was built: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...9.jpg~original Islandora (undated; link not always available) |
Here's another private home from Julius Shulman. It's "Job 2370: Troxell House (Santa Monica, Calif.), 1957". I've picked seven of the 18 images.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original This one shows off the stilts that support the house. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original The curved driveway with steps. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Small, ornamental pools seem to have been popular in designer houses of this period. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original It's another house with a great view. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original This is the only glimpse of the kitchen we get. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original I was going to finish with a shot of the bathroom, so I thought I may as well use the only color shot in the set. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The description says that this is another Richard Neutra design. It also lists the address as 760 Paseo Miramar, although it's actually 766 Paseo Miramar. The swimming pool isn't in the vintage shots, so I assume it was added later. The ornamental pool seems to have gone. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original Google Maps An article at la.curbed.com says that the house sold for $3.55m in 2013, after being on the market for two and a half years. The image below (which I've enlarged slightly) is one of 25 recent pictures in the article. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original la.curbed.com |
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Is there any way to read your play, Jungmann? I recall that in Kevin Brownlow's great documentary series about Hollywood in the silent film days, that Viola Dana was interviewed about this incident and it was quite touching as tears came to her eyes recalling the events. _________ I found the episode on youtube. HOLLYWOOD, Episode 5 - Hazards of the Game. The segment about Ormer Locklear and interviews with Leatrice Joy and Viola Dana, starts at 34:40 and runs to 41:10 and is worth watching. The whole episode is worth watching. Rather, the whole series is worth watching. It was on VHS at one time, but Brownlow has had trouble getting the rights for a dvd edition. As he says, "the rights holders are more interested in money than their own history." I also love the theme music. It somehow captures the excitement of what once was and then a melancholy nostalgia for what can be no more. |
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Nevertheless this is a gorgeous home. [A local church that was built in 1960 using laminated wood beams to support the roof has experienced serious wood rot *photo below*. Recently they had to spend over a million dollars to replace the beams and most of the roof. Yet another nearby church built in 1955 using the same method is in perfect condition. Moral: be careful from what source your contractor buys beams and roof wood.] 226 W Colorado Blvd Arcadia, CA 91007 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psn7fj0q4j.jpg yelp |
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And you're correct, I didn't notice the two buildings were connected. below: I enlarged it a bit more to suit my feeble eyes. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/zskPWO.jpg detail It appears there might have been wings added to both sides. (and even the back perhaps?) -where the roof height is lower. __ |
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Here's a closer look at the former Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Family House . I really like it's simplicity. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/cqLt6G.jpg gsv And there's a somewhat similar house on the opposite side of the church. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/VJ7r3O.jpg gsv Do you suppose this one was moved there as well? It's address is 823 W. 34th St. __ |
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I don't know. There's only a couple of permits, nothing about construction or relocation. "College House (CLH), located at 823 W. 34th St., is home to the East Asian Studies Center, the Office of Overseas Studies and the Center for Active Learning in International Affairs (CALIS) – an outreach program of the School of International Relations." - flickr |
Thanks for checking t2. I tried to find out as well....without success.
--------- Here's a very nice cabinet card of a young girl and her bicycle from the 1890s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/C555EY.jpg ebay, found several months ago Best & Co., 505 1/2 W. Spring St. On the reverse: simply "An Orange Tree" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/2tUILx.jpg and Los Angeles Cal. _ |
Here's another...
Manhattan Beach, Calif. [1890s] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/cl30va.jpg found back in Sept. 2016 on ebay Does anyone recognize this area? At first I thought that was a mile marker in the foreground. On closer inspection, I think it's just a plain ol' ordinary post. __ |
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