|
Keefe Brasselle
Hayward (CA) Daily Review, July 11, 1971
Keefe Brasselle in Shooting Actor Keefe Brasselle, left, who played the lead in "The Eddie Cantor Story" during the 1940s, left a Los Angeles police station on bail yesterday after being booked for assault to commit murder. The charges stem from a shooting in a Studio City inn. Witnesses told police that Brasselle, who also is known for "The Keefe Brasselle Show" on TV and the 1949 movie "Not Wanted" with Ida Lupino, allegedly shot Richard B. Crawford, 29, in the chest with a .33 caliber automatic revolver. Crawford was in serious condition at Valley Doctor's Hospital. Brasselle was arrested five hours after the shooting at the apartment of a friend. He listed his current occupation as "novelist." Newspaper Archive Link https://https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/california/hayward/daily-review/1971/07-11/page-7?tag=Keefe+Brasselle&rtserp=tags/?pf=keefe&pl=brasselle&ndt=by&py=1970&pey=1979&ndt=ex&py=1971,1972 |
|
Quote:
The apartment building at left was moved to 251 S Fremont St from another lot in the same tract, one just around the corner at 927 W Third St. (relo BP issued May 10, 1923). Presumably it disappeared from Fremont around the time that its neighbor, 245, was moved to the 1800 block of W Third in 1948.... A little noir follows from the Times, July 9, 1924: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JD...c=w378-h647-no |
This is a gem.
I will be spending my free time analyzing these posts and photos. Keep doing what you're doing. Thanks to all contributors for all of the research you're doing. |
Nice to meet you Sun Belt and welcome to noir town.
I don't believe we've seen this home on NLA before. Anyone here remember it? This is a lovely home at 1105 Attica Street, Southern California, 1925. Is this the new home of Mr. Hammond W. Dwight or he's the agent. I bet a few friends called him Ham. I don't know what later went on inside but it could have been very much a scandal. You never know what's behind those lace curtains or roller shades and neatly trimmed bushes. They're so neatly trimmed they aren't even there yet. Anyway it could be guns, blood, bigamy, a stabbing....could be anything in NLA. I wonder if its still there? https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4500/...01a57d_o_d.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4500/...01a57d_o_d.jpg |
Keefe Brasselle's hometown newspaper, the Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram, ran a series of articles on his life after his passing in 1981. Here's one of the articles, dealing with the CBS debacle...
Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram, December 15, 1981 He Reaches for TV's Brass Ring, Fails Keefe Brasselle went from Elyria to stardom and headlines in Hollywood. He died in July at age 58. California free-lancer Jim Trombetta wrote this story of Brasselle's stormy career for the Los Angeles Times. This is the third of a four-part series excerpted from Trombetta's article. When Keefe Brasselle began producing three television shows for CBS network in 1964, the productions caused problems before they were aired. Brasselle's new prominence set off a furor of industry gossip. "Keefe never did too well as an actor and to my knowledge he was never an executive until recently," columnist Sheilah Graham cattily observed. "I must catch up with him and get the secret to his success." Others had also become interested in that secret -- notably the Federal Communications Commission, which demanded an investigation of Brasselle's friend, CBS network president James T. Aubrey, and his programming policies in the spring of 1964. The FCC was mainly responding to charges published in Close Up, a weekly industry newsletter that waged a campaign against Aubrey. The paper hinted darkly at kickbacks to Aubrey from production companies. Part of Close Up's ammunition was provided by the contracts which Brasselle's company, Richelieu Productions, had with CBS. Richelieu received much higher fees for "unbudgeted expenses" from the network than other companies. The Richelieu comedies were allotted $6,000 per episode for such expenses, as opposed to the more usual figure of $2,000. "The Reporter," one of Brasselle's three productions for CBS, got $5,000 per week in production fees, while unbudgeted expenses were billed directly to the network. Brasselle denied the kickback stories in a Life magazine article about Aubrey published in September 1965. But Brasselle confirmed that Richelieu had owned and maintained a chauffeured Chrysler for Aubrey's personal use - a fact that didn't appear on the report CBS sent on to the FCC in the late summer of 1964. More at this link... Newspaper Archive https://access.newspaperarchive.com/...=1980&pey=1989 |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
400 S. Alameda Street
This Los Angeles Cold Storage Company facility is on the NE corner of Central Avenue and E. 4th Street:
Quote:
Just to the north, on the east side of Central Avenue, was the U. S. Post Office Arcade Annex: Quote:
This undated aerial view looks north at both buildings. The cold storage building is just below center on the NE corner of Central and 4th. On the same block, up Central Avenue a bit, is the Arcade Annex Post Office. Alameda Street is parallel to and one block east of Central: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...u.jpg~original 00047225 at LAPL This is a contemporary aerial view looking south. The post office building appears to be gone, but the cold storage building is at right center (with E 4th St on the roof). In the upper left corner is 400 S. Alameda: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...g.jpg~original Googlemap This is "Alameda Street from Arcade Post Office" on June 25, 1926. We're looking south from the rear of the post office. You can see the corner of the cold storage building at far right. At left center is 400 S. Alameda. The sign on the square brick structure in the foreground says NO DUMPING: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...i.jpg~original Islandora/UCLA Here's a closer view of 400 S. Alameda: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...j.jpg~original This is a February 2017 GSV look at 400 S. Alameda: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...u.jpg~original The November 11, 1910, building permit for 400 S. Alameda shows it was designed by R. B. Young & Son: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original LADBS There are other building permits, including: 5/5/43 repair roof 8/21/46 fire damage 3/2/71 and 2/8/88 earthquake damage This November 2, 1971, Certificate of Occupancy shows 400 S. Alameda lost its top story: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original LADBS |
Quote:
It's still there...1105 Attica in Altadena was renumbered to 1023 at least by 1943...then the street name was changed to Wapello. So, here's 1023 Wapello, née 1105 Attica: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Db...A=w806-h647-no Ferdinand Eberz, a deputy sheriff (and later chemicals consutant) had moved into the house by 1930 or so with his wife Rosa. They left to spend a few years in Long Beach in the late '30s, apparently renting the house, but were back in Altadena at 1023 Attica by 1943. Their address by 1947 was 1023 Wapello. They were there at least until 1954. W. Dwight Hammond was an LA auctioneer who took out many display ads in the LAT, many with images of houses. I haven't yet culled through the 1925 & after ads yet to see if 1105 Attica/1023 Wapello might be in one of them. |
Images of So Cal Plating's 1935 Ford Phaeton are interesting on many levels, not the least of which is the rakish Ford and the history of the towed midget racer and Gilmore Stadium, discussed here: http://theoldmotor.com/?p=129197
Of potential NLA interest, J.J. Mill's Shell Station (in the background) was located at 4627 Hollywood Blvd. and operated through the early '40s. Apparently, the pictured structure started out at 1626 W. Vermont Avenue. It was moved in 1924 to the Hollywood Blvd. location by the Richfield Co. and Western Auto Electric Stores (Not to be confused with George Pepperdine's "Western Auto Supply Stores"). The structure and adjoining properties went though different iterations over the decades and demolition permits were issued in 1968. https://images44.fotki.com/v1644/pho...080x638-vi.jpg https://images44.fotki.com/v1644/pho...080x638-vi.jpg Unk. location, but the colonial facade looks familiar.;) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u...0-h629/t11.jpghttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u...0-h629/t11.jpg |
:previous:
Apparently not the ancestor-worshipping Dames, but rather a beauty supplies concern? A little on the Colonial Dames Co building...still (sort of) at 4652 Hollywood Blvd.... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/b5...k=w664-h500-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ly...g=w667-h645-no LAT Oct 4, 1931 Feb '09, July '14, and Dec '16 GSVs: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AV...Q=w854-h621-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Td...0=w854-h620-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jF...8=w946-h618-no |
Quote:
Cheers, Earl |
:previous: Nicely done GW.
I could have been driving aimlessly looking for it and the Muller Bros. station on Sunset. ;) Sunset and Cahuenga - date unk. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...d1727d6bfb.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...d1727d6bfb.jpg Downs' Market, San Fernando - Late '70s (Paraquat Kelley?) Clearly, a typical/average day at the Texaco Station. Presence of what appears to be a light-colored first-generation-Mazda RX7 parked in front of Downs, leads to a conclusion that the date is approximately 1978 or later. http://24.media.tumblr.com/d0134fd81...10do1_1280.jpghttp://24.media.tumblr.com/d0134fd81...10do1_1280.jpg Easy to get lost. LA is a great big freeway. Put a hundred down and before you know it you are in San Jose. http://79hbm1979mg58bnh1fp50y1bry.wp...9-1024x809.jpghttp://79hbm1979mg58bnh1fp50y1bry.wp...9-1024x809.jpg Directions? https://www.lapd.com/sites/default/f...?itok=23PJ19h-https://www.lapd.com/sites/default/f...?itok=23PJ19h- :shrug: |
|
Quote:
:hmmm: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=29106 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20021 |
Quote:
|
Quote:
The little house appears to be in good condition for being almost 100 years old. |
Quote:
If I'm not mistaken, it looks like the movie playing at the Cinerama Dome is "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" which was the first movie to open/premiere there on November 7, 1963. |
All times are GMT. The time now is 11:59 AM. |
|
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.