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Murder-Suicide Scene July 23, 1948 Friday Bodies of Alvin Roberts 48 and his wife, Maxine 31, lie in friend's Hollywood apartment after Roberts pumped three bullets into wife's body, then shot himself through head. Dual tragedy followed family quarrel.
Alvin Roberts, prominent here as a teamsters' union official, yesterday shot and killed his wife, Maxine, and then committed suicide in a friend's home in Hollywood. The murder and suicide, police said, followed a night-long quarrel. The shooting took place in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Perkins, 5837 Gregory Avenue, in Hollywood. Mrs. Perkins witnessed the slayings. According to Los Angeles police information, the dead couple had parted the previous night. Mrs. Perkins told officers that Mrs. Roberts came to her homeWednesday night. Soon after, she said, Roberts arrived with a Pint of Whisky "He had a pint of whisky and drank it all up while they fought," Mrs. Perkins said. "Then he got up and went out. "He came back a moment later with a revolver. I tried to stop him at the door but he pushed me aside. "Mrs. Roberts tried to get away. He shot her three times, in the back, and then shot himself." Police said both died instantly. After the shootings , Mrs. Perkins ran to an adjoining room, where her baby daughter, Linda, 20 months old, was asleep in her crib. Then she went downstairs. Murder-Suicide Scene July 23, 1948 Friday Bodies of Alvin Roberts 48 and his wife, Maxine 31, lie in friend's Hollywood apartment after Roberts pumped three bullets into wife's body, then shot himself through head. Dual tragedy followed family quarrel. An artist has retouched the back of the woman's body where she was shot. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps2d0uvpaz.jpg |
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3 couples out on the town....Saturday night, August 24th 1946. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/puSa5d.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/NLND1N.jpg eBay Signatures & Sentiments on the back http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/zmuK07.jpg :previous: I twisted my neck trying to read all this. (from what I can tell, Betty seems to be very popular) _ |
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Here's a fun snapshot.
"Shirley in Hollywood, 1943." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/sMKkQZ.jpg eBay :previous: Anyone recognize the street? __ I can't quite make out Shirley's last name. Eidsmore? or..Eidsmoe? |
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890 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths 117 Military Records 29 Immigration Records 503 Census and Voter Lists 1,690 Member Trees |
I don't believe we've seen this particular auto camp on NLA.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/QV6SMH.jpg eBay :previous: "On the Hill between Culver City and Venice." -I wasn't aware of any observable hill. reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/WyrCev.jpg It was replaced by a hideous 'luxury' apartment complex. The design placed 2 large parking garages in front of the apartments. (facing Sepulveda). -from an aerial u can see the top of the parking garages are tennis courts. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/ivjA1a.jpg google_earth -here's what you see along Sepulveda. One, of the two, parking garages facing Sepulveda.:( http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/huMvlU.jpg gsv __ |
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I remember seeing that film when I was about eight years old. They showed it in school. As a budding artist, I was very impressed and intent on the details of the process. Have not seen it since...till now. Thanks for posting it |
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Maybe the photo was taken when she was on a trip to California, since she seems to have lived in either Minnesota or Michigan for most of her life. |
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It might get a bit of ocean breeze, or at least before there were so many buildings around |
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Advertising postcard -with novelty photo.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...901/TytZKb.jpg eBay rotated for your viewing pleasure. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/zZRePn.jpg "copyrighted .05" -does that mean 1905? __ |
We've seen numerous group photographs of the MGM stars; usually they're posed on chairs and risers with a curtained background.
This one is unique. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/JtzHyb.jpg old file of mine / with numerous eBay finds Does anyone recognize the movie-set they're utilizing? (note the 'valley' in the distance with the streetlights flickering on) -it must be dusk.;) Can anyone figure out the year by the costumes they're wearing? __ |
Here's a great Kodachrome slide showing the Deauville Beach Club in the 1940s.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/Qgeybj.jpg eBay :previous: I love the ornate bay windows. (looks like someone is advertising 'Fish Dinners' in the distance) Sadly, the stately Deauville, located in Santa Monica along PCH, burnt now in 1964. See it in flames here, courtesy of FredH: :( http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20139 I'm outta' town 'til Thursday. Have fun everyone! __ |
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She did sing "Some of these Days". |
Alvin and Maxine Roberts murder-suicide, Hollywood, 1948
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That's a very pretty 1930, 8-unit building. If I had to guess, I'd say the upstairs unit on the right was the scene of the crime (going by the French doors and the railing). 5837 Gregory Ave, Hollywood: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-i...94926%2BAM.jpg gsv The courtyard: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-G...00354%2BAM.jpg MLS I bet the people who live there now have no idea of the mayhem that went on. |
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psphn11nip.jpg MGM studio I don't think they took a class photo every year. Is there a photo for a later year? I couldn't find one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Forrest_(actor) |
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The man to the right of the gap in the center (below the tree) is Van Johnson. Also to the middle, in a bluish grey suit, between the two women, may be Walter Pidgeon. Robert Taylor is sitting in the middle front, next to the woman in the flowing dress. All familiar faces but I can't put names to most |
On the bench front right is George Sanders and I think that's Joan Fontaine seated next to him. Seated in the center is Liz Taylor with Robert Taylor next to her. The four of them were in "Ivanhoe" (1952). Seated second from left is Russ Tamblyn. Standing behind the left end of the bench is Donna Reed who was in "From Here to Eternity" (1953). Next to Van Johnson is Stewart Granger and I think that's Ava Gardner behind them. I believe that's John Garfield behind George Sanders. Not sure about the rest. As I noted earlier, the bearded man in armor is Howard Keel, costumed for "Jupiter's Darling" (1955).
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A new story on the Marion Parker kidnapping and murder:
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures...ign=departures http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures...ionparker4.jpg (I'd also forgotten all about Ayn Rand's typical idiotic reverence for her murderer: see post 1836.) Quote:
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on the back, so I'm assuming they're in order, left to right, of the people in the photo. Don, Sonny, Dorothy Cohen, Al Cohen, Mort Cohen and "Me." I'm assuming "me" is "Betty" as the notes on the back are all written to her. So, left to right as in the picture: Betty, Swell meeting you. What hi-school produces such pretty girls. Hope we can get together again. Don It's been swell meeting you Betty - maybe we can double again sometimes. -Sonny- To a very swell girl who I hope we'll see more of --. Dot (Dorothy Cohen) To a very charming girl dating a swell guy -- my brother. The best Betty, (can't make out the closure) (Al Cohen) Dear Betty, I had a swell time at Slapsy's with you and I hope we'll have many more. (You can take that 2 ways). Here's to your happiness in the future & love & kisses always, Your date, Morty Saturday, Aug. 24, 1946 (Mort Cohen) ___ And what is Betty's right hand doing? |
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Parched earth, another view. (NLA repost :shrug:) Circa '70 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/7706/rec/14 Construction of ARCO Towers replacing the Richfield Beacon http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Before . . . Curious 1888 topographical survey in and around county courthouse between Flower and Grand. Area could use a bridge or two? http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...d/12915/rec/95 |
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standing next to Sanders? Of course we also have Lionel Barrymore, who died in November 1954, so this has to be one of his last photos. Just behind and to the left of Barrymore I think is George Raft. The woman between Raft and Walter Pidgeon might be Claire Trevor. The guy behind and to the left of costumed Howard Keel is Paul Douglas. Also in the back row, the guy wearing a suit and vest behind Stewart Granger looks like future California Senator George Murphy. And standing to Murphy's left . . . is that Louis Calhern? |
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Good catch with Esther Williams! She's also in costume for "Jupiter's Darling." I was studying the b&w pic, where she's all but cropped out. I believe you're right about the others as well. But if that isn't Garfield, who is he? The only match I can come up with is Steve Cochran, but I don't really think it's him. Can anyone else identify him? Whoever he is, he looks noirish as all get-out. |
Here's something I don't think we've seen before, or at least I know I haven't, because I sure as shootin' would have remembered it.
1950, and Julius Shulman has photographed the (just built? recently remodeled?) Stiles Clements-designed penthouse atop the Richfield: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5810/...15b23824_o.png https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5742/...f1f85be8_b.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5663/...94bb22da_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/590/2...5648cfc3_c.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5662/...88c200ef_c.jpg The link to all eleven images is here. Much in the way I hadn't realized until quite recently that all the Nadel photos were available online via the Getty, in wonderfully high resolution, now I've stumbled upon the 6000+ of Shulman's. I find the Clements pictures particularly compelling; in 2003, the "Report on the Eligibility of 5570 Wilshire Blvd. for Landmark Status" submitted to the City, which famously insisted Clements' postwar work was lacking in value and being devoid of a style, and which thereby allowed Mullen & Bluett to be demolished, is pretty well disproven with the wonderful images Shulman shot of Clements' oeuvre. (Some time in the near future I need to do a big fat post on the Late Moderne in general and Clements' role within it specifically.) |
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OK, to make the guessing game a bit more efficient, I've numbered the folks:
http://www.bitsmasherpress.com/LANoir/Hollywood.jpeg Besides the others mentioned, I think 16 is one of the Gabors, 18 is Anne Francis, 19 is Walter Pidgeon, 20 is Farley Granger, 25 is Robert Taylor, and 40 is George Sanders. Cheers, Earl |
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32. Ann Miller (?) (As usual, I'm terrible at this) I cannot believe this shot isn't on the web decoded to a fare-thee-well OMG, Liz looks great |
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(MGM releases by date): 01. Steve Forrest 02.Pier Angeli / Natalie Wood 03. Debbie Reynolds 04. Louis Calhern 05.George Murphy 06. Ava Gardner 07. Van Johnson 08. Vic Damone 09.Paul Douglas 10. Howard Keel 11. John Ericson 12. 13. 14. Leslie Caron 15. Leslie Nielson 16. Eva Gabor 17. Merle Oberon 18. Ann Francis 19. Walter Pidgeon 20. Stewart Granger 21. Claire Trevor/Hedda Hopper (?) 22. 23. Russ Tamblin 24. 25. Robert Taylor 26. Elizabeth Taylor 27. Kurt Kasznar 28. George Raft 29. 30. Deborah Kerr 31. 32. Ann Miller 33. Lionel Barrymore 34. Donna Reed 35. 36. 37. Hugh O'Brian (?) 38. 39. Joan Fontaine 40. George Sanders 41. Esther Williams |
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I believe that the gentleman in the patrolman's uniform (No. 1) is Steve Forrest.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psst3sypdv.jpg MGM archives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Forrest_(actor) |
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Quite a change. I well remember the talk around our dinner table in those years. It was all about the threat that TV was making upon the movie studios. In the end it was the many studios that made TV shows themselves. Things were different in 1943. By 1953 even Lucy [front row left] had gone independant and was a TV star with her own studio [Desilu 1950]. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psjxqmwqpa.jpg |
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17 = Merle Oberon? 27 = Kurt Kasznar It may be that The Last Time I Saw Paris was being filmed when the group photo was taken. That would account for several people in the photo (Van Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kurt Kasznar, Donna Reed, Walter Pidgeon and Eva Gabor). |
Could #2 be Natalie Wood? She'd only have been about 16-17, but she was in movies from early childhood and was already a knockout.
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Number 11 is my dear, dear friend John Ericson, who was an MGM star at the time. John is 86 and still the handsomest dude I know.
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and Mr. 11 is John Erickson. |
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I think you're right about Pier Angeli. There's a photo on Google Images where she's wearing what appears to be the same dress.
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JMR, is this the picture of Pier Angeli you're talking about? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...i.jpg~original mykethemakeupguy.blogspot.com |
That's the one. Opinions?
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LOL, this is a lot of fun, but so frustrating. #36 is driving me nuts. Pier Angeli & Vic Damone were married at the time of the photo. If that is Eva Gabor, she's the only Gabor George Sanders wasn't married to.
...and three cheers for Van Johnson's megawatt smile. He always seemed so genuine. I was never a big fan except for "State of the Union" (1948). OMG, that man could wear a suit. |
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#30 is Grace Kelly, in costume for "Green Fire."
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