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Thank you for that. Great to read!
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[QUOTE=GaylordWilshire;5867365]As for Winnie Ruth Judd's Los Angeles connections...
[snip] Now for a little bit of added noir... in the shot of the 1928 U.S.C. freshman debate squad above I noticed a familiar name... that of a man who would become the go-to guy for Hollywood figures who found themselves in scrapes. While I just assumed, given his fame and studly accomplishments—he was apparently once engaged to such Hollywood offscreen-noir favorites as Lana Turner and Barbara Payton and had sack time with everyone else from Joan to Ava to Ginger—that we must have seen him here before, I could find nothing on him with the search feature. http://imageshack.us/a/img132/7334/0b0vxzquqxgh0h0q.jpghttp://imdb.com Greg Bautzer and Lucille. More on Bautzer here: http://ladailymirror.com/2012/05/28/...-greg-bautzer/ Cheers, Earl |
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http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...T-BUI-493?v=hrUSC Digital Pig 'N Whistle (Fine Arts Interior) late '20s - early '30s http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...VIPU7D5Q5G.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5LXL5QILVI.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...FMA7FSKRNA.jpgC.St.Lib 1930s Far Right http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...61-1-ISLA?v=hrUSC Digital 1937 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...23-1-ISLA?v=hrhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...0B-2-ISLA?v=hrUSC Digital |
Mt. Lowe Preservation Society > http://www.mountlowe.org/our-collection/ :tup::worship:
Lowe Railway moving pictures> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4vS...eature=related 1913 http://www.mountlowe.org/wp-content/...13-940x596.jpg http://www.mountlowe.org/wp-content/...e-tourists.jpg http://www.mountlowe.org/wp-content/...-echobrand.jpg http://www.mountlowe.org/wp-content/...doublecard.jpg |
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ebay http://imageshack.us/a/img440/7195/stabernacleinfo.jpg I tried, without success, to verify that the 1917 Los Angeles Auto Show was held at Billy Sunday's Tabernacle. Actually, I am not sure where this tabernacle was located. Does anyone recognize the church in the distance? below: I was able to find this additional photograph (but with no address). http://imageshack.us/a/img22/6158/aa...yphoto1917.jpg http://www.worldcat.org/ __ |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/3925224...in/photostream Oh my, think what you could have picked up for a song at this auction. __ |
As of 2012, this magnificent manhole cover from 1938 still resides at the foot of the stairs to the Federal Courthouse.
http://imageshack.us/a/img29/6066/aabmanholecovers.jpg http://www.amazon.com/Manhole-Covers.../dp/0870931687 http://imageshack.us/a/img23/9913/aabmanholecovers1.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img401/5779/a...lemitpress.jpg http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item...ype=2&tid=5993 If I were in L.A. I would have to make a pilgrimage down to the Federal Courthouse and find of this utilitarian masterpiece. (with a camera...hint. hint. :)) __ |
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Movies she appeared in: 1935 George White's 1935 Scandals (uncredited) (linked to a scene in the movie, Diane may be in the audience, Jane Wyman had an uncredited part also). 1934 The Captain Hates the Sea (uncredited) (the 3 Stooges were in this movie). 1934 Tripping Through the Tropics (short) 1934 Love Detectives (short) (Betty Grable) Dancer (uncredited) Birth: Sep. 14, 1914 Empire Coos County Oregon, USA Death: Mar. 13, 1946 Van Nuys Los Angeles County California, USA Born Edjana Bell Ingram Guardian: Edward Bernhard MaxMeyer Stage name: Diane Dahl Diane was a Hollywood movie actress in the 1930s. She was murdered; the crime remains unsolved. She was 31 yrs 5 months 20 days old when she died. Her death was linked to the grizzly "Black Dahlia Murder" cases. In the early 1930's Max Factor listed her as one of the ten most beautiful women in Hollywood. She was a dancer and supporting actress appearing in several movies. Screen names used during her career: Diane Dahl and Diane Meyer, but there were others. At the time of her death she was married to Los Angeles Police Officer Edward George Sparks; George was born in Missouri 26 Nov 1903. When she married him she left acting. On January 29th 1946 her husband reported her missing. Her mutilated body was discovered six weeks later on 10 March by two children playing in a Roscoe area canyon in Van Nuys, San Fernando; she had been shot in the head. Perhaps it was the mutilations that linked her death to the Black Dahlia Murder cases - she was missing one complete arm and the hand from the other arm. The prime suspect lived next door to the Sparks' and the two families were good friends. The neighbor and Diane had been seen together the day she died. A gun, the murder weapon found near the body was engraved with the initials of the suspect, "RG". He was a husband and father of three young daughters. An all-woman jury acquitted Ramon Gonzales of the crime on 31 July 1946. News of her death and the subsequent murder trial was carried nationally & internationally via AP and UP services, reported in the local LA Examiner, LA Times, SF Valley News and Long Beach Independent newspapers and widely circulated from New York-New England through Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and the South, to the Far West of Washington, Idaho, Nevada and other states. The stories appeared in issues of the European edition of the Stars and Stripes. After the trial, George left the LAPD and moved to Texas. George took his own life on 09 Feb 1953 in Fall County Texas. His body was returned to Missouri and was buried in Mt Tabor Cemetery near Hurdland Missouri. Diane's genealogy is cloudy. Her mother, Anna Dorothy DAHL married Edgar Charles Ingram approx 1911-1912; they lived in Empire, Coos Bay, Oregon. The marriage produced a daughter whom they named Edjana Bell. Edjana is a combination of father-mother's names. Abt 1916 Anna Dorothy married Benjamin Teschner. The union produced daughter Marie born 1918 Oregon. The Teschner marriage lasted into 1920. By 1930, Anna had married Edward Bernhardt MaxMeyer. Edjana Bell's name was "changed" to Dorothy. Both Dorothy and sister Marie used the last name MaxMeyer, but i haven't verified whether the E.B.MaxMeyer relationship was one of adoption. The origin of and why (Edjana-Dorothy) used the name Diane is not known to me. Family links: Parents: Anna Dorothy Dahl MaxMeyer (1896 - 1991) Spouse: George Ernest Sparks (1902 - 1953) Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Glendale Los Angeles County California, USA Plot: Evertide, space 1, lot 246 http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/...1057019860.jpgFind a Grave George Sparks Birth: Nov. 26, 1902 Hurdland Knox County Missouri, USA Death: Feb. 9, 1953 Falls County Texas, USA info provided by family member Terry Sparks SIBLINGS------------- Ada Marie Sparks FAG# 79126770 Samuel F Sparks FAG# 79127699 John Goodson Sparks FAG# 79127588 Walter Edward Sparks FAG# 79127898 Perle Sparks FAG# 79128084 George E Sparks FAG# 65563167 Hazel Elizabeth Sparks FAG# 79127158 TWIN Grace Estella Sparks FAG# 69887191 TWIN Raymond Roy Sparks FAG# 24514118 George's first wife was Ethel .... no additional info His second wife was Diane Ingram MaxMeyer, former film actress known as Diane Dahl (and others.) see the memorials under "Spouses". George had no children. George joined the Los Angeles Police Dept as a motorcycle officer and served 14 years until after the trial of Ramon Gonzales accused of murdering George's wife - Diane Sparks - July 1946. He moved to Dallas Texas and lived near his brother Samuel F Sparks. "My father, also an LAPD after Diane's murder, was a cousin to Diane. Dad knew George and said George returned to Texas with a broken heart. He took his own life in Fall County Texas," wrote John Dahl. His body was returned to family home in Missouri to be buried with his parents in the new Mount Tabor Cemetery, Hurdland MO. Family links: Parents: John Wesley Sparks (1852 - 1929) Sallie Elizabeth Janney Sparks (1874 - 1961) Spouse: Edjana Bell Ingram Sparks (1914 - 1946)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Landsberry Cemetery Knox County Missouri, USA Created by: JOHN DAHL Record added: Feb 12, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 65563167 http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/...3893554250.jpgFind a Grave Diane's mother was attractive also: http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/...1852516903.jpg Anna Dorothy MaxMeyer Find a Grave Further digging finds that her younger sister was in over 30 movies! Marie Evelyne Heath, Born June 29, 1918, in Portland, Oregon, passed away in Sacramento on Monday, April 16, 2012, at age 93. She was preceded in death by parents Benjamin Teschner and Anna Dorothy MaxMeyer, stepfather E. B. MaxMeyer, beloved sister Diane Sparks and brother Tom Teschner. She is survived by her devoted husband of 70 years, Norton Heath, and sons Jim Heath and Don Heath (Ritsuko), granddaughter Erika Heath, sister Carol Scott and brother Benjamin Teschner, Jr. Marie lived 22 years in Willits until last December. She was an accomplished artist and a strong supporter of animal welfare. During the late 1930s she appeared in about 30 Hollywood movies, including Test Pilot and Suez. http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/...3712340078.jpgFind a Grave |
:previous: Excellent research on the Diane Sparks murder rcarlton.
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I came across this New York Times newspaper dated march 12, 1947 on ebay.
http://imageshack.us/a/img152/8145/aabslain1947.jpg __ What caught my eye was this article on two slayings in Los Angeles. http://imageshack.us/a/img502/2383/aabslain1947a.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img688/227/aabslain1947b.jpg One of the bodies, identified as Evelyn Winters aged 42 yrs, was found nearly nude on railroad tracks near Los Angeles City Hall. A 28 year old railroad worker was initially charged with the murder...in reality, he was only guilty of kissing the corpse in the shadow of City Hall (hence the lipstick on his face). The second murder victim, unidentified, was found strangled to death with electrical wire on a riverbank in Norwalk. __ |
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I didn't remember posting this item on Jeanne French until I found it, or having seen jansen's followup: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1949 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1950 And here's more Los Angeles Times coverage: Feb 14, 1947--the Evelyn Winters Case https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...2520AM.bmp.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O...2520AM.bmp.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...2520AM.bmp.jpg March 12, 1947 https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O...2520AM.bmp.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...2520AM.bmp.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v...2520AM.bmp.jpg Interestingly, there was a radio show at the time called "The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters"...which also ended in 1947. http://pictures.historicimages.net/p...94/4893450.jpg http://pictures.historicimages.net/p...94/4893451.jpg Both ebay |
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Anyone have access to LA newspapers archival issues? Sure would like to know why they found Ramon Gonzales not guilty in the Diane Sparks trial. I'd also like to know what her husband George's alibi was. Maybe it wasn't a broken heart that lead to his suicide but the build up of guilt over the years? Whatever happened to Ramon Gonzales? Mrs. Bessie Hensley, who reportedly witnessed the murder and was threatened about testifying...what came of that story? |
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Here's a picture of the Carlton Hotel (built in 1903) on skid row... http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8...669e7c10_b.jpgGE Not to be confused with this: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...ju7o1_1280.jpgtumblr Marilyn Monroe in her room at the Beverly Carlton Hotel. http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7...ksmo1_1280.jpg http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr...a1vo1_1280.jpg http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9...xiogo2_400.jpg http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9...xiogo1_400.jpg http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9...xiogo3_400.jpg http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2...to1_r1_500.jpg http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk...da1vo1_500.jpg http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9...xiogo4_400.jpgtumblr |
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The Carlton... https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2...12/carlton.jpg 1934 The Beverly Carlton... http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3131 https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C...2520PM.bmp.jpg 1949 https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-l...2520PM.bmp.jpg 1959 https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9...2520PM.bmp.jpg 1967 Images: Los Angeles Times |
But now let's talk Carlton noir...
http://imageshack.us/a/img685/2782/64285748.jpgUSCDL The library's caption: "Vice raid...6526 Selma Avenue, 8 October 1951. Lee Carlton -- 40 years; Mrs. Mary Richards -- 40 years (Las Palmas Hotel)" The Las Palmas Hotel is at 1738 N Las Palmas and was seen in Pretty Woman. Perhaps the raid was there. However, the Selma Manor was at 6526 Selma... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-P...043%2520PM.jpgLos Angeles Times 1941 6526 Selma Ave is no more. |
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I don't remember hearing about the Custer Ave school before—here's a clear shot of it. According to the source, "The Custer Avenue School was built in 1895. It was the first Junior High School (Middle School in the District) It became an elementary school in 1914. It was located on the corner of Custer and Temple Streets." https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...2520PM.bmp.jpghttp://www.lausd.net And there's this: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...2520PM.bmp.jpg More pics here: ebay |
:previous: Interesting GW. I wasn't aware of the Custer Ave. School either.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/PJIrOK.jpg ebay below: Blond & bodacious Marie Wilson http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/9KthSS.jpg ebay below: 'Blackouts of 1948' at the El Capitan on Vine Street in Hollywood. http://imageshack.us/a/img210/984/aa...tantheater.jpg below: 'Blackouts' placard along the street. http://imageshack.us/a/img109/4137/a...utsplacard.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img545/4126/aabblackoutsg1a.jpg http://store.acousticsounds.com/incl...title_id=26812 For more information on Ken Murray and his long running stage show clink on the link. http://projects.latimes.com/hollywoo...lk/ken-murray/ __ |
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