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WHAT WOULD GARY COOPER MAKE FOR CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST?
Griddlecakes, like his mama used to… Gary Cooper’s (shouldn’t it be Mrs. Coopers?) Buttermilk Griddle Cakes
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YOU KNEW WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT IT SOMETIME – FRUITCAKE
Louis Fazenda was a wonderful comedienne in silents. She married producer Hal B. Wallis (“The Maltese Falcon”, “Now Voyager”) in 1927 and they were devoted to each other, even though he was referred to...
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ANOTHER CHRISTMAS MORNING IDEA – FROM JACK OAKIE
Muffins and coffee and a mix of citrus sliced and topped with brown sugar, and eggs scrambled the french way, over a low flame in a ton of butter, stirring constantly for twenty minutes and you will...
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1931 – IN BEVERLY HILLS EVEN CACTUS GOT LIT
Christmas in Beverly Hills, 1931: Christmas in Beverly Hills, 1931
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1931 – THESE WERE THE FASTEST HUMANS
Coached by Dean Cromwell of USC – who came up with the flying finish… Charley Paddock (center) and Frank Wykoff (far right) cross the finish line at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Paddock won gold in the...
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HOUSTON, WE HAVE LIFT-OFF
Dearest friends… All the visa paperwork for a certain young man has come through and he’s on schedule for departure this Wednesday for four years of study overseas: I couldn’t be happier or prouder....
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A FREE SOUL – 1931 – NORMA SHEARER, CLARK GABLE, LIONEL BARRYMORE
We just talked about movies taking a step back with sound – they took a step forward with directors like Clarence Brown, who got in his action and his dialogue. Here the director is seen blocking a...
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Vickie Lester makes… fruitcake
Hello, poppets! First of all a glorious memory, and a perfect defense of a much maligned but celestially delicious treat… In defense of a fruitcake | All intelligent thoughts have already been thought....
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THE WILTERN THEATER – WHERE A MOVIE STAR MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEATED NEXT TO YOU
A deco icon in our midst… Designed by Morgan, Walls, & Clements and opened as the Warner Bros. Western Theater in 1931. Now it’s known as the Wiltern: – – – – Did I mention tomorrow is story...
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“I’m no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.”...
This was a racy (for the time) movie previous to the Hayes Code wherein a single bumpkin gal is kept by a divorced attorney who transforms her into an elegant socialite. When he ends up running for...
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“Learn your lines, find your mark, look ’em in the eye and tell ’em the...
Cagney played a supporting role to Edward G. Robinson’s lead – I’ve never seen it but there’s supposed to be some pre-code naughtiness – a Warner Bros. gangster film from 1931 – when they used real...
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EVERYDAY IN OLD HOLLYWOOD
Hettem’s on Vermont opening day 1931: Look at those light fixtures! If the Depression hadn’t wiped me out I may have gotten my De Soto out of the garage and headed over to the store. Another of the...
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