Really happy to know the old Silent Movie Theater is still operating. Remember it when it was a mom and pop operation, showing mostly worn 16mm prints. The seats were hard and the air musty, but how wonderful it was to see golden silents on a big screen.
Dinner at The Original Pantry, or Mussos, then a silent movie. Those were (and obvously still are) great L.A. treats.
Larry Harnisch. The leading Black Dahlia expert and a collaborator in the 1947project, Harnisch has been a copy editor at The Times since 1988. He has appeared on many TV shows discussing the Dahlia case, notably "James Ellroy's Feast of Death."
Join him for a spin through old Los Angeles in the Mirror's radio car. Keep your eyes open for Mickey Cohen and Tempest Storm. It's quite a ride.
The reporter's badge belonged to Sid Hughes (1908-1958), legendary reporter who worked at nearly every newspaper in Los Angeles.
Keith Thursby. Keith has been an editor at The Times in news, sports and design since 1986. The Rams moved to St. Louis on his first day as assistant sports editor of the paper's Orange County edition. He grew up in Norwalk and lives in Irvine.
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Starting to miss the City of Angels.
Really happy to know the old Silent Movie Theater is still operating. Remember it when it was a mom and pop operation, showing mostly worn 16mm prints. The seats were hard and the air musty, but how wonderful it was to see golden silents on a big screen.
Dinner at The Original Pantry, or Mussos, then a silent movie. Those were (and obvously still are) great L.A. treats.
Posted by: Arye Michael Bender | October 06, 2008 at 08:19 PM