Mary Astor

When I walk at the Bolsa Chica wetlands I rarely wear a watch. That's because of the fire station located across from where I park at Warner Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway. There's a large sundial on the side of the building and so that's how I...

A tribute to King of Cool action star Steve McQueen and a look inside the film projectionist's world sponsored by the Motion Picture Academy are among this week's highlights....

I often wonder why people in movie stills sometimes have such dilated eyes. Then I found this very freckled mystery guest with about the most extreme example I’ve ever seen. Los Angeles Times file photo Updated: Our freckled mystery guest......

At left, the publicity still from “Return to Peyton Place.” At right, Mary Astor in a 1959 photo. At left, the publicity still from “Return to Peyton Place.” At right, a photo of Mary Astor from 1961. Oh, Harnisch, why......

March 15, 1941: Tom Treanor writes about two articles on Los Angeles, one in Fortune magazine and the other in Western Advertising, by Ramsey Oppenheim. Treanor says: “In trying to interpret Los Angeles, Mr. Oppenheim goes into an extensive...

Himan Brown, the pioneer radio producer and director of "Grand Central Station," "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" and other popular shows of the 1930s and '40s who returned to the airwaves three decades later with " CBS Radio Mystery Theater," has died. He was...

Los Angeles Times file photo Update: As many readers realized, this is Milton Sills. Although there’s no caption information on the back, the photo is evidently from “The Sea Hawk.” Sept. 16, 1930: The Times reports the death of Milton Sills. Just a...

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Dec. 13 - 19, in PDF format This week's TV Movies DO NO HARM: Sean (Julian McMahon) is asked to perform surgery on a prison inmate (Eric Stonestreet) in the......

If Dominick Dunne's posthumous novel, "Too Much Money," will get people talking about him, that's probably exactly what he would have wanted. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: 'Too Much Money': In Monday's Calendar, a book review of "Too Much Money"...

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times July 30, 1936: Mary Astor testifies in her dispute with her ex-husband over custody of their daughter Marilyn. One of my favorite blogs, conducted by one of my favorite bloggers, is “Self-Styled Siren” by Farran...

July 21, 1941: WARNERS' "MALTESE FALCON" SET AT A GLANCE: Mary Astor "blowing" her lines when the assistant director informs her that hubby Manuel del Campo (now with the RCAF) is long distancing ... Gladys George: "Now I know what became of my favorite...

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times July 27, 1936: Mary Astor in court. Note: I’m on jury duty, so posting will be light until it’s over....