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Did Uncle Walt Leave Mickey in the Public Domain?
They say turnabout is fair play… Having argued for years that their company has legally appropriated characters in the public domain for its cartoons (i.e., Bambi and Peter Pan), Disney officials may...
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Rudy Valentino’s Cryptic DeLongpre Park Memorial
Valentino "grave" monument. Hollywood is known for countless oddball pairings: Laurel and Hardy. Spanky and Alfalfa. Sonny and Cher. But in my mind one of the oddest has to be Rudy Valentino and...
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A Tale of Two City Murals
Photo: M.Imlay It’s either the best of wall art or it’s the worst of wall art, depending upon your perspective. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But if you ever needed a demonstration...
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The Bricks and Mortar of Feminist Power
Photo: M.Imlay Who says L.A. has no history? Open your eyes (or in this case your camera lens) wide enough, and you’ll literally discover it in the most out-of-the-way corners of town. While shooting...
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Metropolis: A Must-See for Cinema Buffs!
Source: Kino International Seeking 2 hours and 45 minutes of golden silence on the silver screen? You can’t do any better than Fritz Lang’s historic 1927 film masterpiece Metropolis, now playing on...
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That’s Our Lady: Needing a Hand in Echo Park
Our Lady of the Lake. Photo: M. Imlay Though locals call her “Our Lady of the Lake,” this WPA-commissioned statue overlooking Echo Park Lake was actually entitled Nuestra Reina de Los Angeles (Our...
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Lost and Found: Original 1927 Grauman’s Chinese Theatre Footprints
(LAPL Digital Archives) NBC Los Angeles reports that concrete slabs bearing the original footprints of Sid Grauman, Douglass Fairbanks and Mary Pickford have been found in — of all places — a local...
View ArticleBefore “The Artist” Came “Wings”
As everyone knows by now, “The Artist” was named best picture at last night’s 2012 Oscars — the first (mostly) silent film to win such honors in 83 years. The last silent movie to receive similar...
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RIP for Famous Puppetry Theater?
Bob Baker Theater (Public Domain) Unfortunately, it may indeed be curtains for Echo Park’s world-renown Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Built in 1953, the old cinder-block building at First Street and...
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Murals, Murals, on the Walls
Photo: M.Imlay Here at Dateline>City of Angels we love murals, and have celebrated this form of public art in at least a few previous posts here and there. Although obviously not unique to the LA...
View ArticleWeekend Matinee: The Music Box Steps
This video is a little long for the subject matter, but it’s a great “then-and-now” presentation of the landmark Music Box Steps in Silver Lake. The stairs, which still exist along with a historical...
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MONA: Preserving Our Neon History
Stock xchang image Sometimes a community’s history is written in neon. This electrified gas-tube type of lighting was first introduced in Paris in 1910. Since then, it has been more than a form of...
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