Monday, February 25, 2019

Gaston Méliès Comes to Hollywood...Err, Santa Paula

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(Huge thanks to Santa Paula historian Mitch Stone for his help in researching this entry. Merci, Mitch!) Any serious film buff knows who G...
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Monday, February 18, 2019

The Frenchwoman Who Built the Italian Hall

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Frenchtown had a longstanding friendship with Los Angeles' Little Italy. In fact, the Italian Hall was built by a Frenchwoman. Miss Ma...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

The French Roadhouse That Became Hollywood's First Film Studio

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The film and television industry owes an immeasurable debt to French innovators. The very first motion-picture camera was invented by a...
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Sunday, January 27, 2019

Fasten Your Seatbelts, It's Going to be a Bumpy Entry

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(This entry refers, several times , to the 1950 Bette Davis film All About Eve . I felt the comparison was apt.) As it happens, there are ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Watch My LAVA Sunday Salon!

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If you couldn't make it to my September 2017 LAVA Sunday Salon, it's now available on Youtube . As always, much love to Kim and Rich...
Friday, January 18, 2019

Open Letter To All The Snobs Who Say SoCal Has No History

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(Dear readers: permit me, if you will, to veer slightly off topic tonight. I've been wanting to get this off my chest for quite some tim...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

J.B. Leonis' Prized Whiskey On the Auction Block

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: LA's hidden French history is filled with great stories you just can't make up. ...