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Celebrity hijinks on the links were a matter of course
Times Staff WriterThe sycamore that guards the 12th green at Riviera Country Club? That's where Humphrey Bogart used to sit with a trench coat and a thermos -- contents undetermined -- to watch players go by. Some people still refer to the spot as "Bogart's tree," so with...Tags: Joe Pesci, Automotive Equipment, Clubs and Associations, PGA Tour, Katharine Hepburn
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The Road to El Dorado
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday March 31, 2000 "The Road to El Dorado" not only sounds like an old Bob Hope-Bing Crosby "Road" movie, it plays like one--never mind that it is a splashy work of up-to-the-minute animation. It's fitted out with Elton John-Tim Rice songs that...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, PG Rated Movies, Kenneth Branagh, Armand Assante, Kevin Kline
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5 films that are classic comedy mysteries
1. SHERLOCK, JR. (Buster Keaton; 1924) 4 stars The surreal Keaton short feature, packed with ingenious gags, in which he plays a movie projectionist and amateur private detective who falls asleep and dreams himself into the movie he's showing: a...Tags: Charles Laughton, Mystery (genre), Tyrone Power Sr., Walter Huston, Billy Wilder
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And the loser is...
The EnvelopeNo one is likely to mention Allan Carr from the stage of the Kodak Theatre tonight. If the 77th annual Academy Awards ceremony includes a film montage of previous shows, chances are that the one he produced won't be among them. But make no mistake, he...Tags: Lucille Ball, Michael Jackson, Merv Griffin, Tyrone Power Sr., Public Employees
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KTLA: West Coast Pioneer
• Historical Timeline • KTLA: West Coast Pioneer • KTLA and Warner Sunset Studios: History Meets History -------------------- On January 22, 1947, commercial television arrived in Los Angeles. There were approximately 350 television...Tags: Television, Disasters and Accidents, Robert R. McCormick, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Andromeda (tv program)
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Vaudeville's ambassador
Special to The TimesBob Hope used to say that television was vaudeville in a box. He loved to talk about his vaudeville days: "You put together your act and there were enough theaters, in and around New York, you could play it for a year, and another year on the road—...Tags: Television, Diplomacy, Greenland, Jerome Kern, Celebrities
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His films paved road to laughter
Special to The TimesIn his 20 appearances as host of the Academy Awards, Bob Hope got considerable comic mileage out of his supposed shortcomings as a movie star. "Welcome to the Academy Awards," he addressed the audience one year. "Or as it's known in my house, Passover."...Tags: Lucille Ball, Television, David Butler, Katharine Hepburn, Paulette Goddard
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