Movies
“The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain” is an ungainly title for a light romantic trifle.
May 12, 1995
Entertainment & Arts
Long embarrassed by the tawdry condition of the Walk of Fame, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has launched a new program to clean, repair and replace disfigured and cracked star-shaped memorials to movie, television and radio personalities.
Jan. 16, 1986
California
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the Hollywood Christmas Parade, will not reconsider its decision to bar the Hollywood High School band from the Nov. 30 parade.
Nov. 6, 1986
Housing & Homelessness
The leader of a Hollywood group formed to feed and shelter the homeless has accused the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce of being “vague and arbitrary” in rejecting the group’s application to have a float in the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade.
Nov. 21, 1985
The thaw has hit the theater.
March 7, 1987
Real Estate
Two critics of the citizens advisory organization for Hollywood redevelopment have decided not to run for office within the group, saying they have no chance of winning.
Aug. 3, 1986
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will attempt to convince Chip-In, a new group formed to aid the homeless, that a hotel for the poor should not be located in the business district.
Dec. 15, 1985
Business
Small business people in Hollywood who fear that they will be ousted as part of the redevelopment of the community will meet today to strengthen their effort to stay in business.
June 12, 1986
Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winner of five--it won best picture in a year when the competition included “Citizen Kane” and “The Maltese Falcon”--this tale of a young boy’s coming of age in a Welsh mining town was director John Ford’s personal favorite and one of the most deservedly beloved of all American films.
March 24, 1991
Science & Medicine
Doctors sacrificed 7-week-old Amy Lakeberg in a 5 1/2-hour operation Friday that gave her Siamese twin sister, Angela, sole possession of their shared, malformed heart--and a slender hope of survival.
Aug. 21, 1993