Entertainment & Arts
William Wesley Peters, an architect who was considered “Frank Lloyd Wright’s right arm” and was formerly married to Wright’s daughter and to the daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, died Wednesday.
July 19, 1991
Television
The actors on location in the old Highland Park Police Station sit at the witness table with heads down, arms locked over their ears.
May 1, 1986
Movies
During an interview with Calendar in May, producer Diane Silver spoke confidently of filming “Native Son,” based on Richard Wright’s 1940 novel, without compromising Wright’s vision of protagonist Bigger Thomas as a raging, violent black man.
Dec. 14, 1986
Since it has taken 46 years for Richard Wright’s landmark novel “Native Son” (opening Christmas Day at the Century Plaza, Hollywood Pacific, Baldwin Complex and Laemmle Colorado) to become a major motion picture, it’s lamentable that it is an instance of making a molehill out of a mountain.
Dec. 24, 1986
Frank Lloyd Wright’s legacy has been overshadowed by the demand for bigger and more conspicuous designs. The Benton House in Malibu, created by his son-in-law and first apprentice, makes the case again for organic style.
Aug. 17, 2006
California
Olgivanna Wright, 87-year-old widow of pioneering architect Frank Lloyd Wright, died Friday after suffering a heart attack.
March 2, 1985
Seven engineers who helped to build the Golden Gate Bridge 50 years ago were honored at the beginning of the bridge’s golden anniversary celebrations.
May 22, 1987
Sports
The scouting report may be out on Eddie Robinson of the Charlotte Hornets, but teammate David Wesley says that doesn’t mean you can stop him.
March 11, 2001
World & Nation
The Defense Department last week also identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq: Joseph M.
Dec. 14, 2003
Angels win game and now may win protest as well
May 10, 2013