Click below to see Gypsy Rose Lee do her routine in Screaming Mimi (1958)
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Formally breaking ground for the Walk of Fame on Feb. 8, 1960, are, from left, Los Angeles County Supervisor Ernest Debs; Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President E.M. Stuart; actresses Gigi Perreau and Linda Darnell; Harry M. Sugarman, president of the Hollywood Improvement Assn.; and actors Francis X. Bushman and Charles Coburn. (Los Angeles Times)
Fifty years ago, the Hollywood Walk of Fame began as a gimmick to lure visitors to a Los Angeles neighborhood that had fallen on hard times in the post-World War II years.
In the same year that “Ben-Hur” won the Academy Award for best picture, Hollywood leaders and actors gathered near the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street to install the first pink terrazzo stars rimmed with bronze to launch a $1.2-million venture that some skeptics called excessive.
Now, 2,400 stars later, business groups and local boosters say the sidewalk attraction has played a crucial role in making tourism the biggest industry in Los Angeles County, drawing nearly 26 million visitors and $14 billion a year.
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WHO: RINGO STARR
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Leron Gubler
Guest speakers: TBA
WHAT: 2,401st Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
WHERE: 1750 N. Vine Street in front of the historic Capitol Records Building
WHEN: Monday, February 8, at 7p.m.
SPECIAL NOTE: Members of the Los Angeles Unified School Districts’ All District High School Honor Marching Band will perform a special salute in Ringo Starr’s honor
Ringo Starr will be honored with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 2010, the 50th anniversary to the day on which construction first began on the famed sidewalk.
Ringo Starr was born at “a very young age” in Liverpool England on July 7, 1940.
“When I was thirteen, I only wanted to be a drummer,” remembers Starr. Four years later at age seventeen, he joined the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Band. In 1959, Starr hooked up with the Raving Texans, which later became Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. In 1962, while playing a summer gig with Storm, Starr was asked to join The Beatles. Worried that he might cost his bandmates the summer gig if he left, Starr delayed his departure until they found a replacement. On August 18, 1962, Ringo Starr officially became a Beatle.
In 1971, Starr began his unprecedented run as the first solo Beatle to score seven consecutive Top 10 singles, starting with the release of “It Don’t Come Easy.” His second hit single, “Back Off Boogaloo,” was written with and inspired by T Rex frontman Marc Bolan. In 1973, Starr released his self-titled smash hit Ringo, which yielded three Top 10 singles, including the #1 hits “Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful And You’re Mine).” Ringo also marked the first time since the breakup that all of The Beatles participated in the same project, though not at the same time.
Starr continued to release more hits, including “Only You” and “The No No Song.” In 1981, he recorded Stop and Smell the Roses, his most critically-acclaimed record since Ringo, while the ‘90s saw him release some of the best records of his career and he also found consistent success as a live act with his revolving All Starr Band. The touring met with great success and yielded Starr’s first live album, simply titled Ringo and His All Starr Band.
“If you look at all the bands I’ve put together, it’s an incredible array of musicians, all these different people,” says Starr. “Everyone has hit records, hit songs. It’s just good music and I’m having a lot of fun and that’s what it’s all about – great music and fun.”
On January 12, 2010, Starr released Y NOT (Hip-O/Ume), supported by Ben Harper and Relentless7 for a promotional tour, and simultaneously announced his 11th All Starr Band line up, which he will take on the road this summer.
The 11th All Starrs will feature Edgar Winter on sax and keyboards, Gary Wright on keyboards and Gregg Bissonette on drums. New to the All Starrs are Rick Derringer on guitar, Richard Page (Mr. Mister) on bass and Wally Palmar (Romantics) on guitar and harmonica. Booked by Dave Hart, the tour will kick off on June 24, 2010 at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and will include a July 7 (Ringo’s birthday!) show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, ending at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on August 7.
Y NOT, Ringo Starr’s 16th studio album, met with immediate acclaim: Billboard called the collection “some of his best and most poignant songs in years,” while Rolling Stone said “Y Not is full of straightforward, sweetly melodic tunes, most of them about Starr’s abiding optimism.”
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(Photo: Allan R. Ellenberger)
Click below to watch Ramon Novarro and Enid Bennett in a scene from the silent film, The Red Lily (1924)
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Edmund Goulding (left) with Jean Harlow, Edmund Lowe and David O. Selznick on the set of Dinner at Eight (1933)
Castle Argyle Arms Apartment
1919 N. Argyle Avenue
Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
HOUSEHOLD RESIDENTS*
NOTE: This is a private residence. Please DO NOT disturb the occupants.
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* Information includes relationship to head of household, age / place of birth (year of arrival in this country, if applicable) / occupation / industry.
The preceeding text is taken from my book, Celebrities in the 1930 Census (McFarland & Co., Inc., 2008). This directory provides an extensive listing of household information collected for over 2,265 famous or notorious individuals who were alive during the 1930 United States Census. Please note: The above photographs do not appear in the book.
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Check out Ida Lupino singing “One For My Baby” in a scene from Road House (1948)
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Click below to see Mary Carlisle in a scene from One Frightened Night (1935)
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The former Charlie Chaplin Studios (now Jim Henson Studios) in Hollywood where recording stars are gathering tonight to re-record, “We are the World” (Photo: Allan Ellenberger)
Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Dozens of recording stars began converging on a Hollywood studio Monday to add their voices to a song they hope will raise millions of dollars for Haitian earthquake relief.
The lyrics and music are an updated version of “We Are the World,” a song that raised at least $30 millions for African humanitarian programs 25 years ago.
Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the first song with Michael Jackson, is organizing the effort. The original producer, Quincy Jones, is using the same studio he used in 1985.
Paparazzi and security surrounded Henson Studios [former Charlie Chaplin Studios], just off Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard, anticipating the arrival of limousines delivering the stars Monday afternoon for what is expected to be a marathon recording session.
Smokey Robinson, who sang on the original, said the roster of 100 singers asked to take part does not include any of the 45 stars from the previous version.
While the list has not been made public, CNN has confirmed it includes Usher, Carrie Underwood, Fergie, Jason Mraz, Rob Thomas, Anthony Hamilton, Trey Songz, Sugarland, Julianne Hough, India.Arie and Musiq Soulchild. [also seen entering the studios were Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Lady Gaga]
Many of the stars were already in Los Angeles to attend Sunday’s Grammy awards show.
One tool Jones used in 1985 to keep the massive recording session from getting out of control was a sign above the studio door that read: “Check your egos at the door.” It is expected it will be there again, one organizer said.
Organizers have not said when the song might be ready for the world to hear.
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