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 | News: Whitley Heights Own Barbara Stanwyck Celebrated By Oscar® |
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Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates the legendary actress Barbara Stanwyck during
the year of her centennial with an evening of film clips and onstage
conversation with Stanwyck’s friends and colleagues. This tribute will
be followed by a retrospective screening series at the UCLA Film &
Television Archive’s new Billy Wilder Theater.
From her humble beginnings as a package wrap clerk at a local
department store to becoming the world's most prized actress, Barbara
Stanwyck realized her dream in show business beginning as a chorus girl
and then moved up the ranks into acting roles in film.
A long time
resident of Whitley Heights, Barbara lived on Whitley Terrace and...
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| News: WHITLEY HEIGHTS CALENDAR |
  Famed
photographer Tim Street-Porter features a dazzling array of his dramatic
photographs of historic Hollywood in the first annual 2007 Whitley Heights
Calendar. Proceeds benefit the Whitley Heights Civic
Association. If you wish to
purchase a copy of the calendar, you may...
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| News: August Featuring Judy Garland - A Star is Born |
Legendary screen star Judy Garland, a former resident of historic Whitley Heights, was featured on the big
screen at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, having just been celebrated in her treasured classic The Wizard of Oz in July.
This time, she is starred in the Oscar nominated motion picture A Star Is Born.
The Warner Brothers film was George Cukor’s masterful and emotionally reflective remake of William Wellman's version from 1937.
There
is no small irony in the fact that 'A Star Is Born', the story of a fading alcoholic, was actually
conceived as a comeback vehicle for Judy Garland, who's...
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| News: H.J. Whitley Celebrated In Retrospective Book |
A new and remarkable history on the founder of Whitley Heights, Hobart Johnstone Whitley
has been released and should shed some much-needed light on one of
the key players who brought Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley to
life.
The book, entitled The Father of Hollywood, details the stories and history of the visionary who was
instrumental in the development of Hollywood and greater Los Angeles,
and, of course, his neighborhood namesake – Whitley Heights.
So who exactly H.J. Whitley and how did he achieve the coveted title of The Father of Hollywood? |
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| News: Whitley Heights Resident Judy Garland On The Big Screen |
 Legendary screen star Judy Garland, a resident of historic Whitley Heights, was once again on the big screen in her treasured classic The Wizard of Oz.
This was truly a one-of-a-kind chance to see Judy in a celebrated movie
theater setting, bigger than life.
This Warner Brothers classic also features the talents of another
well-known Whitley Heights resident, who is not often recognized, but
well-represented in Hollywood's classic films.
And who is this 'other' Whitley Heights resident?
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| Monday, May 29 | | · | Rudolph Valentino's Estate For Sale - Once In A Lifetime... |
| Sunday, May 28 | | · | Whitley Resident Bette Davis Film Featured At Egyptian |
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| Friday, September 30 | | · | Valentino's ALL NIGHT (1918) Just Released on DVD |
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