TO HAL BATES FROM JACK BEAN REGARDING MITZI GAYNOR

15 October 1973

HAL BATES AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM

Letter and photograph by Ralph Portner, Vice President and General Manager, The Hollywood Palladium, 11 August 1972. This was to congratulate Hal on becoming editor of the Hollywood Reporter.

HAL BATES AT KCSN IN THE "DIAL-LOG"

KCSN 88.5 FM DIAL-LOG January 1984

HAL BATES ENJOYING COMPANY AT FLINT'S WHILE DRINKING PRUNE JUICE

The first photo ran earlier in this blog, but here are the two in sequence, before and after. 

This should be circa 1967. 

Help appreciated for any identification of the location. This "Flint's" appears to be a health food store (?). 

The logo on the ladies' hats is "FF," perhaps "Flint's Foods?"

HAL BATES: "CURRENT NIGHT CLUB ACTS IN REVIEW" - J.C. CURTISS AND POUPEE BOCAR AT THE PLAYBOY CLUB

The Valley News, 12 November 1971

HAL BATES: "CURRENT NIGHT CLUB ACTS IN REVIEW" - JOAN AND TONY COSTA IN THE STARLIT LOUNGE OF DIAMANT'S 9000 RESTAURANT

The Valley News, 12 November 1971

HAL BATES: "LAS VEGAS-IN-REVIEW" - BILL COSBY AND SHIRLEY BASSEY AT THE HILTON

The Valley News, circa September 1973.

HAL BATES: "NIGHT CLUB ACTS IN REVIEW" - THE JACK ROSS SHOW AT OSCAR'S ATOP THE HOLIDAY INN

The Van Nuys News, 8 November 1971

HAL BATES: "HARTFORD REVUE LOOMS AS SOLID SMASH"

The Valley News, 12 January 1968

HAL BATES: LAS VEGAS-IN-REVIEW - "BOBBIE GENTRY IN GOOD COMPANY"

The Valley News, circa 1973.

HAL BATES: "TABLE TALK AT DON RICARDO'S"

Los Angeles Daily News, 16 July 1984

TO HAL BATES FROM LEE HOWARD OF THE MUSIC CENTER UNITED FUND

From Lee Howard, Director Community Contributions, Performing Arts Council, Music Center of Los Angeles County - 18 December 1984

TO HAL BATES FROM THE LOS ANGELES MOZART ORCHESTRA

From David Keith, Music Director, Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, 28 November 1984

TO HAL BATES FROM REYMOND BERNEY

"To Hal / With fond regards - I will have great memories of the "funniest" interview I have ever given. Love, Raymond Berney"



From the New York Times, 18 October 1981:

Reymond Berney Offers Difficult Piano Program

Though flamboyance came more easily to him than warmth, Reymond Berney had enough of both Wednesday night to make his New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall an engaging one. Mr. Berney's program of works by Marescotti, Beethoven, Falla, Schumann and Liszt was not the sort behind which a pianist with flaws in his technique wants to hide; fortunately, from the moment he addressed Marescotti's ''Fantasque,'' it was clear he had no need to. 

A few rough edges were present in his account of the Marescotti, but his playing exhibited remarkable control nonetheless, along with a sure sense of pacing and tone.

Going to the opposite end of the pianistic spectrum with his next selection, Beethoven's Sonata in A flat (Op. 26), Mr. Berney reveled in a performance that was absorbing in its imagery and refreshingly empty of cliches, bringing animation to the variation movement and a fine sense of flourish to the funeral march. 

Mr. Berney finished the first half of his recital with an exciting performance of Falla's ''Fantasia Baetica,'' a work in which effect far outstrips substance, but which nonetheless benefited from the velocity and weight he gave its display passages. After intermission, his account of Schumann's ''Kreisleriana'' had energy in its faster sections but a slightly hard-edged and disorderly quality in some of its slower ones. The recital ended with a driven performance of Liszt's ''Mephisto'' Waltz that, though scarcely note-perfect, was taken at tempo with no shortcuts. There were flawlessly played encores of Chopin's Waltz in A minor (Op. 34, No. 2) and Etude in C (Op. 10, No. 1). Theodore W. Libbey Jr.

HAL BATES WITH CARROLL RIGHTER, ASTROLOGER, AND TOM BRADLEY, COUNCILMAN AND MAYORAL CANDIDATE

Premiere Monthly Celebrity Luncheon-Forum, Greater Los Angeles Press Club, 24 January 1973.

Includes "SALUTE TO MEXICO" with Paul Miguel Espinosa, guitar.

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Carroll Righter (February 2, 1900 – April 30, 1988) was known as the "astrologer to the stars." He wrote a syndicated daily advice column for 166 newspapers around the world and was reputed to be an advisor to Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Righter, who liked to be called the "gregarious Aquarius,' began doing charts for Hollywood notables in 1938 and became a columnist in 1950.

Righter was mentioned in President Reagan's 1965 autobiography Where's The Rest Of Me? and, according to former White House Chief of Staff Donald T. Regan, Mrs. Reagan turned to astrologers to help determine the president's schedule^. Asked specifically whether he believed in astrology, President Reagan said, "I don't guide my life by it" but he added, "I don't know enough about it to say, is there something to it or not...and I don't mean to offend anyone who does believe in it, or engages in it." When Righter was asked in 1985 if he consulted with Ronald Reagan on astrology, he replied, "No comment."


Righter claimed he warned Marlene Dietrich to avoid working on a studio set one day because she might get hurt. His advice was not heeded and Dietrich broke an ankle while reaching out to save a falling child. Word of the accident and Righter's advice led other celebrities to the astrologer's Hollywood doorstep, ensuring his fame. Among those who sought his advice were Arlene Dahl, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Withers, Hildegard Knef, Joan Fontaine and Grace Kelly. At one point in the late thirties the then-young Robert Mitchum worked as a ghost writer for Righter.

Righter wrote several books, including Astrology and You, the Astrological Guide to Health and Diet, and the Astrological Guide to Marriage and Family Relations.

HAL BATES: "HOLLYWOOD PRESS CLUB TRIBUTE TO JACK OAKIE"

"Hollywood Press Club Tribute to Jack Oakie on His 50th Anniversary in Show Business" - Chasen's Restaurant - 6 May 1973


Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.

Oakie worked as a runner on Wall Street, New York, and narrowly escaped being killed in the Wall Street bombing of September 16, 1920. While in New York, he also started appearing in amateur theatre as a mimic and a comedian, finally making his professional debut on Broadway in 1923 as a chorus boy in a production of Little Nellie Kelly by George M. Cohan.

Oakie worked in various musicals and comedies on Broadway from 1923 to 1927, when he moved to Hollywood to work in movies at the end of the silent film era. Oakie appeared in five silent films during 1927 and 1928. As the age of the "talkies" began, he signed with Paramount Pictures, making his first talking film, The Dummy, in 1929.

When his contract with Paramount ended in 1934, Oakie decided to freelance. He was remarkably successful, appearing in 87 films, most made in the 1930s and 1940s. In the film Too Much Harmony (1933), the part of Oakie's on-screen mother was played by his real mother Mary Evelyn Offield. During the 1930s he was known as "The World's Oldest Freshman", as a result of appearing in numerous films with a collegiate theme. He was also known for refusing to wear screen make-up of any kind, and the frequent use of double-take in his comedy. Oakie was quoted as saying of his studio career:

“

The pictures I made were called the bread and butter pictures of the studio. They cost nothing and made millions, and supported the prestige productions that cost millions and made nothing.

”

Oakie is probably most notable for his portrayal of Benzino Napaloni, the boisterous dictator of Bacteria, in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940), for which he received an Oscar nomination for the Best Supporting Actor Award. This role was a broad parody of the fascist dictator of Italy, Benito Mussolini.

HAL BATES AND ALAN HALE ("GILLIGAN'S ISLAND")

From the Pico Post, 26 July 1973.

This ran awhile ago but here it is in context to its original publication.

HAL BATES WITH SAM YORTY: "MAYOR CITES KABC FOR SPECIAL SERIES"

The Valley News, 14 July 1970

This was originally posted as a still photograph. Here is the original publication.

HAL BATES WITH GEORGE BURNS AND LITA BARON

"A Night For Celebrating" - Van Nuys News, 1 February 1973.

This photo originally ran as a still; here is the original news item.

HAL BATES WITH MICHAEL TURNER OF KCSN-FM

"KCSN dons cowboy hat by day, raises classical baton by night" - Daily News, 3 August 1984.

Hal Bates began a classical music program for KCSN starting in August 1984. The photograph "comments" were made by either Hal or someone in the family.