Hollywood Cadets: Black-Foxe Military Institute 1928-1968

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AuthorHouse, Jun 16, 2014 - History - 162 pages
Black-Foxe Military Institute was part of the Hollywood scene from its founding in 1929 until its closure in 1968. Over the course of its short history, sons of many Hollywood personalities attended the school, where they and other cadets, most, but not all, from well-to-do families, received a an excellent education. This short volume attempts to capture the essence of Black-Foxe through the years with historical notes, anecdotes, and photographs . Readers are given the opportunity to learn about what is perhaps a forgotten part of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
 

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Contents

A Brief History
5
The Classroom
27
Things Military
51
STRIKE UP THE BAND
66
The Playing Fields
72
Party Time
94
Boys Will Be Boys
105
A Little Hollywood Prattle
114
THIS AND THAT
125
Reflections
142
Snapshots From Over the Years
149
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Adjutant administration Angeles Army athletic basketball became Black Black-Foxe cadets Black-Foxe faculty Bonita Granville boys cadet officers California campus Captain Charles Chuck coach College Commandant of Cadets Commandant’s dance David Aguirre deCou Deitz demerits dormitory Earle Foxe early enrolled Extra Duty father football football team George Englund Gilmore Stadium grade graduate Harry Gaver Harry H Headmaster held the position high school Hollywood Hufford Huntington Lake Jerry John John Charles Thomas Junior Kay-Det Larry Larry French later league championships Lettermen Clubs Major Gaver marching band Medley Military Academy military school Miss Hopkins Mothers Club Mourat national prep orderlies outstanding parade parents played polo Prep League prep school President rank records retired ROTC Schmelling senior class served staff student newspaper Swendsen SWIMMING TEAM Sydney Chaplin taught teacher tennis Thomas Toberman Tommy Walker Urban Military Academy Weed House weekend Wilshire Country Club WWII young

About the author (2014)

Patrick Ian O’Donnell was born and raised in Los Angeles and has enjoyed a varied career including teacher, university administrator, resort operator, and a principal of a registered investment advisory firm. His books include Death of an Oysterman, Illicit Cargo, and the Phil and Paula Oxnard murder mysteries: Ortega Night, McCollum’s Run, Of Doggerel and the Dean, and A Wrathful Vintage He has also published a book of short stories set in the California mother lode: Gold, Greed, Guile, and Gumption, and a chapbook of verse: The Least You Can Do Is Smile. He and his wife, Lorraine, live in Yorba Linda, California.

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TitleHollywood Cadets: Black-Foxe Military Institute 1928-1968
AuthorPatrick Ian O'donnell
PublisherAuthorHouse, 2014
ISBN1496917189, 9781496917188
Length162 pages
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