Tag: mob
November 4, 2014 /

Vegas, where Vickie Lester was on a roll…

Barbara Stanwyck on the set of The Lady Gambles: A couple of years ago I bumped into a cinematographer friend in Vegas. He asked me if I’d ever gambled before and I said “no” and he said “perfect” and led me over to the craps table and handed me a…

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January 4, 2014 /

THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF LANA TURNER’S LIFE

If you follow this blog you probably are familiar with the story. Lana Turner “hooks up” with Johnny Stompanato, a mob thug under the employ of Mickey Cohen. He roughs her up, they split up, they get back together. One night at Lana’s home they argue in Lana’s bedroom. Her…

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June 7, 2013 /

YOUNG AT HEART – FRANK SINATRA

I was trying to figure out the Rat Pack’s enduring appeal, for men, let’s face it, predominantly men — at first I thought it had to do with nostalgia, and then I remembered an incident from my youth. My dad (truly a father of another era) took a friend and…

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May 9, 2013 /

LANA – PERHAPS NOT THE GREATEST MAMA

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