Cold Turkey (1971)

A giant tobacco company offers the small town of Eagle Rock, Iowa $25M if all 4,006 residents can give up smoking for 30 days. With that kind of premise, you already know that Cold Turkey is going to be a super-broad satire movie, one that you really have to be in the mood to watch.… Continue reading Cold Turkey (1971)

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Lola DeWitt: Talman Party Member and Walking Disaster

Lola DeWitt and Mother at Trial

One of the less savory aspects of the William Talman raid in 1960 was one of the members of the party: Lola DeWitt. On March 12, 1960, TV show Perry Mason actor William Talman was arrested in West Hollywood, along with seven others, on narcotics charges after officers found marijuana. Besides Talman, we have his… Continue reading Lola DeWitt: Talman Party Member and Walking Disaster

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Max Tannenbaum: New York Hoodlum Brought to L.A. By Mickey Cohen

Max Tannenbaum, 1958, Johnny Stompanato Murder

Los Angeles. It’s the 1950s. You’re on the front lines as a low-level gang associate of famed mobster Mickey Cohen. Associate, enforcer, pal, friend, whatever. You’re called many things. It’s not like a gangster movie. It’s a mundane life. Some people call you a functionary like it’s an insult. But why? A functionary functions. A… Continue reading Max Tannenbaum: New York Hoodlum Brought to L.A. By Mickey Cohen

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Conflict Photographer vs. War Photographer: When the Term Began

Hilda Clayton Photograph of Explosion

As someone who loves the English language but hates change, I arch an eyebrow when I hear a new fangled phrase.  Language is a continually shifting thing.  At no point in history has English been a fixed language.  At the very moment you might think it’s fixed, someone out there is creating a new phrase… Continue reading Conflict Photographer vs. War Photographer: When the Term Began

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