Charles McGraw’s Freakishly Sad and Incongruous Death
Charles McGraw (1914-1980) was the squarest jawed of all square-jawed Hollywood actors of the golden period, always playing a tough guy of […]
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Miss Lesley E. Bogert, Prominent Among Newport Socialites
It starts with a photo in a LIFE magazine, July 11, 1938, with the caption saying, “Miss Lesley E. Bogert was prominent […]
Houlihan’s Old Place: The Era of the Funky Themed Restaurant
It was the post-hippie era, early- to mid-Seventies, but the hippie influence had permeated into the lives of regular citizens and lingered […]
Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur: Pure Palm Springs Attitude
Getting invited by friend Nelda Linsk to her home in 1970 for a casual photo shoot immortalized Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur.
Paramount Studios, 1970: Let’s Film on the Studio Today
One sub-niche of 1960s and 1970s television is the show that demonstrates the studio backlot for what it is. It’s a fascinating […]
Haverhill’s and Its Whacked-Out Ads
Haverhill’s: a weird stuff-emporium of the 1960s and 1970s, with goofy ads in big magazines like LIFE. Let’s start with the name, […]
Fake Americana With a Topping of Grit: 4 Aces Movie Ranch, Palmdale
4 Aces, located in Palmdale, California, is every Highway Patrol with Broderick Crawford and B-Minus-film noir from 1949 to 1960 wrapped up […]
Death Behind Flagstone: Tom Neal, Palm Springs, and Studio City
Tom Neal was a middling movie actor from the late 1930s to the 1950s who was more known for his off-screen escapades […]
Farny: Mysterious Drop-Dead Death of Bette Davis’ Husband
An overactive imagination could come up with a scenario where Bette Davis kills her second husband, Arthur Farnsworth. After all, pick any […]
Bell Telephone Company Pittsburgh Office Snack Bar, 1960
June, 1960: The world is alive. From Architectural Forum, we hear of a snack bar. The 1,600 employees in the Bell Telephone […]