Richard Reibold: Shady Ad Exec and Talman Raid Party Host
Shady ad executive figures into a 1960 scandal that almost brought down TV actor William Talman.
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Nancy Kovack, Forgotten Siren of the Sixties, the One That Got Away
Nancy Kovack is long retired, no need to act anymore, and firmly married to conductor Zubin Mehta. But in her day, she […]
Zona Sage and Paul Camera: Progression, But Not Fast Enough
Sharpen your knife, go back in the past, and slice off any section. It all says something. Everything is significant, every mote […]
Man-Eating Sex Queen of Great Neck, New York, Dorothea Matthews
This English Tudor house, located at 201 Clent Road, Great Neck, New York, may not look like much of a love nest. […]
Christopher Morley in the Age of Evil Cross-Dressing Men in Film
It was the period when you could shoot, stab, punch, and humiliate cross-dressing men with complete abandon and glee. It was […]
The Great Foley, Minn. Computer Scam of 1955
It’s time for Robert Kotsmith and Michael Chmielewski to fess up. Time to come clean. Guys, don’t worry. We forgive you. The Statute […]
Celluloid Prairie Scum and Lithe Championship Diver: Strother Martin’s Two Lives
Strother Martin in Rooster Cogburn, 1975 Strother Martin was a character actor who rose to the very top of the character category. […]
Twilight Zone: “We All Know What Became of Bonnie Beecher”
And I chose Bonnie Beecher, and we all know what became of Bonnie Beecher. William Froug, in The Twilight Zone Companion, by […]
Gerard Darrow: From Quiz Kid to Broken Man
The Ephemera: A sweet-faced, intelligent 9 year-old boy–Gerard Darrow–who performed on a radio show called Quiz Kids. LIFE says that Darrow “rescued […]
From New Orleans Debutante to Wife of a Marxist, Divorce “Pioneer,” and Reiki Practitioner
The Ephemera Photo – Flickr/Bustbright Fortune, December 1938: About this time every winter in New York, if you happened to pass the […]