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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Go for Broke! (1951): a Film Out of Its Time

Judging by Go for Broke‘s posters and related promotional material, you’d think that this Robert Pirosh picture is yet another post-WWII jingoistic war film. We see strapping blonde Van Johnson hoisting a rifle and chasing the Italian ladies. The title, too, evokes visions of Battleground (1949)–also starring Van Johnson and directed by Robert Pirosh–and the… Continue reading Go for Broke! (1951): a Film Out of Its Time

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