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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Lee Harvey Oswald Gun Photo: Before and After
History remains frozen solid at 214 W. Neeley St., Dallas, Texas. The home where Lee Harvey Oswald lived with his wife Marina in 1963, and where the famous picture of him holding the rifle used to assassinate JFK was taken, not only is there but the side yard is still there, largely the same. The… Continue reading Lee Harvey Oswald Gun Photo: Before and After
Lola DeWitt: Talman Party Member and Walking Disaster
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
Max Tannenbaum: New York Hoodlum Brought to L.A. By Mickey Cohen
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
Conflict Photographer vs. War Photographer: When the Term Began
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