El Cine del Oro #41
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Yo Dormi Con un Fantasma (I Slept With a Ghost)
(Jaime Salvador; 1949)
An Ongoing Series of Cultural and Personal Observations;
by Tom Sutpen, Stephen Cooke, Richard Gibson, Kimberly Lindbergs and Greg Ferrara

Gilbert Roland, Constance Bennett, Louella Parsons and Clark Gable gather at a Hollywood Halloween party.

Original Caption:
Girl Evangelist Blasts Beach Iniquities
Boston -- When Mary Agnes caught this pair spooning on Revere Beach, her wrath knew no bounds. Incidentally she would not appear on the beach in her one piece bathing suit until she had securely fastened her stockings above her knees. "Bare legs," she shuddered, "not before that crowd." (1922)
Today's Adventure
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Brooklyn -- Many a time the enraged fans of Flatbush have made the Welkin ring with their roar of "Kill the Umpire". Today that roar was especially bitter and loud as Umpire George Magerkurth's tenth inning decision on a close play enabled the first place Cincinnati Reds to nose the Brooklyn Dodgers out by 4 to 3 score. Not content with mere vocal objections was this dyed in the wool Dodger fan. He is shown astride Umpire Magerkurth pumping punches at the august imperial jaw. The fan, identified as Frank Germano, leaped from the stands as the last man went out in the 10th inning to finish the game, and caught up with Umpire Magerkurth as the latter was going to the dressing rooms. Then the battle was on. (1940)

from The Gentleman Gunman
(by Graham Ingels)
(Crime Patrol #12; Jun-Jul, 1949)
Today's Adventure
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Philadelphia -- Manager Frank 'Blinky' Palermo puts the Welterweight Championship belt around Johnny Saxton after he won the title from Kid Gavilan with a unanimous decision at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, October 20th. Gavilan, champ since 1951, sobbed afterwards that the fight was "fixed." (1954)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
Adventures in the Fight Racket,
Friends and Family

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Milwaukee -- Sister St. Francis, a Canadian-born nun on the staff of Misericordia Hospital, takes a spill as she tries to execute the "sitting duck" maneuver on the skating rink at the Milwaukee Arena. A group of nuns from the hospital were invited to the arena as guests of the Holiday on Ice management. (1964)

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Emperor's Brother Visits Jap Repatriates.
Tokyo -- Sitting cross-legged on a cushion, Prince Takamatsu, brother of Emperor Hirohito, chats with some of the several hundred Japanese who were recently repatriated to Japan from Manchuria, Mukden, Korea, and many parts of China to which the Japanese Empire had spread before US armed forces pricked the imperial bubble. Seated across from the prince, a Japanese mother nurses her infant baby unselfconsciously. The youngster is not impressed by the presence of royalty. (1947)

from Guns Roar in Gila Pass; Ch. 1: How It Began
(by Stan Lee and Jack Keller)
(Kid Colt Outlaw, #99; July, 1961)

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Los Angeles -- Sheriff's Deputies search two Japanese men as sudden raids netted between 150 and 200 Japs, including many Buddhist priests and teachers in Japanese language schools. Federal men, Army and Navy intelligence officers, officers of the Sheriff and police joined in the raids that extended from San Diego to Santa Barbara. (1942)

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New York -- This is a view of the city room at the New York Herald Tribune, as a strike of the photo engravers union went on through its fifth day. The strike began when about 400 photo engravers, who make the engravings which reproduce photos and advertising illustrations, walked out of three morning and three afternoon papers on December 28th. The Herald Tribune, suspended publication voluntarily the night of December 30th, becoming the seventh to halt. The Herald Tribune staff reports as usual, ready to "roll the presses" as soon as the strike ends. Publishers and union negotiators recessed their joint session on December 2nd with no settlement in sight and a meeting slated for the next day. (1953)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
An Illustrated History of American Labor

Elizabeth Taylor cuts the cake, as If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger . . . marks its fourth anniversary today

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New York -- Gen. Billy Mitchell is honored as Gary Cooper, star of Warner Bros. 'The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell', and Charles B. Moss, executive director of the Criterion Theatre where the picture is now playing, officially change Times Square to "Billy Mitchell Square" in ceremonies that took place at 1 PM today at Broadway and 44th Street. The valiant proponent of air power was born 76 years ago today, December 29, 1879. (1955)

Dolemite
(D'Urville Martin; 1975)
The wonder that was Rudy Ray Moore (aka Dolemite; aka Petey Wheatstraw) passed from us last Sunday, just 81 years young. Here is an appreciation of the man and his fine, foxy legacy from the Los Angeles Times.

The Whaler (1915)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
The Native-Americana of Edward S. Curtis

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Mineola -- Actor Paul Newman, currently starring in the film 'Somebody Up There Likes Me' - the biography of boxer Rocky Graziano - is shown with bowed head in a police car as he was taken from Nassau County Police Headquarters to court today. Newman was arrested earlier on a drunken driving charge. A big corps of newsmen was on hand to record Newman's difficulties with the law. They were in Mineola awaiting developments in the kidnapping of little Peter Weinberger. (1956)

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Dianne Daniggelis, Miss Illinois of 1955, displays the new concept of portable televisions. The 45-pound Zenith televisions, which use a shorter television tube than prior models, have a 17-inch screen with side grips to store the antenna and power cord while in transport. (1955)

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London -- Jack Rea, Irish snooker champion, meets Joe Davis in a practice game before their challenge match at the Leicester Square Hall to be televised on 23 January (1954)

from The Invulnerable Enemy
(by Otto Binder, Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye)
(Action Comics, #226; March, 1957)

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San Francisco -- Police drag demonstrator to the paddy wagon, after breaking up demonstrations staged by more than 500 persons outside the Fairmont Hotel, in protest against Secretary of State Dean Rusk who was to speak inside. The demonstrators became unruly, and started throwing containers of a blood-like fluid, then bottles, resulting in the need for some 100 police officers who moved in and dispersed the crowd. (1968)

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Milan -- Citizens stroll past the controversial cement, steel and glass public library which has excited various comments. Thousands of Milanese have protested the design by architect Mario Arrighetti. The building's front is made up of windows set deep in a multitude of squares, and plain cement surface, smooth and unbroken by any ornamental design. (1955)

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Ducks' Goose Cooked?
Queens -- Handcuffed and camera shy, ex-Teamster Anthony 'Tony Ducks' Corallo enters court after arrest in 35G judicial 'fix' scandal. Four others were indicted with him. (1961)

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Los Angeles -- The Screen Writers Guild strike brings motion picture and television production very nearly to a halt. Several famous writers are shown here picketing at the 20th Century-Fox Studios; including Richard Brooks, Bo Goldman, Gore Vidal and Billy Wilder (1981)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
An Illustrated History of American Labor,
When Legends Gather

Allen Tate

from Shadow of Death
(by Graham Ingels)
(Tales from the Crypt, #39; Dec-Jan, 1954)

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New York -- The most famous injured knee in football today is put on display by its sidelined owner, Joe Namath, NY Jets' quarterback. Joe tore the ligaments in his left knee on Aug 7th, while trying to stop Detroit Lions' Mike Lucci from scoring a touchdown after recovering a fumble. (1971)

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Beverly Hills -- A couple of "old timers", George Raft and Mae West, interrupt their talk about Hollywood to accommodate photographers at a gala 'Cocktails for Two' party, June 28. Movie, television, and recording stars joined business leaders in a return to the 1930's party hosted by Schenley Industries to introduce a new pre-mixed drink. Freddie Martin and Bob Crosby orchestras provided the music for the nostalgic extravaganza. (1977)

We bear sad news this morn' of the passing, at 81, of Edie Adams; actress, singer, comedienne, and all around one of the more underrated performers in her day (and many another). Here is an account of the life and career from today's New York Times

Neal Hefti (1922-2008)
Words, as usual, fail me utterly; so I'll leave the task to one of the very few news sources that saw fit to mark this passing: The UK Telegraph

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Washington -- White and Negro pupils at Seaton Elementary School join in a prayer as Washington Public Schools opened on a non-segregated basis for the first time in history (1954)

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Youths Confess Murder of Druggist
Brooklyn -- This youthful quartet from the notorious Navy Yard gang confessed yesterday that they took part in the attempted robbery in which Paul J. Gillman, druggist, was slain in his store at Court and Amity Streets. Yesterday the youthful gunmen re-enacted the crime in detail, under heavy police guard, for Assistant District Attorney Wilson. They are left to right: Stephen Collins, John Keogh, William J. Evans and Frank Evans. (1922)

Birdland
(this image was taken in 1960 by William Claxton; who passed away Saturday at the age of 80. Here is the obit from The Associated Press)

Abe Hirschfeld
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
Great Madmen of the 20th Century,
The New Yorkers

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Chicago -- Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali) casts a wondered look at a marquee that reads "WOULD YOU BELIEVE NAZIS IN OUR CITY" at the entrance to a South Side motel. Clay is in Chicago attending a Black Muslim convention at the International Amphitheater. The Champ, who takes off for Germany on August 29, drew a standing ovation when he addressed a huge crowd at the convention. (1966)

The Fury
(Brian DePalma; 1978)
(furious thanks to Ryland Walker Knight of Vinyl is Heavy for this image)

Pres. Ronald Reagan falls down the stairway ramp of Air Force One in 1984.

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Flushing -- Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People picket under the marquee of the Republic Movie Theatre against race discrimination featured in the movie 'The Birth of a Nation'. They carry signs asking for a ban on hate films. (1947)

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Milan -- Astonished strollers, tourists and Milanese in the Piazza del Duomo could hardly believe their eyes at the sight of comedian Jerry Lewis cavorting in and about the famed square. Only it wasn't the Hollywood star making a surprise visit to the Italian city, it was just a young Italian imitator, Adriano Celentano, the spitting (and leaping) image of the zany American comic. This photo gives you a pretty good idea of why they are calling the 18-year-old Celentano the "Jerry Lewis of Italy." Look out, now, here he comes! Adriano says he has solved the parking problem by converting this tricycle. It may look a trifle silly, but it's practical - or is it? Says Adriano: "I like it, I like it. It gets me where I wanna go, so there." (1956)

Today's Adventure: On the set of Once Upon a Time in America, Sergio Leone instructs extras on proper decorum in Opium dens. (1982)

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New Brunswick -- Jimmy Mills kneels in prayer at the open grave of his wife Eleanor in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Eleanor Mills and the Reverend Edward W. Hall were found murdered in September. She was a choir singer at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, where Hall was the pastor. (1922)
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for the series:
Annals of Crime,
I Like the Christian Life

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Sit Downers Hail 'Armistice Day.'
Flint -- Sit down strikers at the Cadillac and Fleetwood Plants here, led by a band playing "Hail to the Victors", march jubilantly from the plants after a truce had been declared permitting negotiation between G. M. officials and members of the United Automobile Workers of America. General Motors is determined however not to surrender exclusive collective bargaining rights for employees to the United Automobile workers. (1937)
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for the series:
An Illustrated History of American Labor

from Case no. 102: Ellen Lyman
(by Jack Kamen)
(Psychoanalysis #1; April, 1955)

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Philadelphia -- The Rev. Leon Sullivan, first Black man to become director of General Motors, talks to a group of preschool children who use his church as their kindergarten. This is only one of the programs Rev. Sullivan sponsors in his Black self-help programs. The Baptist minister is also director of Girard Trust of Philadelphia, one of the country's biggest banks. (1971)

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Anaheim -- In orbit are Sister Euphemia and her co-pilot, Sister Michael James, as they ride the Tomorrowland rocket at Disneyland. Catholic schools were out on a special holiday and the park invited students and teachers to the park in a day set aside as 'Catholic School Day.' (1962)

Today's Adventure: George Stevens directs a Hal Roach Boy Friends comedy with Grady Sutton and Mickey Daniels.

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New York -- Mickey Walker, former World's Middleweight Champion, looks like an honest-to-goodness newspaperman as he assumes his new duties as sports editor of the Police Gazette. Walker, who retired from the ring in 1937, will write a regular column, "The Bulldog Speaks," and will soon take off on a tour of the country searching for boxing talent that the Gazette can train and sponsor. (1948)

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Bangor -- Two Indiana gangsters, Al Brady, 27 - the Midwest's current Public Enemy No. 1 - and his lieutenant, Clarence Lee Shaffer, Jr., 21, who had been hunted by Federal agents for several murders and scores of bank robberies, were slain by G-Men in a furious street battle in Bangor, Maine, October 12th. An accomplice, James Dalhover, 30, of Madison, Indiana, was captured, and G-Man Walter Walsh, 28, of Washington, was wounded. Here is the scene in Main Street after the battle. Brady, foreground, and Shaffer lie dead across trolley tracks. (1937)

Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
They Were an Item,
They Were Collaborators

from War Story!
(by John Severin and Bill Elder)
(Two-Fisted Tales, #19; Jan-Feb, 1951)