Ran across this postcard...
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and thought the scene looked familiar:
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This is a shot
sopas posted a while back of the Malibu beach house of the scion of an old
old Pasadena family, the late Mr. Monty Beragon. In a notorious noir-era crime, following
what was reportedly a romantic quarrel between the two, Beragon was shot to death by his
stepdaughter, Veda Pierce, a murder to which the girl's mother, Mrs. Beragon, initially
confessed. Prior to her marriage to Mr. Beragon, Mrs. Beragon founded the popular Southland
chain of Mildred's restaurants. After serving a five-year sentence at Tehachapi, Miss Pierce
attempted unsuccessfully to revive her career as a cabaret singer under the auspices of real
estate operator Wally Fay. Fay is said to have introduced her to reputed madame Brenda Allen,
through whom she became the protegee of Mickey Cohen, who eventually tired of her constant
demands for furs and Cadillacs. On August 6, 1960, her body, gagged and with hands tied behind
its back, was found at the base of the second "O" of the HOLLYWOOD sign. A love letter from
Theodore Forrester of Pasadena, to whom Miss Pierce was once briefly married, was found in
her clutch.
PS
Fantastic pictures, Ninja