Originally Posted by BDiH (Post 10032378)

Originally Posted by FredH (Post 5914719)

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Jean Spangler was a 26 year old dancer at the Earl Carroll Theatre and Florentine Gardens,
and a struggling actress who had landed only a few bit parts in movies.

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She lived on Colgate Avenue in the Park La Brea area with her mother, daughter, and sister-in-law.
About 5:00 p.m. on October 7, 1949, she went out, telling her sister-in-law that she
was going to see her ex-husband about a child support payment, then go on to a night shoot at a
movie studio. Except for a brief sighting at the nearby Farmer’s Market an hour later, she was never seen again.

When she did not return home the next day, her sister-in-law reported her missing. Since she had a reputation as
a “party girl”, the police did nothing, figuring that she would show up in a day or so. On October 9th, a Griffith Park
worker found her purse near the Fern Dell entrance to the park.

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The purse had a torn strap and contained a strange hand written note. The note said, “Kirk, Can’t wait any longer.
Going to see Dr. Scott. It will work best this way while mother is away.” The purse prompted an extensive search
of the park, but nothing else was found.

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The police pursued several lines of inquiry:

The ex-husband, a plastic manufacturer named Dexter Benner, was interviewed. He claimed that he had not seen
Jean for several weeks prior to her disappearance. His story was backed up by his new wife Lynn, who had been
previously married to Mickey Cohen associate, Ely Lasky. A check with the studios around town also revealed that
none of them had a movie shoot scheduled that night.

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Word spread from a couple of Jean’s friends that she was three months pregnant. The police figured that the Dr. Scott
mentioned in the note was an abortionist, who may have botched things and disposed of her body.
A search for Dr. Scott came up empty.

A few days into the investigation, the actor Kirk Douglas (after reading the story about the note) called the police to say
that he may have briefly met her on the set of his last movie, “Young Man With a Horn”. Jean had a bit part in this movie
as a hula dancer. The police thought that it was strange that Douglas just happened to call them with this information,
but they could make no connection to her disappearance. Some people thought that Spangler and Douglas had indeed dated
several times, but no one had any solid evidence.

Jean had also been seen in Palm Springs a few days prior to her vanishing, with a couple of Mickey Cohen’s associates,
David “Little Davey” Ogul and Frank Niccoli. Strangely enough, both of them had also recently disappeared. Rumor had it
that Niccoli had been dumped into a lime pit in a Cucamonga vineyard and his keys were found down a sewer on
Santa Barbara Avenue. Of course, people began to have sightings of the three of them as far away as El Paso, Texas.
Niccoli was also supposedly spotted in Mexico with his hair bleached blond and a “nose spreader” up his nostrils to change
his appearance. Neither Ogul nor Niccoli were ever seen again.

The real loser here was reportedly Mickey Cohen, who had bailed out the pair at a cost of $75,000 and now had to pay up
the bail money. One report had it that this was the reason that Mickey had to liquidate his haberdashery store in Los Angeles.

Since the Black Dahlia murder was still fresh in people's memories, evryone expected to find Jean's body hacked to pieces
somewhere around town.

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Jean Spangler was never seen again and the case is still open in the Los Angeles Police files.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 10032309)

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And speaking of Palm Springs.


What is Marilyn Monroe doing in Palm Springs with Roy Cohn?

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Seriously, does anyone recognize the man? :shrug:


Whoever the man is the eBay seller is asking $500.00
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Originally Posted by JeffDiego (Post 10033570)

Hi Ethereal: That's an easy one for an old Hollywood buff. That's Hollywood agent Johnny Hyde, Marilyn's lover & father figure. Hyde wrangled Marilyn's contract at 20the Century-Fox & it was he who encouraged her to have minor plastic surgery. He wanted to marry her, but if I recall, was already married when they first started going out. I'd date the photo 1949 - 50, rather than '47.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 10032335)

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Before I log off for the day here are a few closer looks from the Frank Wiggins Rooftop phoyograph.


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Originally Posted by sopas ej (Post 10034632)

...I just love this image.
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Originally Posted by ScottyB (Post 10033824)

Ganahl Lumber is still in business, I've been to their Pasadena store.

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 10034889)

I do, too, thanks for posting it! I love how not one person is paying attention to the main attraction in the photo, the P.E. car! Heh! It doesn't really look like the usual passenger car. Is it something else?

Can anyone make out the name of the Cafe that is serving CHOP SUEY?

Anyone know the two streets in the photo? I have a habit of noting the time on any clock I see in a photo. Appears to be 2:35 p.m., give or take a minute or two.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 10034922)

ScottyB,

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ganahllumber..Be sure to pan right ----->

Pasadena, right?



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