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BY HILTON ALS – OCTOBER 7, 2013 From “My Lunches with Orson” Edited by Peter Biskind: Interviewer: Dorothy Comingore, another fresh face, was so great as Susan Alexander, Kane’s mistress and second wife, the one based on Marion Davies. How did you find her? Orson Welles: Chaplin, you know, told me about her. Interviewer: What was she in? OW: Nothing. He just found her. He’d seen her in some little play or something. Her singing “Come and Go,” was a real fabricated performance, because we sprayed her throat before every take with some dangerous chemical that made her hoarse. Her performance as the younger version of the wife was herself. The older one was chemical…. Interviewer: So, what happened to Comingore? OW: For two or three years she just refused everything, waiting for another Susan Alexander. Well, you know, those parts don’t come along so often. Interviewer: God, in a way, it’s the worst thing that can happen, to get that at the beginning of your career, isn’t it? OW…Everybody loved her in “Kane,” so she was in a good situation. She had that pathos that could turn into bitchiness because it came from insecurity and vulgarity. She ended up, you know, being arrested for prostitution. She was picking up people in bars. It was tragic. Interviewer: I recall she was married to screenwriter Richard Collins, who told HUAC he divorced her because she refused to name names. She was blacklisted in 1951, which ended her career |
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......]Earl: Thanks for posting these wonderful photos and sharing them with us. Family photos are always a welcome sight for me. |
Thanks to RiichKay for those captures of the Raincheck Room. The sign looked exactly the same when I was a regular there in the late 70's/early 80's.
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Sheriff's range picture
Deputy Griggers, along with the Sheriff’s Pistol Team put on amazing shooting expositions throughout Los Angeles County for many years.http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/23...2ed1f4f2c6.jpg Is that Shirley Temple?
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Well, he was right about the arrest--& she does seem to have been willing to "fraternize" with the cops.... (I've never heard prostitution referred to as "commercial vice"....) Times-- 3-20-53: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kr...092-h614-rw-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iD...366-h768-rw-no Times-- 5-27-53: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/au...366-h768-rw-no |
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"Deputy Sewell Griggers and Shirley Temple in 19?? The photo promoted the Revolver Club of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Deputy Griggers, along with the Sheriff’s Pistol Team put on amazing shooting expositions throughout Los Angeles County for many years. Deputy Sewell was not only an accomplished marksman, he did so even though a teenage accident resulted in him not being able to see out of his right eye, and his dominant hand shook due to nerve damage." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original |
Thanks, it looked like her.
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Dorothy Comingore
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I'm confused as to why one can be committed to a state institution by an ex-husband for "financial reasons". The Red Scare ruined a lot of lives. One is left to wonder if she could have been all right w/o HUAC. She died in 1971 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Mg...aUs=w1366-h768 wiki |
There's a new vid making the rounds, a 1947 Bob's Big Boy car-hop training film. If you haven't seen it, you should, for obvious reasons:
https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/453/31...b13461bd_b.jpg https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5592/3...f5735b6c_b.jpg I'll let the esteemed Chris Nichols of LAMagazine tell you all about it here. |
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...riichkay, thanks for finding these screengrab photos from the Russ Meyer film! I added a link to your post to my original one about this location! Now maybe something for "Try Later" will show up at some point! |
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We're on Easy Street for today's Julius Shulman post. This is "Job 5267: Buff & Hensman, M.C. Gill Corporation (El Monte, Calif.), 1975".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Here's a closer view of the entrance. I've left out a color version of this shot. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original The license plate of the Mercedes says "4 TRUTH" - I wonder who it belonged to. The car behind is bugging me - I feel like I should recognize it. Any ideas? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The reason for my opening line is that the building is at 4056 Easy Street, El Monte. Other than losing the rails by the steps, it looks pretty much unchanged. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV |
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The history of the firm is here |
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Cheers, Earl |
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I doubt she would have owned up readily to offering to go down on guys in a "dark place" for 10 bucks...(each?). Anyway, once she was committed, the charges were dropped. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TN...366-h768-rw-nohttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/v4...366-h768-rw-no (Whoa Dorothy) It looks like William P. Comingore had moved his family (then wife Bernadotte/Bernadette and daughter Lucille) west to LA by 1906; he was working as a Times typesetter that year. The Comingores moved around a lot in the city before Dorothy was born in 1913, when they settled for a time at 1414 Carroll Avenue: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/v5...366-h768-rw-no In 1920, the family was living around the corner at 950 (now apparently 952) E. Edgeware Rd: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ea...366-h768-rw-no Then, in the '20s, they moved to Oakland. Dorothy came south again in 1938 to get into showbiz. Dad had his own run-in with the law--and none other than Harry Chandler (from the Herald, Sept 2, 16 & 24, 1910): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Tu...366-h768-rw-nohttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ob...366-h768-rw-nohttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_d...366-h768-rw-no And yet, he was back at the Times as head electrotyper by 1914 (Times, 12-31-1914): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pW...366-h768-rw-no |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original www.carpictures.com Here's the original image at full resolution for comparison. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
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http://bringatrailer.com/2011/03/14/...erati-khamsin/ ETA: Looks like HossC came to the same conclusion I did! Great minds and all ;-) |
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