Jim Tully – Hollywood Hobo Writer
“I have no whine at fate. I began with nothing and have ended with more money than is good for one. . […]
Category: Bizarre Personalities
Al D. Blake – the silent film actor who became a spy
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Pearl Sindelar: the Silent Star Who Became a Cult Leader
“Why, the name ‘Sindelar’ is that of my husband….He’s a commercial artist and we have the nicest studio apartment; it’s on 42nd […]
Bizarre Tales: Wonder Woman Wanda Capek
‘Wonder Woman’ Routs 2 Intruders’ by Mark Gerrard LOS ANGELES TIMES June 3, 1981 — The two strange men looked plenty suspicious […]
Gloria Goodwin: ‘Masher’ Smasher
How Gloria Goodwin busted male ‘vamps’ on the streets of Los Angeles in 1922. For this article, I merged excerpts from […]
Bizarre Tales: The Armless Aviatrix
Bizarre Tales: The Armless Aviatrix DEATH VICTOR OVER AVIATRIX Girl Born Without Arms Loses Life in Plane Crash ABILENE, Tex., September 28, […]
Los Angeles Witch-Woman
Newsflash from the Past: No Trace Found of ‘Witch-Woman’ LOS ANGELES, November 15, 1929 — (UP) — Police said today that had […]
Richard M. Nixon – photos and quotes
“Solutions are not the answer.” — Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States. “John F. Schaff Jr., Sun Valley […]
Valdeo & the Countess Adrienne de Coriche
The lives of few entertainers have ever matched that of actress/dancer/vaudevillian Valdeo Lord Parker and her mother, Maude. Both performed under many […]
Betty Bradley and her pet deer “Bennie” – 1927
Photos of a teenager named Betty Bradley and her pet deer “Bennie” (sometimes spelled “Benny”) in 1927. Betty, it appears, came from a […]