OVER 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS A MANAGER OF A VIDEO STORE. THE FATHER OF THE OWNERS WIFE WAS A FRIEND OF MR. POWELL WHO OWNED THE POLLARD. THE STORY THAT CAME BACK TO ME: THERE WAS A HUMPHREY BOGARD MOVIE PREMEIER AT THE POLLARD. I’VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS TRUE, AND IS SO, WHICH MOVIE IT MAY HAVE BEEN. I’VE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE “THE OKLAHOMA KID” WHICH WAS A JAMES CAGNEY MOVIE WITH BOGART IN THE CAST. DOES ANYONE KNOW? RICK
In the new book “THE BLACK DAHILA FILES” (2006 ReganBooks) by Donald H. Wolfe, the author reports that on December 9, 1946 Aztec cashier Dorothy French found a sleeping Elizabeth Short following the last showing of “The Jolson Story”. Ms. Short said had just arrived in San Diego from Hollywood, was broke, and had no place to sleep for the night. She said she had worked as an usherette at the Tremont in Boston (in 1942). Dorothy took her home and she became a house guest for “a few days” which in fact turned out to be until January 8, 1947. Elizabeth then went back to L.A. to meet her fate. Her body was found on the morning of January 15, 1947.
OVER 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS A MANAGER OF A VIDEO STORE. THE FATHER OF THE OWNERS WIFE WAS A FRIEND OF MR. POWELL WHO OWNED THE POLLARD. THE STORY THAT CAME BACK TO ME: THERE WAS A HUMPHREY BOGARD MOVIE PREMEIER AT THE POLLARD. I’VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS TRUE, AND IS SO, WHICH MOVIE IT MAY HAVE BEEN. I’VE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE “THE OKLAHOMA KID” WHICH WAS A JAMES CAGNEY MOVIE WITH BOGART IN THE CAST. DOES ANYONE KNOW? RICK
In the new book “THE BLACK DAHILA FILES” (2006 ReganBooks) by Donald H. Wolfe, the author reports that on December 9, 1946 Aztec cashier Dorothy French found a sleeping Elizabeth Short following the last showing of “The Jolson Story”. Ms. Short said had just arrived in San Diego from Hollywood, was broke, and had no place to sleep for the night. She said she had worked as an usherette at the Tremont in Boston (in 1942). Dorothy took her home and she became a house guest for “a few days” which in fact turned out to be until January 8, 1947. Elizabeth then went back to L.A. to meet her fate. Her body was found on the morning of January 15, 1947.