From the news archives 71 years ago: Don the Beachcomber mad at being copied in New York - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Nov 24, 2011 2:15 PM On 2011-11-23 16:09, TikiTomD wrote: Sven, I believe that was the character played by Gregory Pech (Father Francis Chisholm) in the movie, "The Keys of the Kingdom." Jane Ball, Monte's wife, played opposite Mr. Pech in this 1944 movie as the adult, Nora, according to IMDb. Ha ha, I totally misread that, I was so fixated on "Monte did this, Monte did that.." http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi141756185/ Here is Jane Ball in her showbiz heyday: In the beginning of the revealing article above it says about Monte's passing (I paraphrase): "Jules Podell and Monte Proser died within a week of each other, and they died enemies." Now: The final fate of Monte and his wife is unusual. Was that beating and robbing of Monte and the "mysterious way" that Jane had her estate "pulled out" from under her perhaps some delayed settling of a mob bill !?

On 2011-11-23 16:09, TikiTomD wrote:
Sven, I believe that was the character played by Gregory Pech (Father Francis Chisholm) in the movie, "The Keys of the Kingdom." Jane Ball, Monte's wife, played opposite Mr. Pech in this 1944 movie as the adult, Nora, according to IMDb.

Ha ha, I totally misread that, I was so fixated on "Monte did this, Monte did that.."

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi141756185/

Here is Jane Ball in her showbiz heyday:

In the beginning of the revealing article above it says about Monte's passing (I paraphrase):
"Jules Podell and Monte Proser died within a week of each other, and they died enemies."

Now: The final fate of Monte and his wife is unusual. Was that beating and robbing of Monte and the "mysterious way" that Jane had her estate "pulled out" from under her perhaps some delayed settling of a mob bill !?

Post #615174 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Nov 24, 2011 2:15 PM