Bernstein Resigns Post As NYC Symphony Head
Million $$ In Morphine Seized
…”No gang can stand losing that money,” he said.
($1,000,000 in March 1948 had the same buying power in January 2023 as $12,785,042.74.)
Jocelyn Brando (1919–2005)
PM, March 8, 1948
Photo by John DeBiase.
Is Time Pink or Bilious Green?
Photos by John Albert and John DeBiase, Paramount and Metropolitan.
“Few people realize what a valuable record a police blotter is…”
$235 in March 1948 had the same buying power in January 2023 as $3,004.49.
$356 in March 1948 had the same buying power in January 2023 as $4,551.48.
PM, March 7, 1948
PM, March 5, 1948, pp. 15 and 16, Cecelia Ager
Hellinger Film Is Love Song to NYC
by Cecelia Ager
The Naked City Trailer, 1948
“…the story of a live city…”
Weegee’s People, 1946
PM, April 25, 1948, m4
How to keep young with paints and brushes
After 18 years of painting in obscurity, Beauford Delaney [(1901-1979)], one of the last of Greenwich Village’s Bohemian artists…
PM, April 25, 1948, m4
Starring Richard Conte (two years before “Sleeping City”).
Directed by Robert Siodmak.
(Spoiler alert: Brief but important scene in a photographer’s studio.)
Is “Cry of the City” (1948), filmed, in part, on the streets on New York City, better than “Naked City” (1948), filmed on the streets of New York City… Would be a great double feature…
“Every Girl Should Be Married,” 1948, The best 10 seconds. (Unfortunately Weegee’s voice was dubbed.)
“Every Girl Should Be Married,” 1948, The best 10 seconds… now 1:23.
“Every Girl Should Be Married,” 1948, The best 10 seconds… now 3:29
“Every Girl Should Be Married,” 1948, The best 10 seconds… now 13:57
(Betsy Drake and Franchot Tone.)
MoMA, October 30, 1950: Steichen reads Weegee’s words: “…So I got tired of fashion and so I went to Hollywood. I’ve appeared in five pictures as a street photographer. The greatest bit of casting since Lassie.” [much laughter and applause]
“I also joined the Screen Actors’ Guild and became an actor. My first part was in the RKO production ‘Every Girl Should Be Married,’ with Cary Grant (with complete wardrobe of sports jackets), Betsy Drake, Franchot Tone, and Diana Lynn. I played the part of a street photographer.”
Weegee by Weegee, p. 101
PM, April 5, 1948
“‘Select-O-Matic’ has capacity for 100 records, can play up to 14 hours without stop. Records are played vertically.” “Another step toward uninterrupted playing of photograph records over a long period has been taken… This machine holds up to 100 records and can play up to 14 hours with out a stop… The machine is actually a juke box with a well-devolped brain…”
PM, March 9, 1948
PM, March 5, 1948
“Hellinger Film is Love Letter to NYC…”
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