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Thursday 30 December 2021

Jean Spangler


        On Oct 7th 1949 she kissed 5-year-old Christine goodbye and told her sister-in-law that she was going to meet her ex-husband about his child-support payment, which was a week overdue. Afterward, she said, she was going to work on a night shoot for a new film.

      "Wish me luck" she said as she crossed her fingers, winked and walked into the misty night.

       With that, Jean Spangler disappeared virtually without a trace.

       Two days later, just hours after her sister-in-law reported her missing, a Griffith Park worker found Spangler's purse in Fern Dell, a leafy glen that has long been a favourite destination for strollers and picnickers, as well as a dumping ground for the city's killers.

Los Angeles Times
Cecilia Rasmussen
2002

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Jean Spangler

Wednesday 29 December 2021

Mosaic Noir #178

Big Combo

Blood Simple

Death of a Cyclist

After Dark My Sweet

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

The Deadly Affair

Gun Crazy

Rope

Raging Bull

Farewell My Lovely

Double Indemnity

The Public Eye

The Thief

Miami Blues

Phantom Lady

Tuesday 28 December 2021

On the Table



          He tried to build a mental microscope to deal with these tiny things he had on the table of his mind.

Dark Passage
David Goodis
1946

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Dark Passage
1947

Monday 27 December 2021

Big Lonely City #177

Arthur Rothstein

Dan Weiner

Minor White

Sol Prom

Todd Webb

Toso Dabac

Nick De Wolff

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Roswitha Hecke

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Dimitri Kessel

Fritz Neugass

Harry Callahan

Horacio Novas

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Umberto Verdoliva

Russell Lee