Red River, The 1935 version of The Glass Key is just as good at the Alan Ladd remake. It's a much darker version and Raft sure takes one heckuva beating at the hands of Guinn Williams. Hopefully TCM will air it once they go deeper into their Paramount library. Allison, it would take me pages to reve...

Well you Allison are a love and I'm very appreciative of your kind words regarding my book and your taking the time to post a comment on Amazon. Bless you. Must confess, though, that I wish I could do a second edition since not only have I come across really neat photos but also news Raft facts. Unf...

Again jumping forward on missed comments, Allison. To my knowledge Howard Hawks was never mean with George on Scarface . Perhaps you're thinking of Archie Mayo. In fact, Hawks later commented that George was so grateful both for the opportunity to appear in the picture and Hawks's coaching that for ...

That's news to me: the Raft book coming out by Everett Acker. Coleen Gray did call me to tell me that she had been approached by a British writer who was putting out another book on Raft. Must be the one. Well, good on him, provided he does it well. Too bad he never contacted me, though, I also was ...

Yes Allison, I am through an entertainment agency the representative of George's estate - primarily through the licensing of his image which most recently was on a series of classic movie star trading cards. The legal stuff is fairly complicated but has to do with George apparently having no heirs a...

Apologies, Allison. Looks as if I missed a post or two. I'll avoid further comment on the hairy-chest thing as it just ain't my interest. But the Drew book interests me, as I'm completely unfamiliar with it. Of course Claire Trevor appeared with George in films such as Universal's "I Stole a Mi...

Wow, never in my wildest imaginings could I have guessed that a topic on George Raft would have evolved into . . . hairy-chested Hollywood men. I will quickly mention Jeff Chandler who used the old razor for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow , and suffered with severe itch accordingly. As for Nigh...

Interesting. Tonight TCM is showing a bunch of gangster movies, ranging from DILLINGER to THE VALACHI PAPERS. So I'm preparing to be in my element. Feaito, Darwin Porter's "Bogie" book is a pile of . . . well, you know what. Bottom line: If one wanted to come forward with the kind of stuff...

Well, feaito, as Raft's biographer and right's holder, I, too, have been enjoying participating on this thread. Listen, I also was curious about George's "preferences" when I began writing my book. Dug up some questionable information. But the bottom line was: George was completely straigh...

Yes Allison, "I could have been the first X rated dancer. I was very erotic, I used to caress myself as I danced' and then a funnier quote which I could imagine he said 'the cops questioned me whenever someone lost an umbrella": Both are direct Raft quotes. The second came about shortly af...

Well, yes, as I state in my book, and has been recorded elsewhere, George loved his mother deeply but never grew close to his father - and presumably his siblings, as he took to the streets quite young with his "adopted brother" Owney Madden. And that's true: George did not inherit his fat...

There has always been a shroud of mystery surrounding George's siblings. How many there actually were, for example. I don't think even George remembered as he never really spoke of them, outside of his sister. Apparently many died young: Two killed in WWI, another who apparently fell to his death du...

Actually Allison, Robinson, too, was divorced. His first wife Gladys Lloyd (who even appeared in bit parts in some of Eddie's early pictures, such as Smart Money ) apparently suffered from psychological troubles, leading to a very public and painful divorce during the 50s. Painful especially for Rob...

Of course Bogart was a perfect example. His hard-living lifestyle really aged him beyond his calendar years but that seemed to add to his appeal. The typical rugged man. Jack Warner almost had an attack of apoplexy after he signed Bogart to that famous 15-year, $3 million dollar contract only to dis...

Yes, George's hair began to thin in the late 40s and by the early 50s he had taken to wearing a hairpiece. I have a photo in my book taken around the mid-50s where you can see how Raft's hair had receded. No need to feel sorry for Eddie G. He knew with his looks and short stature he was never going ...