The Writer's Life 1/12 - The 500 Club & Sins

Last night Movies!, 113 on Cablevision in NYC, ran Laura (1944), which I've seen several times. I'll watch anything that stars Gene Tierney, one of old Hollywood's great beauties. It co-stars Dana Andrews, one of Tinseltown's all-time most under-rated actors, Vincent Price, Clifton Webb, and Dame Judith Anderson. In researching the cast at IMDb, I came across another member of the 500 club, actors who surpass that total in screen appearances at that awesome website. James Flavin has 509 credits under his name, which does not include multiple appearances on TV Shows such as The Roaring Twenties (33), Burns and Allen (9), Mr. Ed (8) and others. In the unofficial derby he trails Stanley Blystone, who made at least 546 appearances, and Irving Bacon, who made 545. There are probably others in the exclusive club. Every once in awhile their totals are added to, although they are long dead. I imagine there are rabid fans out there who keep a lot closer track of this than I. Here are pictures of  Blystone, Bacon, Flavin and Tierney:

President Trump has put his foot in his mouth again, labeling a list of countries read aloud at a private meeting as "shitholes." Other presidents, of both parties, have been offensive off the record. Trump should have realized he has enemies waiting to out such a gaffe. He has been plagued by leaks since day one. I expect liberals will now schedule their vacation plans for the 13 countries mentioned. Syria is particularly lovely this time of year.

Here are choice doings by leftist icons, culled from a 2015 article by Renne Nal: FDR appointed prominent Ku Klux Klan member Hugo Black to the Supreme Court. His Executive Order 9066, “authorized the internment of tens of thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan." Olympic hero Jesse Owens said: "Hitler didn’t snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me." Woodrow Wilson said: "Segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen." Bill Clinton was among “three state officials the NAACP sued in 1989 under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965″ for suppressing the black vote. During his twelve-year tenure as governor of Arkansas, Clinton never approved a state civil-rights law. However, he did issue birthday proclamations honoring Confederate leaders Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. His mentor, and Hillary's, was Sen. J. William Fulbright, who “was one of 99 congressional Democrats to sign the Southern Manifesto, which declared that the Southern states had a right to keep their populations segregated by race.” It was signed by 101 members of the U.S. Congress, including 19 senators and 82 members of the House of Representatives. 99 were Democrats.” LBJ claimed his efforts would secure the vote of the “n-----s” for “200 years.” As someone said long ago: "Let he among you who is without sin cast the first stone."

Let the rain wash the snow and salt away - and clean the old Hyundai.

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