Four For Friday - The Harvey Of Old Hollywood - Mr. X
Back in the day, there was a de facto studio head that was the Harvey Weinstein of his day. There was no female actress it seems that he didn't assault. It was a who's who of A list actresses that he assaulted, impregnated, and got abortions for.
This permanent A lister who has a celebrity offspring who is a permanent A lister was raped by him when she was underage but fought him off as she got older.
During a sex party gone wrong, he is suspected of being the killer of this at the time A list mostly television actor. The actor was also having sex with the our Harvey's wife, so that also contributed to it.
Our old time Harvey tried to pin the murder on an actress who co-starred with the A lister. Apparently she kicked our Harvey in the balls once when he tried to assault her.
He said he destroyed this stag film that the mean actress who was a permanent A lister made before she was famous. He didn't though and would blackmail her with it whenever he wanted to have sex with her.
Reporters should ask the aging actress who has been in the news this week about her being assaulted by him too. She was, multiple times.
This permanent A lister who has a celebrity offspring who is a permanent A lister was raped by him when she was underage but fought him off as she got older.
During a sex party gone wrong, he is suspected of being the killer of this at the time A list mostly television actor. The actor was also having sex with the our Harvey's wife, so that also contributed to it.
Our old time Harvey tried to pin the murder on an actress who co-starred with the A lister. Apparently she kicked our Harvey in the balls once when he tried to assault her.
He said he destroyed this stag film that the mean actress who was a permanent A lister made before she was famous. He didn't though and would blackmail her with it whenever he wanted to have sex with her.
Reporters should ask the aging actress who has been in the news this week about her being assaulted by him too. She was, multiple times.
Debbie Reynolds as the mother daughter perm A lister
ReplyDeleteLouis B Mayer or Zanuck/Janet Leigh and Janine LeighCurtis
ReplyDeleteBob Crane as TV actor who was killed
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DeleteCynthia Lynn as costar on Hogan’s Heroes/ Perm A must mean actress Joan Crawford
DeleteTricia13 I bet you listen to “You must remember this”
DeleteDarryl F. Zanuck?
ReplyDeleteSOP for old hollywood, these guys were jerks.
ReplyDeleteA list tv guy killed at the sex party was the original superman.
ReplyDeletePhyllis Coates, one of the women who played Los Lane on the show,is the one he tried to frame. Manix wife called her within an hour of his death and gave her details of the murder. She then denied knowing anything about it.
DeleteJoan Crawford is the mean actress, Angela LAnsbury the aging actress in the news.
ReplyDeleteActually I change my guess to Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. Louis B Meyer as the producer. Not sure of TV star.
ReplyDeleteJanet Leigh/Jamie Lee Curtis or Tippi Hedron(spelling?)/Melanie Griffith?
ReplyDeleteAngela Landsbury for the actress in the news this week
ReplyDeleteJudy Garland/Liza Minnelli as the perm A lister and offspring? I know studio bosses were downright horrible to Judy (though this is hardly news).
ReplyDeleteJoan Collins as the actress in the news. Doesn’t she reportedly have an old school adult film floating around somewhere?
DeleteCrawford! Haha I’m an idiot
DeleteEddie Mannix "defacto studio head"
ReplyDeleteGeorge Reeve "A list TV actor"
I Just did a little sleuthing and I thing this is Eddie Mannix, A head honcho at MGM, George Reeves for A list Tv star having affair with his wife, Judy garland for underage with A list daughter Liza, and Angela Lansbury for in the news recently, she started at MGM in the 40's. Not sure about a lister that kicked him in the balls, I think the old stag film might be Joan Crawford.
ReplyDeleteI Just did a little sleuthing and I thing this is Eddie Mannix, A head honcho at MGM, George Reeves for A list Tv star having affair with his wife, Judy garland for underage with A list daughter Liza, and Angela Lansbury for in the news recently, she started at MGM in the 40's. Not sure about a lister that kicked him in the balls, I think the old stag film might be Joan Crawford.
ReplyDeletehttps://fyeahhistory.com/2017/10/17/why-harvey-weinstein-is-just-history-repeating-itself/
ReplyDeleteCool site thanks for the link
Deletealfred hitchcock producer
ReplyDeletetippi hedren - a list actress/mom in the news this week
melanie griffith - daughter
george reeves - murdered actor
@Do tell - you got it! Good work!
ReplyDeletegreat find canuck!
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ReplyDeleteeddie mannix wiki with george reeves story
Thx, Catsup!
ReplyDeleteI think Canuck Lurker has it all correct. Definitely Joan Crawford in the stag film. Many biographers have said the film's existence was routinely used to keep Joan in line and her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks, confirmed it did exist.
ReplyDeleteWho killed Superman? The sinister true story behind the death of George Reeves
ReplyDeleteso eddie mannix - producer
toni mannix - producer's wife/affair with dead actor
george reeves - murdered actor
phyllis coates - actor's co-star initially pinned in murder by mannix
i checked debbie reynolds, tippi hedren, jayne mansfield, judy garland and janet leigh and found no movies they worked on with eddie mannix.
moviebuff: this blog explains it:
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Good work to everyone who helped put the pieces together! cocopuff was the first to get the George Reeve item, and Fred84 was the first to get the Joan Crawford/Angela Lansbury item. Such sleuthing skillz!
ReplyDeleteI’m going with tough actress as Lois Smith who is in the news this week for Oscar talk for Lady Bird. Below is her IMDb link. She would be the oldest every nominated at 87. First movie was east of eden.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809135/
Yup, Fred got it
ReplyDeleteokay, throwing a monkey wrench in it:
ReplyDeleteeddie mannix has been called a weinstein online, and was involved in george reeves' death. but he only has 4 imdb credits for production (from 1935-1943 -- that's a short career). and i can't link him to any mother/daughter actresses.
on the other hand, tippi hedren this week said that weinstein reminds her of hitchcock.
just sayin'.
Mannix is my bet, killing Superman.
ReplyDeleteLandsbury just pisses me off, she always wanted to be a startlet, but Hollywood didn't think she was pretty enough and she's bitter and jelous old hag.
You won't find credits for Mannix. In those days he ran the studio - was not like it is today with credits. But look at the timeline he ran the studio (MGM) and look at the productions under his watch.
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thanks himmmm, that settles it. i'm going with judy and liza for mother/daughter.
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ReplyDeleteeddie mannix wasn't just the long time runner of mgm (1924-62) but the original ray donovan! (one of them, anyway.)
ReplyDeleteThis story was covered in HOLLWOOD LAND with Ben Afleck playing Superman, Bob Hoskins playing Mannix, Diane Lane playing his wife. This was a scary, creepy film. Worth checking out if you haven't seen it.
ReplyDeleteAngela Lansbury has more talent than 90 percent of hollywood . I doubt she is jealous of anyone she has a shelf full of awards and she gave up her career for a long time to be a mom lord knows what awards she would've gotten in those years She is good to her fans and always a lady pick on someone else
ReplyDeletejust realized that canuck lurker named judy garland with their original naming-of-mannix comment, but here's proof:
ReplyDeleteage of the actress when she did her first movie (per imdb credits which are clearly not complete):
janet leigh 20
tippi hedren 20
jayne mansfield 21
judy garland, 7
It has to be Judy & Liza. While the other offspring are notable, I don't think they're quite permanent A list. Also, we know Judy was repeatedly abused by the studio as a child.
ReplyDeleteLansbury was a character actor, who had a more than lengthy career. She was amazing in The Manchurian Candidate, for instance.
ReplyDeleteAnd the interview she gave wasn't scandalous or bitter. They just took some quotes out of context to make her look provocative. If you read the rest of her words, she gives some perfectly valid answers about the whole thing.
Good job all!
ReplyDeleteLansbury did a lot of work on stage as well; you don't get picked by Sondheim to originate a role like Mrs. Lovett if you don't have serious acting and singing chops.
ReplyDeleteAngela Lansbury was gorgeous. Also @BooHearne agree re: HOLLYWOODLAND- what a fantastic movie. near the end, where he's trying to get back in shape and realizes he's slowing down, the expression of shame/disappointment on Ben Affleck's face was incredibly sad.
ReplyDelete@Do Tell thanks for that link. Made me sick. Made me grateful that women have more rights now. Also see the benefits of cell phone cameras and internet. Those poor women.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Maureen O'Sullivan for the mother of the A lister? Mia's A-List isn't she?
ReplyDeletethat's a great guess, tho her imdb filmography starts in 1930, when she was 19.
ReplyDeleteGo read the whole Landsbury interview and you'll see she was taken out of context. You'll fall back in love with her again!
ReplyDeleteLouis B Mayer is the director.
ReplyDeleteJudy Garland/Liza Minelli.
George Reeves - actor who was killed.
Joan Crawford for the stag film.
Angela Landsbury.