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Iceman Cometh Echoes and Painted Treachery at Night Club
A memoir style narrative recalls theater life and art collecting in postwar California. The speaker riffs on actors, payoffs, and a painting scam involving Arthur Freed and Buddy De Sylva, ending with reflections on amber lighting, glow mosquitoes, and sumptuary laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Claus
Arthur Freed
Arthur
Buddy de Sylva
Buddy
Los Angeles Museum
Renoir
Freed
de Sylva
California
Tog
van Gogin
Billy Rose