Please click HERE to download The Confidence Man The difference between Humphrey Bogart and George Raft came down to this: Bogey was an actor; Raft was a gangster. Bogart acted tough. Raft was tough. Raft conspired to ensure…
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Black Snake: The Forgotten Life of George Raft
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David Haslam
You may not have known David Haslam, but if you went to the movies in Canada in the 1980s and 1990s, you certainly knew Marquee, the movie magazine he created and published for twenty-eight years. He didn’t quite pioneer the…
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Ron Base Writes 