It all turned to shit Sixty-one years ago today

For Elizabeth Short, that is; careful as you watch this, it is occasionally shockingThere is no better telling of the saga of Elizabeth Short than Donald Wolfe's "The Black Dahlia Files". This is truly one of the best Los Angeles stories ever, with Bugsy Siegel and Norman Chandler front and center in the drama surrounding Elizabeth Short's murder. Mother
was yelling at one of the Houseboys for vacuuming in the living room of our villa while she was speaking about this very subject with Elsa Lanchester and Dorothy Parkerplease double click and enjoy the detail of the panels over Mother's fireplace. The cutouts are for the projector behind; we are living on a budget and do not have a separate screening room like many of the nicer villas.