"...If you give the people what they want, they will come"

Those words uttered by Red Skelton, at the funeral of despised studio boss Harry Cohn, who died Fifty-one years ago today.

Rita Hayworth was unavailable for abuse this particular evening, so number two punching bag Judy Holliday joins the chief for a night of dinner, dancing, and demoralization:

I enjoyed this LA Times blog on Cohn's funeral.