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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 14h

The Martin and Lewis cropped-photo story: Look's 1954 index shows the picture spread on Lewis, with no entry for Martin. The crop story is earliest found in 1964. The contact sheets are at the Library of Congress, not digitized, so we could not check it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7tV...

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Why Did Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Split? Martin Said Why at the Time

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

An obituary this month said Frank Sinatra handed Eva Marie Saint her 1955 Oscar. Variety, that week: Sinatra was presenting in Hollywood; Saint was "cut in from N. Y.", and her Oscar was handed over in New York. youtube.com/shorts/j7Jsw...

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Frank Sinatra Handed Eva Marie Saint Her Oscar? She Was in New York

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Eva Marie Saint (1924-2026) and the glove in On the Waterfront. The story says Kazan kept the cameras rolling. In her own words, for years: it happened in a rehearsal, and Kazan said, "Let's do that." youtube.com/shorts/ZCcI9...

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Eva Marie Saint, Brando and the Dropped Glove: She Told It Differently

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Did Dean Martin ever explain the Martin and Lewis split? He did, on the record. AP, June 1956: "I can't see spending $1,700,000 on a director's debut." Saturday Evening Post, 1961: "I said, 'Start looking, boy!'" www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7tV...

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Why Did Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Split? Martin Said Why at the Time

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Fox's president told the producer of The Gunfighter (1950) that Gregory Peck's moustache "cost us a million dollars". Variety had it third or fourth in the country that summer. The producer: "it wasn't a calamity." youtube.com/shorts/Vipjg...

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Gregory Peck's Moustache Cost Fox a Million Dollars? The Gunfighter Story

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A headline says John Wayne lost The Gunfighter (1950) over a $10,000 lowball. That figure comes only from the writer, in a 1972 book. Wayne's own words: "I offered him a lot of money!" Fox's records, per AFI: $30,000. youtube.com/shorts/rjh_4...

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John Wayne Lost a Classic Over $10,000? Even Wayne Told It Differently

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Marilyn's pink gown came with a top she never wore, by the 2010 auction catalog's account. One piece, two explanations. Full case: youtu.be/Vvifj2Ccpd8

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Marilyn Monroe’s Pink Dress Was Reportedly Sold for $12

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Dean Martin's "six words" to Jerry Lewis? As a 2026 video speaks them, they are eight, and that wording is in neither of Lewis's memoirs. The earliest printing we found is Lewis's own 1982 memoir, worded differently. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7tV...

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Why Did Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Split? Martin Said Why at the Time

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Frankenheimer said Paramount turned down Laurence Olivier for Seconds (1966) as "not a big enough star". His three tellings put Kirk Douglas, Olivier and Glenn Ford in three different orders. Rock Hudson got it. youtube.com/shorts/nqp81...

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Paramount Said No to Laurence Olivier? The Casting Story Behind Seconds

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A headline says Kirk Douglas turned down Seconds (1966). His own company bought the novel, Variety put it first in his Paramount deal, and the director said he was "unavailable". We checked the 1960s trade papers. youtube.com/shorts/aIhs5...

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Kirk Douglas Turned Down a Classic? He Owned It

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"You're nothing to me but a dollar sign." The line everyone quotes about the Martin and Lewis breakup is earliest found in Jerry Lewis's 1982 memoir, 26 years after the split. In 1956 Dean Martin gave his own reasons, on the record. We followed both: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7tV...

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Why Did Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Split? Martin Said Why at the Time

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

How a failed $30,000 play deal ended with Joan Crawford's Letty Lynton barred from exhibition: three scenes, in sequence. Full case: youtu.be/dPmvgFHAEvs

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The Injunction That Took Joan Crawford's Letty Lynton Off the Screen

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Sydney Sweeney and Marilyn Monroe cousin chart runs through Charles Stanley Gifford. Her birth record names someone else. The DNA test behind Gifford was made for a TV documentary, and we found no published paper. youtube.com/shorts/H5XnC...

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Marilyn Monroe's Father Isn't the Name on Her Birth Record. The Sweeney Link Depends on Him

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sydney Sweeney and Marilyn Monroe, ninth cousins? We checked the MyHeritage chart. One box just says "+ 7 generations". Possible, not proven, and not rare. youtube.com/shorts/FCwj6...

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Is Sydney Sweeney Really Marilyn Monroe's Cousin? We Checked the Family Tree

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Warner Bros. couldn't make Olivia de Havilland act. California law gave it another tool: a negative injunction that could close the doors to competing studios. Full case: youtu.be/NswLkOkIwG0

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Warner Bros. Said Olivia de Havilland Still Owed Them 25 Weeks

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Who said the famous 1949 lobotomy photo shows Frances Farmer? The earliest claim we found came from Walter Freeman's son in 1982. He later told Freeman's biographer he had heard it secondhand. We are not showing the photo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O8S...

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Did Frances Farmer Really Have a Lobotomy? What the Record Shows

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The pink you remember may not be the pink in the room: the Costume Designers Guild says Marilyn's "Diamonds" gown was pastel in ordinary light. Full case: youtu.be/Vvifj2Ccpd8

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Marilyn Monroe’s Pink Dress Was Reportedly Sold for $12

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Did Frances Farmer have a lobotomy? Debunking sites point to a 1983 court ruling. We read it: no admission, a "factual basis" finding about copyright, and "portions" fabricated, unnamed. Neither says whether the operation happened. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O8S...

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Did Frances Farmer Really Have a Lobotomy? What the Record Shows

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thirty-five counts, one conviction: the 1931 trial of Clara Bow's secretary, Daisy DeVoe, and why the judge wondered aloud "who is on trial." In the coverage we could search, football never comes up. Full case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8x...

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Clara Bow and the USC Football Rumor: From a 1927 Tea to a 1965 Paperback

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Two answers online: Frances Farmer was lobotomized, or the author who told it "admitted" making it up. We read the 1983 ruling. It records no admission, and it does not say the operation happened. What it does say is in our new case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O8S...

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Did Frances Farmer Really Have a Lobotomy? What the Record Shows

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

John Wayne is not in the 1965 paperback of Hollywood Babylon we examined. He appears in the 1975 edition, as Marion Morrison. USC's own records put Morrison on the 1926 squad, not 1927. Full case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8x...

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Clara Bow and the USC Football Rumor: From a 1927 Tea to a 1965 Paperback

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How a 1927 newspaper item about Clara Bow and the USC team turned into Hollywood's most repeated rumor. The earliest explicitly sexual version we found is from 1965, in a book that called it "unsupported." Full case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8x...

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Clara Bow and the USC Football Rumor: From a 1927 Tea to a 1965 Paperback

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Where did the Clara Bow football rumor come from? We followed it through print: a 1927 tea party, magazine jokes, a 1931 theft trial, and a 1965 paperback that is the earliest explicitly sexual version we found. It called its own story "unsupported." www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8x...

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Clara Bow and the USC Football Rumor: From a 1927 Tea to a 1965 Paperback

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sweat stains, strained seams, reworked layers: the Academy Museum’s curator, describing her examination to Vogue, on the inside of Marilyn Monroe’s pink gown. The work behind the glamour. Full case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvif...

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Marilyn Monroe’s Pink Dress Was Reportedly Sold for $12

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A $12 sale reported by Vogue. A $310,000 winning bid reported in 2010, before the buyer’s fee. Marilyn Monroe’s pink gown, and how much of its history rests on reporting rather than documents. Full case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvif...

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Marilyn Monroe’s Pink Dress Was Reportedly Sold for $12

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What happened to Marilyn Monroe’s pink gown after Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? A $12 purchase reported by Vogue, a 2010 auction, and an unresolved question about a separate top. The new Hollywood Case File follows the sources: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvif...

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

MGM bought the novel behind *Letty Lynton*, but not the play whose protected expression appeared in three connected scenes. The result was an injunction against exhibition. Read the source-backed case: hollywoodcasefile.com/cases/joan-c...

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Hollywood Case File @hollywoodcasefile.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Seven calendar years, or seven years of actual service? Warner Bros. and Olivia de Havilland disagreed. The court refused to add three words to the law. Read the case and watch the film: hollywoodcasefile.com/cases/olivia...

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