![]() ![]() Although police charged McGurn in the case, he was never brought to trial largely due to his "blonde alibi"-girlfriend and later wife Louise Rolfe-who claimed they spent the whole day together. Valentine's Day Massacre, in 1929, though this association has not been proven. McGurn is associated with planning the St. Miraculously, Lewis eventually recovered and resumed his career, but his voice never regained its lush sound. Lewis refused, and McGurn slit Lewis's throat, cutting off a portion of his tongue and leaving him for dead. Lewis not to move his act south to the New Rendezvous Café, at North Clark Street and West Diversey Parkway. In November 1927, manager Danny Cohen gave McGurn the task of "persuading" comedian/singer Joe E. He was famous for leaving coins in his victims' hands.Ī venue which still exists today, McGurn had part ownership of a speakeasy jazz club, the infamous Green Mill, at 4802 North Broadway, in the middle of the rival "Bugs" Moran gang's territory. This ruthless efficiency provided his introduction to Al Capone in late 1923. However, when his father was assassinated by gang extortionists on January 28, 1923, he methodically avenged his father's death by killing the three hitmen responsible. ProhibitionĪs a youth, McGurn did not run in gang circles. McGurn grew up in the Chicago slums where he later took up a career in boxing as a teenager and changed his name to "Battling" Jack McGurn because boxers with Irish names got the better bookings. A year later his family emigrated to the USA, arriving at Ellis Island on November 24, 1906. Highly, highly recommended.McGurn was born in Licata, Sicily, the eldest son of Angelo and Giuseppa Gibaldi (née Verderame). I think I would rather chew off my own arm than watch this movie again. Anyone? Bueller? I laughed so hard I got a headache. ![]() I will, however, ask if anybody - anybody - can explain to me why there was whalesong playing in the Death Valley scene. I won't ruin it for you, but just wait till you hear what Alexis says about the syringe of her sister's blood. This movie is so preposterous, even stupid ignorant people will find mistakes to laugh at. "Lucifer," the big bad guy? Top-notch comedy. You will laugh uncontrollably at - well, pretty much everything, actually. Because I guess they ran out of fake blood or something. or conspiracy? And of course, there's also a scientist whose family is being held prisoner by the bad guys. They roll her over, she wakes up, and what do you know, it turns out the bad guys killed her sister! Coincidence. And I especially like how these two stumble across the female lead just lying there under a tree. Another guy whose brother is murdered before his eyes by the bad guys in one of the early scenes and spends about five minutes throwing a tantrum before apparently forgetting all about it in the heady rush of beating dudes up. A guy whose wife and daughter were murdered by the bad guys and spends a lot of time brooding about it. And my god, the exposition! You got your tragic heroes, of course. The plot hangs together about as tightly as a group of divas forced to share a dressing room. In one scene, our heroes load up on firepower in the next, they have to fight bad guys hand to hand two minutes later, they're armed and dangerous again. You got your totally random mutant Frankenstein's monster type thing. You got your completely incoherent script. You got your gratuitous (and I mean really, really gratuitous) boobs. Ashamed! (Especially Ice-T, who doesn't just embarrass himself, but actually disgraces his entire bloodline.) You got your bad acting. Everyone who had anything to do with it should be ashamed of themselves.
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