Cool. As it happens, Mary (Sadie) has a star on Hollywood Blvd. near the entrance to the Outpost Building where I occasionally worked for a production company over the past few years. By the way, Mary's star is right near a star dedicated to Benny's frenemy Fred Allen and the stars of two tragic H-wood figures: Fatty Arbuckle and George Reeves.
On Aug 28, 4:26 pm, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > It was more than fictional. Benny was playing the Orpheum in Los > Angeles and would frequent the May Company store across Broadway to > court Sadie Marks, whom he had known from Seattle (she had a crush on > him and he had ignored her). Legend has it that he bought so much > hosiery from her she set a store record. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Aug 28, 12:18 am, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Apropos of nothing but TV-related stuff, Jack Benny's wife/girlfriend > > Mary Livingston was said to work at the May Company in L.A. as part of > > Benny's fictionalized comedy life on his program. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
