It's the maritime equivalent of rock climbing.
It's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry.
I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her.
I was born in the USA, which many people still find hard to believe.
The Thin Man was a good break, because it was highly popular. I played a gigolo in it.
But by the time I was 40, everything was winding down. It started after the war. On the plus side, there was more more products and technology. But for me the nightlife was winding down, the glamour, the fun.
I know Raft did have some genuine affairs with actresses.
I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didnt have to be a gigolo. In real life.
Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes.
George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.
All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns.
