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The Hearst Follies – 2

As Howard Hughes would do later, William Randolph Hearst bought his way into the movie business. One of Hearst’s productions was Gabriel Over the White House. Walter Huston, who played a bank president in American Madness before the election of FDR, is promoted by Hearst to dictatorial President.

While watching Gabriel Over the White House, I wished that eye-catching Jean Parker had been given more screen time, as the daughter of a labor leader.

Part 3 will be about the woman who caught Hearst’s eye years before Gabriel, his mistress and protégé, Marion Davies.

Mike on Being a Parkie

There are people with Parkinson’s who move a lot, uncontrollably, and there are those who become rigid, and unable to move. Stiffies and Shakeys.

Either way it’s a terrible disease, and its idiopathic, meaning the cause is unknown. Mike speculates on the possible triggers for his condition.

You may have read there is a “smell test” for Parkinson’s. There is indeed a distinct odor that develops in Parkinson’s patients, as explained by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

https://www.michaeljfox.org/news/ask-md-does-parkinsons-have-signature-scent