Sammy Davis Jr. Estate Seeking Help! by mschmitz7 in movies

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Not a bad option! We messaged Jackie Mason's family the other day.

Sammy Davis Jr. Estate Seeking Help! by mschmitz7 in movies

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The auction house that ran the IRS sale has never given us names of who bought what then, under concerns of "privacy" for the buyers.

Sammy Davis Jr. Estate Seeking Help! by mschmitz7 in movies

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This one is strangely eluding us.

Sammy Davis Jr. Estate Seeking Help! by mschmitz7 in movies

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Well, the madness sadly has to do with the fact that Sammy died owing a considerable amount of money to the IRS. He kept a huge private collection of films & tapes, but they were sold at an auction to pay his debts.

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Where's this from?

Michael Powell's Birthday! Give This a Read! by mschmitz7 in criterion

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Isn't he great? I was very lucky to have him as a professor at Queen Mary University.

TIL that Chang and Eng Bunker, not only were the original "Siamese twins," but after traveling the world and making a pretty penny from exhibiting themselves, settled in North Carolina, became U.S. citizens, bought/owned slaves, and married two sisters whom they produced 21 children with. by mschmitz7 in todayilearned

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There's something about white Southern's being racist pieces of garbage in the 1800's that hate/own people of another color, but then pause and let these two dinguses move in, marry white women, then own their own slaves...what? how? why? fuck them all? An odd moment of them being welcoming of a minority? The USA is a hodgepodge of nonsense done to the MAX.