If Hollywood Hist-o-rama director Joseph R. Juliano was doing John F. Kennedy as one of his four-minute biographical vignettes in the same fashion he dun Jean Harlow, it would run thus:
"Born into a Boston area political family, JFK found early notoriety during WWII when his naval vessel was sliced in half by an enemy ship, enabling him to save some shipmates, engineer a rescue, and make the papers back home. When JFK's older brother was blown up during a bombing mission in the same war, his father--a reputed bootlegger appointed ambassador to England by FDR--decided to move John up to the position of family presidential hopeful."
"Starting with some terms as a U.S. Congressman, JFK soon was promoted by Massachusetts voters to the Senate, married a bilingual trophy wife (who popularized the "Pillbox hat" and later married a Greek shipping tycoon to become "Jackie O"). JFK was nominated for American president when his team pointed out 1)that after egghead Thomas Dewey had led the rival GOP down the "road to defeat" twice, they responded by nominating a military man ("Ike," a popular two-term prez), and 2) that while Jack (at ensign, junior grade), was a few rungs below the number of General Eisenhower's stars, he was also younger and better looking than Dwight OR the Dem's own twice-defeated egghead, Adlai."
"Since "Tricky Dick" sweated too much during history's first TV debates (and was out-tricked by the Chicago mayor's Legion of Dead Voters), Jack made it into the White House in time to kick off the space race, say he was a German donut, and fill Cuba's bay with pigs. His greatest triumphs were just weeks away, as he was about to end American involvement in Vietnam and sign a Civil Rights Act into law. However, at this point JFK was summoned by death, leaving the country to lament the loss of a leader so young."
That's right, in the middle of Joe J.'s rapid-fire narration, Harlow drops dead, apparently in her 20s. Not a word of how or why. Maybe Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated her. One thing is for sure: you cannot count on Juliano for any answers. He's too busy moving on to Jeanette MacDonald's story.
"Born into a Boston area political family, JFK found early notoriety during WWII when his naval vessel was sliced in half by an enemy ship, enabling him to save some shipmates, engineer a rescue, and make the papers back home. When JFK's older brother was blown up during a bombing mission in the same war, his father--a reputed bootlegger appointed ambassador to England by FDR--decided to move John up to the position of family presidential hopeful."
"Starting with some terms as a U.S. Congressman, JFK soon was promoted by Massachusetts voters to the Senate, married a bilingual trophy wife (who popularized the "Pillbox hat" and later married a Greek shipping tycoon to become "Jackie O"). JFK was nominated for American president when his team pointed out 1)that after egghead Thomas Dewey had led the rival GOP down the "road to defeat" twice, they responded by nominating a military man ("Ike," a popular two-term prez), and 2) that while Jack (at ensign, junior grade), was a few rungs below the number of General Eisenhower's stars, he was also younger and better looking than Dwight OR the Dem's own twice-defeated egghead, Adlai."
"Since "Tricky Dick" sweated too much during history's first TV debates (and was out-tricked by the Chicago mayor's Legion of Dead Voters), Jack made it into the White House in time to kick off the space race, say he was a German donut, and fill Cuba's bay with pigs. His greatest triumphs were just weeks away, as he was about to end American involvement in Vietnam and sign a Civil Rights Act into law. However, at this point JFK was summoned by death, leaving the country to lament the loss of a leader so young."
That's right, in the middle of Joe J.'s rapid-fire narration, Harlow drops dead, apparently in her 20s. Not a word of how or why. Maybe Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated her. One thing is for sure: you cannot count on Juliano for any answers. He's too busy moving on to Jeanette MacDonald's story.
