Description: MURRAY, KEN. Life on a Pogo Stick. Autobiography of a Comedian. Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1960. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author / actor Ken Murray to Chicago organized crime figure Virginia Hill, the girlfriend of mobster Bugsy Siegel. Inscribed: “To Virginia Hill - it’s all here except my glorious badminton triumphs. Love and Kisses, Ken Murray. P.S. Don’t forget that night in 1947 - when we appeared on the courts at the Pan Pacific”. Illustrated. Fine copy in a very good slightly handled dust jacket with some minor dust soiling to the rear panel and some small chips and tears. Ken Murray (1903 - 1988) was a very popular comedian, actor, and radio and television personality. Some of his best known films include Bill and Coo (1948), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) with James Stewart and John Wayne, and Follow Me, Boys! (1966) with Fred MacMurray. He also appeared on numerous television shows like The Ed Sullivan Show, Death Valley Days, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Bing Crosby Show, and Love, American Style. Virginia Hill (1916 - 1966) was most famous for being the girlfriend of Chicago mobster Bugsy Siegel. After Siegel’s assassination in 1947 Hill Hill married Austrian skier Hans Hauser in 1950. In 1951, Hill was subpoenaed to testify before the U.S. Senate Kefauver hearings, investigating organized crime in the U.S., where she denied having any knowledge of the topic, despite being described by Time magazine in March of that year as the "queen of the gangsters' molls". After Hill was indicted for income tax evasion in 1954, she moved to Europe, where she lived for the rest of her life with her son. She was played by Annette Bening in the 1991 film Bugsy, a dramatization of her relationship with Bugsy Siegel, portrayed by Warren Beatty.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Year Printed: 1960
Topic: Film & Television
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Signed & Inscribed by Ken Murray to Virginia Hill, Girlfriend of Chicago Mobster Bugsy Siegel
