Lou Lumenick reminds me today of the 50th anniversary of actor George Reeves’s untimely death, largely considered by his own hand but some would say there was foul play involved. The story was dramatized in Allen Coulter’s 2006 film “Hollywoodland,” which featured a top-notch portrayal by Ben Affleck as the doomed Reeves.
Lumenick also points out a lengthy blog post by John McElwee marking the occasion. I’m just stunned I missed this tid-bit today.
I wrote a story in the New York Times back in August of 2006 about “Hollywoodland” called “The (Tinsel) Town That Ate Superman.” It was one of my favorite assignments from my freelance days there. I especially enjoyed the two or three email exchanges I had with actor Jim Beaver (television’s “Deadwood,” “Supernatural”) who is actually a Reeves biographer and served as a technical adviser on the film.