Not exactly book related, but I though someone here might
know. I watched The Street With No Name over the weekend,
featuring Richard Widmark as the bad guy. Several times,
Widmark put a small tube to his nose and inhaled, and it
weren't no nasal spray. I was kind of surprised to see a
benzedrine inhaler in a movie, even if used by a bad guy. I
thought the Motion Picture Code forbade the depiction of drug
use. Was it okay if there were consequences for the
character? Would contemporary (1948) audience members have
recognized the inhaler as amphetamines? Were benzedrine
inhalers still legal at that point?
The other question I had is more print related. The movie
started off with a teletype printout of a message by J Edgar
Hoover which explains the title. How widely read were
Hoover's press releases about crime in America? I know he
also published more than a few books on the subject. How well
did they sell? Finally, did he write them or, more likely,
were they ghosted? If the latter, does anyone know who wrote
them? Anyone well known?
Mark
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