Breakfast at Tiffany's – Because I Do Not Know

Super-cide Or Murder?

At BaT, we'll have to get over that Ben Affleck (ugh) is portraying Superman -- or at least portraying the man who portrayed Superman -- and see this conspiracy flick.

George Reeves, whose work as TV's Man of Steel would set the Superman screen standard for decades, died in his Benedict Canyon home from a gunshot to the head. The coroner ruled it suicide. The new film "Hollywoodland," which opens Friday, suggests Reeves might have been murdered.

Ben Affleck portrays Reeves, Diane Lane is his rich mistress, Bob Hoskins is her studio-boss husband and Adrien Brody is a third-rate private eye trying to prove it was murder. ...

Reeves, who had married and divorced in the early 1940s, was having an affair with Toni Mannix, a former "Ziegfeld Follies" beauty who was married to Eddie Mannix, a former bouncer who became a powerful executive at MGM. Mannix was aware of his wife's affair but didn't intervene; he had his own mistress.

Toni Mannix lavished gifts on her lover, including his house, furnishings, car and elegant wardrobe. The largesse failed to improve his spirits, which grew increasingly worse as acting jobs eluded him. In a blow to Mrs. Mannix, Reeves announced his engagement to Lenore Lemmon, a twice-married New Yorker.

Late on the night of June 16, 1959, Reeves and Lemmon were drinking with two friends in the living room of his house. "I'm tired; I'm going to bed," Reeves said, and he disappeared upstairs. A few moments later came the crack of a 30-calibre Luger. Reeves, 45, was dead.

BaT's favorite conspiracy theory: The husband of his mistress killed Reeves because Reeves was dumping her. Now that's husbandly love!

4 comments Jake McCafferty last posted at 7:51 PM
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4 Comments:

I actually think Ben Affleck is a talented actor who's just made some horrible choices. I thought he was pitch-perfect in "Good Will Hunting", and that he did a fine job in "Forces of Nature" (despite Sandra Bullock, whom I can seldom abide).

I'm REALLY looking forward to Hollywoodland (and Black Dahlia).

By PJS, at 8:28 AM

I like Affleck too and am glad to see a movie about George Reeves. I saw some of the old Superman shows he did and his guest star bit on I Love Lucy years ago. Hey,man,Oliver Stone can't do all the conspiracy flicks-that would be a...conspiracy:D!

By lady t, at 5:26 PM

One question about the old Superman show ...

He would stand tall, with his chest puffed out as bullets bounced off him. Then, when the bad guy was out of ammo, the bad guy always threw the gun at Superman. Superman would duck.

So if the bullets couldn't hurt him, why would a thrown piece of metal be worthy of a dodge?

By Jake McCafferty, at 7:21 PM

Well,if he caught the gun,the audience would expect Supes to crush it and that would just mess with the budget,don't you know? Or,option two-by dodging the gun,he kept it out of his way as he charged towards the bad guy.

Do I have alot of time on my hands or what here?:D

By lady t, at 12:13 PM