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Drive Like Hell!
Cartoon by Don Wright, Palm Beach Post, January 13, 1992 Previous Cartoons on this Blog Oliphant Cartoon of Jim Garrison This cartoon appeared after Clay Shaw's acquittal. Bull Sessions - L. A. Times Cartoon on the Shaw Trial A reference to Perry Russo's testimony. Which Fairy Tale Will it be Tonight? A cartoon from the Chicago Tribune about Oliver Stone's film JFK . If at first you don't succeed A cartoon from the Houston Chronicle that I found in Clay Shaw's papers. Garri
Fred Litwin
Dec 16, 20251 min read


Oliver Stone's Ruth Paine
Hat Tip: Joe Alesi. In 2019, Stephen Fagin, the Curator of the Sixth Floor Museum, conducted an oral history interview with Gail Cronauer, the actor who played Janet Williams, aka Ruth Paine, in Oliver Stone's JFK . Here is an excerpt from a transcript: (38:00) Gail Cronauer : Now there was a very definite point of view that Stone had about it, which affected what we did, all right. So do it this way. So there's a little TV interview that's being formed. So it's this way. So
Fred Litwin
Dec 10, 20253 min read


Oliver Stone Throws a Hissy Fit
The recent ABC special, "Truth and Lies: Who Killed JFK?", has made Oliver Stone go over the bend. The recent ABC News Special "Truth and Lies: Who Killed JFK?" went to great pains to convince me to appear (along with Jim DiEugenio, who I insisted would join me on the air for "protection purposes," as I made the mistake of giving an interview to Peter Jennings in 2003 that was essentially cut to pieces). I figured this time they'd behave better. DiEugenio was on "for protecti
Fred Litwin
Dec 7, 20257 min read


Stanley Karnow on Oliver Stone's "JFK"
One of the great chroniclers of the Vietnam War wrote a short piece on Oliver Stone's JFK , for the book Past imperfect : history...
Fred Litwin
Sep 7, 20253 min read
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