1917 Dennis Day - Singer (Mam'selle, Danny Boy, Clancy Lowered the Boom) and actor (The Jack Benny Show, The Powers Girl, I'll Get By, Golden Girl)


"Now Mr. Benny?"








1924 Bobby Franks, age 14 - He was murdered in a thrill killing committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. Leopold and Loeb were extremely wealthy and intelligent teenagers whose sole motive for killing Franks was the desire to commit the "perfect crime."

This is almost the exact plot for Hitchcock's Rope.