Entertainment & Sports,
Torts/Personal Injury
Sep. 8, 2023
The thug. The actress. Her daughter. And homicide.
Crane went downstairs into the kitchen, got a knife, and returned upstairs. She waited outside her mother’s bedroom door; when Crane overheard the “violent quarrel” resuming, she rushed in past her mother and stabbed Stompanato in the abdomen.
John S. Caragozian
Email: caragozian@gmail.com
John is a Los Angeles-based lawyer and sits on the Board of the California Supreme Court Historical Society. He welcomes ideas for future monthly columns on California's legal history at caragozian@gmail.com.
In the 1950s, Lana Turner was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
Born in 1921, Turner was “discovered” at age 15 at a Los Angeles malt shop. Beginning the next year, Turner was cast in bit parts, for which she received favorable reviews. From 1938 to 1956, she was under contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer and eventually starred in dozens of films. She was paired with such leading actors as Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, and Spencer Tracy.
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