Comments on: There has been blood http://carolynkellogg.com/2008/01/there-has-been-blood/ and Pinky's Paperhaus Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alan http://carolynkellogg.com/2008/01/there-has-been-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-2908 Alan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:49:41 +0000 http://pinkyspaperhaus.com/?p=657#comment-2908 Best Upton Sinclair adaptation ever? http://diary.typepad.com/alan_horns_diary/2008/01/january-22-2008.html Best Upton Sinclair adaptation ever?

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]]> By: Steve Sailer http://carolynkellogg.com/2008/01/there-has-been-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 Steve Sailer Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:03:30 +0000 http://pinkyspaperhaus.com/?p=657#comment-2907 Both Daniel Plainview and Edward Doheny are from Fon du Lac, WI. There Will Be Blood would have been better if there was more of the real Doheny in the plot, because his life was more dramatic -- he caused the great Teapot Dome scandal and his son and son's secretary died in a still unsolved murder-suicide shooting in Greystone just before they might have been called to testify against the old man. The killings in LA's biggest mansion and the subsequent hushing up by the police and press had a big influence on the subsequent writing career of an LA oil industry executive named Raymond Chandler (see "The High Window" where it's specifically referenced). Both Daniel Plainview and Edward Doheny are from Fon du Lac, WI.

There Will Be Blood would have been better if there was more of the real Doheny in the plot, because his life was more dramatic — he caused the great Teapot Dome scandal and his son and son’s secretary died in a still unsolved murder-suicide shooting in Greystone just before they might have been called to testify against the old man. The killings in LA’s biggest mansion and the subsequent hushing up by the police and press had a big influence on the subsequent writing career of an LA oil industry executive named Raymond Chandler (see “The High Window” where it’s specifically referenced).

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