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J. Herbert Kerr, Jr.
Ran across this 1973 article about J. Herbert Kerr, Jr's appearance in BROKE. In 1972, he had a breakout role in the controversial A PLACE CALLED TODAY in which he took the lead--a radical black...
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The 39th Anniversary
Today is the 39th anniversary of the unsolved murder of Christa Helm. Every year there are numerous reports of cold case crimes being solved so hope springs eternal. R.I.P.
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Lady J in Variety
Here finally we have a larger version of that ad we ran some time back from VARIETY promoting the re-edited version of LET'S GO FOR BROKE which was called LADY J. The ad makes it seem as though the...
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Lady J Trade Report-1975
From late July of 1975, 7 full months after LET'S GO FOR BROKE premiered in Cincinnati, came this trade mag report regarding the revised LADY J version of the film. The "above" mentioned were the other...
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Broke in '73
Spotted this quintessential LET'S GO FOR BROKE image in THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR in August 0f 1973, a full 17 months before the film premiered in nearby Cincinnati and several months before it was even shot!
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1974 Christa Article
Click on this to read a surprisingly detailed article about Christa from nearly a year before the BROKE premiere. In fact, it sounds like this interview/audience was conducted after the shooting in...
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Christa Warning
There is a new "book" out on Christa Helm, self-published in April via Createspace. It's overpriced at $7.99 for a mere 44 pages but it also STEALS most of its contents from the above online bio of the...
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Booksteve Meets Nicole Clements
After 11 years of looking into the life and death of Christa Helm, today I was able to finally meet her daughter Nicole. Things are happening. Stay tuned for more details.
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New Christa Trailer
Here's the trailer for the new Christa Helm documentary that premieres on the Oxygen Channel on Friday, Feb 2, 2018 at 9 PM ET....
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41 Years On
Today's the 41st anniversary of Christa Helm's vicious and still unsolved murder. If you missed the recent Oxygen documentary, you can now catch it free on Vimeo!https://vimeo.com/255182460
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Christa in the Gossip Columns
Some newly discovered gossip column appearances about Christa including an early one from 1972, above.Interesting to note how often her picture made the papers even before she'd done anything!The...
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Unsolved Murders
Here's a new 2 part, 80+ minute podcast about Christa. Worth a listen if one is interested in the case but there's nothing new. In fact, large portions of it are lifted without any credit at all from...
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The Unholy
I just found out that Christa's murder is referenced very briefly in bestselling author Heather Graham's 2012 novel, THE UNHOLY. Here's the passage.
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Hollywoodland Unsolved with Ansley Gordon
Found a new, recent, Christa Podcast. Rather than just lifting it as others have, this one actually credits my blog research as well as my original online article with John O'Dowd and both the CBS and...
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Cold Case
Just found out that both of the detectives who had worked so long on the Christa Helm murder case have now retired and no new investigators are currently assigned to the Cold Case.
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Ron Walsh and Alex Sheafe
A couple of trade ads here offer the info that Ron Walsh, before he replaced Alex Stevens as credited director, was Production Manager. Interesting to note that LADY J was here listed as a "big...
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Jackie Mayro 2020
Last week, I was finally able to speak with Jacqueline Mayro, the retired Broadway actress who appears in a small but pivotal role in LET'S GO FOR BROKE. She told me that while she couldn't remember...
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Kathy Imrie in Black Stars-1974
Here's an early 1974 article about LET'S GO FOR BROKE co-star Kathy Imrie which not only features some early publicity for the picture but also a couple of stills of Kathy with Christa. Of particular...
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Frank Raiter R.I.P.
We just last night confirmed that actor Frank Raiter, co-star of Christa Helm's LET'S GO FOR BROKE and in Broadway's CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, has been dead since 2006, a year BEFORE I started...
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"New" Christa Photos
These photos, discovered by Jamey Duvall, were all from the collection of famous '70s celebrity photographer Ron Galella. That's him in the bottom photo with Christa. The man with the glasses is Sid...
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George Fisher's Photos
My colleague, Jamey Duvall, recently spoke with stuntman George Fisher. who was one of the bad guys in LET'S GO FOR BROKE, and Mr. Fisher kindly sent along these images.
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R.I.P. Stuart Duncan
Looming large in Christa Helm's life story was Stuart Duncan, who financed and produced her only starring motion picture--the unreleased LET'S GO FOR BROKE aka LADY J. Mr. Duncan died on April 30th at...
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Christa Helm After Dark 1973
Fellow Christa researcher Jamey Duvall ran across these three images of Christa Helm that appeared in 1973 in AFTER DARK, a New York-centric entertainment magazine with a largely gay readership. We ran...
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