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10.02.2008
A Couple Paul Newman Classics
in the 1989 movie, “Blaze,” Paul Newman plays Earl K. Long the governor of Louisiana who is also the subject of a wonderful book by the brilliant A. J. Liebling called, aptly enough, The Earl of Louisiana.
The movie is centered on Long’s love affair with the stripper Blaze Starr, played by Loita Davidovich.    Read more »
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