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Category: Biography

“Lawrence Tierney: Poverty Row” by Burt Kearns

BIOGRAPHY: “Lawrence Tierney was at loose ends when he learned about the Dillinger picture. Caught in the middle of RKO’s indecision and rejection elsewhere, living in a furnished room with little money, he was considering a way out….”

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