The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 1972
Hal Bates (Born Harold Simon Joseph Braitman, 26 Aug 1929-14 Jan 2008) was an active member of the entertainment media in Los Angeles for many years. At various times he was an editor and writer for publications including the Hollywood Reporter, Daily News, National Enquirer, Hollywood Now, and others. He was also president of the Hollywood Press Club. [See more Intro on this blog's First Page/John Wayne: http://halbates.blogspot.com/2013/11/introduction-hal-bates-and-john-wayne.html]
This must have been a very long time ago ... oh, I see, 1972. For a titan like Sugarman, half a million isn't worth talking about today.
ReplyDelete$500,000.00 in 1972 dollars equates to $2,835,145.99 in 2014 dollars. Or at least that's what the DollarTimes Inflation Calculator told me. http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm
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