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Steve Crane at Donn’s Home 1946

Steve Crane at Donn’s Home 1946

by donnbeach | Mar 4, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People

In this 1946 Life magazine article you see Steve Crane arriving with Lila Leeds. She had just been in The Show Off with Red Skelton, another regular at Donn’s parties. He was 10 years Donn’s junior and would go on about ten years later to be a...

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