Biografie

13. August 1904 · Eldora, Iowa, USA

12. Februar 1998 · North Hollywood, Kalifornien, USA (Natural Causes)

Jonathan Foreman Hole

Hole supplemented his income as an employment claims assistant for the California Employment Development Department; the unemployment office, a la Hollywood. During the 1950s, Hole worked in the Hollywood office, paying out unemployment checks to out-of-work rank-and-file--the day-players. Hole recalled when under the 'studio system', the studios kept tight control over a star's paychecks. In those days, one had to appear in-person to receive their unemployment check. Many Monday mornings, the line at the counter window was filled with stately men, many dressed in black uniforms with caps - they were chauffeurs . As each of these uniformed men got closer to the head of the line, Hole would dash outside to a waiting limo, a door would open, and out of the car, and into line would pop , among others - Cary Grant, Tyrone Power or Errol Flynn. The money was enough for a day-player to pay their rent, or it could pay for the prince & princesses of the silver screen to have lunch at such places as The (Brown) Derby, Romanoff's, and others.