tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post8086774312293090655..comments2024-03-14T13:37:18.566-04:00Comments on SIX FOR FIVE: 'Big Gangy' Cohen found!Pat Hamouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15806846503125347640noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-49101119650481915752013-04-30T18:13:07.732-04:002013-04-30T18:13:07.732-04:00Hi, this is ThatGirl...Grand daughter of Gangy Coh...Hi, this is ThatGirl...Grand daughter of Gangy Cohen . My email address has changed and wanted to update it if anyone wanted to get a hold of me.<br /><br />tg_is_me@hotmail.com<br /><br />Thank you ThatGirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-90625198885283439942011-04-03T18:42:05.621-04:002011-04-03T18:42:05.621-04:00This is Thatgirl....granddaughter of Gangy Cohen.....This is Thatgirl....granddaughter of Gangy Cohen...he did die in the mid 70's....I can get you more accurate info from my siblings or my dad if he will talk about it which he usually doesnt...my great grandparents on his side were from Austria.....As long as you are fair in your writings of my grandfather, I will be more then happy to try and help. dg333@roadrunner.com is my email.<br /><br /><br />Let me know what you may need and I would like to be kept up to date on what your doing as in writing about him.<br /><br />Good Luck and again let me know what I may be able to help you with...as was said before by me...we didnt know Gangy...we knew Grandpa :) as you also can see my brother and sister have written on here as anonymous...there is some info there....let me know and good luck!<br /><br />ThatGirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-61131000518316713402010-07-21T21:47:25.298-04:002010-07-21T21:47:25.298-04:00If anyone has more information about Jack Gordon o...If anyone has more information about Jack Gordon outside of his trial, especially who he was -before- being arrested for the Catskills murder and care to share it, please e-mail me - matt1191979@hotmail.com<br /><br />I am also interested in speaking with anyone who knew Abe Shoenfeld. <br /><br />(I am a writer working on a Jewish organized crime-related project.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-18765272110398923422009-07-29T14:03:00.308-04:002009-07-29T14:03:00.308-04:00Hi there
I will do some digging with relatives and...Hi there<br />I will do some digging with relatives and get back to you. I would also love to hear more about your book.<br />Best<br />PatPat Hamouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806846503125347640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-51265408785284075212009-07-26T09:33:22.064-04:002009-07-26T09:33:22.064-04:00Hi there,
I'm compiling a list of Jewish mobs...Hi there,<br /><br />I'm compiling a list of Jewish mobsters and those associated with the mob for a reference book in the UK. Does anybody have dates (i.e. year of birth and death) for Jack Gordon aka Gangy Cohen. <br /><br />It would be a great help.<br /><br />Many thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-3266817581935922912009-04-24T11:06:00.000-04:002009-04-24T11:06:00.000-04:00Recently watched Crime Inc. on DVD. The transfer ...Recently watched Crime Inc. on DVD. The transfer to DVD wasn't particularly good but watchable with an interesting plot about several fictional events which resemble events that happened in real life. The movie covers the period, presumably 1930s, when some mobsters were organized and belonged to a National Syndicate and New York/Atlantic City locations. One gangster wants to stay independent and a contract is put on him. He evades this and kidnaps one of the Syndicate members, who owns a night club. He is paid $100,000 for the safe return of the Syndicate member.<br /><br />The main character is a resourceful newspaperman who seems able to infiltrate both the police and the underworld. He decides to write a book about the Syndicate and its group of killers which he calls Crime Inc.<br /><br />Cohen plays a hit man with Crime Inc. His facial expression and the tone of his voice never seem to change and his body movements are a bit awkward but interesting to see the real thing compared to a James Cagney or Edward G Robinson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-41807553520549173712009-04-21T05:30:00.000-04:002009-04-21T05:30:00.000-04:00Unusually the mob did not hunt down Irving "Big Ga...Unusually the mob did not hunt down Irving "Big Gangy" Cohen and kill him but following his appearance in Golden Boy he was arrested for the murder of Walter Sage. His defense was that he was in the back seat, Sage was in the front seat and was killed by Jack Drucker who was sitting next to Sage. Some reports say that Gangy was accidentally stabbed whilst the murder was taking place and he may have thought that he was going to be killed next.<br /><br />The jury acquitted Gangy and he returned to Hollywood. As well as the appearances mentioned above, he was in Crime Inc (1945) which is also now available on DVD.<br /><br /><A>http://morethanyouneededtoknow.typepad.com/the_unsung_joe/2008/11/one-night-in-1939-a-couple-of-low-level-gangsters-walked-into-their-local-cinema-to-watch-what-they-presumably-hoped-would-b.html</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-12913876085266670852008-11-15T09:31:00.000-05:002008-11-15T09:31:00.000-05:00Gangy will always be Gangy.I met him in 1955 as a ...Gangy will always be Gangy.<BR/>I met him in 1955 as a kid and last saw him whem i was drafted in 62.<BR/>I knew all about his exploits as my father new him from East New York -Brownsville , Brooklyn.<BR/>A nice guy with a historic past.<BR/>I knew Eva as wellomstormyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429027080732658229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-56162322395900819282008-11-06T17:11:00.000-05:002008-11-06T17:11:00.000-05:00Hi Pat, I am the other sister to anonymous and Tha...Hi Pat, I am the other sister to anonymous and ThatGirl and grand daughter to Jack Gordon aka: Gangy Cohen. As both my brother and sister stated, we all knew him as grandpa.<BR/><BR/>As kids, we spent many weekends at our grandparents house. Grandpa always slept on the sofa while the three of us piled in bed with grandma on the bed. <BR/><BR/>I am sure my brother and sister will remember the famous meatball song which we all would sing...leaving no meatballs for grandpa.<BR/><BR/>Every sunday when we were at their apartment across from paramount studios, our grandfather would take us to the corner market and buy us iceream cones and a plastic multicolor ball which each of could pick out. I remember many times playing ball in the paramount parking lot with my grandfather and brother. Our sister was very young at the time. <BR/><BR/>He was big, gruff, smoked cigars and had a nasty smokers cough. He would chase us around the apartment with his false teeth when he removed them from his mouth.<BR/> <BR/>He was a great grandfather to have. When we were not staying at my granparents house, they came to our house every sunday, bringing locks and bagels with cream cheese and sunflower seeds for my mother because that was our mothers favorite snack. It has been over 30 years since he died and I still miss him and think about him often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-23645017672611471862008-08-20T18:27:00.000-04:002008-08-20T18:27:00.000-04:00I met "Gangy" or Irving or Jack in the mid 50's.My...I met "Gangy" or Irving or Jack in the mid 50's.<BR/>My Father was his business partner in sales until themid 60's.<BR/>The wildest characters you will ever want to listen to.<BR/>Great story tellers and all true life events.<BR/>WOW<BR/>Abe's brother Pat was more interesting than Abeomstormyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429027080732658229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-65538311095461789082008-05-24T23:40:00.000-04:002008-05-24T23:40:00.000-04:00Hi Arthur :)..... yes I remember you. Hows the boo...Hi Arthur :)..... yes I remember you. Hows the book going?<BR/><BR/>Anonymous is my brother. I remember the sunflower seeds and the money he slipped us kids all the time LOL.<BR/><BR/>It was never proven that my grandfather killed Sage and according to sources, he didn't, but..... it wasn't a family topic as my brother said.<BR/><BR/>As I said before...I didnt know Gangy...I knew Grandpa. Interesting reading tho LOL<BR/><BR/>We shall speak soon :)<BR/><BR/>ThatGirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-3397079251512487022008-04-24T17:43:00.000-04:002008-04-24T17:43:00.000-04:00Hi Pat - Yes, that's correct, we've already been a...Hi Pat - Yes, that's correct, we've already been acquainted. And you would think I'd know my own email address, right? Its actually Arthur.Nash at Yahoo not AOL. Sorry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-8618195199577744252008-04-24T17:23:00.001-04:002008-04-24T17:23:00.001-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pat Hamouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806846503125347640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-896708973208020312008-04-24T17:23:00.000-04:002008-04-24T17:23:00.000-04:00arthurwho are you addressing in your comment?anony...arthur<BR/><BR/>who are you addressing in your comment?<BR/>anonymous - in regards to his grandfather?Pat Hamouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806846503125347640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-35440832715628512312008-04-24T15:18:00.000-04:002008-04-24T15:18:00.000-04:00THATGIRL - Hi there, we corresponded about your gr...THATGIRL - Hi there, we corresponded about your grandfather a couple of years ago when I lived in LA. I would really like to pick up that conversation. My email is arthur.nash at AOL - Hope to hear from you again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-18395189958771325372008-03-29T13:48:00.000-04:002008-03-29T13:48:00.000-04:00thank you for the further details - if you would l...thank you for the further details - if you would like to continue this conversation outside of a public discussion forum, which is completely understood, you can email me at pathdoodles@gmail.com. It would great to have the opportunity to use some updated biographical information for the book with your permission - it always great when we get the opportunity to inform that some of these men did go on to live full and meaningful lives and had left their criminal days behind them. I don't believe much was published on your grandfather past his involvement with the Brooklyn troop and it would great to shine a light on the rest of his life...Pat Hamouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806846503125347640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-20983705845471207162008-03-29T13:03:00.000-04:002008-03-29T13:03:00.000-04:00My Grandpa, Jack Gordon (Gangy)(they missspelt his...My Grandpa, Jack Gordon (Gangy)(they missspelt his name , gordon with a o , not a, a , Was a very loving , gentle man to me and my sisters .<BR/>I do remeber he always smelled like cigars and alcohol<BR/>He lived across from the Paramount studio on Van ness with my grandmother in Hollywood and seemed like my grandmother , LOL wore the pants in that family .<BR/>I remeber he kept my sisters and I well stocked on sunflower seeds LOL!<BR/>They spoke in yiddish when they did'nt want me or my sisters to understand and lit a candel on the sabbath.<BR/>I remeber he was Hoas's double /stand in on the seris Bonanza, he had a gold wacth that Lauren Green who gave him which Lauren had inscribed on it . <BR/>Hmmmmmmmmmm I'm going to have to think about this a bit before I write more , but I promise I will be back with more information on him, I'll see if my Dad will write and my sisters about the man. He has passed on now and nobody can hurt him anymore.<BR/>I do remeber though , my Dad was very secretive about "Grandpa"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-90871357833245856132008-03-29T12:23:00.000-04:002008-03-29T12:23:00.000-04:00anoymous - i would love to hear more about your Gr...anoymous - i would love to hear more about your Grandpa if you'd like to share about what the rest of his life was like...its always thrilling to hear from family members.Pat Hamouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806846503125347640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-41186378978076133712008-03-29T12:05:00.000-04:002008-03-29T12:05:00.000-04:00this was my Grandpa, amazing to read, ofcourse I k...this was my Grandpa, amazing to read, ofcourse I knew him quite differentlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-87080478352893295562008-03-12T00:30:00.000-04:002008-03-12T00:30:00.000-04:00Another great piece, love the posing with the hat....Another great piece, love the posing with the hat.Dominic Bugattohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038691868661688196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319167556245613863.post-41194857765203416012008-03-11T16:52:00.000-04:002008-03-11T16:52:00.000-04:00Great stuff!and speaking of Barbara Stanwyck I jus...Great stuff!<BR/>and speaking of Barbara Stanwyck I just watched her in Babyface which was fantastic.Drazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588169855921049801noreply@blogger.com