Without Korshak, The Godfather, the crowning glory of the Bluhdorn-Evans reign at Paramount, would not have been what it was. It is likely that Dorfman served as a liaison between Al Capone's Chicago Outfit and key Chicago politicians and administrators. But after the book and the movie, they even started calling themselves godfathers. Puzo laughed his friendly laugh. He admitted openly that he had personally collected more than a million dollars from movie officials, but he denied that it was extortion money. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Tony Martin, older than Lew Wasserman but as open and radiant as a flower in the sun, speaks fondly of Korshak. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. I think it was the Gourmet Room, about 67, 68. Capone was sentenced to 11 years on October 24, 1931, five days after Korshaks first known clients were sentenced. A Los Angeles attorney, Carey McWilliams, stirred an assembly committee of the California legislature to investigate IATSE. 2023 Cond Nast. Bioff laughed out loud in court as a Warner Bros, accountant testified that one such remittance was entered as entertainment for the picture Gold Diggers of 1937. : You had to know Sidney to see all these great qualities. He was a meticulous dresser. Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. He was that kind of guy.. And perhaps it is no more than mere coincidence, but all the documentation gathered by Hersh and Gerth was subsequently lost during a transfer from one Times office to another. Search for yourself and well build your family tree together, Do not sell or share my personal information. The producer Cubby Broccoli, later known as a close friend of Korshaks, was there. I was told by a person who was at a meeting with hima good, credible guy, a fringe Mob guy in L.A.that Wasserman slammed his fist down on the table and said, I want Moldea destroyed. He didnt want me killed or anything like that. Within 20 minutes, Pacino was free and MGM looked forward to a brighter tomorrow. In the real and far more incredible world of Sidney Korshak and his associates, things are more complex. It is likely that Dorfman served as a liaison between Al Capone's Chicago Outfit and key Chicago politicians and administrators. But the people behind him are not meek and they are not harmless. Their offices were located at 100 North LaSalle, which was also the address of the First Ward Democratic headquarters, the front for the Mobs connection guysGuzik, Humphreys, Alexand the political figureheads in their grasp. But Korshak is no longer enthralled. The 1962 Nevada charter of Affiliated Parking showed Korshak to be an owner of record. Korshak strides across the lobby of the Riviera on a hot autumn day and Jimmy Hoffa steps silently aside. When nothing happened, Roemer telephoned Korshak: Well, Mr. Roemer, the lawyer began, I guess you will have to talk to Bernice then. Within a year he went from just another shipping clerk, said McDougal, to what he later described as the national director of publicity., MCA, according to McDougal, was involved with the Chicago Mob up to their eyeballs, working closely not only with Chez Paree, the outfits premier club, but also with Ralph Capones places on the South Side. Roemer calmly told him that if Mr. Alex could be found in the next few days, there would be no need to bother Bernice. The hundreds of millions lent by the Fund to Vegas casinos and other Mob enterprises were arranged largely by Korshak, who collected a generous fee for every deal made. [11] He was again investigated in 1973 on similar charges, related to payoffs given to have the Teamsters represent agricultural workers in California, in place of the United Farm Workers Union. In mob jargon, this was the who once almost broke my jaw in 'cutout. I mean, it was a jazzy Sunday-night group., Dunne, who enjoyed taking social snapshots, was well known for bringing his Rollei camera to parties. Marshall was a rising figure in the citys Democratic machine when, in February 1939, Sidney himself had a brief flirtation with political office, as a candidate in the 48th Ward. Lew Wasserman, who had started out with Kyser, was a big deal in Hollywood now. Sidney Korshak sounds no high notes. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. Then, in Chicago, the headlines hit: CHICAGO LAWYER OUR MAN, SAYS BIOFF AT MOVIE TRIAL, declared the Sun; BIOFF NAMES SID KORSHAK AS MOB AID, declared the Herald-American. He insured Teamsters' pensioners and bilked numerous workers out of insurance benefits. When Charles Bluhdorn, the Austrian immigrant who transformed a small Michigan auto-bumper business into Gulf & Western, took over Paramount Pictures in 1966 and brought in Evans to run it for him, both were outsiders, mavericks. Sidney was a suit, as they say. They may have started out in the original Maxwell Street ghetto, and, as they prosperedHarry in the construction business, Max as a lawyermoved to better quarters. When Union Casualty received fiduciary responsibility for the Michigan Conference Fund, Hoffa had already created a larger welfare fund, the Central States Health and Welfare Fund, which had also given its business to Union Casualty. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Like Tony Martin, she had only the fondest memories of Korshak. He had been a member of the Hollywood law firm of Bautzer, Grant, Youngman and Silbert. Thank you again. Roemer suggested that, if this were true, perhaps he should be talking to Korshaks wife, Bernice. My pastimes include selling books on EBay, genealogical research, baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates), collecting antique furniture and coins, and spending time with Kingsley, my cocker spaniel. Some said that upon the death of Harry Cohn, the former head of Columbia Pictures, Korshak brought Karl together with the widow, Joan. Capone was 21 when he arrived in Chicago from Brooklyn in early 1921, brought to town by his boyhood idol, Johnny Torrio, a former Brooklyn gang leader who had been imported in 1909 by Big Jim Colosimo, the profligate vice lord of the South Side badlands. Born in Poland on 22 May 1901. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union. He spent most of his life at the shifting crossroads of shadowland and dreamland. Coincidentally, problems threatened the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. We watched them question this man, Frank Costello, from the Copacabana supposedly. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. Korshak picks up a telephone years later and *The Godfather*s problems are solved. Zeller, who worked for 14 years as a government liaison and personal adviser to four Teamster presidents, told me that virtually every Teamster leader on the West Coast, in the Western Conference, answered to Sidney Korshak.. The Harlow movie, Riffraff, was not notable. At Paul Dorfman's request the Union Casualty and Life Insurance Company had set up a Chicago branch, owned by Paul Dorfman's wife, Allen's mother Rosemary "Rose", and his stepson Allen. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. Irving Cutler, the author of The Jews of Chicago, told me of Guziks storming into the office of the Jewish Daily Forward one day, raising hell about a piece implying that he was a gangster. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. He was always very careful hot to practice law in California. The Korshaks lived in luxury fabulous even by Bel Air standards. Learn more. Bioff and Browne were released from prison early, too, freed by an appreciative government late in 1944, soon after Rosselli and the others had begun serving their time. She brought him together with Dalitz, who gave him his first payoff. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Paul Dorfman below. The money came from the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund, controlled at the time by Chicago mobster Paul "Red" Dorfman. I spent most of my time in the powder room, she told me. Dorfman was an operative for Al Capone and later became a friend and associate of Jimmy Hoffa. He was an attorney who never tired of telling his tale of deflowering Lana Turner. His son was Allen Dorfman, whose picture I have. To Hoffa, there was nothing nondescript about Korshak, whose aura was his, his alone. We put it behind the radiator, then had to wire it out of the building to a place where we could monitor, five miles away, at our office. (The thought of five miles of covert wire gave me pause. Stein and his partner, Billy Goodheart, started out promoting bands in the clubs of Capones South Side. Allen Melnick Dorfman[2] (January 6, 1923 January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. I remember him [Humphreys] calling Korshaks office and asking for Mr. Lincoln. He was a close associate of longtime IBT President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with organized crime via the Chicago Outfit. Nazi Atrocities Babi-Yar Ravine Rovno, Poland Nov 1941, Aniello DellaCroce Gambino Family Underboss, Irma Grese Angel Of Death At Bergen-Belsen And Oswiecim Concentration Camps, Nude Photography, Student Models, Camera Clubs and Crimes, The Pascagoula UFO Encounter October 11, 1973, Charles Lucky Luciano and Vito Genovese The Mafia Murder of Giuseppe Masseria Coney Island, New York April 15, 1931. In a city where crime and politics were so inextricably entwined, it may have been through family that young Sidney entered the shadows. Even a Sidney Korshak should be protected by some of the others.. Ruby is best known as the killer of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. A dark breeze in Chicago becomes an evening chill in L.A., a shimmering in the desert becomes a hearse beneath the winter sky, and the uroboros of a tale with no beginning and no end, a tale never meant to be told. Reached in London, Harry Korshak did indeed seem like a nice man. Youll get hints when we find information about your relatives . He was such a great, human friend, she told me. Dunne, Mr. Korshak would like to see you. It was the first I realized he was there. But the year of Korshaks visit to Hollywood was. Mr. Dorfman was a leader of the Chicago Waste Handlers Union (until later expelled by the. And they put the thing around his neck and strangled him and knocked him off. How much of a piece of Stevenson does he own, and, by extension, how much of a piece of the candidate does Korshak own? . . This encompasses an area of Chicago called Douglas Park. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. He revealed their marriage as a sham during his courtship of Ruby Keeler (before her marriage to Al Jolson). SIDNEY KORSHAK, 88, DIES; FABLED FIXER FOR THE CHICAGO MOB. Feb 1. They might have 20 grand on them, but they would be arrested for vagrancy. The head of a Detroit local, he needed a power source in Chicago and found one in Paul "Red" Dorfman. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union effectively paved the way for Dorfman's rise in the union. He made a living as a "confidence man," a jewel thief, and a heroin dealer. Described as a gangland-style execution, the murder was presumably intended to keep him from cooperating with authorities to avoid a possible 55-year prison sentence. Through those years, Jake Guzik was his closest ally. When I was a little girl, she told me, my sister and I had these little identical pleated red skirts and red Dutch hats. Paul "Red" Dorfman was closely aligned to several infamous Mafia figures, i.e. Dorfman was acquitted, but Hoffa was found guilty of this crime in 1964 and, after a lengthy appeals process, went to prison in 1967. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. We wore sable and chinchilla. [13][14][15], By 1977, Dorfman had lost control of the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund due to the implementation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and subsequent increases in outside control of the Fund.[16]. The reborn Flamingo, the Sands, the Desert Inn, come magically alive with lightning winks, serpentine undulations of pastel light. His two sons were his treasures., Martin never saw him be a heavy in any way, never. Lews last job in Cleveland, said Dennis McDougal, who is working on a biography of Wasserman, was as acting general manager of the Mayfair Casino, which was basically a very high-class, high-roller Mob casino. If Lew didnt get it done, Sidney would get called in.. But despite his later puritanical leanings, Hoffa had a mistress named Sylvia Pagano. Why not get prescription pain pills? Korshak knew them all. I have been looking high and low for a photo of Paul Red Dorfman, who had ties to Hoffa and Ruby. In December of 1939, Korshak formed a partnership with Harry A. Ash, a former Cook County inheritance-tax attorney and a former assistant attorney general of Illinois. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. They alert us when OverDrive services are not working as expected. Nick Dunne said that Bob wasnt such an asshole in those days. He was hot stuff, and Sidney adored him, absolutely adored him.. He would never sit in the front seat. Though, like the forces of the government for so many years, the series could not conclusively indict him on anything, it did have its effect. He said that when he wrote The Godfather,I had never heard of Sidney Korshak. Like so much else in the novel and the movie, it was a fanciful and romantic figment that the imagination of America accepted as fact. Korshak was no stranger to Bluhdorn. [18][19], Dorfman attended the University of Illinois and taught physical education there. , Print length . Under Hoffa, who is now the president of the Teamsters, the Fund has become the Mobs chest of gold in Vegas, with assets reckoned at a billion. I found him to be a gentleman all the time. Allen Dorfman was born in Detroit and raised by his Step Father Paul "Red" Dorfman in Chicago. The story that followed mentioned what was likely Korshaks first trip to Los Angeles: Korshak was on his way home yesterday with Miss Applebys promise after visiting her in Hollywood. Beneath a photo of Korshak, dapper and somewhat louche, was the italicized phrase Wins Clients Hand. Korshak was retainedor, perhaps more precisely, retained himselfas RKOs labor-relations consultant. As a result of information obtained from the wiretaps, a federal grand jury in Chicago indicted Dorfman and four others in May 1981. In 1953 a special investigatory committee established by the United States House of Representatives began inquiries into Hoffa's placement of Central States Health and Welfare Fund's moneys with Dorfman's agency. I have been writing on Wikipedia for years and have begun to write ebooks. Roemer mentioned a code name, Mr. Lincoln, but was unsure as to whether it referred to Korshak or one of the callersa man named Murray Humphreys. Theyre not QAnon. Arraigned in uniform, he was moved from the Waldorf-Astoria to the Tombs. Time rolls on: other breezes, other chills, other shimmerings, other hearses. You never heard any profanity out of Sidney. It is likely that Dorfman served as a liaison . He was a gentleman, an absolute gentleman. The Chicago Tribune was given pause. Chicagos stranglehold on Hollywood seemed invincible. Harry Karl, the shoe king, would divorce Marie McDonald. Dorfman was fiercely protective of Hoffa. The smile of that first made-for-TV president hung over this promised land, where the New Frontier was no vapid metaphor but an already decaying carpet joint. A house in Van Nuys, California, was held in the name of his wife. It was that simple. Bluhdorn and Evans hit it big in 1970 with a piece of schmaltz called Love Story. "Red" Dorfman (19011971) and Rose Ritman (19072003). But the young attorney had problems of his own. Perhaps the decisive connection was that of neighborhood, that of Magen David. Present with Karl, his wifeMarie the Body McDonaldand the Arveys were Sidney and Bee Korshak. He was born Allen Dorfman, even though his mother was not yet married to Dorfman, but as a teenager also went by the name Allen Melnick, which may have been his biological father's name. During our mutual musing one evening, Joe Kraus of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society wondered aloud if the mystery could ever be solved. His language was perfect. As reported many years later by Seymour Hersh of The New York Times, One trusted Korshak friend and business associate recalled in an interview that shortly after the committees visit Mr. Korshak had shown him infrared photographs of Senator Kefauver in an obviously compromising position with a young woman. According to Hershs source, A woman had been supplied by the Chicago underworld and a camera had been planted in the Senators room at the Drake Hotel to photograph her with Mr. Kefauver.. I dont think he wanted to be seen there, and I dont think he wanted them seen at his law office at 134 North LaSalle. Though he was the most legendary lawyer in Hollywood, he never opened a law office in Los Angeles or bothered with a license to practice in the state of California. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Oh, no, no, my goodness, no. For him it is merely there now and seems especially flat in daylight, when the demons sleep. Kay Kyser was in the air. Today they are all dead except for Wasserman, who is now in his 85th year and has declined my request for an interview regarding Sidney Korshak. His offices would include alderman and state senator (195062). He was like a little baby. Sidney was there, and I remember Natalie Wood was there. Inventing Ivana Trump: Her Improbable Rise and Tragic Death. Its a fairy tale., The author did, however, eventually come to know who Korshak was. It was in Detroit that he came to know a young German-Irish kid named Jimmy Hoffa, who had moved there from Indiana with his widowed mother in 1925. He acted as "muscle" for mobsters Fifi Buccieri and Ralph Pierce and rubbed elbows with bosses Frank Nitti and Paul Ricca. James Bacon figures that it was Jake Greasy Thumb Guzik who brought Korshak into the fold of the Mob. Discover the meaning and history behind your last name and get a sense of identity and discover who you are and where you come from. Sorry, the quality is not that great. To Korshak, the growth of this place is so familiar that he has long since ceased looking at it, long since ceased regarding it as anything more than limited testimony to the subtleties of his own dexterity. Most all the gang is gone now., I asked Martin if Korshak was a fun-loving guy, Oh, yes. I think they met surreptitiously., There were, however, veiled references to Korshak, as well as equally cryptic telephone messages left at his office by callers from Celanos. Beneath the Technicolor fantasy lay truth, forbidden and forbidding. That was the first house I ever went to in my life where there was a guard with a gun at the door, Dunne said. They are illuminating glimmers on a gossamer web of remarkable complexities, a pattern of associations which dissolve ultimately into darkness. A few weeks later, in Los Angeles, Joan filed for divorce from Karl. over by Paul "`Red" Dorfman -- a, Douce station. Marshall was an important legislator and politician, Bill Roemer told me, and, of course, we always felt that he was put in there because he was the younger brother of Sidney.. Beyond, the neon shrikes of the Thunderbird stir beneath the moon, and, south of the city limits, the Sahara tower looms ablaze. Bioff was remanded to the Bridewell prison to serve out the pandering sentence. His car moves fast on the three-lane northbound blacktop of the divided highway. Here's another request for a photo: The late Shannon Murchison from Dallas, Clint III's ex wife. Alan King portrayed a character named Andy Stone in the 1995 Martin Scorsese film Casino. The Hilton was one of the many corporations from which Korshak drew consultancy retainers. Frank Costellos widow, Meyer Lanskys widow. Through mobster Santo Perrone, Jimmy Hoffa had met Paul Dorfman, who had done business with Perrone through the Chicago Scrap Handlers' Union. However, he was better known because of the ill-repute of his stepfather Paul "Red" Dorfman. But it didnt turn out that way. Glaser worked briefly as an MCA agent in the early 30s, and when he later incorporated his own agency, the Associated Booking Corporation, in 1940, it was with a loan from Jules Stein. Dani is a charming woman, and we continued to talk awhile. The story goes that when his estate went into probate, Korshak connived the marriage of Cohns widow as a scheme through which the true investors in Columbia could regain title to their holdings without disclosure in public records. Colosimos partner in crime was his wife, a slovenly madam named Victoria Moresco. Their 10-year terms were cut to a third, thanks to Korshak, who brought about their parole, in August 1947, with a letter written for him by the Illinois state superintendent of crime prevention, his former partner Harry Ash. Suddenly, over the switchboard, all callers lost their identity and became Mr. Black, Mr. White, Mr. Green. Im terribly sorry, he said. Thats when I first became aware of Korshak, Bacon said. He is beyond cool, distinguished, self-assured, butlike his name, an ethnic bluressentially nondescript. He became the last witness to be called before the grand jury, yet remained a stand-up guy When the indictments came down, a separate charge of perjury was announced against him. Paul "Red" Dorfman Teamsters Union Thug Jimmy Hoffa Associate. During the commissions inquiry, the counsel for Hilton asked Korshak to supply his files concerning his work for Hilton. The suit was filed for her by Philip R. Davis, for whose law firm, at 188 West Randolph Street, Sidney Korshak then worked. They wouldnt touch that with a 10-foot pole., Although Korshak moved secretly in the world of shadows, he moved openly in the world of dreams. We use this information to create a better experience for all users. Korshak recommended me to play the Chez Paree when I was out on my own and already in movies. He remembered Korshak and their lifelong friendship fondly. Soon after Chicago gained control of the Riviera, Gaming Control Board records showed Tony Martin as a licensee with a 2 percent share of the Riviera listed in his name. He insured Teamsters' pensioners and bilked numerous workers out of insurance benefits. It was an era, if you can imagine, when, in Vegas, we dressed up. At a 1934 Chicago meeting (Browne and Bioff were not invited), Rosselli explained the profit structure of the movie industry, and a plan was laid for a wholesale extortion operation of the major studios through IATSE. Curiously, however, he was never called as a witness. She died a very suspicious death. : Cicero, Capones headquarters, lay just west of Lawndale, and it has been rumored that, as a student, the young Sidney Korshak worked occasionally as Capones chauffeur. Frank Nittis reaction to the indictments came six hours after they were handed down. . Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, includes free international wireless delivery via. According to the document, Irv asked if Red knew Ruby. It sounded strangely familiar. He may have been the crossroads of it all. Asking mean questions, being mean and rude. It was a childhood memory that evanesced. for at-a-glance information about availability. Arvey is a city boss. In March 1943, grand-jury indictments for violations of federal racketeering statutes were returned against Frank Nitti, Paul Ricca, Johnny Rosselli, Cherry Nose Gioe, and several others. Korshak not only prevented the strike but had the parking concession awarded by OMalley to a new outfit, Affiliated Parking, connected with a different Teamsters local. It has no beginning and no end, but opens in the American desert on an October day in 1961, with a car emerging as a shimmer in the sun. Across the road, to the left, the Hacienda, the Strips southernmost joint, can barely be glimpsed. There were those whisperings about him. [9], During the late 1950s, Dorfman became involved in approving loans for the Teamsters' Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund. The item reported the ejection of the actor Gary Merrill from an affair at the Mocambo. It always seemed kind of unreal to me. 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