Ep 61: June Havoc in The Story of Molly X (1949)

Not since Joan Blondell vowed that she knew all the answers and the only thing worthwhile was dough have we seen a more vital queen of the rackets than June Havoc in The Story of Molly X (1949). Molly takes over a crime syndicate. She plans the heists, hires the muscle, and even joins them for the safe cracking. June Havoc was a performer from the age of two and grew up as a headliner in the vaudeville circuit. And boy could June write. I close the episode with a scene from her memoir about her first dance marathon, which lasted for four months. She's the definition of trouper.