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In 1951 Wanger made headlines for shooting at Jennings Lang, agent of Wanger's wife Joan Bennett. Formerly the vice president of the Jaffe Agency, Lang had become the head of MCA's West Coast television operations. On the afternoon of December 13, 1951, Bennett and Lang had a meeting to talk over an upcoming television show.
Nov 18, 2019 · After Walter Wanger began suspecting his wife, Joan Bennett, of having an affair with her agent, Jennings Lang, Wanger hired a private eye and found they were spending time in New Orleans,...
Walter Wanger shoots the MCA agent Jennings Lang in 1951. The trial of attempted murder becomes one of L.A. most celebrated court battles. The incident provides an indirect inspiration for the Billy Wilder movie The Apartment (1960).
In December 1951, Lang was shot in the left inner thigh by film producer Walter Wanger, who believed Lang was having an affair with his wife, actress Joan Bennett. Lang survived, and Wanger, pleading insanity, served four months in prison.
In 1951 Wanger suspected Lang of having an affair with his wife, Joan Bennett, and shot him. Lang survived and went on to produce a number of hit films, and Wanger served four months in prison, where he was appalled by the horrendous conditions.
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Apr 13, 2012 · Joan Bennett Week: Walter Wanger shoots Jennings Lang. This is a little like putting the cart before the horse, but the previous post was about an incidental detail concerning the shooting of agent Jennings Lang by Joan Bennett's husband, Walter Wanger.
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Sep 28, 2021 · It’s the night that changes everything for the main figures in Love Is a Crime: December 13, 1951, the day Walter Wanger shot a gun at Jennings Lang. Nearly 70 years later, podcast cohosts ...
