The lady in red
The photo was taken as I was exiting a subway station in Manhattan.So,who actually was the Lady in Red in history?Some say it was Polly Hamilton,played by Pamela Sue Martin in the 1979 movie drama titled "The Lady in Red".Polly Hamilton (née Edythe Gertrude) was one of the two women who left the Biograph Theater with American gangster John Dillinger the night he was gunned down by FBI agents in 1934 as they were closing in on him.In the film Polly Hamilton was coaxed into wearing a red dress as a means of identifying and betraying Dillinger to the FBI agents.
In real life however the Lady in Red was actually the other woman in the trio,a Romanian and former madam named Anna Sage (née Cumpanaș).Facing deportation for "bad moral behavior"Sage used Dillinger as a bargaining chip to gain permanent residency in the U. S. as well as get cash reward for his arrest,so she tipped him off to the Feds.On the night of Dillinger's betrayal Sage wore a white blouse and reddish-orange skirt.After leaving the theater with Dillinger and Polly Hamilton,Sage separated herself from them.Then with her skirt turning red from the theater lights,she walked in front of Dillinger.Ohhh,I got it!😮
The lady in red
The photo was taken as I was exiting a subway station in Manhattan.So,who actually was the Lady in Red in history?Some say it was Polly Hamilton,played by Pamela Sue Martin in the 1979 movie drama titled "The Lady in Red".Polly Hamilton (née Edythe Gertrude) was one of the two women who left the Biograph Theater with American gangster John Dillinger the night he was gunned down by FBI agents in 1934 as they were closing in on him.In the film Polly Hamilton was coaxed into wearing a red dress as a means of identifying and betraying Dillinger to the FBI agents.
In real life however the Lady in Red was actually the other woman in the trio,a Romanian and former madam named Anna Sage (née Cumpanaș).Facing deportation for "bad moral behavior"Sage used Dillinger as a bargaining chip to gain permanent residency in the U. S. as well as get cash reward for his arrest,so she tipped him off to the Feds.On the night of Dillinger's betrayal Sage wore a white blouse and reddish-orange skirt.After leaving the theater with Dillinger and Polly Hamilton,Sage separated herself from them.Then with her skirt turning red from the theater lights,she walked in front of Dillinger.Ohhh,I got it!😮