Sande Greene ‘The Wrench’

As I type the world is alas seeing the real Mr. Trump. The fabuosuly weathy like to own the Cloak of Invisibility. Such is the case of Sande Greene’s husband who had a very powerful – and invisible influence on the probate of Christine Rosamond Benton, especially if he is a good bud of Robert Buck.

In the chapter ‘Flying High’ Snyder does Raymond Chandler. Tom parts the curtain, and we get just a glimpse of how The Rich’ beheld all the chaos of the ‘Little People’. See how they pretend they are not playing Greek Gods on High, we just pawns in their game, they making sure of the outcome – they favor!

“It wasn’t that I hadn’t been warned that Sande Greene is a drop-dead gorgeous blonde, and smooth as a Gulf Shore breeze, which pretty much covers it.”

I just got a glimpse of Sande at the funeral. I should have persued her, and asked her to be my muse. She would have been flattered – somemore – because she is the blonde in the group painting Christine did. Instead, I went for Rena Easton, who after listening to her schoolmate, went and told deputy sheriff, Dan Mayland, I was some sick stalker trying to turn her into the goddess, Venus. There is an old movie on this.

“Sande tells me she met her former husband, an investor, in Houston.”

Aha! Tom spills the beans! Geroge W. Bush, Houston = Oil Investor! Does Mr. Greene know Mr. Bush? How about Mr. Buck of the Big Buck Oil folks? How hard can this be?

“Christine and I met while I was living with my husband,” Sande says, “who had a mural painted by Garth Benton, together with some Rosamond originals. I’d heard of Rosamond and remembered her work from the 1970’s, though I knew nothing of Garth. But one of our favorite places to go – my husband had a private jet that could take us anywhere on a moments notice – was the Monterey Peninsula. We’d fly in whenever we wanted, a limousine would pick us up, and we’d hang out for a few days!”

Who did they hang out with, and, where did they stay? And, pray tell where is ‘The Lost Benton Mural’? I am on a Art Case. I want to know – for my book! Let me put on some ‘Thinking Music’ as we look at this list. You can play along! Us poor folks get to have some of the fun, some of the time! We don’ have to be fooled – all the time!

It appears the Mysterious Mr. Green, met Christine, purchased some Rosamonds, and, hired Garth to render a mural for him – before he met Sande! I surmise this mural is not in his home. Here is the Lost Getty Oil Man Mural that Mr. Green may have seen in person. Notice the arches. I wonder if Christine and Greene were having an affaire, and he had a desire to get Garth out of town. How sexy!

What is utterly out of this world, is, the painting my kindred ‘Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor’ is pretending to render on the beach. A hired ghost artist did this seascape. There is another close-up. It shows a BIG WAVE crashing on the rocks. There is a woman at its mercy. In the foreground is a figure dressed in black. Is this a premonition? Some say………”Art is the truth!” I agree.

This post is probably the story Christine was telling in her disappeared autobiography. ‘The Story Teller’ depicts a bunch of rich women gossiping about their rich and powerful men.

Uh-oh!

Jon Presco

“To Garth with appreciation of your wonderful assistance and with warmest, best wishes.”
– Betty and Gerald Ford
“What a joy to have your murals!”
– Bob and Dolores Hope
“Your work is truly fine, and you go above and beyond the call of duty. So when you present your final bill to me, make it for whatever you like…within reason, of course.”
– Barbra Streisand
“To master artist Garth Benton, and his two talented daughters, and with gratitude for your beautiful additon to our new home.”
– Rhonda “Mann” Flemming
Clientele
(Partial List)
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hope
Pres. and Mrs. Gerald Ford
Ms. Barbra Streisand
Mr. Sidney Sheldon
HRH Prince Saud Al Faisal
Ms. Carol Burnett
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Wolper
Ms. Jaclyn Smith
The J.Paul Getty Museum
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum
Mr. Danny Kaye
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Singleton
Mr. And Mrs. Mickey Rudin
Mr. Dean Martin
Mr. Hugh Hefner
Fluor Corporation
Ralph M. Parsons Company
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Firestone
The Beverly Hilton Hotel
Squaw Valley Inn
Mr. Richard Cohen
Lily and Richard Zanuck
Mr. and Mrs. George Doheny
Princess of Iran
Ms. Polly Bergen
Mrs. Walt Disney
Ms. Pamela Mason
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Spelling
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Douglas
Mr. Jerry Magnin
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maguire
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Resnick
Ms. Danielle Steel
Mr. David Nutt, Esq.