{"id":8972,"date":"2015-11-23T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T18:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinturnbull.com\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2015-11-22T17:21:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T01:21:02","slug":"cecil-b-demilles-check-to-howard-hughes-lawyer-neil-s-mccarthy-november-8th-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2015\/11\/23\/cecil-b-demilles-check-to-howard-hughes-lawyer-neil-s-mccarthy-november-8th-1957\/","title":{"rendered":"Cecil B Demille’s check to Howard Hughes’ lawyer Neil S McCarthy, November 8th, 1957"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span id=\"fbPhotoPageCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" tabindex=\"0\" data-ft=\"{"tn":"*G","type":45}\"><span class=\"hasCaption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Cecil-B-Demilles-cheque-to-Howard-Hughes-lawyer-and-racehorse-owner-Neil-S-McCarthy.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8973\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2015\/11\/23\/cecil-b-demilles-check-to-howard-hughes-lawyer-neil-s-mccarthy-november-8th-1957\/cecil-b-demilles-cheque-to-howard-hughes-lawyer-and-racehorse-owner-neil-s-mccarthy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Cecil-B-Demilles-cheque-to-Howard-Hughes-lawyer-and-racehorse-owner-Neil-S-McCarthy.jpg?fit=921%2C335&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"921,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Cecil B Demille’s check to Howard Hughes’ lawyer Neil S McCarthy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Cecil-B-Demilles-cheque-to-Howard-Hughes-lawyer-and-racehorse-owner-Neil-S-McCarthy.jpg?fit=300%2C109&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Cecil-B-Demilles-cheque-to-Howard-Hughes-lawyer-and-racehorse-owner-Neil-S-McCarthy.jpg?fit=640%2C233&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8973\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Cecil-B-Demilles-cheque-to-Howard-Hughes-lawyer-and-racehorse-owner-Neil-S-McCarthy.jpg?resize=640%2C233\" alt=\"Cecil B Demille's check to Howard Hughes' lawyer Neil S McCarthy\" width=\"640\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Cecil-B-Demilles-cheque-to-Howard-Hughes-lawyer-and-racehorse-owner-Neil-S-McCarthy.jpg?w=921&ssl=1 921w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Cecil-B-Demilles-cheque-to-Howard-Hughes-lawyer-and-racehorse-owner-Neil-S-McCarthy.jpg?resize=300%2C109&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Cecil B Demille’s check to Howard Hughes’ lawyer Neil S McCarthyRichard H, sent me a scan of a check he won on Ebay. It’s from Cecil B DeMille to Howard Hughes’ lawyer Neil S McCarthy in payment for a couple of leases. Interestingly, I’ve always spelled it “DeMille” but his check says “deMille” but gives the address as “2010 DeMille Drive, Hollywood.” I know it’s a small thing, but I’m never sure of the correct spelling and punctuation, so this contradiction doesn’t help…especially when I google-mapped that address, and Google spells it “2010 De Mille Drive. <a href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1I5fMCW&h=JAQEhCGhr&enc=AZOksr1R_OQf407Hh2x7lsNlj2nH9XDi0Ktm1-jh9ooowMIFJDvR4aZ8qh-yFwMT9oq8SywMvUISrI5Na0ZdaqwGNQy7JP7RDNrXIwWT3OFbw1nymg_5uH4oAzo2oY581JfEfjXlOJ7cgWltuFDIHUdA&s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1I5fMCW<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cecil B Demille’s check to Howard Hughes’ lawyer Neil S McCarthyRichard H, sent me a scan of a check he won on Ebay. 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