APPLE OF HIS EYE…E.B. Whitehad reason to be concerned about the widespread practice of spraying lead arsenic on fruit trees. This 1930 photograph shows an Oregon orchardist and his child spraying apple trees with the stuff. (oregonhistoryproject.org) White’sNew YorkercolleagueJohn O’Hararais...
he was struck by just how much gas the standard cowboy diet of beans and coffee produced. And thus was born one of the funniest scenes in Hollywood history. It’s one of many outrageous delights in this tale of a black sheriff (Cleavon Little) taking on a...