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The Real Stories Behind "Bugsy."

Biographer Robert Lacey. Lacey's new book, "Little Man" is an examination of the life of gangster Meyer Lansky. (It's published by Little, Brown). Lacey and Terry Gross will discuss how the movie's portrayal of gangsters differs from reality.

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Other segments from the episode on January 9, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 9, 1992: Interview with Robert Lacey; Interview with Stanley Burns; Review of the film "Rush."
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Remembering the Dead in Photography.

Surgeon and photographic historian Stanley Burns. Burns has just compiled a book called "Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography In America." It chronicles what was a common occurrence in the late 1800s and early 1900s... taking one last photograph of a dead relative. (The book's published by Twelvetrees Press). (Rebroadcast. original date 11/5/91).

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A Powerful Film.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the new movie "Rush," starring and Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh as a pair of undercover cops trying to stop a drug kingpin.

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