Bob McCune, 2nd place 🏆🥈
"Mr. California" – January 21, 1949
Hearst Metrotone News, Jan. 24, 1949: MUSCLES FLEX FOR "MR. AMERICA" TITLE! – "The strong arm boys take the stage at Oakland, California in annual contest of manly beauty for the Mr. America championship."
Muslce Power, Vol 7 No 6, Page 13, May 1949: The I.F.B.B. "Mr. California" Contest and Strength Show – "[...] Bob McCune won second place and was also awarded a beautiful trophy. Mark my word you will be hearing a lot more about Bob McCune. He possesses a powerful, well developed physique. He represented a lot of tough competition for [Mr. California winner] Norman Marks."
Watching the reactions to Roger Corman's death and it seems hard to explain who he was to people who don't know him. "So he was a producer of shitty b-movies?" Yes! And he's responsible for the careers of dozens of directors, actors, and other filmmakers and is pretty inarguably one of the single most important people in modern film. By making shitty b-movies