Burlesque dancer Candy Barr, left, gets an affectionate look from her daughter, Troylene, after she arrived at her parents home, April 2, 1963, Edna, Texas. Candy Barr, an ex-stripper, walked out of Goree Prison after being paroled. She served three years and four months of a 15-year sentence for possession of Marijuana. Candy Barr, whose legal name when she was convicted was Mrs. …
In this news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on April 1, 1963, reporter Bob Harper greets Juanita Dale Phillips, better known by her stage name Candy Barr, as she leaves the Goree State Farm in Huntsville, Texas. Harper asks her how she feels about her release from prison as well as what her plans are now. Phillips was a striptease dancer from Dallas.
Jan 06, 2007 · In 1957, Barr had been arrested and convicted on trumped-up marijuana charges, by the same players [prosecutor William "Bill" Alexander and Judge Joe Brown.] who in 1964 would convict Ruby on evidence that led to a reversal; Barr's defense attorney's, Joe Tonahill and Mel Belli, also represented Ruby.
Nov 11, 2014 · Burlesque dancer Candy Barr, went behind bars after turning herself in to Bexar County Sheriff near noon, Thursday, Dec. 3, 1959, San Antonio, Texas. Under a 15-year sentence assessed in Dallas for possession of Marijuana, the stripper has exhausted all appeals. A Dallas deputy escorted Candy to the womens prison at Goree. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA ...
She was born Juanita Dale Slusher in Edna, Texas, the youngest of five children of Elvin Forest “Doc” Slusher (August 19, 1909 – May 2, 1969) and Sadie Mae Sumner (October 1, 1908 – March 11, 1945). She had four siblings: Leota (born 1927), Keleta Pauline “Kay” (born 1928), Gary (1931–72), and Forest Slusher (1933–2003).
At age 16, though she appeared much older, Barr appeared in one of the most famous and widely circulated of the early underground pornographic movies, Smart Alec (1951).
On December 4, Barr reportedly left her daughter with her third husband, Sahakian, and entered the Goree State Farm for women near Huntsville, Texas. While serving her sentence, she was a witness in Los Angeles in mid-1961 in the tax evasion trial of her former boyfriend Mickey Cohen.
Barr returned to the stripping circuit in early 1968, including appearances at the Largo Club in Los Angeles and the Bonanza Hotel in Las Vegas. She also returned to the Colony Club in Dallas.
In 1992 Barr moved from Brownwood back to Edna. Living in quiet retirement, with her animals at her rural home, she was content not to exploit or relive her legendary past. She said she was never interested in arousing men, she just wanted to dance. As Garbo had, Barr said she just wanted to be left alone.
My Tale Is Hot (1964) includes a four-minute clip of an exotic dance routine by Candy Barr (ca. 1956).
"It's one thing to have a great stage name, but it's the personal story that really makes one legendary. For Candy Barr, her personal life and trials (literally) are just as noteworthy as her life as a famous Dallas and Vegas stripper in the 1950's. In 1956, she shot her drunk and violent husband, and even though he wasn't badly hurt, Barr's manager actually arranged it with the sheriff to increase her bond because it made better press. In 1957, Dallas police stormed into her house and arrested her on drug charges. Because of the storm trooper tactics of the police, the case was appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, who refused to hear the case. She spent three years in jail starting in 1959. In the years while she waited on the appeal she hooked-up with Vegas mobster Mickey Cohen. After she got out she was befriended by club owner and J.F.K. assassination player Jack Ruby. Also, in the 1970's she had a brief weekend affair with Hugh Hefner. Quite a cast of characters within her personal drama! When classic strippers were no longer in demand, Barr retired to Texas where she lives today. "
Captain Gannaway (at that time known as "Mr. Narcotics") had been in charge of the notorious 1957 undercover operation and raid that culminated in stripper Candy Barr being arrested for possession of half an ounce of marijuana. For this offence, she was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, actually serving less than three years before being paroled. (Michael Hogan)
Candy Barr, an ex-stripper, walked out of Goree Prison after being paroled. She served three years and four months of a 15-year sentence for possession of Marijuana. Candy Barr, whose legal name when she was convicted was Mrs. Juanita Phillips.
Keith Richards, from The Rolling Stones, 29, accused of drugs and firearm charges, opens the door of car for girlfriend, actress Anita Pallenberg, 31, also charged with possessing drugs, on arrival at Marlborough Street Court in London, England on June 27, 1973. Richard was later freed on Ă‚ÂŁ1,000 bail.
Movie actor Robert Mitchum embraces his wife after returning to his Hollywood home, March 30, 1949 from jail where he served 50 days of a 60 day sentence for a marijuana violation. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA.4949533.
Timothy Leary, a New York researcher who experiments with changing human consciousness, is scheduled to go on trial in Laredo, March 2, 1966, on a charge of smuggling marijuana into the United States. His 18-year-old daughter is also charged and is to stand trial at the same time. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA.9789470.
Keith Richards, 23, guitarist of the British rock band “The Rolling Stones”, gestures with his hands in Chichester, Sussex, Great Britain, June 27, 1967. Richards will stand trial tomorrow for permitting premises to be used for smoking Marijuana. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA.10969603.
In this April 18, 1972, file photo, John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, leave a U.S. Immigration hearing in New York City. The argument over President Barack Obama’s legal authority to defer deportations begins 42 years ago with a bit of hashish, a dogged lawyer and, yes, John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Date: 11/03/1977. Rock group The Rolling Stones (Bill Wyman – left- a poster of missing member Keith Richards who is detained in Canada on drugs charges; Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts) launch their new live album “Love You Live,” recorded in Toronto and Paris. Ref #: PA.12651927.