Uncle Vertervert Vevano Wronski, aka "Whodatski" was in high demand in the Hollywood pre-war [WWII] film industry. In his own telling, "I don't take no backseat to no nobody!".
Ironic. His trademark mistaken use of the double negative actually spoke to his place in Tinsel Town history. To add insult, never got a screen credit. Until this telling, you probably had been wondering ... who dat?
Here he is with George Raft and Jimmy Cagney in the 1939 classic "Each Dawn I Die", literally ... taking the back seat. So it goes. He's a Wronski, and the tribe does have it's share of "Wrongski's".
It's a bit of a conundrum, him and his career. He was never for lack of work. But, always a true "Wrongski" in how consistently he got the sense of the scene off; way off. The rumor has it that was his strength. He was never hired to actually make it past the cutting room; only to bring some levity to the set. Which he did. Again, given his Polish genetics, he never got wind of it. Don't laugh, he made a nice living from it. He was a true exemplar of the adage, "If life gives you Lemons ... ".
At parties too. The life of. Don't ask. None of us other Wronski's can figure it out. He did bring the Kavorka.
Witness ...
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