These extremely rare family photos come to us from Gene Wolande, a Los Angeles screenwriter and relative of Frank "Slivers" Oakley. The first, a glimpse of Slivers in makeup without his wig, the second ANOTHER photo of Slivers out of makeup (!) and finally a great close-up of Slivers in the catcher's mask he used in his famous Baseball Gag.
Mr. Wolande has written an award-wining screenplay on Slivers' life that I'm sure we'd ALL like to see get made into "a Major Motion Picture". As much drama, comedy and pathos as there is to Slivers' story I find it hard to believe it hasn't been made into a movie already.
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