Lolita Davidovich, Paul Newman courtesy Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Ask FlickChick What was that movie about a governor who resigned because of a scandal involving prostitutesQuestion I know this is shallow but when I heard about Eliot Spitzer hiring hookers the first thing I thought of was this movie I saw about a governor who had to resign because of his relationship with a prostitute But for the life of me I cant remember who was in it or any of the details Can you help RachelFlickChick I can You must be thinking of Blaze 1989 a fictionalized version of the real-life relationship between stripper Blaze Starr played by Lolita Davidovich and Louisiana governor Earl Long Paul Newman younger brother of the notorious Huey The Kingfish Long The 62-year-old Earl Long in the third year of his third term as governor he served first from 1939-1940 then as lieutenant governor he stepped in for disgraced governor Richard Leche from 1948-1952 and his third term was 1956-1960 in 1958 or 59 met Starr then in her twenties w
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