100 Years of Bonnie Parker

(Legacy.com) Movie buffs might already be thinking about Bonnie Parker this week, having heard about the recent death of Arthur Penn. He directed the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde, the big-screen retelling of her famous crime spree with boyfriend Clyde Barrow. What they might not know is that there’s even more reason to think of her today. October 1, 2010, is the 100th anniversary of Bonnie Parker’s birth. Bonnie Parker’s nationwide reputation in the early 1930’s was that of a cigar-smoking gun moll who gleefully robbed banks and killed anyone who got in her way. Continued