Seems like Hopper's "Nighthawks" was all in his head:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/opinion/05moss.html?_r=1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/opinion/05moss.html?_r=1.
You see that kind a thing a lot in history--both ancient and recent--that we often invent a person who we either are uncertain of his actual character or significance or just make up one entirely. I read a piece this past weekend on "Spartacus" the rebel gladiator which pointed out that we really don't have much of anything as to who he actually was beyond the escaped leader of the slave revolt. Probably Kirk Douglas' film portrayal was as good a guess as any but then again, he could have been a psychopath with a fondness for murder and ceramics. No one really knows. He wasn't no band leader, though. That we're certain.
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