The Magic of Squeezing Water Out of the Sky
A hundred years ago, Charles Hatfield cashed in on America’s weakness for quick fixes – even if they seem too good to be true. In the 1956 film The Rainmaker, a slick-talking stranger played by Burt Lancaster shows up in a drought-stricken town. Clad in a black cowboy hat and red neckerchief, he woos a desperate[…]