It was the talk of the town when the movie star Elissa Landi was spotted in Crowley on Feb. 3. 1936. She was trying to travel incognito and registered at the Egan Hotel as Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence, That didn’t work. Mary Amelia Egan, the sharp-eyed desk clerk, recognized her.
Mary Amelia was on duty when the star and four others arrived at the hotel that Sunday evening. According to the Crowley…