One of Jean McNamee's first memories as a child in Hollywood was of her mother, Elise La Monaca, putting her and her brother in the family's icebox.

Her father, Caesar La Monaca, calmly assured his wife that everything would be alright, but Elise was afraid the roof would come off the house or that the rising flood water would overtake them.

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