Earl ScheibA Colorful Life

One famous face, One famous disappearance, One national wound — and a paint king who was never only about paint.

America knew Earl Scheib as the man who’d paint any car. He was a television staple with a bargain pitch that became a familiar punchline. But people never knew the harder story underneath: an empire that looked like the American Dream on the surface, with something quieter in the shadows.

The assassination of JFK brought an investigation that didn’t only chase presidents and gunmen. It brushed against Jimmy Hoffa, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald — and Earl Scheib.

This is the intriguing story. Pop culture on the surface, myth in the shadows, — and a story that is destined for the big screen.

This is the story. —Pop culture on the surface, myth in the shadows, — and a story that is destined for the big screen.