HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Enduring Myth of "Roadhouse Nights"
L.A. Times, Sept. 29, 1929If you google "Roadhouse Nights," you'll learn that Sally Cline, in her 2014 book, Dashiell Hammett, Man of Mystery, said the film was based on Red Harvest. And you won't...
View ArticleMore Ridin' with HOPALONG CASSIDY (1950)
The first five weeks of this Hoppy adventure are HERE. June 11, 1950June 18, 1950 June 25, 1950July 2, 1950July 9, 1950
View ArticleNERO WOLFE Comic Strip - Weeks 14 & 15 (1957) A New Adventure Begins
After the conclusion of Wolfe's last daily case (Feb. 23, 1957), we witnessed this encounter in the street . . . Continued next Saturday!
View ArticleA "Virtual" New Year's Eve Party at Stately WALD Manor
Dick Wald (right) with Peter FagnanOK, I confess. This was NOT a New Year's Eve party. It happened a couple of months ago, but it took me so long to get the photos processed that we might as well play...
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: This 'n' That from 1930
El Paso Times, Mar. 9, 1930Rock Island Argus, June 7, 1930El Paso Times, Mar. 23, 1930Davenport Daily Times, June 21, 1930L.A. Times, Mar. 16, 1930 Boston Globe, Apr. 20, 1930Oklahoma News, Apr. 18, 1930
View ArticleThe LONE RANGER Comic Strip Rides Again (1938)
We rode along on the Ranger's first Sunday adventure HERE. Now let's horn in on the second.
View ArticleForgotten Books: MEET THE TIGER (and The Saint) by Leslie Charteris (1928)
This is my first encounter with the REAL Saint. I saw Roger Moore pretending to be him on TV when I was a kid, and over the last couple of years I've seen him in Golden Age comics on Comicbookplus.com....
View ArticleNERO WOLFE Comic Strip - Weeks 18 & 19 (1957)
This adventure began two weeks ago, HERE. Conclusion next Saturday!
View ArticleACE HIGH, Private Eye, in "The Magic of Murder" (1947)
There's no particular reason to think Robert Leslie Bellem scripted this one, but it sure bears his influence. It's from Killers #1 (1947), with art by Vernon Henkel. Upload to comicbookplus is thanks...
View ArticleSONGS ABOUT ZORRO (from down Argentina way)
Here are the four Zorro-relelated songs from this 1973 Argentine LP. "Cancion Del Zorro,""La Historia Del Zorro" and "El Gordo Garcia" are by Willy Y Sus Tornados. "Mi Cabello Tornado" is by Los...
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