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Overlooked Films: St. George and the Dragonet (from the record by Stan Freberg)
Stan Freberg's record "St. George and the Dragonet" was a number one hit in 1953, and he followed later that year with "Christmas Dragnet" (aka "Yulenet"). I can't find any info on where this cartoon...
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Forgotten Stories: "The Man in the Silver Mask" - a complete Pulp Hero...
In a recent Facebook comment, Jeffrey Marks mentioned he was working on a new bio of Erle Stanley Gardner, which led to our exchanging a few words about Gardner's wacky vigilante, The Man in the Silver...
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Mugshots from the Willamette Writers Conference
Today, as I was yesterday, and as I'll be again tomorrow, I'm at the Willamette Writers Conference helping wannabe authors hone and deliver their pitches. For several of us this has become a yearly...
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Overlooked Films: Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
At one time or another I acquired, read and enjoyed all six of John P. Marquand’s Mr. Moto novels. And I believe I saw most, if not all, of Peter Lorre’s eight Moto films. Heck, I think I even saw the...
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Forgotten Jack Vance Books: Lyonesse - aka Suldrun's Garden (1983)
This ain't really a review. It’s more like 1/8 of a review, because this book has 434 pages, and I’ve only read 58 of them. Will I read more? Chances are slim.Suldrun's Garden was described as...
View ArticleLouie Armstrong sings "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
My apologies for the saccharin Disney imagery. It couldn't be helped. Don't look, just listen.
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The BLACK MASK Art of Arthur Rodman Bowker
"Heir to Murder" by James DuncanI've been looking at Arthur Rodman Bowker's interior illos in Black Mask for a great many years, but wasn't particularly impressed by them until recently, when I...
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Overlooked Films: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
The Popeye of the Fleischer (and later Paramount) cartoons was far less interesting - and less adventurous - than the E.C. Segar character of the 1930s comic strips, but he had his moments. His supreme...
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WORDSLINGERS: An Epitaph for the Western by Will Murray
Will Murray's new book from Altus Press is not technically a history of the Western pulp magazine. Though Wordslingers contains enough info for someone to assemble a traditional history, it's much more...
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