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Knights of the Metropolitan Museum
I didn't catch the name of the original owner, but the sign said this was a rare example of a surviving set of matched armor for horse and rider. Surely that's what every well-dressed knight would...
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Forgotten Books: ALONG THE RIVER TRAIL by Hugh Pendexter (1920)
I've long had an itch to re-read The Long Rifle by Stewart Edward White and report on it here in Forgotten Books. The Long Rifle was the book that introduced mountain man and trapper Andy Burnett, and...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: IDEAL GIs (Part 1)
These 60mm heroes (about 3" tall) appear to be the work of the same fine sculptor who gave us the Ideal Pirates (HERE) and the Ideal Navy (HERE). Wouldn't be surprised if he also did the Ideal Knights...
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Comic Gallery: TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET (1952)
This post is for Mike Britt and Larry Paschelke, two of Tom's fellow Space Cadets.
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Cap Gun Monday: Ahoy, Mateys! It's the HUBLEY PIRATE
I've seen couple of online dealers claiming this 9 1/2 inches of cap gun coolness dates back to 1940. I don't buy it. Looks like late '50s to me. This is what I'd call a double single-action weapon....
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Overlooked Films: Philip Marlowe, Private Eye in "Nevada Gas"
Yep, it's time for another episode of the HBO series Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. Episode 4, "Nevada Gas," was originally broadcast back in May of 1983.As we noted before, only one episode of that...
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Pulp Gallery: Norman Saunders on SAUCY MOVIE TALES (1936)
These are signed "Blaine." That was Saunders' middle name.
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Forgotten Books: The Shadow in VENGEANCE BAY by Walter Gibson
Of the 325 novels published in The Shadow magazine between 1931 and 1949, well over half have been reprinted in one form or another (if someone has an approximate number, I'd be pleased to hear it!)....
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX SUPER CIRCUS (Part 2)
Davy Crockett's Almanack is proud to present Part 2 of our multi-part extravaganza featuring figures from the Marx Super-Circus. The first batch is HERE. More Toy Soldiers HERE.
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Cap Gun Monday: Leslie-Henry GENE AUTRY .44
With most of the guns I've featured here, I thought my photos portrayed them pretty well. Not so this time. Somehow the pics just don't do this one justice. Maybe it's the effect of the cold winter...
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Overlooked Films: THE RETURN OF DRAW EGAN (1916)
Here's a look at why William S. Hart was such a popular cowboy star. He's just so ding-danged cool. Check out the way he rolls and lights a cigarette. After escaping from a posse, masked outlaw Draw...
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Forgotten Books: HOME IS THE HANGMAN by Richard Sale (1949)
Richard Sale, the "Dumas of the Pulps" and the creator of Daffy Dill, authored ten novels, but this wasn't one of them. What is it is is a collection of two long magazine stories that have absolutely...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX Round-Hat (Zorro) Mexicans - Part 1
These guys, designed for the Marx Zorro playset, are called Round-Hats to distinguish them from the shako-wearing Alamo attackers I featured HERE. Competent as these guys look, Zorro consistently made...
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Pulp Gallery: PRIVATE DETECTIVE Stories
1938 19391940More Private Detective StoriesHERE.
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Cap Gun Monday: Kilgore PRIVATE EYE
Is this the gun Stu Bailey carried? Mike Hammer? Peter Gunn? No, probably not. Heck it's not even the one I carried, back in my pretend private eye days (that was a Mattel Shootin' Shell .38). Still,...
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Overlooked Films: Roy Rogers in ROUGH RIDERS ROUND-UP (1939)
\Here's a Roy Rogers flick with a slightly different twist. But actually, it's so slight that if you miss the first five minutes, you probably won't notice. The film opens with Roy and a troop of Rough...
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