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Overlooked Films: SATAN MET A LADY (1936)
Yeah, I still have Hammett on the brain, so here's a post I ran a few years ago about the second film version of The Maltese Falcon (the Bogie classic was the third) - and this time I have the movie to...
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Poetry Corner: "Song at Parting" by Raymond Chandler
                       Song at Parting                 He left her lying in the nude                 That sultry night in May....
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FFB: Five Books Reviewed by *Guest Blogger* DASHIELL HAMMETT
This piece appeared in the July 15, 1927 issue of The Saturday Review of Literature.Poor Scotland Yard! FALSE FACE By SYDNEY HORLER. New York: George H. Doran Company. 1926. $2.THE BENSON MURDER CASE....
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX 60mm CAVALRY
I don't know if "cavalry" is one of the most misspelled and mispronounced words in the English language, or if it just seems that way because I find it so annoying. Verbally, movie and TV folks seem to...
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Cap Gun Monday: Buzz Henry GENE AUTRY
It has come to my attention that a couple of you cowpokes actually missed this feature while it was on hiatus during our Continental Op extravaganza. Sorry to cause anyone discomfort. Rest assured...
View ArticleOverlooked TV: THE THIN MAN and his "Robot Client"
The YouTube description say this "client" is the original robot from Forbidden Planet. True? I don't know. I'll defer to Cap'n Bob, who has recently acquired knowledge of such matters. What say you,...
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Forgotten Books: CONAN THE INVINCIBLE by Robert Jordan (1982)
When this book came out back in 1982, I remember thinking it was pretty dang good. The business of writing novel-length Conan pastiches was still fairly new (there had been fewer than ten of them, I...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: Marx ZORRO
The Fox So Cunning And Free starred in his own Marx playset back in 1966. The action took place inside and around the gates of the cuartel, and included a two-story comandante's office and a secret...
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Cap Gun Monday: MATTEL Rolling Block Rifle
The Rolling Block Rifle was one of Mattel's distinguished line of Shootin' Shell weapons. It was sometimes packaged alone (with a cowhide bandolier - not shown because I don't have one) and sometimes...
View ArticleOverlooked Films: THE ROY ROGERS SHOW
The YouTube description says this is the first episode. Could be, but there are two here. 1 & 2?
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FFB: "The Door" by Mary Roberts Rinehart reviewed by *Guest Blogger* DASHIELL...
Thanks to Don Herron and his pal Terry Zobeck (HERE) I was able to locate scans of The New York Evening Post, which featured many book reviews by Mr. Hammett. This one is from the issue dated Apr 5,...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: Friends (and Enemies) of ZORRO
My Zorro collection has holes in it, so I'm mighty grateful to Master Photographer (as well as Mystery Writer, APA Legend and Swell Tap-Dancer) Cap'n Bob Napier for providing these stunning pictures....
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