Forgotten Books: THE LAST NOTCH by Arnold Hano -aka- Matthew Gant (1958)
Until I got my hands on this new (coming next month) edition of The Last Notch, I had never heard of Arnold Hano. I can say that without too much embarrassment, because most of the writing over his...
View ArticleForgotten Books: PRISONER'S BASE by Rex Stout (featuring the Missing Chapter...
1955 - 1st paperback edition, nothing missing hereIf you're a Nero Wolfe fan, you've no doubt read Prisoner's Base. The Wolfe books are so good that most folks who read enough to consider themselves...
View ArticleFilm Funnies: What did Clark, Jimmy and Bing say? (1935)
The wrapper said that to enter, you must provide the answers from any 12 cards (you'll have to wait for 9 more), write a story of 100 words or less about your favorite star, and send your entry to FILM...
View ArticleForgotten Books: GIRL IN A BIG BRASS BED by Peter Rabe (1956)
Confession time. I didn’t really read the 1965 Gold Medal edition shown here. I read the first novel in the review copy of the Manny deWitt Omnibus (containing Girl in a Big Brass Bed, The Spy Who was...
View ArticleTarzan of the Movies 3: THE REVENGE OF TARZAN (1920)
This film was originally supposed to be titled The Return of Tarzan (after the novel it was sort of based on) but was changed to Revenge before release.
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