Category Archives: Film

Two-Gun Bob: In a Pulp — In a Movie!

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Don

January 22. Birthday number 114 for the Texas pulpster Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), one of the favorite tough guy writers here on These Mean Streets. What could we do to fire up an ebony candle to his memory? I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Max Z

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Don

While I don’t proselytize for it every day, I am a big fan of the Max Brooks novel World War Z — not so much for the movie they named after it. Brian Leno nabbed me a couple of Brooks … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Jeopardy! Won’t Let Go

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Don

Yeah, Jeopardy! has a thing going for Hammett clews — and who can blame them? He’s famous, for closing in on a century now, and you can creep in via the books, the movies, the life. Yesterday — S36E55 — … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Brigitte Helm

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Don

And if you’ve seen Metropolis, you probably have put the words “hot” and “robot” together in your mind. For Autograph Hound Super-Sunday Brian Leno returns to those halcyon years of German silent cinema with some comments on: Brigitte Helm had … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Metropolis Mama

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Don

From Faust to Metropolis, Brian Leno keeps this Autograph Hound Super-Sunday hopping. Yeah, he’s got a Thea von Harbou John Hancock, but he’d really like to have the loot needed to pop for a copy of the novel currently available … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: A Faustian and Toulouse-Lautrec-ian Yvette

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Don

For Autograph Hound Super-Sunday, another Halloween Edition, I see that Brian Leno has been digging around in the corner of the crypt where he secrets his silent German movie stuff. Tell us about it, Herr Leno: Yvette Guilbert may be a … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Dr. Cyclops

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Don

What else has Brian Leno pulled from his cavernous crypts to divert Autograph Hound Saturday surfers, as Halloween retreats into the rearview mirror? Hit it, Brian: Everybody should know Albert Dekker. If you love Westerns you’ll enjoy him in Sam Peckinpah”s … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Black Lagoon

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Don

Halloween — Brian Leno just can’t let it go! He’s back with another weekend of cinematic signatures appropriate to the horrific holiday. Take it away, Brian: This obviously is a signed photo of Julie Adams in Creature from the Black … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Cyclopean

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Don

For Halloween proper Brian Leno trots out an apt image recently pulled from his holdings: I bought this years ago, and I think, if I remember rightly, purchased it directly from William Stout. Of course it’s an original drawing of … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: The Golem

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Don

And for the theme of today’s Autograph Hound Super-Sunday, Brian Leno digs another signature from the clay. . . . “I love the German silents,” Brian tells me, “right now a signed postcard of Paul Richter (Siegfried) is on the way from … Continue reading →

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