Tag Archives: Ambrose Bierce

Hammett: Red Harvest Begat the Three Stooges?

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Don

You never know what you’re going to find drinking joe/surfing around the net/trying to wake up. Today I came across a brief review of Hammett’s Red Harvest by Ron Scheer, who usually blogs about Old West stuff — worth checking … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Lit | Tagged A Fistful of Dollars, A Servant of Two Masters, Akira Kurosawa, Ambrose Bierce, Black Mask, Buckaroo, Eugene Cunningham, Mark Twain, Michael S. Chong, Red Harvest, Riders of the Night, Ron Scheer, Sergio Leone, Three Stooges, Yojimbo |

Frisco Beat: The Return of Donald Sidney-Fryer

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Don

This coming Saturday, September 17, starting at 3p.m., you’ll find Donald Sidney-Fryer back in town for a signing in Borderlands. He did his stint as a San Francisco writer, starting sometime in the 1960s, tossing himself full tilt into the Hippie Scene … Continue reading →