Tag Archives: Bogie

Frisco Beat: Virginia Rath Returning to the Mean Streets

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Don

Coachwhip has reprints of all the mystery novels by Virginia Rath in the works. Since I’m one of the few vocal proponents of Rath you can track down on the net, track me down they did to ask for a … Continue reading →

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Hammett: A Throne Fit for the Fat Man

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Don

Evan Lewis, a.k.a. Dave Lewis, tosses up a post on his blog which dovetails nicely into the fact that today is the anniversary of The Maltese Falcon — the book — back in 1930, with the Knopf firm doing the honors. … Continue reading →

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Sam Spade’s Last Case

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Don

Another Bill Crider Tribute Moment. Hat tip to Bruce Townley.

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Hammett: The Lewis Mania Continues. . .

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Don

Evan Lewis leads off his post today with the image above, a bronze figurine of Bogart as Spade that sold at an auction of Lauren Bacall’s stuff two years ago for $16,250 — compared to the loot hauled in from sales … Continue reading →

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Hammett: The Black Bird Cracks Jeopardy! Again

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Don

On May 1 Hammett got in on the Jeopardy! action yet again. In the Double Jeopardy round, the $400 — a.k.a. easiest — clew in the category 1940 Movie Quotes: Humphrey Bogart: “If you kill me, how are you going … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Via the Film Buff Lens

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Don

A Mean Streets tip from Brian Wallace took me over to Paste Monthly and an article on Hammett with a heavy emphasis on movies pulled from Hammett’s work — such as Mifune doing a Samurai version of the Op. If … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Hey-Ya, Hey-Ya, Who’s Got a Black Boid?

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Don

Nathan Ward just sent along a link to an article in Vanity Fair on the subject of falcon statues — from the 1941 Bogie flick or the George Segal The Black Bird or anywhere else you might grab a falcon … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Leigh Brackett at 100

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Don

Leigh Brackett would have been 26 the day Pearl Harbor came under attack, and today is birthday 100. My pal Morgan Holmes mentioned the anniversary to me the other day, saying various people were doing an array of blog posts … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: The Black Bird Flaps Back to the Old Hood

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Don

Tuesday October 27 The Maltese Falcon returns to the hood where it was imagined, plotted and pounded into life on the typewriter keys by none other than longtime Tenderloin resident Dashiell Hammett — the 1941 film version with Bogie, of … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Reviewer Remorse

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Don

Now Terry Zobeck is worried that his review of the new Hammett bio by Nathan Ward — because of a few quibbles he throws in — might not have given a fair account of how much he liked it: I hope … Continue reading →

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