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Tag Archives: Bogie
Sinister Cinema: Tomorrow, If You’ve Got the Loot. . .
When last heard from on this blog, I was wondering if the lead statue of the mysterious Black Bird due to go on the auction block tomorrow might not be the dingus from the collection of Dr. Gary Milan — … Continue reading
Posted in Film, News
Tagged Bogie, Bonhams Auctions, Brian Leno, Dr. Gary Milan, falcon statues, Rick's Cafe Americain, Sam Spade armchair, TCM
Sinister Cinema: On the Block
I should note the news that one of the falcon statues from the 1941 Bogie movie sits atop the auction block again — with a cool million sales point not out of the question. You can look up earlier articles that herald the event, … Continue reading
Tour: Living Near Hammett
One of the walkers who showed up on September 16 and got in on The Maltese Eagle Caper was a guy named Michael — e-yclept Mjsoltys — who e’ed in advance to check about the date and mentioned: “I lived … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, Frisco, News, Tour
Tagged "Tulip", Bacall, Bogie, Ernest Hemingway, Hardscrabble Farm, Key Largo, Key Largo Angler's Club, Key lime pie, Key West, Lillian Hellman, literary homes, Lovecraft, Maltese Eagle, Stephen Bogart, Tennessee Williams
Sinister Cinema: Fort Point
As I just mentioned, when Evan/Dave Lewis came to town I showed him and his wife around for a few hours, witnessed by the shot above. Fort Point, under the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge. Classic noir locale. … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frisco
Tagged Alcatraz, Bogie, Dark Passage, Dave Lewis, Evan Lewis, Fort Point, Golden Gate Bridge, High Anxiety, Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Lady from Shanghai, Lee Marvin, Mel Brooks, Point Blank, Vertigo
Sinister Cinema: Oscar Aftermath
So, I got to see my movie — which is to say the only movie I had seen — win bigtime during the 84th annual Oscar ceremonies. Really liked Dejardin’s tribute to Doug Sr. in his acceptance speech. I even got interested … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Bogie, Casablanca, Douglas Fairbanks, Jack Benny, Jean Dejardin, Old Time Radio, Oscar, Paul Lukas, Ronald Colman, The Artist
Tour: Guest Stars
And on that tour by appointment for April 19 I was talking about, Charlie Morfin and Carrie-Anne of the Black Dahlia walks in Hollywood were up to check out the Frisco scene, get some tips about leading tours for film … Continue reading
Posted in News, Tour
Tagged Bela Lugosi, Bing Crosby, Black Dahlia tours, Bogie, Burritt alley, Burritt alley plaque, celebrity graves, Charlie Morfin, Dwight Frye, Jack Benny, John Ford, Lon Chaney Sr., Musso & Frank
Frisco Beat: The Pickwick
I hope everyone is surfing frequently over to ReelSF off my Fellow Ops links — the mysterious CitySleuth is knocking out new descriptions of sites from movies, especially noir movies, all the time, featuring great then and now shots. Of special interest … Continue reading
Sinister Cinema: Lorre Noir
Valentine’s Day again — one of the birthdays of noir. In 1930 — 81 years ago today — Knopf released the first edition of The Maltese Falcon in hardcovers. As I maintain in the short essay “San Francisco Noir” (and to my … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, Frisco, Lit
Tagged Bogie, Falcon from Knopf, Joel Cairo, John Huston, Noir, Noir City, Peter Lorre, Poe, Valentine
