Tag Archives: Brian Wallace

Rediscovered: Chandler Stuff on the Block

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Don

Brian Wallace popped me notice of a big auction of Raymond Chandler manuscripts and personal items, “under the hammer of Doyle” — on December 6. That gives you a few days to scrape some loot together and prepare to jump … Continue reading →

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Hammett: P. I. Sam, Reanimated

Posted on October 26, 2024 by Don

Brian Wallace keeps sending me the news that when the copyright expires early in 2025, Max Allan Collins has a deal with Hard Case Crime to pick up Sam Spade in (dum-dum): The Return of The Maltese Falcon Of course, … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: The Oscars

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Don

Brian Wallace popped me another tidbit from the historic archives of Noir & Mean Streeting, from which I deduced he must have watched the recent Oscars ceremonies: “Wonderful what Hollywood will do to a nobody. It will make a radiant … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: A Marlowesque Neeson

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Don

Brian Wallace slipped me the dope back in 2019 that Liam Neeson was lined up to portray Philip Marlowe in a flick. Now he sends along a review of the finished film by Stephanie Bunbury. You know people will argue … Continue reading →

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Hammett: More Hawkman

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Don

Remember back in 2016 when the DC comics show Legends of Tomorrow debuted on the CW? Seems like only yesterday, and now it has been canceled, the last sad dregs streaming off into oblivion. . . . But hey, I … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Steinbeck, Classical Puzzle Mystery Writer

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Don

Brian Wallace pops in a link to a long article from the Los Angeles Review of Books covering a crime novel — with werewolves, kind of — John Steinbeck wrote at the start of his career. It was 1930 and … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: The Bacall Hideout

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Don

Remember that time Bogie escaped from San Quentin and was on the lam? Made his way into San Francisco and had his face touched-up by a back-alley plastic surgeon? Holed up for awhile with Lauren Bacall in a swank apartment … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Long Goodbye

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Don

Obviously Brian Wallace wants me to pay more attention to Chandler, because he’s been bombarding me recently with links — heavy on The Long Goodbye. Of possible interest to some people would be a “graphic novel” (or fine arts) treatment … Continue reading →

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Hammett: vs. Burdine’s

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Don

And it sounds like Hammett won, if you don’t factor getting arrested into your win/lose calculations. Brian Wallace pops another Hammett item my way from his constant scouring of the web, but he is provoked to mention, “This really sounds … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Blue Bloods Blurb

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Don

Both Evan Lewis and Brian Wallace alerted me to a major Hammett/Falcon cameo in the cop show Blue Bloods. “Friday night, February 12, 2021,” Brian reported. “Season 11, Episode 7 — ‘In Too Deep.’Alison Gable (Erin Neufer) is introduced to … Continue reading →

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