Tag Archives: Clint Eastwood

Rediscovered: Endless Autographs

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Don

The steady flow of autograph materials over the last few days has plunged Autograph Hound Brian Leno even deeper into John Hancockian reveries, but then he’s never quite free of such musings. . . . “Of course I’ve been reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Clint Eastwood, PKD, R. Faraday Nelson, Ray Bradbury, Ray Faraday Nelson, Roy Batty, Selected Letters of PKD |

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 →

Posted in Dash, Film | Tagged Bogie, Brian Wallace, Clint Eastwood, Doc Holliday, Mifune, Paste Monthly |

Sinister Cinema: La Cuidad Maldita

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Don

Previously on this blog, our pal from Spain — Dr. Jesús Ángel González López — tipped the Up and Down These Mean Streets community to the existence of a movie version of Hammett’s Red Harvest that many — probably most — of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, News | Tagged Alberto de Stefanis, Alberto Grimaldi, Chet Bacon, Clint Eastwood, Gianni Garko, Hamilton Nash, James Coburn, Jason E. Squire, Jesus Angel Gonzales Lopez, Juan Bosch, La Cuidad Maldita, Lillian Hellman, Red Harvest, Sergio Leone, Spaghetti Western, William Powell |

Sinister Cinema: What Ever Happened to Lee Van Cleef?

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Don

Okay, you keystroke the term Spaghetti Western, you’re pretty much going to start thinking about Lee Van Cleef. How could you not? After prepping the post about La Cuidad Maldita, Van Cleef’s image drifted to mind, one thing led to another, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged Bill Crider, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, John Ford, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Primus, Spaghetti Western, Strother Martin, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |

Rediscovered: Red Tully and More Hobo Jungle Sapping History

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Don

How about Biography Month here in Up and Down These Mean Streets? I’ve got some bios I’ve been intending to mention piled up on a shelf behind me, and I’m a third of the way through the recent bio of Jim … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged Clint Eastwood, Frank Frazetta, Jack Black, Jim Tully, Mark Dawidziak, Paul J. Bauer, PulpFest, Sapping Day, Tecumseh, The Gauntlet |

Frisco Beat: Tad Dorgan at Poly

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Don

Cartoonist Tad Dorgan’s name continues gumshoeing Up and Down These Mean Streets. San Francisco native. Pal of black heavyweight champ Jack Johnson. Credited with coining the term “hot-dog” in 1906— though I see that claim has been debunked (if I learn … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco, SFSC | Tagged Andy Robinson, Bob St. Clair, Brian Leno, Cacophony Society, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, Herbert Igoe, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Hatlo, Kezar Stadium, Loony Tunes, Maria Van Vleck, Paul Terry, Polytechnic High School, Swineskin Gulch, Tad Dorgan |

Rediscovered: The Shadow of PulpFest

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Don

What do you think, in the photo above shot on the May 8, 2011 tour, I look more like The Shadow and Mike Chomko, swathed in blue, looks more like Superman, right? My hands float, missing the comforting weight of fully-loaded … Continue reading →