Tag Archives: Elise De Viane

Hammett: Hollywood Goes Sports Mad

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Don

Terry Zobeck, back on the Mean Streets — and today he tells us about “a tongue-in-cheek article that Hammett published in 1934” with a link to its appearance in the November 8, 1934 issue of the Hartford Courant. “I verified … Continue reading →

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Hammett: #MeToo 2

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Don

Awhile back I linked to a set of contemporary newsprint articles on Hammett and the assault on Elise De Viane. At that moment Cosby had been thrown in the hoosegow — and now he’s out. The weird meanderings of history-in-the-making. … Continue reading →

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Hammett: #MeToo

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Don

Evan Lewis keeps poking around in the newsprint of yesteryear, digging up a little of this and more of that on Hammett — a writer who became enough of a celebrity in Hollywood to grab continual coverage, once he made … Continue reading →

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