Tag Archives: Halloween

Rediscovered: On a Postcard, Halloween 1944

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Don

Brian Leno reports in bright and early from behind the lines, after another raid on his autograph collection: “Was going to send you this image sometime back, but never got around to doing it. “Sorry about the blurry picture — … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Francis X. Bushman, Halloween, Jay Kirby, Marsha Hunt, Ramon Novarro, Ricardo Cortez, Yakima Canutt |

Frisco Beat: On the Mean Streets with Fritz and Sam

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Don

Don’t think that during my deep hibernation of Xmas/The Onset of Winter I did nothing at all, even if doing nothing was the prevailing theme. I remembered that I never polished off the Sherlock Holmes stories decades ago, stopping after the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Tour | Tagged Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber Tour, Halloween, Jim Nelson, M.R. James, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Tenderloin, Xmas |

Sinister Cinema: Conjure Wife

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Don

On the Fritz Leiber Tour the other day I was asked if any movies have been made from his books. Sure. A few, at least — topped by no less than three versions of his excellent supernatural horror novel Conjure … Continue reading →