Tag Archives: Jack London

Sinister Cinema: Greeks in Hollywood

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Don

Paging through Greeks in Hollywood: In the Silent Movie Era, I was stopped in my tracks when I saw the clipping of Jack Pierce, legendary makeup artist, working on Boris Karloff. If you dig the original Universal Monsters, Pierce pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Frisco, News | Tagged Alaxander Pantages, Blackjack Jerome, Boris Karloff, Fondas Ladis, Greeks in Hollywood, Ioannis Pikoulas, Jack London, Jack Pierce, Marlon Brando, Nikos Theodosiou, Thanasis Lyberis, Universal Monsters |

Frisco Beat: Wolf and Greek Go All Primeval

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Don

Our pal Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes has a dictum — either the product of his own profound deliberations or picked up over shots of whiskey in a seedy bar held together with vines and rattan somewhere on the outskirts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, News, REH | Tagged Before Adam, Clark Ashton Smith, George Sterling, Jack London, literary suicides, Lovecraft, Morgan Holmes, Popular Magazine, Vince Emery |

Rediscovered: Jack’s Pack

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Don

Famous Autograph Hound Brian Leno returns with a few items for yet another Autograph Hound Saturday. And of course he’s got a theme going: I’ve been on a bit of a Jack London kick lately. First up is a signed … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Ed Morrell, Jack London, Martin Johnson, Stanley Waterloo, The Snark |

Remembered: 100 Years Ago Today

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Don

Yeah, you see the autographed pic of Dempsey, and your mind spins — you’re thinking it’s Autograph Hound Saturday! But it’s Thursday July 4th — and American Independence happened more than a hundred years ago, right? (That’s what I heard, anyway.) … Continue reading →

Posted in Boxing, News, REH | Tagged Autographs, Jack Dempsey, Jack London, Jess Willard, Jim Tully, Lovecraft |

Rediscovered: Tully and Hammett and Chaney (Oh My!)

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Don

Finally got back from PulpFest, finished shaking the flakes of rotting wood-pulp dust off my traveling gear, and guess it’s time to jump back into the blogosphere. To reboot the action, how about some comments from Mark Dawidziak, the Jim Tully biographer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, Willeford | Tagged Charmian London, Eugene O'Neill, George Jean Nathan, H. L. Mencken, Jack London, Jim Tully, Lon Chaney Sr., Mark Dawidziak, PulpFest, The American Mercury, Vanity Fair |

Rediscovered: The Underworld Years

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Don

Let’s ease gently from Biography Month into LitCrit Month. . . . In the intro to their bio on Jim Tully, Bauer and Dawidziak have this statement: Frank Scully, who knew Tully better than anyone, had a warning for any … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, Willeford | Tagged Dr. Sam: Johnson, Frank Scully, H. L. Mencken, Jack Dempsey, Jack London, James Boswell, Jim Tully, Mark Dawidziak, Muhammad Ali, Paul J. Bauer, The American Mercury, Waldo Frank |

Hammett: The Big 88

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Don

My spies out there in the world, always keeping an eye on the news, have alerted me to the latest honor for the author who makes The Dashiell Hammett Tour the rollicking fun ride that it is: Hammett’s Red Harvest has … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News, SFSC | Tagged "Zigzags of Treachery", Allen Ginsberg, Becky London, Ben Franklin, Brian Leno, City Lights, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Jack London, Jan Kerouac, Jo Hammett, John Carter, Library of Congress, literary graves, Randy Shilts, Ray Bradbury, Red Harvest, Zane Grey |

Hammett: And “Martha Ivers”

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Don

Early this year I gave a notice for Matthew Asprey’s collection of Jack London stories set in San Francisco — and now I hear that he’s jumped fully into the academic world as Dr. Matthew Asprey Gear, Department of Media, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Frisco | Tagged "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers", Jack London, Matthew Asprey, Red Harvest |

Frisco Beat: Native Son

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Don

Editor Matthew Asprey got a copy to me of his collection of Jack London’s best tales set in and around San Francisco, including the complete Tales of the Fish Patrol — and “South of the Slot,” the London yarn selected … Continue reading →