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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
The latest and greatest edition to self-guide you up and down the mean streets.
Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Tag Archives: Jack Palance
Rediscovered: Lost Quinn (and Hall)
The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook doesn’t want you to think that Brian Leno is the only guy who has so much stuff in his collection he doesn’t know what he has — hell, no! Here’s Kevin with … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Argosy All-Story Weekly, Austin Hall, Brian Leno, Frank A. Munsey, Homer Eon Flint, Jack Palance, Kevin Cook, Roads, Seabury Quinn
Frisco Beat: Virginia Rath Returning to the Mean Streets
Coachwhip has reprints of all the mystery novels by Virginia Rath in the works. Since I’m one of the few vocal proponents of Rath you can track down on the net, track me down they did to ask for a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frisco, Lit, News
Tagged 29 Russell Street, Agnes Moorehead, Bacall, Bogie, Curtis Evans, Jack Kerouac, Jack Palance, Joad Crawford, Sudden Fear, Tamalpais Apartments, Virginia Rath
Sinister Cinema: Prove It
Last Autograph Hound Saturday Brian Leno trotted out his copy of the 1948 Arkham House volume Roads, signed twice by author Seabury Quinn and twice by artist Virgil Finlay — from the Jack Palance estate sale. I bet some people are … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit
Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Jack Palance, Roads, Seabury Quinn, Virgil Finlay
Rediscovered: Beat to Crap by Jack Palance
On Autograph Hound Saturday we showed you the signatures. How about on Autograph Hound Super-Sunday we show you the book they came in? To nab those autos you need this copy of the book. Leno mentioned the battered condition of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit, Willeford
Tagged Arkham House, Autographs, Book Collecting, Jack Palance, Knopf yellowback Machens, Roads, Seabury Quinn
Rediscovered: Finlay on the Flap
And what, you may ask, happened to the second Virgil Finlay autograph Brian Leno claimed came with his copy of Roads once owned by Jack Palance? That signature — as above — was done on the bottom of the inside … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Seabury Quinn, Virgil Finlay and Jack Palance, Oh My!
Autograph Hound Saturday again, time for that old Autograph Hound Dog Brian Leno to pull something out of his collection and amuse the audience with a John Hancock or two. Today he’s selected to trot out a 1948 Arkham House release, and says, “I … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit
Tagged Arkham House, Autographs, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Jack Palance, Seabury Quinn, Virgil Finlay
Hollywood Beat: Lorre Noir
If you dig noir (and who doesn’t?) and appreciate the art of woodcuts, check out Loren Cantor’s blog Woodcuttingfool straight from Hollywood — the image above is of the great Peter Lorre in Fritz Lang’s M, and the blurb on Lorre … Continue reading
Posted in Film, News
Tagged Bacall, Boris Karloff, Fritz Lang, Hillside Strangler, Jack Palance, Loren Cantor, Peter Lorre
