Welcome to a hard-boiled and not without noir blog with news and reviews, occasional outbursts of maniacal Autograph Hound activity, plus archival records from the forty-five year run of The Dashiell Hammett Tour. 
The Dashiell Hammett Tour
1977-2022
Arkham House Ephemera
The Classic Years 1937–1973
Death Lit
Essays and Reviews Selected from Fifty Years of Writing 1974–2024
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Tag Archives: John Barrymore
Hammett: Interesting Old News
Will Murray has been delving into the vasty archives of newspapers available on the net for the dedicated researcher. You’ll remember him here for his discovery that, in fact, Hammett did not write the story “The Diamond Wager”. A major … Continue reading →
Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, News
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Tagged "The Diamond Wager", Black Mask, Bogie, Dwight Frye, John Barrymore, John D. Squires, Kenneth Robseon, newspaper action, Pru Whitfield, Raoul Whitfield, The Chico Record, The Midget Bandit, Valentine, Warren Harris, Will Murray
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Rediscovered: The Life of Jim Tully
If you’ve got about an hour and twenty minutes free, the above video will give you a great crash course in Jim Tully. It features cover images of his various books, lots of still photos, even film clips of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, Willeford
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Tagged Beggars of Life, Boris Karloff, Brown Derby, Charlie Chaplin, Dillinger, Jack Black, Jack Dempsey, James Cagney, Jim Tully, John Barrymore, John Gilbert, Lon Chaney Sr., Louise Brooks, Mark Dawidziak, Paul J. Bauer, The Underworld Years, Wallace Beery
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