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Tag Archives: John Locke
Sinister Cinema: Pulps in the Movies Gets a Cinesavant Nod
John Locke’s ongoing series Pulps in the Movies — On Sale Every Wednesday — gets some coverage over on Cinesavant, about halfway down the column. If you like movies you’d like Pulps in the Movies, right? But today is Tuesday … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: More on Gobbett
Pulp collector John Locke adds to the discourse: Saw your Ed Gobbett post. I met him through the mail in the 1980s, later in person. Nice guy. He lived about ten miles from John Gunnison. We occasionally caravaned from DC … Continue reading
Sinister Cinema: Bathtub Pulp
Pulps in the Movies! On Sale Every Wednesday. Once again our resident adviser on all things woodpulp ransacks the archives of Hollywood for purposes of amusement and instruction. An education with a smile. That adviser, of course, none other than … Continue reading
Sinister Cinema: Perry Palms Pulps; or, Mason Manhandles Magazines
Another installment of the epic run of Pulps in the Movies. On Sale Every Wednesday. Brought to you by that renowned and eagle-eyed pulp expert John Locke. In this Case of the Curious Lawyer, however, we’re easing over from actual … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit
Tagged Black Mask, Erle Stanley Gardner, John Locke, Perry Mason, Pulps in the Movies, Ranch Romances, Raymond Burr
Sinister Cinema: An Oscar-Winning Pulp Reader
Pulps in the Movies. On Sale Every Wednesday. Brought to you by that expert pulp hound John Locke. Take it away, John: Who knew you could win an Oscar for reading a pulp mag on screen? But here is Tatum … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Clues, John Locke, Oscar, Paper Moon, Pulps in the Movies, Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Wesso
Sinister Cinema: Cagney Kills Time with Otis Adelbert Kline
For his previous Pulps in the Movies post, John Locke spotlighted a flick starring James Cagney. All well and good, but Jimmy wasn’t the guy holding a pulp in that one. Did Jimmy himself ever read a pulp in a … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Argosy, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, John Locke, Otis Adelbert Kline, Pulps in the Movies
Hammett: “A Fast-Moving Gripping Mystery Yarn”
The pulp expert John Locke was just telling me he got his hands on a trove of Photoplay issues from the 1930s, and figured everyone would like to see how the trade mag blurbed the very first movie version of … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film
Tagged Bebe Daniels, Dwight Frye, John Locke, Photoplay, Ricardo Cortez, Richard Layman
