Tag Archives: Mike Humbert

Mort: Bill Arney

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Don

It’s a sad day in Sam Spade’s San Francisco. Got a note from Mike Humbert last night to inform me that Bill Arney died yesterday morning, September 28 2021. As of now, I don’t know what got him. I’m kicking … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Cheaper Crooms

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Don

No less and none other than Mike Humbert chips in a text message after reading yesterday’s Pulps in the Movies post about Hammett’s line “the cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.” “I thought you’d enjoy this,” Mike thumbs. “In … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Et Tu, Erle? — or, Another Lost Atlantis

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Don

When Tom Krabacher came to town the other day to hang on a feedbag filled with gooey duck, he brought along a copy of a book he helped assemble, Woodland, in Acadia Publishing’s sprawling Images of America series. I was … Continue reading →

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Tour: The Worst-Air-Quality-on-the-Planet Walk

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Don

I would have thought the Age of Legendary Tours was over, but how was I to know that one day Frisco would be blanketed in smoke from Mike Humbert’s smoldering house in Paradise? Per all the news sources, the air quality … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Trouble in Paradise

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Don

Shot above from a few years ago, Mike Humbert, Don, Bill Arney standing in front of the folded-up Murphy bed in Sam Spade’s apartment, 891 Post Street. Mike maintains a Hammett website and Bill is famed as the one-time occupant … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Tenderloin is the Night

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Don

Figuring I could kill a couple of birds with one speaking appearance, I told Bill Arney (left) and Mark Murphy (center) — a former and a current inhabitant of 891 Post Street — about the talk in the Tenderloin Museum, where … Continue reading →

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Hammett: A Few Notes from a Former Thin Man

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Don

Naturally, my post the other day about the first meeting of me and no less than Bill Arney on a tour back in 1982 was noticed by Bill Arney, who says: “Oh, man. “That was my first hat, my first … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Tracking Down Two “New” Stories by “Peter Collinson”

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Don

The Holiday Season seems to have uncorked Terry Zobeck! He’s back with another Mystery in Hammett Bibliography — and even better, he’s already got the mystery solved! Take another trip with Terry into the archives of the Library of Congress, … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Cheese for Halloween

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Don

The tour group for Sunday the 13th was pretty interesting — of the ten people who showed up ready to walk, slightly more than half seemed to be from Australia, plus we got a guy from Spain, in the burg … Continue reading →

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Tour: Sunday July 1

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Don

The next walk anyone can show up for, no reservations, no questions asked, will be Sunday July 1. The usual routine. Four hours. $10 per person. Start at noon near the revolving “L” sculpture. The shot above may be of … Continue reading →

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