Tag Archives: Photoplay

Sinister Cinema: That Old Navy Blues

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Don

For the twelfth exciting installment in his epic Pulps in the Movies series — On Sale Every Wednesday — John Locke goes way back to that transitional era when the talkies were muscling aside silent cinema, uncovering not only pulps … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lit | Tagged Anita Page, Clarence Brown, Clues, Garbo, Ghost Stories, John Locke, Over the Top, Photoplay, Pulps in the Movies, Screen Secrets, Screenland, Three Star Stories, William Haines |

Hammett: “A Fast-Moving Gripping Mystery Yarn”

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Don

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 →