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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: Warner Brothers
Sinister Cinema: Chain Gang
Pulps in the Movies. On Sale Every Wednesday. From three hour extravaganzas with multi-million-dollar budgets to quick and cheap studio shorts, our resident pulp expert and cinema hound John Locke works the entire waterfront. Tirelessly. Here’s John with the latest: … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged 20000 Cheers for the Chain Gang, Broadway Brevities, John Locke, Pulps in the Movies, Snappy, Warner Brothers
Sinister Cinema: Gaudy Wilmerian Patter
Pulps in the Movies! On Sale Every Wednesday! In his exciting series renowned pulp expert John Locke has hit them short and sweet, the slam-bam thanks for holding a pulp, m’am posts. He’s gone back into the silent era. He’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, Lit
Tagged Black Mask, Bogie, Cap Shaw, Elisha Cook Jr., Grand Central Murder, John Locke, MGM, Oscar, Paul Cain, Peter Ruric, Pulps in the Movies, Tom Conway, Van Heflin, Warner Brothers, Wilmer Cook
