Tag Archives: William Powell

Hammett: Dashammet

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Don

Will Murray digs away in aging archives, turning up cool tidbits. Here’s Will: I came across these excerpts from Mort Weisinger’s Pony Express gossip column in Writer’s Review back in the 1930s. “DASHIELL HAMMETT is busy in Hollywood working for … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Back to the Tenderloin Museum

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Don

I’ll be hitting the Tenderloin Museum once again on July 13 — hey, just three days before their second anniversary on July 16 — to talk Dashiell Hammett for awhile. Hammett, pretty much the most famous writer to have made … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: La Cuidad Maldita

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Don

Previously on this blog, our pal from Spain — Dr. Jesús Ángel González López — tipped the Up and Down These Mean Streets community to the existence of a movie version of Hammett’s Red Harvest that many — probably most — of … Continue reading →

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