Tag Archives: Peckinpah

Posse McMillan: Kent Harrington in Noir City

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Don

We’re about halfway through the current Noir City run, and I’ve done all the days I’m going to do this year — lucking out when Kent Harrington, fellow Posse McMillan regular, happened to be on hand Sunday for a signing … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: It Could Have Been Worse

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Don

I keep thinking about how clunky Roadhouse Nights was — how maybe I’d have been better off never seeing it. Yeah, sure, I get to check it off the list of Hammett-related movies. I have most of those checked off, and … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Beat: 7741 Hollywood Blvd

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Don

Before the money from The Getaway allowed them to move closer to Musso & Frank, Jim Thompson and his family lived a little less than a mile away from the front doors, on the same street — far enough out to … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Beat: 1922 Whitley

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Don

When I got back to Hollywood to stop in Musso & Frank for the third time, I was really curious to check into what Dennis McMillan had told me — that Jim Thompson was a regular there, drinking at the … Continue reading →

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