Tag Archives: Elisha Cook Jr.

Sinister Cinema: Gaudy Wilmerian Patter

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Don

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 →

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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: Midget Bandit Week!

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Don

If you’re any kind of serious fan of the writings of Dashiell Hammett, you know that Hammett modeled the gunsel Wilmer Cook in The Maltese Falcon, published in first edition hardcovers by Knopf in 1930, on a crook known as The Midget Bandit. … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Rhea, Wilmer, or. . . ?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Don

Mike Humbert refreshes his name in my Tag Cloud by sending in a link to a bit about The Maltese Falcon he’s found hanging out in the web — as he notes, it is an “Off-the-wall theory, but interesting. . . .” The … Continue reading →

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