Tag Archives: The Penalty

Rediscovered: Brooding Over John Hancocks

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Don

Just got a note in from the famed and maniacal Autograph Hound Brian Leno, who says: Last night some guy was selling about 70 or so signed postal covers. Good stuff too, so I got my trigger finger ready and … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Lon Chaney Hits the Old Mint Again!

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Don

If you’ve ever caught the 1920 Lon Chaney silent flick The Penalty, you no doubt remember the sequence where Lon and his mob are looting the Old Mint on the corner of Fifth and Mission. On Thursday March 29 — and, … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Back to the TL Museum for The Penalty

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Don

At top and bottom, a couple of shots from my July 13 appearance in the Tenderloin Museum, talking up The Thin Man and with some snippets of the 1931 Falcon — high point being when we spotted the heart of the … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Lon Chaney’s The Penalty

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Don

When I met the mysterious CitySleuth he mentioned that he was working on finding San Francisco location shooting for the Lon Chaney flick The Penalty from 1920 — one of my favorites, with Chaney in one of his greatest roles as the legless … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Reeling in the History

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Don

Did a couple of groups by appointment yesterday, got lucky with the brutal winter rains holding off. . . . On one of them the mysterious CitySleuth came along and tossed in some tidbits of film/Frisco history — one was … Continue reading →

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