Turner Classic Movies is airing Philo Vance movies all day Wednesday the 27th. We reply with a Vance Meld: bibliography + filmography.
"I’d Rather Be An Actor Than His Photograph" – Stars from Stage to Film
A look at the star system, specifically why it took so long for there to be film stars when we already had a star system on the stage. Illustrated with playing cards from 1908 featuring theatre stars.
Dixie Premiums Checklist by Tom Popelka
The book I turn to whenever I acquire a new batch of Dixie Lids or Dixie Premiums. This checklist by Tom Popelka includes everything there is to know about Dixies.
Nabokov’s Dark Cinema by Alfred Appel (1974)
I was stumbling around the book store a month or so ago looking to burn a gift certificate and I did pretty well. First I grabbed a Don Marquis biography (O Rare Don Marquis by Edward Anthony) which surprised me merely by existing–Marquis is one of those early 20th Century authors who seems to have […]
Great Inexpensive Holiday Gift for Any Magazine Collector That You Know
The Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide was only published on August 28th of this year, so there’s a good chance that the magazine collector on your shopping list does not have this one yet–every magazine collector should have it. Craig Stark writes a Book Think Review which will give more details than I give […]