Description
Columbia Noirs
Harry Cohn built his studio, Columbia Pictures—which was next to Paramount Pictures on Melrose Boulevard in Hollywood—from a small also-ran into one of the majors. After the end of World War Two Columbia’s noir “B” programmers began to make money and Cohn elevated them to “A” status. They did so well that Columbia made more than 300 of them. We look at seven of the most interesting.
Not Pointless! The Novels of Richard Osman
A lifelong fan of crime fiction—particularly the work of Agatha Christie and Patricia Highsmith—Osman wrote The Thursday Murder Club. When he submitted the manuscript, 10 publishers were interested. Viking/Penguin won the auction. Their bet on Osman turned out to be even more productive than they had hoped.
Editor’s Letter
Collector’s Calendar
Books into Film
The Big Heat, a novel written by William P. McGivern, a film directed by Fritz Lang.
A Closer Look
Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly.
Antiquarian Notes
Americanum #1: The Columbus Letter. Part 2: “Extra, Extra! Read All About It!”