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MATT PHILLIPS chats to Paul Burke about his new noir - A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD, noir and social documentarian, character drives narrative, indie writing.A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD: A mother's sins haunt a teenage runaway in this scorching mystery of criminal conspiracy, street-level justice, and unlikely courage.Creeley Nash has been running her entire life. That includes running drugs for a wannabe kingpin. On a drug run to Palm Springs--the town where Creeley escaped her no-good mother as a teen--she'll encounter a sun-drenched facade beneath which lurks a web of dark secrets. A Good Rush of Blood follows Creeley as she unravels the mystery of her estranged mother's murder conviction.Peopled with bent cops, grizzled reporters, hardened drug dealers, eccentric sidekicks, and sexy librarians, this sweaty, fast-paced neo-noir finds stellar noir scribe Matt Phillips (Countdown, Know Me from Smoke) at the apex of his dirty, lethal game.Matt Phillips lives in San Diego. His novels include Countdown, Know Me from Smoke, You Must Have a Death Wish, Redbone and Three Kinds of Fool. His short fiction has been featured in Shotgun Honey, Mystery Tribune, Retreats from Oblivion, and elsewhere.RecommendationsFrank Zafiro - A Grifter's Song seriesPatricia Highsmith, Donald Goines, David Goodis, Chester Himes, Dorothy B Hughes, Jim Thompson, Pablo D'stair, Stephen King & Elmore LeonardVern Smith - Scratching the Flint Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023.Music courtesy of Guy Hale author of The Comeback Trail trilogy, featuring Jimmy Wayne - KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson - Vacant StareGUY HALE Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir (December)
Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! Obsession, suspicion and destructive melancholy in this beautifully bleak Noir on this week's main show as Morgan and Jeannine talk Nicholas Ray's layered adaptation of Dorothy B. Hughes novel, IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) starring a perhaps never better Humphrey Bogart and the always perfect Gloria Grahame in the tale of a downtrodden screenwriter who comes under suspicion for a murder, and his new love who slowly begins to question their relationship and whether he actually did commit the crime! Our Youtube Channel for Monday Madness on video, Watchalongs, Live Discussions & more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow The It's A Wonderful Podcast Theme by David B. Music. Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1 Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1 IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE: https://its-a-wonderful-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Amazon Music & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1 Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon Jeannine: https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean Keep being wonderful!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/support
This week we read the classic noir novel, In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes. We love it for subverting typical noir tropes and tackling American machismo at the same time. March's promopt for the 2023 Bookstore Challenge is to read a book by an author with a disability or about disability. Becca's pick, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, is up first. And then we will be reading So Lucky by Nicola Griffith. You can find both at your local bookstore or library (at least one of them is available on Hoopla) and read along with us. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph, The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Website | Patreon
For February's prompt to Read a Western or Pulp Fiction/Noir, Becca's pick is True Grit by Charles Portis. The novel was a bestseller immediately upon publishing in 1968, and has been adapted twice into movies. We loved this entertaining, funny, action-packed story that is essentially just about a girl bent on revenge. Next time we'll be reading Corinne's pick, a noir/pulp fiction novel titled In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes. You can find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us! If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph, The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Website | Patreon
Before Humphrey Bogart played tortured writer Dix Steele on the big screen in In a Lonely Place, Robert Montgomery played the man with a deadly secret in an adaptation of the novel on Suspense. The actor and director of Lady in the Lake and Ride the Pink Horse is star, producer, and host of this sixty-minute version of Dorothy B. Hughes' novel (originally aired on CBS on March 6, 1948).
For January's prompt, to read a book published in a year ending in 3, Becca had us read The Charioteer by Mary Renault. It was published in 1953 and known for being one of the first popularly published novels about positive homosexual romance. Despite some language differences between two Americans in 2023 and a British woman in 1953, we really loved this story. For February's prompt of reading a western or pulp novel, we will first be reading True Grit by Charles Portis (western) and then either Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon (pulp) or In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes (noir). The first two are available on Hoopla, but you can find any at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! In this episode we also mentioned: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal The Awakening by Kate Chopin
With its high ceilings, exposed brick walls and hardwood floors, Zenith Bookstore is a warm, comfy, and inviting space that has been serving the community of Duluth, Minnesota, for five years. Store manager Sarah Brown walks us through the shop and its history, as well as her own history as a bookseller, and shares some fantastic book recommendations. Books We Talk About: Duluth's Grand Old Architecture 1870-1940 by Tony Dierckins and Maryanne C. Norton, The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood, Golden Spruce by John Vaillant, Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis, and the novels of Dorothy B. Hughes, Peter Rock, and Melanie Finn.
The Great American Novel podcast is an ongoing discussion about the novels we hold up as significant achievements in our American literary culture. Additionally, we sometimes suggest novels who should break into the sometimes problematical canon and at other times we'll suggest books which can be dropped from such lofty consideration. Your hosts are Kirk Curnutt and Scott Yarbrough, professors with little time and less sense who nonetheless enjoy a good book banter. For this 16th episode we went a different route and discuss a smorgasbord of fine American Noir, novels about detectives and criminals and femme fatales and button men, gunsels and grifters, sharps and snakes. We discuss works by Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Dorothy B. Hughes, Vera Caspary, Patricia Highsmith, Chester Himes, Jim Thompson, and Horace McCoy. Film audio clips are from Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) and The Big Sleep (Howard Hawkes, 1946). All show music is by Lobo Loco. The intro song is “Old Ralley”; the intermission is “The First Moment,” and the outro is “Inspector Invisible.” For more information visit: https://locolobomusic.com/.We may be contacted at greatamericannovelpodcast (@) gmail.com. As always, the views of the hosts do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions.
The iconic Molly Lambert joins us from Los Angeles, ostensibly to discuss Sinatra's classic MGM musical ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945). In her unique & irrepressible style, Molly leads us on a freewheeling three-hour adventure through her inner universe of celebrity culture, film, music, sex, gender, capitalism and the secret history of the city she loves. Her podcast HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story is now streaming everywhere. Recommended by Molly: In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes, Velvet Goldmine (1998), Reds (1981), Walt Disney (PBS American Experience) (2015), Defunctland (YouTube series), On the Town (1949), Jokermen (podcast), Can't Stop the Music (1980), Elvis (2022), Elvis Presley's “Cotton Candy Land” (original and 2022 Stevie Nicks/Chris Isaak cover), Hail, Caesar! (2016), The Sewing Circle by Axel Madsen, Mad Men, The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), the duet albums of Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood, Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Smash (TV, 2012-13). Recommended by Rabia: Yes Man (2008), Skirts Ahoy! (1952), CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill, Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera (podcast), Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (2012), Nevada by Imogen Binnie and Molly's podcast HeidiWorld. Recommended by Felix: A League of Their Own (TV, 2022). J.P. Robinson's article on Alexander Ivanovich Dorogokupetz, aka "Edward J. Dorogokleepetz": https://flashbak.com/the-teenager-who-egged-frank-sinatra-and-the-bobby-sox-riot-new-york-city-1944-433028/ Follow us @suddenlypod on Instagram and Twitter, or get in touch by email: suddenlypod@gmail.com.
It's double trouble as Karl and Søren tackle two film adaptations of books from the boys' mystery cycle: Carl Franklin's 1995 neo-noir version of Devil in a Blue Dress, starring Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, and Jennifer Beals; and Nicholas Ray's 1950 version of In a Lonely Place, with Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. After discussing how widely Ray's film departs from Dorothy B. Hughes' novel, they talk about various technical aspects: Franklin's love of tracking shots, Devil's musical juxtaposition, Don Cheadle's charisma, and whether Bogey is a good actor or merely a good movie star (scandal!).
With Friedrich on vacation, Søren and Karl team up to crack the case of Dorothy B. Hughes' classic L.A. noir In a Lonely Place. Will the L.A. Police find out who's been strangling women once a month, like clockwork? Will mystery writer Dix Steele outrun his postwar demons and his own loneliness and find happiness with the alluring Laurel Gray? Who has the more outré name, Dix Steele, or his best friend Brub Nicolai? All this and more on this week's exciting episode. Theme music: "Shostakovich," by Mucca Pazza
The lads get born when they're kissed by director Nicholas Ray's 1950 masterpiece In a Lonely Place, based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. They died when Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame left the screen. They lived a few weeks to tell you how much they love this film. Come join us in Hollywood for a sure thing! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at 10:29) Questions, comments or a couple of bucks for the thespian? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com SNAP SNAP: instagram.com/outofthepodcast TWEET TWEET: twitter.com/outofthecast
Simon O'Neill is back to discuss the hardboiled fiction of Dorothy B. Hughes and the movie adaptations of her novels: 'Ride the Pink Horse' and 'In a Lonely Place'. #Sponsored Use Promo Code WRONGREEL at manscaped.com Follow Simon O'Neill on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sim_ONeill Simon O'Neill's Official Site: https://www.simononeill.org/ Follow James Hancock on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrongReel Wrong Reel Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/wrong-reel
Brook and Sarah continue to learn about noir and hardboiled detective fiction with special guest Frances from the Chronicles of Crime online bookshop. Part 2 of 2. Reading list recommendations: Hardboiled Carroll John Daly, Three Gun Terry (Black Mask, May 1923) Carroll John Daly, Knights of the Open Palm (Black Mask, June 1923) Dashiell Hammett writing as Peter Collinson, Arson Plus (first Continental Op story) (Black Mask, October 1923) Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon (1930) Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man (Redbook Magazine, 1933) Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939) Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury (1947) Ross MacDonald, The Drowning Pool (1950) Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake), The Hunter, (1962) Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways To Die, (1982) John D. MacDonald, The Deep Blue Good-Bye, (1964) James Crumley, The Last Good Kiss, (1978) Noir James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) Horace McCoy, They Shoot Horses Don't They (1935) James M. Cain, Double Indemnity (Liberty Magazine, January 1936 as a serial in the magazine) *Cornell Woolrich aka William Irish, It Had To Be Murder, (Detective Dime Magazine, May 1942) This became the Alfred Hitchcock film, Rear Window. *Cornell Woolrich, any short story or novel David Goodis, Dark Passage, (1946) Dorothy B. Hughes, In A Lonely Place, (1947) Fredric Brown, The Fabulous Clipjoint, (1947) Fredric Brown, The Screaming Mimi, (1949) Patricia Highsmith, Strangers On A Train, (1950) James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia (1987) Megan Abbott, Queenpin, (2007) Duane Swierczynski, The Blonde, (2006) Fuminori Nakamura, The Thief (2012) Roger Hobbs, The Ghostman (2013) Others George Pelecanos Ken Bruen Peter Temple Gary Discher Robert Crais Michael Connelly Charlie Houston Dennis Lehane Sam Wiebe Joe Id Philip Kerr For more information: cluedinmystery.com Instagram: @cluedinmystery Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers - //www.silvermansound.com
Inspired by Dorothy B. Hughes's noir novel Ride the Pink Horse, we're exploring the fascinating history of merry-go-rounds in life and literature. And speaking of horses, we share feedback from listeners who wrote in regarding Episode 28, A Short History of Riding Saddle. Discussed in this episode: Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. HughesStrangers on a Train (1951 film)Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithThe Talented Mr. Ripley (1999 film) Carousels in Paris: A Complete Guide“Beneath the Paint: One Man's Trip Through an Old Carousel's Distant Past” (NYTIMES) Mary Poppins (1964 film) Griffith Park Merry-Go-RoundLos Angeles Zoo Merry-Go-RoundWalt DisneySomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyCarousel (1956 film) The Music Man (1962 film)Lost Ladies of Lit Episode 28: A Short History of Riding Side Saddle
It's a mystery to us why novelist Dorothy B. Hughes isn't as well known as her fellow mid-century hardboiled/noir counterparts Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. This week, we're discussing her 1963 crime novel The Expendable Man, a psychological thriller that had us on the edge of our seat—and even questioning our own instincts. Discussed in this episode: The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes (NYRB) Dashiell HammettRaymond ChandlerIn a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes In a Lonely Place (1950 film)Humphrey BogartDark Certainty by Dorothy B. HughesThe So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes“Queen of Noir: The Mysteries of Dorothy B. Hughes” by Molly Boyle (The New Mexican) The Fallen Sparrow by Dorothy B. HughesSpellbound (1945 film)“In a Lonely Place” by The SmithereensWalter MoselyOzark (2017-present TV Series)
The lads head to the fiesta and chat about 1947's Ride the Pink Horse, directed by AND starring Robert Montgomery based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. Hop on the carousel and join us! Questions, comments or gum keys? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com
Book Vs. Movie: In a Lonely Place The 1947 Novel Vs the 1950 Humphrey Bogart The Margos go back to Bogie and film noir with In a Lonely Place which was written by Dorothy B. Hughes in 1947 which tells the story of a homicidal maniac on the loose in post-War II Los Angeles. Dix Steele was an airman who prowls around LA and its environs in search of the perfect woman to strangle to death. In the novel, the story is told from his point of view and his hatred of women and fear of getting caught by his LA detective pal Brub Nocholi and his suspicious wife Sylvia. The story is scary and gripping but in 1950, the Hays code still had a grip on Hollywood and a screenplay filled with murder would shock its audience too much. Nicholas Ray directed the 1950 film that stars Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame and over the years has become a film many experts praise for being ahead of its time. Though Bogart is not a killer he has been known to be violent. Dix is a screenwriter and Graham plays Laurel Gray, an actress looking for a good script. The story is twisty and weird which makes for a unique film experience. So, between the novel and the movie--which did we prefer? This episode is sponsored by Kensington's new title Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston The New York Times bestselling author has more sexy shape-shifting antics with this snarky and steamy romance novel! In this ep the Margos discuss: The 1947 novel by Dorothy B. Hughes The film noir movies of the time and how Hollywood is presented Biggest differences between book & movie. Starring: Humphrey Bogart (Dixon Steele,) Gloria Grahame (Laurel Gray,) Frank Lovejoy (Brub Nicholai,) and Jeff Donnell (Sylvia Nicholai) Clips used: Laurel learns about the murder In a Lonely Place trailer Dix loses it driving Last scene of the film Music by Hadda Brooks Book Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts . Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com, You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine
Book Vs. Movie: In a Lonely Place The 1947 Novel Vs the 1950 Humphrey Bogart The Margos go back to Bogie and film noir with In a Lonely Place which was written by Dorothy B. Hughes in 1947 which tells the story of a homicidal maniac on the loose in post-War II Los Angeles. Dix Steele was an airman who prowls around LA and its environs in search of the perfect woman to strangle to death. In the novel, the story is told from his point of view and his hatred of women and fear of getting caught by his LA detective pal Brub Nocholi and his suspicious wife Sylvia. The story is scary and gripping but in 1950, the Hays code still had a grip on Hollywood and a screenplay filled with murder would shock its audience too much. Nicholas Ray directed the 1950 film that stars Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame and over the years has become a film many experts praise for being ahead of its time. Though Bogart is not a killer he has been known to be violent. Dix is a screenwriter and Graham plays Laurel Gray, an actress looking for a good script. The story is twisty and weird which makes for a unique film experience. So, between the novel and the movie--which did we prefer? This episode is sponsored by Kensington's new title Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston The New York Times bestselling author has more sexy shape-shifting antics with this snarky and steamy romance novel! In this ep the Margos discuss: The 1947 novel by Dorothy B. Hughes The film noir movies of the time and how Hollywood is presented Biggest differences between book & movie. Starring: Humphrey Bogart (Dixon Steele,) Gloria Grahame (Laurel Gray,) Frank Lovejoy (Brub Nicholai,) and Jeff Donnell (Sylvia Nicholai) Clips used: Laurel learns about the murder In a Lonely Place trailer Dix loses it driving Last scene of the film Music by Hadda Brooks Book Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts . Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com, You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine
Blankers! Find your sun hat, stab that beach umbrella into the sand, and break out the Banana Boat -- this is Five Round Reviews: Summer Edition. We have 13 short reviews for you--from Jim Harrison & Dorothy B. Hughes to David Heska Wanbli Weiden & Nick Kolakowski. (See the full list below.) Get in touch with the show: Email: pointblanknoir@gmail.com Twitter: @pointblanknoir Facebook: Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir, and Detective Fiction Good Reads Point Blank page: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/747867-point-blank Support the show: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pointblankcrime Don't forget to rate us on Apple Podcasts and share the show with your friends! Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/point-blank-hardboiled-noir-detective-fiction/id1276038868 Books reviewed (full list) No Room at the Morgue by Jean Patrick Manchette The Prone Gunman by Jean Patrick Manchette Timber Beasts: A Sage Adair Historical Mystery by S.L. Stoner The Great Leader by Jim Harrison The Big Seven by Jim Harrison Paradise Palms: Red Menace Mob by Paul Haddad The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes Maxine Unleashes Doomsday by Nick Kolakowski Noir by Christopher Moore White Tears by Hari Kunzru Palm Springs Noir ed. by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett: ARC Someone to Watch Over Me by Dan Bronson Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
In Episode 90, Megan Abbott (author of The Turnout) shares how she chooses the worlds she writes about, the expectations of women in sports, and how she researches the worlds she writes about. This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights Where Megan got the inspiration for this story. Whether Megan feels The Turnout is her darkest book yet. How she turns off the “dark” part of her brain outside of writing. Megan's interest in family dynamics and family entanglements. How Megan first started writing about female athletic worlds with a dark side. The pressure on young women to be perfect without seeming to exert any effort (i.e. “effortless perfection”). Whether she'd consider writing a book about figure skating. Sarah starts suggesting different sports Megan should write about next. The two old gymnastics memoirs that were big influences for Megan's writing. Unhealthy parent / child sports relationships. How Megan researches the worlds she writes about. Megan's trajectory towards writing more and more about adults. How Megan feels about writing for TV vs. writing books. We discuss publishers giving away too much in blurbs (especially for thrillers). Megan's Book Recommendations [29:34] Two OLD Books She Loves In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [30:01] Passingby Nella Larsen | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [32:30] Two NEW Books She Loves Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light: Essays by Helen Ellis | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [34:47] Dream Girlby Laura Lippman | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [36:07] One Book She DIDN'T LOVE Middlemarch by George Eliot | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [43:17] One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About The Collective by Alison Gaylin (November 2, 2021) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [42:13] Last 5 Star Book(s) Megan Read [44:15] Luster by Raven Leilani | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [44:15] Other Books Mentioned Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews [9:31] Little Girls in Pretty Boxes by Joan Ryan [17:14] Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey Kirkland [20:34] The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett [34:12] Southern Lady Code by Helen Ellis [35:45] Misery by Stephen King[36:34] Sunburn by Laura Lippman [37:46] Dracula by Bram Stoker [39:49] About Megan Instagram Megan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author of the novels The Turnout, Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, The End of Everything, Bury Me Deep, Queenpin, The Song Is You and Die a Little. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and The Believer. Her stories have appeared in multiple collections, including the Best American Mystery Stories of 2014 and 2016. Her work has won or been nominated for the CWA Steel Dagger, the International Thriller Writers Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and five Edgar awards. Formerly a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show, The Deuce, she is now co-creator, executive producer and show-runner of Dare Me, based upon her novel, for the USA Network and, internationally, Netflix. Born in the Detroit area, she graduated from the University of Michigan and received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University. She has taught at NYU, the State University of New York and the New School University. In 2013-14, she served as the John Grisham Writer in Residence at Ole Miss. She is also the author of a nonfiction book, The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir, and the editor of A Hell of a Woman, an anthology of female crime fiction. She has been nominated for many awards, including three Edgar Awards, Hammett Prize, the Shirley Jackson Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Folio Prize.
Returning to Backlisted this week are literary agents Becky Brown and Norah Perkins, joint custodians of the Curtis Brown Heritage list of literary estates and previously our guests on episode #109, Excellent Women by Barbara Pym. This time we are discussing the work of crime novelist Dorothy B. Hughes and in particular her suspenseful and subversive novel In a Lonely Place (1947), freely adapted as a classic film noir by director Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. Also in this episode Norah and Becky pitch titles by Kay Dick, Stella Gibbons and R.C. Sherriff to Andy, John and Nicky. Make sure you have a pen and paper to hand...
The Buzz 1: “Nobody brings the creepy better than women mystery and thriller writers. The literary world has always been a bit of a good ol' boys club, but since Anna Katharine Green, ‘the mother of the detective novel,' published The Leavenworth Case in 1878, right up to the Gone Girl frenzy, women writers have excelled in the genre.” (Erin Enders, www.bustle.com/articles/58552-11-female-mystery-writers-to-start-reading-now-because-these-suspenseful-stories-are-too-good-to) The Buzz 2: “Women's murder tales have always been at least a little more psychologically acute than the guys'. Even in the so-called golden age of detective stories, the 1920s and '30s, when the emphasis was on elaborate puzzles, the motivations of the culprits in Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers were usually more plausible—and nastier—than they were in Carr or Rex Stout or Ellery Queen…Later, while male pulp writers were playing with guns and fighting off those wily femmes fatales, women like Highsmith and Dorothy B. Hughes and Margaret Millar were burrowing into the enigmas of identity and the killing stresses of everyday life.” (Ashley Johnson, shereads.com/best-thrillers-by-women-2019/) We'll ask publisher Eddie Vincent and novelists Leslie Wheeler, BJ Magnani, PhD, MD, and S. Lee Manning for their take on The Future of Women Thriller Novelists: Who Dunnit?
The Buzz 1: “Nobody brings the creepy better than women mystery and thriller writers. The literary world has always been a bit of a good ol' boys club, but since Anna Katharine Green, ‘the mother of the detective novel,' published The Leavenworth Case in 1878, right up to the Gone Girl frenzy, women writers have excelled in the genre.” (Erin Enders, www.bustle.com/articles/58552-11-female-mystery-writers-to-start-reading-now-because-these-suspenseful-stories-are-too-good-to) The Buzz 2: “Women's murder tales have always been at least a little more psychologically acute than the guys'. Even in the so-called golden age of detective stories, the 1920s and '30s, when the emphasis was on elaborate puzzles, the motivations of the culprits in Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers were usually more plausible—and nastier—than they were in Carr or Rex Stout or Ellery Queen…Later, while male pulp writers were playing with guns and fighting off those wily femmes fatales, women like Highsmith and Dorothy B. Hughes and Margaret Millar were burrowing into the enigmas of identity and the killing stresses of everyday life.” (Ashley Johnson, shereads.com/best-thrillers-by-women-2019/) We'll ask publisher Eddie Vincent and novelists Leslie Wheeler, BJ Magnani, PhD, MD, and S. Lee Manning for their take on The Future of Women Thriller Novelists: Who Dunnit?
Name that first line! The latest Radio Book Club includes an exciting pop up trivia segment, where host Shari Zollinger unleashes the wits and wiles of the well-read Jessie Magleby and Andy Nettell. It's 'Hardback Jeopardy!' Also in this episode - the latest bestsellers and classic reads grabbing the attention of the trio this month. Radio Book Club Mentions: Wild Seed by Octavia Butler Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor The Vietri Project by Nicola Derobertis-Theye First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See The Natural World by Kathryn Aalto Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts, and Other Literary Curiosities from History by Edward Brooke-Hitching Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America by Alec Macgills Geek Love by Katherine Dunn Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Beloved by Toni Morrison The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Peter Pan by James Matthew Barrie The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Noirvember 2020 continues with a look at Robert Montgomery's Ride the Pink Horse. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes, the film also stars Montgomery as Lucky Gagin, a man who comes to the small town of San Pablo, New Mexico during their annual fiesta….Jedidiah Ayres and Carol Borden join Mike to discuss the various adaptations of Ride the Pink Horse. Sarah Weinman discusses Dorothy B. Hughes's career.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Noirvember 2020 continues with a look at Robert Montgomery’s Ride the Pink Horse. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes, the film also stars Montgomery as Lucky Gagin, a man who comes to the small town of San Pablo, New Mexico during their annual fiesta….Jedidiah Ayres and Carol Borden join Mike to discuss the various adaptations of Ride the Pink Horse. Sarah Weinman discusses Dorothy B. Hughes's career.
From a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, Ride the Pink Horse (1947) is a gritty, violent, non-urban Film Noir, set in the southwest that should not be missed. SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! We would love to get your feedback! Email jec@classicmovierev.com Click here to subscribe via iTunes Read more at classicmovierev.com
In preparing to watch In a Lonely Place (Ray, 1950) for this episode, I read the source novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, though source is a misnomer as this film adaptation kept only the main characters and modified the plot. The novel is absolutely stellar, and I highly recommend it.… The post Episode 075 – In a Lonely Place appeared first on The Magic Lantern.
Portrayers of Perry in order of goodness (cut out of the podcast - I was accused of being boring): The peerless Raymond Burr Richardo Cortez - this guy is lively but he lacks the gravitas of Burr. Generally, as an actor he has verve without subtlety. He starred in the original 1931 The Maltese Falcon. Fun to watch how it is different from the classic of the same name shot in 1941, starring the best cast ever assembled. Donald Woods - Bland. Warren William - Warren has the most Perry appearances after Burr. His Perry is most un-Perry-like. His Perry is interchangable with his Philo Vance. William has an old-timey, stagey acting style that I don't like. But you may. Non-Burr Perry Mason films: The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) -Warren William The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) -Warren William FYI: 1st film appearance by Errol Flynn in a bit part!The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) - Warren WilliamThe Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) - Warren WilliamThe Case of the Black Cat (1936) - Ricardo Cortez The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) - Donald Woods Books:Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason by Dorothy B. Hughes, 1978.Secrets of the World's Best-selling Writer: The Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner by Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate, 1980.The Case of the Screaming Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1957. Video:The Case of the Screaming Woman, Perry Mason TV series, season 1, episode 30, 1958. Music: "Perry Mason Theme"- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra"Perry Mason"- Ozzy Osbourne Perry Mason Song - to the tune of Frere Jacques: "Perry Mason, Perry MasonDella Street, Della StreetPaul-ha-haul-haul Drake, Paul-ha-haul-haul DrakeLt. Tragg, Lt. TraggHamilton Burger, Hamilton BurgerThis verse is improvised. Diss the The Burg as much as possible. Such as:You will lose. You will lose.Perry will -hill quash you. Perry will-hill quash you.Everytime! Everytime!"
Episode Sixteen Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Follow up: Kathleen Rooney’s Poems While You Wait – proceeds go to her imprint Rose Metal Press – Just Read – Schadenfreude, A Love Story: Me, the Germans, and 20 Years of Attempted Transformations, Unfortunate Miscommunications, and Humiliating Situations That Only They Have Words For – Rebecca Schuman (CW) Anything is Possible – Elizabeth Strout (EF) Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940’s & 50’s: A Library of America Boxed Set edited by Sarah Weinman. In A Lonely Place – Dorothy B. Hughes (CW) Saints for All Occasions – J. Courtney Sullivan (EF) Red Car – Marcy Dermansky (EF) books we Just Couldn’t Read (or DNF’d) Into the Water – Paula Hawkins (CW) One in a Million Boy – Monica Wood (EF) Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (CW) Blue Light Yokohama – Nicolás Obregón (EF) – Currently Reading/Listening – History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund (EF) Connecticut Valley Tobacco – Brianna Dunlap (CW) The Gypsy Moth Summer – Julia Fierro (CW) – Biblio Adventures – Chris, Emily and their friend Russell had a trifecta visiting Breakwater Books, RJ Julia Bookseller and the Book Barn all in one day! Chris, Emily and their friend Julia visited the Emily Dickinson Museum while Russell visited Amherst Books. Emily went to Powell’s Books in Portland, OR both the main store and the store on Hawthorne to see David Callahan author of The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age. Emily saw the outside of the bookstore Another Read Through but didn’t get to visit so there is a reason to go back to Portland! Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers to see Cathryn Jakobson Ramin discuss her book Crooked: Outwitting the Back Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery. Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers to see the Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate. They performed readings from Laureates of Connecticut: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. – Upcoming Jaunts – Emily and Chris are planning a joint jaunt to Yale’s Beinecke Library to see an exhibit. May 24 – Chris is headed to Bookclub Bookstore & More to see Brianna Dunlap author of Connecticut Valley Tobacco. May 23 – Girls Write Now Awards May 31-June 2 – Book Expo America – Upcoming Reads – Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World – Sarah Prager (CW) The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Guilded Age – David Callahan (EF) It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) – Nora McInerny (EF) – Also Mentioned – Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (CW) Maine – J. Courtney Sullivan (EF) Inside Philanthropy is an online resource to learn Who’s Funding What, and Why Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast
Mark and Aaron are joined by Matt Gasteier to explore Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place (1950) and evaluate Humphrey Bogart's body of work. We go into how Ray's life informed the cinema, why he wasn't celebrated during his time and subsequently appreciated later. We also go through Bogart's entire career, from getting his lucky break to becoming a superstar. About the film: When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper—Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance—becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes thriller, is a brilliant, turbulent mix of suspenseful noir and devastating melodrama, fueled by powerhouse performances. An uncompromising tale of two people desperate to love yet struggling with their demons and each other, this is one of the greatest films of the 1950s, and a benchmark in the career of the classic Hollywood auteur Nicholas Ray. Buy The Films On Amazon: Episode Links & Notes Special Guest: Matt Gasteier from Criterion on the Brain and Criterion by Spine. You can follow him on Twitter. 0:00 – Welcome and New Music! 2:25 – Welcome Matt! 6:20 – Matt's Criterion Connection 14:40 – In a Lonely Place 1:06 – Humphrey Bogart Silent Film Music with Ben Model episode The Criterion Chronology Matt's Essay about Bigger than Life Aaron's Essay about Bigger than Life You Must Remember This – Bogie and Bacall Episode Credits Mark Hurne: Twitter | Letterboxd Aaron West: Twitter | Blog | Letterboxd Criterion Close-Up: Facebook | Twitter | Email Music from Ben Model: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Next time on the podcast: North of the Border
Noir November continues with Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place. Based loosely on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as a screenwriter on the edge of madness and Gloria Grahame as the woman who tries to love him.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Noir November continues with Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place. Based loosely on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as a screenwriter on the edge of madness and Gloria Grahame as the woman who tries to love him.