“Science gave us forensics. Law gave us crime.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana, author Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes story in 1887 to mild reception. The story, A Study in Scarlet, introduced the Holmes character to the world. An eccentric investigator with an encyclopedic mind, razor-sharp instincts, and a lightning-fast wit, Holmes is the…
THE STAND-IN OCTOBER 14 – NOVEMBER 5, 2016 THE BOOTLEG THEATER LOS ANGELES, CA If you are a fan of film noir, than you know it doesn’t get any better than DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Directed in 1944 by Billie Wilder and written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, DOUBLE INDEMNITY was based on a novel by James…
“The world of Doc Savage and The Shadow was one of absolute values, where what was good was never in the slightest doubt and where what was evil inevitably suffered some fitting punishment.” – Alan Moore, writer The Shadow first cast his presence over the airwaves on July 31st of 1930. It was on CBS’s…
“My agent told me that he was going to make me the Janet Gaynor of England – I was going to play all the sweet roles. Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.” – Ida Lupino There are certain family names in Hollywood make you…
“They were the best years of our lives. They called them the swinging sixties. The Beatles were rulers of pop music, Carnaby Street ruled the fashion world…and me and my brother ruled London. We were fucking untouchable.” – Ronnie Kray, from his autobiography The East End of London during the sixties was a mixture of…
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