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MYSTERIOUS DR SATAN (1940 – REPUBLIC PICTURES)
Republic Pictures negotiated with National Comics to bring SUPERMAN to the motion picture screen in the form of a 15 Chapter Movie Serial– the script was about halfway written, casting choices had been made, and then the deal fell through–National (now known as DC Comics) didn’t like the script or…
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TERRIFICON Comic Book Convention in Connecticut
Terrificon Comic Book Convention – it was held Aug 8-10th at Moheghan Sun Casino in Uncasville Ct. and we went down for the show Friday and part of Saturday. Despite being a local show (it’s an easy hour away) we’ve never been invited as guests, which is ironic since we…
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DICK TRACY’S DILEMMA (1947 – RKO Pictures)
Ian Keith returns as Vitamin Flinthart and so does Lyle Lattel as Dick Tracy’s right hand man, Pat Patton, but Morgan Conway is out and the man who played Tracy in all of those serials is in– Ralph Byrd takes over with this installment. I’m in the minority that I…
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DICK TRACY VS CUEBALL (1946 – RKO Pictures)
The main cast is back although Jimmy Crane is now playing Junior– Morgan Conway who gave a solid performance as Tracy is back again and I think he’s even better this time. This one might not be quite as dark as the first one but in many ways it’s superior.…
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BROOK TAVERNER
A couple of weeks ago, or maybe it was the start of the season, Veronica I ate dinner at the bar at Oli’s Italian Eatery– seated at the corner was an older gent and his wife– and the guy looked great– he was wearing a Tommy Bahama ™ ¾ zip…
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