tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post7768330527879471352..comments2024-02-20T11:29:02.535-05:00Comments on The Dark Time: FFB: Round Trip by W.R. BurnettElgin Bleeckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-23298454778710913162017-10-17T09:28:21.892-04:002017-10-17T09:28:21.892-04:00Yvette – THE NARROW MARGIN is one of the best. It ...Yvette – THE NARROW MARGIN is one of the best. It shows occasionally on TCM.Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-1533502875154347192017-10-16T20:16:20.057-04:002017-10-16T20:16:20.057-04:00Always looking for another train movie, Elgin. I d...Always looking for another train movie, Elgin. I don't think I've ever seen this one. I'm not super smitten with hard-boiled, but occasionally I enjoy it. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-53361092403157500562017-10-07T21:15:59.501-04:002017-10-07T21:15:59.501-04:00Love Runyon, clever and totally original. Really l...Love Runyon, clever and totally original. Really love Hammett, the coolest. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-22461210266518430442017-10-07T18:29:42.861-04:002017-10-07T18:29:42.861-04:00I wish I liked these sorts of stories and the hard...I wish I liked these sorts of stories and the hard-boiled lingo that goes with them. But my idea of hard-boiled jargon is the kind heard in Damon Runyon's GUYS AND DOLLS or the movie version of THE THIN MAN. I'm a whimp. I hadn't realized Burnett wrote THE ASPHALT JUNGLE - wow. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-7798897925141378402017-10-07T12:11:39.132-04:002017-10-07T12:11:39.132-04:00You certainly do keep busy, Col. But, if you do ge...You certainly do keep busy, Col. But, if you do get the chance, try Burnett’s THE ASPHALT JUNGLE. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-61186104946893531662017-10-07T02:47:01.613-04:002017-10-07T02:47:01.613-04:00Elgin, I've heard of Burnett but haven't t...Elgin, I've heard of Burnett but haven't tried him. His work sounds interesting, but I've more than enough to read already.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-17216216040431902992017-10-06T14:39:27.339-04:002017-10-06T14:39:27.339-04:00Mathew – Good question. I think Burnett and Ben He...Mathew – Good question. I think Burnett and Ben Hecht, a former Chicago newspaper reporter, got there first. Later, after LITTLE CAESAR, PUBLIC ENEMY and the original SCARFACE, the gangsters might have copied the movies. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-2186365858189346372017-10-06T14:09:01.302-04:002017-10-06T14:09:01.302-04:00I wonder if gang figures in those days picked up s...I wonder if gang figures in those days picked up some of their slang and mannerisms from the movies, as we're told the modern Italian brand started aping <i>The Godfather</i>. I was unfamiliar with Burnett--until now. Thanks for the introduction!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.com