Book: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, published 1905. 11 sequels plus numerous short stories   Movie adaptations: Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), s...

Experiences the child-like joy of gleaming muscles, flashing teeth, ill-timed explosions, and mayhem by the best of the worst.   Link to Ted's IMDB pa...

archy and mehitabel by don marquis is a collection of newspaper columns in verse without kapitalization or punctuation except occasionally  published ...

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells   All Systems Red - 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novella; 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella; & 2018 American Librar...

Thanks for listening to the long saga of visionary film producer Val Lewton! This episode is a one-off, and the author only wrote two novels.   Mary M...

Special Thanks to Adam Roche for his excellently researched podcast The Secret History of Hollywood - Shadows. This is a multi-hour epic documentary a...

Special Thanks to Adam Roche for his excellently researched podcast The Secret History of Hollywood - Shadows. This is a multi-hour epic documentary a...

Link to "Shame & Scandal (In the Family):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJyVB_sqh3E   Val Lewton (1904-1951) (nee Vladimir Ivanovich Hofschneider i...

Notes Forthcoming:   Val Lewton joins RKO and produces his first masterpiece for the horror division with Jaques Tourneur (dir.) and Simone "The Tende...

MILDRED PIERCENovel: Mildred Pierce by James M Cain, 1941. Still entertaining Film: Mildred Pierce (1947) - starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blythe, Zachar...