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1920s

Little Caesar Book Vs Movie Review

February 20, 2021 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

In 1931, Warner Brothers launched the modern gangster genre with the hit film, Little Caesar. Based on a 1929 novel, it became one of the most popular movies at theLittle Caesar 1931 Movie Poster time, capturing the public’s attention and capturing the criminal zeitgeist of the late 20s/early 30s.

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Tagged With: 1920s, Book Reviews, gangsters, movie reviews, Novel vs Movie, Prohibition

Eye of the Red Tsar Review & Sam Eastland Interview

May 16, 2020 by Matthew Legare 2 Comments

Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland is a historical mystery set in 1929, during the early days of Stalinist Russia. The first of the Inspector Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam EastlandPekkala series, it shines a light on an often-overlooked period, when the USSR was a strange international pariah, rather than the Red Menace of the Cold War.

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Tagged With: #Russia, 1920s, historical fiction, History, mystery, Secret History

The Tommy Gun Dolls Review & Dan Cooney Interview

November 30, 2018 by arthur 1 Comment

As previously mentioned, I love San Francisco, noir, and the 1920s. Speakeasies, gangsters, and flappers – theseTommy Gun Dolls Volume 1 by Daniel Cooney Cover might be clichés of the era but they’re what I love best about it. Wherever they appear, I’ll spend my money. Artist and writer Dan Cooney must have read my mind and created the Tommy Gun Dolls, a new graphic novel trilogy.

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Tagged With: 1920s, Author Interviews, comics, noir, San Francisco

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