Sunday, September 22, 2024

Recommended reading - The Dime Detectives

 

The Dime Detectives


The Dime Detectives
by Ron Goulart.
 
Published by Mysterious Press.
Published 1988.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
 
ISBN-10: 0892961910
ISBN-13: 978-0892961917
 
Description:
A comprehensive history of the detective fiction pulps.
Traces the history of detective fiction pulp magazines from their origins in the nineteenth-century dime novels to their heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, profiling many pulp writers who went on to achieve greater fame.


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Born on this day – Devereaux “Dev” Jennings:


 Devereaux “Dev” Jennings


Cinematographer

September 22, 1884 – March 12, 1952


Credits:
Born to the West (1937); Musical Cocktail (1935); Hark Ye Hark! (1935); Rhythm on the Roof (1934); Stranger in Town (1932); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); Manhattan Parade (1931); War Mamas (1931); Side Show (1931); The Public Enemy (1931); 50 Million Frenchmen (1931); Finn and Hattie (1931); Divorce Among Friends (1930); The Life of the Party (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); The Matrimonial Bed (1930); Golden Dawn (1930); Bride of the Regiment (1930); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Hold Everything (1930); Song of the West (1930); Sally (1929); The Sap (1929); Heart Trouble (1928); Vamping Venus (1928); Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Flying Romeos (1928); College (1927); The Missing Link (1927); The General (1926); Battling Butler (1926); What Price Beauty? (1925); Steel Preferred (1925); Cobra (1925); The Eagle (1925); The Million Dollar Handicap (1925); Those Who Dare (1924); The Gunfighter (1923); Children of Jazz (1923); Brass Commandments (1923); The Footlight Ranger (1923); The Boss of Camp Four (1922); Without Compromise (1922); Bells of San Juan (1922); The Glory of Clementina (1922); Two Kinds of Women (1922); The Lure of Jade (1921); The Sting of the Lash (1921); A Voice in the Dark (1921); Salvage (1921); Roads of Destiny (1921); The Mistress of Shenstone (1921); The Great Lover (1920); Madame X (1920); The Daredevil (1920); The Feud (1919); Should a Husband Forgive? (1919); Evangeline (1919); Cowardice Court (1919); Miss Adventure (1919); The Forbidden Room (1919); Treat 'Em Rough (1919); The Danger Zone (1918); Fame and Fortune (1918); Mr. Logan, U.S.A. (1918); Ace High (1918); Confession (1918); The Bride of Fear (1918); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); Cheating the Public (1918); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917); The Spy (1917); Durand of the Bad Lands (1917); Her Temptation (1917); One Touch of Sin (1917); The Sin Ye Do (1916); A Gamble in Souls (1916); The Mediator (1916); The Jungle Child (1916); Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. (1916); Eye of the Night (1916); The Dividend (1916); The No-Good Guy (1916); Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916); The Corner (1916); Civilization (1915); The Winged Idol (1915); Matrimony (1915).


Born on this day – Harry Joe Brown:


Harry Joe Brown


Director

Producer

September 22, 1890 – April 28, 1972


Born on this day – Dorothy Dalton:


Dorothy Dalton


Actress

September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972


Born on this day – Katharine Alexander:

Katharine Alexander


Actress

September 22, 1898 - January 10, 1981


Born on this day – John Houseman:


John Houseman


Actor

Producer

September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988