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In The Morgue — Dashiell Hammett
PERIL PRESS presents:
Saucy Stories, October 15 1923
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1959
IN THE MORGUE
aka The Dimple
by Dashiell Hammett
A generation or so ago, when this story was first published, an author was not permitted to refer in print to a woman's legs -- they had to be called “limbs”; even the phrase “a devil in her eye” was subject to bowdlerizing (our authority: the late Gelett Burgess); and when a male character brought a female character home after a society ball or a middle-class movie, the author did not dare end the scene at the door with three dots (…) -- they implied too much! But, as always, Dashiell Hammett skirted even the most prudish of editorial taboos.
1000 Words
March 1948
The Adventures of Sam Spade
SABOTAGE, SWEET SABOTAGE
Comic Strip Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil
Based on Dashiell Hammett's character as heard in the Columbia Broadcast System Radio Show
8 Panels
September 23 1950
The Adventures of Sam Spade
SABOTAGE ON TV
Comic Strip Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil
Based on Dashiell Hammett's character as heard in the Columbia Broadcast System Radio Show
7 Panels
Binghamton Press, October 11th 1950
Hollywood Chatter
HOWARD DUFF'S LONELY AS SAM SPADE LEAVES AIR AND FANS SQUAWK
by Bob Thomas
250 Words
Saucy Stories, October 15 1923
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1959
IN THE MORGUE
aka The Dimple
by Dashiell Hammett
A generation or so ago, when this story was first published, an author was not permitted to refer in print to a woman's legs -- they had to be called “limbs”; even the phrase “a devil in her eye” was subject to bowdlerizing (our authority: the late Gelett Burgess); and when a male character brought a female character home after a society ball or a middle-class movie, the author did not dare end the scene at the door with three dots (…) -- they implied too much! But, as always, Dashiell Hammett skirted even the most prudish of editorial taboos.
1000 Words
March 1948
The Adventures of Sam Spade
SABOTAGE, SWEET SABOTAGE
Comic Strip Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil
Based on Dashiell Hammett's character as heard in the Columbia Broadcast System Radio Show
8 Panels
September 23 1950
The Adventures of Sam Spade
SABOTAGE ON TV
Comic Strip Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil
Based on Dashiell Hammett's character as heard in the Columbia Broadcast System Radio Show
7 Panels
Binghamton Press, October 11th 1950
Hollywood Chatter
HOWARD DUFF'S LONELY AS SAM SPADE LEAVES AIR AND FANS SQUAWK
by Bob Thomas
250 Words
