The Golden Horn: August 2021

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Charley Varrick (1973)

Directed by Don Siegel. Walter Matthau. Bank heist gone wrong. Joe Don Baker. One of the earliest crime films I taped on VHS. The late movie. With The Hot Rock, Murder by Death, My Name is Nobody. My dumb luck that the cheapest station in town had a very nice late night package. Destination Moon, Carnival of Souls. I still have all of those tapes. By coincidence that was right when I started taping X-Files. So it will Charley Varrick with an early season one X-Files.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Varrick

When I did Sunday movie one summer with a dozen of my favorites, this was one. Mostly crime films.

Trailers From Hell.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069865/

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1489varr.html

https://www.avclub.com/charley-varrick-1798200342

http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2013/10/charley-varrick-1973.html

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5649

"Fallen Monarch", Sept. 15, 1911, Mariposa Big Tree Grove

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660533/

CBS "Please Stand By..." Slide

The Old fisherman, Cranberry Lake, N.J.

c1900.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016801576/

Goldfinger

Ernie Anderson ABC promo. Some of these Bond airings in the 70s and 80s I remember watching specifically. My introduction to Bond.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-goldfinger-1964

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36891/goldfinger/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/

https://www.avclub.com/a-guide-to-the-james-bond-films-1798234496

CBS Saturday night promo The Lords of Flatbush 1979

Tony Rome (1967)

Directed by Gordon Douglas. Frank Sinatra. Private detective. Joseph F. Biroc cinematography.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tony-rome-1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Rome

https://trailersfromhell.com/tony-rome-lady-in-cement/

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/01/joseph-biroc-cinematographer.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062380/

Hurricane Ida

Current II.

Saturday, August 28, 2021

Surf Avenue, Coney Island

1901-05. "Loop the loop" "Admission 10¢ including one ride" "James Fazio Robert Burns Cigars" "Lillian Russe'' 5¢ cigar" "Pure cream soda" "M Wendt ice cream & coffee saloon"--signs in image.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2d7a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Sandwich of the Day: Ham and Salami Sliders

(Header image from recipe below.)

These were very good. There was no bread at the grocery so I got some Hawaiian slider buns. Cut both the ham and salami pieces into quarters. Layered those triangular pieces on three buns. I would put some provolone on there if I had thought of it for a real Italian slider. Zapp's No Salt chips. Lemonade. Enjoying TV and AC while it lasts.

https://gatherforbread.com/italian-slider-sandwiches/

https://www.familyfreshmeals.com/2020/01/hot-italian-sub-sliders.html

https://www.girlgonegourmet.com/italian-sandwich-sliders/

Treatzza Pizza

1995 Dairy Queen ice cream pizza.

1986 Orangina Soft Drink Commercial

Orange.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangina

This is "Army B" food box

1918. and is sent to the prisoner a week after he is sent "Army A" food box. It contains 1 lb. corned beef, 1 lb. roast beef, 1 lb. salmon, 2 lbs. corned beef hash, 1 can pork and beans, 1 lb. tomatoes, 1 can corn, 2 cans peas, 4 lbs. hard bread, 1 lb. rice, 1 pt. evaporated milk, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. coffee, 1 lb. jam, 1 lb. raisins or figs, 80 cigarettes (or in place of the cigarettes, 4 pkgs. Smoking tobacco or 1 cut of chewing tobacco).

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017683021/

White Castle

Burgers. I've got some slider buns on hand for the storm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Castle_(restaurant)

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64759/21-crave-worthy-facts-about-white-castle

https://www.mashed.com/298190/what-white-castles-menu-looked-like-the-year-you-were-born/

Busch

ABC Sunday Night Movie 1971 promo

El Dorado.

And God Said to Cain (1970)

Directed by Antonio Margheriti. Spaghetti western. Klaus Kinski. Found on Youtube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_God_Said_to_Cain

https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/vengeance-trails-four-classic-westerns-blu-ray-review-arrow/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064273/

NBC Saturday Night At The Movies Promo Slide 1975

The Log of the Black Pearl.

Bandidos (1967)

Directed by Massimo Dallamano. Spaghetti western. Opens with a kick ass train robbery sequence. Found on Youtube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandidos_(film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062706/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/vengeance-trails-four-classic-westerns-blu-ray-review-arrow/

KTXL Saturday Matinee Open - 1979

Billy Two Hats (1974)

Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Gregory Peck, Jack Warden, Desi Arnaz Jr., David Huddleston, Sian Barbara Allen. Free With Ads on Youtube. First movie I saw there was Hard Rain. Too on the nose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Two_Hats

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069786/

http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2010/11/billy-two-hats-1974.html

Palm Canyon, California

c1915. Hand colored.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2011645017/

Carson's Ribs and Steaks - "The Place For Ribs" (Commercial, 1981)

Cypress

New York, NY

Huberland, Morris, 1909- (Photographer)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/117a98f0-12d1-0133-0c58-58d385a7bbd0

The Golden Horn Meets Hurricane Ida

Observation Deck has fresh content on the schedule but this is going to be very, very bad and I may be gone for weeks. The Golden Horn only has wine and breakfast on the schedule currently. I may add a few more things.

https://observationdeck2.blogspot.com/2021/08/ida.html

Donutz

1982.

Friday, August 27, 2021

On the beach at Atlantic City, N.J.

1900-06.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016800604/

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Magnum, P.I. - Of Sound Mind

Season three, episode twelve. Roscoe Lee Browne, Donnelly Rhodes, Elaine Joyce. One of the funnier Magnums.

http://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season3/Of_Sound_Mind.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639702/

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Codorniu

1980 wine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codorn%C3%ADu_Winery

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Swanson Breakfast

1981.

Friday, August 20, 2021

Chinatown (1974)

Directed by Roman Polanski. Jack Nicholson. New Blu-ray. John Alonzo cinematography. One of the great detective movies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown_(1974_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/chinatown-1974

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-alonzo-cinematographer.html

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4490/chinatown#articles-reviews?articleId=28063

https://crimereads.com/counting-down-the-greatest-crime-films-of-all-time-3/

https://thedissolve.com/news/1105-cable-pick-of-the-weekend-1213-1513-chinatown-on-t/

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2440chin.html

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-chinatown-1974

Movie Snob Crash

https://www.cc.com/video/drzfov/reno-911-movie-snob-crash

Pete's Dragon! Great movie. Being in touch with your inner asshole.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Advertisement for coffee, Washington, D.C.

1937.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017716796/

Mateus

1971 wine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateus_(wine)

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Black Orchids - Rex Stout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Orchids

When Wolfe came down from the plant rooms at six P.M. Monday and entered the office, I reported:
“I saw them. It was impossible to snitch a sample.”
He grunted, lowering himself into his chair. “I didn’t ask you to.”
“Who said you did, but you expected me to. There are three of them in a glass case and the guard has his feet glued.”
“What color are they?”
“They’re not black.”
“Black flowers are never black. What color are they?”
“Well.” I considered. “Say you take a piece of coal. Not anthracite. Cannel coal.”
“That’s black.”
“Wait a minute. Spread on it a thin coating of open kettle molasses. That’s it.”
“Pfui. You haven’t the faintest notion what it would look like. Neither have I.”
“I’ll go buy a piece of coal and we’ll try it.”
“No. Is the labellum uniform?”
I nodded. “Molasses on coal. The labellum is large, not as large as aurea, about like truffautiana. Cepals lanceolate. Throat tinged with orange—”
“Any sign of wilting?”
“No.”
“Go back tomorrow and look for wilting on the edges of the petals. You know it, the typical wilting after pollination. I want to know if they’ve been pollinated.”
So I went up there again Tuesday after lunch. That evening at six I added a few details to my description and reported no sign of wilting.

Somebody That I Used to Know

This has been playing on the kitchen radio lately.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know

Sandwich of the Day: The Italian

The Italian is missing from the Kinja archive but I can prove it existed. One of my favorites. I also make a home version that is just ham, hard salami, and provolone. Usually comes with olive mix here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Italian_sandwich

https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/restaurants/a15346449/authentic-italian-sandwich-recipe/

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/italian-subs-recipe-1973242

Matt Helm, Derek Flint, Nick and Nora Charles, and Parker

The Slams (1973)

Directed by Jonathan Kaplan. Jim Brown. Heist gone wrong. I quickly learned that exploitation films directed by Jonathan Kaplan were some of the better ones. Ted Cassidy. Gene Corman again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slams

Jonathan Kaplan on Trailers From Hell.

http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2012/04/slams-1973.html

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/55343/slams-the/

That Man Bolt (1973)

Directed by David Lowell Rich. He's Bonded. Fred Williamson, international courier. Teresa Graves, John Orchard. And a little martial arts action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Man_Bolt

http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2015/01/that-man-bolt-1973.html

Hit Man (1972)

Directed by George Armitage. Bernie Casey. Remake of Get Carter. From the same book. Trailers From Hell Movies That Made Me podcast today is Wyatt Cenac and blaxploitation. Roger E. Mosley is in this, and Pam Grier. Gene Corman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Man_(1972_film)

https://trailersfromhell.com/podcast/wyatt-cenac/

https://www.avclub.com/hit-man-1798165256

Shaft 1978 CBS Late Movie Promo

Sunday, August 15, 2021

The Big Sleep (1946)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Humphrey Bogart. Lauren Bacall. Raymond Chandler. Film noir. Private detective. I have this DVD. William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett worked on the script.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sleep_(1946_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-big-sleep-1946

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/45/the-big-sleep/#articles-reviews?articleId=89382

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-big-salad.html

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-guy-in-hat-killed-other-guy-in-hat.html

https://crimereads.com/counting-down-the-greatest-crime-films-of-all-time-29/

https://www.criminalelement.com/bogie-and-bacall-the-big-sleep-1946-jake-hinkson/

Farewell, My Lovely - Raymond Chandler

Moose Malloy. The second Philip Marlowe book. It became Murder, My Sweet the movie. Good movie. Another movie in the 70s with Robert Mitchum. I even listened to the radio eps that were good too. Never read the book and found my vintage paperback in poor condition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell,_My_Lovely

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/06/22/reviews/chandler-lovely.html

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/spinning-wheels-thought-motion-raymond-chandlers-fiction/#!

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/raymond_chandlers_guide_to_prison_street_and_hollywood_slang

Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/01/farewell-my-lovely-1975.html

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/murder-my-sweet-1944.html

The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler

I have the ugly 1978 movie tie-in paperback with Mitchum. 50 cents. Never read it. It’s funny. Chandler’s language is a little more colorful than Hammett. Certain things in the plot didn’t make it into the movie version, or were obscured, b/c of the moral code. There is an ether scene for one thing. I did have a tendency to hear the dialogue in Bogart’s voice.

Beauty header cover scan from Flickr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sleep

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/24/100-best-novels-the-big-sleep-raymond-chandler

http://killercoversoftheweek.blogspot.com/2014/02/marlowe-makes-entrance.html

More good covers.

First editions on Abe Books highest price page range from $25,000 to $3500. As with Hammett, everything is collectible. There was even an Armed Services paperback edition. Priced at $93. The 1976 edition I have found here for $7.

https://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/the-big-sleep-1939-by-raymond-chandler/

The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler

Philip Marlowe from 1953. I have a beat up Ballantine paperback with a stamp in the back cover from BOOKS R US, New and Used Books, Mandeville, La. Not where I purchased it. The Altman movie has some detractors among Chandler fans and crime fiction buffs who think he had little respect for the genre or the writer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Goodbye_%28novel%29

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-long-goodbye-by-raymond-chandler-book-of-a-lifetime-a6825091.html