The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

 

Directed by Norman Jewison. Free with ads on Youtube. Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld. Philip H. Lathrop cinematography. I also have this vintage paperback.

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

https://www.tcm.com/articles/31503/the-cincinnati-kid 

https://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/the-cincinnati-kid-1965-norman-jewison/

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-cincinnati-kid-richard-jessup.html 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/philip-h-lathrop-cinematographer.html

Maverick (1994)

 

Directed by Richard Donner. Free with ads on Youtube. Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner. Written by William Goldman. Never seen it. I was reading about card sharps at TV Tropes.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/maverick-1994

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CardSharp

https://www.derekwinnert.com/maverick-1994-mel-gibson-jodie-foster-james-garner-classic-movie-review-1460/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/maverickpgkempley_a0a45d.htm

Canfield

 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/solitaire.html

One of the games I learned from that old card games rule book was Canfield. What I remembered to Google the name was four cards wide and hard as hell. Game also known as Demon because it is so hard. I like the small playing field. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfield_(solitaire)

[Man, with cigarette holder in mouth, playing cards]

 

[1930]

https://www.loc.gov/item/92522664/

Your Future Is All Used Up

 

https://imdb2.freeforums.net/

IMDb2 boards are here. This was the sig line of an infamous poster on the old IMDb message boards. Touch of Evil with Orson Welles and Marlene Dietrich. 

Magnum, P.I. - Squeeze Play

 

Season four, episode seven. Another favorite Magnum. Softball team. Dick Shawn, Eddie Deezen, Peter Isacksen. Orson Welles as the voice of Robin Masters. From Nov. 17, 1983.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639724/

http://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season4/Squeeze_Play.html

Other anecdotes from the softball game:

• Magnum's team was called "The Paddlers". They wore a King Kamehameha Club cap, and the letters "KKC" appeared on the back of their blue-white jerseys.
• Magnum played shortstop and hits left-handed, but throws right-handed. He wore #14.
• T.C. played first base and hits and throws left-handed. He wore #32.
• Rick played catcher, then later pitcher, and he hits and throws right-handed. He wore #Seven.
• Magnum chews Red Man smokeless tobacco when playing.
• Magnum made an ultra-rare 6-3 triple play to get Rick out of a jam.
• Higgins is the third base coach (despite the fact that he hates the game).

The Lone Hand, "Order it up and got it alone"

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-d99a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

[Poster advertising card decks]

 

1953. Risque cards

https://www.loc.gov/item/2020635939/

Sample of playing cards

 

c1936. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688411/

Solitaire

 

When I was in high school I would play the standard solitaire game for hours at a time while sitting in front of the TV. It became too easy. I had an old card games rule book (black one shown above) and I learned how to play all of the other solitaire games they had in that book, including several that used two decks. Two I remember were Spider and Napoleon at St. Helens. Some were very hard. I have a couple of decks sitting on the coffee table and I will occasionally deal out a few hands of the standard game while I am watching something. Usually late night. Like now watching Darkman on DVD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_(solitaire)

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/cards.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_(game)

https://theweek.com/articles/558738/brief-history-solitaire-patience-other-card-games

Live and Let Die

 

ABC Sunday Night Movie 007 promos, TV spots, and Ernie Anderson. Another TV airing I recall distinctly. This one double good because set in Louisiana and the boat chase. And alligators.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/live-and-let-die-1973

Cheating at Cards

From K-tel.

King of Hearts

1860.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701494/

Imperial Club Mogul Playing Cards

1868.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701496/

Congress Playing Cards

1900.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633708/

Cards

Card games.