hugh (hugh@pinn.net)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:57:37 +0100
Not only was Dick Contino the "Rudoph Valentino of the
accordion,"
(sigh) he made a movie. But the name of it escapes me. It was
a late Fifties movie with fast cars. (Well,that narrows it
down.) For some reason, the title "Daddy-O" sticks in my
head, but I could well be wrong.
I didn't realize Hush-Hush was a real mag. Or rag. I thought
it was an amalgamation of the various tattle-tale sheets of
that time. Anyone got a copy of the real Hush-Hush?
Someone mentioned "Dick Contino's Blues." That was my first
introduction to Ellroy, and I think it's one of his best
short pieces. I found it in a back issue of Granta and got
him to autograph it when it came to speak at the College of
William and Mary, near my home.
If any of you haven't heard Ellroy read from his works, it's
worth the time.
Hugh Lessig hardboiled newspapermen live at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/8002
-- # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to majordomo@icomm.ca. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Tue 16 Nov 1999 - 12:59:08 EST