Comments on: Weekly Mishmash: November 22-28 http://www.scrubbles.net/2009/11/29/weekly-mishmash-november-22-28/ Visuals, Words, Sounds and Other Ephemeral Gleamings Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:36:41 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Matt http://www.scrubbles.net/2009/11/29/weekly-mishmash-november-22-28/comment-page-1/#comment-73066 Matt Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:43:46 +0000 http://www.scrubbles.net/?p=1534#comment-73066 No problem, Ivan! You should know I like dissenting opinions. Maybe I picked a bad one; usually I like those detective b-movie series like the Falcon and the Whistler. Do all the Boston Blackies have a lowbrow sense of humor? I feel cheated about that title, however! The filmmakers could have made it "Hollywood" with a few cheap adjustments. The friend could have been an actor calling Blackie from a movie set, for example. No problem, Ivan! You should know I like dissenting opinions. Maybe I picked a bad one; usually I like those detective b-movie series like the Falcon and the Whistler. Do all the Boston Blackies have a lowbrow sense of humor?

I feel cheated about that title, however! The filmmakers could have made it “Hollywood” with a few cheap adjustments. The friend could have been an actor calling Blackie from a movie set, for example.

]]> By: Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. http://www.scrubbles.net/2009/11/29/weekly-mishmash-november-22-28/comment-page-1/#comment-73056 Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:01:45 +0000 http://www.scrubbles.net/?p=1534#comment-73056 I guess I'll be the first to dissent -- I enjoyed the heck out of <b>Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood</b> even if the title is a flagrant misnomer (but that's the way the studio worked back then--first the title, then the screenplay). I'm kicking around the idea of doing up the series on my blog because a) it's one of my favorite film series, and b) I've been on a Chester Morris tear lately thanks to <b>Hollywood</b>, <b>Meet Boston Blackie</b> (1941) and <b>I Promise to Pay</b> (1937). I guess I’ll be the first to dissent — I enjoyed the heck out of Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood even if the title is a flagrant misnomer (but that’s the way the studio worked back then–first the title, then the screenplay). I’m kicking around the idea of doing up the series on my blog because a) it’s one of my favorite film series, and b) I’ve been on a Chester Morris tear lately thanks to Hollywood, Meet Boston Blackie (1941) and I Promise to Pay (1937).

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