>Mike Cunningham wrote:
>I know there are at least a couple comics
afficianados on this list and I
>was hoping someone might have some info on the
following: I found a mention
>on some website of a "graphic novel" of Paul Cain's
fast one. Has anyone
>seen this? Is it what it sounds like or something
completely different?
>Also, Keith Alan Deutsch recently referred to ruric's
stint in Hollywood. I
>find several mentions in the imdb of ruric's movie
credits. I am not
>familiar with any of the films. I assume there are
other films he worked on
>but did not receive credit for. Are any of these
widely known? And can
>anyone recommend any of the films he worked on
(credited or not)? Are any
>currently available in some format?
The "Fast One" graphic novel was published in 1991 by No Exit
Press. Artwork is by Geoff Grandfield. It's very stylized
black and white with gray tone. Pretty crude and I assume
purposely so. No comic lettering. Chunks of typeface are
routed into the art. It doesn't exactly work for me, but the
story, descriptive passages and dialogue are very loyal to
the book. Ruric's film work is described in a very
interesting trade paperback,
"Hardboiled in Hollywood" by David Wilt (Popular Press).
Filmography includes: Gambling Ship (1933), The Black Cat
(1934), Affairs of a Gentleman
(1934), Jericho (1937), Dark Sands (1938), Twelve Crowded
Hours (1939), The Night of January 16th (1941), Grand Central
Murder (1942), Mademoiselle Fifi
(1944) and Alias a Gentleman (1948). The essay says that
Grand Central Murder, with Van Heflin as the detective, is
his best work. Wilt also discusses the film work of Horace
McCoy, Eric Taylor, Dwight V. Babcock and John K.
Butler.
Dick Lochte
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