tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post6605712940736306192..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Murd'rous Queer Witchery It Be! The Condamine Case (1947), by Moray DaltonThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-32881701180177849082019-11-21T15:48:39.552-08:002019-11-21T15:48:39.552-08:00Now this is one I'm sure to enjoy! Looking for...Now this is one I'm sure to enjoy! Looking forward to its release.<br /><br />I'm reading one of Charles Ashton's mysteries again and it's also about a film company, practically a primer in how to make a talking picture (circa 1936). He has the best and simplest explanation of what a script girl actually did (she's an important minor charcter) back then as well as learning all about the importance of the electricians and lighting guys who rarely ever get talked about in any novel about moviemaking, not even in <i>movies</i> about movie making. Ashton knew the world well being a former screen actor himself. A nifty little mystery, one of the best mysteries I've read set in a movie studio.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-51392799437084762019-11-20T17:51:01.214-08:002019-11-20T17:51:01.214-08:00It does seem like an unusual name, doesn't it?...It does seem like an unusual name, doesn't it? I had seen the film version of Blythe Spirit, but didn't recall that.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-83533502883168791372019-11-20T17:50:12.660-08:002019-11-20T17:50:12.660-08:00This one made me think of you! Another one brings...This one made me think of you! Another one brings in a locked room at the end, but, while it's all perfectly reasonable, you may be disappointed with the windup. But it's a pretty pleasingly outre tale involving the slain Russian empresses' lost jewels. There's almost enough plot for a Victorian sensation novel.<br /><br />Art School Murders and Condamine Case are tight detection jobs.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-78284284029771135622019-11-19T10:45:17.248-08:002019-11-19T10:45:17.248-08:00I wonder if Noel Coward read this before he wrote ...I wonder if Noel Coward read this before he wrote "Blithe Spirit"? The play was first performed in 1941, and the main male character is Charles Condomine.Miranda Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214710626330587150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-44157408765058823782019-11-19T04:03:52.471-08:002019-11-19T04:03:52.471-08:00Congratulations, Curt! You've made me more tha...Congratulations, Curt! You've made me more than just a little curious about these forthcoming Dalton mysteries. They sound much more intriguing than the first five titles DSP reprinted this year. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.com