tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post8445878635397407657..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Murder Rooms: Museum Piece No. 13 (1946), by Rufus KingThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-90246983694075428572012-09-16T10:57:48.220-07:002012-09-16T10:57:48.220-07:00Sounds like "Race Blandrick," was based ...Sounds like "Race Blandrick," was based on real-life murderer Jesse Pomeroy. As a true crime fan, I've noticed a lot of references to real criminals in golden age mysteries.Mark McGlonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208359156193723805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-13803462350191659302012-09-14T11:50:06.791-07:002012-09-14T11:50:06.791-07:00Hi, Pietro, Sergio
I'm afraid I wasn't to...Hi, Pietro, Sergio<br /><br />I'm afraid I wasn't too crazy about the film. Maybe I was biased against it because it hugely changed the book. I will go into all this in m review for Mystery*File.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-24362632132279365572012-09-14T05:50:00.673-07:002012-09-14T05:50:00.673-07:00Very intriguing to hear about the book having only...Very intriguing to hear about the book having only ever seen the film (which is fun if minor Lang and which unfortunately was just one of many projects made on the back of the successs of REBECCA). I'm not sure I've ever read anything by King though he did used to be printed fairly regularly in Italy as I recall (Pietro can set me straight ont that one). Thanks Curt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-74403443774411964442012-09-13T07:49:27.823-07:002012-09-13T07:49:27.823-07:00In the film, beautiful the scene of the fire! What...In the film, beautiful the scene of the fire! What then is the final scene, in which you understand many things that are mentioned in the previous scenes. But still the film doesn't follow the novel. For once, it seems almost better the movie that the novel on which it is drawn.<br />Pietro De Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.com