by Dale Dalenberg | Apr 9, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery
The Western conception of Alf Layla Wa Layla, or The Arabian Nights, or The Thousand Nights and a Night, has been influenced more by its European translators than by the original texts. In fact, there is no definitive original text of this massive work, which has...
by Dale Dalenberg | Apr 8, 2018 | Antique Book Reports
Charles Ardai’s imprint Hard Case Crime has unearthed an overlooked 1974 novel by Donald E. Westlake, and it is a can’t-put-down, hilarious page-turner. The book apparently came and went with little fanfare in the mid-70’s, had a hardcover edition...
by Dale Dalenberg | Mar 16, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery
Richard Schickel (1933-2017) was a pillar of the community of film critics who rose to dominance in the later half of the 1960’s–he was film critic for Time Magazine from 1965-2010. This is the generation for whom films like Bonnie and Clyde were iconic,...
by Dale Dalenberg | Mar 13, 2018 | Antique Book Reports
Siodmak (1902-2000) already had 18 published novels under his belt in Germany before emigrating to the U.S., fleeing the anti-Semitism of pre-war Germany. His older brother, Robert, became a recognized name in the world of film noir. Kurt (now Curt, in the...
by Dale Dalenberg | Feb 25, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery, Uncategorized
Nowadays, 90 years later, the most neglected period in film history is the transition from silents to talkies. Most people only know anything about this massive upheaval in the film world from the comic spin on it in the 1952 classic Singin’ in the Rain, with...
