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“They’re about more than mystery”
Strong Poison introduces Harriet Vane as an accused murderess. Lord Peter Wimsey quickly falls for her, but Harriet refuses the detective’s suit. Victoria Janssen discusses how each eventually finds the other a worthy match over several more books, and how … Continue reading
Keep watching the skies
Generations of stargazers and astronomy students learned about the universe from Robert H. Baker. The University of Illinois Observatory director published and revised astronomy textbooks and popular books into his 80s, with revisions by others continuing into the 1970s. His … Continue reading
Oh, more wise guys, eh?
The slapstick comedy team once known as Ted Healy and His Southern Gentlemen started in vaudeville, but got their big break in pictures in the 1930 feature film Soup to Nuts. Ted had top billing, but Moe, Larry and Shemp … Continue reading
“There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands”
In 47 days, Agatha Christie’s first novel starring Miss Marple joins the US public domain. The Murder at the Vicarage, which also introduces her home village of St Mary Mead, is not the spinster detective’s most popular case, partly because … Continue reading
When it reads differently in your head
Cimarron was 1930’s best-selling novel in the US, but more people now remember its movie adaptations than the story Edna Ferber wrote. As Taylor Jasmine notes, passages she meant as satire were taken as straight-up Western storytelling. And, while Ferber … Continue reading
Remarkably spry for a 95 year old
Blondie Bumstead (née Boopadoop) and her family and friends have appeared every day in newspapers for over 95 years. Created by Chic Young in 1930, and still overseen by his son Dean, Blondie has stayed relevant by changing with the … Continue reading
Stoking creative fires: Counting down to Public Domain Day 2026
Until I saw it performed earlier this month, I had doubts that one could successfully adapt an unthemed magazine issue into a stage play. But that’s what the New Classics Collective did with the first and only issue of Fire!!, … Continue reading
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Support the IMLS
If you’ve found useful the many mid-20th century serials that are now freely readable online through The Online Books Page, you can thank the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The IMLS (as it’s generally known) funded the completion in … Continue reading
Let us sing a song of cheer again
The depths of the Depression would seem an unpromising time to revive the 1929 song “Happy Days Are Here Again”. But after it was played at the 1932 Democratic convention, it caught on as a song of hope for better … Continue reading
It’s a dead man’s party
The Disney studio had a productive year in 1929. Along with releasing 12 new Mickey Mouse cartoons, it began a series of one-shot musical cartoons with animation designed to fit the music, instead of the other away around. The “Silly … Continue reading
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