Created by robert leslie bellem pseudonyms include ellery watson calder, harley l. Dan turner, hollywood detective 1990 actor freiheit soldier. A second bookful of dan turner hollywood detective stories from the pages of hollywood detective pulp magazine for september, october, november, and december 1943. Robert leslie bellem 19021968 was a prolific american pulp magazine writer, best known for his creation of dan turner, hollywood detective. This issues big pulp is homicide hotfoot by robert leslie bellem.
Dan turner hollywood detective davy crocketts almanack. The stories are fun, filled with pulp dialog and a likable hero in dan turner. Robert leslie bellem july 19, 1902 april 1, 1968 was an american pulp magazine writer, best known for his creation of dan turner, hollywood detective. Dan turner hollywood detective, february, 1943 heads you lose by robert leslie bellem it looked like a gift from santa claus left on dan s doorstep, but, unwrapped, it turned out to be as grisly a thing as anyone could hope not to find. The dan turner stories ran through three distinct phases. Bowling green university popular press, softcover, 1983. Turner was a hardboiled gumshoe who worked the mean streets and back lots of the film studios of hollywood, encountering murderers, blackmailers, greedy producers, seductive starlets, desperate hasbeens and immoral grifters. Marc singer starred as hollywood detective dan turner in 1990. Dan turner, hollywood detective 1990 the pulp private eye marc singer links murder, a movie moguls wife tracy scoggins and red nail polish in 1940s hollywood.
Most of the stories are set in and around the film studios, and focus on crimes involving people in the movie business film stars, stuntmen, producers, agents, extras and an endless array of. Dan turner, also known as the hollywood detective, was a fictional private. This book has 36 pages and was uploaded by narfstar on october 18, 2008. Most of the stories are set in and around the film studio. Ive read a bunch of uberprolific pulp author robert leslie bellems stories including a couple of dan turner, hollywood detective ones and theyre a hoot, a lot of fun.
Focus on death by robert leslie bellem the pulp fiction. Dan turner hollywood detective in the raven red kissoff 1990. Dan turner, also known as the hollywood detective, was a fictional private detective created by. This collection of dan turner hollywood detective stories is fabulous as long as you arent expecting red wind chandler to emerge or something. A creation of robert leslie bellem, dan turner, hollywood detective, appeared in hundreds of stories from 1934 to 1950 in the pulp magazines of the culture and trojan lines. Focus on death five stories from the casebook of dan turner, hollywood detective. Dan turner deals with the usual assortment of lowlifes in hollywood. By 1942, he was so popular, he even had his own pulp, dan turner, hollywood detective, later just hollywood detective, which lasted for eight years.
The hardboiled private eye, born in the lowrent pages of the pulps way back in twenties, has. Dan turner hollywood detective march 1943 was produced to capitalize on the popularity of one of the lead characters that appeared monthly in spicy detective stories. Sherlock holmes meets ebeneezer scrooge, plus five more western yarns, mystery and science fiction tales, and a profile of author theodore roscoe. Unwrapped the package, opened it, and a human head rolled out in my lap. In 1991 we produced the raven red kissof f, starring marc singer and tracy scoggins along with an allstar cast, for fries entertainment and lbs communications. Not only would there be a turner story or three in each issue, sometimes bellem would write the whole issue, using a variety of pen names and, okay, occasionally. The hollywood detective magazine also featured a dan turner comic strip, drawn by max plaisted. Homicide highball the lost dan turner movie script by john wooley. Dan turner, hollywood detective 1990 cast and crew the pulp private eye marc singer links murder, a movie moguls wife tracy scoggins and red nail polish in 1940s hollywood. Hollywood stuntman turned private eye nick ransom was one of robert leslie bellems other eyes, although his official occupation, at least initially, wasnt detective no, he was the owner and proprietor of risks, incorporated, an agency employing several daredevils and action junkies who contracted out for various jobs, from stuntwork to. Dan turner hollywood detective march 1943 by robert leslie.
Dan turnerhollywood detective 0243 adventure house. These dvds will play on any dvd player anywhere in the world region free. Court, walt bruce, john grange, nelson kent, kenneth a. Dan turner hollywood detective march 1943 audiobook robert. Sent to keep an eye on a studio heads girlfriend at a northern california film shoot, hardboiled hollywood p. Dan turner is one of the original tough guy private eyes operating out of hollywood california mainly for the movie industry. Dan turner, hollywood detective is at his best in homicide highball, showcasing his unique brand of slangtalking, vat 69swilling twofisted action. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Dan turner, is forced to go into hiding when someone shoots. Death begins at forty, corpse on ice, homicide highball, kingsize kill, murder off the record, dead. Listen to dan turner hollywood detective march 1943 by. Dan turner, detective marc singer tracy scoggins nicholas worth 1990 the pulp private eye marc singer links murder, a movie moguls wife tracy scoggins and red nail polish in 1940s hollywood. Dan turner hollywood detective dan turner is the hard boiled detective working the backlots and movie sets of hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s.
Each story is as good as the one which preceded it. Dan turner, hollywood detective in the raven red kissoff 1990 noir video a production of the. Overview of dan turner, hollywood detective, 1990, directed by christopher lewis, with stan black, jennifer campbell, brandon smith, at turner classic movies. August 4, 1944 add or change photo on imdbpro filmography. Dan turner, hollywood detective is at his best in homicide highball, showcasing his unique brand of slangtalking, vat 69swilling action. Dan turner, hollywood detective 1990 rotten tomatoes.
The hollywood detective magazine also featured a dan turner comic strip, drawn by. Crazily enough this is only the second dan turner movie, the other being 1947s blackmail. Read robert leslie bellems original story, then thrill to john wooleys original script, which laid the groundwork for the film starring marc singer. Dan turner hollywood detective, december 1942killers unionby robert leslie bellemkeeping a cute movie extra on ice in his apartment is bound to get dan in trouble. Dan turner, hollywood detective video 1990 dan turner.
Most of the stories are set in and around the film studios, and focus on crimes involving people in the movie business film stars, stuntmen, producers, agents, extras and an endless array of glamorous female starlets. Dan turner hollywood detective pulp fiction reprints. Phony shakedown four stories from the casebook of dan turner. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Teg also owns and maintains the intellectual property rights to the dan turner, hollywood detective series of detective pulp novels by robert leslie bellem. In death ends the scene, a washedup movie director is going to knock himself off in order to give his nogood bride a doubleindemnity payoffand dan turner, trying to do a couple of good deeds, finds himself facing a murder rap with some very hard gunsels making it tough. Dan turner, hollywood detective in dead ends by robert. Despite his hollywood connections, dan turner only appeared in one movie during his. And part of it is that a gunman doesnt forget how to play. Dan turner hollywood detective, detective, pulp magazines. Marc singer as a hardboiled private eye investigating blackmail.
Short lived, this magazine later was retitled hollywood detective and published more than bellems hollywood dick. Dan turner, hollywood detective 1990 cast and crew. Adolphe barreaux, who drew the much racier sally the sleuth, was the first to draw dan turner, hollywood detective in the 1940s the stories by bellem. Dan turner hollywood detective march 1943 by robert. Cast and crew credits for dan turner, hollywood detective, 1990, directed by christopher lewis, with james frank clark, jennifer campbell, carl brown, at turner classic movies. Turner is hired to check to see whether a glamorous star, vala duvalle, is being. Anyone whose sense of humor leans toward the ribald, the outrageous, the utterly absurd is liable to find himself convulsed by the antics and colloquialisms of dan turner, robert leslie bellems immortal private skulk, who fought, shot, wenched, and wisecracked his way to. Phony shakedown four stories of dan turner hollywood. This sale is for dan turner, hollywood detective 1990 starring marc singer on dvd.
Sent to keep an eye on a studio heads girlfriend at a northern california film shoot, hardboiled p. Robert leslie bellem dan turner, hollywood detective. Dan turner, hollywood detective extended trailer youtube. Dan turner, hollywood detective audiobook march 1943. If you saw the movie, you didnt see what was originally in the script.