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Magic Man.

I’m delighted to present The Late Show’s first guest blogger this year — my wife, Fiona Watson. Did someone say Jonathan Creek? No they didn’t. They said,  Miracles For Sale (1939, MGM), Tod Browning’s...

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Houdini Dunnit

I recall a nice anecdote — almost certainly untrue — in Master of Villainy, Cay Van Ash & Elizabeth Sax Rohmer’s biography of ESR’s famous father, who was also the father of Fu Manchu. It has the...

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Rivetted

More Harry Piel from Pordenone’s festival of silent film. RIVALEN or RIVALS. Piel, as stated before, was a maker of sensational adventures, based around stunts, daring escapes, massive explosions and...

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