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  1. Kirk H.

    What are you listening to?

    Right now I am listening to a BBC radio adaptation of the Big Sleep. Kirk H.
  2. Kirk H.

    Gangsters of the Golden Era

    You are so right. Even Dillinger was a critic of Bonie and Clyde, calling them to blood thirsty. In the things that I have read about Hamer, he was a great lawman and started his career with the Texas Rangers in the late 1800's. He had been shot several times in the line of duty and had him self...
  3. Kirk H.

    Gangsters of the Golden Era

    actually it was Lester Gillis, Nelson was an alias he used.
  4. Kirk H.

    Gangsters of the Golden Era

    Yeah, but most of them hated their nick names. Nelson got his after he pulled a robbery and a witness described him as having a baby face. Capone got his from a knife scar he received while working in a...cat house, and went to great lengths to cover it up. Bugs Moran and Bugsy Siegel, because...
  5. Kirk H.

    Have You Ever Met A Movie/TV Star or Celebrity?

    I have made several traffic stops on several of the Carolina Panthers players. I also once stopped Cedric Maxwell (retired NBA). He was very polite and nice to talk with. Kirk H.
  7. Kirk H.

    Have You Ever Met A Movie/TV Star or Celebrity?

    I remember being in Aniston back in the mid 90's for some DOJ training. No celebs there then, but some good training. As far as meeting celebs I worked off-duty concert security for Bryan Adams back in 1992 and got to meet him and the rest of the band. The drummer had a brother who was a LEO in...
  8. Kirk H.

    Show us your vehicles

    That is a sweet looking car. Regards Kirk H.
  9. Kirk H.

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Thanks Lefty and Zetwal. Zetwal that link was very helpful. Regards Kirk H.
  10. Kirk H.

    Ask a question, get an answer

    In speaking of Panama hats and straw fedoras. I have been looking to buy one, and the thing I keep seeing when looking, is the hats are described as garades such as this one is a grade 3, or that one is a grade 8, and so on. I know that this may be a simple question, but what is the grade. does...
  11. Kirk H.

    The Great War

    I agree, but WW1 has always fascinated me for several reasons, one of which trying to fight a modern war with outdated tactics i.e. calvary charging into machine guns. I too have always been fascinated with the fronts that were fought in colonial possessions. Kirk H.
  13. Kirk H.

    Set film adaptions in the period they were written!

    Mr. Vinn, you are so right on the Temple of Doom. Even the character of the evil high priest reminded me a little of Boris Karloff. It is a great series of films. Regards Kirk H.
  14. Kirk H.

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Lonely Hearts. A crime drama based on a true story from the 1940's. Very good costuming and props captured the era well. Kirk H.
  15. Kirk H.

    Set film adaptions in the period they were written!

    You are so right. You could see the agony that he went through in making that decision. Knowing that justice was served, but not in the way that he wanted or expected and that he was willing to live with that decision and asking for forgiveness in making it. Truly a very powerful moving scene...
  16. Kirk H.

    Set film adaptions in the period they were written!

    In speaking of stories written in the golden era but being made into films today. One of my favorite series is Hercule Poirot. David Suchet has nailed the character and the series is very faithful to the period in which Christie wrote them. I just got through watching that series version of...
  17. Kirk H.

    Set film adaptions in the period they were written!

    I agree, there was another one of Mitchum's Marlowe from the 1970's that did take place in the 40's and was shot that way. Farewell My Lovely was preaty decent and Mitchum's Marlowe was an older wearier Marlowe. Also HBO produced a series in the early 80,s with Powers Booth as Marlowe that were...
  19. Kirk H.

    Set film adaptions in the period they were written!

    That would be very cool. I have always enjoyed the Fleming stories and the early films. From Russia With Love is my favorite. Not a lot of gadgets, just mano a mano on the train. Regards Kirk H.
  20. Kirk H.

    Show us your Guns!

    Garands are nice too.
  21. Kirk H.

    Show us your Guns!

    Renault, those are beautiful. I have always had a fascination with the P-08, but they have always been way out of my price range when I have encountered them. I am glad you were able to get a "shooter". Thanks for posting. Kirk H.
  22. Kirk H.

    What sparked your fascination with the "Golden Era"?

    Like so many others, I think I have always been fascinated with the Golden Era. I know some of my first memories of the fascination started when my parents took me to visit my Great Grandparents (both were born in the late 1800’s). They lived on Long Island in the house that they built in the...
  23. Kirk H.

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    SPW4922, I am glad you enjoyed it. It is very funny ,but at the same time it pays tribute to the movies of the golden era. Regards Kirk H.

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