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“…enemy to those who make him an enemy…friend to those who have no friends…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 23rd 2018

The debate as to whether prisons can successfully reform those individuals who have strayed off the straight-and-narrow wil

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 25th 2015

No sooner has Horatio “Boston Blackie” Black (Chester Morris) dropped off a bundle of dirty clothes to his laundryman, Char

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 24th 2015

The headline in the morning newspaper proves most distressing to reformed jewel thief Horatio “Boston Blackie” Black (Chest

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 22nd 2014

Previously on the Radio Spirits blog, I discussed Alias Boston Blackie (1942), the third entry in the popular Columbia Pict

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 14th 2014

Horatio “Boston Blackie” Black (Chester Morris…who later explains to a character in the film that he’s “of the Philadelphia

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 22nd 2014

A Close Call for Boston Blackie begins in a particularly jaunty mood: Horatio “Boston Blackie” Black (Chester Morris) and h