In The Morgue — Dashiell Hammett

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Saucy Stories, October 15 1923

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1959

IN THE MORGUE

aka The Dimple

by Dashiell Hammett



A generation or so ago, when this story was first published, an author was not permitted to refer in print to a woman's legs -- they had to be called “limbs”; even the phrase “a devil in her eye” was subject to bowdlerizing (our authority: the late Gelett Burgess); and when a male character brought a female character home after a society ball or a middle-class movie, the author did not dare end the scene at the door with three dots (…) -- they implied too much! But, as always, Dashiell Hammett skirted even the most prudish of editorial taboos.

1000 Words



March 1948

The Adventures of Sam Spade

SABOTAGE, SWEET SABOTAGE

Comic Strip Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil

Based on Dashiell Hammett's character as heard in the Columbia Broadcast System Radio Show

8 Panels



September 23 1950

The Adventures of Sam Spade

SABOTAGE ON TV

Comic Strip Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil

Based on Dashiell Hammett's character as heard in the Columbia Broadcast System Radio Show

7 Panels



Binghamton Press, October 11th 1950

Hollywood Chatter

HOWARD DUFF'S LONELY AS SAM SPADE LEAVES AIR AND FANS SQUAWK

by Bob Thomas

250 Words