Created by Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich Pseudonyms include George Hopley & William Irish (1903-1968) Live! Naked! Detecting! Call it a weakness, but the idea of a stripper sleuth gets me going in all sorts of ways. And this no doubt unhealthy and definitely adolescent obsession started with a short story read at a tender young age that I still … Continue reading Jerry Wheeler
Tag: Cornell Woolrich
Pole Positions
Stripper Detectives Okay, okay, most of these characters ARE NOT private eyes. But they do take their clothes off. I admit it -- I have a definite weakness for stripper/detectives, ever since I read "Angel Face" by Cornell Woolrich, which featured Jerry Wheeler as a stripper who turns gumshoe to save her kid brother from … Continue reading Pole Positions
Fallen Angels
(1993-95, Showtime) FALLEN ANGELS was a crime television anthology that aired on the American network, Showtime, in the 1990's. Not all the episodes featured private eyes, or even detectives, per se, but who cares? It paired some great hard-boiled and noir short stories by some of the genre's masters (you know, hacks like Raymond Chandler, … Continue reading Fallen Angels