tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6743399866020050100..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Fall to Greatness of Ted Lewis by John A. A. LoganKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-72035863143360731062015-09-24T17:41:40.441+01:002015-09-24T17:41:40.441+01:00Ted Lewis was not only an author but an illustrato...Ted Lewis was not only an author but an illustrator & jazz musician.<br />There is a Ted Lewis Group in Barton-Upon-Humber & there is a Ted Lewis Jazz Festival in November 2015Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05452483941781107223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-15322025857682814802015-09-14T11:55:02.876+01:002015-09-14T11:55:02.876+01:00Thanks, Kathleen, yes, so far the film is a lot be...Thanks, Kathleen, yes, so far the film is a lot better known than Mr Lewis' books...<br /><br /><br />Thanks, Chris, that's a good list of early Brit noir writers, yes...I'd heard of The Gangster...Graham Greene, with Brighton Rock, and the screenplay for The Third Man (even if that's not set in Britain) should probably be sandwiched between the 20s/30s contributors and the "Lewis noir revival"...and there's probably a lot of other semi-lost names out there, too, given how quickly Ted Lewis went from rising star to Out of Print, in Britain.John A. A. Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613779477853664598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76212494922501531212015-09-14T10:12:00.202+01:002015-09-14T10:12:00.202+01:00You are right that the roots of noir fiction lie i...You are right that the roots of noir fiction lie in pulp fiction and in the works of the American hard-boiled writers of the 1920s and 30s, but when I did research for my non-fiction book on indies and crime fiction, I found out that the first British noir novels are credited to William Roland Daniel, an American born writer who lived in Britain. He published The Gangster in 1932, followed by The Gangster's Last Shot in 1939, and during his lifetime he produced over 200 books. Other early noir writers were Hugh Desmond Clevely, Richard Goyne, William J Elliott, Peter Cheyney, James Hadley Chase, and Hank Janson. So you are probably right when you say Jack's Return Home/Get Carter was a revival of noir. Good post. I enjoyed finding out about Ted Lewis.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-83938899685854984712015-09-11T21:42:04.412+01:002015-09-11T21:42:04.412+01:00Very interesting John - seen the film, but not rea...Very interesting John - seen the film, but not read the book.<br />Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34184434962491245442015-09-11T21:24:53.030+01:002015-09-11T21:24:53.030+01:00Thanks, Jan, I think Ted Lewis/Get Carter would be...Thanks, Jan, I think Ted Lewis/Get Carter would be right up your Alley, so to speak!<br /><br /><br />Thanks, Valerie, yes...and in Get Carter a character called Cliff Brumby (Spoiler Alert) is thrown off that multi-storey carpark, after Carter visits Brumby's house earlier in the film - and that real-world house was also demolished in 2008, after a local campaign to designate it as a tourist attraction failed. <br />(Brumby of course was played by larger-than-life Bryan Mosely, who played Coronation Streets' Alf Roberts for decades!)John A. A. Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613779477853664598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-44232269068367325882015-09-11T20:55:32.812+01:002015-09-11T20:55:32.812+01:00This is interesting, and has provoked more comment...This is interesting, and has provoked more comments on facebook than on here, so it is making waves in its own way! The iconic multi-storey carpark which featured in Get Carter was demolished not long ago, (actually across the Tyne in Gateshead), quite a few people were upset about it and thought it should be preserved. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-88484488905548047652015-09-11T09:44:35.968+01:002015-09-11T09:44:35.968+01:00Thanks, John. Fascinating stuff. I've never ev...Thanks, John. Fascinating stuff. I've never even read Get Carter (or seen it) so I've clearly got treats in store!Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.com