Tag: Wadsworth Camp

• Hidden Wadsworth Camp

  See more hidden room images at A Pretty Book. Moving right along with my Wadsworth Camp research, I just found out that Camp’s The Abandoned Room was originally as The Secret Room Murders under the pseudonym Tory Hageman. I don’t think Amazon.com will mind if I quote them directly: Tory Hageman was a house pseudonym used…

  Bill Ectric

  December 22, 2012

  Charles Wadsworth Camp, Grates River Printing Company, mystery, pseudonyms, research, The Secret Room Murders, Tory Hageman, Wadsworth Camp

• Wadsworth Camp Cinema Connections

  There are all kinds of connections in this overview of the Wadsworth Camp short story, The Signal Tower, and the movie that was based on it. As part of my research on Charles Wadsworth Camp, I’ve already written about a film called The Last Warning (1929) that was based on Camp’s novel The House of Fear…

  Bill Ectric

  December 15, 2012

  Charles Wadsworth Camp, Forbidden Planet, Frankie Darro, Metropolitan Magazine, paranormal, publishing, Rudy Vallee, short stories, Sidney Skolsky, The Signal Tower, Wadsworth Camp, Wallace Beery

• Charles Wadsworth Camp at the Movies

  In my previous discussion of Charles Wadsworth Camp, I mentioned that several of Camp’s books later became films. I hope to track down all the movies and watch them, if possible. Last night I watched the very entertaining silent murder mystery, The Last Warning (1929, Universal Pictures). Based on Camp’s novel, The House of Fear…

  Bill Ectric

  April 20, 2012

  Alfred Cohn, Charles Wadsworth Camp, horror movies, mystery movies, Paul Leni, silent films, The Cat and the Canary, The House of Fear, The Last Warning, Thomas F. Fallon, Universal Pictures, Wadsworth Camp

• Wadsworth Camp Revisited

  I’m happy to know someone besides me is writing about Charles Wadsworth Camp, even if it was three years ago and I just found it yesterday. Here’s a review by Mary Reed of  Camp’s novel, The Abandoned Room, courtesy of The Mystery File. And in case you missed it, here are the results, so far, of my research. It’s not…

  Bill Ectric

  August 12, 2011

  Book Reviews, Charles Wadsworth Camp, Mary Reed, Mystery File, reviews, The Abandoned Room, Wadsworth Camp, writers

• The Charles Wadsworth Camp Mystery

  The following is an edited collection of my various blog entries on Charles Wadsworth Camp, all brought together in one place for easier access. The “mystery” lies in this question: Is Charles Wadsworth Camp’s minimal internet presence due to lack of interest in his work, or is the lack of interest due to his minimal internet presence? “No one,”…

  Bill Ectric

  May 30, 2010

  beaches area historical society, Bion Barnett, Charles Wadsworth Camp, Donald J. Mabry, Jacksonville FL, Jacksonville Historical Society, Madeleine Hall Barnett, Madeleine L’Engle, The Abandoned Room, The Gray Mask, Wadsworth Camp, World’s Finest Beach, writing, writing skills