John McPartland, the Glossary
John Donald McPartland (1911–1958) was a writer specializing in pulp fiction crime whose career was ended by an early death at age 47.[1]
Table of Contents
31 relations: Anthony Quinn, Asia, Chicago, Communism, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Elizabeth Montgomery, Fawcett Publications, Free love, Gold Medal Books, Hardboiled, Henry Silva, Japan, Joanne Woodward, John L. Lewis, Johnny Cool, Life (magazine), Martin Ritt, Mill Valley, California, Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Monterey, California, No Down Payment, Occupation of Japan, Spanish Civil War, Stars and Stripes (newspaper), Steel Workers Organizing Committee, The Wild Party (1956 film), Tony Randall, United States Army, Works Progress Administration, World War II, 1937 Memorial Day massacre.
- Crime novelists
Anthony Quinn
Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), better known by his stage name Anthony Quinn, was an American actor.
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Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955.
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Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995) was an American actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage, and television.
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Fawcett Publications
Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1885–1940).
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Free love
Free love is a social movement that accepts all forms of love.
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Gold Medal Books
Gold Medal Books, launched by Fawcett Publications in 1950, was an American book publisher known for introducing paperback originals, a publishing innovation at the time.
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Hardboiled
Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction).
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Henry Silva
Henry Silva (September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022) was an American actor.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American retired actress.
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John L. Lewis
John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960.
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Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool is a 1963 American neo-noir crime film, directed by William Asher and based on the novel The Kingdom of Johnny Cool by John McPartland, which stars Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery.
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Life (magazine)
Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.
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Martin Ritt
Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television.
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Mill Valley, California
Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States, located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge and from Napa Valley.
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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union with a secret protocol that partitioned between them or managed the sovereignty of the states in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Romania.
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Monterey, California
Monterey (Monterrey) is a city in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast.
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No Down Payment
No Down Payment is a 1957 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt.
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Occupation of Japan
Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952.
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.
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Stars and Stripes (newspaper)
Stars and Stripes is a daily American military newspaper reporting on matters concerning the members of the United States Armed Forces and their communities, with an emphasis on those serving outside the United States.
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Steel Workers Organizing Committee
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) was one of two precursor labor organizations to the United Steelworkers.
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The Wild Party (1956 film)
The Wild Party is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Harry Horner and written by John McPartland.
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Tony Randall
Anthony Leonard Randall (born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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1937 Memorial Day massacre
In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937.
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See also
Crime novelists
- Amanda Kyle Williams
- Andreu Martín
- Andrew Brown (author)
- Antony Carr
- Auguste Le Breton
- Barbara Corrado Pope
- Bartley Christopher Frueh
- Batya Gur
- Brown Meggs
- Celil Oker
- Charles den Tex
- Chris Simms (author)
- Danielle Charest
- David Dozier
- Dolores Redondo
- Ed Lin
- Ernesto Mallo
- Fredric Brown
- Gunnar Staalesen
- Helle Stangerup
- Indrek Hargla
- Jane Casey
- Jeanine Delpech
- Jerome Charyn
- Jerry Langton
- John Canaday
- John McPartland
- Julia Crouch
- Leighton Gage
- Monica Kristensen Solås
- Nicholas Clemente
- Niki Etsuko
- Niklas Natt och Dag
- Ottwell Binns
- Paul Finch
- Ray Austin (director)
- Reed Farrel Coleman
- Sheila Pim
- Vincent Lardo
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McPartland
Also known as John McPartland, Pulp Fiction Writer, McPartland, John.