> From: Aaron Gerow <gerow at ynu.ac.jp> > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 00 15:58:54 +0900 > >Actually, the term is from the 1920s (though not necessarily in cinema), >when Edogawa was first writing. Thank you; the only reference I had to the expression is in one of the books on the films of Edogawa. Excellent. August