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The Film Noir of the Month for October is Black Angel (1946). Prowling through our Film Noir of the Month files (which can be accessed just below the Kiss of Noir banner), I discovered to my horror that we've had nothing based on a Cornell Woolrich, one of my favourite noir/pulp writers. So, this month I thought we'd correct that heinous fault. If you've read nothing by him then I'd heartily recommend Rendez-vous in Black (48).
Black Angel is directed by Roy William Neill,...
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I well remember Mr Duryea and Mr Lorre; do not recall June Vincent. Dan Duryea once spoke at my school, Belmont High, in LA, in 1955. You can bet we were all there!
#FemmeFataleFriday salutes birthday girl Linda Darnell for her performance as Netta in John Brahm’s HANGOVER SQUARE (1945).
Film Noir Foundation added 9 new photos.
#FemmeFataleFriday salutes birthday girl Linda Darnell for her performance as Netta in John Brahm’s HANGOVER SQUARE (1945).
In this Edwardian set film noir, ...
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It seems that a fair number of noirs deal with mental illness as a central theme. Possessed, Betwitched, Beware My Lovely etc. I am watching Bewitched today. Arch Obler was a pretty amateurish writer/director. And his ability to get a natural performance out of his actors is nonexistent. Overall, about on par with most of his other films which is damning by faint praise.
Oct 13-18, donate to the FNF and be entered in their random drawings for additional thank you gifts. Everyone who donates $20 or more and signs up on our mailing list at http://goo.gl/JlPyz7 will automatically receive a one year subscription to NOIR CITY e-magazine. Your generous donations help the FNF locate, restore, and exhibit "at-risk" noir films before they're lost forever. Here's the link to contribute: http://goo.gl/Y7zc8y
Noir City e-magazine added 4 new photos.
From October 13 - 18, the Film Noir Foundation is having a donation drive. In addition to the regular thank you gifts(s), all donors to the FNF are automaticall...
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Cause for Alarm! is a film noir from 1951 directed by Tay Garnett of The Postman Always Rings Twice fame and starring Loretta Young. Check out the full review of this little gem and let me know if you have seen this one yet.
Today's Lunchtime crime cavalcade is Railroaded (1947). One of the "innocent man framed for a crime he didn't commit" genre. Hugh Beaumont plays the tough detective to John Ireland's rotten to the core criminal who has a weird affectation for rubbing his gat with perfume. Directed by Anthony Mann.
WANT! Does anyone have pics of other ideas that would fit the classic films theme?
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