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100 GREATEST POSTERS of FILM NOIR! 70 – 61
Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on Dec 17, 2010
Week Four, looks like men and women clutching at each other is the theme for the week.I’ve made it through the finals week slog and moving my faculty office one door to the right (yes!). Now I’m anxious to see more and more significant posters as we progress ever deeper into the countdow read more
Silent Film Star: Wallace Beery.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 12, 2010
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949), performed in 250 movies over a 36-year span.
He was a younger brother of actor/film executive William Beery and actor Noah Beery, who also had long careers in the motion picture industry. He was an uncle of actor, Noah Beery, Jr.
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100 GREATEST POSTERS of FILM NOIR! 80 – 71
Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on Dec 10, 2010
Welcome to week three of the countdown, numbers 80 – 71 are on the menu for today. My blurbs are going to be a little more brief than usual (probably a good thing) because it’s finals week here on campus, and students and professors alike are rushing to wrap up their work before the brea read more
Silent Film Star: Viola Dana.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 6, 2010
Please click here to read more about silent film actress Viola Dana.
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100 GREATEST POSTERS of FILM NOIR! 90 – 81
Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on Dec 3, 2010
Round two, let's go!90. Johnny Stool PigeonI’d like this poster a whole lot more if not for two things: the contrived pose of Dan Duryea — I can just see the photographer giving him direction, “Dan, hold the gun a little higher…”; and the fact that the designer has made read more
Silent Film Star: Anna Q. Nilsson.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 28, 2010
In 1907, she was named "Most beautiful woman in America". Nilsson's modeling helped her get a role in the 1911 film Molly Pitcher. Anna's best known films are: Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917), Soldiers of Fortune (1919), The Toll Gate and The Luck of the Irish (both 1920), and The Lotus Eater (1921) read more
100 GREATEST POSTERS of FILM NOIR! 100 – 91
Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on Nov 26, 2010
Let’s get started! I have a feeling that as I go through this countdown, I’ll be waging a continuous battle against my own judgment, and the compulsion to reorder my selections. As I pause over each image to write the blurbs, I find myself noticing new details and making new discoveries read more
Classic film in daily life: Classic film in ethics paper
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Nov 21, 2010
In my classes and extracurricular activities at Winthrop University, I try to incorporate old movies as much as possible. Recently in my Media Ethics (MCOM 410) class, we were required to write a 10 to 12 page paper on an issue in diversity in the media. It could be movies, television, newspaper ar read more
100 GREATEST POSTERS of FILM NOIR!
Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on Nov 19, 2010
It’s time for a new feature on Where Danger Lives. The blog officially turned two years old (yesterday, actually!) and the time is ripe to branch out a little. The crime film essays are still going to go up as quickly as I can crank ’em out, but I've been on the lookout for something read more
Blond Fever(1944). Gloria Grahame's first film performance.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 15, 2010
Blond Fever(1944). Directed by Richard Whorf. Cast: Philip Dorn, Mary Astor, Felix Bressart, Gloria Grahame, in her first film performance.
Peter's wife Delilah, knows that Peter is having an affair with Sally Murfin, one of the cigarette girls at one of the nightclubs in Reno and decides to tell read more
Pictures: Anita Page, film actress of the silent film era.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 15, 2010
1st Film Noir Xmas coming to San Francisco…9th Noir Festival set for January
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Nov 11, 2010
The San Francisco Film Noir Foundation has set its first-ever Noir City Xmas for Wed., December 15, at the Castro Theatre, and extends an invitation to “enjoy a Cruel Yule...”
The double feature pairs Remember the Night (1940) and Mr. Soft Touch (1949).
TCM has be read more
1st Film Noir Xmas coming to San Francisco…9th Noir Festival set for January
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Nov 11, 2010
The San Francisco Film Noir Foundation has set its first-ever Noir City Xmas for Wed., December 15, at the Castro Theatre, and extends an invitation to “enjoy a Cruel Yule...”
The double feature pairs Remember the Night (1940) and Mr. Soft Touch (1949).
TCM has be read more
1st Film Noir Xmas coming to San Francisco…9th Noir Festival set for January
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Nov 11, 2010
The San Francisco Film Noir Foundation has set its first-ever Noir City Xmas for Wed., December 15, at the Castro Theatre, and extends an invitation to “enjoy a Cruel Yule...”
The double feature pairs Remember the Night (1940) and Mr. Soft Touch (1949).
TCM has be read more
Video Silent Film: The Painted Lady (1912)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Oct 29, 2010
The Painted Lady (1912). Short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.
Cast:
Blanche Sweet
Madge Kirby
Charles Hill Mailes
Kate Bruce
Joseph Graybill
William J. Butler
Lionel Barrymore
Elmer Booth
Christy Cabanne
Harry Carey
Josephine Crowell
Gladys Egan read more
Silent Film Star: Patsy Ruth Miller. (2)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Oct 14, 2010
Patsy Ruth Miller (January 17, 1904 – July 16, 1995). After being discovered by the actress Alla Nazimova at a Hollywood party, Patsy Ruth Miller got her first break with a small role in Camille(1921). A silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and Alla Nazimova.
Other Patsy Miller movies:
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Silent Film Actress: Mae Marsh.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Oct 5, 2010
Mae Marsh, a film actress who's career spanned over 50 years. After Marsh returned from retirement to perform in "talkies", she played character roles for the next several decades. Marsh performed in one of my favorite films, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932) . She became a favorite of director J read more
Comedy, shot in film noir style: Lady on a Train(1945).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 29, 2010
Lady on a Train(1945). Comedy, shot in film noir style. Cast: Deanna Durbin, was directed by Durbin's future third husband Charles David. The film's music score was by Miklós Rózsa. Durbin sings, "Silent Night" and "Night and Day." The comedy, musical and film noir seems to be a spoof on Cornell Wo read more