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Wanting More: The Open Ending of THE DAMNED DON'T CRY (1950)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 23, 2023
WARNING! This post contains major spoilers for THE DAMNED DON'T CRY and other classic noir films. Proceed at your own risk. When I showed The Damned Don't Cry (1950) to my lifetime learners as the final film of our Joan Crawford series, they were especially struck by the open ending of the story, wh read more
Joan Crawford: Possessed, The Damned Don’t Cry, Harriet Craig
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 9, 2023
In our ongoing exploration of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis’s filmographies, here are three more films building on Crawford’s renewed critical success in the 1940s after Mildred Pierce (1945) and Humoresque (1946). Possessed opens with Joan Crawford wandering the city streets past cable read more
Day 8 of Noirvember: Ethel Whitehead and Lorna Hansen Forbes in The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 8, 2021
Today’s Noirvember post shines the spotlight on one of my favorite Joan Crawford characters (and that’s saying something!): Ethel Whitehead – also known as Lorna Hansen Forbes – in The Damned Don’t Cry (1950). WHAT’S THE DAMNED DON’T CRY ABOUT? When unhappily married housewife Ethel Whitehead read more
YouTube Noir — Noirvember Day 6: The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 6, 2020
If you know anything about me, you know that I love Joan Crawford. Her picture is in an art deco frame in my breakfast nook, and my wall is graced by a gorgeous Italian poster from her 1947 feature Possessed. Her face is the screen saver on my phone. And she’s the star of two of the YouTube noirs read more
Children of the Damned
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 29, 2018
Clive Powell as Paul.
Children of the Damned (1964) is not a sequel to the 1960 science fiction classic Village of the Damned, but rather a rethinking. That's a good thing for the most part, as I'm not sure where a sequel could have gone. The second film takes the original's themes and extrapo read more
On Blu-ray: Village of the Damned (1960)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 5, 2018
The greatest thing about the sci-fi horror classic Village of the Damned (1960) is that it makes a big impact with simple means. A half dozen blonde wigs, the collective blank stare of a group of children, the mere idea that thoughts could mean the end of your existence. I recently revisited th read more
Children of the Damned (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 19, 2018
Children of the Damned
Directed by Anton Leader
Written by John Briley
1964/UK
Lawrence P. Bachmann Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
First viewing/Netflix rental Less the horror show that the poster promises and more a nifty little sci-fi thriller. Psychologist Tom Llewellyn an read more
King of the Damned (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 21, 2017
UK / 74 minutes / bw / Gaumont–British Dir: Walter Forde Pr: Michael Balcon Scr: A.R. Rawlinson, Charles Bennett, Sidney Gilliatt Story: King of the Damned (1934 play) by John Chancellor Cine: Bernard Knowles Cast: Conrad Veidt, Helen Vinson, Noah Beery, Cecil Ramage, Edmund Willard, Percy Parsons, read more
These Are the Damned (1962)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 17, 2017
These Are the Damned (AKA “The Damned”)
Directed by Joseph Losey
Written by Evan Jones from a novel by H. L. Lawrence
1962/UK
Columbia Pictures Corporation/Hammer Studios/Swallow Productions Ltd.
First viewing/Netflix rental The story is an uneasy mixture of JD movie with sci-fi thril read more
Village of the Damned (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 12, 2017
Village of the Damned
Directed by Wolf Rilla
Written by Stirling Silliphant, Wolf Rilla and Ronald Kinnoch from the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
1960/UK
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
First viewing/Netflix rental Before Rosemary’s Baby, we had Village of the Damned. It is read more
The Film Noir Blogathon: The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Aug 14, 2016
Picture this. It’s the dead of night, three miles outside of Desert Springs, Arizona. We know this because the signpost announcing the location is briefly illuminated by the glaring headlights from a speeding car. When the car stops in the middle of the desert, we see three men in the front seat. read more
The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jul 30, 2016
This is my contribution to the Joan Crawford Blogathon, hosted by Crystal at In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood. Please do visit and read the other postings, covering a great range of films. In her mid-40s when The Damned Don’t Cry was made, Joan Crawford was just a little too old for read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE DAMNED DON'T CRY (1950)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 1, 2016
Like Mildred Pierce (1945), The Damned Don't Cry (1950) stars Joan Crawford in a story that merges the themes of melodrama and film noir. Crawford is perfectly at home in both genres, and the combination of the two had revitalized her career with Mildred Pierce, for which she won her only Best Actre read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE DAMNED DON'T CRY (1950)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 1, 2016
Like Mildred Pierce (1945), The Damned Don't Cry (1950) stars Joan Crawford in a story that merges the themes of melodrama and film noir. Crawford is perfectly at home in both genres, and the combination of the two had revitalized her career with Mildred Pierce, for which she won her only Best Actre read more
The Damned (1947)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 24, 2015
The Damned (Les Maudits) Directed by Réné Clément Written by Réné Clément, Jacques Rémy, and Henri Jeanson; story by Victor Alexandrov and Jacques Companéez 1947/France Spéva Films First viewing/Amazon Instant This didn’t deliver on the suspense promised by its premise but is read more
Cult of the Damned (1969)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 18, 2015
The later one travels into the cinematic landscape of the 1960s, the deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole you’re gonna go. Hollywood was in a precarious position and many of the old guard, Hollywood A-list crowd floundered to assert themselves in a changing landscape where they were seen as read more
The Town of Midwich Becomes the Village of the Damned
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 25, 2014
There’s nothing to distinguish Midwich from any other rural English village—except that one day, every living inhabitant passes out for four hours. A man slumps over the steering wheel of a tractor as its runs in circles. An unconscious telephone operator doesn’t hear the constant read more
Quotes in Noir: The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 19, 2013
“Don’t talk to me about self-respect.” Among the many noirs of which I’m most fond is The Damned Don’t Cry (1950), starring my girl Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, and Kent Smith. In the film, Joanie plays Lorna Hansen Forbes, a Texas oil heiress and the darling of café read more
The Damned Don’t Cry (1950) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Jul 4, 2013
Another day, the same Joan Crawford; don’t be discouraged, Joan’s great in this film, but the film itself is so misogynistic that her character is only given enough rope by which to hang herself. The Damned Don’t Cry suffers from this, as well as far too many characters and an ope read more
Series review: Village of the Damned (1960) and Children of the Damned (1963)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 11, 2013
WARNING: This post contains spoilers for both films.
Back in March I scored Warner Archive’s “horror double feature” DVD of 1960′s Village of the Damned and its sequel, Children of the Damned (1963). I had never seen either film before purchasing it and wasn’t sure whet read more