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I’ve had an idea for a new blog series for quite some time now, and I thought that today was a perfect day for my first entry. Over the decades, I’ve seen innumerable noirs – some that I frankly don’t even remember, many that I’ve loved, and a few that left me cold despite their acclaim from read more

ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: The Naked City (1948) On March 12, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Ahh, the Screenplay Oscars. Has there ever been a more confusing Academy Award category? Starting with the very first ceremony in 1929, they have had many ite read more

The Naked City begins inauspiciously enough with a flyover of New York and an introduction by producer Mark Hellinger. It seems like we’ve seen this countless times before. It’s almost like a stock image. And yet in the case of this picture, it was really one of the forerunners of a mov read more

The Naked City (1948) On August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 By CarolIn Uncategorized ‘Jean Dexter is dead. The answer must be somewhere down there.’, says our narrator, the film’s producer, Mark Hellinger. And he’s right. Down there, on the all too familiar read more

The Naked City Directed by Jules Dassin Written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald 1948/USA Hellinger Productions/Universal International Pictures Repeat viewing/Netflix rental   This film was ground-breaking in several ways.  Seventy years of the same tropes appearing on prime-time TV makes it read more

Directed by Jules Dassin and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, and Don Taylor, this documentary-style police procedural is an intriguing film. It begins with an omniscient narrator explaining the setting in New York. Soon we witness the aftermath of a murder. Then, we are following the detecti read more

Directed by Jules Dassin and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, and Don Taylor, this documentary-style police procedural is an intriguing film. It begins with an omniscient narrator explaining the setting in New York. Soon we witness the aftermath of a murder. Then, we are following the detecti read more

There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them. It’s really giving nothing away saying that these are the closing lines of Jules Dassin‘s 1948 film The Naked City. As a matter of fact, they will seem familiar to anyone who has had the chance to enjoy the fol read more

There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them. It’s really giving nothing away saying that these are the closing lines of Jules Dassin‘s 1948 film The Naked City. As a matter of fact, they will seem familiar to anyone who has had the chance to enjoy the fol read more

The Naked City is available for Netflix Instant Streaming. The Naked City is a different breed of cat when it comes to the Hollywood Studio System Era of the 1920 through the 50s. The Naked City unfolds to a jolting start for a crime drama of the period. The usual text laden opening credits are abs read more

The Naked City is available for Netflix Instant Streaming. The Naked City is a different breed of cat when it comes to the Hollywood Studio System Era of the 1920 through the 50s. The Naked City unfolds to a jolting start for a crime drama of the period. The usual text laden opening credits are abs read more

The Naked City(1948). Directed by Jules Dassin. The movie, was filmed on the streets of New York City, showing famous landmarks: Williamsburg Bridge, Whitehall Building and an apartment building on West 83rd Street (Manhattan) where the murder took place. William H. Daniels won an Academy Award fo read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. The plot of The Naked City (1948) is pretty straight-forward noir fare. A young model is killed in New York City and detectives are on the case to find out who committed the crime. As far read more