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Call Northside 777 (1948) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 29, 2013
Call Northside 777 Directed by Henry Hathaway 1948/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing This is an enjoyable film noir/docu-drama based on a true story and filmed on location in Illinois. The performances are all good and fairly understated and the story is photogr read more
Beat the Devil (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 29, 2013
Beat the Devil Directed by John Huston 1953/UK/USA/Italy Rizzoli/Haggiag; Romulus Films; Santana Pictures Corporation First viewing #268 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die A group of scoundrels plans to smuggle uranium out of British East Africa in this noirish farce. The plot is sca read more
No Way Out (1950) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 28, 2013
No Way Out
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1950/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First viewing This is an interesting cross between a film noir and a message picture featuring Sidney Portier’s debut as a 22-year-old and dynamite performances by Richard Widmark and Linda Darne read more
Hangover Square (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 28, 2013
Hangover Square Directed by John Brahm 1945/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing The story is set in London at the turn of the last century. Laird Cregar plays George Henry Bone, a gifted young composer who is subject to strange blackouts when he hears discordant read more
No Way Out (1950) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 28, 2013
No Way Out
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1950/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First viewing This is an interesting cross between a film noir and a message picture featuring Sidney Portier’s debut as a 22-year-old and dynamite performances by Richard Widmark and Linda Darne read more
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 26, 2013
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Directed by Lewis Milestone
1946/USA
Hal Wallis Productions
First viewing There are some fine performances in this noirish melodrama about childhood secrets. The film opens in 1928 in Iverstown with rebellious young Martha Ivers and Sam Masterson in a freight read more
Out of the Past (1947) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 26, 2013
Out of the Past
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
1947/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
Repeat viewing
#198 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
IMDb users say 8.1/10; I say 10/10 This visually beautiful film has a classical film noir plot involving a protagonist who is doomed by his obsession with a read more
The Phenix City Story (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 25, 2013
The Phenix City Story Directed by Phil Karlson 1955/USA Allied Artists Pictures First viewing #297 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This semi-documentary film tells the story of a crusade to fight a vice racket that had run Phenix City, Alabama for the better part of a century. Whi read more
The Spiral Staircase (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 24, 2013
The Spiral Staircase
Directed by Robert Siodmak
1945/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing Dr. Parry: Well, in that case, Constable, I certainly can’t do her any harm. A very noir filmmaking team at RKO (director Siodmak, cinematographer Musuraca, and composer Webb) put together this g read more
The Man from Laramie (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 23, 2013
The Man from Laramie Directed by Anthony Mann 1955/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation/William Goetz Productions First viewing #295 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Kate Canady: Ugly, too. This is a Technicolor Cinemascope Western set in the wide open spaces of New Mexico. Its “ read more
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 23, 2013
The Asphalt Jungle Directed by John Huston 1950/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Loew’s Repeat viewing #224 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is the granddaddy of all caper films and an essential film noir. The excellent ensemble cast is matched only by the outstanding cinematography, sc read more
The Big Steal (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 22, 2013
The Big Steal Directed by Don Siegel 1949/USA RKO Radio Pictures First viewing In the build up for my repeat viewing of Out of the Past, I thought I’d take a look at Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer’s other pairing. While this one is pleasant enough, it doesn’t hold a read more
Force of Evil (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 21, 2013
Force of Evil
Directed by Abraham Polonsky
1948/USA
Enterprise Productions/Roberts Pictures, Inc.
First viewing
#204 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This dynamite noir was the only film directed by screenwriter Abraham Polonsky before he was blacklisted by the Hollywood studios whe read more
Cat People (1942) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 20, 2013
Cat People Directed by Jacques Tourneur 1942/USA RKO Radio Pictures First viewing #154 of 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die I’ve been reading about this film so long it’s a wonder I haven’t seen it until now. It was certainly not a disappointment. Simone Simon plays Se read more
Ossessione (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 20, 2013
Ossessione
Directed by Lucino Visconti
1943/Italy
Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane (ICI)
Repeat viewing
#165 of 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die This neo-realist work was Lucino Visconti’s first feature film and the second screen adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel The Po read more
Criss Cross (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 19, 2013
Criss Cross Directed by Robert Siodmak 1949/US Universal International Pictures First viewing Mrs. Thompson: Huh! Some ways, she knows more than Einstein. This goes back to the roots of the classic film noir story line with its tortured leading man and femme fatale. With Burt Lancaster and read more
Throne of Blood (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 19, 2013
Throne of Blood (“Kumonosu-jô”) Directed by Akira Kurosawa 1957/Japan Toho Studios/Kurosawa Production Company Repeat viewing #320 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die IMDb users say 8.1/10; I say 9/10 Kurasawa’s stylized Noh-inspired adaptation of Shakespeare’s read more
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 18, 2013
Where the Sidewalk Ends Directed by Otto Preminger 1950/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing This film reprises Otto Preminger’s Laura pairing of Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney in a much grittier tale. Dana Andrews plays Mark Dixon, a New York City detective who compe read more
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 17, 2013
Nightmare Alley Edmund Goulding 1947/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing I radically revised my opinion of this deeply cynical carnival noir for the better after a several year hiatus. I liked it so much this time I can’t imagine what I was thinking before. I mus read more
This Gun for Hire (1942) (3)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 17, 2013
This Gun for Hire Directed by Frank Tuttle 1942/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing Alan Ladd’s screen magnetism made him a star his first time out in this sometimes hokey but enjoyable early noir. The film also was the first in a series pairing Ladd with co-star Veronica Lake. I hone read more