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Pitfall (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 8, 2014
Pitfall Directed by Andre de Toth Written by Karl Kamb based on the novel The Pitfall by Jay Dratler 1948/USA Regal Films First viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video When it’s 1948 and you step on your wife with a lady who has caught Raymond Burr’s eye, you’ve got to know you are in read more
Phantom Lady (1944)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 7, 2014
Phantom Lady Directed by Robert Siodmak Written by Bernard C. Schoenfeeld based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich 1944/USA Universal Pictures First viewing/TCM Dark Crime Collection DVD And now for some real film noir complete with Dutch angles and lots of shiny low-key photography! The film has read more
Nightfall (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 7, 2014
Nightfall Directed by Jacques Tourneur Written by Stirling Silliphant from a novel by David Goodis 1957/USA Copa Productions First viewing/Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics III This is a suspense drama highlighted by the beautiful young Anne Bancroft and some equally beautiful cinematography by read more
The Lineup (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 6, 2014
The Lineup
Directed by Don Siegel
Written by Stirling Silliphant
1958/USA
Columbia Pictures Corportation/Pajemer Productions
First viewing/Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics I This TV-spinoff requires quite the suspension of disbelief but makes up for it with a trio of very fun hoods. A tax read more
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 5, 2014
The Desperate Hours Directed by William Wyler Written by Joseph Hayes from his novel and play 1955/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Warner Bros. Home Video DVD Bogie comes full circle from a career-making performance as hostage-taker Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1936) to a simila read more
The Sniper (1952)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 4, 2014
The Sniper Directed by Edward Dmytryk Written by Harry Brown, Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt 1952/USA Stanley Kramer Productions/Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics DVD Returned war vet Eddie Miller (Arthur Franz) is one sick puppy. By day he is read more
Run Lola Run (1998)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 3, 2014
Run Lola Run (“Lola rennt”) Directed by Tom Twyker Written by Tom Twyker 1998/Germany X-Filme Creative Pool/Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)/Arte Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #972 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die IMDb users say 7.8/10; I say 6/10 I really don’t like this read more
Act of Violence (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 2, 2014
Act of Violence
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Written by Robert L. Richards and Collier Young
1948/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing/Warner Noir Collection Vol. 4 This is a tense thriller with a social conscience that presages the many good things director Zinnemann (High Noon, From Here to read more
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 1, 2014
The Blue Dahlia Directed by George Marshall Written by Raymond Chandler 1946/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/TCM Dark Crimes DVD Raymond Chandler famously wrote his original screenplay for The Blue Dahlia at home during shooting while he was on a drunken bender. The plot doesn’t read more
31 More Days of Film Noir
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 1, 2014
As the temperatures soar here in the desert, it is time for me to escape into the shadows with another month of film noir. It will be all film noir all the time for the next 31 days. I hope I have found a good mixture of lesser-known and more famous films noir. I plan to select from films read more
Rage in Heaven (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 30, 2014
Rage in Heaven
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Written by Christopher Isherwood and Robert Thoeren from a novel by James Hilton
1941/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing/Amazon Instant Video Rage in Heaven is kind of a mess, but an interesting one. The story begins in Paris where psychiatrist Dr. read more
The Corsican Brothers (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 29, 2014
The Corsican Brothers Directed by Gregory Ratoff Written by George Bruce and Howard Eastabrook based on the novel by Alexander Dumas pére 1941/USA Edward Small Productions First viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video I thought this was a very well-done swashbuckler. The Countess Franchi gives bir read more
Blood and Sand (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 28, 2014
Blood and Sand Directed by Rouben Mamoulian Written by Jo Swerling based on a novel by Vicente Basco Ibañez 1941/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental The technicolor and the spectacle are grand but I couldn’t get caught up in the story. Juan (Tyrone read more
Detour (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 27, 2014
Detour Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer Written by Martin Goldsmith 1945/USA Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) Repeat viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video #186 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Vera: Are the girls in Phoenix that bad? This classic shows what a gifted director can do with six read more
Paisan (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 26, 2014
Paisan (“Paisá”)
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Written by Sergio Amadei, Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini et al
1946/Italy
Organizzazione Film Internazionali (OFI)
First viewing/Hulu Plus
#195 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
IMDb users say 7.8/10; I say 8/10 This is a read more
The 47 Ronin (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 25, 2014
The 47 Ronin (“Genroku Chûshingura”) Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Written by Kenichiro Hara, Seika Mayama, and Yoshikata Yoda 1941/Japan IMA Productions/Shôchiku Eiga First viewing/Streaming on Hulu Plus The Japanese Ministry of Information commissioned this film as propaganda read more
The Spell of Amy Nugent (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 25, 2014
The Spell of Amy Nugent (AKA “Spellbound” and “Passing Clouds”)
Directed by John Harlow
Written by Miles Malleson and Hugh Benson based on the play “Necromancer” by Robert Benson
1941/UK
Pyramid Amalgamated Pictures
First viewing/Amazon Instant Video Accord read more
Penny Serenade (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 24, 2014
Penny Serenade
Directed by George Stevens
Written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind
1941/USA
Columbia Pictures Corporation
First viewing/Netflix rental With every picture I see directed by George Stevens, I admire his work more. The story is told in flashback as Julie Adams (Irene Dunne) listens read more
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 23, 2014
I Wake Up Screaming
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Written by Dwight Taylor from a novel by Steve Fisher
1941/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Larry Evans: No, but the rest of it isn’t on the menu. Vicky Lynn: You couldn’t afford it if it read more
Blues in the Night (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 23, 2014
Blues in the Night Directed by Anatole Litvak Written by Robert Rossen from the play Hot Nocturne by Edwin Gilbert 1941/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental A musical film noir? And in 1941 already? A white band playing blues? Well, partly. “Jigger” Pine (Richard Whorf) read more