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This Week On Noir and Chick Flicks: (7)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 18, 2010
This week at the movies: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, was an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over 30 years.
This weeks feature read more
Blonde Ice (1948)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 17, 2010
The film begins with Claire Cummings, a gossip reporter, who just married wealthy businessman Carl Hanneman, but.. that doesn't stop her from pledging her undying love to another man. Later at the race track Carl can not believe all the money she is betting on the horses. A letter reveals that sh read more
Happy Birthday: Ann Bancroft!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 17, 2010
Ann Bancroft, made her first film in, Don't Bother to Knock (1952). A thriller film also starring Marilyn Monroe and Nell Forbes, a disturbed babysitter working at the same New York hotel where pilot Jed Towers(Richard Widmark) is staying. He watches her through his window and later the two meet. T read more
Drama: Summertime(1955).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 16, 2010
Summertime(1955). American/British drama film directed by David Lean. The screenplay by Lean and H. E. Bates is based on the play The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda and Darren McGavin.
American Jane Hudson, a middle-aged, unwed secreta read more
Happy Birthday: Lauren Bacall!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 16, 2010
Lauren Bacall (born September 16, 1924), first began her acting career as leading lady in film noirs, The Big Sleep (1946), directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. A film about the process of a criminal investigation instead of its results read more
The Fountainhead(1949).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 15, 2010
The Fountainhead(1949). film based on the book of the same name by Ayn Rand. Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Robert Douglas and Kent Smith. The film was directed by King Vidor, with the screenplay written by Rand.
Banner Critic Ellsworth Toohey, does not care for architect Roark read more
Patricia Neal "Looks Like" Sophie Dahl or maybe...Christa Miller.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 15, 2010
When I first started to put this "Looks Like" article together, I was pleasently suprised to learn that Patricia Neal, was the Grandmother, to her "look likes" granddaughter, Sophie Dahl. I also think that Patricia Neal "Looks Like", Christa Miller. To keep it fair :)
Patricia Neal, was best known read more
Happy Birthday: Fay Wray!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 15, 2010
Fay Wray, was a Canadian-American actress. Fay's acting career spanned 57 years, Wray is best known for her horror film roles, many believed she was the first "scream queen".
After performing in minor film roles,which caught the attention to Paramount Pictures, where she made more than a dozen fi read more
Happy Birthday Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Sep 15, 2010
Happy Birthday to British actress Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990) who I enjoyed immensely in Hitchcock's 1938 classic film, The Lady Vanishes. She is also notable for such other films as Night Train to Munich (1940), The Wicked Lady (1945) and Cast A Dark Shadow (1955). Dawn, if you have never seen h read more
Silent Film Star: Jetta Goudal.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 14, 2010
Although Jetta Goudal, was a star rivaling that of Gloria Swanson and fellow vamps Barbara La Marr and Nita Naldi. She began her career on stage in Europe. Arriving in America (New York City), she first performed on Broadway in the drama "The Hero" in March of 1921. That September she returned wi read more
Star of the Month: Vivian Leigh. (2)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 14, 2010
Gone With the Wind(1939). The title is from the poem, Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson. Scarlett O'Hara, uses the phrase from a line in the book: when her home is taken by the Yankees, she wonders if her plantation, is still standing, or if it was "also gone with the wi read more
Happy Birthday: Claudette Colbert !
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 13, 2010
Claudette Colbert was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for three films, It Happened One Night (1934). Directed by Frank Capra. The story is about a pampered socialite who tries to get away from her father's control, and falls in love with a reporter (Clark Gable). The plot was based read more
“The Coming of Amos” (1925) Rod La Rocque
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Sep 13, 2010
“The Coming of Amos” (1925) is a romantic drama starring Rod La Rocque, Jetta Goudal, and Noah Beery. Directed by Paul Sloane and adapted from the novel by William J. Locke, this film is about an Australian sheep rancher who falls in love with a Russian princess that read more
An Unlikely Pair of Look-Alikes
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by ClassicBecky on Sep 13, 2010
Dawn, I was watching young Martin Sheen tonight in "The Subject Was Roses". I was struck by the resemblance between Sheen and another, completely different actor!
and, of all people, Rob Schneider
The resemblance was remarkable when you saw Martin Sheen talking and smiling, but I couldn't fin read more
This Week on Noir and Chick Flicks. (5)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 11, 2010
This week on Noir and Chick Flicks at the movies: Blonde Ice(1948). A society reporter keeps herself in the headlines by marrying a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances. Cast: Robert Paige and Leslie Brooks (picture above). Click picture located on side bar to vi read more
Happy Birthday, Claudette Colbert!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 10, 2010
Born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin in Saint-Mandé, Seine, France, September 13, 1903, to Georges Cauchoin and his wife, her family emigrated to the United States and settled in New York City. She had one brother, Charles, who later became her agent.
She began acting in high school and a few years la read more
Silent Film Star: Mary Nolan. (2)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 8, 2010
Born Mary Robertson, she moved to New York City in 1919 where she worked as a model. She was soon discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld, who hired her and gave her the stage name, Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson (the first of three name changes she was to have). She became so popular that one columnist by the n read more
Chick Flicks at the Movies: Behind the Green Lights(1946)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 8, 2010
Behind the Green Lights(1948). Cast: Carole Landis and William Gargan. Director: Otto Brower who directed 45 movies before he died in 1946. This movie was released a month after his death.
The trouble begins when the body of a murdered private detective is found in an abandoned car. An officer on read more
Fun Facts: Vivian Leigh.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 7, 2010
Despite her legendary stature, Leigh made fewer than twenty films in her career.
Was offered the supporting role of Isabella in Wuthering Heights (1939), but decided to hold out for the lead role of Cathy. Director William Wyler thought she was crazy to pass up the opportunity, telling her, "You read more
Vivien Leigh in the heart-breaking WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Sep 7, 2010
Vivien Leigh is the featured star on TCM this month. And every Tuesday they will be playing some of her movies. Well, I just watched a film of hers that I had never seen before called Waterloo Bridge and it is an excellent film. Waterloo was the first film Ms. Leigh made after the hugely successful read more