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Charles Farrell "City Girl" (1930)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Mar 8, 2010
"City Girl" (1930) is a silent romantic drama starring Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence, and Anne Shirley. Directed by F.W. Murnau and based on the play "The Mud Turtle," by Elliott Lester, this film is about the clash between urban and rural values and the conflicting relationship betw read more
THE OUT OF TOWNERS (1969)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 6, 2010
SANDY DENNIS
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 6, 2010
Sandy Dennis, made her first television performance in 1956 in The Guiding Light and her first film performance in Splendor in the Grass (1961). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). She followed this with her performances in Up the Down Staircase read more
This Week on Noir and Chick Flicks: (24)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 5, 2010
This month on TCM there is going to be what I call "Glamors Fun". All the Ginger Rodgers you could ever hope to see. Please check side bar for more info. Monday a HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE to one of my favorite dancers of all time, Cyd Carrise (pictured above). Also a note to ESTHER WILLIAMS fans. ON read more
Chick Flicks at the Movies: NIGHT LIFE IN RENO(1931)- Pre Code.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 4, 2010
NIGHT LIFE IN RENO (1931). Pre-code. Director: Raymond Cannon. Cast: Virginia Valli, Jameson Thomas and Dorothy Christy.
John Wyatt is caught with another woman which angers his wife. June decides to make a trip to Reno for a divorce. Since Reno requires a six-week wait for a divorce to become f read more
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 3, 2010
This Gun for Hire (1942). Crime drama/film noir. Director: Frank Tuttle. Based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene. Cast: Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd and Yvonne De Carlo.
In San Francisco, during World War II, Philip Raven, a hired killer, awakens from his lat read more
VERONICA LAKE
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 3, 2010
Veronica Lake, breakthrough film was, I Wanted Wings (1941), Lake played the second female lead and stole all the scenes she performed in. This was followed by, Hold Back the Dawn. She had starring role in, Sullivan's Travels, This Gun for Hire, I Married a Witch, The Glass Key, and So Proudly We read more
ANNA MAY WONG
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 2, 2010
Anna May Wong was working at Hollywood's Ville de Paris department store when Metro Pictures needed 300 girl extras to perform in the film The Red Lantern (1919). Without her father's knowledge, a friend of his with movie connections helped Anna May land a role as an extra carrying a lantern.By the read more
MADGE EVANS
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 1, 2010
Madge signed with Metro Goldwyn Mayer in 1927. She often performed as the fiancee of the leading man. Working for MGM in the 1930s, she performed in Dinner at Eight(1933), Broadway to Hollywood(1933), Hell Below(1933), and David Copperfield(1935). In 1933, she performed with James Cagney in The May read more
Dolores Costello "Old San Francisco" (1927)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Mar 1, 2010
"Old San Francisco" (1927) is a silent romantic drama starring Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Charles Emmett Mack, and Josef Swickard. Directed by Alan Crosland and adapted from the story by Darryl F. Zanuck, this film is about a family of noble Spanish blood living in San Francisco in the early t read more
GRASS ROOTS performance in WITH SIX YOU GET EGG ROLL (1968).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 28, 2010
Grass Roots performance in With Six You Get Egg Roll.
WITH SIX YOU GET EGG ROLL. This was Doris Days final acting appearance in a feature film, since her TV show The Doris Day Show premiered one month later in September 1968. It is the acting debut of comedian George Carlin. Also a fun movie cli read more
MERLE OBERON
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 26, 2010
Merle Oberon, Indian-born British actress. Was known as "Queenie Thompson" up until 1939 when her husband Alexander Korda convinced her to change her name. She began her film career in the British film The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934). She traveled to the Unit read more
THIS WEEK on NOIR and CHICK FLICKS (5)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 26, 2010
This week showing on Noir and Chick Flicks, at the movies:(Located on sidebar). NIGHT LIFE IN RENO (1931). Director: Raymond Cannon. Cast: Virginia Valli (pictured above), Jameson Thomas and Dorothy Christy. THIS WEEKS TCM SPOTLIGHT: STAGE DOOR (1937). Sat. Feb. 27th. Tells the story of several w read more
STAGE DOOR (1937)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 26, 2010
Stage Door (1937). Adapted from the play by the same name. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Constance Collier, Andrea Leeds, Samuel S. Hinds, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden and Ann Miller.
When Terry Randall, an aspiring actress arrives at the Footlights Club, she i read more
EVE ARDEN
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 26, 2010
Eunice Quedens, first performance was at age seven, when she won a WCTU medal for her recital of the poem "No Kicka My Dog." After graduating from high school, she became a actress on the California stock company circuit. She played a seductress in the Columbia talkie, Song of Love (1929) then joi read more
Mary Pickford receiving an Honorary Oscar®
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 25, 2010
Mary Pickford Clip.
Gene Kelly and Producer Walter Mirisch presenting an Honorary Oscar® to Mary Pickford in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry. read more
VIRGINIA VALLI
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 24, 2010
Virginia Valli, acting career started in the silent film era and lasted until the beginning of the sound film era of the 1930s. Born Virginia McSweeney in Chicago, Illinois, she got her acting start in Milwaukee with a stock company. She also did some film work with Essanay Studios in her hometown read more
THE DIVORCEE (1930)- Pre-Code.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 23, 2010
The Divorcee (1930) Drama. Based on the novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott. Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Chester Morris, Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Conrad Nagel, and Florence Eldridge. Other movies with the same title were released in 1917, 1919 and 1969. Shearer was not first choice for read more
NORMA SHEARER (2)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 23, 2010
Norma Shearer is best known as the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen. In March 2008, two of her most famous pre-code films, The Divorcee and A Free Sole. In 1920 her mother took Norma and her sister to New York to addtion for Ziegfeld read more
King Vidor "Wild Oranges" (1924)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Feb 23, 2010
"Wild Oranges" (1924) is a silent romantic drama starring Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli, and Ford Sterling. Directed by King Vidor and adapted from the novel by Joseph Hergesheimer, this film captures the bittersweet theme of love and loss. The story begins with John Woolfolk, played by Frank Mayo, ma read more