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Sensation Hunters (1945)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Mar 17, 2018
vt Club Paradise
US / 62 minutes / bw / Monogram, Associated Artists Dir: Christy Cabanne Pr: Joseph Kaufman Scr: Dennis Cooper Story: John Faxon Cine: Ira Morgan Cast: Robert Lowery, Doris Merrick, Eddie Quillan, Constance Worth, Isabel Jewell, Wanda McKay, Nestor Paiva, Byron Foulger, Vince Barnet read more
Crime Over London (1936)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Mar 10, 2018
UK / 63 minutes / bw / Anglo–American, Criterion Dir: Alfred Zeisler Pr: Marcel Hellman Scr: Norman Alexander, Harold French Story: probably Punks Kommt aus Amerika (1929) by Louis de Wohl Cine: Victor Armenise Cast: Joseph Cawthorn, Bruce Lister, Rène Ray, Paul Cavanagh, Basil Sydney, Margot Graham read more
reblog: Policeman (1933; Tomu Uchida)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Mar 5, 2018
***Over at Wonders in the Dark, in his regular “Fish Obscuro” column, Jared Dec has a tremendous account of a movie that should I think be of great interest to many readers of this site. He’s kindly given me permission to reblog it here. Wonders in the Dark by Jared Dec Japan 1933 read more
Murder by Rope (1936)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Mar 3, 2018
UK / 63 minutes / bw / Ambassador Film Productions, British & Dominions Film Corporation Dir: George Pearson Scr: Ralph Neale Story: Ralph Neale Cine: Ernest Palmer Cast: D.A. Clarke-Smith, Sunday Wilshin, Wilfred Hyde-White (i.e., Wilfrid Hyde-White), Dorothy Hamilton, Constance Godridge, Guy B read more
o/t: February’s leisure reading
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 28, 2018
The usual mix of excellent, good and not-so-good books this past month, with the Himes and the Tran probably being the standouts. The links are as usual to my Goodreads notes. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log read more
Jennifer (1953)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 24, 2018
US / 73 minutes / bw / Monogram Dir: Joel Newton Pr: Berman Swarttz Scr: Richard Dorso, Bernard Girard Story: Virginia Myers Cine: James Wong Howe Cast: Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Robert Nichols, Mary Shipp, Ned Glass, Kitty McHugh, Russ Conway, Lorna Thayer, Matt Dennis. Thirtysomething secretary Ag read more
reblog: The Blaxploitation Era: A Scrapbook from the ’70s
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 20, 2018
Over on his film and anime blog, Brian Camp has an extensive — and copiously illustrated — personal essay on the 1970s blaxploitation scene, complete with plenty of discussion of one of my personal icons, Pam Grier. Here’s the start of it: ====== In going through old file boxes fro read more
Bergère d’Ivry, La (1913)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 17, 2018
France / 29 minutes / bw / Société Française des Films Éclair Dir: Maurice Tourneur Story: La Bergère d’Ivry (1839 play) by Gabriel de Lurieu and Michel Delaporte? Cast: Renée Sylvaire, Paulette Noizeux, Henry Roussel, Albert Decoeur. An early outing from noted director Maurice Tourneur—it read more
Judgment Deferred (1952)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 10, 2018
UK / 84 minutes / bw / Associated British-Pathé Dir & Pr: John Baxter Scr: Geoffrey Orme, Walter Meade Story: screenplay for Doss House (1933) by C.G.H. Ayres Cine: Arthur Grant Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Helen Shingler, Abraham Sofaer, Leslie Dwyer, Joan Collins, Elwyn Brook Jones, Harry Locke, Marce read more
Love Bound (1932)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 3, 2018
vt Murder on the High Seas
US / 61 minutes / bw / Peerless, Hollywood Film Exchange Dir: Robert F. Hill Pr: Al Herman Scr: Robert F. Hill, George Plympton Story: J. Gilbert Cine: E. Fox Walker Cast: Jack Mulhall, Natalie Moorhead, Clara Kimball Young, Edmund Breese, Tom Rickets (i.e., Tom Ricketts), read more
o/t: leisure reading in January
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 2, 2018
Overall, an enjoyable month’s reading — and surprisingly prolific, at least to me, bearing in mind that I’ve been working flat-out all month on various aspects of two books of my own scheduled for 2018 (of which more here anon). The links are as usual to my scrappy Goodreads notes, read more
Fly-by-Night (1942)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 27, 2018
vt Dangerous Holiday
US / 72 minutes / bw / Paramount Dir: Robert Siodmak Pr: Sol C. Siegel Scr: Jay Dratler, F. Hugh Herbert Story: Ben Roberts, Sidney Sheldon Cine: John Seitz Cast: Richard Carlson, Nancy Kelly, Albert Basserman, Miles Mander, Walter Kingsford, Martin Kosleck, Marion Martin, Oscar read more
reblog: Le Jour se Lève and Film Noir
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 23, 2018
***Jean Gabin is a favorite of this site, as is French noir in general, and the same could be said for the blog B Noir Detour. Many thanks to the latter’s Salome Wilde for permission to reblog her splendid evaluation of 1939’s Le Jour se Lève. B Noir Detour Every time I see a film starr read more
A Portrait of Murder (1955 TVM)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 20, 2018
vt Laura
US / 43 minutes / bw / CBS Dir: John Brahm Pr: Otto Lang Scr: Mel Dinelli Story: Laura (1943) by Vera Caspary Cine: Lloyd Ahern Cast: George Sanders, Dana Wynter, Robert Stack, Scott Forbes, Johnny Washbrook, Gloria Clark, Gordon Wynne, Robert Williams, Harry Carter. Done as an episode of read more
Crown v. Stevens (1936)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 12, 2018
UK / 66 minutes / bw / Warner Bros. First National Dir: Michael Powell Scr: Brock Williams Story: Third Time Unlucky (1935) by Laurence Meynell Cine: Basil Emmott Cast: Beatrix Thomson, Patric Knowles, Glennis Lorimer, Reginald Purdell, Allan Jeayes, Frederick Piper, Googie Withers, Mabel Poulton, B read more
Witness Chair, The (1936)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 6, 2018
US / 64 minutes / bw / RKO Dir: George Nicholls Jr Scr: Rian James, Gertrude Purcell Story: Rita Weiman Cine: Robert de Grasse Cast: Ann Harding, Walter Abel, Douglass Dumbrille, Frances Sage, Moroni Olsen, Margaret Hamilton, Maxine Jennings, William Benedict, Paul Harvey, Murray Kinnell, Charles Ar read more
o/t: RIP, Peggy Cummins.
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 2, 2018
***Sad news, via The Hannibal 8. I must get out of the habit I’ve had for years, every time I saw the name Peggy Cummins, of smiling at the cheerful thought that she was still alive after all these years. The Hannibal 8 Peggy Cummins (Augusta Margaret Diane Fuller) (December 18, 1925 – Decemb read more
o/t: December’s leisure reading
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 31, 2017
And so another year circles to its end. I read eleven books during December (plus a couple of abandonments) and, although nothing blew me away, a couple came close and I enjoyed most of the rest. The links go to my often rather scrappy Goodreads notes: 2017 has been a vile year on so many fronts it& read more
Repeat Performance (1947)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 30, 2017
US / 92 minutes / bw / Bryan Foy Productions, Eagle–Lion Dir: Alfred Werker Pr: Aubrey Schenck Scr: Walter Bullock Story: Repeat Performance (1942) by William O’Farrell Cine: Lew W. O’Connell Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway, Richard Basehart, Natalie Schafer, Benay read more
A Gun for Christmas (1952 TVM)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 26, 2017
vt The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas US / 26 minutes / bw / Mark VII, NBC Dir: Jack Webb Pr: Michael Meshekoff Scr: James Moser, Jack Webb Cine: Edward Colman Cast: Jack Webb, Herbert Ellis, Wm. Johnstone, June Whitley, Sammy Ogg, Virginia Christine, Rennie McEvoy, Olan Soulé, George Fenneman (voiceov read more