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Swamp Woman (1941)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 19, 2015
US / 68 minutes / bw / PRC Dir: Elmer Clifton Pr: George R. Batcheller, Max Alexander, George M. Merrick Scr: Arthur G. Durlam Story: Fred McConnell Cine: Eddie Linden Cast: Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Mary Hull, Ian MacDonald, Jay Novello, Richard Deane, Lois Austin, Earl Gunn, Guy Wilkerson, Jimmy Aub read more
Gang’s All Here, The (1941)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 16, 2015
vt In the Night
US / 61 minutes / bw / Monogram Dir: Jean Yarbrough Pr: Lindsley Parsons Scr: Edmond Kelso Cine: Mack Stengler Cast: Frankie Darro, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Robert Homans, Irving Mitchell, Ed Cassidy, Pat Gleason, Jack Kenney, Jack Ingraham, Laurenc read more
Gambling Daughters (1941)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 12, 2015
US / 63 minutes / bw / PRC Dir: Max Nosseck Pr: George R. Batcheller, T.H. Richmond Scr: Joel Kay, Arnold Phillips, Genevieve Hogan Story: Sidney Sheldon, Ben Roberts Cine: Mack Stengler Cast: Cecilia Parker, Roger Pryor, Robert Baldwin, Sigi Arno, Gale Storm, Charles Miller, Al Hall, Eddie Foster, read more
Cottage to Let (1941)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 9, 2015
vt Bombsight Stolen
UK / 86 minutes / bw / Gainsborough, Gaumont, BPC Dir: Anthony Asquith Pr: Edward Black Scr: A. de Grunwald, J.O.C. Orton Story: Cottage to Let (1939 play) by Geoffrey Kerr Cine: Jack Cox Cast: Leslie Banks, Jeanne De Casalis, Carla Lehman (i.e., Carla Lehmann), Alastair Sim, Joh read more
Hei$t, The (1989 TVM)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 5, 2015
vt The Heist
US / 97 minutes / color / Chris/Rose, HBO Dir: Stuart Orme Pr: Rick Rosenberg, Bob Christiansen Scr: William Irish Jr, David Fuller, Rick Natkin Story: William Irish Jr Cine: George Tirl Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Tom Skerritt, Wendy Hughes, Noble Willingham, Tom Atkins, Robert Prosky, Steph read more
Girl who Came Back, The (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 2, 2015
US / 67 minutes / bw / Chesterfield, First Division Dir: Charles Lamont Pr: George R. Batcheller Scr: Ewart Adamson Cine: M.A. Andersen Cast: Shirley Grey, Sidney Blackmer, Noel Madison, Mathew Betz, Torben Meyer, May Beatty, Frank LaRue, Ida Darling, Robert Adair, Edward Martindel, John Dilson, Don read more
o/t: since it’s Wednesday, it must be time for Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 2, 2015
Todd’s incredibly popular weekly roundup continues. Click anywhere on the list and the Force will guide you to Todd’s Sweet Freedom page where you can click on the individual links. Me, I’m right now watching yet another Mantan Moreland/Frankie Darro flic: it’s the funniest I read more
o/t: leisure reading in November
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 1, 2015
Another fairly meager month’s worth of reading, at least in terms of the number of books read. This was supposed to be British Isles Month for me, but I wasn’t long into the month before a UK publisher asked me if I’d like to read and do a cover quote for their new edition of a Gre read more
Flood Tide (1958)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 28, 2015
US / 82 minutes / bw / Universal–International Dir: Abner Biberman Pr: Robert Arthur Scr: Dorothy Cooper Story: Barry Trivers Cine: Arthur E. Arling Cast: George Nader, Cornell Borchers, Michel Ray, Judson Pratt, Joanna Moore, Charles E. Arnt, Russ Conway, John Morley, John Maxwell, Carl Bens read more
Flat Two (1962)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 24, 2015
| UK / 58 minutes / bw / Merton Park, Anglo-Amalgamated Dir: Alan Cooke Pr: Jack Greenwood Scr: Lindsay Galloway Story: Flat 2 (1927) by Edgar Wallace Cine: Bert Mason Cast: John Le Mesurier, Jack Watling, Bernard Archard, Barry Keegan, Ann Bell, Campbell Singer, Charles Lloyd Pack, David Bau read more
o/t: a double dose of Todd Mason’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 24, 2015
Todd was a bit late with the classic roundup last week, which meant that by the time it arrives I was in the midst of preparations for Philcon (the annual convention of the Philadelphia SF Society), notably the final tuning of the talk I was scheduled to give there. One of the great pleasures of Phi read more
Curtain at Eight (1933)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 19, 2015
| US / 61 minutes / bw / Larry Darmour Productions, Majestic, Capitol Dir: E. Mason Hopper Pr: Phil Goldstone Scr: Edward T. Lowe Story: The Back Stage Mystery (1930) by Octavus Roy Cohen Cine: Ira Morgan Cast: C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill, Paul Cavanagh, Sam Hardy, Marion Shilling, Russ read more
o/t: The Fourth Messenger
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 18, 2015
For some years one of my favorite songwriters has been Vienna Teng: she’s released good album after good album, and her Inland Territory is, I’d suggest, one of THE great albums. I’ve just discovered that she’s written/cowritten a musical, The Fourth Messenger, based read more
Crime Unlimited (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 13, 2015
Preamble: I never talk politics on this site but, just this once: A moment of solidarity with Paris, please. The French are our oldest allies (despite congressional clowns and their cries of “Freedom Fries”). If we want to uphold freedom then tonight we must say, very loudly, that Nous read more
o/t: Todd Mason’s Overlooked A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 11, 2015
And another episode of this excellent series of roundups. Click anywhere on the list to be taken to Todd’s Sweet Freedom blog, where you’ll find all the individual links. Anne Billson: Dreams in films; the Rise and Fall of Westerns
Anonymous: Sullivan’s Travels; I Married a Witch; read more
Channel Crossing (1933)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 10, 2015
UK / 66 minutes / bw / Gaumont–British Dir: Milton Rosmer Scr: W.P. Lipscomb, C. Campion Story: W.P. Lipscomb Cine: Philip Tannura Cast: Matheson Lang, Constance Cummings, Anthony Bushell, Dorothy Dickson, Nigel Bruce, Edmund Gwenn, Douglas Jefferies, H.G. Stoker, Max Miller, Viola Lyel, Clare Greet read more
Borderline (2002 TVM)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 5, 2015
Germany, US, South Africa / 90 minutes / color / ApolloMedia Filmproduktion, MPCA, MPCE. Dir: Evelyn Maude Purcell Pr: Adam Richman, David Lancaster, Brad Krevoy, Frank Hübner Scr: David Loucka Cine: Michael Brierley Cast: Gina Gershon, Michael Biehn, Sean Patrick Flanery, Rae Allen, Eddie Driscoll, read more
Todd Mason’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 1, 2015
Another of Todd’s fabulously useful roundups. As always, click anywhere on the list to catch the next Number 18 bus via 221B Baker Street to the relevant page of Todd’s Sweet Freedom blog, where you’ll find the individual links to the various posts. Just this once, you’ll als read more
o/t: October’s leisure reading
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 1, 2015
Fewer than usual books this month, due to work-related and other pressures on my time, but for me a very rich month’s worth of reading. The links are to my GoodReads notes on the various books. The Panda Theory by Pascal Garnier
Bad Intentions by Karin Fossum
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo read more
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 31, 2015
| UK / 38 minutes / bw / IMP, Grand National Dir & Scr: John Gilling Pr: Harry Reynolds Cine: Cyril Bristow Cast: Victoria Hopper, John Stuart, John Le Mesurier, Frank Hawkins, Antony Doonan, Blanche Fothergill, T. Gilly Fenwick, William Douglas, A. Sawford-Dye, Elizabeth Howarth, Pat Rya read more