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Dreaming for You (2009)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 8, 2015
Ireland / 71 minutes / bw / Blank Canvas Dir & Scr: Eoin C. Macken Pr: Eoin C. Macken, Gerry Balfe Smyth Cine: Gerry Balfe Smyth Cast: Eoin Macken, Kettie Rompre, Tom Lambertson, James Catanzaro, Rekha Luther, Seijo Imazaki, Frank Macken, Bjorn Milz, Doug Porter, Robert Ross. Adam Chambers (Ma read more
o/t: what, Tuesday already? Then it must be time for Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 7, 2015
Yet another installment of the wonderfully useful roundup. As always, click anywhere on the list to be transported magicall to Todd’s Sweet Freedom site and the individual links: Allan Fish: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
Anne Billson: Russ Meyer
Bill Crider: Destination Moon [trailer]
BV Law read more
Double Exposure (1954)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 4, 2015
UK / 61 minutes / bw / Kenilworth–Mid-Century, Rank Dir & Scr: John Gilling Pr: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman Story: John Roddick Cine: Monty Berman Cast: John Bentley, Rona Anderson, Garry Marsh, Alexander Gauge, Ingeborg Wells, John Horsley, Doris Hare, Eric Berry, Frank Forsythe (i.e., Frank read more
Candidate, The (2010)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 2, 2015
US / 21 minutes / color / Drumbeater Dir: David Karlak Pr: Marcus Dunstan Scr: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton Story: “The Candidate” (1961 Rogue) by Henry Slesar Cine: Brandon Cox Cast: Tom Gulager, Robert Picardo, Meghan Markle, Vyto Ruginis, P.J. Byrne, Thomas Duffy. Burton Grunzer (Gulager) read more
Pre-Code morals: Barbara Stanwyck’s ‘bad’ girls
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 1, 2015
oooAnother great piece on Stanwyck, this time from Girls Do Film, as part of the the Classic Movie History Project blogathon, hosted by Movies Silently, Silver Screenings and Once Upon a Screen. Girls Do Film There’s a moment in almost every one of Barbara Stanwyck’s pre-Code films when the actress read more
o/t: Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 30, 2015
Another dose of the invaluably weekly roundup. As always, click anywhere on the list to be transported via the magic of the intertubes to Todd’s Sweet Freedom site, where you’ll find the individual links. Thanks, as always…for some reason, the mail messages are still trying to igno read more
o/t: June’s leisure reading
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 30, 2015
Fourteen books, split neatly 50/50 between male and female authors. Six of the books are comparatively recent (one hasn’t yet quite appeared), the other eight being of a vintage. Only one translation, although the month’s sole abandonment was also a translation (and by a female author). read more
Bande des Schreckens, Die (1960)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 27, 2015
vt The Terrible People; vt Hand of the Gallows West Germany / 91 minutes / bw / Rialto, Constantin Dir: Harald Reinl Pr: Helmut Beck Scr: J. Joachim Bartsch, Wolfgang Schnitzler Story: The Terrible People (1926; vt The Gallows’ Hand) by Edgar Wallace Cine: Albert Benitz Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, read more
The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon: Barbara Stanwyck and Film Noir
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 27, 2015
oooA tremendous account by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry of the icon’s foremost noir movies. shadowsandsatin Barbara Stanwyck wore many cinematic hats. This talented thespian first made a name for herself in a series of pre-Code gems, including Night Nurse (1931), Ten Cents a Dance (1931), Forbid read more
o/t: hurrah for WordPress
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 26, 2015
Normally my WordPress stats page has a blue band across the top of it. Sometime this afternoon, that became a rainbow band. Thank you, WordPress, for putting into a simple image what so many of us feel: slowly, despite the knuckledraggers, we’re becoming a better society. There’s a long read more
Back Page (1934)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 24, 2015
US / 63 minutes / bw / Pyramid Dir: Anton Lorenze Scr: F. McGrew Willis Story: Harry E. Chandlee, Douglas W. Churchill Cine: James S. Brown Jr. Cast: Peggy Shannon, Russell Hopton, Claude Gillingwater, Edwin Maxwell, Sterling Holloway, Rockliffe Fellowes, Richard Tucker, Bryant Washburn, David Calli read more
o/t: Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V . . . and on a Tuesday!
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 23, 2015
Another of Todd’s very useful roundups. Click anywhere on the list to go to Todd’s fine Sweet Freedom site, where you’ll find the individual links. Allan Fish: Black Mirror: White Christmas
Anne Billson: Holy Motors
Bill Crider: Hard Times [trailer]
Brian Arnold: The Stranger Wit read more
o/t: The Billy Wilder Blogathon
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 22, 2015
I’ve only just heard about this. Click on the poster for more! Great filmmaker One of the greatest American film makers of all-time! A little SUNSET BOULEVARD, ACE IN THE HOLE or DOUBLE INDEMNITY anyone? :) Thanks for dropping by, Sam. It was a great blogathon! Fill in your details below or read more
Ticket to a Crime (1934)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 20, 2015
US / 66 minutes / bw / Beacon Dir: Lewis D. Collins Pr: Max Alexander Scr: Charles A. Logue, Jack Neville Story: Carroll John Daly Cine: Gilbert Warrenton Cast: Ralph Graves, Lois Wilson, Lola Lane, James Burke, Charles Ray, Edward Earle, Hy Hoover, John Elliott, John Webb Dillon. A minor, moderate read more
o/t: 1947
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 18, 2015
Just a reminder of this upcoming event: My own contribution will be a piece on the movie Heartaches, directed by Basil Wrangell and with a splendid if second-tier cast: Sheila Ryan, Edward Norris, Chill Wills, Kenneth Farrell, James Seay, Frank Orth, Chili Williams, Al LaRue, Charles read more
o/t: Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 17, 2015
Yet another episode of the useful weekly roundup, this week with quite a lot of Christopher Lee-related material, for obvious reasons. As always, click anywhere on the list to be whisked to Todd’s Sweet Freedom blog and the individual links. Alan Fish: La maison des bois
Anne Billson: Scandin read more
Search for Beauty (1934)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 17, 2015
US / 79 minutes / bw / Paramount Dir: Erle C. Kenton Pr: E. Lloyd Sheldon Scr: Frank Butler, Claude Binyon, Sam Hellman Story: David Boehm, Maurine Watkins, based on a possibly unproduced play by Schuyler E. Grey and Paul R. Milton Cine: Harry Fischbeck Cast: Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Rober read more
Hollywood Mystery (1934)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 13, 2015
US / 54 minutes / bw / Fanchon Royer, Regal Dir: Breezy Eason Pr: Fanchon Royer Scr: John Thomas Neville Story: William Bloecher Cine: Ernest Miller Cast: June Clyde, Frank Albertson, José Crespo, Tenen Holtz, John Davidson, Stanley Price, Cyril Ring, Edith Terry Preuss, Frances Morris, William H. read more
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 11, 2015
vt Playgirl After Dark UK / 93 minutes / color / Wigmore, ABPC, Warner-Pathé Dir: Terence Young Pr: C.P. Hamilton Marshall Scr: Herbert Kretzmer Story: Harry Lee (idea) Cine: Otto Heller Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Leo Genn, Carl Boehm (i.e., Karlheinz Böhm), Danik Patisson, Christopher Lee, Kai Fischer, read more
Board to Death (2015)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 10, 2015
UK / 17 minutes / bw / Broken Lens Dir: Dammie Akinmola Pr: Alex Matthews Scr & Cine: Kazi Zaman Story: “Death by Scrabble” (2006 eastoftheweb.com) by Charlie Fish Cast: Joshua Expósito, Victoria Ashford, Cristinel Hogas, Carl Muircroft, Christopher Walthorne, Latifah Parara, Luke Wa read more