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Shrike, The (1955)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 21, 2015
US / 88 minutes / bw / Universal‑‑International Dir: José Ferrer Pr: Aaron Rosenberg Scr: Ketti Frings Story: The Shrike (1952 play) by Joseph Kramm Cine: William Daniels Cast: José Ferrer, June Allyson, Joy Page, Kendall Clark, Isabel Bonner, Will Kuluva, Joe Comadore, Billy M. Greene, Leigh read more
o/t: a starred review in SLJ
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 20, 2015
I really don’t want this site to get clogged up with o/t posts about my other books, but it’s a busy few weeks for me at the moment, in that a couple of books are coming out in quick succession. So please bear with me . . . The YA book of mine on critical thinking that’s being pub read more
Escapade (1955)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 18, 2015
UK / 87 minutes / bw / Angel, Eros Dir: Philip Leacock Pr: Daniel M. Angel Scr: Gilbert Holland (i.e., Donald Ogden Stewart) Story: Escapade (1953? play) by Roger MacDougall Cine: Eric Cross Cast: John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Alastair Sim, Jeremy Spenser, Andrew Ray, Marie Lohr, Colin Gordon, Nicky read more
o/t: me, interviewed
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 18, 2015
Jan Edwards has graciously posted an interview with me at her blog. You can read it here. I have several blog interviews coming up between now and the end of March, and I’ll mention them here as they happen. Interesting, cheers Thanks! As always with interviews, I find it not so much interesti read more
Broadway Jungle (1955)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 14, 2015
vt Hollywood Jungle
US / 61 minutes / bw / Amart Dir & Pr & Scr: Phil Tucker Cine: Saul Resnick Cast: Norman Wright, June Gilmore, George Robeleto, Bruno Metza, Hal Braun, Delia Figueroa, Val Russell, Earl Graves, Eve Miller, Paul Doro. A movie to keep in mind should you ever discover you&# read more
Double Identity (2009 DTV)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 11, 2015
vt Fake Identity
US / 93 minutes / color / Millennium, Nu Image Dir: Dennis Dimster-Denk Pr & Scr: Zvia Dimbort, Dennis Dimster-Denk Cine: Lorenzo Senatore Cast: Val Kilmer, Izabella Miko, Julian Wadham, Hristo Shopov, Michael Cronin, Valentine Pelka, Valentin Ganev, Rushen Vidiniev, Zachary Bah read more
o/t: RIP Lizabeth Scott
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 7, 2015
I’ve just now heard the sorry news that Lizabeth Scott, one of the best of the film noir actresses and one of the genre’s greatest femmes fatales, has died at the age of 92. This makes me sadder than you can imagine. I wanted her to live well forever, as the best revenge. Sad news. I tho read more
Silent Passenger, The (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 7, 2015
UK / 63 minutes (but see below) / bw / Phoenix, Associated British Dir: Reginald Denham Pr: Hugh Perceval Scr: Basil Mason Story: Dorothy L. Sayers Cine: Jan Stallich Cast: John Loder, Peter Haddon, Mary Newland (i.e., Lilian Oldland), Austin Trevor, Aubrey Mather, Donald Wolfit, Leslie Perrins, Ral read more
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 4, 2015
US / 75 minutes / bw / MGM Dir: George B. Seitz Pr: Lucien Hubbard Scr: Wells Root Story: Arthur Somers Roche Cine: Charles Clarke Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Bruce, Constance Collier, Isabel Jewell, Arthur Byron, Betty Furness, Regis Toomey, Ivan Simpson, Bradley Page, Edward Brophy, Samuel S. H read more
o/t: fiction read during January
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 1, 2015
I read quite a number of novels this past month (plus a few books for work, not shown here) and made somewhat scrappy notes about them across at Goodreads. They’re all crime novels in one way or another with the arguable exception of the Prose; in February, once I’ve got Spooky Science d read more
Midnight Warning (1932)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 31, 2015
vt Eyes of Mystery
US / 63 minutes / bw / Mayfair Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennett (i.e., Spencer Gordon Bennet) Pr: George W. Weeks Scr: John Thomas Neville Story: Norman Battle Cine: Jules Cronjager Cast: William Boyd, Claudia Dell, Huntley Gordon, John Harron, Hooper Atchley, Lloyd Whitlock, Phillips read more
Julius Sizzer (1931)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 28, 2015
US / 18 minutes / bw / RKO Pathé Dir: Edward I. Luddy (i.e., Edward Ludwig) Pr: Lew Lipton Scr: Benny Rubin, Edward I. Luddy (i.e., Edward Ludwig) Cine: Harry Forbes Cast: Benny Rubin, Gwen Lee, Lena Malena, Mathew Betz, Maurice Black, Pat Collins (i.e., G. Pat Collins), Tom McGuire, Clifford Dempse read more
o/t: all clear(ish)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 27, 2015
The storm veered away at the last minute, so we’ve had just a few centimetres of snow rather than the promised up-to-a-metre (I see the mayor of NYC is under attack for “overreacting” to the threat. People can be so stupid. Imagine if he’d done nothing to prepare and theyR read more
o/t: blizzard
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 26, 2015
Here in northern Joisey, we’re bracing ourselves for a snowstorm tonight that may dump up to metre of snow on us. Since the local fashion is, as in Third World countries, to put the power cables aboveground, strung from pole to pole like telephone lines, the chances of a power outage are very read more
Franchise Affair, The (1951)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 24, 2015
UK / 87 minutes / bw / Associated British Dir: Lawrence Huntington Pr: Robert Hall Scr: Robert Hall, Lawrence Huntington Story: The Franchise Affair (1948) by Josephine Tey Cine: Günther Krampf Cast: Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Anthony Nicholls, Marjorie Fielding, Athene Seyler, John Bailey, Hy Ha read more
Dark Summer (2000)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 21, 2015
vt Innocents
US, Germany, Canada / 92 minutes / color / Cinerenta, Cineinnocent, Credo, Adagio Dir & Scr: Gregory Marquette Pr: Terry Carr, Gail Tilson Cine: Bruce Worrall Cast: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Connie Nielsen, Mia Kirshner, Keith David, Joseph Culp, James Quill, Robert Culp, Anne Archer, Fr read more
Cheat, The (1915)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 17, 2015
US / 59 minutes / bw silent / Jesse L. Lasky, Paramount Dir & Pr: Cecil B. DeMille Scr: Hector Turnbull, Jeanie Macpherson Story: Hector Turnbull Cine: Alvin Wyckoff Cast: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, James Neill, Yutaka Abe, Dana Ong, Hazel Childers, Judge Arthur H. Williams. Socie read more
Whiteout (2009)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 14, 2015
USA, France, Canada / 101 minutes / color with some bw and some limited color / Warner, Dark Castle Dir: Dominic Sena Pr: Joel Silver, Susan Downey, David Gambino Scr: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes Story: Whiteout (1998 graphic novel) by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber Cine: Chri read more
True Crime (1996 DTV)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 10, 2015
vt Dangerous Kiss; vt True Detective
US / 94 minutes / color with some bw / Jonathan Furie, Trimark Dir & Scr: Pat Verducci Pr: Jonathan Furie, Andrew Hersh Cine: Chris Squires Cast: Kevin Dillon, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Bowen, Jennifer Savidge, Joshua Schaefer, Tara Subkoff, Marla Sokoloff, read more
Trouble (2005)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 7, 2015
vt Duplicity France, Belgium / 92 minutes / color / TF1, Outsider, To Do Today, VnO, France 3, RTBF, Laurent Brochand, TFM Dir: Harry Cleven Pr: Laurent Brochand Scr: Harry Cleven, Jérôme Salle, Isabelle Coudrier, Yann Le Nivet, Sophie Hiet Story: Harry Cleven Cine: Vincent Mathias Cast: Benoît Magi read more