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Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 11, 2013
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Mark of the Phoenix (1958)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 10, 2013
UK / 62 minutes / bw / Butcher’s Dir: Maclean Rogers Pr: W.G. Chalmers Scr: Norman Hudis Story: The Phoenix Sings (1955) by Desmond Cory Cine: Geoffrey Faithfull Cast: Julia Arnall, Sheldon Lawrence, Anton Diffring, Eric Pohlmann, George Margo, Michael Peake, Martin Miller, Bernard Rebel, Roge read more
I Thank a Fool (1962)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 8, 2013
UK / 100 minutes / color / Eaton, MGM Dir: Robert Stevens Pr: Anatole de Grunwald Scr: Karl Tunberg Story: I Thank a Fool (1958) by Audrey Erskine Lindop Cine: Harry Waxman Cast: Susan Hayward, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento, Cyril Cusack, Kieron Moore, Athene Seyler, J.G. Devlin, Brenda de Banzie. In L read more
Irish Luck (1939)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 6, 2013
vt Amateur Detective US / 54 minutes / bw / Monogram Dir: Howard Bretherton Assoc Pr: Grant Withers Scr: Mary McCarthy Story: “Death Hops the Bells” (seemingly unpublished) by Charles Molyneux Brown Cine: Harry Neumann Cast: Frankie Darro, Dick Purcell, Lillian Elliott, Dennis Moore, Jam read more
Kill Kill (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 4, 2013
US / 11 minutes / bw / 2 Lane Dir & Pr & Scr: Mark Wright Cine: Tony Beazley Cast: Eric Berner, Dan Garland, Sarah Murphree, Angela Kerecz, Mark Wright, Tony Beazley. Somewhere in rural America, Pastor Henning (Berner) arrives at Taylor’s Grocery to put gas in his car. Lurking in the s read more
Girl on the Late, Late Show, The (1974 TVM)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 3, 2013
US / 73 minutes / color / Gerber, Screen Gems, Columbia Dir: Gary Nelson Pr: Christopher Morgan Scr: Mark Rodgers Cine: Robert Morrison Cast: Don Murray, Bert Convy, Yvonne De Carlo, Gloria Grahame, Van Johnson, Ralph Meeker, Cameron Mitchell, Mary Ann Mobley, Joe Santos, Laraine Stephens, John Irel read more
Eight Witnesses (1950)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 1, 2013
UK, WG / 62 minutes / bw / Bavaria Filmkunst, Princess, Vitapix Dir: Lawerence Huntington (i.e., Lawrence Huntington) Pr: Gene Martel Scr: Halsted Welles Cine: Bruno Stephan Cast: Peggy Ann Garner, Dennis Price, Dr. Charles Jacquemar, Wolfgang Buettner, Christian Dorn, Ernst Fritz Fuerbringer, Gerha read more
Dynamite (1949)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 29, 2013
US / 69 minutes / bw / Pine–Thomas, Paramount, Metropolis Dir: William H. Pine Pr: William H. Pine, William C. Thomas Scr: Milton Raison Cine: Ellis W. Carter Cast: William Gargan, Virginia Welles, Richard Crane, Irving Bacon, Mary Newton, Frank Ferguson, Douglass Dumbrille, Almira Sessions, Dan Whi read more
Company You Keep, The (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 27, 2013
US / 122 minutes / color (with brief bw in the form of archive and faux-archive footage) / Voltage, Wildwood, Brightlight, Kingsgate, TCYK, Sony Dir: Robert Redford Pr: Nicolas Chartier, Robert Redford, Bill Holderman Scr: Lem Dobbs Story: The Company You Keep (2003) by Neil Gordon Cine: Adriano Gol read more
Cobweb, The (1955)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 25, 2013
US / 124 minutes / color / MGM Dir: Vincente Minnelli Pr: John Houseman Scr: John Paxton, William Gibson Story: The Cobweb (1954) by William Gibson Cine: George Folsey Cast: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg, Oscar Levant, Tommy R read more
Case of the Frightened Lady, The (1940)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 23, 2013
vt The Frightened Lady; vt The Scarf Murder Mystery UK / 80 minutes / bw / Pennant, British Lion Dir: George King Pr: S.W. Smith Scr: Edward Dryhurst Story: The Case of the Frightened Lady (1931 play) by Edgar Wallace Cine: Hone Glendinning Cast: Marius Goring, Penelope Dudley Ward, Helen Haye, Feli read more
Big Street, The (1942)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 21, 2013
US / 88 minutes / bw / RKO Dir: Irving Reis Pr: Damon Runyon Scr: Leonard Spigelgass Story: “Little Pinks” (1940; Collier’s Magazine) by Damon Runyon Cine: Russell Metty Cast: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette, Agnes Moorehead, Sam Levene, Ray Collins, Mari read more
Behind the Green Lights (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 19, 2013
US / 69 minutes / bw / Mascot Dir: Christy Cabanne Pr: Nat Levine, Colbert Clark Scr: James Gruen, Colbert Clark Story (supposedly): Behind the Green Lights (1931 memoir) by Captain Cornelius W. Willemse Cine: Ernest Miller, Jack Marta Cast: Norman Foster, Judith Allen, Purnell Pratt, Sidney Blackme read more
Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 17, 2013
US / 118 minutes / bw / MGM Dir: Vincente Minnelli Pr: John Houseman Scr: Charles Schnee Story: “Memorial to a Bad Man” (1951; Ladies’ Home Journal) by George Bradshaw Cine: Robert Surtees Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, read more
A Quartet of Shorties
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 15, 2013
Although I’ve been charged with including too many borderline noirs in the Encyclopedia (odd for an encyclopedia to be accused of encompassing too much rather than too little!), in fact quite a few of the entries I wrote I decided later to reject. Some of those then got stuck back in again. read more
Noirhouse (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 15, 2013
Australia / 18 minutes (total) / bw / Sky Machine Dir: Shaun Wilson Pr: Nathan Spencer, Shaun Wilson Scr: Tim Logan Cine: Simon Gray Cast: Nathan Spencer, Melanie Irons, Mick Davies, Sarah Wadsley, Matt Burton, Robert Manion, Rose Kokkoris, Mick Lowenstein. An entertaining three-episode miniseries o read more
Vent se Lève, Le (1959)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 13, 2013
vt Time Bomb France, Italy / 92 minutes / bw / Groupe des 4, Da. Ma. Cinematografica Dir: Yves Ciampi Scr: Yves Ciampi, Henri-François Rey, Jean-Charles Tacchella Story: Jean-Charles Tacchella Cine: Armand Thirard Cast: Curd Jürgens, Mylène Demongeot, Alain Saury, Paul Mercey, Robert Porte, Daniel read more
Tchao Pantin (1983)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 11, 2013
vt So Long, Dummy; vt So Long, Stooge France / 92 minutes / color / Renn, AMLF Dir: Claude Berri Exec pr: Pierre Grunstein Scr: Claude Berri, Alain Page, Bruno Nuytten Story: Tchao Pantin (1982) by Alain Page Cine: Bruno Nuytten Cast: Coluche, Richard Anconina, Agnès Soral, Mahmoud Zemmouri, Philipp read more
Stoker (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 9, 2013
US, UK / 99 minutes / color / Indian Paintbrush, Scott Free, Fox Searchlight Dir: Park Chan-wook Pr: Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Michael Costigan Scr: Wentworth Miller Cine: Chung-hoon Chung Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Phyllis Somerville, Nicole Kidman, Alden Eh read more
Shriek in the Night, A (1933)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 7, 2013
US / 67 minutes / bw / M.H. Hoffman, Allied Dir: Albert Ray Scr: Frances Hyland Story: Kurt Kempler Cine: Harry Neumann, Tom Galligan Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Harvey Clark, Purnell Pratt, Lillian Harmer, Arthur Hoyt, Louise Beaver (i.e., Louise Beavers), Clarence Wilson, Maurice Black. A Sh read more