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Turner Classic Movies Presents the Special Home Edition of the TCM Film Festival
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 14, 2020
If you’re a follower of this blog, you’ll know that every spring around this time, I gleefully toddle off to Los Angeles, California, to attend the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. You might also know (or at least have guessed) that this year’s L.A. event was cancelled more than a month ago read more
TCM Pick of the Month: Film Noir — Guest Post by Kristina Dijan
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 11, 2020
My TCM film noir pick for the month of April is a first-rate feature starring Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor and Jacqueline White — The Narrow Margin (1952). To tell you all about it, I’ve invited my pal, Kristina Dijan, author of the Speakeasy blog and Senior Writer for The Dark Pages fi read more
TCM Pick of the Month: Pre-Code
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 5, 2020
Several years ago on this blog, I had a monthly feature where I selected my recommendations for film noir and pre-Code features airing on TCM. I’ve decided to resurrect this practice – and what a month to start! TCM is practically overflowing with first-rate noir and pre-Code offerings, including read more
My Favorite Pre-Codes (or something like that) — Part 2
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Feb 21, 2020
Several years ago, I started on a post about my favorite pre-Codes, which turned into a post about the pre-Codes I watch most often – and I discovered that these are frequently one and the same. I only included five films in the post, with a promise to write about more in the future. So today – read more
Rest in Peace, Kirk Douglas
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Feb 5, 2020
When I arrived at my mother’s house tonight, I was greeted by the sobering news that film legend Kirk Douglas had died at the age of 103. It was always such a pleasure in recent years to know that this cinematic giant was still with us. But now, knowing that he’s passed on, I can smile with the read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival — Part 6
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jan 18, 2020
Happy New Year, y’all! Now that we’re in a new year, the countdown to the 2020 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival is on! And you know what that means – time for another installment in my ongoing, year-round coverage of the 2019 event! Today, I’m shining the spotlight on two of my favorite film-view read more
Day 30 of Noirvember: Parting Gifs
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 30, 2019
Well, noir lovers, we’ve come now to the end of another Noirvember – it seems like this one passed more rapidly than any other. But you know what they say – the older you get, the faster time flies. (They don’t say that? Well, they should.) I want to take this opportunity to extend my read more
Day 29 of Noirvember: Favorite Things About My Favorites
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 29, 2019
Can’t get enough of Kathie. For tonight’s Noirvember post, I thought I’d look at five of my favorite noirs, and share what I love best about them. Here goes… Out of the Past (1947) The character of Kathie Moffett, played to perfection by Jane Greer. I feel like I’ve mentioned this earlier read more
Day 28 of Noirvember: Happy Thanksgiving!
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 28, 2019
It’s Thanksgiving Day 2019, and while searching for turkey-themed photos, I came across this picture of Marilyn Monroe, who appeared in four films noirs during her career: The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Clash by Night (1950), Don’t Bother to Knock (1952), and Niagara (1953). In honor of the holida read more
Day 27 of Noirvember: Wednesday Words
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 27, 2019
Thumbing rides is dangerous. As the calendar winds down to the end of Noirvember, it’s a perfect time to revisit some more of noir’s great lines. Enjoy! “Thumbing rides may save you bus fare. But it’s dangerous. You never know what’s in store for you when you hear the squeal of brakes.” read more
Day 26 of Noirvember: Dorothys You Should Know — Part II
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 26, 2019
Ever heard of Dorothy Patrick? During her brief heyday, she appeared with such luminaries as Robert Taylor, Wallace Beery and Loretta Young, and she was featured in three films noirs (with an uncredited part in a fourth). But after just 12 years, Patrick retired from the screen and, like her fellow read more
Day 25 of Noirvember: A Guest Post — Open Secret at the Turner Classic Film Festival
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 25, 2019
Now that the passes for the 2020 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival have gone on sale, this is a perfect time for another installment of my ongoing coverage of this year’s TCM event. But for today’s Noirvember post, I’m serving up a treat — a guest post from a first-rate wri read more
Day 24 of Noirvember: Comings and Goings
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 24, 2019
Duff’s career began in radio. November 24th was a significant day in the lives of three classic movie performers, each of whom had a prominent role in at least three films noirs – they were either born on the 24th of November, or that was date on which they died. Today’s Noirvember post pays read more
Day 23 of Noirvember: Top Seven in ’47
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 23, 2019
If you were to ask a noir fan to name the greatest year for film noir, chances are that the answer would be 1947. Personally, I could also make a case for several other years – 1946 and 1950 come to mind most immediately – but when you take a look at the titles of the noirs released in 1947, you read more
Day 22 of Noirvember: Someone’s in the Kitchen
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 22, 2019
I don’t know if classic film stars spent as much time in the kitchen as the movie magazines of the day would have you believe, but I quite like to think of my favorite performers whipping up a three-layer chocolate cake or tasty batch of fried chicken. Today’s Noirvember post takes a peek inside read more
Day 21 of Noirvember: Trivia Thursday
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 21, 2019
This ain’t just acting. If you know anything at all about me, you know that I love trivia. Today’s Noirvember post serves up some trivial tidbits about some of my favorite film noir actresses. Here goes . . . Hope Emerson made her feature film debut in Cry of the City (1948), where she played read more
Day 20 of Noirvember: The Dark Page – Part II
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 20, 2019
Two years ago, during Noirvember, I wrote about one of my book collection treasures, a beautiful coffee table tome called The Dark Page: Books That Inspired American Film Noir, by Kevin Johnson. The Dark Page shares beautiful photos of books that were the basis of film noir features in America, and read more
Day 19 of Noirvember: Happy birthday to Laura and Waldo!
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 19, 2019
November 19th was quite a day in the world of noir – it gave us two of the stars of the film noir Laura (1944) – Gene Tierney and Clifton Webb. Today’s Noirvember post celebrates this shadowy birthday duo and their road to the well-loved noir that they gave us. Gene Tierney Gene Eliza Tierney read more
Day 18 of Noirvember: Inside Out of the Past
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 18, 2019
Ask any noir fan to name their top 10 movies from the film noir era, and chances are very good that Out of the Past (1947) would be among them. Some would even call it the quintessential noir, with its flashback structure, exquisite use of lights and shadow, one of the era’s most dangerous femme fat read more
Day 17 of Noirvember: Five Noirs on a Island
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 17, 2019
Three years ago, in celebration of National Classic Movie Day, I participated in a blogathon hosted by Rick over at the Classic TV and Movie Café. The theme of the event was Five Movies On An Island. For today’s Noirvember post, I thought I’d revisit this theme, focusing only on noir features, read more