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Noir Nook: New-to-Me Noir – The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: New-to-Me Noir – The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) One of the many things that helped sustain me throughout the more-than-year-long COVID-19 shutdown was participating in a weekly classic movie Meetup. Each week, we were assigned a classic … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars – The Eternally Glamorous Gloria Swanson

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars – The Eternally Glamorous Gloria Swanson If you hear the words “glamour” and “movie star,” which famous name comes to mind? Chances are someone like Marilyn Monroe or Sophia Loren. Or perhaps – hopefully! – … Continue reading →

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Cinemallennials: Some Like It Hot (1959)

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Dave Lewis

Cinemallennials: Some Like It Hot (1959) For those of you who are unfamiliar with Cinemallennials, it is a bi-weekly podcast in which I, and another millennial, watch a classic film that we’ve never seen before, and discuss its significance and … Continue reading →

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Noir Nook: Gilda (1946) Trivia

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: Gilda (1946) Trivia One of noir’s most twisted love affairs is depicted in Columbia’s Gilda (1946), which stars Rita Hayworth in the title role and Glenn Ford as her former lover. In celebration of the season of love, … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – How to Marry a Millionaire

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Marilyn Monroe Launches Cinemascope inHow to Marry A Millionaire (1953) “People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night,” 20th Century-Fox Studio mogul Darryl Zanuck predicted of television. He could not have been more wrong. By … Continue reading →

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Noir Nook: 10 Things About The Asphalt Jungle (1950) That You May Not Know

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: 10 Things About The Asphalt Jungle (1950) That You May Not Know Of all of the noirs I’ve seen in my lifetime, one of the absolute best, in my estimation, is The Asphalt Jungle (1950). It has so … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – Let’s Make Love

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Monroe’s Last Completed Musical-Comedy:Let’s Make Love (1960) “Marilyn Monroe is the greatest farceuse in the business,” Fox film producer Jerry Wald asserted. “A female Chaplin.” In the summer of 1959, Wald approached Monroe with The Billionaire, a musical comedy by … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – Ladies of the Chorus

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Marilyn Monroe Steps Out of the Chorus Line in her First Starring Role: Ladies of the Chorus (1948) “It was really dreadful.” This was Marilyn Monroe’s confession to French journalist Georges Belmont in 1960 of her first starring film, Ladies … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – River of No Return

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Monroe’s Dynamism Vies with the Majestic Canadian Rockies in River of No Return, An Odyssey of Redemption “I’m really eager to do something else,” Monroe announced in 1953. “Squeezing yourself to ooze out the last ounce of sex allure is … Continue reading →