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- January 16th, 2024, 11:22 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Actresses
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2561
Actresses
Anybody think of any actresses who had a better career pre code than after?
- December 20th, 2023, 5:28 am
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1356
- Views: 118754
Re: Noir Alley
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Noir -istas and Afico- Noir -dos. Noir we've never seen A Nice montage of beautiful Jenny Karezi in Greek Christmas Noir - Ta Kokkina Fanaria - The Red Lanterns (1963) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sf7y9i3cr8 And My list of Christmas and Holiday set Noir...
- December 8th, 2023, 7:35 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley on TCM
- Replies: 86
- Views: 11099
Re: Noir Alley on TCM
It could be remade, follow the novel, have one of the greatest female protagonists in Noir, and you'd have a completely different Film Noir.
- December 3rd, 2023, 6:06 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley on TCM
- Replies: 86
- Views: 11099
Re: Noir Alley on TCM
Here is a Cornell Woolrich based film that unfortunately completely changes the entire setup of the novel. The 1943 novel takes place in New York City, The 1946 film adaptation unfortunately moves everything to Los Angeles. That wipes out the entire searching The Bowery flophouses for "Heartbre...
- September 22nd, 2023, 7:06 am
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1356
- Views: 118754
- September 6th, 2023, 6:08 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1356
- Views: 118754
Re: Noir Alley
I'm watching The Secret Fury On Demand and there was no Noir Alley intro.
- September 6th, 2023, 8:02 am
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1356
- Views: 118754
Re: Noir Alley
That is what happens when you run out of the better Noir you have access to, you either scrape the bottom of the barrel or you acquire the rights to show more.
- August 1st, 2023, 5:06 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1356
- Views: 118754
Re: Noir Alley
One of my favorites. This is a top notch Noir visual treat. However some plot points make no sense. The top cop on the case Ferrari, we at first figure for a Chicago Police Detective. But he later shows in some Podunk town where Steve is now working as a driver for Mountain Trucking like it's a part...
- July 24th, 2023, 7:40 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1356
- Views: 118754
Re: Noir Alley
Wasn't too impressed with Julie either. The opening car sequence was OK in the long shots and ridiculous in the rear projection ones. The car, the way Doris is driving makes it look like there's a lot of play in the steering. She's turning the wheel back and forth back and forth on a straight road, ...
- July 17th, 2023, 1:17 pm
- Forum: Noir Alley
- Topic: Noir Alley
- Replies: 1356
- Views: 118754
Re: Noir Alley
Seen it before also, wasn't too impressed. I watched a recent one that was impressive. French Noir Voyage sans espoir (1943)
here is the opening sequence:
https://youtu.be/OcLlatzZstI
here is the opening sequence:
https://youtu.be/OcLlatzZstI
- July 6th, 2023, 4:56 pm
- Forum: Games and Trivia
- Topic: First Film that comes to mind...
- Replies: 3089
- Views: 198312
Re: First Film that comes to mind...
Plan Nine From Outer Space
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Pizza
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Pizza
- July 5th, 2023, 9:08 am
- Forum: Games and Trivia
- Topic: First Film that comes to mind...
- Replies: 3089
- Views: 198312
Re: First Film that comes to mind...
The Big Clock
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Fishing guide
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Fishing guide
- July 4th, 2023, 6:09 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Magnificent Ambersons
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2077
- July 4th, 2023, 6:01 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 166593
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Some news about The Magnificent Ambersons (How do you start a new topic here?).
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- June 30th, 2023, 2:22 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What B&W films would you consider visually "beautiful"?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 19852
Re: What B&W films would you consider visually "beautiful"?
The Dark Corner The Set-Up 3:10 To Yuma (1957) My Darling Clementine Hell's Heroes (1929) Yellow Sky The Naked City Brief Encounter Crime Wave Desperate Cat People Killers Kiss Night And The City (1950) Nightmare Alley Odds Against Tomorrow Two Men In Manhattan The Third Man Bicycle Thieves Wages Of...