Well, that's me. And I'm not surprised you don't know I'm here. I introduced myself a week or so ago, and the thread went silent. I've only posted a couple of times here, but was quite regular on the TCM boards. As I stated on the other site, there are interesting things going on over there as well...

Thompson wrote: ↑December 4th, 2022, 1:40 pm Laffite, how do you quote a previous post when posting after it?

Not sure what you're asking but there is a "quote" icon to the left of one's avatar.

“It’s strange that a man can live with a woman for ten years and not know the first thing about her.” — dialogue from The Letter which aired before Decoy. Decoy — Portugal had a certain swagger, and he threw part of his unfinished hard boiled egg on the table and even though the film is in black an...

Hi all. I've migrated from TCM and haven't posted on this board in quite a while. Anyway, here's some news. Marion Davies is finally Star of the Month on TCM in January and will air three of my Kickstarter projects: BEAUTY'S WORTH, THE BRIDE'S PLAY, and LITTLE OLD NEW YORK as well as two of Ben Mod...

This is the thread, El CID, to post on after the movie? Users at this forum need to make this THE thread to post related to Noir Alley on TCM. So to answer your question; lets make this happen. Decoy, from poverty row studio, Monogram (1946) has it moments but also flaws. Running at 76 minutes it i...

This is the thread, El CID, to post on after the movie? Users at this forum need to make this THE thread to post related to Noir Alley on TCM. So to answer your question; lets make this happen. Decoy, from poverty row studio, Monogram (1946) has it moments but also flaws. Running at 76 minutes it i...

Hallelujah! That was one forum on there that deserved to be wiped out. Agreed. Must have been hard on old Spammy seeing all those Twitter threads gone in the blink of an eye. :D Yea, looks like the paid-for-spammers at old TCM website need to find another avenue for revenue. Hopefully they can be b...

I couldn't find the Cagney playing guitar photo I used at the TCM site so I used this photo of Martha Vickers since she is in The Burglar. James , Check it out! Cagney on Guitar As you can now see, I'm back! Thanks for the link. Lot of Cagney photos playing guitar that I hadn't seen. (e.g. some wit...

It would be funny joke on Hibi if TCM was to schedule Joan Bennett as STOM "soon", after all those years of trying (with my help!), at the TCM forum and being ignored by the TCM programmers. But however it happens would be A-OK with us!

Crenna was funny as a teen in the Our Miss Brooks series with Eve Arden.

James, I don't want this to come off wrong, but you've got great legs! Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. One of us -- either jamesjazzguitar or I -- must undergo psychoanalysis. But until then . . . What are you doing Saturday night, james? I couldn't find the Cagney playing guitar photo I use...

I believe in David Goodis. He is the king of noir fiction, say what you want about Cornell Woolrich, Jim Thompson, and Patricia Highsmith, fine writers indeed, but Goodis has dialogue that’s said without sound. How noir is that? Goodis was one of the best at noir theme fiction. The Burglar is a goo...

I view this film as more of a rom-com set in the west, than a "true" western. Pre-WWII Jimmy Stewart was a good fit for this role, but I still favor his more gritty screen persona after he returned from WWII.

Big fan of The Burglar; Duryea's best performance as the lead in a film. It was great to see Big Sleep actor Martha Vickers in the film. Her two main scenes (in the diner and back in her apartment), with Duryea are classic noir. I love when she slaps Dan.

I Walk Alone has the solid noir theme of the new school of crime (using accountants and lawyers instead of thugs) with Douglas as the leaders and just out of prison Lancaster as the old-school type of criminal. The issue I have is the ending were Douglas goes all old-school. This change just wasn't ...