CORNELL WOOLRICH : King of Noir

[CineMaven]

Sorry! I went the kneejerk self-preservation route. ( Chi0 looks like he'd be a tough grader. ) I'll make it up to ya.

[JackFavell]

Ok. Let me copy your notes.

[RedRiver]

No talking, please.

[JackFavell]

Red just pulled my hair!

[ChiO]

If the class doesn't settle down, I'll...I'll...I'll make you stay after class and watch nothing but Stanley Kramer movies.

That's as close to corporal punishment as the law allows.

[JackFavell]

Nooooooo!

Actually, I don't mind him. But I'll pretend to suffer...

[CineMaven]

No talking, please.

0kay okay. Class monitor.

Red just pulled my hair!

It's okay. Boys do that when they like you.

Ok. Let me copy your notes.

0f course. We're sisters under the mink. But are you sure? You write better 'n me. Your average'll go down.

If the class doesn't settle down, I'll...I'll...I'll make you stay after class and watch nothing but Stanley Kramer movies. That's as close to corporal punishment as the law allows.

Hey, I'm shut up Daddy-0 uhhhh, ChiO. By the by...what's up after "Phantom Lady"? Who does a girl.....what does a girl have to do around here for extra credit?

[ChiO]

After PHANTOM LADY will be DEADLINE AT DAWN.

A week off for Spring Break (newsreel footage of Noir Girls Gone Wild to follow).

BLACK ANGEL...FEAR IN THE NIGHT...I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES.

[CineMaven]

Gotcha. . . And a good review is included herein by my classmate:

After PHANTOM LADY will be DEADLINE AT DAWN.

A week off for Spring Break (newsreel footage of Noir Girls Gone Wild to follow).

BLACK ANGEL...FEAR IN THE NIGHT...I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES.

[JackFavell]

Thanks for the plug, sister in crime! I love that movie.

[CineMaven]

[RedRiver]

NOIR GIRLS GONE WILD! Stanwyck, Greer and Glenda Farrell on the town. Heaven help us! I haven't seen DEADLINE AT DAWN (or 4:15 if you forgot to set your clocks ahead) in a long time. I should pop that one in again. Now, as class monitor, I will begin the showing of BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN. Perhaps, this will inspire better behavior in the future!

[CineMaven]

Nuts to that. Bring on the Noir!!

[ChiO]

There are nine TV adaptations and twenty radio adaptations on youtube that I could find (took a bit of digging because "Woolrich" doesn't ferret them out). Here are some of them, selected primarily because of the people involved in the performances.

Television Adaptations

“Momentum” (Alfred Hitchcock Presents June 24, 1956), Joanne Woodward.
Source: “Murder Always Gathers Momentum” (1940)
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“Papa Benjamin” (Thriller March 21, 1961), with John Ireland.
Source: “Dark Melody of Madness” (1935)
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“Guillotine” (Thriller September 25, 1961), directed by Ida Lupino.
Source: “Men Must Die” (1939)
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Radio Adaptations

“Phantom Lady” (Lux Radio Theatre March 27, 1944), Brian Aherne, Ella Raines.
Source: adapted from movie, Phantom Lady (1944), based on novel, Phantom Lady (1942)
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“The Black Path of Fear” (Suspense March 7, 1946), with Cary Grant.
Source: The Black Path of Fear (1944)
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“If the Dead Could Talk” (Suspense January 20, 1949), Dana Andrews, Ted de Corsia, Verna Felton.
Source: “If the Dead Could Talk” (1943)
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“Three O’Clock” (Suspense March 10, 1949), with Van Heflin, Ted de Corsia.
Source: “Three O’Clock” (1938))
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[JackFavell]

Excellent! My entire next two weeks is now booked up solid with Woolrich. Although, I hate to run out at the end of two weeks....

Maybe I should drag my feet and watch or listen to one every week, to make it last longer.