Ella Raines

[ken123]

Many months ago, on the TCM boards, I started an Ella thread, recently another Ella thread emerged " over there ". She was one of the great ladies of 40's noir, she was also in that very entertaining John Wayne Western - Comedy - Mystery " Tall in the Saddle ", with Gabby Hayes. Saddle was written by frequent Wayne supporting actor Paul Fix, who was " Micah " on the " Rilfeman " TV series. Last week Mr. Fix played a duel role in an episode of that series that was being shown on the Encore Western Channel, I had it on for only a couple of minutes. The " other " Micah was speaking with an Irish brogue, or was it Pig Latin, I could not figure out which.

[filmlover]

I love Ella Raines. Mongo did a nice tribute to her a few weeks back in his "In the Spotlight". I preferred her for her film noir work.

[ken123]

The Suspect, The Web, and Phantom Lady are my favorite Ella Noirs. Her role in Brute Force was small, but if I were Whit Bissell I might do what he did if I thought that she had left me.