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I managed to plow through this entire book today. It is sort of "noir" in subject matter, although it's factual.

The book is Detroit: An American Autopsy, by Charlie LeDuff. It's written from...

Professor, this is one of the tastiest reviews I've read in a while, and I enjoyed the heck out of it. Now I've gotta find me a copy to watch!

LAURA. After I got finished losing my heart to Gene Tierney, I decided that I liked the genre of film.....

Thanks for these wishes, Steve, and I hope all of us will have plenty of things for which to be thankful.

Sounds like an enjoyable little precursor to "C. S. I."-type shows.

One quibble, though. My guess is that the girl's "suffering" from an un-needed hole in the middle of her forehead was of...

Wish I had a talent for limericks such as you have, Surly!

Thanks for getting things straightened out, Steve-O! I've really missed the site the last couple days!

An excellent write-up, and your tribute to the 442nd is also a real treat! Now I've got to find myself a copy to watch!

The name of the song is "Street Scene," which is rather appropriate in this case. There's a slightly R&B 1958 version by bandleader Lou Busch out on YouTube, if you're interested.

As a "leg man" and a lover of the classic pinup style, I can really appreciate these. Thanks for finding them, dungeonmaster20!

Great stuff, Joe! Not living in or near a large city, taking photos like this never occurred to me, but they're some great visuals that fit the subject.

He gave a fine performance as lead character Claude Packard in the 1951 noir The Well, which I reviewed several years ago. I also remember him from Pete & Gladys, the spinoff of September Bride on...

How about a little love for Jean Simmons in Angel Face? She's about as psycho and yet beautiful at the same time as they come.

This is a great little flick that, IMO, doesn't get nearly the recognition and love that it's due. Great write-up!

[QUOTE=Raven;8506]HJ, .....Wow all 25 volumes when you were a "young buck!" What's wrong with you, didn't they have girls around where you lived?......QUOTE]

Plenty of girls, Raven, but none of...

I know you're not going to believe this, Raven, but I read all 25 volumes of Morrison's WW II Naval Ops series back in 1964-65 when I was just a young buck. Great stuff, too! Instead of being dull...

WOW! That sounds like a deliciously grim way to entertain (?) one's self for an hour. Gonna get me a copy.

Great review!

Since I know that many of the Back Alley participants, and notably our Fearless Leader Steve-O, are residents of the East Coast, I was sort of wondering how you folks fared during this past weekend's...

Thanks for the "heads-up" on that, Movie Memories!

Great write-up of tbis movie, a copy of which I will now be compelled to find, Professor. I liked Mark Stevens in the 1950s for one of his TV shows, although for the life of me I don't remember...

Just wanted to acknowledge this great write-up, Steve-O. As a result of it, I've arranged to acquire a copy to watch!

I've never attempted posting a link before, so this may be a disaster, but here's a nice YouTube short video incorporating the theme song from Laura:

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Any post-holocaust story would have to be about as Noir as subject matter gets, so I guess The Road would qualify. I enjoyed the hell out of it. If we accept that theory, then On The Beach (1959)...

Enjoyed this fine review on a thoroughly enjoyable little Noir, Adam! Raymond Burr is in top form as a "heavy" in this flick.

I see that it will be on TCM on June 30th (1:45 PM Eastern time, I...

A powerful movie, which I saw on TCM for the first time in several years, a month or two ago. Susan Hayward gave a real tour-de-force performance in it, and I was once again reminded what a...