The Bribe (1949) with Robert Taylor and the beautiful Ava Gardner.
The Bribe (1949) with Robert Taylor and the beautiful Ava Gardner.
"Two of a Kind" from the bad girls of Noir collection , Great cast , but what a strange & quirky movie it is , you have all this Dark plot & then you have the Bubbly Terry moore coming in .... quite different .
Saboteur. I'm a fan of Hitchcock films
Caught Shield for Murder when it was on last week.
You know, it's not a terribly bad film for all its flaws (boom mike shadow in the opening scene?!) and I liked it better this time around. The pacing ain't bad, and there's some decent lines even if it's a little miscast (Emile Meyer is just goofy here.)
As a sidenote: Shield for Murder contains a bit of stock footage seen all over the place in noir films and police procedurals. A squad car pulls up in front of intake in the covered police garage. A sergeant gets out with a string of three perps and delivers them inside.
Anyone else know what bit I'm talking about? I think it's also in Crime Wave, but I've seen it all over the place and it never fails to make me laugh.
The Big Combo (1955)
Great movie from Joseph H Lewis and John Alton. Reviewed on my blog here.
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I too have seen that stock footage used in at least four different movies that Nauga is referencing. Makes me smile everytime. This footage is in The Big Combo as well as the two movies Nauga mentioned. I know there is more, but can't remember the titles right now.
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We have to find that clip... I love when they do that. I think there's shot of the LA Courthouse that RKO uses again and again... of course, the train at the beginning of Cry Danger and Narrow Margin:Originally Posted by Nauga
Narrow Margin
I can't find an isolated clip of the stock footage, but there's a full copy of Shield for Murder on youtube, so I queued it up to the stock footage:
Once you notice it, you'll see it everywhere!
Last edited by Nauga; 06-21-2012 at 12:28 PM.
Just finished watching Johnny O'Clock (1947), with Dick Powell. Evelyn Keys is a stunner in this film, watched a multiple generation version that was copied from a channel with a Mystery logo in the bottom right corner, also has Thomas Gomez, Lee J. Cobb, Nina Foch and Ellen Drew.
Not very stylistically Noir as the real masterpieces but never the less a entertaining story. I'll probably look for a release if any are available
Last edited by cigar joe; 06-24-2012 at 09:24 PM.
The Furies (1950)
Anthony Mann's second western displays a strong noir influence. Reviewed on my blog here.
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I LOVE that film!
I've been on a bit of a noir tear lately... Lady from Shanghai (which actually kind of annoys me now. That radio-drama talking over everyone thing Welles does drives me nuts. But I still love the aquarium and house of mirrors bits.) Peeper -- I'm getting into all those 70s film noir homages that came out around that time -- Chinatown, The Black Bird, Play it Again Sam, Gumshoe, The Cheap Detective (I'm going to start a thread about these films in the Neo-noir section). Peeper has Michael Caine and features an opening that's EXACTLY like the open of The Big Sleep -- that's after a Bogart impersonator reads the opening credits! It's downhill from there. Natalie Wood is in it and doesn't offer much other than being hot. Her scenes at the end on a cruise ship is unintentionally creepy.
And I did get to rewatch Somewhere in the Night and The Crooked Way. They are so similar it's hard for me to remember what happened in what film! Both are decent and well worth the rewatch (I don't think I've seen either since the DVDs were released years back. That Crooked Way DVD came as a shock to me when it came out... then disappeared as quickly and quietly. I'm grateful to have a copy. It came out at the same time as the much weaker Cover Up)
Guilty Bystander (1950) very dark noir, almost too dark in spots, the copy I watched was murky. It has only two NYC shots that you can make out one is in the opening Under The Brooklyn Bridge the other is of a draw bridge and warehouses on the Gowanus Canal. Nothing to go out of your way to try and find. I've always found Scott to be a more than a little annoying as an actor (for me he's never convincing) and a bit over the top. 5/10
If you haven't completed the trifecta, see Clay Pigeon (1949). I am writing an article right now on the anmesic vet in noir.
"To Late For Tears"
I actually paid the $3 to see the Amazon version. Sharper with fewer missing frames than on YouTube. Gets me every time!
Started watching The Sleeping City (1950) last night will finish it tonight.
Last edited by cigar joe; 07-03-2012 at 08:12 AM.
I've been watching lots of Westerns for the last few weeks but this weekend I watched a couple of Noirs; 711 Ocean Drive (1950), with Edmond O'Brien and Johnny Angel (1945) with George Raft & Claire Trevor. Both were on TCM. I thought 711 was the better of the two.
I just caught the latter part of the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" short The Luckiest Guy in the World on TCM, and now I really want to see the whole thing.
Gilda.... again
Rufus: W/o giving away any spoilers, how was 711 Ocean Drive? I have it in my TCM queue.
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