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Ronald Colman struggles to avoid “A Double Life” A Double Life (1947) is a film noir directed by George Cukor, starring Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso. The husband and wife team of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin wrote the screenplay. Milton R. Krasner did the cinematography and Mi read more

Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, and Frances Dee star in “If I Were King” If I Were King (1938) is a historical biographical drama directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, and Frances Dee. The supporting cast includes Ellen Drew, Ralph Forbes, Henry Wilcoxon read more

Kim Novak and Fredric March meet in the “Middle of the Night” Middle of the Night (1959) is an American drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Fredric March and Kim Novak. The supporting cast includes Glenda Farrell, Albert Dekker, Martin Balsam, Lee Philips, and Lee Grant read more

Gary Cooper and Ann Sheridan star in Leo McCarey’s “Good Sam” Good Sam (1948) is an American comedy-drama directed by Leo McCarey and starring Gary Cooper and Ann Sheridan. The supporting cast includes Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe, Louise Beavers, and Ruth Roman. Gary Cooper is S read more

Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly in “Christmas Holiday” Christmas Holiday (1944) is a film noir directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly. Audiences in 1944 might have thought they were going to see a light musical, considering the talent involved, but it read more

Irene Dunne and Cary Grant discover “The Awful Truth”  In 1937, Irene Dunne was at the height of her career. The year before, Dunne received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for Theodora Goes Wild, a comedy role she was reluctant to take. That picture was a critical read more

Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, and Henry Fonda in Otto Preminger's Production of “Daisy Kenyon” Daisy Kenyon (1947), based on the best-selling novel by Elizabeth Janeway, is one of many films referred to as “women’s pictures” during Hollywood’s Golden Age. read more

Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, and Herbert Marshall are involved in a “Crack-Up” Crack-Up (1946) is an American film noir directed by Irving Reis and starring Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, and Herbert Marshall. The supporting cast includes Ray Collins and Wallace Ford.Art cri read more

Tom Neal and Ann Savage take a fatal "Detour" Detour (1945) is an American film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. It was released by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), a Poverty Row movie studio that operated during the 1930s and 1940s. Al Roberts (Neal) read more

Lawrence Tierney is “Born to Kill” Born to Kill (1947) is an American film noir directed by Robert Wise and starring Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, and Walter Slezak. The supporting cast includes Esther Howard, Elisha Cook Jr. Philip Terry, and Audrey Long. The cinematography was read more

Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward in “Ladies in Retirement” Ladies in Retirement (1941) is an American gothic suspense film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward. The movie was based on the play of the same name by Reginald Denham and Edward Percy. The read more

Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, and Henry Fonda in Otto Preminger's Production of “Daisy Kenyon” Daisy Kenyon (1947), based on the best-selling novel by Elizabeth Janeway, is one of many films referred to as “women’s pictures” during Hollywood’s Golden Age. In m read more

Ida Lupino stars in “The Man I Love” The Man I Love (1947) is a melodramatic film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Andrea King, and Bruce Bennett. Petey Brown (Lupino) is a lounge singer who is homesick for her family in California. She leaves New read more

Technicolor Noir: “Leave Her to Heaven” starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Crain Leave Her to Heaven (1945) is a Technicolor film noir directed by John Stahl, produced by William A. Bacher and Darryl F. Zanuck, and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Cr read more

Book Review – MOGULS: The Lives and Times of Hollywood Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck Title: MOGULS: The Lives and Times of Hollywood FilmPioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck By: Michael Benson and Craig Singer Publisher: Citadel Press ISBN 978-0-8065-4308-6 (hardcover) ISB read more

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Broderick Crawford star in Fritz Lang’s “Human Desire” Human Desire (1954) is an American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Broderick Crawford. Peggy Maley, Kathleen Case, and Edgar Buchanan round out read more

Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, and Ann Sothern receive “A Letter to Three Wives” A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is an American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, and Ann Sothern. The supporting cast includes Kirk read more

Bette Davis learns All About Eve in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s classic film  All About Eve (1950) is an American drama written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, and Celeste Holm. Other cast members include Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlo read more

Noir City Chicago 2024: September 6 -12 It’s that time of year again. The air gets a little crisper, the days are shorter, and NOIR CITY Chicago is back at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N Southport Ave., Chicago, IL 60613. urner Classic Movies’ Noir Alley Host and president of th read more

Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten star in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt” A Personal FavoriteConsidered Alfred Hitchcock’s personal favorite of all his films, Shadow of a Doubt (1943), is also the only film he ever shot entirely on location. Hitchcock pick read more