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Day 30 of Noirvember: Trivia Tidbit Thursday
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Dec 1, 2017
Young Ava. It’s hard to believe that another Noirvember has come and gone – it flew by like a bird on the wings of night. For my final post of this year’s month-long shadowy celebration, I’m serving up some trivia about some of our favorite noir performers. I hope you’ll lear read more
Day 29 of Noirvember: The Battling Bogarts
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 29, 2017
The beginning. Every film noir lover knows about the era’s favorite couple, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. They’re like shadowy elegant royalty, with almost a dozen noir credits between them. But before Bacall, there was Mayo – Mayo Methot, that is, Humphrey Bogart’s third wife, to whom read more
Day 28 of Noirvember: Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 28, 2017
A noirish conversation if I ever saw one. The more I see William Talman, the more I like him. That is, the more I see him outside of a courtroom with Perry Mason. That’s where I first met this actor and first grew to view him with equal parts dislike and disdain. But boy, his film noir performances read more
Day 27 of Noirvember: Remembering David White
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 27, 2017
1916 – 1990 Hear the name “David White,” and you might offer a blank stare and a shrug to indicate your lack of recognition. See a picture of David White, and you’re likely to instantly think “Larry Tate from Bewitched.” But not me. I summon up a vision of Otis Elwell, that smarmy, unscrupulou read more
Day 26 of Noirvember: City That Never Sleeps (1953)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 26, 2017
I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it. I can’t exactly put my finger on what it was that took such a hold of me – maybe it’s the way it opens with a voiceover by the city itself. (“I am the city . . . I am the voice, the heartbeat of this giant, sprawling, sordid and beautiful, read more
Day 25 of Noirvember: The Great Flamarion (1945)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 25, 2017
A pal I met through the World Wide Web sent me a DVD of this movie, and it literally sat languishing in my home for years before I decided to check it out. Boy, what a bonehead! First off, the film stars director-turned-actor-turned pulp fiction writer Erich Von Stroheim (perhaps best known as Max, read more
Day 24 of Noirvember: Human Desire (1954)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 24, 2017
These three. Without a doubt, Gloria Grahame is one of my favorite film noir actresses. Her sultry, sin-filled demeanor was practically made for this shadowy era of filmmaking, and in Human Desire, she doesn’t disappoint. Here, she’s Vicki Buckley, a sexy and duplicitous housewife whose feminine read more
Day 23 of Noirvember: Happy Thanksgiving!
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 23, 2017
From Ann Sheridan and my family, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Cluck. And here’s a Noirvember Thanksgiving tip: A frequent question around this time of year is what wine to pair with a Thanksgiving meal. The answer most often given is Pinot NOIR. Pinot NOIR is a lovely light red that read more
Day 22 of Noirvember: Cry of the City (1948)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 22, 2017
Gritty and fast-paced, Cry of the City focuses on a mélange of distinctive characters, including Martin Rome (love that name), played by Richard Conte, a small-time hood who has recently added the murder of a cop to his long list of misdeeds; Teena (Debra Paget), Rome’s unflaggingly steadfast girlfr read more
Day 21 of Noirvember: Remembering Lee Patrick
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 21, 2017
With Bogart in The Maltese Falcon. She was Effie Perine in The Maltese Falcon (1941). Maggie Biederhof in Mildred Pierce (1945). Elvira Powell in Caged (1950). Lee Patrick could do it all. Undeniably talented but woefully underrated, Patrick died on today’s date in 1982, just one day before her 81st read more
Day 20 of Noirvember: Where Danger Lives (1950)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 20, 2017
One of my favorite guilty cinematic pleasures is Where Danger Lives. It stars Robert Mitchum as Jeff Cameron, a compassionate doctor who becomes involved with a mysterious woman by the name of Margo Lannington (Faith Domergue) after she’s brought to his hospital following a suicide attempt. Before read more
Day 19 of Noirvember: Dark Corner Performers
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 19, 2017
It happens with noir like every other type of movie. You see an actor in a film. You’ve seen him before, probably many times before. But who is he? What’s his name? Who knows?!? Today’s Noirvember post takes a look at a few of these “dark corner performers,” a term coined by Senior Writer read more
Day 18 of Noirvember: Top 5 in ’49
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 18, 2017
This ain’t no Lily Munster. Last week, while compiling my list of favorite noirs for each year, I ran across several years that had multiple features that I love. One of these was 1949, which is fairly overflowing with first-rate films from the noir era. Today’s Noirvember post shines the spot read more
Day 17 of Noirvember: Favorite Noir Posters
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 17, 2017
I love a good noir movie poster, don’t you? Today’s Noirvember post celebrates my favorites! What are some of yours? Join me tomorrow for Day 18 of Noirvember!! ~ by shadowsandsatin on November 17, 2017. Posted in Noir Films Tags: film noir, Laura, Night Editor, Noirvember, read more
Day 16 of Noirvember: Noir Image of the Day
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 16, 2017
Murder, My Sweet (1944) ~ by shadowsandsatin on November 16, 2017. Posted in Noir Films, Noirvember 2017 Tags: Dick Powell, film noir, Mike Mazurki, Murder My Sweet, Noirvember, Noirvember 2017 read more
Day 15 of Noirvember: Words, words, words!
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 15, 2017
The Killing There’s no doubt – is there? – that film noir contains the best lines in all of cinema. I mean, haven’t you ever been watching a noir and a character says something that is so awesome, you just have to laugh out loud with sheer delight and appreciation? Happens to me all the time! read more
Day 14 of Noirvember: Pushover (1954)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 14, 2017
Novak and MacMurray steam up the screen in Pushover. Some may call Pushover a “poor man’s Double Indemnity” – and the label is understandable. Like Double Indemnity, Pushover stars Fred MacMurray as a respected professional man who is pulled into a web of deception and murder at the urging of read more
Day 13 of Noirvember: The Dark Page
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 13, 2017
One of my most treasured movie-related books is The Dark Page, by Kevin Johnson. (And not just because its name is so similar to my film noir newsletter!) It’s an absolutely beautiful coffee table book that consists of full color pictures of novels on which film noir features were based, along with read more
Day 12 of Noirvember: Remembering William Holden
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 12, 2017
Strikingly handsome with a versatile acting talent, William Holden could play everything from the charming boy next door to a psychologically damaged killer, with equal facility. During a career that spanned six decades, Holden earned three Academy Award nominations (and one win); appeared in numero read more
Day 10 of Noirvember: Noir Femmes in Confidential Magazine
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 11, 2017
Of all my many (many!) collections, one of my favorites is my vintage magazine collection. And among the publications I’ve collected are several volumes of Confidential magazine. Confidential, which premiered in December 1952, was a notorious scandal magazine that touted the tagline, “Tells the read more