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The 2017 TCM Film Festival: Revisiting Adventures in Paradise — Part VI
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jan 24, 2018
The anticipation builds . . . It’s about that time – time for another installment in my monthly look at the 2017 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival! And this month I’m taking a look at one of my favorite experiences of the festival – the Hand and Footprint Ceremony featuring Carl Reiner and read more
Pre-Code Crazy: Millie (1933)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jan 15, 2018
I don’t remember the first time I heard the name “Helen Twelvetrees,” but for many years she was, for me, just an unfamiliar actress from the 1930s with an interesting name – like Gwili Andre or Jobyna Ralston. I never really thought about seeing her in a film, or even trying to. And then came read more
The 2017 TCM Film Festival: Revisiting Adventures in Paradise — Part V
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Dec 30, 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, it’s the perfect time for my next entry in my ongoing look at this year’s Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. And what better topic than one of the first events I attended – “Remembering Robert,” which was presented on April 6, 2017, exactly one month read more
Pre-Code Crazy: Two Seconds (1932)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Dec 7, 2017
Before I decided to choose Two Seconds (1932) for this month’s Pre-Code Crazy pick, I’d only seen the first five minutes of it – I’d never made it any further. Boy, was I a dope. This is a really good one, y’all. Trust me. What’s it about? To be honest, it was really hard for me to read more
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