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Pre-Code crazy – that’s what I am! And that’s why “Pre-Code Crazy” is the perfect name for my new venture with fellow blogger (and Dark Pages Senior Writer) Kristina, over at Speakeasy – she’s pre-Code crazy, too! So the two of us have decided to team up, on the first of every month, to read more

Lizabeth Scott, a champagne blonde with ice-blue eyes and a husky, low-pitched voice, was best known for her on-screen portrayals of the duplicitous dame who more often than not received her comeuppance in the last reel. Labeled as “The Threat,” Scott was one of the quintessential bad girls of read more

Her name may not have been a household word, but if you know your noir, you know Audrey Long. The luminous blonde with the soulful eyes and the girl-next-door smile was a standout in back-to-back noirs in 1947: Born to Kill, where she held her own as Claire Trevor’s sister and Lawrence Tierney read more

Lauren Bacall was the girl with “The Look,” a sultry, sensuous beauty with a husky voice and a hard-as-nails façade that let the world know that she was a force to be reckoned with. Perhaps best known for her marriage to actor Humphrey Bogart, Bacall was once described as a combination of Marlene read more

I could cheerfully watch Richard Conte make cinnamon toast, paint a wall, or even tie his shoes. But when he’s front and center in a 1940s noir, I really go into orbit! Case in point: Twentieth Century Fox’s Cry of the City, a 1948 film noir feature with a top-notch, can’t-miss cast that, in additio read more

Not a bad place to spend eternity, eh? It was the best of times, it was the best of times. As if the Turner Classic Movies film festival of 2014 weren’t already a mind-blowingly awesome experience on its own, I topped off this year’s now-annual visit to Los Angeles with a super-cool tour of the read more

Hey, guess what, kids? I’ve been nominated for the coveted Versatile Blogger Award! I am practically walking on air! For nominating me for this prestigious honor, I offer my humble thanks to Kellee over at Outspoken and Freckled, whom I first met in the Twitterverse and then in real life at this yea read more

One of our last living treasures from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Miss Olivia “Livvie” de Havilland, was born in Tokyo, Japan, on July 1, 1916. The older sister of actress Joan Fontaine, de Havilland shared her acting talents with the world over a span of six decades. Her best-known fil read more

Known as one of Hollywood’s most dependable character actors, the mustachioed and balding Moroni Olsen frequently was seen in his films as a clergyman, doctor, or cop, but he holds a special place in cinema history for a far more unique performance – providing the voice for the Magic Mirror in the read more

On June 23, 2011, Duke University’s Kyrie Irving was the number one pick in the NBA draft. Actor Ted Shackelford, Gary Ewing of Knots Landing fame, celebrated his 65th birthday. And I hit “PUBLISH” for the first time on this blog, launching Shadows and Satin! Can you believe itR read more

Better late than really, really late, I sometimes say. With that in mind, more than two months after the 2014 Turner Classic Movies film festival (TCMFF) screened its last movie, sold its remaining souvenirs, and served up its final cocktail, I am finally getting around to writing about my experienc read more

They were two of film noir’s most unsavory characters – and that’s saying something. Charles Tatum (Kirk Douglas) and Lorraine Mimosa (Jan Sterling) were like two ships that pass in the night – and then turn around and crash into each other. In Billy Wilder’s dark and uncompromising 1951 feature read more

If Wait Until Dark (1967) had been filmed 15 years earlier, and in black and white, it would be considered film noir. Wait until dark, indeed. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna, this thriller shows a few short hours in the life of a blind woman whose life is turned upside down b read more

If you like Ida Lupino (and, really, how can you not?), you’re going to have a grand time on Thursday, June 12th – TCM is showing eight movies with Lupino either in front of the camera or behind it. And half of them are film noir! Here’s the low-down on the four shadowy offerings that TCM is airing: read more

She’s not the first person who comes to mind when you think of film noir femmes, but Marilyn Monroe earned a solid place in the film noir world. On the occasion of what would’ve been her 88th birthday, we’re raising our glasses to remember Marilyn and salute her performances in Cla read more

How do I love The Big Combo? Let me count the ways. Richard Conte. The sexy, jazzy score. The great screenplay by Philip Yordan. The righteous, passionate, intense detective played by Cornel Wilde and his obsession for the character portrayed by his real-life wife, Jean Wallace. The fact that I know read more

When I heard that Lady Eve’s Reel Life and They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To were hosting a one-day blogathon in honor of Tyrone Power’s 100th birthday, I wanted in. But Power, whose screen career started in the late 1930s, just missed the pre-Code era, and his great noir offering – Nightmare read more

Originally posted on SPEAKEASY: as Christopher Walken would say, Wow. Wowie. Wow Wow Wow. The Great Villain Blogathon has far exceeded anything we expected. View original 318 more words ~ by shadowsandsatin on April 27, 2014. Posted in Uncategorized Stuff read more

Thrills! Chills! And even more villainy! This is the last day of The Great Villain Blogathon, and it’s chockful of bad guys, bad girls, and more bad deeds than you can shake a stick at! Check out the awesome posts offered up today – you only owe it to yourself: Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall read more

This ain’t no Rhett Butler. Some random observations: 1. A last name is not an essential requirement to be a villain. 2. Neither is a moustache. Case in point – Nick the chauffeur, played by a moustache-less Clark Gable in Night Nurse (1931). But more about Nick in a moment. This pre-Code gem read more