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Western RoundUp: Final Resting Places, More Western Filmmakers 2

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Laura Grieve

More Western Filmmakers Final Resting Places This month we return to the topic of the final resting places of Western filmmakers, visiting the gravesites of several actors and actresses across the Greater Los Angeles area. Actor Kirk Douglas lived to … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Laura Grieve, Western RoundUp | Tagged anna lee, Dean Martin, eve miller, forrest tucker, fred macmurray, June Haver, Kirk Douglas, leo carrillo, natalie wood, Noah Beery, Robert Young | Leave a comment

Noir Nook: Unmistakable Noir

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Unmistakable Noir One of the most interesting – and challenging – aspects of classic film noir is the fact that it’s not a hard and fast, clear-cut genre. There are countless films that are staunchly considered by some to fall … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Noir Nook, Posts by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry | Tagged barbara stanwyck, billy wilder, Double Indemnity, fred macmurray, raymond chandler | Leave a comment

Noir Nook: Oscar Omission – Edward G. Robinson

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: Oscar Omission – Edward G. Robinson One of my favorite times of the year is awards season. For years now, as soon as the Academy Awards are announced, I set upon a quest to see as many Oscar-nominated … Continue reading →

Posted in Noir Nook, Posts by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry | Tagged academy awards, barbara stanwyck, dan duryea, Double Indemnity, Edward G. Robinson, fred macmurray, House of Strangers, joan Bennett, Luther Adler, richard conte, scarlett street, The Whole Town's Talking | 11 Comments

Noir Nook: Best Noir of the Year – Part I

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: Best Noir of the Year – Part I If you know me, you’ll know I love a good list. And what better lists to make than lists about classic film noir features? This time around, I’m serving up … Continue reading →

Posted in Noir Nook, Posts by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry | Tagged Alan Ladd, alfred hitchcock, Ann Blyth, ann sheridan, barbara stanwyck, bette davis, Body and Soul, Born to Kill, burt lancaster, cathy o'donnell, Criss Cross, dan duryea, decoy, detour, Double Indemnity, farley granger, film noir, fred macmurray, gale sondergaard, gilda, Howard DaSilva, Jay C. Flippen, joan crawford, Johnny Eager, joseph cotten, kent smith, Laird Cregar, lana turner, Laura, Mildred Pierce, Murder My Sweet, my name is julia ross, nightmare alley, Noir, Noir Nook, nora prentiss, out of the past, Patricia Dane, Phantom Lady, Robert Taylor, scarlett street, shadow of a doubt, Stranger on the Third Floor, teresa wright, the big sleep, The Blue Dahlia, The Devil Thumbs a Ride, The Glass Key, the great flamarion, The Killers, The Letter, The Maltese Falcon, the set-up, the strange love of martha ivers, they live by night, They Won't Believe Me, This Gun for Hire, too late for tears, van heflin, Veronica Lake, Will Wright, Yvonne De Carlo | 6 Comments

Noir Nook: Femme Entrances

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: Femme Entrances Recently, during a viewing of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) on TCM, I tweeted about Lana Turner’s first appearance in the film, stating that it was one of the best screen entrances, ever. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in Noir Nook, Posts by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry | Tagged barbara stanwyck, Cecil Kellaway, Double Indemnity, Edward G. Robinson, Femme, film noir, fred macmurray, Jane Greer, joan Bennett, john garfield, Kirk Douglas, lana turner, Noir, Noir Nook, out of the past, Robert Blake, robert mitchum, The Postman Always Rings Twice, the woman in the window, Tom Powers | 15 Comments

Silver Screen Standards: The Egg and I (1947)

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Jennifer Garlen

Silver Screen Standards: The Egg and I (1947) Adapted from the 1945 bestseller by Betty MacDonald, The Egg and I (1947) depicts the misadventures of newlywed couple Betty and Bob (Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray) as they struggle to transform … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Jennifer Garlen, Silver Screen Standards | Tagged claudette colbert, Double Indemnity, Family Honeymoon, fred macmurray, Heaven Can Wait, it happened one night, Louise Allbritton, ma and pa kettle, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town, marjorie main, Meet Me in St. Louis, Midnight, my three sons, No Time for Love, percy kilbride, Richard Long, the absent minded professor, The Bride Comes Home, the egg and i, The Gilded Lily, The Happiest Millionaire, the harvey girls, The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm, the palm beach story, The Shaggy Dog, The Women | 1 Comment

Noir Nook: Top Films Noir – Part 1

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: Top Films Noir – Part 1 Every film noir lover has their best-loved features from this shadowy era of filmmaking. As we begin another year, I’m taking a look at my favorite films noirs. One of the reasons … Continue reading →

Posted in Noir Nook, Posts by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry | Tagged Ann Blyth, barbara stanwyck, burt lancaster, Criss Cross, dan duryea, Double Indemnity, Edward G. Robinson, Eve Arden, famous noir quotes, film noir, Forever Amber, fred macmurray, gun crazy, Jack Carson, joan crawford, john dall, Marie Windsor, Mildred Pierce, Noir, Noir Nook, Peggy Cummins, stanley kubrick, sterling hayden, the killing, Timothy Carey, tony curtis, Vince Edwards, yvonne decarlo | Leave a comment

The Funny Papers: Cinematic Fascination with The Big (and Sometimes Blended) Family

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Kellee Pratt

The Funny Papers: Cinematic Fascination with The Big (and Sometimes Blended) Family When my husband and I married a dozen years ago, we were each going to the altar for the second time. We became a blended family, bringing with … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Kellee Pratt, The Funny Papers | Tagged alice ghostley, belles on their toes, belvedere rings the bell, brian keith, cheaper by the dozen, christopher plummer, claudette colbert, Clifton Webb, David Niven, Desi Arnaz, Doris Day, fred macmurray, Henry Fonda, Howard Morris, Jack Weston, jeanne crain, john wayne, julie andrews, Lucille Ball, ma and pa kettle, marjorie main, martin melcher, Maureen O'Hara, melville shavelson, mr. belvedere goes to college, myrna loy, pat carroll, Patsy Kelly, percy kilbride, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, richard hayden, Robert Wise, ronald reagan, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, sitting pretty, spring byington, stanley donen, The Brady Bunch, the egg and i, the funny papers, The Graduate, the sound of music, tim matheson, tom bosley, tracy nelson, walter lang, With Six You Get Eggroll, yours mine and ours | 1 Comment

Noir Nook: Favorite Noir Gents

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: Favorite Noir Gents Whenever I think and talk and write about film noir, I have a tendency to focus on the distaff characters: the Phyllis Dietrichsons, the Kathie Moffats, the Gildas and the Lauras and the Mildreds. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Noir Nook, Posts by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry | Tagged barbara stanwyck, byron barr, Double Indemnity, film noir, fred macmurray, jean heather, Noir, Noir Nook, phyllis dietrichson, walter neff | 2 Comments

Western RoundUp: Seven Ways From Sundown (1960)

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Laura Grieve

Western RoundUp: Seven Ways From Sundown (1960) This month we’ll be taking a “close-up” look at a single Western, the very entertaining Audie Murphy film Seven Ways From Sundown (1960). Murphy plays the awkwardly named Seven Ways From Sundown Jones, who reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Laura Grieve, Western RoundUp | Tagged anna lee, Audie Murphy, day of the outlaw, don haggarty, fort apache, francis lederer, fred macmurray, john mcintire, kenneth tobey, lee marvin, martha vickers, mary field, Mickey Rooney, Randolph Scott, richard boone, ride clear of diablo, russ tamblyn, seven men from now, seven ways from sundown, the tall t, venetia stevenson | 14 Comments

Tag Archives: fred macmurray

Western RoundUp: Final Resting Places, More Western Filmmakers 2

Noir Nook: Unmistakable Noir

Noir Nook: Oscar Omission – Edward G. Robinson

Noir Nook: Best Noir of the Year – Part I

Noir Nook: Femme Entrances

Silver Screen Standards: The Egg and I (1947)

Noir Nook: Top Films Noir – Part 1

The Funny Papers: Cinematic Fascination with The Big (and Sometimes Blended) Family

Noir Nook: Favorite Noir Gents

Western RoundUp: Seven Ways From Sundown (1960)

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