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Just watched "Hard, Fast & Beautiful" directed by Ida Lupino. It reminded me quite a bit of the movie "The Hard Way" directed by Vincent Sherman in which Lupino starred. Loved both movies. They seem to have not been big successes during their time but I thououghly enjoyed both. Can anyone suggest other Lupino movies along the lines of these two? Has anyone else seen both movies and if so did you see the similarities as well?
Ida Lupino, along with the likes of Ann Sheridan and Olivia DeHavilland, suffered in the shadows of the Warner Brothers Queen of the Lot Bette Davis in the early-mid 40s. All scripts were given to Davis, who had first refusal rights. In the early 40s, Lupino was considered as a backup insurance for Davis, should the latter become.too difficult and/or falter in popularity. Ida's strong dramatic talents and unconventional beauty made her ideal for some of the roles rejected by Davis (others also considered for these included Geraldine Fitzgerald, and briefly, Merle Oberon, Miriam Hopkins and Mary Astor, and via loan, Barbara Stanwyck, Rosalind Russell, and later, Joan Crawford, Eleanor Parker, and Patricia Neal) and was even anointed "the poor man's Bette Davis". She also competed with Sheridan and others for some parts. She did get some good films at Warners, became a star, and achieved some popularity. She outranked Bogart at the beginning of her tenure at WB, and insisted on and got top billing in HIGH SIERRA. She also pulled rank and had the studio cast John Garfield in 1941's OUT OF THE FOG, instead of the studio choice of Bogart. Perhaps her best role at the studio was THE HARD WAY, and she won critical raves, and the film was a substantial success.
Other good Lupino roles not yet mentioned (actually she's always good) are in the aforementioned OUT OF THE FOG (1941), who is first victimized by, then falls in love with Garfield, IN OUR TIME (1944), a wartime soap opera with Paul Henreid, the comedy PILLOW TO POST (1945), the misfire about the Bronte sisters, DEVOTION (1946, although filmed some three years earlier), and as a sexy torch singer in THE MAN I LOVE (1946).
Additionally, with all the competition on the lot, she did a few good films.on loanout, including LADIES IN RETIREMENT (1941), at Columbia, where she is intense and kills her employer to protect her two unwell sisters; she was praised in what was her favorite film; also MOONTIDE (1942) at Fox, touchingly playing a suicidal waif in this very good, moody and low-key noirish drama with Jean Gabin.
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If you are watching the movie for camp, sure. It is fun.
But I found it over the top.
I just mean that I would have stopped watching it after 30 minutes into the film if I did not know that Roger Ebert wrote the screenplay.
I believe Roger Ebert wrote BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, not VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.
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On FMC (all times eastern):
Wednesday, 3/30:
4:45 am: DRESSED TO KILL (1941)...............................6 am: HALF ANGEL (1951)...................................7:20 am: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956).....................................9 am: FIVE FINGERS (1952).....................................11 am: DECISION BEFORE DAWN (1951)....................................1:10 pm: THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1966)................
Thursday, 3/31:
3 am: THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1966)..........................................4:50: JUST OFF BROADWAY (1942)....................................6 am: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)....................................8 am: ANNE OF THE INDIES (1951).....................................9:30 am: ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957)....................................11:30 am: THE PURPLE HEART (1944).....................................1:15 pm: THE IMMORTAL SERGEANT (1943)..................
Friday, 4/1:
3:30 am: THE BLACK ROSE (1950)...................................6 am: ANNE OF THE INDIES (1951)..................................7:30 am: PRINCE VALIANT (1954)........................................9:15 am: THE BLACK ROSE (1950).....................................11:20 am: UNTAMED (1955)................................1:15 am: FIVE WEEOS IN A BALOON (1962).................
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I was looking through Fox's list of film noir that are part of the film noir series. So many great films and so many interesting sounding films. I am thinking that Fox had the monopoly on noir during the 40s and 50s.
22 Black Widow
16 Boomerang
02 Call Northside 777
23 Daisy Kenyon
24 Dangerous Crossing
10 The Dark Corner
14 Fallen Angel
21 Fourteen Hours
04 House of Bamboo
17 House of Strangers
07 The House on 92nd Street
15 The House on Telegraph Hill
18 I Wake Up Screaming
11 Kiss of Death
01 Laura
Moontide
06 Nightmare Alley
13 No Way Out
03 Panic in the Streets
Road House
20 Shock
08 Somewhere in the Night
05 The Street with No Name
19 Vicki
12 Where the Sidewalk Ends
09 Whirlpool
CRITERION
Night and the City
Pickup on South Street
Thieves' Highway
The numbers next to the title indicate which volume number they are in the series. I copied and pasted this from Wikipedia. The titles in BOLD are the ones that I've seen.
I believe that I have the Gene Tierney titles recorded: Whirlpool and Black Widow.
I'm very much interested in the other two Criterion titles: Night and the City and Thieves' Highway. Vicki also sounds interesting as it is a remake of I Wake Up Screaming (or maybe the other way around). I'm also interested in the other Dana Andrews titles.
I bought all the dvds listed here. I remember being upset that the last three titles were released by Criterion, and weren't part of the Fox Film Noir series. But as I love all three films, I bought them, substantially pricier than the others.
Too bad the series was suspended some years back; there are a number of titles they should restore and release as a resumption of the series, starting with THE THIRTEENTH LETTER (1951), and NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP (1952).
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Here's one that might fit here.....
There is a 1951 comedy, THE LADY PAYS OFF, which stars Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally and Gigi Perreau. It is directed by Douglas.Sirk. Linda.is a schoolteacher voted "Teacher of the Year", and is thus anointed on the cover of Time Magazine. She is anxious to meet a "real" man, but is wary and suspicious that men view her only as a mother for their children.
Anyway, she inadvertently racks up $7,000.00 in debt at McNally's casino in Reno. He "suggests" she pay it off by tutoring his daughter during Linda's summer break. She is forced to do so, resenting the strong-arm tactics of the "cheap gambler". After a couple of weeks of attitude, her mirror image suggests she try a different approach, to the benefit of all. Later, she comments to the mirror image as to the progress made with the new tactic.
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Trumbo. I've been wanting to see this movie for quite some time. I finally procured a copy of it via Netflix earlier last week. I'm happy to say that this film was worth the wait and has triggered my need to locate and borrow a book or two about the Hollywood blacklist so that I can learn more about it and possibly gain an alternate view of the events of the film. I had some knowledge of the blacklist prior to seeing Trumbo, mostly because of all my reading of various Lucille Ball-oriented books and just seeing little blurbs here and there this horrible period in Hollywood history.
This film told the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Trumbo was one of the infamous "Hollywood Ten," the group of men who refused to answer questions to the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) about their alleged involvement in the Communist Party. These men were all jailed for contempt of congress. They were also blacklisted by Hollywood studios. The only way for Trumbo to work was to write screenplays and get non-blacklisted friends to put their names on Trumbo's work and submit the screenplays to the studios. Trumbo and his friend would split the proceeds under the table. Later, Trumbo would use pseudonyms for his work. Later, he and his other blacklisted screenwriter friends found work writing bad B movies and submitting the screenplays under a wide array of pseudonyms. Trumbo's blacklist ended when Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger approached him with their respective films (Spartacus and Exodus) and stated that they would put Trumbo's real name on their film.
I hadn't realized that John Wayne and Hedda Hopper were such prominent figures in the Hollywood division of the HUAC's witch hunt. I also didn't know that Edward G. Robinson's career was affected by his affiliation with Trumbo and the other Hollywood Ten. I also found it disappointing that Robinson snitched on the Hollywood Ten by naming names.
Bryan Cranston's portrayal of Trumbo was excellent. Were it not Leonardo DiCaprio's year to win the Oscar, Cranston's performance was worthy of an Oscar. While I'm not too knowledgeable on the real Dalton Trumbo, I would fully believe he was like Cranston's portrayal. It seemed very realistic. Cranston really went the full nine yards in capturing Trumbo's true persona. Helen Mirren made a perfect ruthless Hedda Hopper. Diane Lane was also effective as Trumbo's wife Cleo, she also showed a knack for juggling, unless she was doubled in the scene. Finally, John Goodman was hilarious as the studio boss who ran the bad B movie studio. Goodman's character didn't care what the film was, he just wanted some lightweight, ridiculous fluff that he thought he could exploit and make a quick buck off of it.
My only complaint about this film is the casting of the actors who portrayed John Wayne and Edward G. Robinson. They didn't look or sound anything like the original actors. They didn't even try to do impressions of those performers. I thought the actor playing Kirk Douglas wasn't too bad. At least he somewhat looked like Douglas.
3.5/4 stars.
I also enjoyed this movie when I saw it. Like you, I had the same issue with the people playing Wayne and Robinson. Same thing happened when I saw THE AVIATOR. While Cate Blanchett was passable as Katherine Hepburn, I could not buy Kate Beckinsdale as Ava Gardner. Sexy and beautiful Beckinsdale may be, but she did not come across as Ava.
I guess it's harder for us classic film.fans, than it is for the general moviegoer, to suspend disbelief in these instances, used to as we are to seeing the real thing regularly on TCM and elsewhere.
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About two-three years ago, I bought a book about the making of FOREVER AMBER. It states that over the decades, 20th Century Fox has rebuffed all attempts to do a remake, or a miniseries, of FA. Not sure why.Sorry it's taken me a while to catch up, but Forever Amber has been one of my favorites for years and now that I am reading the novel, I understand how it had to be a long movie. Amber was one busy lady! There is so much more going on with her.
Maybe we can hope for a BBC series out of this one. Julian Fellowes could do it justice.
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So I recently watched again an Italian film I recently bought online, GLI ULTIMI CINQUE MINUTI. I hadn't noticed a scene before, where the married (for convenience) Linda Darnell is at Rosanno Brazzi, her current lover's apartment. He is pointing a very phallic looking bottle of either sparkling water or sparkling wine. He moves and holds it quite suggestively; Linda seems annoyed wth this.
Well, this 1955 film.was.not released in the U.S. Otherwise, there wouldv'e been a cut of this scene here. In Europe and Latin America, where the film.was generally released, there probably was no problem with this.
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So I saw THE TEN COMMANDMENTS in one of its recent big screen showings (I first saw it at @ age 5, when my mom took us to one of the rereleases in the early 70s).
Anyway, I hadn't seen the movie completely in a long time, despite having recorded onto dvd awhile back. It looked great where it belonged, and is still enjoyable hokum. What surprised me was a scene with Anne Baxter,.where she is wearing a diaphenous green gauzy
top, and it's see-through. During a close-up You can fairly clearly see her right ****, and the left one less distinctly. These.are.not just the outlines.
I wonder of the recent restoration removed a proetctive.layer, to cover up.something not originally caught. In any event, quite an eye-opener. DId anyone else notice this?
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FOREVER AMBER will be on FMC tomorrow, Saturday, 12/19 at 10:30 est, and Sunday, 12/20 at 3:30 am est.
Although largely forgotten today, in its day this movie, and the racy bestseller it was based on, were quite well-known, even notorious. Some years later, there was a play on the title in an episode of I Love Lucy. This is the one where Lucy decided to write a novel, and changes the names of her husband and the Mertzes but slightly, and describes them rather negatively. She settled on the title "Real Gone With the Wind".Incensed, Ricky, Ethel and Fred find the copy she hid and burn it. Not knowing she made multiple copies, a triumphant Ethel says, "We changed the title from 'Real Gone With the Wind' to 'Forever Ember'". Of course, audiences of the day would have gotten the reference.
I Love Lucy was the number one show on TV because of its innovative techniques, great writing, and marvelous players. It is timeless, capturing succeeding generations in it's thrall, unlike say, Hazel, with it's dated lowbrow humor, despite its star.
FMC will be showing FOREVER AMBER three times in the next couple of days, tomorrow, 3/27 @ 3:30 am est, and 9:10 est, and also on Monday, 3/28 @ 7:40 am est.
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Forever Amber
Caught this (finally) on FXM Retro. Good costume drama, with Linda Darnell as lovely as ever. The film is too long, but there is just enough action and intrigue to keep you interested. George Sanders is a bit prissy as Charles II, but he has some cute scenes with his five puppies. There are plenty of familiar faces in the supporting cast (Leo G. Carroll, Jessica Tandy, John Russell, Glenn Langan). But kudos to Richard Greene, as Harry Almsbury. I was most familiar with his tv work in The Adventures of Robin Hood, which I loved as a kid … but I’d only seen a few of his films. Now I want to see more. This guy was a stud … good physique, a booming but controlled voice, dark hair, piercing eyes … he should have had a better career. He steals every scene he’s in with his “buddy” Cornel Wilde; although, in fairness, Wilde is rather dull. Greene gets off some great lines, laced with humor and sarcasm. He is not in the film nearly enough. Finally, a big thumbs up to David Raksin’s lush score, one of the best I’ve ever heard.
Here is Greene, not putting the moves on Darnell.
FOREVER AMBER will be on FMC (FXM RETRO) three times this weekend, fyi:
Sunday, 3/27 @ 3:30 am eastern, and 9:10 am eastern, and
Monday, 3/28 @ 7:40 am eastern.
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On FMC (all times eastern):
Friday, 3/25:
3 am: THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1966).............................................4:50 am: SURF PARTY (1964).............................................6 am: JUST OFF BROADWAY (1942)..............................................7:10 am: THE MUDLARK (1950)..............................................8:50 am: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)...........................................10:30 am: ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957).............................................12:30 pm: FROM THE TERRACE (1960)....................
Saturday, 3/26:
3:30 am: FROM THE TERRACE (1960)...............................................6 am: CAVALCADE (1933)..................................................7:55 am: THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND (1936)..............................................9:35 am: HOME IN INDIANA (1944)..............................................11:20 am: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)..............................................1:20 pm: THE LOST WORLD (1960).................
Sunday, 3/27:
3:30 am: FOREVER AMBER (1947).............................................6 am: SUN VALLEY SERENADE (1941).................................................7:30 am: THE MUDLARK (1950).............................................9:10 am: FOREVER AMBER (1947)...................................................11:30 am: THE LOST WORLD (1960)...............................................1:10 pm: VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1961).....................
Monday, 3/28:
4 am: VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1961)..........................................6 am: THE MUDLARK (1950).................................................7:40 am: FOREVER AMBER (1947)......................................10 am: THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM (1944)...........................................12:20 pm: THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958)......................
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Forever Amber
Caught this (finally) on FXM Retro. Good costume drama, with Linda Darnell as lovely as ever. The film is too long, but there is just enough action and intrigue to keep you interested. George Sanders is a bit prissy as Charles II, but he has some cute scenes with his five puppies. There are plenty of familiar faces in the supporting cast (Leo G. Carroll, Jessica Tandy, John Russell, Glenn Langan). But kudos to Richard Greene, as Harry Almsbury. I was most familiar with his tv work in The Adventures of Robin Hood, which I loved as a kid … but I’d only seen a few of his films. Now I want to see more. This guy was a stud … good physique, a booming but controlled voice, dark hair, piercing eyes … he should have had a better career. He steals every scene he’s in with his “buddy” Cornel Wilde; although, in fairness, Wilde is rather dull. Greene gets off some great lines, laced with humor and sarcasm. He is not in the film nearly enough. Finally, a big thumbs up to David Raksin’s lush score, one of the best I’ve ever heard.
Here is Greene, not putting the moves on Darnell.
Glad you finally saw, and enjoyed, FOREVER AMBER. I agree that Richard Greene was better in the film than Cornel Wilde; he was on the original shortlist to play Wilde's role of Bruce Carlton, at a time.when it seemed that Fox was striving for a British cast. In fact, he was not originally Lord Almsbury; Vincent Price was cast in the scrapped version of FA. When the filming was suspended, Price was one of several actors that had to move on to other assignments
Greene's character was more sexually interested in Amber in the book and early drafts of the screenplay; this was toned down substantially in the studio's attempt to sanitize the story and appease the censors; giving Amber less lovers, as well as less husbands, and children born out of wedlock is what Fox did.
This was Richard Greene's first film in the U.S. after WW2; he had asked to be let out of his contract with Fox in 1940 to fight the war in Britain; he never recaptured the popularity he was achieving until then as the studio's main rival to Tyrone Power. He came to America partially to help promote the career of his then wife, Particia Medina. Another good, and underrated, film he did, was Otto Preminger's take on Oscar Wilde, THE FAN (1949). It has a surprisingly effective Jeanne Crain, plus George Sanders and Madeleine Carroll.
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Eugenia H asked:Oh yes! In addition to Tales of Manhattan which was already mentioned, Fox would make O. Henry's Full House (with the stories introduced by John Steinbeck!) in the early 50s. MGM made It's a Big Country which is interesting at times but has typical MGM problems (Gene Kelly is cast as a Greek ice-cream shop owner!).Over in the UK there were Quartet, Trio, and Encore, all three of which were based on stories by Somerset Maugham. Maugham appears in the first; I don't think he's in the other two. The Brits also made Easy Money about how winning the lottery changes people.
A couple more I can think of, WE'RE NOT MARRIED (1952), with stories of five couples learning.some five years later their justice of the peace had jumped the gun with his duties. Also, DECAMERON NIGHTS (1952), based on Boccaccio; PARIS MODEL (1953), four different episodes, and THE STORY OF MANKIND (1957). In the mid 60s, THE YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE.
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THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE:
Many thanks to TCM_1 for finding a link to Daily motion's copy of this movie which I had never seen before.
I am a big fan of the writing of Ethel Lina White upon whose work this movie is based.
This movie stars George Brent, Dorothy Malone, Elsa Lanchester and others - I do not want to give much away by listing cast members in any order.
This is a taut thriller just the kind of story which would have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
It is scheduled to appear in April as part of the evening of Ethel Barrymore movies during the TCM spotlight look at the Barrymores. Hopefully, this will air in Canada and I will be able to watch it on TV.
Great film
Dorothy McGuire, not Malone
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On FMC (all times eastern):
Monday, 3/21:
3 am: THE BLUE BIRD (1940)..............................................4:25am: CLAUDIA (1943)..............................................6 am: THE RAINS CAME (1939).......................................7:45 am: THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM (1944)............................................10:05 am: THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958)..........................................12:45 pm: SATAN NEVER SLEEPS (1962)................
Tuesday, 3/22:
3 am: THE RAINS CAME (1939)......................................4:45 am: JUST OFF BROADWAY (1942).................................6 am: KEYS OF GHE KINGDOM (1944)......................................8:20 am: THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958).................................11 am: SATAN NEVER SLEEPS (1962).....................................1:15 pm: DESTINATION GOBI (1953)......................
Wednesday, 3/23:
3 am: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956).............................................4:40 am: HALF ANGEL (1951).....................................6 am: CRASH DIVE (1943).....................................7:50 am: THE IMMORTAL SERGEANT (1943).........................................9:30 am: DECISION BEFORE DAWN (1951).....................................11:35 am: DESTINATION GOBI (1953)...........................................1:10 pm: THREE CAME HOME (1950)..............
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Whirlpool?
Yes! I left it purposely vague, so that it might also be NIGHTMARE ALLEY.
Your turn Lavender.
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This noir has recorded discs of psychoanalyst sessions.
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In the 1956 western, THREE VIOLENT PEOPLE, brothers Charlton Heston and Tom Tryon fight over Heston's wife Anne Baxter, among many other things.
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It was once pointed out to me, that in THE WOMEN, there are the totally wrong.credits for D arkie No.1, D arkie No.2, etc. totaling 4.actresses. It must.ve been politically incorrect.even in 1939, but apparently not.
Edit. I guess the autocensor is pc.
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A man and woman talk through her closed apartment door. The man slips his card under the door.
NO WAY OUT (1950). Stephen McNally and Linda Darnell.
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On FMC (all.times eastern):
Thursday, 3/17:
4:45 am: DRESSED TO KILL (1941).....................................6 am: HALF ANGEL (1951).......................................7:20 am: IT HAPPENED IN FLATBUSH (1942).........................................8:45: THE PRIDE OF ST. LOUIS (1952)......................................10:20 am: MY LUCKY STAR (1938)...................................11:45 am: TAKE CARE OF MY LITTLE GIRL (1951).............................................1:20 pm: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)............................
Friday, 3/18:
3:30 am: SNIPER'S RIDGE (1961)..........................................4:35 am: MY LUCKY STAR (1938)............................................6 am: THE MUDLARK (1950)...........................................7:45 am: SEVEN THIEVES (1960)..........................................9:30 am: FIVE FINGERS (1952)......................................11:20 am: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)............................................1 pm: ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957)......................
Saturday, 3/19:
3:30 am: KEYS OF THE KINGDOM (1944).........................................6 am: HEAVEN WITH A BARBED WIRE FENCE (1939)....................................................7:05 am: THE CALL OF THE WILD (1935)...........................................8:30 am: THE RETURN OF THE CISCO KID (1939)..........................................9:45 am: NOB HILL (1945).............................................11:30 am: WHITE FEATHER (1955)........................................1:15 pm: THESE THOUSAND HILLS (1959)...........................
Sunday, 3/20:
3:30 am: CALL OF THE WILD (1935)...........................................4:55 am: HEAVEN WITH A BARBED WIRE FENCE (1939).................................................6 am: NOB HILL (1945)..............................................7:45 am: WHITE FEATHER (1955)..........................................9:30 am: THESE THOUSAND HILLS (1959).........................................11:10 am: FOREVER AMBER (1947).............................................1:30 pm: THE BLUE BIRD (1940)....................
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Drago: I've never seen these photos of Norma Jean/Marilyn before; I appreciate the correction. She certainly looks different than the woman we all know in the b&w shot while the color one shows a hint of what's to come. Unlike Lana Turner, who I think was ruined going from long curly auburn to "helmet" blonde the lighter hair was good for Marilyn.
Not sure what "helmet" blonde means, but Lana looks quite delectable throughtout the 40s, usually wIth blonde hair. H ONKY TONK, JOHNNY EAGER, SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, HOMECOMING, etc.
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May releases:
UNIVERSAL HOLLYWOOD ICONS COLLECTION:
CAROLE LOMBARD: MY MAN GODFREY, LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST, HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE, TRUE CONFESSION
MARLENE DIETRICH: ANGEL, DESIRE, 7 SINNERS, BLONDE VENUS
These two sets seem to be reissues of former box set releases.
I think I have the Lombard set. One question: is this a bluray release?
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It is rather surprising that THE THIRTEENTH LETTER was not a part of the Fox Film Noir series. It also stars Charles Boyer and Michael Rennie, among others, and was directed by Otto Preminger. It is a remake of a classic French film LE CORBEU (1943), and deals with a series of poison pen letters, implicating various of the townsfolk, to tragic results. It is quite atmospheric, taking advantage of its small town Quebec setting.
NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP has Gary Merrill waking up from a drunken blackout, feeling he has killed one of the women in his life the previous night. He tries to recall what happened, and his meeting with his wife, his mistress and a movie star who had the hots for him when she was an unknown. Merrill is again a Broadway producer (as in ALL ABOUT EVE), and Darnell.the movie star. It appears to have some great noirish shadows and darkness, but it's hard to tell on my poor copy.
Fox had other films that could be a part of the noir series, such as JOHNNY APOLLO, THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF, SLATTERY'S HURRICANE, and BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER. It would be great if the series would be reactivated.