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Roberts Next: Tati, Demy and Rivette

Lola (1961)

Minari (2020)

Russell Crowe was in The Insider with Al Pacino

Rinaldo, played by Alberto De Amicis in Il Bidone (1955)

Gail Russell Next: a promising career cut short

The Freshman (1925) The Winning Team (1952) All the Right Moves (1983) Varsity Blues (1999)

A Colt is My Passport (1967)

Snowpiercer (2013)

Calling Philo Vance (1940) Next: a movie you would like to see remade

Viridiana -- played by Silvia Pinal in Viridiana (1961)

Ingrassia, Francesco

I Wake Up Screaming (1941) is very stylized. Victor Mature conveys vulnerability and doubt that cut against the confident, macho facade. Laird Cregar I found to be well cast. There was a vagueness to his character, even his sexuality. His fellow police officers knew he was deeply troubled. Betty Grable, famous for her work in Technicolor musicals, also looks great in black & white. Her character was still the same: the wholesome, uncomplicated girl-next-door. This type of screen persona can be cloying, but Grable makes it endearing. 20th Century Fox made some great noirs, and this is one o

Niagara (1953) Next: trains

Son of Dracula (1943)