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I've just recently watched the 1932 film Night World, featuring Boris Karloff as the owner of a nightclub. It's a great minor crime film, and I recommend it. I'm having trouble with the name of an actress. Her role does not seem to be listed on either the AFI or IMDb cast lists. She's blonde and as an actress I would guess she is maybe 28-30, but here playing a woman slightly older, maybe 35-40. In her first scene, maybe 5 to 10 minutes in, she is a patron in the nightclub, with a soft-spoken, mustached, middle-aged husband, and the husband is suspicious that she has been carrying on with -
There needs to be a discussion thread for this, arguably the most superior courtroom drama ever produced. If I'm familiar with any film scene-by-scene, word-for-word, character-by-character, and shot-for-shot its probably this one (alongside 'Touch of Evil'). I've read the screenplay, and purchased the music; I've owned the novel and I've reviewed the spoken dialog in the film likely hundreds of times. Just a casual fan, mind now. The foremost reason I became so interested in the flick was the jazz score. A standard item in my listening habits. Your thoughts on this movie,
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Hello Fellow Noir Lovers, I always enjoy seeing new noir movies emerge and push the boundaries of classic noir archetypes. Because of this I've developed my own film noir and would like to share its story with you. Chalk is a short comedic film noir about a washed up detective looking for clarity in a world full of corruption, murder, and chalk. This film explores the cost of self-preservation. Set among a fictional backdrop, a city of chalk slowly being replaced by dry-erase, we explore the affect gentrification has on individuals by using comedy to approach this sensitive subject.
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Answered successfully! Thank you! THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
