Barton_Keyes Posted February 9, 2017 Beginning Sunday, March 5 at 10:00AM, TCM will be debuting a new weekly film noir showcase, which will be hosted by the Czar of Noir Eddie Muller, formerly the host of TCM's 2015 Summer of Darkness and here lately the host of on-air spots for the TCM Wine Club. Noir Alley kicks off March 5 with THE MALTESE FALCON ('41). Subsequent titles in the series will include the following: DETOUR ('45, March 12) ACT OF VIOLENCE ('48, March 19) TENSION ('50, March 26) THE BLUE GARDENIA ('53, April 2) SCARLET STREET ('45, April 9) THE SET-UP ('49, April 16) BRUTE FORCE ('47, April 23) HE WALKED BY NIGHT ('48, April 30) TCM hosts Eddie Muller and Ben Mankiewicz in conversation at the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 9, 2017 Didn't they used to show noirs on Sunday mornings years ago? Or was that AMC? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barton_Keyes Posted February 9, 2017 Didn't they used to show noirs on Sunday mornings years ago? Or was that AMC? That's right -- it used to be called Darkness After Dawn. This is basically a resurrection of that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misswonderly3 Posted February 9, 2017 I think an ongoing series on TCM that features classic film noirs (films noir?) is a great idea.There seem to be a lot of noir fans who follow TCM, and there are lots of lesser-known but worthy noirs that could use a little attention drawn to them. And icing on the cake is Eddie M. to introduce them. But ! I hate to be one of those people who complain about TCM scheduling, and I'm also aware that many, maybe most, people don't watch the station live but record whatever they're interested in, so the actual time and day that a film is aired doesn't matter to them. "That said", I have to wonder why they picked Sunday mornings for this new noir series. If there's any time that seems particularly UN-noirish, it's Sunday morning. Why not pick a Friday or Saturday night slot? If TCM wants to air more popular, well-known movies in "prime time", fine; they could program the noir feature for late afternoon or late night ( like, 11 or 12), which strikes me as a much more appropriate time for noir, at least in terms of mood. Anyway, I guess that's just a quibble. I'm happy they're doing this at all, and will just have to resign myself to watching film noir Sunday mornings. I just hope those mornings won't be sunny. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted February 9, 2017 SHEESH. 10am SUN mornings? I wont be watching! (not even out of bed at that hour) So much for TCM's interest in the series. Will Tiffany be co-hosting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted February 9, 2017 While I'm glad they're putting Eddie M. to good use with this type of programming, I can't help but feel it will just be a replay of everything they screened during Summer of Darkness. I'd like to see a few more premieres come our way-- with noir from Paramount, Republic and Universal. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 . Will Tiffany be co-hosting? 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 used to they always showed a noir on Saturday mornings on TCM...and usually a really good one. they stopped around the time they brought on the serials... Glad they're giving Eddie something to do, but i have to wonder by now if someone is working to keep him out of prime time.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 Beginning Sunday, March 5 at 10:00AM, T DETOUR ('45, March 12) ACT OF VIOLENCE ('48, March 19) TENSION ('50, March 26) THE BLUE GARDENIA ('53, April 2) SCARLET STREET ('45, April 9) THE SET-UP ('49, April 16) BRUTE FORCE ('47, April 23) HE WALKED BY NIGHT ('48, April 30) not a bad selection, although i would've liked some even more obscure titles, also some neo noirs (which would be a way to branch out the theme.) i am not familiar with the last title though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 9, 2017 i am not familiar with the last title though. That's a good one, Lorna. Richard Basehart is very good in it, I thought. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 somewhat tangentionally related, criterion is releasing some new titles, one of which surprisingly(!) MILDRED PIERCE. THE COVER: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MovieMadness Posted February 9, 2017 They must have picked Sunday morning as everyone who isn't noirish is out at church. I could do a rant about Brute Force not being real noir but will spare everyone the details. They start off with an awesome one in Detour, but Brute Force is dreck by comparison. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted February 9, 2017 not a bad selection, although i would've liked some even more obscure titles, also some neo noirs (which would be a way to branch out the theme.) i am not familiar with the last title though. He Walked by Night is a 1948 police procedural film noir (but much more a police procedural than noir). Still it is a nice thriller with Richard Basehart as the killer giving a fine performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted February 9, 2017 SHEESH. 10am SUN mornings? I wont be watching! (not even out of bed at that hour) So much for TCM's interest in the series. Will Tiffany be co-hosting? Now Hibi. No offense here, but aren't you a little long the tooth to still be out partying with the gals so late into Saturday nights?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted February 9, 2017 I may not be out partying, but I still stay up late!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted February 9, 2017 I may not be out partying, but I still stay up late!!! Yeah, I figured that. Pretty much the hours I keep too. And, with partying on Saturday nights being pretty much in my past, also. (...and now days with CBS Sunday Mornings being recorded and then watched later by my wife and I at 9:00am...it's broadcast at that ungodly hour of 7:00am out this way, ya see) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted February 9, 2017 Being still unretired, the wknds are my only time to keep the midnight oil burning...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 Being still unretired, the wknds are my only time to keep the midnight oil burning...... life is one big Rave from 5:30 Friday to whenever you pass out Sunday evening, huh? Good for you. That's the way to do it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winslow_Leach Posted February 9, 2017 This reminds me: I've always been seized by the impulse to call him Czar of Noir, "Crazy Eddie" Muller. He's just always had that kind of "Crazy Eddie" vibe for me. Not the frenetic, OTT, demonstrably nutters kind of "crazy". More a low key, quietly insane, subtly mad, killer-next-door sort. Bet it's informed by his San Francisco roots. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoyCronin Posted February 9, 2017 Alarm goes off at seven and you start up-town You put in your eight hours for the powers.... that have always been (SING IT CHILD) 'til its five pm.......... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted February 9, 2017 life is one big Rave from 5:30 Friday to whenever you pass out Sunday evening, huh? Good for you. That's the way to do it. LOL. That about sums it up. I have to pace myself. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vautrin Posted February 9, 2017 Great time. I'll be sleeping the sleep of the innocent at 10 a.m. Sunday and I'll be missing that repetitive bore at the same time. Sweet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fedya Posted February 9, 2017 Will Tiffany be co-hosting?Nope; Debbie Gibson will be the co-host. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fedya Posted February 9, 2017 They must have picked Sunday morning as everyone who isn't noirish is out at church. I could do a rant about Brute Force not being real noir but will spare everyone the details. They start off with an awesome one in Detour, but Brute Force is dreck by comparison. Brute Force is excellent. (Some people may be put off by Hume Cronyn in his undershirt, however.) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted February 10, 2017 Brute Force is excellent. (Some people may be put off by Hume Cronyn in his undershirt, however.) Yeah, well...in that regard, the rubber hose doesn't help much either, ya know Fedya! (...well, I suppose unless you're into that sort'a thing anyway) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
