Hibi Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Two public emergency films (Panic In the Streets; Killer That Stalked New York) followed by Angel Face on Noir Alley. I've seen them all, but will be watching again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Sorry, haven't been watching TCM much recently. Is Noir Alley always on Saturday night now instead of morning? Or does it vary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElCid Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 23 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said: Sorry, haven't been watching TCM much recently. Is Noir Alley always on Saturday night now instead of morning? Or does it vary? It is on Sat at Midnight and then repeats at 10 AM on Sunday. Same showing both times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Jack Palance is excellent in PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 (edited) Panic in the Streets is well worth watching; Richard Widmark showed he could play a good guy instead of a psycho. He even suggested that co-star Jack Palance, in his film debut, would make fans forget Widmark's performance in Kiss of Death. "I pushed an old lady down the stairs in my first movie," said Widmark, "but Jack does better than that. He takes a dying man and hurls him off a balcony, mattress and all. Lovely character." Lewis Charles, who plays a murder victim (and infected with the plague) came to the set having studied up on the plague, trying to go for realism. Director Elia Kazan said to him "Oh, we're realistic all right. You'll find out." Kazan then filmed Charles on a slab in a morgue, next to actual corpses. Edited September 15, 2018 by scsu1975 (added an additional paragraph after initial post) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The Killer That Stalked New York is also a little gem, with a great supporting cast, including the lovely Lola Albright. In one scene, she is roughed up and shaken by Charles Korvin (he was Carlos the mambo teacher on The Honeymooners). When the director yelled "fine" at the end of the scene, the sound man cut in and said "not at all. Lola will have to take off that necklace and earrings she's wearing. On the soundtrack they make as much noise as a set of dinner chimes." Ms. Albright apparently enjoyed her role, which enabled her to behave like a naughty girl and wear some sexy clothes. "It's all part of the business. Good business too, if you ask me. No girl can get to be a pin-up favorite hiding her good points under long burlap sacking." (I agree wholeheartedly.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The Killer That Stalked New York also has some neat bits of New York City archival footage of the Chatham Square Third Avenue El station and train that is pretty cool to see. The First Shearth Israel Graveyard that Evelyn Keyes cuts across from her brother's flop hotel is still there (on St. James Place between Oliver and James St.). On December 31, 1953, the Chatham Square to City Hall stub portion of the line was closed. The entire El was closed an demolished in Manhattan in 1955. So incidentally for all you Aficio-noir-dos and Noir-istas out there. all Film Noir that feature Manhattan els all used the only el left in Manhattan the Third Avenue El. Service on the Second, Sixth and Ninth Avenue elevated lines were terminated in 1942, 1938, and 1940, respectively, pretty much all before the Noir Era. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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