Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 7, 2018

Director Fritz Lang had an astounding career. Influential, enduring, and inventive, he was able to adapt from silents to talkies and then from European to Hollywood filmmaking while keep his own unique style. I recently had the chance to watch two crime noir titles from late in his career: While...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 14, 2016

"Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R!" The jigsaw pieces seen on the poster to Beyond a Reasonable Doubt certainly capture the essence of this film - it's a puzzler. Fritz Lang directed a marvelous little thriller that keeps its audiences delighted in trying to out-guess the various twist   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 14, 2016

"Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R!" The jigsaw pieces seen on the poster to Beyond a Reasonable Doubt certainly capture the essence of this film - it's a puzzler. Fritz Lang directed a marvelous little thriller that keeps its audiences delighted in trying to out-guess the various twist   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on March 18, 2014

Fritz Lang directed Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) quite late in his career, almost forty years after he got his start making silent films in Germany, but this courtroom noir has a lot in common with the director’s earlier pictures, especially in terms of suspense. Like M (1931), Fury (1936)   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on March 18, 2014

Fritz Lang directed Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) quite late in his career, almost forty years after he got his start making silent films in Germany, but this courtroom noir has a lot in common with the director’s earlier pictures, especially in terms of suspense. Like M (1931), Fury (1936)   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on March 18, 2014

Fritz Lang directed Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) quite late in his career, almost forty years after he got his start making silent films in Germany, but this courtroom noir has a lot in common with the director’s earlier pictures, especially in terms of suspense. Like M (1931), Fury (1936)   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on September 23, 2011

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956). The film, considered film noir, was the last American film directed by Lang. Newspaper publisher Austin Spencer, who is against capital punishment, invites, novelist Tom Garrett, to witness an execution. Later, Austin explains to Tom, that he believes that Thomps   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on June 15, 2011

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. My name is on the ticket!!! I was recently invited by ArtsEmerson to attend one of the Noir Nights screenings being shown at the Paramount Theatre. While I wish...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on January 12, 2009

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Go check out Ginger's review of the Fritz Lang noir Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) (starring Dana Andrews of course) over at Steve-O's blog Noir of the Week. Yes...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

On the surface Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) has everything going for him. He's a successful novelist and engaged to the beautiful and wealthy Susan Spencer (Joan Fontaine). But the restless Tom keeps postponing their marriage. When Susan's father, newspaper publisher Austin Spencer (Sidney Blackmer),   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

On the surface Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) has everything going for him. He's a successful novelist and engaged to the beautiful and wealthy Susan Spencer (Joan Fontaine). But the restless Tom keeps postponing their marriage. When Susan's father, newspaper publisher Austin Spencer (Sidney Blackmer),   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

My name is on the ticket!!! I was recently invited by ArtsEmerson to attend one of the Noir Nights screenings being shown at the Paramount Theatre. While I wish I could have seen them all, but I only had time to catch Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956). Although it is...   read more