Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on January 10, 2015

Cornered Directed by Edward Dmytryk Written by John Paxton from a story by John Wesley 1945/USA RKO Radio Pictures First viewing/Warner Film Noir Classic Collection Laurence Gerard: Just want to be sure I’m chairman. Dick Powell is at his grimmest in this post-war noir which takes his cha   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on November 25, 2013

A year before she won an Oscar as a madcap heiress in "It Happened One Night," Claudette Colbert played a not-so-madcap, not-so-much-of-an-heiress in "Three Cornered Moon." This 1933 film is an offbeat little gem, a kind of screwball ensemble drama that showcases just about everyone -- Colbert, Ma   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on November 25, 2013

A year before she won an Oscar as a madcap heiress in "It Happened One Night," Claudette Colbert played a not-so-madcap, not-so-much-of-an-heiress in "Three Cornered Moon." This 1933 film is an offbeat little gem, a kind of screwball ensemble drama that showcases just about everyone -- Colbert, Ma   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on November 15, 2013

Cornered is available and streaming on the new Watch TCM app until November 18th. I don’t care what some people think – I dig Dick Powell’s tough guy roles. When he played Philip Marlowe (he was the first), he offered up a very different spin on the no-nonsense detective archetype....   read more

Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on July 24, 2010

In 1945’s Cornered Dick Powell plays a man exhausted, angry, and with little hope for the future. Though almost fatally marred by its serpentine plot, Cornered is worth seeing — it’s even an important film noir. It offers an extraordinarily bleak worldview, precocious even for noir   read more