Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 19, 2015

US / 68 minutes / bw / PRC Dir: Elmer Clifton Pr: George R. Batcheller, Max Alexander, George M. Merrick Scr: Arthur G. Durlam Story: Fred McConnell Cine: Eddie Linden Cast: Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Mary Hull, Ian MacDonald, Jay Novello, Richard Deane, Lois Austin, Earl Gunn, Guy Wilkerson,...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 16, 2015

vt In the Night US / 61 minutes / bw / Monogram Dir: Jean Yarbrough Pr: Lindsley Parsons Scr: Edmond Kelso Cine: Mack Stengler Cast: Frankie Darro, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Robert Homans, Irving Mitchell, Ed Cassidy, Pat Gleason, Jack Kenney, Jack Ingraham, Laurenc   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 12, 2015

US / 63 minutes / bw / PRC Dir: Max Nosseck Pr: George R. Batcheller, T.H. Richmond Scr: Joel Kay, Arnold Phillips, Genevieve Hogan Story: Sidney Sheldon, Ben Roberts Cine: Mack Stengler Cast: Cecilia Parker, Roger Pryor, Robert Baldwin, Sigi Arno, Gale Storm, Charles Miller, Al Hall, Eddie Foster,   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 9, 2015

vt Bombsight Stolen UK / 86 minutes / bw / Gainsborough, Gaumont, BPC Dir: Anthony Asquith Pr: Edward Black Scr: A. de Grunwald, J.O.C. Orton Story: Cottage to Let (1939 play) by Geoffrey Kerr Cine: Jack Cox Cast: Leslie Banks, Jeanne De Casalis, Carla Lehman (i.e., Carla Lehmann), Alastair Sim,...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 5, 2015

vt The Heist US / 97 minutes / color / Chris/Rose, HBO Dir: Stuart Orme Pr: Rick Rosenberg, Bob Christiansen Scr: William Irish Jr, David Fuller, Rick Natkin Story: William Irish Jr Cine: George Tirl Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Tom Skerritt, Wendy Hughes, Noble Willingham, Tom Atkins, Robert Prosky, Steph   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 2, 2015

US / 67 minutes / bw / Chesterfield, First Division Dir: Charles Lamont Pr: George R. Batcheller Scr: Ewart Adamson Cine: M.A. Andersen Cast: Shirley Grey, Sidney Blackmer, Noel Madison, Mathew Betz, Torben Meyer, May Beatty, Frank LaRue, Ida Darling, Robert Adair, Edward Martindel, John Dilson, Don   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 2, 2015

Todd’s incredibly popular weekly roundup continues. Click anywhere on the list and the Force will guide you to Todd’s Sweet Freedom page where you can click on the individual links. Me, I’m right now watching yet another Mantan Moreland/Frankie Darro flic: it’s the funniest I   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 1, 2015

Another fairly meager month’s worth of reading, at least in terms of the number of books read. This was supposed to be British Isles Month for me, but I wasn’t long into the month before a UK publisher asked me if I’d like to read and do a cover quote...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 28, 2015

US / 82 minutes / bw / Universal–International Dir: Abner Biberman Pr: Robert Arthur Scr: Dorothy Cooper Story: Barry Trivers Cine: Arthur E. Arling Cast: George Nader, Cornell Borchers, Michel Ray, Judson Pratt, Joanna Moore, Charles E. Arnt, Russ Conway, John Morley, John Maxwell, Carl Bensen, D   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 24, 2015

| UK / 58 minutes / bw / Merton Park, Anglo-Amalgamated Dir: Alan Cooke Pr: Jack Greenwood Scr: Lindsay Galloway Story: Flat 2 (1927) by Edgar Wallace Cine: Bert Mason Cast: John Le Mesurier, Jack Watling, Bernard Archard, Barry Keegan, Ann Bell, Campbell Singer, Charles Lloyd Pack, David Bauer, R   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 24, 2015

Todd was a bit late with the classic roundup last week, which meant that by the time it arrives I was in the midst of preparations for Philcon (the annual convention of the Philadelphia SF Society), notably the final tuning of the talk I was scheduled to give there. One...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 19, 2015

| US / 61 minutes / bw / Larry Darmour Productions, Majestic, Capitol Dir: E. Mason Hopper Pr: Phil Goldstone Scr: Edward T. Lowe Story: The Back Stage Mystery (1930) by Octavus Roy Cohen Cine: Ira Morgan Cast: C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill, Paul Cavanagh, Sam Hardy, Marion Shilling, Russell...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 18, 2015

For some years one of my favorite songwriters has been Vienna Teng: she’s released good album after good album, and her Inland Territory is, I’d suggest, one of THE great albums. I’ve just discovered that she’s written/cowritten a musical, The Fourth Messenger, based on th   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 13, 2015

Preamble: I never talk politics on this site but, just this once: A moment of solidarity with Paris, please. The French are our oldest allies (despite congressional clowns and their cries of “Freedom Fries”). If we want to uphold freedom then tonight we must say, very loudly, that Nous   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 11, 2015

And another episode of this excellent series of roundups. Click anywhere on the list to be taken to Todd’s Sweet Freedom blog, where you’ll find all the individual links. Anne Billson: Dreams in films; the Rise and Fall of Westerns Anonymous: Sullivan’s Travels; I Married a Witch;   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 10, 2015

UK / 66 minutes / bw / Gaumont–British Dir: Milton Rosmer Scr: W.P. Lipscomb, C. Campion Story: W.P. Lipscomb Cine: Philip Tannura Cast: Matheson Lang, Constance Cummings, Anthony Bushell, Dorothy Dickson, Nigel Bruce, Edmund Gwenn, Douglas Jefferies, H.G. Stoker, Max Miller, Viola Lyel, Clare Greet   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 5, 2015

Germany, US, South Africa / 90 minutes / color / ApolloMedia Filmproduktion, MPCA, MPCE. Dir: Evelyn Maude Purcell Pr: Adam Richman, David Lancaster, Brad Krevoy, Frank Hübner Scr: David Loucka Cine: Michael Brierley Cast: Gina Gershon, Michael Biehn, Sean Patrick Flanery, Rae Allen, Eddie Driscoll,   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 1, 2015

Another of Todd’s fabulously useful roundups. As always, click anywhere on the list to catch the next Number 18 bus via 221B Baker Street to the relevant page of Todd’s Sweet Freedom blog, where you’ll find the individual links to the various posts. Just this once, you’ll als   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 1, 2015

Fewer than usual books this month, due to work-related and other pressures on my time, but for me a very rich month’s worth of reading. The links are to my GoodReads notes on the various books. The Panda Theory by Pascal Garnier Bad Intentions by Karin Fossum The Devotion of...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on October 31, 2015

| UK / 38 minutes / bw / IMP, Grand National Dir & Scr: John Gilling Pr: Harry Reynolds Cine: Cyril Bristow Cast: Victoria Hopper, John Stuart, John Le Mesurier, Frank Hawkins, Antony Doonan, Blanche Fothergill, T. Gilly Fenwick, William Douglas, A. Sawford-Dye, Elizabeth Howarth, Pat Ryan. T   read more