Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 22, 2014

A bit late this week but as useful as ever, Todd’s roundup of relevant goodies on the intertubes. Lots of interesting noir-related stuff there. Among the (distinctly non-noirish) delights of personal interest to me is an essay by Steve Gallagher on Jimmy Edwards and John Franklyn-Robbins. Edwa   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 20, 2014

US / 89 minutes / bw / Paramount Dir & Pr: George Stevens Scr: Dwight Taylor Cine: George Barnes Cast: Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Richard Derr, Douglas Dick, Herbert Heyes, Harry Bellaver, Paul Valentine, Douglas Spencer. Advertising executive Alan Miller (Milland), a reformed a   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 18, 2014

US / 72 minutes / bw / Astor Dir & Story: Howard Higgin Scr: Paul Gangelin, B. Harrison Orkow Cine: Allen G. Siegler Cast: Bette Davis, Pat O’Brien, Junior Dirkin (i.e., Junior Durkin), Junior Coughlin (i.e., Frank Coghlan Jr), Emma Dunn, Charles Grapewin, Morgan Wallace, Hooper Atchley, W   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 17, 2014

The countdown of Romantic movies continues apace at the great movie website Wonders in the Dark, with five new essays this week: The odd one out here is, obviously, The Man who Laughs, based on the Victor Hugo novel L’Homme qui Rit. Most people would, I think,  classify Paul Leni’s scree   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 16, 2014

vt The Secret of the Black Widow WG, Spain / 96 minutes / bw / Germania Dir: F.J. Gottlieb Pr: Alfons Carcasona Scr: Rolf Becker, Alexandra Becker, F.J. Gottlieb Cine: Gottfried Pacheco Cast: O.W. Fischer, Karin Dor, Doris Kirchner, Werner Peters, Eddi Arent, Klaus Kinski, Claude Farell, Gabriel Lop   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 14, 2014

UK / 76 minutes / bw / Merton Park Dir & Scr: Vernon Sewell Pr: William H. Williams Story: The Floating Dutchman (1950) by Nicolas Bentley Cine: Jo(sef) Ambor Cast: Dermot Walsh, Sydney Tafler, Mary Germaine, Guy Verney, Hugh Morton, Nicolas Bentley, Arnold Marlé, Derek Blomfield, Ian Wilson, Ja   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 13, 2014

Canada / 8 minutes / color / Barn Burner Dir & Scr: Josh MacDonald Pr: Angus Swantee Cine: Jeff Wheaton Cast: Andrea Lee Norwood, Pasha Ebrahimi, Glen Matthews, Michael McPhee. Four Deliverance (1972)-style hillbillies armed with chainsaw, ax and belt—called Prior (Ebrahimi), Gabe (Matthews) an   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 12, 2014

Yet again, a fascinating roundup: Anne Billson: How to Spot a Goth Girl HeroineBill Crider: I Married a Monster from Outer Space  [trailer] Brian Arnold: Robin Williams BV Lawson: Media Murder Curt Evans: Without Honor; Blackout Ed Lynskey: Farewell, My Lovely Elizabeth Foxwell: Suspense (tv): &#822   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 10, 2014

Last week saw five new entries in the Wonders in the Dark Romantic Countdown: we are moving right along. :) I know, I know . . . and I’m working on #30 at the moment, honest, guv. Thanks again for posting these links; I enjoyed reading these essays, especially the...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 9, 2014

vt The Rebel US / 69 minutes / bw / Realart Dir: Rod Amateau Pr: Larry Finley Scr: Thomas S. Gries, Rod Amateau Cine: Joseph F. Biroc Cast: John Ireland, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone, Lon Chaney (i.e., Lon Chaney Jr), Myrna Dell, Frank Marlowe, Bill Holmes, Jack Elam,...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 6, 2014

vt Emil and the Detectives Germany / 69 minutes / bw / UFA Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht Pr: Günther Stapenhorst Scr: Billie Wilder (i.e., Billy Wilder) Story: Emil und die Detektive (1929; vt Emil and the Detectives) by Erich Kästner Cine: Werner Brandes Cast: Käthe Haack, Rolf Wenkhaus, Olga Engl, Inge...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 6, 2014

Another roundup is here. Continued thanks. And this one on my half-century anniversary of parturition. Well, what else could I say but HAPPY PARTURITION DAY! Why, thanks! I’m now at 50 years, six days of post-umbilical respiration… That may be so, but you’re not getting another pre   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 4, 2014

The Romantic Movies Countdown continues at Wonders in the Dark. Last week saw the addition of five further essays, the movies covered being these: Yes, my eyebrows too shot up when I saw #47, since that’s one of the last movies I’d have thought of as romantic, but if you...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on August 2, 2014

vt Ten Little Niggers; vt Ten Little Indians Russia / 130 minutes / color with some bw / Odessa Dir & Scr: Stanislav Govorukhin Story: Ten Little Niggers (1939; vt Ten Little Indians; vt And Then There Were None) by Agatha Christie Cine: Gennadi Engstrem Cast: Vladimir Zeldin, Tatyana Drubich,...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 31, 2014

Yet another valuable roundup of the best writing on the intertubes in the past week about obscure and occasionally not so obscure movies: here’s the place to go. This time there are a few off-topic (but very welcome) extras, such as Todd’s own piece on “some visual artists I went...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 30, 2014

vt The Counsellor US, UK, Spain / 117 minutes / color / Fox 2000, Scott Free, Nick Wechsler, Chockstone, TCF Dir: Ridley Scott Pr: Ridley Scott, Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz Scr: Cormac McCarthy Cine: Dariusz Wolski Cast: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier B   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 27, 2014

France / 70 minutes / bw / Eclair–Journal, BUP Dir: Kurt Bernhardt Pr: Eugene Tuscherer Scr: Kurt Bernhardt, André-Paul Antoine Story: H. Kafka Cine: Léonce-Henri Burel Cast: Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim, Tania Fedor, Marcelle Geniat, Jean Claudio, Jenny Hecquet (i.e., Annie France), Palau,   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 25, 2014

The Wonders in the Dark Romantic Movies countdown surges on with five new essays this week: Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 23, 2014

US / 71 minutes / bw / Zenith, UA Dir: Edward L. Cahn Pr: Robert E. Kent Scr: Orville H. Hampton Story: Orville H. Hampton, Alexander Richards Cine: Maury Gertsman Cast: Ronald Foster, Pat Blair, Harp McGuire, John Maxwell, Preston Hanson, Doug Henderson, Hugh Sanders, Helen Kleeb, Robert Shayne, Ow   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 22, 2014

Click HERE for another great roundup of movie reviews and articles from all around the intertubes! Thanks as always for the plug…hope you’re feeling better (even given the relative “quiet” on your blog)… That is quite a fabulous round-up Todd! Thanks again! Of course, m   read more