Film Noir Review: I Walk Alone (1947)

“Don’t worry about me, kid. I just got outta prison, not college.” Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas are a unique duo in film history. They aren’t comically inclined, like Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, nor do they showcase the chummy camaraderie that made Paul Newman and Rober... Read full article

I Walk Alone (1948) with Lancaster and Douglas

“All the songs sound alike these days.” The title of this movie inadvertently made me think of the Dinah Shore number “I’ll Walk Alone.” Granted, the title is slightly different, and it was birthed out of the WWII context where soldiers left their sweethearts behind to ... Read full article

Review of “I Walk Alone” at #NoirCityChicago

Review of “I Walk Alone” at #NoirCityChicago I spent Sunday evening taking in a screening of I Walk Alone at Noir City Chicago at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. I hadn’t seen this film before so it was a real treat. Another treat was the restored di... Read full article

I WALK ALONE

I MET SPARTACUS! Yep, I actually met Kirk Douglas. My friend Chip Duckett was getting memorabilia autographed for a giant AIDS ball being held in Vienna he helps brings talent to. He invited me along to Barnes & Noble with him for a Kirk Douglas book signing. ( “Let’s Face It: 90 Years... Read full article

I Walk Alone

I Walk Alone Directed by Byron Haskin Written by Charles Schnee from the play “Beggars Are Coming to Town” by Theodore Reeves 1948/USA Hal Wallis Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant Skinner: Why not? She’d do the same to me. The sparks always fly when Burt Lancaster and K... Read full article