Showing posts with label Barbara Stanwyck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbara Stanwyck. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Off the Hook: A bedridden heiress glimpses the face of doom in ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’

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Barbara Stanwyck, ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’ (1948). Crossed phone lines deliver chilling news to a woman stranded in her apartment. Post war pro...
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Sunday, February 2, 2025

Could You Repeat That? — 36 Noirs That Unfold In Flashbacks

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Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, “Double Indemnity” (1944).  They pop up in all kinds of movies and TV shows, but flashbacks are the stuff ...
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Sunday, March 24, 2024

Is It or Isn’t It? “Clash by Night” is a Gripping Drama, Alright, But Some Insist It Doesn’t Make the Cut as an Authentic Noir Because It Lacks One Crucial Element

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Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, "Clash by Night" (1952). Contains Spoilers By Paul Parcellin “Clash by Night” has   t...
Friday, January 12, 2024

Two Couples Who Murder: “Double Indemnity” Faces Off Against “Body Heat” — And It’s Not Even Close

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Left, Kathleen Turner, William Hurt, "Body Heat" (1981). Right, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, "Double Indemnity" (19...
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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Ripped From the Headlines: True Crimes Explode onto the Screen in Noir Movies

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Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, “Double Indemnity” (1944) By Paul Parcellin It’s no wonder that Hollywood in the 1940s and ’50s scooped up...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

‘Double Indemnity’: Two On a Conveyor Belt Toward Doom

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Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, 'Double Indemnity' (1944). This article contains many SPOILERS, so if you haven't seen the f...
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