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Showing posts with label Phantom Lady. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phantom Lady. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

More Than a Gunsel: Elisha Cook Jr. Played Wobbly Tough Guys, Inept Would-Be Heroes and Dyed in the Wool Victims Often Displaying Raw Emotion and Unexpected Vulnerabilities

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Humphrey Bogart, Elisha Cook Jr., "The Maltese Falcon" (1941). Just a cheap gunman hanging around hotel lobbies. When he died in 1...
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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Jazz Mania: Film Noir, Bebop and the Devil’s Music

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Elisha Cook Jr., 'Phantom Lady' (1944) You might be surprised to learn that jazz didn’t show up in film noir right away  even though...
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